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I remember the Falkirk fans telling us that Michael Higdon was shite.

If the plastic sign had a spike on the end of it would that make a difference?

The injury happened to a St. Mirren employee. The injury was caused by a St. Mirren employee. The injury occurred when both were working for St. Mirren. The injury was caused by equipment owned by St. Mirren. The injury occurred on St. Mirren property. The injury happened when one St. Mirren employee got pissed off with another St. Mirren employee as a direct result of the work that they were both doing for St. Mirren. The work was being overseen by St. Mirren management. The inury has stopped a St. Mirren employee from earning wages from St. Mirren. St. Mirren are insured for such workplace accidents. Yet you don't think this has anything to do with St. Mirren?

I would imagine the court would take into account the fact that he was a regular first choice pick, when fit, in virtually every game for almost 3 years leading up to the injury?

Did Scales lose earnings as a result of the suit being cut? Did a player slip on the shite, get injured then lose earnings?

Is there any truth in the story that John McGinn is related to an ex Celtic chairman?

Trial can't and won't happen. A season starting mid Jan and finishing mid Dec would be ridiculous. Why don't you trial out working in the real world instead of sponging off hard working taxpayers with your non job?

Derek Ferguson & Barry Ferguson

Good shouts. And Aiden McGeady mentioned above as well. For me though, the number 1 was Ian Durrant. He seemed to take on a sort of God like status after his injury with folk banging on about he would have gone on to world domination. He wasn't even as good as Lex Richardson!

We need at least 2 defensive midfielders. FFS, many teams play with 2 defensive midfielders in every game! I've always been of the opinion that a couple of brutal thugs in midfield goes a long way. I always like to hark back to the 80s but the best by a long way was Aberdeen with Neale Cooper & Neil Simpson in the centre of midfield. They dominated games and let guys like Strachan, Stark & Weir do their business.

Like yourself

Like yourself

you might back every manager unconditionally but some of the rest of us have a brain and can form an opinion

And?

Doncaster on the BBC website today confirms that we currently have an 11 month fixture calendar. As I pointed out in earlier post, unless you play through world cups and european championships the season will run mid Jan to mid Dec. You'd be starting and finishing the season in winter. The Scottish cup final and important run in games could end up getting postponed. Pitches couldn't be sorted mid winter. It can't happen.

Good to see that you agree with me that you are clueless.

One thing is for certain, the phrase "clued up" could never be applied to you.

Which clubs are in this 75% and which aren't though? If the 25% of clubs who aren't interested account for 75% of attendances (and possibly more) then surely that wouldn't have a trial on that basis? And some of those 75% include clubs who effectively want a break in the season in January, ie a winter break... not true summer football. The others are favouring a season which runs March to December - but that isn't possible with the current fixture list. The leagues would need to be reorganised with less fixtures and bigger leagues... which against takes us back to which clubs exactly are in this 75%? Unless all this is made clear then I don't believe that we really know if there is support for a trial or not.

Some stats from HibeeJibee today: Some people are citing the Republic of Ireland. Their league was ranked 37th in Europe before they switched. They are now 40th (and have averaged 37th since changing). Their average top division attendances before changing was 1700-1800. It's now 1500 (and has averaged 1700 since changing). At best it appears to have made no difference to performance or attendance, at worst it appears to have been detrimental. Only 1 league above us in the UEFA rankings play summer football. Only 3 in the top half play summer football. Not a single league in the top 20 plays summer football.

HibeeJibee from P&B - an expert on this matter - has posted the following yesterday: Unless you played through international breaks, World Cups and Euros... which is clearly a daft proposition... your 'summer' seasons would be running mid-January to mid-December. Evidence from Scandinavia shows that it doesn't help European or international performances, and evidence from Eire shows it doesn't help crowds. Countries like Denmark, Russia, etc. have moved away from it. You also have many contributory downsides like: * Scottish Cup Final in December * clubs qualifying for Europe having to wait 7/8 months to enter, and clubs reaching KO rounds having no closed season * CL/EL groupstages and the conclusion and playoffs of international campaigns falling at the end of the season * moving out-of-kilter with most other British and European leagues in terms of transfers etc. * loss of well-attended Christmas and New Year matches * having to undertake maintenance of pitches in December-January * loss of 'glamour friendlies' * etc. All apparent benefits can be realised by starting in July and having a winter break in January. Not moving to playing mid-January to mid-December

Why use the word "we" when putting forward your own personal point of view? Did you trust Tommy Craig?

And if the trial doesn't work, you then have a season ending in Dec and the new season starts in Aug te following year?

And on the point of a trial, if the season ends in May and the new starts in Jan the following year, what do clubs do for cash flow in the meantime?

As I mentioned above, with the current fixture list, the season would start mid Jan and end mid Dec. Clubs may want summer football but the reality would be Jan to Dec. I can't see the point of a trial.

A very clued up poster on p&b has been over this many times. 'summer' football in Scotland, with the current fixture set up, would start mid Jan and end mid Dec. The Scottish cup final and important league run in games could be played in bad weather. Could be in danger of being postponed. Games at the start of the season might get postponed! It makes no sense and will never happen.