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The answer is NO - because the final decision was swayed by internal politics and ego orientated numpties. Having said that - Butcher would have been my second choice - but I would have loved to see Barry wilson or Charlie Christie - with the local knowledge - employed as the assitant or assistants. Malpas is a muppet with a long list of failures. But as some have alluded to - we have no time to squabble and we simply have to back the man and the team.

It should get better with an accomplished goalkeeper, defenders playing in the correct positions, midfielders played to their strengths, two up front, timely substitutions, dressing room cohesion, a crowd behind the team, a settled system and goals from open play - Gawd those were the days !!

Which is a definite impovement in comparison with what we have had to suffer fer the last two years !! I am not sure whether there are that many positives at the moment - BUT - If we stay up and Butcher decides to carry on - then there are MEGA positives. Lets face it - Butcher has one goal to aim for this season.

I'm a commoner too Hairy - We are two of a kind. Gawd bless ya lad.

And obviously a step towards winning the UEFA Cup. :thumb04: :018: Feckin extreme optimism - I love it. Relegated and in the UEFA Cup - where have we seen that before ?

yes it's a common saying Yip very common - :thumb04: :018:

Well if I called Brewster that I would have a feckin warning - but hey - that may be a sign of the times changing fer the good - Could have been worse - you could have called the Jail Ender a qypsy. :thumb04: :018: ;)

There were a lot of plusses in the way John Doc set up the team at Tynie..... But for a couple of questionable refereeing decisions we should have taken at least 1 point from that one. The Doc should be consulted over the lineup/tactics for the Celtic game. If the players perform to their capabilities a decent result will not be beyond them. Gatheussi at right Back ? Rosscoe and Duncan in central midfield ? Cowie gawd knows where ? Wood up front on his own ? Taking on Proctor ? Putting Munro at left back ? Hooking Vigurs ? Putting Black on the bench with no thought of playing him ? Taking on Rooney with five minutes to play. We stayed in the game becos of two great dead ball goals methinks.

don't know what you're getting at DOH - Think about it ? It could be construed as a personal attack

I'm more of the opinion, once a pr!ck always a pr!ck :015: :D :thumb04: :018: ;) A thorn in the feckin side perhaps !!

A must win in the sense of morale and confidence.

Not sure of Butchers pedigree but I hope he makes an impact - a "yes" man he is not. He should have the respect and the aura to pump up the passion and he may attract some more (unfortunately) loan signings in fer the cause. A temporary fix but a necessity given the Boards blunderings. But who is going to guide him in the next very important three games ? That is a big worry of mine. Butcher and Malpas are starting from scratch - He couldnt have learned much from Tynie apart from seeing clearly who should be starting - I count that as 5. Cellic is the perfect start fer him - he has nowt to lose and everything to gain - the performances will be more important than the result. But what about the selection, the formation and the tactics - he will have to rely on the numpties who have been picking the team fer months. Now Butcher will inevitably see through them and change it - but we dont have the time and that worries me. We are on the edge of a cliff holding on by the tips of our fingers

They are playing a game behind the scenes - If we go down everything will change in the management sense.

Butcher could well be the bait ?

I can - partiularly if we WERE relegated - and then we would go straight back up again - as the locus of control would change.

:thumb04: :018: But lest you not forget - This was not all about Craig Brewster.

That is still being debated at FIFA level - It aint about the money we got it is about the money we should have paid out. One surprise sponsor (or not so if ya think about it) and one not so surprising. Scotty -Yes and No - if we survive it is worth it I suppose. My point has always been that we could have prospered if the warring factions had sorted things out and looked at a control compromise. Robbo was the carrot on the end of a string and as ever the egos won.

It isnt a new era as eras last longer than six months - and lets face it this is a temporary fix with the goal of survival - two months in arrears unfortunately. Our board as ever have been short sighted and reactive. They will undoubtedly point the blame at Brewster if all of this goes awry. Butcher may well be a polished speaker - and he has the TV panel experience to come across as he does - but he aint a miracle worker - It really does depend on who he gets in before next week. Lets face it - he may have the passion but if ya dont have at least 11 good men and true then you are going to struggle. But I fer one will be behind him as he really has nothing to lose and everything to gain - and I bet he knows it. And apparently two of the first words that my mole overheard were "Kevin Kyle" - I could live with that.

It is just like an away trip to Moldova.

There certainly is oh tinky one - At least the nonsense going on behind the scenes is more in the public arena / awareness now - and I supect that it will all come out in the dirty wash at the end of the season - but hopefully not before. Robbo has too much still invested to go public and probably respect for the club as well. Me - I am going to put it to bed and get behind the Sassenach Hun - but it could be a water bed !!

Yip - we have no option really but he has to be given a wee bit of time - but as I have been around fer centuries I have a bad feeling in ma water cos I can recall a Butcher travelling north in 1746, usurped a young pretender, slaughtered a Jacobite nation and put the Highlands into a recession. Feck me - his mums name is no Pat is it ?

Never a truer word said in jest - I am reliably informed that Terry Butcher has rented a penthouse suite in Fishertown.

But none of those clubs had Proctor, Maguire, Hastings etc.

And a torn up bloodied England shirt - recently purloined !! OR

Phew - that was another close one boys - Think the town will ever suspect ?