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2 hours ago, Cowden Cowboy said:
Well what is the position re their bronze licence and any waivers/derogations, etc
I think we would already know about it if the play-offs weren't happening next week.1 -
7 hours ago, rainbowrising said:
He doesn't point at the spot. He has already blown for a foul, pointed at where the foul was committed and also then pointed up field to show it was against the Dons. This was going on before the CCV stuff.
Go and watch the multiple camera angles. VAR had no need to look at it.
You are correct that he gave a free-kick rather than a penalty, but he didn't do so before the Carter-Vickers challenge. He deliberately held the whistle because the ball was in an attacking area, which I would say is the right thing to do given the presence of VAR - it's similar to the assistant always delaying their flag.Therefore VAR absolutely was entitled to look at it, it's literally the whole reason for the referee's initial delay. However, they would need to overturn the original foul decision before they checked for the penalty, and that's hard to do even for one as soft as that.
I think ultimately Aberdeen should have had a penalty, and there was a bit of justice done when they scored a couple of minutes later.
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I've listed what I think would have been our planned 23-man squad if everyone had been fit, plus my prediction of the extra three if it goes to 26. I think finding replcements for Ferguson AND Armstrong is quite challenging, since we basically have no other attacking midfielders who have been used over the last couple of years.
Fraser seemed an obvious replacement for Ferguson, especially since he can also offer RWB cover, but what do we do for Armstrong now? Turnbull hasn't been involved in nearly 2 years and it isn't happening for him at club level, Anderson was obviously called up but doesn't seem to want to play for us. Jack is obviously on the fringes, but does that leave us one attacking option short in a 23? And if it's a 26 he's already on my list anyway, so we're maybe looking for someone who hasn't been involved before.
And if Hickey doesn't make it, that changes things again. I think McCrorie becomes a very interesting option now that he's playing regularly at club level and can also cover midfield too, which might let us pick another attacker.
GK (3)
Gunn
Clark
Gordon/Kelly
DEF (9)
Hickey
PattersonRalston
Hendry
Porteous
McKenna
Hanley
Souttar/Cooper
Tierney
Robertson
MID (8)
Gilmour
McGregor
McGinn
McTominay
Armstrong???/Jack
FergusonFraser
Christie
McLean
FW(3)
Dykes
Adams
Shankland
Extra (3)
Taylor
Jack/???
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On 19/04/2024 at 18:48, BroraBoy said:
Harrison Ashby I have heard of!!
A very promising prospect whilst at West Ham……..
He has also played for the Scotland U21’s alongside Hayden Hackney, Hackney has defected to Engerland but Ashby is injured like you say! But I think he has recovered from injury ( hamstring of all things )But his selection would be a bit left field, there would be more chance of Aliens landing on planet Earth than Steve Clarke doing something as radical as this
Steve Clarke has picked loads of "left-field" players (Dykes, Adams, Brown, Hendry etc). However picking a 22 year-old with 23 senior games under his belt, who hasn't kicked a ball since January, and who has displayed zero evidence of actually being good is less "left-field" and more "wildly risky". Feels a bit like when Donald Love played a couple of games for Man Utd and folk decided he must be good.2 -
Dalry would do the job I reckon.
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52 minutes ago, velo army said:
Aye if it's Kilmarnock with it's nice houses and theatre scene (seriously, Centre Stage do some great stuff) then it'll be wall to wall showings of "I'm no a billy he's a tim" and why we all just need to get along. If it's Kilwinning it'll be lessons on the correct way to hold a piccolo and how to button up.a tunic when you've no neck.
I reckon Kilwinning is probably wealthier than Kilmarnock on the whole now.1 -
13 hours ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said:
Isn't Andrew Dallas the head VAR ref or some shit. But obviously not in charge of referees as a whole.
Dallas and Greg Aitken are full-time VAR referees and don't referee any matches on the pitch any more. I don't think they are "head" in any way though, it's just that they are "specialists".0 -
4 hours ago, RawB93 said:
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Fucking hell. I pride myself on my grammar and I think old age really does turn your brain to mush.0 -
On 18/04/2024 at 09:02, Darren said:
From the BBC's Dundee v Rangers match report:
Rangers have gone from a position where they could have been two points ahead of Celtic by winning their two games in hand to one where, even if they win the final Old Firm derby of the season away to their city rivals, they will be behind on goal difference should both sides win their other four remaining games.
