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She had just nipped to the bar for a snifter, normal service has resumed!

Case in point being Katic for us. Wasn't pretty on the ball or to look at and played like it as well. Vidic for Utd being another prime example.

What sort of Kosovan? Maybe an Albanian one? You’re right about Balkan defenders. To use words imputed to General Patton talking about his Staffordshire Bull Terrier, “nasty faced sons of bitches”. Just what’s needed at Ibrox. Two would be good.

I think Lovelace goes back to London in the summer and the fee we get for him goes on this guy.

But are they wrong?

but eight or nine other trophies to keep it company he's no Paisley but he did well for them

It’s not over ‘til bbc and the Scouse have their love-and-blubber fest over Klopp. One league championship - bloke’s a dud.

The conundrum the manager has is stopping Celtic gaining control of the midfield which then exposes our full backs but also having our creative players playing and influencing the game. As other teams have shown this season, they can be got at and they have frailties. We just need to find the ballance so we can expose ane capitalise on these whilst stopping them from overrunning us. Easier said than done

It's not over til the fat lady sings

I suspect you think the Belgian bun has a cunning plan

Palace 1 up against Villa is hardly a shock when you consider the form of both teams. If it stays like that and Spurs beat Sheff Utd then it turns out beating City would've got spurs UCL. That clubs support have a serious inferiority complex, not just with Arsenal but with the rest of the 'Big 6'. No wonder fat Ange was fuming.

Foden and city are on fire and Chelsea are scoring from the almost the centre spot

The manager must be getting sick of trying to patch a starting XI together with what is available. - There are those who will be out of contract next month. - There are those who aren't really match fit or in an established rhythm. - There are those who seem to have lost interest and/or can't be bothered with applying themselves when we haven't got possession. - There are those whose legs seem to have gone recently. - There are even a couple he can rely upon. Results over several years suggest a collective inferiority complex and lack of belief against our opponents. The manager hasn't yet found a way to beat them. Whilst a one off Cup Final represents opportunity and potentially, a motivational tool for those who are being questioned. It also represents a danger for the managers 'credibility balance'. He must feel like a man with a stick on his way to a gunfight.

I saw the score but didn't see the game till just now. Jeeze Louise. They tanked that one.

McCausland for me too. He's been the man to get us back into the last two matches and deserves credit for doing so.

If he signs, don't go telling him that.

He's ethnic Albanian.

There is a big advantage, for us, in that the fhilth will hugely underestimate us, hugely overestimate themselves, and generally, and genuinely, think that they merely have to trap at Hampden to win the match. Therefore, we should be 3-0 up before they know what has hit them.

He's, em, Kosovan, and has played for the national XI, albeit is yet to score While, as a general rule, I don't have a problem with midfielders or forwards from the former Yugoslavia, I wish that we would look at cbs or dms, from, say, Serbia/Croatia/Bosnia; you know, big, hard, strong, fast, bastards who can play a bit, take no backward steps, and know how to get a reducer in early on the opposition's danger man/men. (That's a person spec, M. Clement.)

Ross McCausland - the biggest reason for that for me is because he tried to make things happen when the game was in the balance just like he did vs Dundee.

Yes, but he will only cost half the money we will receive for Tavernier from SG 😎 ... we love the rumours, don't we?

You could call it a personal grudge, on my part (I'm sure our signing policy won't take my suggestions into account anyway, unfortunately).

I get that tbf but I also think getting our fingers burnt once and discontinuing any further work in that area of recruitment is a damning trait of this current board. That Jake Hastie deal a few years ago dealt some serious psychological damage to some of the higher ups imo, and that's borne out of the reluctance to sign young domestic talent over the last few years. A serious club would see a signing flop and think about how they can find a better player from a similar background, rather than swerving that part of Europe all together. Why look all over Europe when you can find players in Belgium with a 1 in 3 record or EFL players running down their contracts?

The last Albanian we signed (Grezda) was a disaster, so I'd prefer us to avoid that market.

The big question is: Will Clement let Celtc run the midfield again? The answer to that will probably go a long way to deciding the outcome of the match. I suspect it'll be more of the same, unfortunately.