Germinal

Of course a sense of bitterness remains. But don't bleat about it in the media, just use it relentlessly, year after year, to grind those you hold responsible in the dust. Holding a grudge never did Alex Ferguson much harm.

More an auction, then? We're not just to 'buy a ticket' and hope for the best? Hats off Ian and good luck to all!

I think I'd prefer any funds available to go on the team for a wee while longer.

That was sweet.

What's wrong with transport links to hampden? Trains, bus, car, all easy as pie.

I liked RF because it didn't engage with fan politics. The new body explicitly addresses fan politics issues so isn't for me. No idea if this accounts for the low turnout but given the disparity between the numbers who stepped up for RF and the numbers who want this new mouthpiece it is at least possible that many fans just want a team to follow.

Haven't heard anything along those lines Tony but even if it's true it sounds bit ridiculous - if clubs have 'past misdemeanors' which haven't been dealt with then rather than an amnesty, they should be dealt with. Of course that doesn't apply in this instance since we've been repeatedly 'dealt with', in varying ways, depending on how the SPL/SPFL feel on any given day. Funny how this is apparently a national, club-wide issue, yet the coverage is written by a Celtic fan and commissioned by a Celtic fan. Ho hum.

The idea of the first two named players seeking more money from Rangers is grotesque.

What a car crash. Whatever their faults may be, the people currently running the club are still a million per cent better.

I do appreciate that this is hardly the most important thing in the OP but I think cemeteries are hallowed ground already.

100% this.

I guess, but when boards get involved in that kind of thing they just end up looking like celtc, and few would want that.

I hope there's a banner calling Morton out over this tonight.

That's a fair enough point. Still suits me well enough that Wallace isn't picked up and if, as you might hope, his omission is as a result of a phone call between Warburton & Strachan all the better.

Don't agree with DJ here. Strachan knows what Wallace can do, it would be pointless calling him up.

Does anyone know what the division is between RF and RST regarding current share holding? I seem to remember reading RF were just about at 5% already but could be completely wrong. Why? RF seemed to be doing quite nicely heading toward it's goals, this seems like a strange distraction. But it was heavily voted for by the members so there must be some reason for it.

Only worry I have with this is that failure to win will be interpreted by some, even on here, as defining the season as a failure. The fact that we're not dreading it, as any sane onlooker surely did last year's encounter, tells it's own story. Some of that is down to them being, by all accounts, completely rubbish but the job Warburton has done is inspiring. Finally, if we could arrange to win the league the week before the semi it would be amusing to see if Celtc did the traditional applauding onto the pitch.

I had gathered that.

Dunno what that means.

I was taking the figures from the Gersnet poll, I didn't know the vote proper had been held.

Calling that playground bullshit 'clumsy' is extending a level of generosity beyond me, frankie. Coming after an election which sees people with financial acumen overlooked in favour of not just thoelogians, but theologians who worked with the previous board, leaves the idea of fan ownership looking like amateur hour.

You'd have to suspect the paper of using a convenient excuse to cut costs. Expressing solidarity is hardly a stackable offence.

I have a feeling we are trying to get another striker in. The media conference Warburton gave on 14th January ended with this statement in response to a question about Ryan Hardie giong out on loan: “There’s lots of interest, lots of clubs want Ryan Hardie. He’s a prodigious young goal scoring talent, he’s 18 and he’s been around our first team squad. What we have to do is see what business we do. It’s a balancing act – to make sure you have the strength in depth in your squad, without hindering the progress of a young player. So if we get the squad right, maybe there’s an option for Ryan, but we’ll wait and see.” I can't see how O'Halloran would make the squad balanced to the extent that Hardie would then be allowed out on loan - that only really makes sense if a more experienced striker comes in. we shall see.

Not 4 months before an election, it ain't.

This is almost an impossible circle to square: the kind of player who we really need would cost so much as to be financially stupid, while the kind of players who are financially sensible won't lift us very much. I guess the best solution would be a home grown player. I haven't seen much of the u-21's but none of the front men I have seen struck me as especially eye catching in terms of movement or finishing.