Irwin Sparkes

Another non-entity trying to start something with me Eat my shorts

So what if we go out to Maribor, sack Ally, and the new manager has a terrible first 5 games? 3rd new manager before Christmas? Or does a new manager bizarrely deserve more time than Ally?

What is a "Lafferty lover" ? Someone who actually backs one of our own players? Sue them

A lot of people are saying this, so i must be watching a different player Granted i didn't watch the Malmo away game, or the game last night, but i thought he was absolutely awful against Hearts, Malmo at home, and St Johnstone, and average and reckless against Inverness

Edu is suspended

I actually fist pumped there when i realised Edu is suspended This was a shoe in for 4-5-1 with the Chuckle Brothers in CM otherwise

If all else fails, call for Dioufy

Couldn't have considered them slightly earlier, no?

By "shite again" you mean shite for the first time since March?

I said this the other day Between 2003 and 2006 we seemed to make around 8 signings every single summer, pretty much all of them being on free transfers or costing a nominal fee, and very few of them actually improving our squad to any great extent I actually preferred the Walter years of a small, settled squad

Souness has had one successful season in British football in the last 20 years It's not 1988 anymore. He's not the answer.

Yes The team that ended last season looked so promising and only really need 2 or 3 additions; a centre half to replace Weir either this season or eventually, an attacking midfielder to replace Weiss, and a striker to challenge or replace Lafferty Instead we spent £1.5 million on a position we didn't need to strengthen, signed 3 centre halves and made bids for at least 2 more, signed 2 central midfielders who seem likely to be shoehorned into wide positions, and haven't strengthened the attack at all I also don't believe that any of the 3 centre halves we've signed are as good as Bougherra

Sacked by Newcastle for almost single handedly ruining a squad that Bobby Robson had taken to 4th, 3rd, 5th in the previous 3 seasons Hasn't managed for 6 years Naw.

I honestly don't know if i can stick a season of 4-5-1 with McCulloch, Edu, and Ortiz playing every week Something drastic has to happen soon

We've lost 3 of the members of our very successful defence of the last 3 years Papac and Weir are still here, but are highly unlikely to ever be regulars again (at least not in defence in Papac's case) Instead of pinpointing proper replacements, Ally seems to simply be trying to sign as many defenders as possible and hoping some of them succeed

With Walter leaving on a high, it made perfect sense to give his assistant the job Don't kid yourself that had we appointed someone else, he'd be being backed to the hilt just now

Why?

We already have more than enough players capable of playing centre half in a 3-5-2 Papac, Wallace, Whittaker, Broadfoot, Goian, Bartley, Bocanegra, Weir, Perry

Ally will get the season, unless we're 4th or 5th in the table at Christmas Given Lennon was out of both European competitions by September last year, it's absurd to write someone off on this basis

£2 million or £1.5 million plus McCulloch Pray this happens

Fuck off with all these defenders

The bad performances hurt me. The bad results hurt me. But the actual status of saying 'we're in the Europa League' means very little to me. Not being in it wouldn't affect me at all once the annoyance at the performance wore off

There's absolutely no chance that Ally will be sacked if we lose next week Lennon did the exact same last season and was given a new contract 9 months later

Let's not kid ourselves about the value of the Europa League If we lose to Maribor but win our next 3 league games, people will be saying 'Europe was a distraction we didn't need' It's shameful to see how far we've fallen in Europe, but most fans stop caring about it the moment we're out of it

Have to laugh at the folk who thought this would be a tight game. Hearts are putrid.