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It's not perfect, no league system is, but it suits our game fine. It's been in place for a good while now and I suspect it will for a good while more, doesn't seem to be any real appetite amongst the clubs for any kind of reconstruction. Of course apart from Hearts when they got relegated in 2020, reconstruction suddenly became very pressing issue to them then, funnily enough they've went strangely quiet on it since they got promoted.
It has created a meaningless achievement for middling top flight clubs of 'top six', and I say this as a fan of one club who will probably 'achieve' it this weekend. We never used to celebrate getting top six before the split was invented and I guess it will stop being lauded when the split is finally done away with, but there's no harm in clubs aiming for halfway up the league, I suppose.
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It’s at the point where we should just have a minutes applause/silence before every single home match in remembrance of all the ex players, ex club officials and fans that have died since the last home match. Because, of course, there will be people with historic or current connections to the all of the top clubs dying every single week.
Not to mention the minutes silence/ applause we sometimes have for deaths of other teams players/officials and select political figures/wars from around the world.
The one I remember as bizarre was us having a minutes silence for Fernando Ricksen at St Mirren Park. I had nothing against him, and his young death was tragic, but he had absolutely no connections to our football club.2 -
1 minute ago, Hendo said:
We're currently between 1/25 and 1/100 with bookies to finish top 6.
To miss out, we would need -
to lose both our games;
Hibs to win both their games;
Dundee to take 5 points from 3 games, one of which is against Rangers.
I really cant see all of those things happening. We should be fine.
You’re giving us a goal difference advantage on both there, which is very optimistic given our record of pumping a at Parkhead. We could draw to hearts annd lose to Celtic and finish below both of them.
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1 hour ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said:
Looking at the remaining pre split fixtures, there’s now a more than reasonably chance we will blow top 6.
I only saw the second half so forgive me if we were excellent first half, but that second half was yet another incredibly frustrating watch. We are so powder puff in the final third.
We’re showing all the signs of once again running out of steam when it really matters.With four games to go we just really needed two points to all but seal top six. Despite being ahead after 60 minutes against Killie and today, we’ve ended up with one point from those two games. Two fantastic opportunities to secure it and we’ve choked both, doesn’t bode well.
We still should probably do it. Hibs need to win both of their games and we need to get one point or less from our two. Sounds unrealistic, till you realise their last two games are St Johnstone and Motherwell and our last two are Hearts and Celtic. Dundee would also need to get st least four points from three games against Aberdeen, Rangers and Motherwell while we lose both ours. We are in a better position than both goal difference wise, but with Celtic away on the horizon that could quickly change.
I just feel we really need to do it next week, either by Hibs dropping points or by us winning. The nightmare - and not unlikely - scenario is us going to Parkhead either needing a result or needing Motherwell to avoid defeat to Hibs.0 -
15 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:
Half that.
Jesus.
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FT 1-1
Meh, more points thrown away on the road. Probably a fair result over the piece.
Feel we miss Kwon in the midfield, no idea why he’s suddenly been bombed out the team.
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Yet another Motherwell player booked for diving.
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HT 0-1
Not much in it but we are doing a job on them, so far. Just like both of our goals against Killie, it’s a Greg Kiltie corner that leads to the opener. Nice of the Well defence to leave Fraser alone like that to head it home.
Who knows what the second half holds, we might lose 5-1.
Probably not though.
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4 hours ago, MONKMAN said:
The people advocating for 100% inheritance tax, are they expecting the state to just seize all assets upon death?
Sorry no, you can’t get your dead dads telly. It must be sold after his death and the proceeds given to the state. The state will send round sentries after each death to inventory each estate to enforce this.
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Second one arrived last month, little girl this time. All doing great but we are deep in the two under two trenches at the moment. Both of them in nappies so it’s regular trips to the dump as the wheelie bins just can’t cope with the sheer volume. Still, it’s good fun and I am sure we will get a full nights sleep at some point in the not too distant future…
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12 hours ago, Black_and_White_Stripes said:
Not nearly as many as for the Killie game. I'd guess about 600:
A sound pumping like Rugby Park will get rid of a load of the travelling fair weather fans, we will be back to our usual away support.
Still not sure what to make of those last two games. We won against Aberdeen when it looked like we were going to lose, and then lost to Kilmarnock when it looked like we were going to win. Broke even I think, and a better points return than two draws.
