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We should give him freedom of the town!! Fully agree we are lucky to have someone who is passionate and free thinking in charge also who has a high profile and is well know due to his services to the game. Hopefully some of hie peers will join him in speaking up!!!

Good on him for speaking up - too many managers refusing to get involved and too many Chairmen sitting on the fence. Least we know where TB's passion lies.

Its hard to understand what the reduction of a league size will do apart from being financial. We need a competitive product in this country to get media interest, all having 10 will do is create a league which is going to force spending which teams dont have in order not to drop into SPL2 - unless the 'bigger' clubs are going to reduce their share and split all monies equally between the 22 clubs? With 10 teams where is the space and oppertunity to develop youth? There wont be any, its 2 for the title and 2 out of 8 for the drop, big pressure. How will the new proposals level the field? Same as every league in Europe now its monopolised by the champions league qualifers, obviously UEFA/FIFA get what they want with the same clubs every year but where does that leave the rest of us - if the OF wish to improve the scottish game then they need to give back some of the CL monies into the league pot for distribution, if not the gap will never close (excluding all their being a big influx of arab sheiks wanting a bit of SPL action) Fact is teams need to live within their budgets and accept that taking less TV money and gates V the OF by having a bigger league will give the chance to develop youth. We need to look ahead 10-15 years, not into 2 years and what Sky want to show. Currently the product is dire, how can 10 teams all getting deeper in debt possibly help other than showering the teams with 2nd rate foriegners? just look at the shining example of the EPL - exciting football - Yes, great players on show - Yes, good technical skills - Yes, enough good english players to make a decent national team (ie players in the top 4/5 or 6) - NO, thats what we will have to endure for years yet again.

Where has this come from, it seemed that 4 including ourselves were firmly against this and listening to the fans, a morning in a room being bullied by the OF & thrown some cash and its a done deal. I hope that since the voting had to be 11-1 or better, that we held our nerve and was the '1' with the otehr 11 making the majority - hate to think we have a jelly spine like the rest. So 3 relegated next year, hope the genious's at Hamilton, St Midden, St J, ourselves and some others are happy because they are essentially voting themselves into SPL 2!!! What a load of tommy tank this is going to be :(

Well teh biggest mystery with that one is the fact anyone thinks he's good enough for Serie A - we can all understand Birmingham, afterall they are chasing Charlie Adam too - Big Eck is going for some sort of Castle Greyskull reunion

Yip Stenny still to play Threave from the 3rd round due to several postponements Good draw overall for us, the OF being drawn together opens it up, but looks like there could be quite a few SPL oposition next round - think the dons, jamobs and even D Utd will be fancying their chances of teh final. Hopefully we can get an away draw next round and sneak on into a semi :)

What I find odd - is that he's an SPL footballer (star at OF club) and was allegedly reported to police by Michell Mone (well known business woman and paper/tv celeb these days). So in the whole of Glasgow and visiting Costco nobody apart from one famous person spotted anothers indiscretion?

Based on the players thatw ill be out of contract in the summer, I'd perfer to avoid bringing in new faces just now unless they are good quality loans who will add depth to the squad. No point in signing for ths sake of it or ending up with bit-part players, rather see more youth get chances on the bench. Use the money we have aside (if any) for loan wages, signings in Jan to sort out some contracts then take stock in the summer and work a way to improve key squad areas. I think a creative midfilder is required as we really struggle to create anything at home which contributes to our bad run of form at TCS, also think if Rooney goes we will need someone with the ability to score goals, whether a loan or we find a gem released from English clubs.

Lot of dreamers expecting 500k lol, Rangers look to be lucky to get near that for Kenny Miller and he's got International experienece (not saying that makes him good btw) My personal view is that if we are getting 50-100k for him, minus the Stoke 40%, then its not worth letting him go. He may want to leave now, but has a legal contract so will have to stay to the summer, I'd keep him in the hope he scores a few goals and gets us a cup run and as high in the SPL and thus prize money as possible. Possibly between the 2 competitions we could get the 30-60k in prize money to cover what we would loose out on by not selling - plus it gives us til the summer to start scouting replacements. Wouldnt want to sell for a pittence, then struggle for goals over the next few months and drop away in the competitions. Doesnt matter if its Russia, Turkey, Englandshire or SPL we dont have to let him leave right now, he can sign his pre-contract and get on with playing.

