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Cracking attitude - agreed but if they get promoted & if they keep him he'll be marginalised in the top flight again, I feel he's more Airdrie, Ayr or Morten level. Again we're facing our eternal problem - getting in a striker with that wee bit extra needed to get into the 10-15 league goals a season in the top flight.

Alex Grieve - I have no idea if he'll do well in the Championship, he certainly wasn't good enough for the Top Flight but I always hated these patronising posts when the positions were reversed and we were taking your excess baggage. As I said previously he has a good attitude (110% type player) and I wish him all the best until he ends up playing against us next season.

We could go above the limit for a class striker but the drawback is that might cause envy within the squad which has been our strong suit since Kearney took over.

Works hard and has a good a attitude but just seems to lack what it takes in the top flight, if he goes It'll be with the goodwishes of the Saints support - until you get promoted!

Perhaps MiMo should follow the example of Paula Vennells (Subpostmaster's Scandal) and hand her Gong back. More importantly she & Doug should definitely hand the money back - I'm not falling for the "riches to rags" stories!

I nominate this as an entry to the Great Posts Thread further down the page - if I could I'd give it two likes!

Just about to roust my student son (22-y-o & fifth year at Uni) out of bed round noonish! In my defence I was up at 7:30 to go to the shops where I got his breakfast lunch (slice sausage & rolls). Edit - two days running on the rousting - different brunch.

More a "where are they now?" post.... I came across an old DVD of Your Cheatin' Heart (1990) written by Paisley's own John Byrne and IMO not far short of Tutti Frutti in quality - it's in the same territory of West Coast eccentrics and losers set to a musical backdrop. Of the five main actors (featured in all 6 episodes) Tilda Swinton & Ken Stott went to have substantial careers while the other three kinda fell by the wayside - Top Billed John Gordon Sinclair, while Katy Murphy and Keviin McMonagle don't even have photos on their IMDB pages. Well worth a watch if like Byrne's work and, I suppose, if you can find it out there on the interweb! Your Cheatin' Heart (TV Mini Series 1990– ) - IMDb

I don't mind a wee break, it gives me a chance to focus on the Championship and the teams we might be playing next season - in the top flight of course. Interesting subject, I'll have a look myself but perhaps a statto guy like @Random Guy could tell us what teams (if any) have turned their season around after the break, maybe Hibs 2013/14 which still brings a smile to my face.

Strange thing about Lenny Henry is that back in the 70s when he won New Faces he was doing a routine that was indistinguishable from Jim Davidson's who also won that show. LH has done nothing funny since TISWAS - OooooooKaaaaaay! Have just googles this old TISWAS sketch which I think 21st Century Lenny would wish had stayed buried! Bing Videos

Rylan is so likeable it's suspicious.

