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Since all the pitch problems were addressed, the only track record that counts is this season. As there haven't been any issue, it will be on.

[counting chickens] Do we not want to beat Celtic so we can move above Rangers that day? [/counting chickens]

I'd be happy with Carswell. If for some reason McCall doesn't fancy him, how about Ojamaa slotting into midfield and bringing in McHugh? Or is that just an idea I should forget about untial after the caffeine has kicked in?

I don't think there is anything worrying about it all for a club in our position. We had zero money in the budget, so took a guy on trial who said he was more interested in playing than getting a 'big' wage. From what McCall said, he looked decent during his trials, but there were still some concerns - in particular, he didn't manage to score one goal in all his games. Also remember this guy had bounced around a few teams without making a breakthrough. However, we could get him cheap, so we signed him on peanuts until the end of the season to see how he worked out. Once he got his chance in the first team and proved himself, the board made an exception and allowed McCall extra money to tie him up. I would argue, therefore, we took a low risk approach that has paid dividends. Of course, every manager has stories about players that passed them by. I read this morning that Fergie missed out on Joe Hart for 100 grand.

It will happen 2 days, no? Then we join the Europa Cup boys

A good manager will have the team 100% focused on the next game (and only the next game). So from that perspective, the players shouldn't be worry about 2nd or 3rd place. It's all very Zen. The manager on the other hand should be ensuring he maximises the points we win from every game and let the final position take care of itself. I think it was different last season, as we didn't have much to play for after the split, so McCall was resting players for the Cup Final. I didn't agree with that approach, but at least he had a plan. With so much at stake this season, I can't imagine a repeat of that even if we do get to another final.

Hibs, like St. Mirren, are a team whose tactics often match up well against ours, regardless of their struggles in other matches. I still think we'll win, but it might not be as easy as yesterday's victory.

Weird. Accessing it from the US (which serves some different pages) Rangers have been on 51 points since the day of the deduction. Just checked again and it still reads 51.

Because it smacks of childishness. If it's a stupid rule, then we should encouraging its removal, not its enforcement.

Being a clipe isn't really about fairness and equality though.

Wouldn't it be better to put effort into stopping the pointless bans instead of encouraging more?

I think that's definitely part of it. Like steelboy mentioned, in the prior year we sold Reynolds. McCall said in a recent interview on MFC TV that when he took the job he was told to sell one player a season. I imagine for most clubs our size that can be the difference between profit and loss at the end of a financial year.

Exactly. So we need to make sure we have plans to address the gap.

Not at all. Just pointing out that, even with our relative success for 2011/2012 we are likely going to post a loss. So things like the Trust are very important to our continued success.

It is, but according to the MFC Twitter update, Derek Weir also stated:

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Craig Whyte + Rangers = Ken Bates + Leeds

I think if Wullie P had played in that Liverpool team, he would have also had a really good career.

When Jon Corzine was the CEO of Goldman Sachs he was responsible for taking them public. After all the processes has been put in place to sell the shares and a date set for the IPO, he had to push it back because of the economic downturn. If those guys can get it wrong, it's not inconceivable that MFC might get it wrong too.

Why would we do that? The club is, quite rightly, trying to treat away fans the way they want our fans to be treated at other grounds. Then maybe - just maybe - the way we are treated away from home might improve.

Aye, he really does live up to his 'legend' status.

Because Wullie P always celebrated 20 seconds before he scored.

Only over the first 5 yards

Fantastic player, and one of those rarities that, when you look back at footage from the old games, was actually as good as you remember.

I remember when, after a few successful games, the Daily Record was comparing John McKeever to Gerd Muller. Hope this article doesn't have the same effect!