After this we have Hearts then Celtic before the split, so this be - should be - our last game against bottom six opposition this season.
With that in mind it’s really one we could do with winning if we want to be going to Europe.
We’ve played Motherwell three times already this season and they still haven’t scored a single goal against us, so certainly reason to be optimistic.0-0
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To be fair, the strategy of playing friendlies against the strong nations (France, England, Holland) wasn’t great because we kept getting humped.
So it certainly made sense to have a home friendly against a diddy nation like Northern Ireland. Get a big win and boost the confidence a bit.
Then we go and lose that too, my my.
It will be alright on the night, I’m sure.0 -
6 hours ago, alta-pete said:
Do you mean the manager search pantomime or @VincentGuerin ‘s dogged determination to rubbish the conjecture of someone who claims to be itk when he himself is even less itk?
Finally, someone in this thread can spell pantomime.
Will Aberdeen appoint a manager before the end of this managerial break?Oh no they won’t.
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He was obviously on the verge of retirement without this injury, and it sounds like another nasty one. He may have played his last game.
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Good tournament from Murray to get to the third round, but just dropped off physically at the end of the third set there. No surprise given his age. Thats twice he’s lost to Mahac already this year.
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Haven’t and won’t read this thread, but as soon as I saw the title my thoughts went to the Dundee fans.
There’s fans of that football club in their 50’s who have been following that football club week in week out for their whole lives and they have never seen their team win a cup. Must be quite maddening.I then thought about fans of Motherwell. There’s fan of that football club in their 30’s who have been following that football club week in week out for their whole lives and they have never seen their team win a cup. Must be quite maddening.
Thankfully, no other fans of Premiership clubs have experienced such hardship.
Maybe we should all start a gofundme or something?
PM if interested and I’ll get the page up. Some kind of charity game involving Claudia Cannigia and James McFadden seems in order. Special guests Michael Higdon and Gary Harkins, Ivano Bonneti and Stuart McCall in the dugouts. Medalless legends in abundance.0 -
What a weekend of FA Cup football
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FT 5-2
What an arse collapse that was and we can have no complaints. We definitely have a habit of doing that in big games under Robinson. It reminded me of the quarter final at Easter Road earlier in the season.
A comfortable first half, deservedly go in ahead at half time, then completely shit the bed and get thumped second half. Difference is we only shipped three goals in one half that night, five today. Whenever we seem close to actually achieving something, this happens.
Ryan Flynn has been a great servant but he’s done at this level. He was at fault for at least two of those goals. I understand we have issues at right back when Strain is injured, but I hope he never plays for us again. Hemming was shit, again, Killie fans singing his name towards the end was some laugh. I really hope he isn’t our goalkeeper next season.
We are on still on the verge of the top five and European football, but we simply won’t get it playing like that. Big game at Fir Park in a fortnight.0 -
HT 0-2
Yep think we've been the better side and deserve to be comfortably ahead. First goal's a lovely corner by Kiltie, stramash, and then slammed home by Charles Dunne. His first goal for the club in his 87th appearance.
Second goal's another lovely corner by Kiltie, from the same side, stroked home by Mandron at the back post. Bizarre defending by Killie for that one, lovely.
Killie not done much at all, they've been rubbish.
Think Dunne's been our best player actually, he's copped a lot of stick over the years but he's been great today and took the goal superbly.
Keep playing like this and we will win this game comfortably.
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I think this might be the best game of football I’ve ever seen
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Aberdeens games in hand are surely going to come into play at some point?
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Just here to laugh out loud at Aberdeen. Only them could appointment an Interim manager in February till the end of the season and bin them in March. Data Dave has had four managerial appointments flop out of four. Whoever the fifth is will no doubt continue the hilarity.
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Murray out in straight sets to Rublev in round two of Indian wells. Did beat Goffin in the first round.
Sounds like he’s going to retire after the olympics in the summer.
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No surprise in that decision. Unless something very weird happens Trump wins easy in November.
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League split - good or bad ?
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Don't think the format makes any difference to the Old Firm really. The previous one was a ten team league playing 36 games, this is two extra teams and we play 38 games. They still play each other four times every season and still finish 1st and 2nd almost every season. There's no change in format that could stop them running away with the league every year. Do agree with kicking them out though.