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Poor Matt Grimes. Always the Bridesmaid.

Cesc Fabregas was playing regularly in the PL at 16. Ditto James Milner. Ryan Giggs was 17 when he became a Man Utd regular. If you're good enough, you're old enough. If anything players are a bit too coddled these days. Certainly we keep them around too much. Once they hit 17-18 they should be...

There's a lot of people desperate to make football more complicated than it needs to be. That's for sure.

Because Sheehan thought Cullen contributed more. He was wrong, and to his credit has rectified the problem. Hopefully permanently.

Which is why they've been on the lookout for co-investors with the profile to drive interest and ramp up the value of commercial deals. I still wouldn't rule out more names alongside Modric and Dogg.

Lots of reports that Idah has undergone a medical but any confirmation? In any case, I wouldn't lose much sleep if Vip is our first choice forward between now and January. Another would be nice just to ensure that we don't have to see Cullen up front again any time soon, but it's not essential...

It is a skill in itself to know where and when to be, and perhaps the only area where he's arguably better than Vip. But otherwise yeah. He's so limited in basically every other requirement of a forward, and not up to much else even in the position that some people think he's good at, that he...

I was expecting Cullen to start today so kudos to Sheehan for being prepared to re-evaluate his plans.

Maybe we aren't looking to sell him. Maybe he wants out. Watching the club spend the entire Summer chasing another forward, then starting the season with an obviously out of place alternative in the starting XI probably doesn't scream in his mind that the manager has faith in him, no matter...

He's having an odd season. Purely as a winger, his offensive contribution hasn't been up to much. Too many moves made it to him today and then grounded to a halt as he just couldn't get past his man. Defensively as ever you could not fault his effort and work rate. But he's finding himself in...

Cullen's reputation seems to rest largely on a good five or six weeks he had for Wales and us between November and December last season. Scored three goals in 17 appearances for both until 19th November, then eight goals in nine games to Boxing Day. After that, three goals in 25 games up to...

Bingo.

Hull at home next game too. That is very winnable.

Hopefully not. Think it would be folly to get shot of a player who we know can score at this level. If he's the one (understandably) pushing for the move himself it might make things different.

Old Firm games are usually an entertaining watch anyway just because of the atmosphere. Brendan is under a bit of pressure but he is at least a capable manager. Russy is a bullshitting fraud. An early goal for Celtic may result in the unusual sight of an armed police ring around the Rangers...

Having seen how histrionic our own fans can get when some perfectly capable players are being "evaluated" the opinions of Celtic fans don't particularly interest me. We're obviously not going to be paying anything like £7m guaranteed for him. Probably not even half that. A guaranteed £3m or so...

I'd say you're pretty spot on with that assessment. Anything and everything but accept blame and re-evaluate himself and his entire philosophy.

Close...

Its the speed and consistency with which he falls out with his players that has always astounded me. At least two at Rangers already. I never fully bought into the idea that his problems with Pato, Obafemi and Whittaker were entirely down to the players. Partially maybe. Perhaps mostly in Oba's...

Apparently of the starting lineup last night of players who apparently don't want to fight for each other or the club, eight were signed since he became manager.