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Well, good move for Adam. However, as DoofersDad has said, shame he will be pairing up with the horrid Marlon King. I have no respect for the club, and McLeish, for that.

Has there ever been a fan survey from the club?

Rory McAllister goes from top scorer in 2nd Div to the 3rd division, turning down full-time football in the SPL for part-time with Peterhead... I think some members of the board at Peterhead must be paying him good full-time money, thus allowing him to finish his studies...29 goals in the 2nd div...how many will he be expected to score in the 3rd?

I think the Lithuanians underestimated the severity of his crime int his country. Either way, I think Wonga probably threatened them - his face with Wonga on his chest under the sex offender headline, is hardly what they paid hundreds of thousands for... Right decision. He was less than contrite, and probably expected to be carrying on as usual. You cant be a professional footballer, a job which which entails being in the public eye, being a role model and ambassador, a representative of a city, or part of a city, and to attract fans, and then be doing what he did. It doesnt matter what job of course, the act is no better or worse, however him stating that it was "a learning curve" was so off the mark, one questioned how much he took the crime seriously.

And he still has a full head of hair, unlike his three younger brothers. Shocking.

Good video of the winners on the BBC Website and well done to them, it would be no mean feat to win those games. Hats off!

And mine, however Mr. Pannu the Chairman, said the club had signed 4 players identified by McLeish and that it was annoying he'd done that then left so... Add the fact that McLeish hasn't said anything, as he is *probably* wangling his way to Villa for free. Anyway, a sorry affair, and I wish none of them any success. Norwich have replaced Birmingham as my English team, just so you know!

Just one of many at the helm of Scottish football who have neither the experience, know-how, respect or ability to fulfill their brief.

Which begs the question, why would Birmingham, specifically Alex McLeish, be comfortable signing such a player? Coventry, being more desperate (no offence intented to any sky blues), I can see (but not ok) why, but Birmingham, with the massive parachute payment and Hong Kong businessman backer, signing a serial offender, a violent thug, a sex offender, is it really the calibre they're after, the role model for their young fans, the name they want to sell shirts? Madness. Athletes get banned for taking Vicks vaposyrup - but in footie, a violent sex offender gets to pick and choose his contracts. Anyway, Alex McLeish, and Brum, are confined to the "septic" section of my likes/dislikes.

What utter tosh he speaks! Being fast is but one asset out of many that make a footballer, and even then it isn't everything. Awareness, vision, passing, teamwork, tackling, shooting, heading....etc etc. He must have said it in jest, else he's a muppet.

Marlon King, who has 14 convictions, (the last being an 18-month sentence for the sexually assault and ABH of a 20 year-old woman (broken nose)) has stunned Coventry by plumping for Birmingham and reneging on a verbal contract. Coventry said "To hear that he has now changed his mind and gone back on what had been agreed is very hard to take." Well, i'm all for giving people a second-chance, but this "man" is a serial offender, repeatedly assaulting women. He is a low-life, and if you fight with a pig you both get dirty...Coventry should never have signed him, and Birmingham are now my ex-English team. If ICT had made a move for Marlon King or say, if Luke McCormick, the former Plymouth goalie who, while drink-driving, killed two boys, was available, would people here be ok with their signing or completely opposed?

That's the folly of it. The SPL are gambling it will be picked up by SKY for a shed load of cash. Fat chance, when the customers (88%) have said that's not what they want to "buy") At the end of the day, it should be the SFA in charge of changes, not the chairmen, it is idiotic to have 12 men whose only pre-requisite to be the movers and shakers was to own, or be appointed by owners, of a single club. Unelected, unaccountable, and unrepresentative. It's clear that Scottish football is a business, a product, merchandise, and I for one, am starting to dislike it.

From BBC today: Stewart Milne: "Some people believe the plan on the table is the right one, others, whether they are trying to avoid making a decision, are going behind a 14-team league." Neil Doncaster: "We clearly need to engage further with the clubs that favour another plan. It's important that we all work together." Barstewards! Condescending, belligerent, egotistical, ignorant, aloof, barstewards! "we're right, you're wrong, we'll do it anyway" is not a valid opinion. They, Rangers, Celtic, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Hibs and St Mirren, are half of the clubs going along with the SPLs mad plan. I could understand this point of view if it was 10-2 but as it stands its 6-6. They say best v best, finacially viable, and all the rest...nothing about what is best for football. All we hear is money, money, money. Cut your cloth!! Oh, sorry...you can't...you have large debts, dont you...

