Dunning1874

I suspect Tyler French was actually always this shite and became better in the mind of Dundee fans through being out injured while Cammy Kerr was playing.

Total dead rubber material from two teams who evidently don't give much of a f**k, a largely pointless exercise. That disallowed goal did look about two yards off, but the linesman waiting until the goal was scored, the referee awarded it and Raith players started complaining to finally put his flag up was some laugh and tells us the officials are paying about as much attention as the teams are.

Aye I had the same last night and had to clear cookies and temporary internet files to get back in. Holding Div personally responsible for the resultant loss of streaks in quordle and similar games.

Unsure if this is somehow only happening to me or if having one all encompassing thread for each club running to thousands of pages over several years is starting to break things. It's happened a few times lately that I've been on the penultimate page of a thread, read through it, gone to the final page and every post is the exact same as the previous page. Example below taken from the Raith thread this morning, with the same post starting each page.

Is he seriously trying to argue that it would have been a more professional look for the league to simply not play games which could change the title winner and declare the season over without them being played for reasons? Desperate.

The SNP to refuse to stand a candidate in two constituencies in 2026, said constituencies to be chosen by Alex Salmond and Ash Regan, and the thermometer.

Looking at Buckie's statement it seems their argument is that they didn't need to ask for the grace period before 31 March for being promoted without having a bronze licence, because they were going to have their bronze licence sorted and still will have it ready for next season, having had a judgement deferred to 15 May for the one item they're failing on currently? Stupid of them not to just ask for the grace period before 31 March anyway when the rules are very clear that you need to have the licence sorted or grace period granted before the playoff. However the SPFL Rules do also say that the SPFL board has the absolute right to grant grace periods at their discretion even if the rules haven't been complied with, so they theoretically could have just intervened here and said aye, go ahead with the playoff provided you'll have it sorted by 15 May as promised. Of course they're not required to do that and Buckie should have done things properly in the first place, but East Kilbride need to be stopped.

Thank you, I'd misremembered that. So Airdrie were always Championship compliant then, and presumably have either a grace period or already everything in place to move to bronze with whatever else is holding them back. Cove's ground is now at bronze level, but was definitely at entry level last season so the question still stands with them.

Not my party, I left it about 7 or 8 years ago.

Needing favours from Alba really makes him a lame duck even if he survives the vote. Abandoning a deal he'd been defending 48 hours earlier in order to avoid the risk the other party would be the ones to ditch it, so ostensibly making him look strong and decisive rather than weakly allowing his majority to disappear without being in control of the situation, but clearly being reactive rather than doing it because he believes it's the right thing to do. So he gets rid of the smaller party who a sizeable enough number of his backbenchers to be a problem view as an extreme tail wagging the dog to allow himself a reset, only to then find himself completely dependent on giving favours to one MSP to avoid a vote of no confidence. Said MSP defected from his party after he won the leadership, a defection he described as "no great loss", and went to a party who have literally never won a seat in any level of election in Scotland. He's tried to play 4D chess and landed himself in an even worse situation.

There is a point to be made there, aside from whatever incompetence Buckie have been guilty of in not getting the licence sorted or failing that applying for a grace period. The previous cut off level where a bronze licence was required before it was extended to the whole SPFL was the Championship. Cove were in it last season with an entry licence and Airdrie are in it now with an entry licence. Did these clubs apply for a grace period to achieve their bronze licence prior to 31 March in the seasons they won promotion, or were they just granted it without asking? If it's the latter I think it's reasonable to point out the double standard here, regardless of a) that not being an excuse for Buckie and b) everyone who is entry level needing to have applied for a grace period by 31 March 2024 if they want to remain in the SPFL in 2024/25.

Buckie have been a refused a bronze licence and won't be allowed in the playoff: https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scottish-fa-statement-pyramid-play-off-tie/?rid=13929

Well, it hasn't taken long for this to be answered.