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If he's that good he'll get an England call up.

He's not a keeper, though. In fact the last team stupid enough to sign Barton were stupid enough to sell Shay Given. Nobody is spending big money on keepers these days. Ruddy's club picked up their Slovakian international goalie on a Bosman.

I doubt anybody would pony up even 1 million for McGregor given his now, well established, reputation as an eejit.

I doubt that would have been practical as I can't imagine the SPL and SFL scheduling for our benefit.

He says his preference would be to head back down south, so I doubt Rangers would be his choice.

Have you even read this thread? That article pretty much sums up the majority of responses on here.

Maybe he he was involved in the sad death of dummy text.

It's nothing to do with being 'even all over'. It's to do with the plastic grass and underlying surface producing more friction against the boot. Plus, it's one thing having a kick about for an hour once a week, but plenty of managers have complained that playing and training on an artificial surface leads to problems like back injuries. It is just possible that the people that make their living from playing the game no a wee bit more than the punters that enjoy an occasional kickabout. And if they were that great, why aren't we seeing them across world football? They are rarely used even here in the US - home of everything plastic.

There are plenty of players who have been injured on artificial pitches without ensuing lawsuits, so I presume the answer to that is no. I know it's a different game, but the New York Jets and Giants laid a state-of-the-art artificial pitch a few years ago. It was ripped up pretty quickly as the players were picking up more injuries than they did on grass, mostly due to studs sticking in the turf and wrecking their ankles/calves/knees/thighs when they turned.

No. Players hate them and there are many managers and coaches who believe that their long term use increases player injuries.

It didn't have to meet your lofty standards. I was just responding to the accusation that I had no information on the situation because of (the boring old chestnut) that I live in the USA. It was the opinion of someone who generally has a pretty balanced view on games. I'd take that over some of the first had drivel that is regularly posted in these threads.

I have had a first hand report already from a 'Well fan at the game. Sorry to burst your wee bubble and make you look even more stupid, but that's the risk you take with uninformed posting.

Because retaliation is generally regarded as a red card offence. That's why every manager/coach tells his players that when someone does that to you, you stay on the ground.

I expect a new thread about how poor the ref was today - particularly in not showing O'Brien a red card. Terrible decision that may have earned us 2 extra points. I doubt we will be talking about that 20 years from now.

Try looking about 3 posts further up the page. No wonder you didn't get the dominoes joke

Ruddy doesn't exactly say anywhere in that BBC interview that he is keen to stay. Not that I blame the guy, but it sounds like he'll be off like a shot if any decent English club makes an offer.

He's not as good as Pat Jennings.

The problem is that it is a significant number rather than a few. It's manageable now, because the laws have limited it to a few.

And if they had stuck 6 past St. Jonhstone tonight you would be saying how they are on top form and likely to stick 6 past us too. I have no idea what the score will be, but we aren't conceding many goals right now, so I imagine it will be a tight game.

This is exactly the type of thread I enjoy reading in the Club Chat section. Well done to all involved and keep up the good work.

Very true. For all his touting as a future England goalie, he has yet to represent his country at any level and obviously ranks somewhere behind Calamity James in the pecking order.

To be fair, I think Gannon was hung out to dry for claiming (more than once) that Dallas didn't respond, when it appears that he did.

A 5 minute response has put this guy's gas at a peep and left us appearing to take the high ground; regardless of whether the club actually did anything that is claimed in their reply

There wasn't mindless violence at every game when you were allowed to drink. Just enough games to make it unworkable. Sadly, I just don't think that Scottish drinking habits have changed sufficiently for it to work, although the all-seated stadiums might have some positive impact. To be honest, though, I'd rather have terracing and a dry stadium than seats with a pint at half-time.

I think the point was that clubs like St. Mirren had the option to lay their pitch in the early spring thereby giving it more opportunity to grow and knit. We weren't afforded that luxury and had to undertake the work in the summer knowing that Autumn and Winter were fast approaching and likely to undermine the efforts in the short term. It's not clutching at straws in this instance. It's a prefectly valid comparison. If well established and normally decent grass surfaces are suffering from the unusually poor winter weather, what chance has new grass? Aye I bet you 500 quid we would. Now get in your time machine and prove me wrong, or pony up.