Anyone away. Perfer to avoid the OF & Jambo's/Aberdeen but take it as it comes, think realistically to get further we need to avoid being drawn at home and if we can have a televised tie it would bring in a few extra coins.

Why stop there, if we went a few miles further south still we could get Man U, Man C & Leeds!! What a ludirciuos idea.

Hope they perfer the look of Salmon to Rooney, but posted this elsewhere with the lack of funds at Ibrox if KM goes we should be a bit worried. All we can do is hope that if Adam leaes we get enough money and the board go after Griffiths from Dundee.

Really is an odd one. RH has had a torrid time, but what makes the board & fans think KD wil be the solution & saviour, all rosetinted glasses I think. Has been out of the game a long time and his last few anagerial ventures were hardly a resounding success, perhaps they would have been better sticking by RH til the summer and trying to get someone else in then or at least have a quality replacement now, this just smacks of desperation.

Fact is that thanks to the Campions League, every league in Europe is now heavily dominated by a very small minority of 2 or 3 teams, whether it be Scotland, Portugal, England, Spain or Italy. Every year the same clubs get into the CL and thus boost the cash ever widening the gap in their domestic leagues (creating further stronger displays of dominance) only exceptions are the occasional team who either has a fortunae run or a billionaire benifactor changing the status of that league.

According to the sun, the russians are willing to offer Adam ?10k pw after tax. If thats the case its a no brainer really even if its crap over there and he hates it, you would tough it out for a year.

Are we not in a situation where the SPL is always going to be a dead duck and 2 horse race regardless of being 10, 12, 16 or more teams. The fact is that thanks to UEFA the Champions League has killed national leagues, its always the same 2, 3 or 4 teams in each country that win the league and always qualify ignoring blips or billionaires coming in to invest. Other countries of similar size to Scotland have the same issue with a league being dominated by 1 or 2 clubs, just look at Denmark, Belgium etc always the same teams win and get into the Champions League - until that flow of cash is stemed we wont ever see a level playing field or anywhere near it. The structure has to involve loacalised leagues at lower level with amalgamation of smaller clubs, Scotland can't sustain 42 senior clubs plus, juniors, amature leagues etc. A serious look has to be taken at what can be done to improve clubs and help the smaller clubs survive - yes history may be lost but its a long term goal for sustainable football. It worked for us when we had the prize of getting into the SFL, it could work for others if the prize was promotion from lower leagues into the SFL/SPL set up. As for the top flight, 10 teams is too small, we will have the top 2 as usual then 8 fighting to avoid the drop - how will this encourage youth development as the onus every year is to survive where the big money is, it creates even more pressure than a 12 team league we have now. We go to 16 its too few games, 18 or 20 then do we really have enough teams in Div 1 that can come up with suitable attandances that will bring anything of value? There is the potantial as siad for many meaningless games mid table, but could the lower pressure allow youth to get developed? Or do we stay with what we have, everyone hates the split - its a stupid concept, but it creates some excitement afterall everyone wants top 6 and 2 extra OF games. if we cant propose anything better then stick with the status quo and revolutionise grass roots - unless the OF are willing to split the Champions League cash equally with the other league teams (wont happen though)

Cant see him going to russia, turkey or any other eastern eurpoean location. Championship maybe, also think that if Kenny Millar leaves Castle Greyskull then Rangers may come calling for Rooney or Salmon. While I'd like Adam to stay and get back on the scoring charts, perhaps we have to accept that if he still hasnt signed a contract he is wanting to see what is on offer, in which case then we have to accept a decent offer that comes in, but at ?100k I'd rather keep him and hope we get as high up the SPL as possible and maybe a decent cup run where we can recoup more than that.

