This thread is becoming a breeding-ground for daft prejudices. Northerners eat tripe and don't wash the coal-dust off their faces for days; People from the South-West speak in a strange dialect of Gaelic and are forever eating scones and tea when they're not getting hammered on cider; South-Easterners have all the decent jobs and own those car things and everyone hates them for it; Scotsmen speak unintelligably, drink too much whisky and beat their wives and the Welsh are best left alone. What a load of cr*p, some of you should hear yourselves sometimes. Yeah, there's a lot of prats in the South - we don't have a monopoly on it though. You'd think teh "North" was some sort of utopian haven.

What's the size of our club got to do with it when we're comparing divisions, not individual teams? Just thought you'd have a crafty sneer, eh? It's not unusual to have a few teams dominate the title race, that's no reflection on the quality of a league. But pound for pound, I'd say the Premiership is streets ahead of Scotland. We have enough teams of stature to have a top tier of 20 teams, they only have to play each other twice a season. English teams have done rather well in Europe in the last ten years or so, how about Scottish ones? You have to go back to the days of Jim McLean and Alex Ferguson. The Premiership is one of the biggest leagues in the World, games are beamed out to virtually every country, I don't think Scottish football gets the same coverage. You seem to have a massive chip on your shoulder because every rebuttal you come out with seems to centre on the lack of TV money. That's like saying Guatemalan football isn't big because they don't get any TV money, er no it's because Guatemala is a footballing minnow.

But people are giving you their research to ensure you don't have to do it yourself.

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!