dundeebear3

Ive no idea about McCoists coaching abilities but i reckon hes worth his wait in gold for his positive attitude in the dressing room. It must rub off on the players.

Couldnt resist

I hope he means it.

Smith doesnt seem to like playing many small players in the same team. I noticed when we had a full squad very rarely did more than one of Novo, Burke or Naismith get in the same team.

Wasnt there a similar story where Souness came on late and pulled up with a hamstring injury? Que the Rangers players not passing to him during those last few minutes.

But does the £10m CL cash not include gate receipts? As for the UEFA Cup, in the QF if we we had 50,000 at £35.00+ then that's £1.75m plus TV money, related commercial cash and UEFA prize money then it's well abiove your £1m. It is in terms of turnover but not in terms of Profit - and its only the profit we can spend NOT the whole lot - thus I dont think a UEFA leg will add more than £1M to transfer kiity/debt reduction. I just wanted to dampen the thoughts that there was £20M - £25M kicking about (so to speak) for transfers / debt reduction - I dont think it is nearly that high - but still very healthy! So what are the costs that reduce the turnover of, say, £2.5m to a profit of £1m? They must be minimal, and nowhere near £1.5m you are suggesting. I certainly agree that there isn't £20-£25m floating around for transfers/debt reduction as I pointed out in my initial post in this thread, but each round in the UEFA is worth more than £1m. Wages, win bonuses, tax, interest repayments on our debt, player accomodation, travelling expenses for away legs, policing, stewarding and...............................Andy Cameron. I remember the year Celtic got to the final. There next years financial results werent great. Consensus was that getting all the way to the UEFA final was the financially equivalent to a poorish champions League season. We have had only 4 rounds compared to Celtics umpteen, including 2 moneyspinners against English clubs.

Some sense. I doubt Walter will get much over 10 million to spend this summer. 12 million at the very most(if Cousin is sold).

Defensively i thought he was great tonight. If only he was more threatening going forward.

Dont think the UEFA cup is worth that much compared with the CL. Hopefuly this run will help to bring in a couple of players next season. It wont be enough to spend on large transfers. Every little helps though.

There was a guy in the '80's who analysed hundreds of goals and came up with the conclusion that the vast majority came from three touches or less, or something like that. I can't remember his name, think he had a military title. He advocated the long ball game. Emlyn Hughes, I'm almost certain. He was in the charge of the coaching of the FA at one point, I have a book of his upstairs. Don't think it was Emlyn Hughes. The guy wasn't an ex-player as far as I remember. Cant remember the guys name either but it certainly wasnt Emlyn Hughes.

Ive never been impressed with Barry playing further forward, its not his natural game. Far better in a deeper role. Gow and Buffel are not chosen because there lack of defensive work im sure.

He'd also be expected to score regularly against top class defenders, something hes not proven hes capable of - yet.

Agreed.

Depends how we are valuing players. Some of those are reasonable, others are only silly Premiership bids with over inflated price tags.

Not worth anywhere near 6 million quid. Bite anyones hand off who offers even half of that.