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Almost choked on my coffee when I read the BBC headline "is Ramsey on his way to Ibrox?"

I am going off the point a bit here but what the huns #1 did before in not paying their creditors and evading taxes was totally out of order but I don’t have a problem with what the huns #2 are doing just now. If someone wants to bankroll a club then good luck them. You wouldn’t have seen Blackburn, Man City, Chelsea and rest do anything if it wasn’t for that. We have had it with Milne, the Donald’s, Cormack and Crotty and I guess without that investment we might be £10m in debt. However clubs who sell their best players are inevitably worse off in the end.

I can see what you are saying boys but as a fan it's shit. When I watch my team I want to see the best players on the park, I couldn't really care less what the balance sheet looks like. Part of our Data Man's pitch to the fans about Glass was that he had helped Atlanta make millions when they sold one of their top players. That might be great if you are the chairman but fans want entertainment and the chance to compete. Replacing Ramsay with some second rate right back from Rotherham won't make it any better viewing for us just because Cormack has £5M more in his pocket. I would rather try to hold on to him until we have a gun at our head and really have to sell.

Not sure why you would want rid of our best player mate? After the last couple of years with no crowds, Glass would surely get very little of that fee to spend so the team would end up weaker. The longer we can keep a hold of the lad, the better. Unless you're on the board like?

Bet the geordies are pooping themselves at that news because Hodgson might just manage to keep Watford up.

"I am getting among the players and telling a few home truths because the past has not been good enough." Nice quote from big Dunc. Would love to have been at the Everton training ground these last few days

Fair point Rico. It was fine to see us actually compete with them and not be hanging on for a change. We look like a blunt knife going forward though, just not making goalies have to make saves too many times this season. Plenty of "attempts" if you like, which Dave will be noting in his data book but lacking the killer instinct.

Watched the whole thing last night and listened to the pundits on both Sky and BBC and have to say, I must have been watching a different game to them. I thought this was typical of our season so far. We conceded the first goal again which I think they said was the 15th time this season and apart from the penalty, McGregor was untroubled the whole evening. We could have played until Sunday and still not scored a goal, Ramirez was petty much unemployed. Yes, we dominated the ball in the second half, put in a good shift (which should surely be the minimum requirement in any game) but that is probably the poorest Rangers have played against us since they came back up. Having watched the penalty claim about a hundred times I still don't know if you can actually see McGregor making contact with Hedges. First time I saw it at full speed it looked like McGregor total cleaned him out but watching it back I'm not convinced at all. The penalty we did get was very debateable, can't see why anyone can claim that Morelos actually played the ball, the ball just hit him. but some you get, some you don't and we'll certainly take that one. The referee was terrible, how he felt the need to dish out so many cards in a game with hardly a tackle in it is mind blowing. The play acting from both sets of players last night was embarrassing. Guys going down all over the place after hardly being touched, don't know why this has crept into our game.

Yes, Sky were reporting it last night as having an obligation to buy him for £3.5M at the end of the season if we they avoid relegation.

About time Sean Dyche got a crack at one of these top jobs, he’d be a good fit there.

Adam Rooney James Wilson Sam Cosgrove As we are becoming a feeder club for Gary Neville do you think he would take Matty Kennedy?

I agree 17th has to be the goal sheepheid. Trouble is, you say next season they can get top players in if they stay up. In order to get top players there instead of Man City, Man U, Liverpool and the rest, they are gonna have to sign 11 wage thieves otherwise you just wouldn't go there above these top teams. It's a real dilemma for anyone with a bit of ambition to try and break into the top 5 or 6 in that league that you have to just pay stupid money to get anyone of a good standard into the club. It must be crap for team moral though, at the moment they will have a right back who is probably earning twice what anyone else is on.

Hedges is worth more to us for the rest of the season than getting whatever Blackburn are willing to pay to get him now rather than signing him on a Bosman. Would leave a gaping hole in our team for the remainder of the season if we were to sell him in January. Him leaving could be the difference between finishing 6th and potentially challenging for 3rd, if he stayed fit that is.

The signings look peculiar based on their dire predicament in the league. 19 games to go and all they can really hope for is to catch Watford because the other teams above them are 8 points in front. Why you would want to prioritise a right back in their situation is a bit strange, it's almost the area of the pitch where you could chuck anyone in. You would not think Trippier will change the team all that much. Wood looks a competent striker but I agree with you BigAl, if you had all the money in the world would Chris Wood really be high up on your list?

