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Surely you are at the wind up mate?? After all the crap we have had to put up with over the last few years right up to (and including) the cup final, is it not a breath of fresh air to have a really good player, who is not only the real deal and signing for us, but actually fighting our corner out there? He is getting put on the spot whilst he is live on radio, ffs. What is he supposed to say? "No comment" perhaps?! Get off your high horse.

Nice to know that Rod Petrie is not the only poor deluded soul out there! http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/russian-sports-minister-bizarrely-claims-8171495

Can't say I'm too disappointed to see the back of him to be honest. He simply showed he lacked the quality we now need to take us to the next level. No disgrace in that and I wish him well. He scored a few good goals for us, but mostly flattered to deceive in most of the games I saw him play. He wasn't alone in that regard though, as the final remnants of Ally McCoist's team are now confined to the history books. The ironic thing is that Shiels, Clarke, Law etc will probably go on to play very well for smaller clubs. I often wondered if we signed Nicky Clarke's twin brother by mistake, when I read about how many goals he had banged in for his last club, QOS. Warburton has shown a tremendous shrewdness in the transfer market of identifying players, who are not only good players, but who also have the strength of character to play for us; players who won't hide when the going gets tough in front of 40,000 + fans. That's where Ally failed badly unfortunately - he did not look at the full package when identifying players and it fell apart for him in his final season.

Thanks guys for putting the link in. Now I can hear the full interview again without trying to concentrate on my driving! Cheers.

Well, it is the pre-season and the football has not started yet,so EVERYTHING on here is practically hypothetical. Otherwise, we are as well not posting until August when the season kicks off!

@Smile...Yip, totally agree, but that's my point - Joey does do his talking on the pitch, as he is a superb player, and has palyed at a very high level, as opposed to Brown, who only goes by his reputation and is the great pretender. You are right though, Brown's days will probably be numbered under Brendon.

Still pleased as hell with the capture of Joey Barton...didn't think it would come off. I watched him a few times on the tv when he was at QPR and he was top drawer. I knew of his reputation, but he simply oozed class and bossed the midfield area - no one in midfield could get anywhere near him in the games I saw of him, with his hard tackling and superb range of passing. It's a long time since we have had someone like that in central midfield berth. Anyway, I was driving on the M25 today listening to Alan Brazil & Joey Barton. Alan makes reference to the upcoming old firm clashes cashes, and the impending battles Joey will undoubtedly have with Brown...Like someone swatting an annoying fly, Joey simply tells Alan that "When I'm playing at my level, Scott Brown is nowhere near as good as me!" He was more or less telling Alan Brazil that he knows of Brown's so-called reputation, but he couldn't lace his boots! Quality. Keep it up Joey! Upwards and onwards.

Yip...a complete & total bell-end. Always quick to play the 'victim' card when it suits him. Glad we have Joey there fighting our corner now. Listening to some of these radio commentators (BBC radio Scotland included!) having a sly (and not so sly) kick at us without reply can be a bit soul destroying at times. Upwards & onwards.