I love Bow and all them as much as anyone but he wasn't more creative or technical than Harkes, never seen him put through balls like the one Harkes did for one of McNultys many misses a or the one for Shankland last season at home v Livi, different era, you need a guy like Harkes these days, has the athleticism teams needed now, especially as its lacking in Scotland in style teams, has enough passing and shooting ability and can be box to box, doesn't give opponents time either, would be better for the club if we could get him to stay as our team and squad will be the worse for it

Have fans blanked out the utter awfulness that was 1998-2006, Harkes (and Butcher for that matter) is way better than most midfielders we had during those years, apart from the odd exception (Charlie Miller etc)

Way above say a Craig Easton for example, who I liked but still...

Butcher is better than most centre banks we had during the time aswell and despite recent errors Benji is better than Gallagher and Combe, and lightyears better than Bullock and Stillie

The only guys from the era I'd take more the were with us due a wee while are more attacking ones, Charlie, Mac90, Robson and Scotland, plus prime Wilson as an attacking right back

This team gets stick but they aren't failing is the way those over paid lot were before Levein came in and turned the club upside down