Yngwie

I'm sure some people would like Brewster to be on that list.

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No surprise given the comments he's been making over the last few days. At least he never made false promises. Apparently he was only on basic of about ?7,000 a week at Scotland. If the SFA want an interim manager to step in on the same wage for the next 9 months when there are no matches, I can make myself available.

It belongs here, not least because the Rankin bit is a genuine story. What I was getting at was just that it's maybe a bit premature to criticise a decision to let go of Black and Hart when it's just speculation from a journalist filling column inches, as far as I can see.

The references to Hart and Black "possibly moving on" look like a journalist's speculation rather than anything of substance.

After the World Cup draw yesterday, Chico Young again asked Eck if he'd be in charge for the campaign. The response did not contain anything remotely resembling the word yes, it was all non-committal diplomatic phrasing like "the first match is a long way off"and "a lot can happen in football". Who can blame him for keeping his options open and at least he's being honest about it. Anyway, the reason for this post is that Billy Davies is now unemployed. IF the Scotland vacancy arises this week, would he be a contender?

You mean it's gone up in value?!

Confirmed by Radio Scotland. Phew!

Oh sh1t! :008:

The only 5 team group : Holland Scotland Norway Macedonia Iceland Could be better, could be worse. Good chance of being runners up and getting a play-off.

What time is the draw today? Is it being televised?

I have never booed or abused the team or any player at a game, ever. I do however think it's perfectly fair to discuss performances and abilites (or lack thereof) in the pub afterwards, in the car back down the A9, or on here. Websites like this exist to share opinions!

I think Rory is utterly sh1t and shouldn't be anywhere near our first team, but nobody should boo any player who is simply doing his best. He was drafted in to help because Bayne is suspended and Brewster and MacDonald are not fully fit.

Didn't sound pretty but it's a much needed 3 points.

Good to be in front, against a team who (touch wood) don't score many goals. As for Blackie, if he did indeed walk out v Motherwell then he quite simply has to be dropped, regardless of his abilities on the pitch. If indiscipline and disrespect like that goes unpunished, chaos ensues.

I think we can kiss goodbye to McLeish. "I don't have any plans to vacate my position" is not any sort of denial of interest in other jobs, and is a million miles away from something like "I'm fully committed to Scotland and will be leading our World Cup campaign." Who can blame him for wanting a move to the Premiership, be it Birmingham or the next one that comes along.

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Is this the first time Montenegro have been a separate team? I'd imagine they'd be better than the other pot 6 teams.

Who else could we sell for anything like (say) ?30k, without seriously weakening the first team?

I doubt there's a single person on here or at the club who WANTS to lose Rankin. However, what we have is a highly paid, unhappy fringe player, who is a very saleable asset and would command a decent transfer fee. We desperately a need a central defender and will have to pay a transfer fee and high wage to get the quality needed. If the choice is between having Rankin or a new Dods/Mann, then there's absolutely no contest. The real question is, should Rankin be featuring more in the first team? We have seen a few times under Brewster left that we are capable of both winning and playing excellent football, without Rankin. Why we haven't been able to sustain that is another matter, and almost certainly relates to tactics rather than any individual player. It's a case of play him or sell him, just don't keep wasting him in the reserves.

With the draw for the WC qualifying groups taking place on Sunday, my scientific analysis of previous draws leads me to believe they will turn out something like this : Group A Italy Germany SCOTLAND Brazil Argentina Barcelona Georgia Group B ENGLAND Andorra Luxembourg Liechtenstein Vatican City Guernsey South Georgia Both Scotland and England will finish 3rd in their groups.

What a fantastic game of football, end to end stuff. Have Croatia never heard of the concept of defending a lead? It was as if they had Steve Paterson as manager. And the Croatia fans were magnificent. Oh, and the word on the street is that it was actually Steve McLaren that sent out those Inland Revenue CDs.

England are fired up and at home against a mediocre side who qualify regardless of the result. 0-1 :022: But 3-0 would not surprise me at all.

Your car only has a radio/cassette player? :004: Have you tried to play the physical CD on any other CD player? It sounds like you have successfully downloaded some music files, but not created ("burned") the CD properly. Which may be stating the bleedin' obvious! When you say you copied it to a CD, what did you actually do?

For those who have Setanta, the whole match is being shown tomorrow at 5.45 and again at 8pm, on Rangers TV.