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You mean Caley don't you Jock? Don't think Bobby senior was ever with the Lilleywhites. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Kicking back to normal?? I thought it was only fair to middling on Saturday myself, but the rest of his game was spot on. As others have said, three clean sheets speak for themselves.

Just back down south after a week end in Sneck. Fabulous to see Marius's first SPL goals - so nearly a hat trick too with his great shot in last minute. Well deserving of his MoM. Hope that gives him the confidence now to go on and bag a barrowload (as Dargo did in his first season after a slow start). Hope we have enough fit players for Celtic match after all the injuries we picked up. It'll be back to Setanta for me next week end. Thought there was not much life in the Innes pre game. Do most folk go to Social club now?

I don't think any player has a right to walk back into the team after injury, suspension etc. Let Tokeley fight for his place.

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And there's me thinking it might have stood for S illy C rotchety O ld T echie T rained Y ob Just joking! People think mine probably stands for my original football supporting allegiances combined with where I live, but it actually stands for :- C lever A miable L adykiller E very Y oung (or) M iddle A ged D ame I n N ewbury B erks E njoys R eal K inky Sex with!

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Yes, I feel he's had a bit of a bum deal. I know he made a bad error in his one game in first team, but I think to drop him after one game was unfair. If the club felt that Fraser needed a rest, then I think they should have stuck with Zibi for a few games. There are many more high profile keepers than him who have made costly mistakes in recent times, Robinson and Carson for England, to name but two. Having said that, I must admit that Fraser has been good since he came back in.

I see Owen slipped quietly into the Burnley management job a couple of weeks ago, and what a great start he has made, 7 points out of 9 including two away wins. Quite a step up from Scottish League 1 to English Championship. Fair play to him. Makes you wonder what we missed when he was a contender for our job. Not that I voted for him for ICT to be honest, but I didn't vote for Brewster either. However, all things considered I feel Brew is doing OK.

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I usually don't get involved in poster/moderator disputes. But, am I missing something here in the Yngwie/Johnboyspat? Is there some history to it which I don't know about? Otherwise, I can't see the need for Scotty, as senior site administrator to leap to Yngwie's defense in his post which included the above forceful quotes. Without taking sides, I thought that Yngwie was quite capable of defending himself, and I certainly didn't interpret Johnboy's post which seemed to kick things off, as unduly 'having a pop at moderators'. Surely your moderators, Scotty, don't need to be wrapped up in cotton wool. I'm sure they can take care of themselves in minor disputes, leaving you to intervene in more serious cases. That's my view on it anyway.

Whoopee. That'll do me. I'm hoping for the same again (or better), when I'm up in Sneck next week end for the Hibs game. Well done lads.

Very good question. I've often wondered the same thing myself. Just what was it that made DP so revered and imune from criticism? I'll be interested to see how his successor does (whoever he may be)

Justice was done in the end. Croatia were miles better than England. I don't think I've ever seen such a soft penalty. I don't think even that many England supporters would think they deserved a draw tonight. They've been poor right through the qualifying stages, hugely flattered by a few 3-0 wins over poor opposition, and finally found out when the chips were down. Bye bye McLaren, and I'm sure not many will miss him.

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Yes, best of luck to NI. They've sort of crept up the outside towards qualifying. I hope all the next results fall their way. I've a lot of time for their ex manager, Lawrie Sanchez. I liked him when he was at Wycombe. He did a similar job for NI as Walter Smith did for us, by restoring some pride after a long spell in the doldrums, before moving back to club management. I just hope that McLeish is not similarly tempted before the World Cup.

Yet another glorius failure!. I've lost count of how many of these I've endured in my 50+ years watching Scotland. Its made worse this time by the fact that England, who, from any easy group, haven't really deserved to qualify but probably will now. Still, I'll console myself with the knowledge that means they'll now be stuck with McLaren until after the World Cup.

Did anyone else see him interviewed in the live press conference at the Scotland team Loch Lomand base? I was most impressed with his level headedness, and the way he conducted himself. Obviously he is an intelligent, articulate man, qualities I have not often associated with too many footballers. If his display on the field tomorrow matches his display in the press conference, then we have a real chance. Here's hoping.

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Arrange a TV reality show with Lloyd Webber's help. Maybe we could call it 'How do you solve a problem like Mari-us'

Why are you so obsessed with what Marius earns?? :017: I assume you were pleased to see Bayne ahead of him yesterday then? And you'll now be pleased that Dennis has gone back to being ***** since Graham's started alongside him the last 3 games? And do you honestly think the way we played yesterday, and the complete shambles we witnessed on the pitch, is all down to the higher wages of one man? If the problems are all down to Marius's wages then it's embarrassing. And those players can get to feck, because they might well want to maintain the small team mentality which'll probably see us drift back down the leagues, but personally I'd like to see us get better, and bigger. If they're not good enough to acheive that, get rid of them. Mediocrity might be fine for some players and fans, but for some of us it isn't. Well said davieB, my sentiments exactly

Surely not this old chestnut again. If I were boss and I thought players were not performing because of wage structure issues, they would 'be down the road' before they could wink (yes, I did say wink!!)' I think there must be more to it.

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