Luvvit when I get a two! Wordle 934 2/6

The Scottish Championship rarely disappoints. It's a division producing engrossing entertainment that far outweighs the column inches and television coverage it receives. Come the end of the season there'll be just three positions not resulting in promotion, play-offs or relegation for goodness sake. Not convinced? Well, consider a second consecutive 15-plus goal weekend, an unexpected title challenge, a painful relegation battle, oh and the small matter of a goalkeeper scoring the surefire goal of the season last weekend - all while playing as a striker. There's an intangible magic surrounding the Scottish Championship, no more evident than this season with stories from the peak to the foot of the table. Take league leaders Raith Rovers for example. A forgettable 1-0 defeat to Airdrieonians aside it has been a season of revival for the club both on and off the pitch. Long gone are the dark days of mismanagement on and off the pitch that left the reputation of the Kirkcaldy club in tatters. By all accounts, Raith Rovers are now doing things the right way both with results under capable manager Ian Murray and in the offices with a revamped boardroom. Think back to the summer, in some quarters the league title was already clad in orange and black and en route to Tannadice. Raith Rovers have halted any procession to the title with a charge of their own. But in Scotland's second tier things are rarely simple with flourishing manager Rhys McCabe's Airdrie claiming an impressive triumph at the Excelsior courtesy of Nikolay Todorov's first-half finish. The Diamonds are charting a thrilling course for their season to having only reached the Championship through the play-off last term and sitting inside the play-off spots again this term. There's absolutely no doubt at the halfway point that Airdrie can hang with the best in the division - it's simply now a matter of whether they can last to the end of the season where anything can happen in the play-offs. McCabe's stock is certainly rising, and at just 31, he could have a long future in the dugout. For Dundee United, with a game still in hand over Raith Rovers, it was an opportunity missed to go top of the table as the club suffered defeat to Morton in a ding-dong battle. The Tannadice club have been wisely sensible, not sensational, this term with Jim Goodwin recruiting experienced pros in the summer capable of catapulting the club back into the Premiership. Boasting a stunning plus-32 goal difference United have been free-scoring and rarely conceding this season but face stiff competition from Raith Rovers - and results like a 3-2 defeat at home to Morton only serve to intensify a punch-counterpunch title contest. A George Oakley hat-trick claimed triumph with the winner hit two minutes from time and seconds after Craig Sibbald was sent off for the hosts. Standout Scotland youth international Kai Fotheringham was again on the scoresheet for United, as was Louis Moult. In the case of Morton, it's now seven games unbeaten in the league with back-to-back wins in recent weeks under Dougie Imrie. A horror start to the campaign is long in the rearview mirror and Imrie - another coach earning plaudits - has his side motoring. With a game in hand, Morton could take a spot in the play-off places - and in current form they're hard to bet against come the end of the season. While Raith Rovers and Dundee United slipped up, there were no such struggles for Kris Doolan's Partick Thistle. The Glasgow Jags enjoyed a 4-0 rout of Arbroath in their last home outing for six weeks - in doing so consolidating their spot in third. After an agonising end to last season, defeat in the play-off final to Ross County, Thistle have avoided following season-syndrome and have instead put together another strong push for promotion. Brian Graham, Aidan Fitzpatrick and a Tomi Adeloye double ensured a second victory on the bounce for the Firhill side. A few sticky results aside and Thistle appear to have a 'boing' in their step with another promotion push looking evermore likely each week. READ MORE: Leeann Dempster to leave Queen's Park after three years The same cannot be said of Arbroath with fortunes yet to really change since Dick Campbell's resignation and Jim McIntyre's arrival to the Championship basement boys. The Thistle drubbing makes it seven conceded in the last two with zero scored. This season, unlike in stunning seasons before, Arbroath must simply strive for safety. Campbell's exit signalled change at the club - they can only hope it won't also make a difference to their division come May. If ever there remained questions over the entertainment value of the Championship, look no further than Duncan Ferguson as Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager - and he's making a decent fist of it. A 3-1 triumph over Ayr - Billy McKay scoring and Morgan Boyes netting a brace to render Logan Chalmers' effort a consolation - lifts Inverness over their opponents and to seventh in the table. Ferguson has been steady and looks to have ended a dire run which was spiralling out of control before his arrival. It could still go two ways, though, just four points off the bottom and six off the play-offs it's very much a case of watch this space in the Highlands. Now winless in four, Ayr have slipped down the division with Lee Bullen's side in serious danger of being dragged into a relegation dogfight. Bullen had impressed after his arrival in 2022 and looked to have recruited a blend of experience and youth at Somerset Park. However, he now faces a puzzle to drag his side to the right end of the table. The Scottish Championship weekend kicked-off on Friday night with BBC's televised coverage of Queen's Park against Dunfermline. Despite a somewhat drab first-half, those who persisted on telly or inside Hampden were treated to a breathless second 45 minutes which could be a turning point for both clubs. The Spiders ended a dire four-and-a-half month wait for a league win, thanks to strikes form Ruari Paton and Dom Thomas. It was a first win for Paul Nuijten - aided by new interim addition David Hopkin in the background - and for the club's sake must spark a revival in form to avoid the automatic or play-off relegation spots. For Dunfermline, situated in the middle of the pack, defeat was only worsened by further injury blows as Aaron Comrie and Alex Jakubiak limped off at Hampden. The injury crisis has been branded the worst captain Kyle Benedictus, also sidelined through injury, has seen throughout his career with near-enough a full XI capable of competing in the division in the treatment room. Barring miraculous recoveries for a host of players, James McPake could be forced into the market this month to stop his side slipping down the table. Regardless, nothing beats seeing football live in the flesh. If there's one thing to do during the winter break with top-flight action paused, and even when it's not, then it's check out the Championship, you won't be disappointed.

Yeah but one of the main selling points in the last decade was that the SNP adhered to higher standards than Labour & the Tories so it's a bit depressing when SNP supporters are reduced to whataboutery. I'll still vote SNP at the next GE because I think that being a peripheral part of Eng-ur-land just means ever greater economic marginalization but with less enthusiasm than before.

On Billy Connolly, his early routines were both feral and funny but would you really want him to be doing The Last Supper/Crucifiction (sic) routine 50 years on? So he went mainstream I can forgive him everything barring It's a Royal Knockout and supporting Partick Thistle.

1. All ventriloquists and I know thread says male but Nina Conti is the worst IMO 2. Impressionists especially Alistair McGowan who is so poor he always has to tell you who he's impersonating! 3. Mrs. Brown ************************ 4. Jim Davidson, Roy "Chubby" Brown & Ricky Gervais - I was the minority of one who didn't like The Office.

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The health lottery of living in a pre-antibiotics world limits it for me (even though I'm allergic to penicillin) -1959 would be good as Saints won the Scottish Cup and possessing a reasonable memory of sporting events I could make a few bob - eg 7-1 on Cassius Clay to defeat Sonny Liston in their first bout.

This time last year I was assured we'd get a "high six figures or low seven for Baccus".

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C'mon the County!

Course Thistle are so much better than Saints it must be a few years since they scored against you.

I'm pretty sure I read an article somewhere that visiting clubs were to be held financially responsible for any damage their fans caused a few years back.

It's a zero sum game so we all pile on the weakest of our rivals when it looks like they're in trouble, nothing in particular against Livi but I'll be happy to see them finish in 12th.

It's really just down to the horsetrading now, from today's Grauniad it seems that they've essentially admitted to the grift.... I predict there'll be no charges and they'll still walk away with a shitload of cash.