The Master

Ironically, significant snowfall (more than this) is be better than rain because it’s easier to clear from the pitch. However, it’s also likely to see games called off because of dangerous conditions outside the stadium.

Howler from the keeper.

Oh they know. Yes, I couldn’t resist dropping in on Sevco Media. Which if anything has made me feel irrationally irritated by the person who thinks we can’t use Tannadice because “VAR cameras” are installed in grounds at the start of the season.

Sevco fans will be fuming at the effort we’re putting in to get Saturday’s game on. Pleasing.

I think it’s 4,500 thereabouts - 3,500 in the Shankly and 1,000 in the main stand.

Presumably we need a stadium that’s VAR-ready, which makes McDiarmid the only realistic option. (Tannadice will likely have legacy infrastructure, but won’t have the pitchside monitor which almost certainly can’t be installed at such short notice).

Only because it had no impact on who finished in what half. It’s highly likely that at least one of our home games will need to be played to settle the top/bottom 6.

On the pitch, presumably.

It is one or two at this time of the season, which is what’s causing the problem - which was the overall point being made by that poster. My point was a more general observation in reply to the comment about the number of games.

Given the pressures on completing fixtures before the split, it’s ridiculous that it wasn’t scheduled for last night. Sky had an empty schedule, so no issues there. Whereas next week they’re clashing with EFL games. The reason for it being next week is blindingly obvious.

My view is that the number of games postponed is largely irrelevant, because there’s very little that can be done mid-season to rectify the problems.

I might be reading too much into that wording, but it doesn’t say where they expect it to go ahead. There’s no outright denial that we’ve been discussing alternatives.

That surely shouldn’t matter? At the point it was established they were visiting fans in the home end, they should have been removed. It was then on them to take it up with the tour company.

It’ll be a minor miracle if this goes ahead. There’s barely a part of Dundee that doesn’t have standing water. There’s literally nowhere for it to go because the ground is so saturated. I’m not saying our pitch isn’t an issue, but we’re not being helped by the surrounding conditions. Plus the fact it seems to always rain before our home games, and be dry before our away games.

That’s a lovely finish from Isak.

No, there’s no lines. It’s eyeball only. We don’t have the full range of angles at non-televised games, which is why I said there were very few scenarios where VAR can make a determination. Live games are different because Sky use goal-line cameras. Early in the season, there was a lengthy VAR check to see if St Mirren should have had a third goal against us. Ultimately, VAR didn’t have the angles to overrule the on-field decision of no goal, so that stood. By the same token, VAR couldn’t conclusively say it wasn’t over the line either - so if a goal had been given, that too would have stood. Technically the referee always has the final decision - but in this situation (as with offside) he’s told the factual situation, from which he makes the decision.

The referee wouldn’t be called to the monitor to check if the ball had crossed the line. In the very few scenarios where VAR can make that determination, it would be a matter of fact (like 99% of offsides), so no on-field review required.

Apparently only “Rangers” have something to play for a week on Wednesday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001y6ts

I wonder why the photo half-way down this article doesn’t mention which fans were responsible for the pyro at Dens in November. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-68707052 It’s possibly also possibly the “media are against my club” effect, but in the context of the whole article the wording of the caption suggests it was home fans responsible.

That’s a ridiculous corner and goal from Norwich.

Saw the photos on Facebook. Just missed his eye. The Courier reporting that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested.

Michael Stewart was so angry about the VAR shambles at McDiarmid yesterday that he forgot what side of the argument he was on.

Punting Livingston v Celtic off the Main Event channel to make way for an hour of build-up to Liverpool v Brighton.