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Which members are bleating, I wonder.

Working at my desk - yes, on the Sabbath and I'm not a Minister - with the radio commentary on, reconciled to a win over the Hibs and runners-up position when the commentary guy (Mitchell?) droning on but suddenly screeched: "and Rangers have won the leaugue, Motherwell have scored!" Then within minutes news of 'Well's second. Can't tell you much about the rest of the day.

I expect the likes of Pulis could have had Hull safe in upper mid table. I think Bruce is living on his playing days reputation just loke another manager we know of. I expect both Hull and Newcastle to win on Saturday so good bye, Tigers. Famous names languishing in the basement - Magpies, Villa and Sunderland.

Never mind the team, the manager, the Stadium, the finance, the corporate structures etc., when is King going to make Ibrox a drum free zone?

I don't see Steve Bruce as a top ten manager but they could bring off a freak win over United. Much good it will do them because I don't see the Hammers hammering the Magpies.

Ha'Way the Lads.

These callers are surely actors hired by King to make shelteec supporters look stupid, naw?

As I said elsewhere: "The Resurrection took three days. DK doesn't have that much power at his disposal. He's going to need time. I'll take a long term strategy over a quick fix."

DK was a remote operator in the Murray/Whyte era. In an ideal world he would have taken a bigger role but that shouldn't be held against him now that he is taking charge and there seems to be some pretty able people around him. As for the Hibs games - it's not his fault if Rangers lose. The Resurrection took three days. DK doesn't have that much power at his disposal. He's going to need time. I'll take a long term strategy over a quick fix.

The fact that Spence and TE are so much against King assures me that he is just the chap for the job.

Why? What's it to him? Don't tell me he's a shareholder. I can't stand self appointed windbags like TE. I wouldn't ban him from Ibrox but I'd make sure his seat was uncomfortable and no tea at half-time.

Hull going will do nicely but I fear for Sunderland. They will get nothing against Arsenal and Chelsea except a savage blow to their gd. Magpies will beat the Hammers easily - they're on the beach blowing bubbles. The great lummox, Steve Bruce, has never beaten United. There's always a first time.

"Newton Grange Star" - you're some kind of a toff, Ian. "Nitten" surely. I'm from a long way from Edinburgh but I worked there for many years. Happy days.

How to get to Ibrox? In a celtic supporter's car - but just the once. Travelling from Edinburgh for a game against the Hearts I arranged a lift on a club bus but the dastards drove past the pickup without stopping. To St Andrews 'bus station arriving just as the last Eastern Scottish special left; to Waverley for Queen Street then a sprint to Central to see the last train leaving the platform; outside to get a taxi with three others by this time. A bloke came out of the station having seen off a wedding party. "A lift to Ibrox?" says he, "come on, I'm off to Paisley to see the Celtic". In we got and off we went and he wouldn't take a penny for a dram. Not all of them are Apaches.

Lie furrit Ternent!

McLeod and Vuckic - Lewis and Haris?

Forza i Bianco-Neri but Barce will do it.

I don't think the H word is excessively offensive. I'd rather be called that than a sheep sh*****g b*****d. In the early 60s when singing at the fitba' became fashionable all home fans used to bellow "go home ya bums" at the visitors. Liverpool played a German team at Hampden in a CW Cup Final. Their fans at the time were the market leaders in hymns modern as oppposed to hymns ancient (that was us) and with remarkable inventiveness sang "go hme ya H**s at the Bosche. (Is it ok to say that?) It sounded good so everyone took it up even though the opposition were fellow Scots. The singing football fan is not renowned for lyrical accuracy. I suppose it became directed towards us for two reasons. We did not need it because we had a rattling good word of our own and secondly some journo, might have been John Rafferty, writing about the depredations of football fans in general described the fans of big clubs descending on small towns as being like a horde of huns which was a pretty good historical allusion. Guess which club had thousands of travelling fans in those days. Remember celtic at the time were not nearly as well followed as Rangers So, someone writes "kill all h**s" on the wall. Terrible. He used a bad "sectarian" word. He writes "kill all Rangers supporters". That's ok is it? It's the sentiment, not the word that matters. The H word is pejorative, no doubt, but sectarian? Never. The PSNI and the Learned Sheriff, with respect, have got it wrong. Next time at Pittodrie, anyone want to join me parading down Union Street singing "Ah'm no a sh****r, ah'm a H*n"?

He doesn't need to be sacked - yet. A good public horsing would suffice. His kind and by that I mean a much broader church than SNP, are in the vanguard of dishing out sanctmonious twaddle. Not so good at taking it, though.

"Well the Galloway and Reid were in the same Better Together bed, so I suspect not. Once you've lain with dogs, it's best not to check too closely for fleas. As for this email - pathetic, illiterate and embarrassing." RPB, I'm generally against you in this thread but I agree with every word of that.

What punishment are we asking to be inflicted on O'H? I don't think anyone is calling for conviction and sentence retrospectively. It's just that the SNP make such a fuss about inclusiveness and not being nasty it's not unreasonable to expect them to distance themselves from the culprit. Publicly deploring his conduct a last warning with regard to future behaviour would do. Possibly lighted matches under the fingernails as well. I don't see a great difference between this case and Findlay's except, of course, DF wasn't offering himself for public office where he would take part in telling the rest of us what to do.

Well meaning but pointless.

They could make a shilling or two if they put prints of Mr Struth's picture on the market.

If HC go down, Jelavic and Aluko might get transfers to bigger and better clubs such as, well, maybe er, WBA? Quite like the Baggies but not keen on Pulis but he knows how to keep a team safe.

I think Sunderland have to beat Leicester to survive. They won't get any points from the other two fixtures. Magpies should just make it. I won't be sad if Hull go down.