Harcus

Minutes silence?

I believe so, yes. The losers in round three of Champions League qualifying go into the final round of qualifying for the Europa, while the losers in round four (Celtic, Arsenal etc) will go straight into the Europa group stage.

Chat room you utter bastards?

I was under the impression you liked getting invaded in your little retreat?

Seems good that it's only for three seasons initially. Presumably gives us the chance to think about renegotiating after 2011/12, or look for a new broadcaster.

So, 13.30 CET, which is 12.30 BST (I think) tomorrow. Excited? Nervous? Little bit of both? More importantly, is anyone going to this round? It's an almost certain no from me, I am fucked financially.

I was having a snooze in Edinburgh Airport yestersay, and who wanders by but Jim Leighton and another coach. The fit blond physio inna. Went through to departures and here was the entire first team squad, got a couple of autographs so if anyone wants a copy of 'The Shining' signed by Aluko, Considine and Maguire, give me a shout. A 22 year old asking folk younger than him for auotgraphs, . They all sounded as thick as fuck - sitting about reading the Sun and Nuts. Maguire in particular sounds as neddy as fuck - 'Haw, Kerrzo, you taking that magazine man?' Had a magic conversation with Considine. Me: 'Is that you away to Austria?' (Startling conversationalist, me) Him: 'Aye'

I'm sure Elton played a gig up in Inverness as well, so AFC should maybe get on the blower to see if Caley will support their claim. After all, That's What Friends Are For.

I can see this case causing heartache all over the world.

Cheaper than Setanta if you already pay the 40 odd quid a month for Sky Sports! Hopefully they will work something out with Freeview.

ESPN announce their costs. http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSL733770320090707 Looks like the best bet for those of us who don't have Sky is to wait for it to appear on other media outlets. (Assuming they get the SPL coverage.)

Nothing to see here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8136595.stm Robert McNamara gone. No scorers.

www.naurunappula.com/z/383742//

That's Graeme, not Jamie, folks.

I'm going to have to make some major changes to my squad in the upcoming transfer window - I've not been happy with the contribution of some of my players - they have all the potential in the world but have shown no signs of living up to it, and that's not good enough at Harcus FC. With all due respect to teams like Andrew and Nellie, I don't expect to be equal with them at the half way point, even taking into account the former's questionable methods in gaining joint top spot.

www.ronwinter.tv/drums.html/

Agreed, had a fairly grizzly experience there in the past. Was the polar opposite of a good festival.

Aye, they are celebrities.

Thank fuck you let us know.

Just finished "If you're second you are nothing" by Oliver Holt. Well worth a read, a double biography of Shankly and Ferguson. Enjoyed it, but it seemed needlessly anti-Ferguson at times, frequently criticising his character as a man, whilst occasionally indulging in dewy-eyed romanticism about Shankly. It was written at the end of the 2005/6 season and the criticism of Ferguson (similar stuff to this Rob Smyth article - http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2006/jul/31/sport.comment) now looks foolish with regards to what the team has achieved since then.

Pretty sure they did some jiggery pokery with the set up this year because of six (!) Euro reps. but we enter at the third round along with Rangers, Celtic, etc.

I don't think this is necessarily laziness or scouting as such, it's just McGhee looking towards players he has worked with before that are available on the cheap this summer. Always thought the Dunfermline thing was overblown anyway.

Sellik at home for the opener will do me - wouldn't be devastated if it was a 12 KO either