LongTimeLurker

Scone Thistle might have problems as well

Not sure why when he isn't really Bran any more and it's possible the Night King couldn't have made it past the wall, if he hadn't gone through first meaning the same might still apply even where the Winterfell crypts are concerned. I suspect killing Bran might wind up being the key to defeating the Night King and bringing the Northern aspects to the story to a conclusion. Great swathes of the supporting cast will no doubt be eliminated although I guess they can't go too crazy on that if they want to keep their options open for sequels and feature films. Characters like Brienne, Podrick, Tormond, Beric, Edd, Lyanna Mormont, Davos, Yohn Royce, Grey Worm, the Hound, and Theon have probably reached the end of their usefulness to the plot.

Maybe worth pointing out here as well: https://www.eosfl.com/ Entry Criteria and Application Forms for membership of the East of Scotland Football Association and the East of Scotland Football League can be accessed here and here and when complete should be submitted to - leaguesecretary@eastofscotlandfa.co.uk PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU READ THE ENTRY CRITERIA BEFORE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP. The EoS league website still seems to be encouraging membership applications with no mention of March 31st any more.

https://www.eosfl.com/ Entry Criteria and Application Forms for membership of the East of Scotland Football Association and the East of Scotland Football League can be accessed here and here and when complete should be submitted to - leaguesecretary@eastofscotlandfa.co.uk PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU READ THE ENTRY CRITERIA BEFORE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP. The EoS league website still seems to be encouraging membership applications with no mention of March 31st any more.

Definitely far from confirmed. The Cove promoted scenario is looking very much on course at the moment with them 2-0 up away to EK and Berwick Rangers 3-0 down at home to Albion Rovers. If the SFA extract their digit on licensing that means WW down with no space likely to be available for an applicant entry from below to name but one possible scenario.

Did the ERSJFA clubs know that a split format meant no tier 6 entry when they took part in the restructure survey? If Rod Petrie is correct in saying that the SJFA were informed of that a long time ago that could be interpreted as a decision against pyramid entry along the same lines as is reported to have happened with the NRSJFA.

...because there is no obvious need for Tom Johnston to still be employed, if they don't.

They can always try to get into the juniors now.

^^^this means the team from the town that is closer to the Forth didn't get in rather than the one with all the roundabouts, just in case anyone is trying to figure it out.

^^^not looking forward to having Kelty Hearts or Hill of Beath Hawthorn as the big derby game rather than Dunfermline Athletic.

True, but the board directive angle was mentioned in PWG minutes, so had to be given some credence on that basis. We were always going to find out this month whether there was any actual substance to it. Would help in a lot of ways if they do have the power to break the logjam, but that seems to stretch no further than the SFA possibly having the ability to shoehorn in wildcard entrants into next season's LL entry playoffs, but it' s not clear yet that they can even do that without the LL, EoS and SoS all signing off on it first and whether that is just a compromise proposal. Also not clear that the LL would even be able to accept a Tayside playoff champion should one ever emerge in terms of their constitution, and whether the HL will be amenable to ever accepting one, given both they and the NRSJFA appear to want to keep things as is.

Will be interesting to see if the ERSJFA clubs even actually care about being tier 6 and whether they decide to stick with the split format and do their own thing regardless. Kind of looks like that's what already happened. That new format definitely looked at the time like an own goal in terms of their future pyramid status. If the north region can sit out in pyramid terms and stay as they are, maybe the east will as well? At that point if it's only the west needing in at tier 6, there's a strong case for doing it through a directly SFA administered WoSL. So much for all the board directives patter of recent months, basically.

That needs to be communicated loud and clear to ERSJFA clubs, if that info is not being passed along to them.

Never been clear to me why that's unlikely and who has a vested stake in that being the boundary. We'll see if it gets addressed at the next SFA AGM, basically.

...and for episode 6, where they could show some of what happens after the dust settles as a teaser for the sequel or feature films to come.

Bothwell Bridge Covenanters for some dodgy headline possibilities with the acronym, Hamilton Palace for local history buffs or Bellshill St Germain for some Gallic flair.

They are registered members rather full members. Have to wonder whether other business got bumped due to dealing with the Alex McLeish issue? Although the awarding of licences is a big deal to the people posting on here, it's probably not viewed as a high priority by most people involved with the SFA.

Melisandre appeared to be planning to come back to die along with Varys, so odds on she has some sort of major part to play. Plenty of hints on the fire burning in her in the book as well, but there are often hints for multiple possibilities provided as was the case with John Snow's parentage, so that doesn't necessarily mean anything and may have been a red herring. There's a whole complicated side plot involving the Golden Company that I won't explain in case some of it happens, but it will be interesting to see what they get up to in the later episodes and whether they have their own agenda as Euron and the Ironborn might as well given Cersei has made her position vulnerable by driving away the rest of her family.

A film trailer form of click bait basically. Think they'll play it very safe on the plot in a way that keeps most people entertained and happy and provides scope for plenty of sequels, which means nothing too radical can happen to either Rey or Kylo, with the former probably leading a newly founded "Skywalker Order" of force-sensitives following the teachings of Luke by the end, and the latter weakened quite a bit but still head honcho of the First Order doing his ein reich, ein volk und ein fuehrer thing with a subtle hint here and there that there is some sort of Donald Trump parallel.

...would be surprising if Preston Athletic, Lothian Thistle and Hawick RA didn't chance their arm on this as well, which then begs the question of whether self-interest means you want a team in that you think you'll be able to beat regularly rather than Lithgae, who would probably be expected to do something similar to what Kelty did this season. It's Scottish football so the logical decision from a competitive standpoint won't necessarily be made.

Not clear that clubs unlicensed on March 31st could apply: http://slfl.co.uk/applications-for-membership/ ...All applicants must have a Scottish FA Club License as at 31 March 2019 and have its registered ground within the Lowland League catchment area, which is below the line of latitude that runs through the mid-point of the Tay Bridge... Did the flexibility being shown on when clubs get licensed apply to applicants as well as the promotion playoff?

All depends on how lenient the SFA is going to be about derogations for existing members. If there is going to be no flexibility on that WW might not try too hard to stay up as Burnie_man points out above.

Sounds like the LL clubs have decided there are no circumstances where Dalbeattie Star wouldn't be voted back in. Odds on the LL clubs also vote Whitehill Welfare back in under non-Cove scenarios as well where the EoS playoff teams get licensed and one of them gets promoted. Think an applicant will only get in if there is no team promoted due to licensing issues, but time will tell. The wildcard in all of this is Whitehill Welfare not having floodlights unlike Dalbeattie Star and whether that means they are likely to lose their licence soon. I guess that's what might get them tossed out as it would minimise disruption later to do it now.

He's probably been reading Tim Pat Coogan level analyses on demography and is blissfully unaware that the last two sets of census results underperformed in terms of what was being hyped up on the rate of the demographic shift towards an RC majority.