During the close season the Daily Record published a story that Jack Butland was about to take Tav’s cherished Captain’s Armband, that story was quickly watered down but the damage was done.
Cypriot teams rarely pay transfer fees, at the age of 31 an undisclosed fee is likely, possibly sweetened up with an Ibrox pay-off as one of the highest earners left following the June departures of Kemar Roofe and John Lundstram.
Forty-five years later it could be that there are issues with the concrete used in the Copland Road Stand, perhaps 20 plus years of Doing The Bouncy has had some unfortunate consequences.
It’s very difficult for a club of this size to have three top strikers. You can live with two because we play so many games and the specific nature of them means we can change it about.
And yet, almost ten full months into the job, it is still unclear as to what exactly Clement is doing to arrest the decline of his side. There’s certainly no sign of an identity or even a suggestion of his preferred style of play.
Just over 50,000 fans were inside the home of Scottish rugby, split almost 50-50 between the two clubs and paying between £45 and £90 per ticket to watch a pre-season friendly that left Steely and his fellow bears despairing earlier than usual in the season.
Football is about winning and coming to a club with such a rich history of winning, a culture of draws aren’t enough, the only thing that matters is winning.
Jefte performed like the sort of player St Johnstone or Motherwell would sign, strip away Brazilian star and there is a bang average player there. Think Tavernier without the free kicks, penalties, corners and throw-ins.
Getting onto the UEFA list is the target for most aspiring referees, opening up access to business class travel, very generous expenses and match fees, something that Douglas Ross used to take full advantage of.
It is a distinctly underwhelming scoring record but virtually nothing has been seen of the 22-year-old since his transfer was announced for a fee reported to be around £2m.