Caley Mad In Berks

I'm with you on this one CD. We should be signing Marius up for longer, not trying to get rid of him. I admired the board for showing some ambition in getting Marius in the first place. Now they should be trying to keep him!

We won't reach top six, and stay there, without becoming much more professional in every way. That means spending money. If we want to be a bottom six SPL side, fighting relegation every other year, then fine, stay as we are. I know it may be considered a high risk strategy, but I feel it could be worth it and I'd love to see us drop the Highland League mentality, and give it a real go.

Only for the rest of you!

Shakin Stevens

Crowd was 40odd thousand, split pretty well 50/50 between the 2 clubs. Atmosphere was OK. What Wembley do is close off the top tier, so you don't get the impression that stadium is less than half full.

I've always said that Brew should have until the end of next season. What I'd like to see is a really experienced Director of Football to support him. Someone who really knows the game, and is respected by the bigger clubs. I don't mean John Robertson. Someone like Craig Brown or maybe even Terry Butcher. I'm sure someone of that calibre, not only would be a good sounding board for Brew, but would have the standing to attract decent players north.

Just back from Wembley after seeing Exeter just about deserve their victory and gain their place back in Football League. Great stadium by the way, even half full. I'm sure Exeter will do well in Div 2. They have a good set up now, after tremendous boardroom problems a few years ago. Watch them fly! They're sponsored by Flybe, like us!

Straight swap for Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink?

and chips

BBC site working at last, very slowly!

old spice

moth pilot

Not long! Night, night everyone.

Oh no you're not!

Yes, RIP Tommy. I had a look on the Reading FC fans forum today, and it is nice to see that there are scores of condolence messages on there, even though its fair to say most Reading fans thought he was a very poor manager in his spell with them.

Celtic fans behaved impecably in seville...... not just in comparison to the huns last night! I am embarrased to be Scottish today. BAN RANGERS! I don't normally take sides when it comes to the old 'infirm'. But judging from what I saw on TV etc, I think a ban for Rangers is in order. By sheer coincidence my wife and I were in Seville (not for the football) with some friends when Celtic played there. I have to say that all the Celtic fans we saw did behave impeccably. The ones who were in our hotel were great fun and even were quite gracious when I felt it necessary to remind them of Feb 8 2000.

My English club, Exeter City, are in the Blue Square Conference play off final at Wembley on Sunday v Cambridge. Guess who is going to be there cheering them on? That'll be my first visit to the 'new' Wembley, so I'm really looking forward to it.

Surely this can't be true! How can they afford him if we apparently can't? I still think he is a loss to us. In many ways he is a better keeper than Fraser. I think it is crazy if we have to sign an alternative keeper to replace him.

and there

Tambourine Man

Me too. I think Maddy's view is naive, bordering on pathetic

I've only seen Zander live once, at the beginning of last season when he came on against Dunfermline, at home. I thought he looked great on that occasion, and was surprised he didn't get many other opportunities in the first team. I still have high hopes for him.

If you could get someone to take it, the safest bet is that there will be people moaning on here next week, even if we hump St Mirren on Saturday!!

I tend to agree with Blackieforce that we shouldn't be discussing this while Brew is still in place. But some of the suggestions already made on here are laughable. On his appoinment I felt that Brew should be given time to get things right, probably up to the end of next season, and I still feel this way. It would appear that the powers that be are thinking along similar lines, for I can't see Brew being replaced in the short term.

I've said on other threads that unfortunately I think we've seen the best of Denzil, and I can't see him hacking it for anyone else at SPL level. To be honest, apart from one good spell he had for about 2 or 3 months alongside Dargo a couple of seasons ago, I think that, generally, he has been a disappointment since he came back from Hearts. His best days for us were clearly in the lower divisions.