Bud the Baker

I'd rather go with a first-time manager than Marvin Bartley who's biggest success must be beating us in April. FFS - If we'd appointed MB it would have been the mother of all meltdowns.

The club's statement was very carefully worded, they have decided to go down the General Manager/First Team Coach route which seems sensible as players contracts are much more complicated these days. The emphasis on developing young players is a strategy with risks - the Bottom6 is relatively high level for young players to be introduced successfully IMO. You can't ignore cost was a factor in choosing McLeish but it's more hopeful to think of him as the continuity candidate, i.e. someone who knows more about the club than an outside appointment, risky - sure but is there any other kind?. Three years might seem generous but I presume there are release clauses within the deal. The only things left to say are good luck Craig and COYS!

Mmmmmmh - Jammy Langfield our new set-piece coach!

Whodathunk our Tom-meh's plan was less than sincere?

Are all the companies selling "fitba metrics" selling the same or similar software and will teams selected this way become generic & predictable? If so, bucking the trend where you sorta know other teams plans could work, or maybe not! **************************** In 10 years we might be watching Real Metrics Analysis vs KWA Analytics.

Tough season coming up - new manager, plenty of "churn" in the squad and a difficult division this season. As usual we'll in the bottom half in terms of budget (personal opinion) with Dundee, Falkirk, Killie & the Fakes, Motherwell have done well (sic) in the transfer market in recent seasons and will likely have a bigger budget than us as will Dundee Utd. As for the rest.... No obviously weaker teams like County or Livi, anyway as the Chinese say "May you live in interesting times". I'd settle for 10th place right here, right now.

This summer's Steven Pressley appointment.

1. Let's not pretend we're any different in this regard. 2. We were talking about passing on wealth between generations and the principle of Inheritance Tax dating back to Victorian times is a fact, as for the bit in bold that's a deliberate misinterpretation of what I actually said - and two can play that game. 3. Pointless question - it's covered in Point 2. 4. Unless you're advocating living in a gated community helping the "many" is the same as helping yourself - as I've already said. 5. I've no problem with people working hard and making a bit of money but as I've said countless times now nobody does it on their own these days. 6. You're coming across as a selfish "I'm all right Jack" character which is even sadder. ******************** We seem to have reached the "going round in circles" stage of the discussion so unless you come up with something new I'm out.

We were talking about how wealth is passed on between generations and as I mentioned the principle that it should be taxed is well established. No going off at a tangent from me, Nope, only a fool would make that interpretation of what I posted - scratches chin. This thread and the selfish attitudes expressed, often by you, is depressing. ******************************* Do you have any answer to my assertion that progressive taxation benefits the "many" in the long run other than your customary deference to your betters?

The principle of Inheritance Tax dates back to Victorian times - just how far back do you want to take us? I'm going to vote for parties with progressive tax policies on Thursday in the belief that although this will not benefit me in the short term if they benefit the majority of people then it will benefit me more in the long run, I see nothing ludicrous about this - it's just a matter of how you define selfishness. I will make no apologies for saying the cake should be sliced more evenly,

It'll be an interesting next coupla seasons for them as supporters group MCT are poised to take over this summer. It could go either way for them as they will have to live within budget upon completion of the deal - if they don't make a recovery in the play-offs or bounce back from Div 1 quickly they could turn into one of those famous old clubs (Airdrie, Clyde, QotS) who no longer trouble the top flight - that's if they're not there already (sic).

The wonders of the interweb... Yesterday while surfing I discovered that the original Alvin Stardust was Pete Shelly (no, not that one!) who wrote and recorded Alvin's first hit My Coo Ca Choo before retiring into the background and letting Mr. Fenton take the applause. However in a bizarre twist it turns out there were two Shane Fenton's too, with the original (Johnny Theakston) dying tragically aged just 17. RIP to Theakston and his replacement as Shane Fenton (A.K.A. Bernard Jewry) the one I was familiar with who died in 2014 aged 72. Mr. Shelley had a couple of hits under his own name including Love Me, Love My Dog currently resides in Canada - Rock On. ********************* In an unrelated turn of events there were two Martha's in the original Muffins line-up.

Why? She's nothing to do with the party Keir Hardie founded. It's clear looking back over the last few pages where the real bile is coming from...

We've established that you don't respect "real" lefties either so it's a pointless insult. This spat all started over Faraway's comparison between Starmer & Sarwar - I have no grievance with a successful man like Starmer leading the Labour Party at UK level but not Sarwar at branch level for the reasons given. As the diversion continued into specific policies the salient point is that every Tory leader since Thatcher has made an opening speech promising to "level up" and gone on to do the opposite. You acknowledge that the real challenge over the coming decades will be to be to protect the environment but you're unwilling to recognize that any successful solution to this must come from a Green/Red alliance and "ridiculous taxes" this will inevitably bring. I look forward to your next unpleasant epistle...

I don't think being a millionaire should stop you from being the leader of a Socialist party, especially if like Starmer you're from London where property prices probably puts you a good way down that road but Sarwar should be an automatic non-runner up here due to his company's wage history. I think where the left often fails (and I've fallen into this trap myself) is that we forget people are aspirational - Tony Blair for all his faults has been the only Labour leader since Wilson in the 60s to avoid this pratfall. Point 1 - I wouldn't ban private schools but I would remove their charitable status. Point 2 - Again I wouldn't ban private health care but ways must be found to prevent it piggybacking on the NHS. Point 3. - The housing market was skewed by the Tories back in the 80s when they sold off council houses at below market values and prevented councils replacing them causing shortages. Ownership/Renting should not really matter - what is important is security of tenure which is not always available with private renting Point 4 - Why does it always come down to splitting people into the deserving and undeserving poor, the clear context is that some people are scum - isn't it? ******************** I will never vote Conservative as the party have demonized & marginalized people (from the enemy within & the looney left in the 80s to today's cultural wars & marginalization of workers rights due to the gig economy) over the course of my adult life, and continue to do so, since Thatcher came in quoting Francis of Assisi all of them have come into office talking of "levelling up" and all of them have done the complete opposite. In the "real world" no-one goes out alone into the Klondyke to discover gold anymore, even "inventive people who are pushing boundaries" today are merely taking advantage of the benefits society has offered and any rewards accrued should be taxed accordingly. As usual the three posts I've quoted is a rehash of the "forelock tugging" you always come out with - the UK has one of the biggest (if not the biggest) disparities in income between the Top&Bottom 10% in Europe - life really could be fairer, if only we choose it to be so................... ****************** I'm assuming that (like me) you're a 50+ homeowner with a decent pension to look forward to (we're all right Jack), our children may well be the first generation to be poorer than their parents (sic) - what a legacy we're leaving. Wow that was a bit more than I intended to write!