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Not "doubling down", no: simply pointing out that you're wrong. We did (formerly) concede soft goals & lose points because we were defensively & tactically inept, and our "obviously outstanding keeper" has genuinely saved us from some absolute tankings. Don't think I've ever in my life encountered fans so unwilling to accept that their assessment of a player's abilities – based on seeing them at their absolute worst, literally twice a season – might not be quite as well-informed as that of people (fans, other players) who see a guy play numerous times over the course. So weird.

"Here are a series of GIFs showing Calum Ferrie's catastrophic howlers against Morton at Cappielow; that'll definitely refute the argument that he only makes these catastrophic howlers against Morton at Cappielow. I am very smart."

"Footballers are pure stupid hahaha and so are your fans lol" isn't even entry-level trolling.

It's genuinely baffling to me just how fixated on the idea of Calum Ferrie being shite (some) Morton fans are. I mean, if someone else's keeper threw in goals twice a season at Hampden, even as he was lauded by his own fans and voted by his peers into the division's team of the year, I would probably just... accept he must be a good keeper, albeit one taken to routine, inexplicable brain-farts against us? As for the game... we were meh-to-pretty-poor in almost every conceivable way: second balls, simple passes, clearing our lines, all of it. We just looked to be playing under a pall of lethargy, all cotton-wool heads and leaden legs. It never really looked like Morton would have to be at anything close to their best in order to beat us, essentially just having to be competent & switched-on, particularly in terms of their pressing. That's arguably even more disappointing than losing to an unmarked header and a free kick, which appeared somehow to be properly shovelled into the roof of his net by [REDACTED]. Still, Cappielow's great and at least Caley Thistle lost.

There was a single, brief, one-sentence mention of "issues with the stadium build and all that malarkey"(!) in a seemingly self-exculpatory context, i.e. she seemed to suggest she'd been responsible for setting us right on the matter, rather than costing the club a six-figure sum (which is my own, limited – and conceivably inaccurate – understanding of the situation). I've clipped the relevant section of the show, for anyone who's interested: Off the Ball - 24th Feb 2024 - Leeann Dempster.mp4

Just heard that our esteemed ex-CEO is going to be on Off the Ball today...

Found them: Fair's fair: these "tears and snotters" are technically pre-match; but imagine getting this huffy when people (not limited to Queen's fans) lightly rip the pish out of you for having asked, effectively, "Is there anywhere to park at Hampden?"

Of all our honking-pattered match-threads this season, this might well be the absolute honking-est.

I hate that I laughed at this.

Helpfully, only a genuine idiot wouldn't know the difference between being uneducated and being an idiot. You fucking idiot.

He's been out injured since October(?), and was only back on the bench for the Morton game last month. (Also, in McKenna's absence, Ferrie's been our player of the month three times in a row.)

Heard Callum Davidson mention he watched the Dunfermline game, and I just hope he hasn't been bamboozled by the BBC graphics department. Easy enough mistake to make, I suppose... And still, not to worry: it was updated the next time it appeared on screen, just before kick-off... ...oh.

Davidson does have a pretty spectacular record when it comes to managing a team at a mostly-empty Hampden.

"STATEMENT TO OUR FANS: Queen's Park would advise that if you can't handle us at our worst, then you don't deserve us at our best."

Are we doomed for the foreseeable future to be overseen by motivational-speaker types? People who almost certainly post "inspirational" quotes on their social media; like Manny from Black Books, if he'd swallowed The Little Book of Bullshit.

I think you're all being very harsh on a statement which doesn't once feature the word 'advise'

That sound of the ball cracking the post on its way in is simply the most satisfying in all of football.

Still got a hint of the training-top look about it; but, again, much improved by changing the sponsor's logo: I think it simply comes down to having too many different colours involved, meaning the kits look cluttered and overly "busy".

It's definitely the sleeves & the sponsor's logo that have the worst impact, I think: change either one, and the shirt's immediately improved, plain white back/lack of hoops notwithstanding. e.g. Needless to say, perhaps, but the best option is to punt them both:

Presuming there'll be a long-sleeve, as well... Also: who/what is/are the mysterious "City" (whose logo adds to the general impression of "too much going on that doesn't really hang together")?

Could maybe have got away with either the black sleeves or the red 3-stripe; but both of them, combined with the all-white back? Absolutely fucked it, lads. (The change kit is basically fine, if a wee bit generic and "training kit" for my liking.)