Funny you should say that. Just been reading up on this and apparently he had offers from Juventus, Valencia, Dortmund and Man City. Turns out he opted for the Dons due to his love for butteries, Irn Bru, shortbread and freezing temperatures. Seemingly likes a buttery cut in half with bacon in the middle

How long before we see Sam Cosgrove on loan at Rugby Park?

I guess a defeat to Cambridge was not part of the master plan

It’s about time one of our signings was successful, been a lot of duds taken in over the last couple of years (Ramirez apart). Here’s hoping this guy is the one which bucks the trend and we end up with a real player on our hands.

I think it is time for Lewis to move on. He has been absolutely immense for us and the best keeper we have had for a long time but he's just reached that point where his best years are behind him and for the last year or so just has not been good enough and thrown in too many bad mistakes for my liking. He may be settled up here but you have to be ruthless and our squad needs a real shake up in order to move forward. Lewis is symtomatic of what is wrong with the squad in general, too many players in a comfort zone, bimbling merrily along earning a decent wage but lacking hunger and desire to really push on. Clark looks a really good keeper, at 29 is at a decent age and is likely to be in contention to be the next Scotland keeper once Gordon and Marshall finally call it a day. Sign him up.

That was a really good final BigAl, thought Wright was a bit fatigued after the semi against Anderson but those last couple of sets were just phenomenal. Showed a bit of class with his reaction afterwards as well, seemed genuinely gutted for his opponent. Nice to see a bit of proper sportsmanship compared to those diving, cheating jessies we see on the fitba pitch.

The glaring difference from a few seasons back when we had a decent side is that side had what I would call hungry players. Players at an age where they were looking to better themselves and in some cases, move on to bigger things like Shinnie, Hayes, McGinn, McLean, McKenna, Logan, Maddison, Christie, even Cosgrove. It’s no coincidence that our best talent at the moment is Ramsay, Ferguson, Hedges, McCrorie, guys looking to improve and move on. The rest of the team is littered with players who are either topping up their pension or for whom the Dons is their pinnacle. We have very little sell on value in the team. Lewis, Hayes, McGinn, Considine, Gallagher, McGeough, Ramirez, JET. None of these players are playing for their next move. The exception being Brown who is an outstanding pro.

With the break approaching this seems like a good time for reflection. Glass has had a good crack at it now, brought in his own men (both playing and back room) and has been in charge for a decent number of games. I am struggling to see where we are going this season. Heard a few people saying “Cormack will give him until the end of the season no matter what”. It’s almost like we are prepared to totally write off this season which I don’t quite understand. We haven’t been as low in the league as this for a number of years but it seems from the outside like the manager is under no pressure at all. Cormack must have formed a view by now whether Glass is the right man to lead us long term. Is he just a stubborn guy, unwilling to admit his mistake and make a change, or does he really think Glass is making us better?

Looks like this will be David Bates last game for a while as Nicola Sturgeon has stated no spectators allowed from 26 December

Aye, getting rid of a respected manager who knows what he is doing and appointing someone who has never managed and has not been near scotttish fitba for about a decade What could possibly go wrong?

This is where Cormack is going all a bit too Americany for my liking. Looking at the bare facts you would say 90% of our fans are season ticket holders but in reality the season ticket holders are not actually the majority of the supporters. The two or three thousand pay as you go fans at each game are a different two or three thousand each time so there are actually thousands of these but they maybe only go to half a dozen games each during a season. These people don't want/cannot afford a season ticket for a variety of reasons but they still want to have the option of going to games. Why centre it all around season ticket holders? If you do not have a season ticket and want to go to a Rangers game, you don't want to have to wait until the Friday to see whether a season ticket holder can be bothered to turn up before you know whether you can get a ticket or not, you want a bit of warning. Also, if we draw a decent side in Europe, does he not want the option of getting a bigger crowd in than usual? What about hosting the odd Scotland international, concert or boxing match? Also cannot believe it would cost another £16M just for another 4,000 seats in stands that you are already building anyway. The whole reason for moving away from Pittodrie was that the existing site could not accommodate a re-developed stadium of more than 12,000 fans which was "not enough for the ambitions of the club" yet we are now talking about a stadium which is not an awful lot more. One of the main reasons that a 16 team league has been shot down is that the provincial clubs would miss out on revenue by only being able to host the old firm for two games each season. Now we are planning to have a stadium with only 500 away fans in it anyway. We might as well just lay a plastic pitch while we are at it or maybe just play our home games at Cormack Park instead.