Saint_clark

Think the reaction by some on here is odd to be honest, I wish him all the best and fully understand why he would want to take the opportunity to get one last big contract/play at a higher level. People talk about loyalty, we could have shown it by extending his contract at any point of the second half of the season when he was a big part of what was happening. Instead we were waiting until after the playoff final - why? The most likely reason being that if we got promoted we wouldn't want to extend him. No loyalty there from us.

If that were the case we'd still be able to extend his contract surely. Pretty sure he's a free agent now.

Do we have anyone else? Sugawara I guess but don't really consider him ours.

Didn't expect to be watching George Lucas eat a donut live on TV at 2:29am. Not sure I'm actually awake.

USA look annoyingly good. Their cocky fans have been doing my head in during the build up to the tournament. Even with average players, Poch can get a good unit going. Atmosphere is fucking shocking though.

Ready for the Canada game later.

Large scale alterations to the cultural outlook of the country is not a necessary sacrifice anywhere else in the world, so shouldn't be here.

I've been against mass immigration and called a racist for it for a long time mate believe me, however I still saw the value in controlled immigration. Now i'm at the point where I think we should just shut the borders down, immediately deport everyone awaiting a refugee or asylum claim regardless of consequences and then just operate a strictly one in one out process, with the ones in being strictly vetted. Jesus, even Australia's system is more strict and they're letting in too many.

Well that's the issue isn't it. There was time to put something else in place and we wasted it with those ridiculous arguments over whether it was racist or not to be concerned about immigration. Now we've hit the point where the only solution is something extreme, which is where the likes of Reform get their popularity.

I think I've hit the point where I don't care about the genuine cases of asylum or the people who really want to come here and better their lives - it's not worth it if it means importing this kind of shit as well. I'd rather just say no to everyone.

I suppose the benefit of having a backup like Long is that Wright could be third choice, but still be picked for cup games ahead of the more senior 2nd choice.

I think he means defensive negotiations in as much as negotiating incoming bids for our players and either fending them off or getting an extortionate amount of money, not literally negotiations for defensive players.

I fully agree on Edozie, I think if you give him those 38 games then he ends up in double figures for goals and assists. Maybe that should be the answer - give Edozie the starting spot and let Fellows find his form without the pressure that comes with being first choice.

What's the general feeling about Fellows on here? 38 games, 0 goals, 5 assists. For me it's a clear position that requires upgrading. He just doesn't affect games enough even with two strikers who he should thrive when feeding.

You're forgetting how good he is at PowerPoint presentations. Wasn't even in the running at Rangers until he put on a little show for them.

Difficult to turn it on consistently when you play so inconsistently.

But prior to them taking over those young signings were complemented with older experienced players.

I think it wasn't so much learning that, but learning that they aren't as smart as they think they are. They probably genuinely believed they could consistently unearth young talent that would turn a profit for the club.

Yeah I agree, if we didn't have Larin i'd be more concerned. As is I reckon we can find a solid backup to Larin.

Again, he's nearing the end of his career and if he has the chance to play at a higher level, potentially even winning trophies and playing in Europe up in Scotland, I really wouldn't blame him for taking it.

As well as this having read the above, it sounds like we left it so late to trigger his extension because we were only going to do that if we stayed down...so not sure he'll feel like he owes us too much if we were planning on letting him go upon promotion.

I agree he is, but it's a short career and he's nearing the end of it. He won't turn down the opportunity to win trophies and play in europe.

He won't sign, I reckon he's off to one of the Old Firm.

How many Schlongs is that?