When a player gets to a certain age the next season is always a case of Russian Roulette for interested clubs - not for me.

I agree, probably best for Clarke, however there is a deeper malaise in the quality of the players available and the individual errors. Interesting thing on the BBC website from Ian Wright about the Scottish TV deal compared to Norway and the difficulty in keeping young talent in Scotland. I know it is highly unlikely to happen but perhaps now is the time to reconsider the distribution of prize money and TV money to allow clubs, like Saints, to be able to nurture and keep youngsters.

I'd discussed this with a mate the other night. Possibly for the best, the "noise" about not getting out of tournaments has overtaken the achievement of qualifying. Rightly or wrongly the personal abuse is outrageous but is the normal these days.