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You wonder just what sort of a mess England would be in if they hadn't nabbed Pietersen from the Saffers. No doubt Jack Bannister will be on Talk Sport abusing him for not getting his hundred quick enough and monopolising the strike.

Certainly Chris "The Grim Reaper" Innes believes him.

Clerks 2. Surprisingly decent.

Aussie bottle merchants strike again Just like when NZ stuffed them the last time in England.... Shite format, shite tournament.

I see, so Livingston didn't offer Marino Keith an eye watering deal using money that wasn't theirs? What was Livingston's wages/turnover ratio that season? And I have my shoes ready They aren't new ones though, because I quite like Almondvale for some reason so would be mildly disappointed not to go back there some time.

Yes, I would imagine it will be difficult to do. I'm also not sure what the stigma is of part time football. Falkirk have been part time in my lifetime - I didn't notice a huge difference.

Partly. Some creditors are more understanding than others. However the others you mention, Dundee, Killie et al, did not follow the same path Livingston did, of winning titles by destabilising their opponents. i.e. best way to finish ahead of Raith is to take their three best players, paid for with money that isn't ours.

Yes, I would agree. Indeed in some clubs' cases, promotion isn't a very good idea at all. It ends up costing more than it brings in.

However these clubs are reducing their debt without having to go into administration to do it, and they weren't spending anything like the percentage of wages/turnover Livi were. Livingston wrote off huge amounts of this debt they absolutely could never afford by screwing creditors, much like Dundee, who are also cheats.

I'm not sure what this overhaul is going to achieve though. How many clubs have the facilities even to compete at Division One level?

Gretna all over again. Sportswriters fell over themselves to praise Gretna's "ambition". Utterly ludicrous and a total insult to clubs spending within their means.

This isn't true at all. Livingston adopted an aggressive approach to their march through the leagues, taking players from clubs like Falkirk by virtue of enormous spending. Marino Keith I believe was offered an eye watering deal by Livingston. Money that wasn't theirs. Likewise Raith Rovers were raided. Livingston didn't want to work their way through the leagues, because they would never have reached the SPL doing so. Exactly the same as Gretna. Therefore they trampled over bigger clubs like Falkirk by spending on the never never, and lo! it came to disaster.

There are far too many clubs in Scotland.

We have £1 million in the bank And no, there were never funds set aside for a fourth stand.

It isn't required, so it won't be built. That's called having a financial strategy.

Err, no they dont! Only one club in the SPL spends more than they earn - Hearts. The rest all have sensible Wages/Turnover ratios. And the point was clearly around those sides which spend money which isn't theirs. Like Dunfermline, Livingston and Dundee. Cheats, in other words.

It's Gavin Masterton.

You are a credit to Fife

Ooh, so close to perfect. But you forgot to include the word "ambition"

Deliciously humorous contradiction here

Bollocks. You clearly don't know your history.

They hate Hay, which is perfectly reasonable. And he only enjoyed "success" before at Livingston because they were spending more on wages than they were bringing in through turnover. Such success is cheating, and shouldn't be applauded. Indeed it should immediately be struck from the record books.

Or even give us the gist of it!

Ah, a good club death brings everyone together

Can you tell him to get a better nickname if he qualifies?