I think the club have learned one or two wee lessons from this,

It has happened on more than one occasion now where the Rangers game gets dwarfed because of commitments elsewhere,

Well I think there's going to be a lot of lessons learned, ... but I think that the preparedness, the individual to take responsibility to become prepared himself. And to realize that the government can't always help him.

[Earlier, he had spoken excitedly about the injection of cash he is expecting for next season and of his] genuine belief that there will be money available to get what I would call really decent players into the football club. ... Martin O'Neill has given his clearest hint yet...

Anybody who is thinking of applying for the Scotland job in the next eight or nine years should go get themselves checked out by about 15 psychiatrists.

It's been pretty extraordinary. Despite the press conference on Wednesday it's taken me a bit of time to get over the defeat [at Fir Park]. It was hurting. Someone just asked me did I have any regrets and my only one would be that, due to circumstances, I don't have a chance now to go and try and regain the championship for next season. It's gone. There's a finality to it.