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I'm sure I read or heard that there will be no home friendlies this Summer, for that very reason.

It's a bit of a balancing act. It's important that the stadium is in good nick but not to the detriment of the playing squad. Then there's short term or long term thinking - a hit (EH) in the short term will be worthwhile in the longer term. We need to start winning trophies regularly again, otherwise empty seats might become more apparent than any other stadium related problems.

I would've went if it was £20 or thereabouts but the cheapest tickets are about £45 - total rip off.

I forgot we're playing Manchester United at Murrayfield on 20th July. Strangely, even though Murrayfield is only about a 25 minute walk from my house, I have no intention of attending that one, mainly due to the ticket price.

I can just see it...

It does say obligation, so we'll be buying him next Summer.

That's good news! He looked really good in the brief time we saw him.

@compowill suggest Gullane at some point. 😃

Rumours suggest we might be visiting Birmingham (City) and (Union) Berlin in mid-late July. Anyone heard anything else? I do enjoy an away friendly and I actually booked a trip to Berlin in late July, a few weeks ago, so I'm hoping the Union rumour turns out to be a very happy coincidence. I'd like to attend the one in Brum too but reckon tickets will be quite hard to come by.

I think he was good at getting commercial deals but never a CEO. The Saudis have plenty of funds so will continually pluck useful persons from Europe. Those who go have sold their soul. They are the worst kind of religious fundamentalists - Wahhabism is a disgusting thing that would've been wiped out decades ago if Westerners had cared about their safety instead of money. Not bothered by this at all.

Chris Sutton is raging.

Their re-hiring of Jim Torbett was quite something.

One thing that shocked me last Saturday was McGregor being yellow carded in the first half. I mean, he fully deserved it but it never seems to happen, usually. I think it impacted his subsequent usefulness (to them) on the match. Sterling and Diamonde have their measure more than the likes of Tav and Goldson, which is promising. Gerrard knew to teach our players to hate them and it worked. Who could possibly take issue with hating paedo harbouring, terrorist loving, filthy scum?

I would assume so, although bonuses, agent commission and incentives etc. will be factored in.

Aye, getting paid more to play at Hillsborough, Elland Road and Ewood Park is mental, when you could get paid less to play at Fir Park and Pittodrie. We need to be realistic. Players go where the money is and Norwich is a better route to the EPL than we are.

Same as any 'team' in any job - experience and maturity is needed at times. Especially at a club where there's an intense pressure to win every match.

Any squad needs a few older heads, that's just common sense. The player trading model doesn't have to apply in every single case.

Is that still a thing? I was sure I read that was no longer a requirement.

It might be. We won't know unless he ends up elsewhere.

Shhhh, you might put him off.

Aye but Rangers would've got a payment for Kamara being promoted. Rangers always come first.

Went for Diomande, as he was easily our best players in the first half. I thought Balogun, Sterling and Raskin were pretty good too, overall.

Apparently Carter-Vickers is exempt from the new 'follow through' thought process on tackling.

I'd rather we died with our history than lived with the history of Paedo FC over at the Piggery. Of course, many of their demented fans spend their lives online claiming we did die but UEFA have stated, quite categorically, that we're the same club. Who would you believe: the game's governing body or unemployed Declan from Coatbridge?