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According to Alan Pattullo of the Scotsman. (I think he’s Aberdeen but doesn’t mind the celtic) Here’s his top ten from 1974 to date. 10 Bremner 09 Gough (pleasant surprise) 08 Leighton (Whit! Goram’s 31, Harvey (Leeds) is. 32 and Gordon is 39) 07 Jordan 06 Strachan 05 McQueen 04 Robertson, Liverpool (Jings) 03 McGrain (No quarrel with DMcG but shift him down a place, get rid of Robertson and bring Jardine up from a ridiculous 11. 02 Souness 01 Dalgleish. Nicholas is 49. Hansen is 47. celtic McGregor is 40. celtic Boyd is 30. (crivvens) Jimmy Johnstone is 26. (top ten, surely) McTominay is 25. (speechless) Cooper is 19.(what can you say?) Tierney is 18. (some mistake, surely) Bazza is 16. Fletcher is 15. (jings crivvens) McCoist is 13. Law is 12. (top three beyond doubt) John Greig is not listed

AH admitted to hospital seriously ill. No diagnosis published yet.

Thanks. I used to wonder what his job was.

When I said hbs rarely went to the touchline, I was forgetting that they took the throw-ins. Chuck the ball to the if or the winger then get back on station pronto.

Turnbull was a great player, performed exactly as described by Professor @compo. He could also let go a rocket shot. Scored about two hundred goals for the Hibs including all four in a 4-1 defeat of celtic. What a hero. Although he started as left half he played mostly at inside left which explains the goals. The half back pair that fitted the template best was Cumming, defensive and McKay attacking. Davis and Stevenson/Baxter (Rangers) Allister and Glen (Aberdeen) were similar. In pitch geography terms the fbs were rarely out of their own half, the wingers and cf rarely in it but the hbs were box to box - goal line to goal line when necessary.

Almost there. One of the inside forwards was usually a little bit back from the front line, so on the blackboard it was 3-3-4. On the field the reality became 4-2-4 when the cb dropped back on the fbs taking the defensive hb with him. The attacking hb still had defensive duties - intercepting the opponents’ forward passes, countering an attacker, receiving the ball from his own backline. Then his duties changed to attack - passing to his inside forward or carrying it forward himself to a better position for the pass. Very rarely, pace Professor @compo, unleashing the shot himself. In your mind’s eye, draw a line back from the centre circle to the line of the penalty box. Extend the penalty box line to the touchline. That gives you two imaginary rectangles left and right, the fiefdoms in which the hbs, left and right were lords. They would be expected, however, to get involved in stramashes in their own penalty box especially the defensive chap and occasionally the attacking chap might find himself in the opponents’ box. All of this goes out the window when your hbs are Greig and Baxter.

San Siro.

Push your fullbacks out wider, withdraw the cb to a position between and slightly forward of them and the two hbs to his left and right and slightly forward. The hbs didn’t go to the touchline except in pursuit while defending or rarely, because of the presence of wingers, overlapping their inside forward on the attack. Everybody all over the place when the hurly burly began.

A defensive/attacking left or right midfielder. The equivalent of the central mid was one of the inside forwards nominally left or right.

It’s the place to be.

Not your fault, old bean.

That was then, asil, this is now. I wonder what Richard Gough or David Robertson think.

Sold out.

Desk top replicas might sell well.

The traditional speed cop’s sarcastic greeting to a speeding motorist: “Think you’re Stirling Moss, do you?” On one occasion the motorist had to tell the truth and say that he was indeed. Here he is speeding legitimately in a Maserati.

All well and good but they wouldn’t know their history. WC on the other hand - oh oh oh OH.

KM played for Hibs, transferred to Rangers, scored five in a game against St Mirren, went to Wolves then to some minor clubs, redeemed his career by returning to Rangers, more minor clubs, a third go at Ibrox, down the leagues again and then stopped. Just the one blot on his copybook but a very serious one.

Sure is. But don’t come to Rangers and expect a game in your usual position.

No Cantwell. No Cantwell. Has he gone?

City 25-1 to be relegated.

Alex Scott was the best crosser on the run, not so good when he had time to think about it. TC always had time to think. How he managed that, I have no idea.

@yuddie will be able to give us a reliable appraisal.

I don’t understand the loan part of the deal unless it’s related to the time left on his contract with Lens. Perhaps the time Rangers need to save up for the fee.

It does seem that way but the media are under the control of the spalpeens. Complaints by Rangers are ridiculed. Complaints by celtic are elevated to matters of national importance and something must be done. On reflection, I might have got that wrong. The media aren’t controlled by the spalpeens. The media are spalpeens almost to a man or woman.

Are you referencing games that kicked off about 9.30 am, final whistle (disputed) 9.30 pm, eighteen a side(not necessarily the same eighteen throughout the day) both teams playing a loose 1 - 17 formation?