Quentin Taranbino

Aye, to be fair I think you are right regarding Ryan Jack, he is just unlikely to be needed. It would all depend on how far Clarkes squad loyalty reaches. Gilmour, McGregor and McLean are all ahead of him and even though we wouldn't want them to - McTominay and McGinn can both sit deeper as well if really needed. I just can't see where Jack gets any sniff of minutes in a fully fit squad.

Looking at all the realistic (and semi realistic) options for the remaining forward position that seems to be up in the air; Assuming its a 23 man squad, and assuming there is no injuries to existing forward players then Dykes, Adams and Christie (who is usually included as a forward) are on the plane. Even if Dykes and Adams blank for their clubs from now until the end of the season, I'm confident they would both still be named in the squad. That likely leaves one remaining spot: Lawrence Shankland - His goal and club form probably puts him in pole position if the squad was to be named right now. If he keeps club form up - he will definitely be in with a good shout. Kevin Nisbet - Would need to start banging them in the championship to be considered. Suspect he will be there or there abouts in the friendlies next year. Hasn't had the best of starts with injuries this season. Jacob Brown - Had a huge chance to stake his claim and didn't really take it. I like him as a player but can see him being on the very edges of the squad. However should he start firing in regular goals in the Premier League then I think he will shoot to the top of Steve Clarke's list. Tommy Conway - Outside chance, performing well at a decent level and Clarke included him with the senior squad for training a few months ago so obviously admires him, but I suspect even if he is prolific for the rest of the season, the tournament will come too soon to break Clarke's loyalty to others. Ben Doak - Clarke has so far resisted the temptation to call him up, next six months will be crucial for him. If he is getting regular game time for Liverpool or regular sub appearances in PL then I think he stands a great chance but wouldn't be a surprise to not see him called up. Oli McBurnie - Hasn't been called up by Clarke since he got injured before Euros and had some off-field issues. Very unlikely to be called up, however similar to Jacob Brown, if he ends up scoring 10 goals in PL this season and becomes red hot, I suspect he would be in with a very good shout. He won't though. Ross Stewart - Clarke likes him and had it not been for his injuries, I suspect he would have had a few more caps by now. If he can continue his Sunderland form for Southampton for rest of season, I can see him jumping over Nisbet and Shankland in the pecking order. He will be involved in friendlies for sure Oli Burke - Next to zero chance but he has been part of Clarke's squads before and is playing at a reasonable level. He would have to hit unbelievable form for Birmingham to even be in with a chance to be involved in friendlies. His chance is gone. Ryan Fraser - Burnt his bridges seemingly. Although Clarke never fully shut the door, I suspect that was him being media savvy more than anything else. Loyalty and squad morale is huge for Clarke. Even blistering form wouldn't be enough I suspect to see Fraser involved. Harvey Barnes - By all accounts the most likely of the Newcastle recruits to want to switch allegiance. If he hadn't been injured, I suspect he may well have been involved in the most recent squad which due to his quality, would make him a certainty for Euros. But....he got injured and now has to wait again. Tough to call Anthony Gordon - Unlikely to switch allegiances and I suspect was never really going to. Paper talk to try and force his way into England squad. If he was truly committed and declared for us, he would be in the squad no questions. In summary - I think if Barnes or Gordon were to declare and be involved in the friendlies next year then they would take the fourth slot quite easily. The quality upgrade for one of those is too much to ignore I believe and could make all the difference at the Euros. Assuming neither are involved - I think the fourth slot would go to Brown or McBurnie IF (and a really big IF) one of those two hit some amazing goal scoring form in the premier league. Nothing I have seen convinces me that will happen The likelihood is that neither Gordon nor Barnes declare and Brown/McBurnie don't turn it on in EPL - so that leaves us with the rest and I think Clarke will look to give the fourth slot to a goal scorer and the nod will go to Stewart, Shankland or Nisbet. These are the three I expect will be involved in the friendly squads and I genuinely believe it will go down to which of the three performs best in those three or four friendly games. Early prediction - Ross Stewart gets the spot

I'm sure Clarke said there will be 3 games before the Euros so assuming McTominay plays in them all - he will go into Euros on 50 caps. Hanley and Armstrong both on 48 caps so could hit hall of fame in that window too. Didn't Hanley have a 2 or 3 year exile from national team as well? I wonder how many caps be could have been on if he had been getting picked during that period

Taylor and Clark (and currently Patterson) have shown I these last two games they are absolutely miles away from being the standard of the players ahead of them.

