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Take lots of money. I like Singapore, been there loads of times and I think it's a great place but 10 days is far too long. You'll be crawling the walls after half of that - and that includes taking into account two days for F1 related stuff. It really is the ultimate example of a great weekend break. Get a cheap flight and go to KL or somewhere else, preferably an island for a few days.

Just to point out that on dildo day on Wednesday, SSN were at the Crystal Palace training ground and James McArthur could be seen training with the rest of the squad. That doesn't mean that he withdrew from the squad on dubious grounds.

Not if you play Snodgrass in the middle, which is arguably where he's more effective for Scotland.

That team is spot on - as in, what Strachan will play - with the only question mark being Forrest or Naismith. Naismith has the experience but Strachan is a fan of Forrest and he's finally in a bit of form.

Exclusive. Bad things happened in Northern Ireland years ago, shock horror.

Isn't that a bit of a contradiction? Surely you're either an old school centre half or someone who can play and has pace.

Because Derby fans are known for being pretty objective when it comes to Forest. A bit like a German asking a Celtic fan for his opinion of Barry Mackay.

Don't know about that, the alternatives aren't much better.

That's very true, he was a really good prospect when he first broke through when he was in his early 20s but he has been hyped up beyond his ability and I also reckon he's suffered through having very little competition at either club or international level. I think though that Guardiola is the only manager that could get away with binning him as the English media are completely besotted with him. He's the new Wenger as far as they are concerned.

A lot closer to Stewarton as well

That's a fairly obvious point as it's impossible to prove something doesn't exist,it's only possible to prove that something exists. All you can do is to come up with a balance of probabilities and since religion is faith based its irrelevant anyway.

Old Firm game coming up or something?

Since you're posting this on here, I'm guessing you don't know anyone either in the squad, coaching or SFA staff, or even know someone who knows someone. That's the most likeliest way to get it done. Failing that, phone up and ask the SSC if they can help but unless it's for a very very good cause, don't be too surprised if they say they can't help you. They don't like to encourage it for obvious reasons. The other option is to hang around somewhere that you can get access to the players in person and do it yourself. That would include the airport on the way in, training at the stadium and at the team hotel.

In Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen's case, its because they owned the club(s) for more than 20 years. There is grandfather legislation in place. For Hoffenheim, I don't think that Dietmar Hopp owns a controlling interest he's just been bankrolling them. RB Leipzig are have a 50 +1 ownership, however they have gotten around the regulation as club membership is extortionate and while in theory anyone can join the club, very few can afford to. The majority of club members are employees of Red Bull.

His performance today trying to spin Alan Roden's appointment as head of comma for Scottish Labour is something to behold. Yip, Alan Roden, until recently the Scottish Political Editor of the Daily Mail is now head of comms for The Branch Office.

Ask @Cove_Sheep. He's having a wee conversation with him right now.

The reason they are hated is not down to buying success - or at least not solely - they've been hated ever since the day they were formed. The British and American model of sports ownership is a complete anathema to the majority of German football fans. The majority of German football clubs started off as sports clubs with mass membership. The Germans have a very different attitude to the British. Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen are also pretty unpopular but not to the extent that RB Leipzig are. Leverkusen and Wolfsburg aren't really comparable as although they are owned by Bayer and Volkswagen respectively, the clubs formed out of the works sports clubs. Hoffenheim are a bit different as they were lowly non-league village team who Dietmarr Hopp - one of the founders of SAP - used to play for and have come through the leagues as a result of him putting his money into the club. He's a more extreme version of Jack Walker at Blackburn. It's an interesting difference between British and German attitudes that in the UK Dietmarr Hopp would be seen as a bit of a hero and Hoffenheim would be seen as a great "romantic adventure". Anyway, the fundamental difference between those three and RB Leipzig is that the "money" is at least connected to the club and its history. As was pointed out earlier, Red Bull bought the rights to an Oberliga - 5th tier - club purely with the intention of promoting their brand, something they had already done in Austria and in the US. They originally tried to get the club registered as Red Bull Leipzig but that was kicked out hence its Rasen Bull Leipzig. The choice of Leipzig as an area was deliberate as well. For the World Cup in 2006, there was a political decision to build a stadium in the former East Germany as a symbol of German Reunification and so the Zentralstadion was rebuilt specifically for that. The problem though was that Leipzig itself didn't have a football team, or at least not one capable of playing in a brand spanking new 43000 all seater stadium. Still none of this really matters where Oliver Burke is concerned and it's good that he's got a move to a club that looks like they'll do pretty well in the Bundesliga this season. I'm not saying they'll win it or anything but as a promoted club I reckon they'll do okay.

Time will tell whether it's a good move but I think it's really encouraging that someone that young is prepared to move abroad, a lot of others wouldn't. I suppose the difference with Burke as compared to Gauld for example is that at the price they've paid, it does look like they are buying him with a view to playing him straight away rather than as someone to go into the youth system for a couple of years first. The other major difference of course is that he is physically more developed that Gauld was/is.

I was at the game yesterday and based on that performance he's no great loss.

No idea as I haven't seen enough of him but would like to see a bit more. Looks promising but I've seen far too many young players being touted as the future of Scottish football that never amount to much to get overly excited about any promising young player. Its interesting - and good - that him and Tierney seem to have skipped the U21s. If he does have a future then that's certainly the right thing to do.

Born in Kirkcaldy, brought up in Melton Mowbray, came through the youths at Forest.

I remember when apparently Steven Fletcher was going to Real Madrid.

The general principle for *all* public order policing is not to do anything that will excaserbate the situation and to gather evidence for future prosecution. That seems to work pretty well, you only need to look at the continent to see examples of how heavy handed policing ends up. I think there was a case in the last couple of seasons where stewards went into try and eject someone from the green brigade section at parkhead and it all kicked off as other fans tried to stop it. i don't see people - especially if they've been drinking - sticking their hands up and going "it's a fair cop guv but society's to blame" . Fans need to lobby their clubs to accept strict liability but understanding that might mean that they themselves will suffer as a result of the actions of their own supporters. Unless that is they only think that it's the antisocial behaviour that other sets of fans indulge in that's unacceptable and what they get up to is just banter or atmosphere. That's a general point and not a go at anyone in particular.

I can see why police would be reluctant to wade in and start lifting people there and then. That's likely to escalate quite quickly. However, with all cameras around these days, I don't think it would be that difficult to identify people, get the evidence and charge people afterwards. You could also get a few repeat offenders which would result in heavier sentencing and remove any excuse that it was a one-off mistake. Once people start doing time, it will stop.

Very little the SFA can do without strict liability in place. Of course when that was put forward it was rejected by the clubs.