The Master

I thought we were excellent and it wouldn’t have been an injustice if we’d snatched it at the end. Fifth place in our own hands now. Which may well be good news for Aberdeen.

This also now means it’s very unlikely the #Barclays will get a fifth Champions League place next season.

Well that’s an enjoyable pair of results to come home to.

I guess it fits this thread either way.

You’ll see it when you see it.

Is this because Sevco would refuse to line up in front of a Cinch advertising board?

Top class water-themed music so far. Assuming that “Tears of a Clown” is specifically for Clement.

What's happened to the bog in front of the dugouts?

It’s raining.

But the alternative was that we played Celtic away for a third time and Rangers at home for a third time. Something had to give.

Either Sky should have insurance against postponed fixtures, or the SPFL should have insurance against Sky billing them for postponed fixtures. Postponement of a televised fixture is precisely the sort of "low likelihood, high impact" event that insurance is designed for.

So the idea that our pitch was still holding up the fixtures, despite the top and bottom 6 being confirmed on Saturday, was bullshit then? The west coast media were desperate to continue the "chaos" narrative no matter what.

We should have added "but our pitch has now been deemed by UEFA experts to be in considerably better condition than their tattle field" to the end.

Anyone know a good rain dance?

Game goes ahead at Dens*. *Probably**. **Maybe.

It was meant to be at 11. I think what the Daily Record and the rest of the moon howling media aren't realising is that this isn't a normal pitch inspection with a "game on/off" decision. The referee will have been asked to make a report on the condition of the pitch (which will likely have included a "playable/not playable" opinion), which will then be handed to the "pitch experts" the SPFL have brought in. I can't help but think, though, the decision has already been made and this is all a show to give it "legitimacy".

The Daily Record hilariously have a live updates page that can be broadly summarised as: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/dundee-vs-rangers-live-pitch-32596012 Edit: even funnier is that they have two reporters contributing to it.

Not just going the wrong way, but basically falling over and making zero attempt. Reminded me of a lot of when Scott Bain faced penalties in a Dundee shirt.

Even when 4-0 up Chelsea can’t help embarrassing themselves.

Between this and the endless stream predicting us to finish in the bottom 2, I’m quite enjoying this thread.

So they’re waiting until after Wednesday’s game even though the top and bottom six are already confirmed. https://news.stv.tv/sport/spfl-post-split-fixtures-announcement-delayed-until-after-dundee-play-rangers The reason being hinted at is that the result on Wednesday will influence when Celtic v Rangers is scheduled to avoid it being an outright decider. Which has two problems. The first is that it can be the first post-split fixture without being a decider, regardless of what happens on Wednesday. Second, it’s still pathetic that we want to avoid a winner-takes-all between our top 2, when almost every other league in the world would welcome it.

Even without a point, matching St Mirren’s results, then beating them 3-0 or better would be enough.