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showing signs of PBSD

Fair fcuks - got that wrong. But, Ramsay was ahead of Bradley in the pecking order. The injuries fcuked any chance of him getting a chance and now, well, can't get on the bench for a league one team?

Maybe my mind playing tricks on me, but it seems to be a more recent invention? The starting captain for the day should remain the captain for the game imho - seen Liverpool hand the armband around 3/4 times a game (especially when Milner/Henderson) were getting bits of games which is just daft.

I have no doubt that if we go up, Goodwin will stay in charge - any sort of debate would be moot - they're not getting rid at that point. But taking confidence from him finally cottoning on to what game plan might suit the team after a year in charge, seems a tad optimistic.

All I can say about the penalty is that I was too busy laughing at Moult’s claim to notice the ref pointing to the spot. That said, Raith were mince and didn’t deserve anything. Little said about the opening goal = was a cracker.

Of course its a factor. I'd wager that the final backup centre back selected by most countries in most big tournaments have barely played a minute between them. So its more than just about ability.

Wasn't going to bother going, but if this is on the cards, count me in!

I don't think that's the sales pitch you think it is. Scottish fitba is for suckers - we could rake through all the clubs accounts to prove this, but its fairly self-evident.

The Thompson's were pretty crap at it too. What's our profit/loss table looking like (before benefactor loans) over the last 20 years? And we've never won a European tie in that time, far less got near any group stage.

Love it. Obviously a small tournament like the Euros wouldn't bring the crowds in, but later on...

My favourite midfield duo for United, well, ever. Can be easily argued neither were among the best midfielders we ever had, but collectively they just worked in tandem beautifully.

Didn't go to the game. Considered paying for the PPV, but decided to do some work instead.

I can assure you, not at the level I play at.

Reading this forum - the opposite is clearly true. Firstly, I'll say I was a critic of the clown at the time - nothing to do with history. Secondly, there was no 'having balls' involved in playing Gauld, Souttar and Robertson; yer half-blind grannie would have played them, because they were awesome. In fact my argument at the time was we were probably playing them too much. Guys like Gauld needed a rest occasionally, but it wasn't until the great McDiarmid switcheroo that it finally happened when the clown swapped out half the team at the same time to predictable effect!

If you think we were the same team at that point as we were before, good for you. I think not.

We were 4th in the league when he took over and he was the one in charge for the 7-1 game. I don't think that's the Lazarus style turnaround you're making it out to be. Fair fcuks, he won the Cup and he'll always have love for that, and he did a fairly steady job for a bit. But I have him firmly in the 'inherited an already great squad and did little to progress it" camp. Also tainted by the fact he didn't recognise the talent coming through at the time and quit/wassacked in the huff.

You're confusing managerial ability with the talent in a team. McNamara was a fraud of a manager. He took the best squad we had since the times of Jim and shat all over it. We all remember that golden period where we were scoring 4 goals a game and playing majestic fitba. What we tend to forget is that it lasted barely a couple of months and was all over by xmas, when we didn't win in 7 and never really recovered. I said it at the time - we were playing great fitba in spite of him, not because of him. A literal mannequin could take a team with Gauld, GMS, Armstrong, Souttar et al and win a few games in the SPFL. Give McNamara credit if you want for Robertson. I'd say it was a complete fluke. In the same transfer window that he signed a future Champions League winner, he also signed Kudus Oyenuga. Nobody but nobody recognised how good Robertson was until he started turning it on in training. If you remember, he was signed with the idea he was going to be backup to another guy we had on trial - Graham Carey. His managerial career since he was sacked sums him up. Mellon on the other hand did a half-decent job with the shite he inherited. Half-decent. That's all.

Could be argued that Houston had it easy, inheriting a great team that he already had a large influence on, and it was a constant slow decline as he couldn't replace players that he lost. I might posit that the best manager we've had since then was Micky Mellon... which is, something.

Middleton wasn't great, but I'm wondering if it's a particularly United fan trait to pour all scorn on one of the wide players. Even our good ones -going back to the likes of Conway and McLaren always seemed to get more than their fair share of hate. Last night most of our pressure came down the left hand side, but hey-ho. We're shite. That much has been obvious since pre-season, but the rest of the league is somehow even shiter, so we will probably make it up. We'll be kinda fcuked without sweeping changes though, that probably won't happen.

Whatever the reasons for his injuries, its looking like they've torpedoed any chance he had to ignite his Liverpool career. Connor Bradley has been superb tonight. Ramsay will have a hard job ever getting a game ahead of him and TAA.

So in his best year his hobby only cost him £800k - lovely stuff if you've got money to burn I suppose. The thing is he has said he is not a charity and intends to make a profit. It'll never happen. How can a successful businessman not recognise that?

An expensive hobby for Ogren. Not sure why he continues to throw his cash away tbh.

This always strikes me as weird; there are countless right-footed centre-backs across the globe playing as a LCB and nobody ever bats an eyelid, but left-footers on the right never works? It shouldn't matter a jot. If he can't play there it's because he's not good enough, not his foot preference.

I'm not saying he was wrong to do it, but I was surprised when Goodwin made two changes at half-time, given we'd scored two goals in the previous 10 minutes. I'd tend to leave Moult on no matter how poorly he's playing - he at least gives you an option - I remember Watt in the last 5 mins picking the ball up in the right-back position.