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No. Especially not a surly looking stick insect.

Beckham over rated as a player. Superb striker of a free kick but did he do much else apart from marrying a popular musical artiste? It seems though that he did queue with ordinary folk for a day to pass the Queen’s coffin at Westminster Abbey when I suppose he could have bought his way to the front. Mrs S7 adores him. Her taste in men is deplorable.

Ask it if it knows any phenomenal defending right backs.

Is the taxation regime in Delaware favourable to incorporations?

Young and Begovic - is either old enough? Are they carrying enough injuries?

Thank you, thank you, thank you Mr Bennett.

Enjoyable game last night, 2-2 after ninety minutes and extra time and Portugal winning by a single penalty kick. Talent and athleticism all over the pitch, both sides attacking and no stupidity apart from one altercation quickly resolved and not resumed. Best match in ages.

Of course he has. Not necessarily in a formal setting but the SD might say he’s trying to get a right back from Juventus only Scottish weather is a stumbling block to which the HC might respond by saying he saw a cracking player at Weymouth United last season, only 36 and recovering well from a fourth knee operation with an auntie in Coatbridge, at which the SD worries no more about the Italian. Mibbees.

There’s no text book for it. Keep the players’ minds on the job. Encourage some, cajole others. Most of us remember Richard Gough. You’ll remember Greig and Shearer. John Cumming was an outstanding captain of Hearts and I have to admit McNeill and Miller were pretty good at their clubs. Sergeant Major, if you like. A player has either got it or he hasn’t. Caldow doesn’t fit that description. I have no idea how he did it.

Can’t keep up with all the competitions. Spain v Portugal in the final of one of them tonight. May as well call it the Iberian Cup.

Correct. Collective responsibility. Doesn’t rule out assessments of individuals though.

There are competitive failures (their niar) and there are catastrophic failures (recent times)

You can’t win them on your own. Even Greig couldn’t. Tavernier is a below average defender with an astonishingly good attacking flair and an ability to score goals from open play as well as by competently taken penalties and brilliantly struck freekicks. Rangers have had their money’s worth out of him. I would still have preferred an above average defender. He’s not a good captain. He maybe only got the job for lack of anyone better. Goldson wouldn’t have been great at it either and I can’t think of anyone else.

He’ll make some money at WBA but for the sake of his playing career he’d be better staying at Hearts. Aberdeen in January I suspect.

Losing is never good but Greig’s teams didn’t capitulate the way recent Rangers teams have done. That’s not Tavernier’s fault entirely but I’m sure Gough would have bludgeoned the players to try a bit harder.

At the time it seemed grim but it was never over by Hallowe’en. The last dozen seasons has been mostly embarrassing. Tavernier has been an excellent player for Rangers but the last two seasons show that his athleticism is falling off. Why wouldn’t it? That said, he has never been captain material which is not a criticism. Neither were Laudrup or Gascoigne.

If Tav had been captain then Rangers might not even have managed second place. A lot of their niar were close competitions. No seventeen points gaps then.

Dundee players have plenty experience fighting relegation battles. It’s not Tiffoney is it? (Does a good breakfast apparently). Shaughnessy - he’s only 32. I like Cameron. Good player.

Good idea. Might make me interested again. Two problems: Scotland probably can’t afford him; for the sake of his career Postecoglou can’t afford Scotland.

“the slopes of dear old Ibrox”. You would have to be middle aged now to have stood on them.

There must be discussions between DoF and Head Coach, surely. They don’t operate in separate units sealed off from one another.

They can’t be any worse than old Caledonia.

Raith.

Do you think sellick’ll win it?

Reactions to manager/coach appointments post Mr Struth excluding temps. Proves I’m not often right. Symon: who’s he, dad? White: big shoes to fill. Waddell: not before time. Wallace 1: why? Greig: too soon. Wallace 2: is this wise? Souness: ecstatic. Walter 1 : sensible for now. Advocaat: this is going to be good. McLeish: what? Well, I suppose. Le Guen: progress. Walter 2: relief. Who else could it have been? McCoist: is this really a good idea? Warburton: this could be the man. Pedro: Gordon flaming Bennett. Gerrard: bit of excitement, we’ll see. Gio: might be ok. Beale: something not right. Clement: on the right track. Martin: oh. There’s hope yet for the hipster without him needing my endorsement.