Mick1867

Yet before Keena arrived you were raving about Mortimer's performance, even saying he was our best striker since Jamie Longworth - which was of course a ridiculous statement, especially for a striker who has never scored. Or have I just imagined you saying that?

You not capable of doing both? You'll fit right in as plenty of other cheery fuckers like yourself will be in attendance

Mind the last time Gus had to re-build a squad for a League 2 campaign? Pretty sure that it took a lot longer than the middle of June and the season worked out just fine Think I'll focus on my various World Cup sweeps and bets over the next few weeks

It's the League Cup.....which you said it was about 3 hours previous to this post.... Alzheimer’s?

eh...the last two sentences?

100% correct. This was all explained at the recent AGM....and we were also told at last year's AGM that this rule was getting introduced. I'm pretty sure it was mentioned on this forum as well. Surprised The Spider wasn't aware of this.

It's probably just another shitey rumour.... but what if he and Gus have had a sit down and patched up their differences? I'd take him back, no problem at all. By the way, I wouldn't hold it against him on how he returned to us the first time i.e his reasons for signing for East Fife then coming back. These things happen and his performances were one of the major reasons we stayed up that season.

I'm a fan of all the positions tbh but nae chance of getting any on a Saturday night

Heard from a decent source that we won't be getting new kit next season, just using the current stuff. Hoops of course back as "home" strip. The dark blue as "away". Red will also be used if required

Nah, Lesser is astro turf now. Has been for a wee while

f**k up Scott ya wee dick

There is no Third Division as well. Almost as stupid as folk who still refer to the Premiership as the SPL

My thinking entirely before last night. Unfortunately not as simple as that

Started supporting them because they are my local club. I grew up about 100 yards from the ground and was also ball boy in the early 80s . The amateur status didn't play a part in my decision at all, although I grew to love it as well as all the associated history. Turning semi-pro wouldn't be an issue at all for me if it was financially viable and the right decision for the club. If not and we end up playing at a lower level then so be it. As long as I still have a football club to follow every week

It's an absolute no-brainer imo and that was aslo the opinion of the vast majority at the meeting last night, although there was no official vote. The only option is selling the ground and us not playing there. That's their deal breaker.

That's what the club are wanting to happen, all part of the ongoing negotiations with the SFA . It will need plenty of work done to bring it up to league standard. We could go for the one stand like East Fife and Dumbarton or the two like Stirling Albion. Maybe one stand with a terracing behind the goal like Ochilview, that would be my choice.

They might want Lesser as part of the deal so we'd have to look elsewhere ( back to Cathkin?) We don't really have a choice now. I hear that if we don't sell them the ground then they are going to Murrayfield and we would be taking a massive risk financially if we then take on all the current debts of the ground in the hope that it would be outweighed by any sale of the land. If the place is no longer used as a National Stadium then we have a proportion of the Lottery money to pay back as well as refunding Debenture scheme holders. I now see it as a great chance for us to re-model ourselves and play at a ground and a level suitable for a club of our size. Could be the choice of turning semi-pro or ending up in the Lowland league (playing at Hampden was always an attraction for players )

Fuckin hell, is this daftie still at it?

Tad harsh

To be honest, I don't think Queen's should take much credit at all for McGeady. He left us at far too young an age for us to claim we developed him. Celtic got him at just the right age to do that. My point was we don't need Colt teams in the lower leagues to help develop decent young Scottish players, there are clubs at our level well capable of doing that. It works because we mix youth with experience. I appreciate Robbo is a stand out case but we gave him a chance in our first team not long after he arrived at our youth set up and he took it. If this is all about player development then the loan system works just fine

..and if his name is Andy Roberston they'll tell him he's too wee and boot him out club. You can't find a better example really of a young Scottish player succeeding in the game through his own hard work and dedication, plus a willingness to start again at the bottom so he could make it to the very top. The pleasing thing is it had nothing to do with the Old Firm or any cunting Colt team.

So play at Parkhead with a vastly reduced capacity each season? Perhaps re-build a stand at a time over a few seasons? Was that even an option? By all accounts McCann was a hard man to negotiate with right from the start ( which wasn't unexpected) He came in with some ridiculous demands. He seemed to forget that the club that owned the ground was still playing there every fortnight. He basically wanted to turn the inside of the place into Celtic Park for the season. Wanted the offices, hallways, boardroom, and other lounges in the old South Stand re-decorated in Celtic colours with Celtic memorabilia up on the walls etc. He even wanted some carpets -which had the QP club crest woven in - ripped up and replaced with green ones. QP said that was fine...as long as everything was back to normal for the next Queen's Park game ( so it obviously never happened) The QP committee just got fed up with all his constant shite so started giving him some back.....and 22 years later he is still seething about it He tried to play hardball over everything, including the rental fee , but his problem was he wasn't negotiating from a position of strength

Can somebody tell me where Celtic would have played that season if the "mean spirited" Queen's Park committee hadn't agreed to groundshare that season with them?.. (for a small fee of course)

You can add Queen's Park to the list of good guys. No public statement but been speaking to a few committee members and office staff who told me the club's official response to the SPFL "consultation" was they are against it.

It went fuckin years ago. Ya clown