While 2010 was a great year for the team & club, getting promotion, sitting in a good SPL position and the development of some high quality young players, is there cause for concern, especially given our home form. While the run away has been exceptional, we haveto accept it cant go on forever - sooner or later we will start dropping away points and loosing games, surely we need to sort this home issue out. Relegation form at home, yet title form away - whats going wrong. With the window opening do we need to get some mre loan players, perhaps a creative central player as we seem to struggle to create at home? Or is it perhaps time for TB to think about changing the formation and personel/way we play in home games?

Rumours that they are being looked at by both Preston & Burnley.

As a fan & viewer we have been short changed by the BBC regarding SPL highlights for years now, each progressivly getting worse. Out of 6 games a wk, they struggle to show a 30min programme at a 'decent' day & time. The highlights amount to little more than the goals, very little else (unless its an extended 5 mins of highlights from one of the OF games), the guests are usually very poor quality as well, with no real discussion into the relevent issues or the games shown.Sadly it has me looking back to STV & Scotsport (ok, Jim White was a ***) and the better quality, guests and highlights. Its about time if the Beeb are serious about supporting Scottish football they covered the TV side as good as the radio. If they can pull together a show like MOTD with only 2 games or in most wks 6 games, then the same on a Sunday, have high quality guests & topical discussions then why not do that up here?Perhaps its time for the beeb to overhaul their programme in line with what happens in the league structure - let everyone & everything be new, fresh & what the fans want!!

A 10 team top flight wil be worse than even now, still playing each other 4 times yet not even the 'excitement' of trying to go for a coveted top 6 position for the split. While increasing to 16/18/20 will reduce revenue against the OF, its got to mentioned that looking at the teams over the last few years who have got promoted/relegated, I think its fair to say that at least 6 teams from D1 would hold their own against the lower 5 or 6 in the SPL in terms of quality. The biggest problem in Scotland like much of Europe (even the Eng Prem) is that its the same teams every year getting into the Champions League thus making the cash and increasing the wealth gap over the rest of that league - this is even more of an issue whan you have a huge fan base differential liek the OF. UEFA are part of the problem with uncompetitive leagues, look at the Eng Prem, teams like Man City need investment of ?100M's just to break into the 'big 4' and historically they have been in the Champions League almost every season for the last 10 years. Anyways point is, that to improve Scottish football the leagues need to be more competitive. The lower divisions need to be looked at with teams being forced to merge as we have too many part-time clubs with only a few 100 fans, its just not sustainable. Or the lower divisions are regionalised north/south?

If Rooney leaves to go down south, I dont think it will be to the summer, the big worry I think should be closer to home. If as the press have you believe there is no chance of Kenny Miller resigning at Castle Greyskull, then he will be sold in Jan, then i think Rangers who have next to no cash will come calling for Rooney as a bargain replacement - he's the best striker outside the OF in terms of goals and looking at their record without KM they will struggle for goals. I hope I'm wrong and I'd like to see Adam stay til the summer and beyond, but I think TB will already be casting an eye for an affordable replacement.

Away against anybody - shown this season we have nothing to fear!!! Although I'd perfer to avoid, Parkhead, Castle Greyskull. or Tynecastle

Rather than wasting cash on 'squad' players who are no better than what we have right now, we should be using the cash to keep Rooney on a long term deal. If we need to fill the bench, give some youth players a chance. If we cant get Rooney on a long term deal though, perhaps we have to consider what fee we can get in Jan (controverisal I know) and look towards Dundee & Griffiths - although we may not be able to afford him & compete with the bigger clubs that will circle, but retaining Rooney for the next few years should be top priority. Any gaps in the squad we should look to bring in loans from elsewhere, look at Motherwell with Blackman etc - consolidation this year is the key and retaining SPL status which Rooney will greatly help with rather than 'splashing cash' on wages/fees for bit part bench warmers.

Think I'd be right in saying that when this happened with Pompy that they got a dispensation to sell players outwith the transfer window, onder if that will happen with Dundee, although I'm sure that a player like Griffiths would appeal to 'bigger' SPL clubs like Hearts, Hibs & Utd maybe even some english teams, which would probably clear some of the debt in one go. Also sure a few other young players ould be worth some cash, they must have enough assets in terms of playing staff to clear the 350k debts?