He-Man

What this man said.

The line-ups in many of these festivals are pissy.

Zolton Varga

This hasn't been mentioned yet I don't think http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8113177.stm SPL seeks new television contract The Scottish Premier League is seeking a new television broadcasting deal after Setanta failed to meet a deadline to pay £3m as part of its contract. Setanta last year agreed to pay £125m over four seasons to extend its deal with the SPL beyond 2010. But SPL chairman Lex Gold said the Irish firm missed an extended deadline. "We are now actively engaging in the process of selling our domestic broadcasting rights for next season and beyond," he said. At the beginning of the month, the SPL paid £3m to 12 member clubs from its own funds to tide them over in lieu of money owed by Setanta. And the broadcaster lost the rights to televise English Premier League games last week after failing to pay the latest chunk of the £30m it still owed the league. Gold said: "Setanta has been unable to meet our extended deadline for the outstanding £3m payment to the SPL and, in terms of the notice previously issued, our British broadcasting rights for season 2009/10 and beyond revert to us. "We set three deadlines and we wanted to work with Setanta who have been a great partner of ours. "They have spent £60m in supporting Scottish football and our board were determined to give them every possible chance to work through the problems that they had." The SPL chairman added: "That process has been lengthy and intensive but the deadline today was the final deadline so our rights reverted to us as of 3pm today. "So we are now in the market for selling those broadcasting rights for next season and beyond." Gold said he did not believe that any new deal would mean having to accept a lower fee. "We have a product that is valuable in the marketplace and we will be seeking to see that value covered," he added. "The clubs have been kept up to date on a regular basis so they are able to make prudent decisions." Hearts managing director Campbell Ogilvie said the news was "disappointing" but stressed that the Edinburgh club was in good financial shape for the future. "We now have an opportunity to create a new and rewarding broadcast partnership for the future of the Scottish Premier League," he said. "The league is an excellent product and I am confident that there are significant tangible benefits for our future broadcast partners. "Our wider prudence and an ongoing focus on increasing operational efficiencies and improving revenue streams is ensuring that Hearts is well prepared to weather this particular situation." A potential rescue deal, led by a US investor who had proposed buying 51% of Setanta, fell through last week. The future of the Irish broadcasting firm is now in grave doubt, while BBC Scotland has not contacted the SPL over the possibility of broadcasting live games next season. Setanta first won the rights to broadcast live SPL matches in competition with previous rights holder BBC Scotland in 2004. However, it is unlikely that a free-to-air terrestrial broadcaster could now come close to matching the kind of money offered by Setanta for live coverage of Scotland's top-flight. BBC Scotland has been broadcasting SPL match highlights on television and the internet while looking to buy up rights to live matches involving Scottish clubs in European competitions.

Who would we all put forward as likely candidates? Jamie Langfield, Alexander Diamond and Mark Kerr would be the top three, maybe throw in Lee Miller and Gary McDonald. I don't think there's really anyone else. It may well be one of the players he brings in. Jim Paterson or Stephen Hughes aren't really captain material are they?

Any chance of a game, I'll play

Word on the street is that Mark McGhee doesn't think Alexander Diamond is mature enough for the role of captain.

You're agreeing with what I'm saying, there is loads of money there (whether it's borrowed or not).

Is it not weird using the same forum as one of your kids? They must say things sometimes that you don't want to know, as a parent I'd not like that.

Many of the clubs mentioned were nadly affected due to the fact they were ex-Premiership clubs whose parachute payments had ended before they made it back to the Premiership [Coventry, Leeds, Watford, Southampton]. Many were badly affected by the ITV digital deal collapsing as they'd spent money they assumed they were going to recuperate. The likes of Boston were a disaster waiting to happen. And the rest were ran by Peter Ridsdale which is a recipe for disaster. There's still loads of money there if you go to the right club.

He's planning on building the team around a left-back? That's nuts.

Tickets aren't that hard to come by and are for all day so you'll catch a few matches/players weather pending.

There might not be much money going round the Scottish game but there's still plenty being splashed around in England.

I have no desire or need to stick my penis in between the buttocks of a man.

Good on Mark McGhee for doing this even if it does amount to nothing. I hope Aberdeen sign Stephen Hughes, he's a very good player.