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Anyone hear the Ultras rep on Chick Youngs World of Football show on Thursday night ? Chick Young was 'intrigued' by the Boavista banner at the game on Wednesday and interviewed some guy, forget his name...Sam something ? Was quite an interesting interview other than Young creaming himself about teams joining up and 'holding hands across the divide' Alan Preston was also complimenting them for their presence at the Eats Fife game.

Hopefully Miller and the management team are clear who has the repsonsibility to lift that dark cloud. That's what they are paid to do.

Laws of probability dictate that only a %age of youth internationalists will make it. You can be fairly certain that 99% of current international full squad players came through this system so there are also many many examples of players who have been successful as well as failed. Quoting an example of a failure or a success is not necessarily indicative of the system only proof that it sometimes works and it sometimes deosn't. You can keep knocking the idea that international recognition is an adequate benchmark by using exceptional examples but do you have a more effective yardstick ? I'm genuinely interested to hear a better way to conclude that our youth squad is better than average.

Have to agree with Sweetchuck here. In the absence of any other acceptable benchmark you have to take his analysis as the best we have and it doesn't point to much of an extraordinary youth squad. Despite the comment that its not about winning the league, if our youth teams are not winning regularly and comfortably then I am not inclined to expect great things from them. If its then all about individual stars then international squad selection should be a good enough measure as there are several qualified people who will oversee those decisions at different levels, its not all about Burley. I haven't heard anyone make a compelling case as an alternative to Sweetchucks view ? Just because the club comes out and says they have some really exciting youth players set to push through to the first team, doesn't mean they do. Week in week out Calderwood and several players come out and say all manner of things that do not transfer onto the park.

We might even see some passion from the players.That would be a nice change

C'mon mate, I started this thread to take my mind off tonights game. If Miller and MacDonald are back we should mix it up a bit for Saturday, don't you think ?

Just have my tongue firmly placed in my cheek mate You have to see the funny side of it ?

Hey ho. Onwards and upwards. What's everyones feeling about this game I'd stick with the side that did us proud tonight, should put Hibs to the sword no bother and claim 3rd. C'MON DONS

One of the worst games I have watched in a long while. Despite Dunfermline flooding the final third the entire game and killing it as any sort of spectacle we should be good enough to combat those tactics from such a poor side. So many times we got the ball in their half and the players were all looking at each other wondering what to do with it. It was embarrassing. A terrible pitch, two terrible teams playing terrible football. I'm genuinely stunned by the standard of football I just witnessed. Can't say any more. Simply ripped asunder.

Well its from chick young so read into it what you will

Aluko & Smith wide, Mackie & Maguire upfront. WE WANT FIVE Langfield Foster ZD Mair Mulgrew Aluko Kerr Seve Smith Mackie Maguire Looks like a good set up

Think you will find that this is a whole new level of cost reductions. When the huns are laying off office staff and tarting their top players in the transfer window then its a totally different ball game. Our trimming down in the early 2000's will not be enough to cope with the current situation. The world is in financial meltdown and football clubs are just as vulnerable as any, if not more. Banks can no longer carry football clubs in the way they have been. Its the quickening, I tell thee.

Amen brother. Always talking sense my broheim

I thought nobody went directly into the league. C'mon GS, if you are going to provide us with a definitive guide to qualification can you at least make it clear

Pretty much like Lily then.

Some interesting stuff to read http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=4&fid=27&sty=2&act=1&mid=2126564719

Agree about Motherwell, Hibs will struggle to take many points from the 3 games after us as they are really pretty poor. We should take them at ER and that will be them KO'd. The game at Fir Park will be tough, especially if they pick up 3 points at Rugby Pk and their pitch is still a disaster. Motherwell will make top 6 along with us, UTD and Hearts although if anyone is going to drop out of it to let Hibs in I'd put my money on UTD. I reckon its anybody's at present, UTD are leaking points all over the place and Hearts have a brutal run in.

Don't forget that bouncy floating floor

Having met him I had always assumed that it was short for 'Manky Bastard' him being a student an' all.

It gave me The Fear

I think Aluko had made the clear space for himself and was entitled to try for goal. It was only in hindsight (ie he missed) that you can say with confidence that he should have offloaded it to Wright. Always easier to be the fan looking back than the player deciding in the moment.

Bound to be Stoney, he loves the path less travelled

Although they can't beat Hamilton and Killie have stuffed them home and away this season I think ? They are also on one of their honking runs and season finishes are often in the toilet at Tannadice

Think Bamba has been excellent for Hibs this season playing in a defensive midfield role. I think it will weaken them quite a bit. After all Arsenal were looking at him

Same for me with Susan Atkins. The bitch had weeks to live in July 2008