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"In terms of their wage structure, Glimt maintains a wage-to-revenue ratio of approximately 45%, which is significantly below the average in Europe, and this helps the club to remain profitable even in years when they don't qualify for the Champions League group stages. Despite that, Bodo/Glimt have been able to multiply player wages by no less than ten in five years and still manage to maintain a sustainable structure thanks to income from the European club competitions. Salaries have increased in line with their achievements, and Bodo/Glimt clearly top the rankings in the Norwegian Eliteserie in terms of the wage bill. Last year, the club paid out 346 million Norwegian kroner (approx. €31 million) in salaries – an increase of 116 million Norwegian kroner (approx. €11 million) from 2024. In comparison, Brann had its best financial year last year. The Bergen club paid out 142 million Norwegian kroner (approx. €13 million) in wages, over 200 million Norwegian kroner (approx. €17 million) less than Glimt." https://www.flashscore.com/news/soccer-eliteserien-bodo-glimt-s-transformation-from-near-bankruptcy-into-70-million-arctic-powerhouse/xxYV93Jj/

Bodo Glimt have a £31 million wage bill and have spent £38 million on their current team. I'm sure if we can match those figures Jens will be happy to stay!

We pretty much need a new back four. O'Donnell is 33, McGinn is 35 and Welsh won't be here. I think Longelo has to be a guy on other clubs radar as well.

Our record away to Hibs is decent. 7 out the last 10 we've got a draw or a win.

We've competed very well tonight, I won't say anything about the penalty until I see a replay, but 3 wins in 19 against the Top 6 isn't good. Off the top of my head I think we won 7 last season and we didn't even make the Top 6 so that was in less matches. We've been on the end of some very poor refereeing decisions recently but at the end of the day you still have to find a way to win. Also on a 1 win in 9 run right now. Feeling pretty scunnered, this is a season that promised a lot but it's ended poorly. Really need to get the result we need at the weekend.

Thanks for spoiling my (half) week!

I thought the referee got all the big decisions correct so fair play to him. Shankland pushes Welsh for the Hearts goal, Maswanhise stands on Kyziridis foot but football is a physical game, I don't see either as fouls. Teams are appealing for every marginal decision these days hoping to get a soft decision on review. We did it, Hearts did it. It's just another negative aspect of VAR.

Celtic have kept 1 clean sheet in their last 12 league matches and that was against St Mirren who can't score against anyone. So there should be at least 1 goal there for us. Celtic's last 5 away matches they have a draw, a loss and three jammy 2-1 wins. Clearly this game is doing to be down to how we defend. If we can keep Celtic to 1 or 0 we are probably getting something out the game. We have some defensive issues but only Falkirk have scored more than once against us at Fir Park since August so I still think we should be going into this match with confidence. And lets remember we are playing for guaranteed European football so it's not like are just playing to spoil someone else's party. Although that would be nice too...

Hearts play Falkirk the same night so this could be one for the ages.

Liam Gordon has had less than 10 minutes of league football since Christmas and I though he came in and did an excellent job.

Worth a point. Game of few chances, bit sloppy at times, looked a bit weary, hopefully we have one more home performance in us this season.

15 matches against Top 6 and we have 2 wins. That's not referees. Especially when we have been ahead or level in so many of those matches.

We blew it again versus a better quality team. You can complain about referees all day but it's happened too many times. Held leads against Hearts twice Falkirk Celtic twice and Hibs at Easter Road. No wins out of any of those matches.

Well Kettlewell wasn't playing against a Livingston team that literally can't win and 3 of Askou's victories have been against them. There is never going to be a completely direct comparison outside of the actual results.

That's what we were due so we can't have any complaints. We might not have any title winning games at Fir Park but we could still end it for all three. Well, two but you know what I mean!