Okay, let's go through this. Haven't most observers stated that we have the most second best squad in the country, currently? They were saying similar for most of last season, and we've strengthened over the summer. A 3-1 defeat in a bounce game hardly contradicts that. A manager defends his player. Shocking. In any case, Steven Naismith wouldn't be the first person in the world to do something out of character. Oh, and here's a quote from a contemporary Daily Mail artice: "'I spoke to Naisy about it and he said the lad didn’t make anything of it and that he was just trying to brush him aside,’ said McCoist. ‘But I’d be better qualified to speak about it after I’ve seen it". We've all been over this as well, Glenn. Clear and transparent, remember? Actually, from the same Daily Mail piece as above: "Currently, the SFA are operating with an interim Compliance Officer, whose name is being kept under wraps. The absence of transparency about that key figure is a situation that jars with McCoist". This was pre-admin, so the SFA's procedures are clearly something Ally's felt concern about for some time. Yes, it's called political posturing. Why else would he ask the question if he already knew the answer? I suspect you already know the answer. Did it? I must have missed the completion of the subsequent police investigation. Nothing shows up in Google later than the few days after the incident, where the police stated that they were "not linking this incident to any particular bus", and that they were "still in the early stages of our investigation.”. There's a subtle semantic difference there between 'not ruling anything out at this stage' and 'we have ruled that out'. But I suspect you know that. Yeah, well, if this piece is a measure of your journalistic ability, it's a good thing I don't read newspapers.