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Baxter had an excellent game. Thanks to Bremner "eliminating" Pele most agree Baxter was the best player on the night. Was quite amusing to hear Wee Billy getting booed for his spoiling antics. Think by the time Chalmers arrived at Firhill he was far more interested in getting his golf handicap down to scratch than playing football. Certainly spent more time at Cawder GC than he ever did on the training pitch. As Winter of '63 says would make a cracking quiz question. An ex Jags player who scored against Brazil (and also scored the winning goal in a European final).

Likewise but I doubt if anyone played above average in those three games.

I think that's a bit unfair. Did Celtic, Dunfermline. St Mirren etc donate to Capital FM cancer appeal or help sell the Peel to Save booklets? There's been other charitable appeals etc the Club have got involved with as well. I've no idea whether we give more or give less to charitable causes pro rata to the size of our Club. That's something nobody knows but I'm willing to bet every club has to refuse worthwhile causes on a very regular basis.

There's also the possibility that Fox hasn't fully recovered from his illness. Perhaps he hasn't put in a full week's training . If Fox was an outfield player he would probably start on the bench in any case. So if Scully does start I wouldn't read that much into it. I doubt very much tho' that Fox providing he is fully fit will be dropped. I do tho' think that if he continues making too frequent errors or looks too shaky then Jackie/Hinchy will have no second thoughts replacing him with Scully. Guessing that prior to Scully getting chucked in the deep end and proving himself more than capable there would be greater reservation about dropping Fox. Anyway I never knew so many Jags fans were that expert on Fox droppings.

ditto tho' Bremner kicked Pele off the park that night. Maradona was exceptional at Hampden '79. Roughie undoubtedly the best Jags player I've seen.

Been staying out of all this but I got a couple of points. Firstly the Club needn't be doing this. It should be the very sort of caper that a supporters association (Jags Trust or whoever) should be organising and getting involved in. and secondly some things said in jest and all that. A year or so ago the Club stopped providing lunches for the players. Prior to that they were fed in the Aitken Suite on training days. Nowadays the players have to provide for themselves. Just my opinion but, especially when you take into account our Chairman's profession, that's a far more embarrassing situation than this rag collecting. Yet the no lunches thingy went more or less without remark.

Ah but the SPL require 11 votes out of 12 (or I suppose it would be 10 out of 11 in this case) to do anything as drastic. I can't see them risking their precious TV deals. Coming to think of it they probably wouldn't deduct too many points either. What would be the point of the daft split if rangers ended up in the bottom half? I could envisage a reconstituted Rangers disUnited being "invited" into the SPL. For the greater good of Scottish football, you understand.

Dundee are appealing the decision using video as evidence. Erskine has stated that it wasn't Douglas that tripped him.

It's hard to believe that nearly forty years have passed since I was highly privileged to attend Billy Bremner's reading of Kierkegaard's Journals.

Rumour doing the rounds is that the Dailly deal is off. Evidently Douglas Rae made him provide a drug sample and he's tested positive for toblerone.

I don't think there's been much doubt that Scully has been a very good shot stopper for quite a while. This time last season Shepherd was perhaps preferred as both his positioning and physique were ahead of Ryan. I believe tho' that Hinchy has long thought of Scully as having real potential. I imagine it'll be a joint decision between Jackie & Hinchy on who plays next week. Not being there yesterday I don't know how commanding Scully was or how his all round performance was rated. If the parts of his game that Hinchy thought were needing worked on have improved sufficiently then I see little reason why he won't start. I doubt that the quality of his fine saves yesterday will be the major factor when choosing who goes in goal.

Less of the puns. This thread is supposed to be about Christian Dailly. Let's just keep it on topic, eh?

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Couple of questions then. Would Douglas have saved the penalty and would Lockwood off instead of McIntosh made much difference?

Great photos as always, Jim. Particularly like the one with the red card stickin' out the Douglas napper. Oh, and the first one of a Scully save is an absolute beaut

I'm reading great reports about Scully but not having been there did David Cairney and Sekhon have good debuts?

Excellent photos, Tommy, and very much appreciated. Just one question.... what made you think Rab Douglas wasn't happy?

It takes all sorts.

Thought there might be a direct bus from Stonehaven but doesn't appear to be. I see Aberdeen are at home to Motherwell that day. Don't know how many 'Well fans travel these days.

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Sorry, I know and realise all that but I just think the offer this time is a bit vague. Hospitality is as often as not taken up by folk on the fringes of our support so I feel it's best to spell out what you're getting for your dosh.

If recent hospitality initiatives are anything to go by I assume it will be a decent offer. Feel tho' it could be better phrased. Just what do you get for your £36?

Certainly not my opinion but I suppose your argument is leaving it open for a retort of that could be one reason why the JH Stand is 2/3 empty. Just guesswork but I'd imagine the cost of a regular clean up would way exceed any direct turnover loss due to the condition of the seats. However not everything can be be reduced to cost efficiency and even if funds would be commercially better spent elsewhere (eg player budget) there has to be a bottom (npi) line below which is unacceptable. I'd suggest unclean and/or faulty seating would fall below that line.

Hey, Lost Doo, you've gotta cheek to comment!

Eh? It's the SFA we're talking about here. How would you like to organise a slap up luncheon within a week?