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Sutton a great? Do me a bleeding favour!

Does it say something special? I don't think so. 50,000 yeah, 15 ain't much to brag about. Tommy Briggs for me. Simon Garner should be nowhere near the top, but he'll probably win. 10 people voted for Matt Jansen first time out FFS!

Classic! Loved that one - cheers!

"We want you to play against Charlton" "I have an injured knee" "Oh, so you're refusing to play, are you?!"

MCMC had edited his so it didn't make any sense any more anyway.

Yeah, I was thinking that after I pressed "Submit".

I used to like Hearts too (still do in fact), I remember the days when John Robertson used to knock them in all day for Hearts, he's the manager now I think. Unfortunately I doubt Hearts will win the title for a long time. I'm not going to start wearing a Tam O'Shanter or anything, but I'll always favour Celtic over Rangers now. I'm hopping mad about the whole thing, it all smells very strongly of a stitch-up to me. "I'm man enough to admit I made a mistake" - oooh, you big hard-man. You socking banker.

I used to quite like Rangers because of the Souness connection. No more. Will be rooting for Celtic from now on.

Was just thinking back to when Hughesy took over, was just after the Newcastle game, for which TP was caretaker. Then I thought: "How's he getting on with the reserves?", then I realised he'd been sacked! Must've been because he'd been such a fixture I'd clean forgotten! Did he get that coaching job at Luton in the end? Glad to see that the rumpus hasn't affected our season, we don't appear to be missing him. Although the way it came about was despisable, I think we're better for it. Good luck Tony, wherever you are!

Hahahahahahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Put your handbag down sweetie! We might be small but we don't have pretensions of glamour. "One of the biggest clubs in the World" - What a hoot! You're in Scotland for a start!

Those that are criticising the board I feel are very harsh. Yep, we let him go for less than we said we would. Do none of you know the principles of bartering? You initially demand a price more than you're willing to sell at, the other party scoffs at this and makes a derisory offer, eventually you meet somewhere in the middle. There are still major weaknesses in the squad, especially up front, I can only hope that Mark has got plans to improve it, but that his targets aren't available until the Summer. To those who think John Williams is a fool, really, what would you have done? Kept hold of Ferguson? He clearly didn'ty want to play for us anymore, his behaviour was disgraceful. If that level of de-motivation wasn't enough, he would've been barracked by the crowd big-time, no doubt about it for me. So if he wasn't staying, then he had to go. Given Ferguson's determination to go, the amount of time left in the window, and Rangers' derisory initial offer, I think we did the best we could.

Thank God. Would've been a very bad situation if he'd have stayed. Very unimpressed with Rangers, Ferguson and Viola. I just hope that the fates work in our favour and we knock Rangers out of the UEFA one day.

It does feel like a bleeding poker game, that's for sure.

Perform?! An alien concept methinks in this case. Like a verucca on my bleeding foot, he needs to be gotten out asap. The whole thing's just got up my nose big time, I'm like Darth Vader with haemorrhoids at the minute, well cheesed-off.

We'll certainly need 11 men out there - no Scottish puffs allowed. Reid and Emerton down the wings.

Yep, me too. Who plays right-wing for them, is he any good? And we also need someone to score if we are to win!

If he stays (and I sincerely hope he doesn't), then he must lose the armband.

Sick to death of this now. I've really had it up to here with the whole saga.

We are dealing with amateurs, as well as a cry-baby. John Williams must be tearing his hair out. I wonder whether the 6m figure is cast in stone? Rangers obviously want him desperately otherwise they wouldn't have come in for him three times. But really, these joke bids take the pish.

What is it with Everton and getting involved with Rovers' transfers (or targets)?

Please, can you give it a rest with the indignant responses and the sarcasm? It's starting to get on my nipples. This is a 72-page thread, I can't remember who said what on the previous page, let alone what you said, like, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages ago. I think you're in danger of taking your football club, and yourself, too seriously.

I didn't have the Channel in my way, but other than that, more or less the same as Eddie!

I will back the manager. But that doesn't mean I won't condemn the behaviour of our club captain though. What a sick joke. The man who others turn to for inspiration when the chips are down. The one to take games by the scruff of the neck when the team is playing poorly, to drag the performance level of others up by his own example. Not only can he not stamp his authority on Premiership games, he is not man enough to see his original move through. If not staying for the length of his contract then at least staying for a reasonable amount of time, allowing for his 6-month holiday, whoops recuperation. What a pitiful example. What idiot made this guy captain (whoops ...)? Is this the best we could do? Shameful. Where is the sporting spirit in football? Where are the heroes? The inspirations, those who play for the love of the game, not mammon? As if that spitting prat didn't set a bad enough example, we have over-rated footballers captaining their club and country acting like pussies. What would Dave Mackay make of that? We can't have little boys wearing the arm-band. Look at athletics, Kelly Holmes suffered loads of injuries, could've quit but she had a big heart and kept going. Not because she thought it would make her rich, but for the love of the sport. For the glory of competing on the greatest stage her sport had to offer. Our brave captain just wants Esso coins for trophies and a deep-fried curly-wurly for tea. See ya.

Like a win, draw or loss? Perhaps humiliated was over-the-top, but we seem to have had more disasters than triumphs in front of the cameras.

Maybe we could just get Ryan to change his name? Seems easier than getting people to spell his name right.