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McAllister should consider himself lucky to be offered the post. I can't understand why he was so connected with first the manager's job, then the assistant. Was pretty average at Coventry, then poor at Leeds. Ok, he was a great player but, if that's the pedigree, then why not have Andy Goram in charge?

For me, the weakness is in centre-midfield. Sure, we have enough defensive midfielders in Stratford, Cox and Duncan. Maybe even McBain. But a good passing midfielder with an ability to support the front two? Cox seems shoehorned in to that role but I'd still have preferred an experienced player there. I'm not talking SPL standard but just someone of SFL1 ability that's played that position. I'd have kept Vigurs mind you for that role.

I like Tokely there, so I don't have much of a problem with that.

He'll be 34 before we can sign him, plus he's had a chequered history of being in and out of teams. I've always thought he looked a decent defender but hopefully we'll look more to the future.

I agree 100% Scotty.

Could it be: Esson Bulvitis - Munro - Golabek Proctor - Stratford - Duncan - Cox - Djebi-Zadi Hayes Foran i.e. Proctor and DZ as wing backs. Certainly seems like DZ's best position.

Personally, with the signings they have made over the last two seasons, I thought Ross County could have the edge on us. Britton and Vigurs are two class acts.

Customers in TK Maxx pay the staffs' wages there too. As a customer, does this entitle me to pop in every second Saturday and shout abuse at the checkout girls for 90 mins? From bitter experience, I can inform you that TK Maxx don't tolerate that (spoilsports)

What a great signing he could turn out to be for the Leith lot! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/...ian/8128849.stm

Virtually all the Scottish teams out by August. But that's the point. For most, it was their first or second game. I'll wager Burnley don't beat Manchester United later in the season. Need to change the season to summer football if we are to progress in Europe. Aberdeen and Motherwell barely had a team when they played and Hearts are basically strangers to each other.

Please don't. Found it fascinating and it probably endeared himself to the fans.

Kenny Miller in a Scotland top :)

I don't doubt it (pretty crazy though) but having a bit of fun.

...Mo Johnston in a Rangers top....

Next it'll be Kyle Allison and a Ross County top ;)

From a distance, the Brighton looks bright pink. And having Nobo emblazoned across it doesn't help. Some other really bad ones there, but the spider Bilabao one is sensational. I'd buy it!

Bloody hope not! Think McGhee had one good season in Scotland. Needs to prove himself with the Dons and I just don't see him doing that. Burley's been a better manager at club level. Trouble is...well, I've made mine feelings clear enough on other threads. Aberdeen will struggle for top 6 but Falkirk and Motherwell are even worse. We'll see what the Accies are capable of. A lot of very very poor teams in the SPL this year.

Thanks, I know Showtime. I go for the much cheaper ART package.

Which Channel? You on AD (Abu Dhabi) Sport? ART is supposed to have it again this year but not this weekend.

I heard he got fired

You're not interested in football?

It's about time that Scottish football started again, focusing on community clubs instead of those 'historical' clubs cluttering up the leagues. The likes of Stenhousemuir or Alloa are leftovers from the past, with too many teams in the same area (e.g. Airdrie, Hamilton, Clyde). How about two leagues of 16, filled with the larger clubs, plus representatives of various areas, e.g. Stranraer, Queen of the South, Forfar, Livingstone etc etc. No chance of that then!

I was never part of the sack George campaign....but I am now. Smith, Brown and McLeish all saw that we didn't have the ability to dominate games and play free-flowing football. Vogts never learned that, now it's obvious Burley hasn't either. If he had the England team, he'd be a sensation but expecting us to go to Norway, after our previous performances, with an attack-minded team was pure folly. We're best when boring (sad but true).

Davidson was a good left-back. Famously got his jaw broken by Dennis Wise. Little coward attacked Callum while he was asleep. Typical of that despicable excuse for a man. Don't think he's done anything wrong.

0-2 at half-time. I'm now 100% sure my line-up was correct. Just as I suspected, Norway threw everything up to Carew. By going one-on-one, we were prone to get slipped if we lost the aerial challenge. Using a sweeper system would have countered the problem and allowed us to attack down the wings. Instead, Burley's gone to dominate a midfield that has never been a big strength for Norway (half the time, it's by-passed). And that domination, includes a marker like Alexander who offers nothing going forward (him not being a midfielder). A man down, he takes off McCormack and leaves on Kommons. So now we have Kommons who can provide crosses to no-one, instead of a more central McCormack who also provides a goal threat. Sorry George, but you've got it completely wrong. All we needed was a draw, with only really one big threat to counter. Failed!