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Debatable penalty? Did you see it from the back angle. It was a stonewaller all day every day. The only thing to debate is who should have taken it.

As the title suggests Dubai for January break & Hamburg friendly is being discussed whilst out there ??

Are you seriously trying to compare their stats when Polster's game time has been against St Joseph's, Accies and East Fife ? WHilst Tav has played against Feyenoord, Porto, Celtic, Aberdeen etc ? Hardly a fair comparison towards Tav when the standard of player he is up against is far, far higher than that which Polster has been up against. I am not anti-Polster and think he offers us something - but that comparison is grossly unfair to Tavernier.

You may want 4 defenders defending but nobody in the management team does. They want the full backs charging up the park. That's the way that most successful teams do now and we're not going to stop that approach. Against Porto we had our non-central front 2 playing narrow, our full backs bombing up the park and our non-central midfielders covering the full backs. We haven't played with "4 defenders defending" since Ally and we're not going back any time soon.

Often with players at this stage, a new contract triggers a loan move since we then retain an option on their services should they kick on. I fancy he will move to a 6 month loan in January.

What a boy !

My favourite list is very different from my top players list. Isn't that a different thing?

At club since 8/9 years old.

Rarely will you see a clearer pen.

That is bad news for Rangers. Lets hope they don't appoint a Steven Gerrard before we get there.

No of course it wouldn't but it could wreck our title aspirations. For example, I think most people would concede that Tav didn't play that well yesterday in the first half and then missed a crucial penalty. He did, however, improve in the second half and still created the winner with a sublime corner kick, along with the penalty he also won. Now, I've quite liked the look of Polster and Flanagan has been largely reliable when he's played too but I don't think either would provide the same key benefits to the team that Tav does. Sure, we won't know unless we try them but, all things considered, I can see why the manager wants to stick with his captain.

And another season after that. Couldn't happen to a nicer club. Karma's a bitch.