The arguments seem to be becoming quite complex. It is very simple. If we, the fans, dont buy the tickets, or subscribe to SKY, then the whole thing crumbles. The money, whether it be from sponsors, TV, gate money, merchandise, wherever all depends on the popularity of the game. That is the bottom line, the end of the day, the be all and end all. Make it popular - see it flourish.

Aberdeen were one of the main pushers for this debacle. The "figures" they have been and are bangiing on about have never been revealed let alone scrutinised. Any increase in revenue will come from the fans, whether that be bums on seats at the stadium or at home watching on TV. How they thought they'd get more money by giving their customers the opposite of what they wanted I'll never know - typically, they assume the fans money is unconditional - that's the level of their business acumen. Doncaster and Topping should resign, they have alienated the fans from the SPL and given no tangible evidence for their vastly unpopular stance that they tried to railroad through without any hesitation or consultation.

Done. Hope fully the postie will hit Topping and Doncaster with the mailbag.

Is it a relay/tag-team for this one or is one person doing 127 miles in 2 and a half days?

Lord Sugar said some clubs should go bust, and not just "football bust" but proper closed doors forever and bulldozers, if they become insolvent. He puts an element of blame onto the fans being apathetic to how their clubs are run. Valid point, but hard for supporters to have any say as they are very much kept in the dark so on that point, i'd disagree with him. Interesting viewing though! Anyone else see the program?

Can anyone reveal what the courier was building up to in its ambiguous facebook updates regarding Rooney?

They seem to have missed a trick here. Many people are looking for a solid, reutable, professional organisation that can unite scottish fans and essentially scare the ivory tower bureaucrats into the realisation that if they chase the money at the expense of the good of the game, they will lose. Boycotts will happen, if a 10 team league goes ahead. Unfortunately, a boycott needs to be agreed on now so that any club that announces they have accepted a 10 team league do so in the knowledge that it will be playing infront of almost no fans, and having sold a lot less season tickets. So many petitions and crappy websites are embarassing; typos, amateur designs, etc. All it takes is some people with brains to get everyone on board and present it to the fanbase at large in a professional way. The RealSPL...yes, it may have double the "likes" of Caleythistleonline, it should be 9 times more not just double, shouldn't it? Have you been in touch with the supporters trust? The moderators? You can just throw up a website, keep changing the "plan" and expect people to follow blithely on, you're not JC, you know.

So much for the slick PR. Thanks anyhoo.

What happened about the trip? It was Friday 15th April but I can't find anything about it.

They are just getting edgy cos they'll now have a more congested run-in than otherwise would have been...if they lose the title they'll be blaming the rain, ICT, SPL, SFA, an wee missus McHeggarty of 56 Broomhill Drive for not buying a copy of Celtic View last September...

Apart from the usual suspects (O.F, Dons, RC) what team in any league in any country do you dislike and why? For me... Cardiff ?30m in debt, currently they have 6 loan players in, were late with wages, late with tax bills and went to the high court, winding up orders narrowly avoided. They lied to fans by saying if they bought 10,000 advance season tickets, ?3m would be spent on players, but then spent it on debt instead. Sold land for ?450k to pay off debts, and sold Aaron Ramsey, Danny Gabbidon, James Collins all to reduce their debt, their chairman got the job by investing ?6m in the club, and while Motherwell were asking for a long overdue ?175k, Cardiff went out and got Craig Bellamy on ?45k a week wages. I like teams like Norwich who are very much run in the proper way, for them to be edged out to the Premiership by a reckless debt-ridden club would be unjust.

Aberdeen are very keen on getting McAllister in. Craig Brown spoke very highly of him and after his statement on the BBC it would seem a deal could be done end of season. Wrong move letting him go? Only 23, tall, Scotland U21... Anyway, he deserves a lot of credit for potentially getting himself back to the Prem in 2 years.