I assume your point is about the inability to mystically predict the scorelines of those matches, but it's also a terribly constructed sentence.0 -
On 15/04/2024 at 22:27, Redcar said:
We shouldn't schedule any league or Scottish cup games midweek. There are 40 Saturdays between 27 July and the end of April '25.
Berwick played at least 4 league games midweek before the leaves fell off the trees, and have had several free Saturdays recently. After filling up those free weeks where possible, use midweek for minor cups, replays and postponements.
Cramming in games early leads to injuries and does nothing for cash flow.
On 16/04/2024 at 16:10, cowdenbeath said:The amount of early midweeks is a real bug bear by the end of September we had played 17 league and cup games.
The clubs could have considered not voting in two "guest teams" and would have had 4 fewer league games. That might have helped.13 -
I'd say we're absolutely certain to be drawing at some point in all three games.
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50 minutes ago, Pens_Dark said:
Dundee got £500,000 for Greg Stewart when he was 26 back in 2016. If you're talking about a figure close to a million for McCowan, then no, we probably won't be getting that but given he's under contract and wants to sign a new one with us then we should command a similar sort of fee as Stewart.
Stewart, as both of our clubs know, was an absolute standout player miles ahead of where McCowan is now. I don't think McCowan would go for that sort of money, though I might be wrong because you just need to catch the right club at the right time.0 -
I've seen lots of people laughing at the obvious here, but the premise is also wrong. If Celtic did really kick off earlier on the final day, then that could only ever benefit Rangers, who would know exactly what result they needed.
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On 14/04/2024 at 04:50, GordonS said:
No.
If Hibs had beaten Leeds Utd in the 3rd round of the 67-68 Fairs Cup they'd have played Rangers in the QF, and if Rangers had beaten Leeds Utd in that tie they'd have played Dundee in the SF.
This has come up on here before, but in the case of Hibs v Leeds the draw hadn't been made yet when the first team were knocked out. Based on the history of the competition, it seems plausible to me that there was an element of "country protection" in this tournament which would have made it less likely (or even impossible) they were drawn together. The semi-final draw had been made before Rangers lost to Leeds though, so that was definitely a narrow miss.In the entire 13 years that the Fairs Cup was played, there were only 3 occasions where two clubs from the same country faced each other. One was in the 1961/62 final where it was obviously unavoidable, another was the 1965/66 quarter-final, when there were 3 Spanish and 2 English clubs left and it might have been considered a bit much effort to "rig" the draw, and the final one was in the 1970/71 semi-final when Leeds and Liverpool were drawn together.
There were substantial oddities in the draws of this competition - for example in Round 2 in 1969/70 there were 4 English and 4 Portuguese clubs left and they were all drawn against each other. Similarly all 4 German clubs were drawn against all 4 Italian clubs.
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1 minute ago, Doctor Manhattan said:
I look forward to watching Brodie Spencer and Mika Biereth play against Aberdeen next week.
No, wait...
If the player can be recalled it's really not a season-long loan.0 -
There is absolutely no difference between having players on loan and having them on a 1-year permanent deal. Fair enough you want to eventually get good players pinned down on a long-term contract, but you can't really do that as a newly promoted side.
Aberdeen would probably have been better signing some good players on loan instead of lots of rubbish ones permanently.
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A lot of websites seem to use it for no reason at all.
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They might still regret stopping at 6, which it somewhat seems as though they have.
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10 minutes ago, betting competition said:
26?
Yeah, you are not getting high six figures for a player that age. If he was 21 and turning in the performances he has been he would be attracting top Championship clubs in England and maybe even a few top flight teams abroad, but I don't see them paying that for a guy who will be 27 before the end of the year.0 -
This could be one of the worst cameos of all time from Costelloe here.
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Just now, AlloaAdam said:
Remember him being decent enough at Ayr but been very good a couple of times I’ve seen him this year. Can imagine Dundee getting a good chunk for him if they’ve got him on a decent contract.
He's a bit too old to be getting huge money but it would be the right time for him to make a move.0 -
That's 5-0. Fraserburgh 2-0 up now too so it's going to be a three-way fight on Saturday.
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3 minutes ago, AlloaAdam said:
Has Luke McCowan been this good all season? Been the best player on the park tonight.
He has been one of the best midfielders in the league this season.0 -
Buckie 3-0 up at half-time, only 2 behind Brechin now. Fraserburgh 0-0 and will be out of the race unless they score.
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Who’s on the plane?
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We are definitely entering Gauld territory now that we're down to sort of 7th choice in the attacking midfield positions for a squad place.