five stars

Going back a fair bit now but i remember Terry Butcher getting dropped. He was our captain, with a playing career Tav could only dream of. But his standards dropped and he was out the team. It's the only way to do it if you want success. It simple, if you're playing pish you don't play, captain or not.

It's not brilliant, it's fuckin obvious. Sterling doesn't have a regular position in the team. He filled in as LB, midfield or even on the wing. But he's not first pick for any of those positions.

Who's the 24 year old right back we signed from Chelsea? Who's young, fast and athletic and has a bit of fight about him. He's hardly had a chance as RB because of undroppable, but has shown plenty of quality when played in midfield?

Yeah, i get the impression Tav and Goldson won't be dropped, even if their form hits rock bottom.

Keep up.

I'm sure there'll be changes for tomorrow's night's team. Clement ain't going to let that performance against Ross County go without someone carrying the can. It should be Tav, not because he was the only one responsible, but because we have a young, talented right back ready to step in. Pity we don't have a young right centre of similar abilities to take over from Goldson too. But I doubt he'll drop either, it'll be Barasic, Dowell, Souttar or Cantwell that gets the chop.

I think Tav's forward play is over rated these days. He doesn't gets forward as often, as he no longer has the legs to get up and down the park. He almost never hits the byeline and also rarely whips in those Beckham like crosses he once excelled at. He does pop up with the occasional goal from open play but the majority of his goals are penalties. He scorer the occasional beauty from a free kick but most are row Z. Many of our moves break down with Tav as his passing is often very poor.

Clement definitely helped bring a bit of belief and desire to the squad. But old habits die hard, and they often return when a bit of pressure or stress is applied. Far to many times we crumbled in January. This time it's the run in and we're losing to Motherwell and Ross County and not turning up for the first 45 minutes of the most important Old Firm game in years. Tav and Goldson seem to be the common link on all those failures over the years.

All is ok, as we're going to learn from the defeat. You would think with all his experience he wouldn't need to learn how to beat Ross County.

The canny beat a man candyman.

Can't remember our last good right winger.

We have excepted mediocrity for too long. Failure has been rewarded or has had no consequences for a select few of our "top" players.

Exactly! It's happened time and time again.

End of story?l You're delusional. I like Sterling, i think he's a quality player and he could potentially be an excellent defensive midfielder. But his position is RB. Unfortunately, he's not had much opportunity because it's Tav's position and he plays every game even if his form is horrendous.

It's too risky not to drop him now. We played him last week and lost 2 points, today we lost 3. Unfortunately, i think Clement will have to give the captaincy to Goldson until the end of the season, if he drops Tav.

Explain?

Fuck sake man, that one's easy. Sterling is now 24 years old. He's shown ability and commitment playing in midfield and done ok at LB considering he's on the wrong side. He's quick, athletic and has a bit of fight about him. Right back is his preferred position. Potential he could be the next Bassey? That's what's really pissing me off about Tav playing, we're actually holding back a player with a great future ahead of him by continuing to play him. We need to give the full back jersey to Yilmaz and Sterling. Young, fast, athletic players with a bit of fight about them.

No! No! No! He's not a right midfielder or right winger. It would be madness to play him further forward because he ain't good enough to play in his natural position.

Butland?

I didn't realise we need to sign a captain from somewhere to replace our captain. I always thought you could give the captaincy to someone else in the squad. Thanks for educating me.

Why is it atupid?

What are you talking about. Please try and make some sort of sense?

His performance in the 1st half last week, in one of our biggest games for years, was also a disgrace. The problem is after last week he still played today,what sort of message does that sent to the rest of the squad? Mediocrity is ok? Clement backed him and so did most on here. They were wrong.

Clement has to be ruthless if he wants to save our season. Hopefully he's not happy to except second place knowing that it'll still be an improvement on where we were.

If we can't beat Ross County, how do you expect us to win against the teams in the top six?