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Phil McCracken

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  1. Both my mother in law and my future wife were able to pay their council tax while they lived on benefits

    they were on the lowest possible income

    its nonsense to suggest that anyone couldn't afford to pay it

    tony soprano has probably never met anyone on benefits in his life

    he's a comfortable middle class socialist!

  2. So your defence of this is that Van Dijk had no business looking at the crowd?

    That's right up there with "Aye but she WAS wearing a short skirt".

    I absolutely despair at the levels of intelligence amongst our support.

    no surprise to see oaksoft jump in to comment

    i remember him stepping his foot in it re the Neil Lennon 'incident' in the Aberdeen cup tie at tynecastle last season where there wasn't a shred of evidence

  3. So that's Lord Smith written to the 5 party leaders at Holyrood asking for their proposals on taking forward 'devo max'. He wrote the letter on Friday with a deadline of 10th Oct. So nae rushing it then...

    because, of course, theyve been sitting about waiting for that letter before they start thinking about it

    :1eye

    i would ask if you also share a brain cell with slarti

    but i doubt he has access to it

  4. Did you miss Hearts administration?

    Did one of your many aliases not suggest that you would be happy to dance on their grave when their club died?

    Sorry but too many clubs in Scotland have shafted creditors through financial mismanagement.

    You still think that model is OK?

    but they aren't in administration now

    a sugar daddy throwing money at us and winning cups then wiping the debt... That model works for me

    as for dancing on their grave, that ain't really relevant. Id dance on the grave of every rival club.

  5. Div makes some good points.

    Just on Romanov, did his 'model' really not work at Hearts?

    Okay, they got relegated last season... but they seem to be enjoying this season. I know a Hearts fan who hasn't been going to games for years but has suddenly bought a season ticket this season. The Hearts support is buzzing just now.

    The trade off was winning two Scottish Cups, including a once in a lifetime beating of rivals Hibernian in the final by a scoreline of 5-1 that gives them bragging rights for ever and ever.

    Personally, I would trade relegation for winning 2 Scottish Cups.

  6. I struggle to understand why anyone would want to pay a significant sum of money to take ownership of a club like St Mirren in arguably a declining market and then try and continue to run it without incurring losses (personal or against the assets of the club).

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    Is it a declining market?

    Outside of the Old Firm, gates are fairly good. Indeed, gates are far better today than they were when Scottish football was at its peak on the field in the last 60s and early 80s.

    And looking beyond Scotland, money seems to be pouring in football in England, Spain, & Germany.

    Maybe someone is taking a holistic view to making money from buying a Scottish football club?

    To be honest, its only guess work on my part but if you 'think outside the box' then there may well be a market.

    Running down a football club certainly isn't a way to make money however!

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