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I thought this was a wind up reading the first comment. Shambolic organisation. Dundee Utd will be throwing the toys out of the pram for lost income but at the same time happy they don't play Celtic.

Di Canio was crazy but there was no doubting his talent and ability, he went on to do it in England also. After seeing the failed Scottish Cup draw, Lubo Moravcik is another player who played for Celtic who was quality.

He was only with the youths 86-87. He didn't come good until about 94-96 when he was cracking. Ruined himself going to a sinking Coventry, he should have went to Spurs.

Lambert, Di Canio, Andreas Thom are 3 I thought were good quality. Other than that I cant think of many others.

For sure. Only Celtic player I could applaud and im sure the decent Celtic fan would think the same about Laudrup.

I will throw in another side topic - Managers who we would have wanted. I always had hopes Terry Venebles would have got the job in the past and I thought George Graham also.

Along with Lewis Macleod, those two would add top tier quality that is necessary.

Pep is going to have to spend big to sort this Man City team out though. Had Chelsea and Man U been at the races all season they would be out the top 4. Their defence is shocking. Toure legs are going and he only turns it on every 5th game now and looks leggy running around. Silva is a class act but is now 30. Delph, Fernando, Fernandinho are all decent players but nothing like World Class. Sterling over priced. Aguero is world class but injury prone. He will need to sign Hummels, Pogba, Vidal, Muller and 1 of the Barca stars to take City to the top level.

Some staggering signings with huge money being thrown at it. Chinese Football is huge and they fill out 60000 stadiums every match but now they want to take it to another level with big name players and managers which they have with Sven and Petrescu. Van Persie is linked next. Within 10 years a Global tournament with MLS and Chinese sides against European clubs will be happening. The Club World Cup will grow.

The problem with Man Utd is Van Gaal didn't bring in his own No.2 and took Giggs on for a popularity vote and the two clearly don't agree on how to play the game. Man U should just give the gig to Giggs (pardon the pun) as he knows how Man U want to play. He needs to bring in Rene Meulessteen and Mike Phelen. Guardiola was inexperienced when he took over at Barca so this "Giggs hasn't got experience" argument is not valid for me. Mourinho is desperate for the Old Trafford job but it will be Moyes & Van Gaal take 3. They wouldn't lose much but it would be 1-0 every week not playing attacking football. The Man U fans are split, they want to stop city and he will probably run them close but I think Giggs could also.

The result obviously doesn't resemble the performance and going into the top flight next season may games will be like this and its up to MW to find another way of braking stubborn SPL defences down which I am sure he will. I think with a couple of clever additions in the summer including Windass then we will be a stronger side.

Was going to say Jardel also but someone beat me to it. He was sitting in the stands one game I was at then we never saw him again. It would have been good to seen how Seb Rozental did had he not got injured. I would have like Eion Jess from Aberdeen when he was at his peak, he could play on his day. And I wanted Don Hutchison to sign at one stage when it was close.

Id be all for it for goal decisions only which include offsides and goal line technology. The other 2 (penalties and red cards) can sometimes fall into an opinion however can still be included. I wouldn't stretch it to all 4 however they are all arguably good reasons for video ref as these decisions can make a difference in the outcome of a match result and the game doesn't have to stop at all. Red cards - This is the dodgy one that could perhaps only be done for off the ball incidents where the ref cant see it as his back is turned. Penalty decisions - If the ref hasn't given it then the game doesn't stop anyway but if he has missed it a quick shout in the ear means he can give it. If he has given a pen as a wrong decision that's where it gets tricky. Off side decisions for goals awarded wrongly - 100% for this as the game has stopped anyway for a goal but if it was awarded wrongly then video ref can call it and its no different to a restart free kick for the defensive side. Off side decisions for offside decision wrongly flagged - This one cant be introduced as how would you restart play and nobody knows if the player would have scored. Goal-line decisions - Absolutely for this. If the ball has crossed the line and not given then a quick shout in the refs ear means he rightly awards a goal. If the ref has awarded a goal that hasn't crossed the line then its again tricky to restart play as if play wasn't stopped the attacking side could still have scored seconds later or the defence could have cleared it - the only restart could be a bounce up in the 6 yard box.

Everton have also got them in the cup tomorrow so a decent gate plus TV money, I hope they get a draw to take it back to Goodison.

No idea how Man Utd haven't sacked him yet, its either pride or a big pay off. They should just give it to Giggs.

RE booing it doesn't sit right with me however how does a paying fan express their frustrations? I used to have a lot of guys booing Craig Moore behind me but that was Walter Smiths fault for playing him midfield in his first spell rather than his true position of centre half - which he went on to become a fine one.

On the reverse side it will be interesting if the Spanish clubs started to fairly share the finances there. Barca and Real take home about 90% of money distributed which means the others cant compete, however Valencia and Atletico M have done reasonably well.

A current championship side into the premier league - and when finances are going to hit top tv dollar next season..they dont need us anyway. this should be moved to the lounge as laughter chat. We have our own house to re-build

I never like to say one or the other from our own strikers...its disrepectful to their generation. They played in different times. i do however like to debate who is better..... Would i have taken Larsson over Boyd - yes all day long. Would i have taken Sutton and Hartson over Prso and Novo, not a chance. Would I have taken McAvennie over Hateley - eh no thanks, big mark all day long.

I never like to say one or the other from our own strikers...its disrepectful to their generation. They played in different times. i do however like to debate who is better..... Would i have taken Larsson over Boyd - yes all day long. Would i have taken Sutton and Hartson over Prso and Novo, not a chance. Would I have taken McAvennie over Hateley - eh no thanks, big mark all day long.

If this was realistic and there was any credibility to it then the plan should be to contain relegation and have 1 down from the top flight and 3 up from the Championship, with the 4th place side in tier 2 still getting a play off with the 11th placed side in top flight. Anything else is nothing short of abusing integrity and I would urge the likes of QotS and Falkirk to go to the nearest governing body.

Who would you put in charge though? A new man comes in and changes the style of play could mean going back a step and affect qualification next time around. Id stick with Strachan but would like to see him bring in Big Eck as his number two.

Always loved Archie McPherson, he should be inducted into Scottish hall of fame, awesome memories from him. Its quite surreal watching this now and thinking of Rangers in the 3rd tier, but we had to get our own ship in order which took 3 years. With W&W we are a different animal.

Overall there has been improvement. If it was club football that would be assessed and taking into consideration. Hands down he has made improvements therefore should continue. McLeish, Souness, Dalglish....anyone think they would do any better? Only Alex Ferguson would get another 10-20% out these players but he isn't going to take it as he is retired.

If you look at the teams 4th in each group none of them get a tally of Scotlands points. It was down to one game - away to Georgia that cost us plus Ireland taking a freak 4 pts off Germany. He should 100% stay in the job but bring in a better assistant. For the first campaign in 20 years the manager should stay on.