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Did my stream glitch or did Clark just dive after the ball was already out Can't wait for someone to gif that

Tearing up the Gentleman's agreement would mean that we could cap anyone English, Welsh or Northern Irish though? We all have British passports and British is the official nationality so we could literally cap any "British" player. Unless I have completely misunderstood, you want to open that huge can of worms in order to cap a couple of lower league jobbers with Jamaican grannies

Sold

Still have a ticket in North stand if anyone wants it. Holding it for someone until 10 to pay but then moving on. Need it gone

I have one ticket going if anyone wants it? North stand- section C1

Can't go to Norway game now so ticket for sale if anyone looking. North stand , Section C1 - face value £30 PM if interested. Won't be holding it though, will go to first person who can commit to transferring the money.

Assuming Robertson, Tierney and Hickey are all fit and available - is there any fans who believe Greg Taylor should be on the plane? Unfortunately, even though he is fourth choice left back, I suspect Clarke will reward his loyalty over the last 3 games and stick him in the squad regardless

You forgot Jack Hendry who is ahead of McKenna, Cooper and Soutter. Not many times he has been left out by Clarke either.

Josh Laws seems to have nailed down down a starting slot at Grasshoppers Zurich this season. I'm sure he used to be a left back but seems to have moved into a left sided centre back position, albeit Grasshoppers seem to be struggling a bit this season so far. I recall Laws being involved in the youth squads yonks ago when at F.Dusseldorf

Valentin Barco, the Boca Juniors left back.

Just pay Ben McAdams ransom note and be done with it

As a non Queens fan, how are your finances in general? Are you struggling to maintain? Plenty money in the bank? Much debts? Could part time status be forced or can you run comfortably for a few more seasons at this level?

It was always going to be more evident once the early form slowed down, but does anyone else feel like everything at the club is just a bit flat at the moment? I suspect there is clearly some good stuff going on behind the scenes but aside from the McGeachie testimonial stuff (and I think they had a separate team leading it) there is once again nothing really happening. I think I have had one email from the trust since May - and that was a volunteer call on behalf of the club. Aren't they having meetings anymore? They used to tell us everything going on and then it just stopped? Brian Hamilton left a month ago and as far as I can see there has been absolutely zero communication on who is running the club, a replacement, a process or anything? The website remains appalling and has no updates. Now I can't claim to be a website expert but I have set up a few basic sites with e-shops in my time and whilst we obviously want a good website and not a half arsed job. It should take a few days to set something up, appears to have been about two years. Something, or anything might be more fit for purpose than what we have at the moment. I sometimes see stuff being updated on the social media channels, news items, community updates, hospitality announcements etc but none of that is ever put on the website. There is precisely zero incentive for anyone to ever click on our website. Maybe it's down to workload, prioirities, volunteers or skillsets etc but just seems odd that we don't update the site we have with information that someone is obviously supplying. On the pitch, we are still in an excellent position thanks to our first quarter results, yes there are worrying times, especially with our strikers form but on the whole I think all the supporters are firmly behind Darren and the players and they have earnt the goodwill and trust they will receive from the fans until the end of the season. On another note, do we deliberately not show highlights or manager interviews after a defeat? It may be a coincidence but something I noticed a while back? I may be imagining things. This will be seen as a negative post, and maybe it has ended up that way, although it's not intended to be. I think on the whole supporters recognise the position we are in now compared to where we were and are very happy but I can't ignore a feeling of total flatness lately in terms of buzz around the club, fan engagement and interest and wondered if I was alone in that? Maybe it was always going to happen after the hype of promotion died down.

How many home fans were there today? And how much have crowds dropped in the last few seasons?

Is there any truth to the rumours of a tie in/takeover by Fulham?

The official France Supporters Club have issued a statement to their supporters stating that each association will be given an average of 9500 tickets per match. Assuming correct then that would mean for us (based on updated ssc table today) that all 12 pointers and above would be guaranteed tickets and pretty much guaranteed that 11 pointers are guaranteed tickets as well. I would even go as far as saying 10 pointers stand an excellent chance at getting tickets That is great news (if accurate)

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Can we start listing things more exciting than listening to Kevin Thomson? Best suggestion/most greenies gets a tenner donated to charity of choosing

That was the most monotone commentator response to a scotland goal I have ever heard. Get Kevin Thomson in the fucking bin