texanwellfan

.......And they play rangers next. Not sure how I want that game to go. Rangers win probably would be best. I think it is more important that we keep Dundee Utd and the teams below us at a distance than it is to catch Rangers. We do have to play them twice so currently within our control to catch them without help from other teams. So all in all I just want to see Dundee Utd, Hearts and St Johnstaone drop all the points they can regardless of who they are playing.

hopefully the players are excited about european football and are glad to be part of a good team. Each of them will get their turn eventually ( and more than one turn ) everybody won't play well all the time plus, as mentioned with suspensions and injuries it's up to each player to sieze the chance, once they are in starting line up, to play well enough to stay there. Once Craigan goes back in then Clancy may find it hard to get back in. But, again he will get another chance at some point.

that will depend on who you are talking to and who is listening !!

i also think that Celtic ( lennon ) didn;t so much claw back a 15 point deficit as mush as Rangers threw it away. I put that more down to Rangers than Celtic. When you are behind a team the only way you can catch them is by them screwing up. Admiteddly you have to win your games but you can't make up the defecit the team in the lead has to give up the defecit. ...... Unless of course the games you have against them cover the defecit....................and also read into my statements, we are 8 or 11 points clear in third, no one can make that up only we can throw it away!!.............We have 2 games left against rangers, therefore we can make up a 3 point defecit.

i think, now that we are shooting more from around the edge of the box and beyond it will help us break them down. Also with the options we have in attack I think they will struggle to nullify all of them. As I look back through their results, they do not score many, they have struggled against lower league opposiiton in cup games ( probably cause they don't score many goals ) and third intersting thing i noted was the fact that they have beaten dundee Utd twice this season. So maybe they will do us a favour the last game before the split and beat them again!!!

i've never quite worked out hpw they decide home and away games post split. Is there a defined procedure?

ok to steer the thread off of MJC and back to the game. No yellows to worry about. they don't carry over from the league games. I think paige and forbes may have got booked against queen's park so that's it. But fefinately foresee a very tight game with aberdeen not helping much in the way of providing any spectator enjoyment. However if we can get a goal in the first 20 mins i think it will make for a more entertaining game and a win for us. Hampden here we come!!!!

not really too worried what we get for our good players. Just as long as we sell them to teams outwith the SPL. Rather take less from an english or european team then sell to another SPL. Just doesn't make sense to sell your best assets to your competitors.

Well thats the good thing normally we have the old firm losses and more than one DOH!

Dramatic music plays TAN! TAN! TAN! and the curtain falls on this thread!

I agree that we are a selling club but if we can get second place or if we qualify for champions league by default it may require some re thinking by players and baord alike... 1. Do the players want to move and miss out on champions league? 2. Will we make enough money through our league poisiton fonish and being in europe to put us in the position where we do not have to sell a player at the end of this season? Based on our successful season and in anticipation of european soccer next season I hope we can hang onto our curent players ( Murphy included ) till we are out of europe but of course still be able to allow them to move on to bigger things ( perhaps in the Jnauary window? ) for decent transfer fees.

great record when you think that 5 of the 8 total losses are to the old firm.

For all we have a smal squad it seems to be now that if someone is out or having an off day somebody else steps up. eg craigan suspended....clancey in............daley off day ............hump steps in........let's hope we can kee that going through some of the suspensions. With the financial rewards it carries, we have to be aiming for second. but fully agree with previous post that we focus on one game at a time. Although the financial rewards are there it would just be soooooooooooooooo great to see our name in second spot in the league table!!!! COYW

Ok no more mention of the bridies, please!! unless you are goign tosend some over here.

1 goal is fine by me just win it!

3rd place by no means wrapped up..............BUT........... we do have a good oportunity to wrap it up by the split. Not saying we will but definately we have earned the chance to do that we play the bottom 2 teams away we play 2 teams probably not making the top 6 we play rangers at home. I thought a while back that 60 points would win 3rd. If we can win the 4 games against Dunfermline, Hibs, Killie and Aberdeen ( not an easy task but certainly not fantasy stuff ) we will be on 60 points at the split. I do not believe that any of the teams under us will manage to get to 60 points by the end of the season. That would set us up to have a go at second place with all guns blazing if Rangers are still within our grasp and they have a tough run in to the split.

Page should not be playing in the cup game. we should have full squad to select from, right? unless you have a violent conduct red card suspensions stay in the same competition. Not sure how we are situated for yellow base don the 2 previous rounds. 2 yellows and you miss next round.

Haven't written St Johnstone off but think that Dundee Utd will be main contender, just my opinion. I think top 6 will be Celtic Rangers Motherwell Dundee utd St Johnstone Inverness

I don't have a problem with the Higdon thing. First of all we have no clue what he said and secondly have no issue with one professional to another saying " good strike" "well taken" or whatever. I am pretty sure Higdon wanted to beat Celtic as much as any of us in fact probably more since I am assuming they get some sort of win bonus? ( or maybe that went out the window with administration, not sure )

Well, getting us back on thread............. Seems like Dundee Utd may be emerging as our closest competitor? Looking at recent results, up coming fixtures and how they almost caught Hearts last season they might be the ones to push us the hardest. Of course, being in the position we are, it is only ours to loose so we need to keep churning out results through suspensions to key players. I am still confident of finishing third. Would be good to get to the split 9 or 10 ahead of closest rival.

why will Lasley get suspended again? he got 1 auto game ban ( hibs ) for the 2 yellows in one game. that took him over 6 yellows so he got suspended for dunfermline game. So now he has to reach 6 yellows again to be suspended.

No suffering through updates on the shout box this saturday. Sure there will be a few live streams. if not I may have to infiltrate the austin celtic supprters club and goto Fado's ( pub ) to watchit.

GO FOR IT!!

Which one of those 4 is higdon???