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I think the challenge might be getting him to come up there. Doing well at Aberdeen could absolutely take his career onto the next level, but doing badly in Scotland has put a bullet in the head of a lot of managers that appeared to be promising. Glass, Goodwin and Robson with Aberdeen; Ross, Heckingbottom & Moloney with Hibs; most of the same guys + Mellon and Fox at United. Maybe they're all just shite, maybe they're all just bad appointments. Or maybe managing in Scotland is a fucking tough gig and you're more likely to fail than not. If you're Eustace, are you looking at a list of similar-ish guys who have tried it up here and are now nowhere to be seen and/or in the Scottish Championship?

Big fan of his. Treated disgracefully by Bham. Would be a good appointment, IMO.

You'd better pray he hasn't kept it.

Livid about this. Robson has made a habit of just doing enough to keep his job, and I had hoped he'd continue doing so for some time.

That's the feeder club model in a nutshell.

Man Utd are 2-0 up here and it could be 3 or 4. Not sure how they're managing it because the pitch isn't brilliant. It's a fucking mystery to me tbh.

Bang out of order that St Mirren got to play on a bowling green yesterday while Rangers were made to play on a quagmire. Honestly, that pitch is absolutely fine, but especially for late January. The baldy c**t is trying to perpetuate the myth that a surface that isn't perfect is somehow a leveller. Just take the three points and f**k off.

Rangers TV said that Lawrence booking was harsh

Apparently we knocked back Mellon when it became clear he couldn't play anywhere across the front three.

Keep us posted

I'm honestly not sure who we could/would move out at this point. Unless Stav is away. Everyone else seems important and is of a decent enough quality.

Decent window. We needed: 1) a shuffle of the pack up front, for new ideas if nothing else 2) LWB cover 3) RWB cover/long-term Strain replacement 4) a centre mid We have got all of those things.

Nah. I know last night was probably a gut punch but you're a decent side. Can't see you being anywhere near bother as long as you stay solvent.

Bringing the Old Firm into a thread about Hearts and Dundee is a bit weird tbh.

The Administration Yo-Yo Derby. Hearts win, please.

This was not the sort of crashing bottles I came in this thread to see, tbqhwy.

Our set piece strategy in a nutshell.

I really want to see him play down the left. We have him and Kiltie constantly cutting back inside. It's predictable and easy to defend. Might be ok when Strain is playing and whipping balls in from the right, but when that's gone we look very narrow and lobsided.

The issue with Stav at this stage is he's unlikely to have the time to do enough to justify the fee he would command to make the move permanent. Unless he comes back from Spain and starts banging in a goal every other game.

Worst game of Top Trumps ever?

So... Better or worse than Yoann Arquin?

Wait, Tonet's name was Tony Tonet?

Mate. Just no.

And even if we're playing 3-4-3, we can't go into this phase of the season with just two genuine first team midfielders. One of which has been off the boil and the other, in CBM, has been good but wouldn't really be first choice under normal circumstances. We absolutely needed a signing of this type, so I'm pleased we've addressed it and I hope he turns out to be decent.

Oh look Morton have finally managed to get a few points on the board. Welcome back mate.