Do some Scottish football coaches need to be more open-minded when it comes to height?
The would appear to suggest the answer is a resounding "yes".
Recently I heard it said that wouldn't have graduated through the Scottish game because he was too small.
The same would apply to , and a host of other talent at the World Cup.
With dire warnings that finances in the game are getting tighter, how much longer can Scottish football sustain a full-time game outside of the SPL?
With meaning the introduction of part-time football for the Diamonds, has the time for clubs in the First Division to bite the bullet and accept that full-time football is simply not viable on current crowds and income?
has long advocated that having full-time clubs outside of the SPL doesn't add up.
Clyde director of football like his own.
Watt described players unwilling to find additional employment as "lazy".
Have we convinced ourselves in Scotland that players have to be full-time at their sport to be any good?
And just what is full-time anyway. How many hours a week qualifies?
If the Rangers takeover doesn't materialise then Andrew Ellis won't be able to complain about the lack of publicity.
he has enjoyed would have cost a fortune in any other business.
In football, though, an expression of interest in buying a club, especially one like Rangers, is a guarantee of vast and free coverage which does the profile no harm at all.
In my blog on 27 March I wrote, Neil Lennon is now in pole position for the Celtic job: a good run to the end of season and securing the Scottish Cup may be enough to land him the job permanently.
He didn't win the cup, suffering a , but his refusal to make excuses for his team, his frank assessment of their failures, plus their subsequent SPL form, showed his mettle.
Now he seems set to be handed the challenge of regaining the league title, which must be Celtic's main objective.
As I revealed on last Saturday's Sportsound on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland, .
That is a shrewd move.
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