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Oh, go on then... Do I still doubt Hemming? No. If you look at his previous season there was definitely reasons to be concerned. He looked poor, very poor, and unreliable too. Plus picking up injuries. All in all if you looked at him on paper from last season you wouldn't have chosen him to be 1st choice for the "third best team in the country". Those doubts have, by and large, been dispelled. Do I still have doubts about Hemming? Yes. I still think that his positioning and command of his box needs to improve. That's an experience thing, which is reflected in his age rather than ability. That said, he's playing in a team that doing very well, that is the opposite to the team he played with last season. It's not a like for like situation, Killie were struggling, we are not. I think to really see Hemming under pressure we'd need to go on a bad run. Of course, we don't want that to happen, we all know most keepers are heavily influenced by their confidence It should be said, I'm not singling, or ever singled, Hemming out. I can be, and have been, critical of other players - just like all of us are. Has Hemming done better than I expected him to? Definitely. I also think he's done better than most fans expected. I was genuinely worried that even with Robinson and Langfield, Hemming wouldn't make the grade. Whether his performances are down to confidence, training, getting better, who knows... As for the Carson comparison, Carson remains a good keeper, it would be an "utterly Captain thing to do" .. ( ) .. to mention that in the last game where the two met, one lost 4 goals the other lost none.

Got to be honest, I've never been keen on managers speaking to the press regarding existing players re-signing. This has not changed with Robinson's comments on Strain and Baccus. The fans know the situation, these things always feel like a shoutout to agents.

You mean like Saudi, who literally beheads people who don't follow strict, bigoted and hateful religious rules? You even check yourself with the claim of irony. Obviously your echo chamber sanctity would be threatened by accepting this fact, until then you can put in pithy responses to randoms on an Internet board I'm sure you'll be rewarded by "God" for such subservience. This is a message to both of you.. If you two wish to be sock puppets for religious hate, you go ahead, don't expect other people to do so. This isn't unknown, this isn't unreported, this is something that some people are actively choosing to ignore because it doesn't directly affect them.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64338876 ..while giving the "well, they are going to earn a lot of money". Reacting to me, rather than those who actively support such a hate regime, certainly shows the depths of both your characters.

You are not wrong, and it definitely goes along with my initial post, the only thing with Lennon is I'd say he's got decades worth of connection with Scottish Football whereas Jota, for example, was here for a couple of seasons, and choose to be a weak individual, f**k over human rights, and support religious hate all so he could get some extra cash. Why the f**k are we still reading shit about this piece of trash human being?

Got to say, I am really thankful to the shitty red tops for keeping me informed of the careers of Jota and Kent. Here I was, completely oblivious of their situation because after all they have f**k all to do with Scottish football now, yet thanks to really lazy journalists and the assumption that anything touching the OF is "newsworthy" I have been kept abreast of every single thing in their lives. From whether they got game time to how they spend their lives away from the club.

Well... it's meant to be. You are totally right, though, and I was about to make a post pointing out similar. How Martindale and MacKay have gone about things "after the act" is notable. Martindale has owned up, done his time and by all accounts is the sort of person in private that you see in public (ie: a down to Earth guy, willing to accept his mistakes). MacKay on the other hand has spent his entire time mitigating and deflecting, he just doesn't come across as an honest actor. It's just personal but I am sure that if MacKay was asked how he'd avoid doing the same as before he'd answer "just don't let people find out" rather than "I just wouldn't don't do it again".

Damning by assumption, an interesting technique. No, there was no warning, but yes, I have commented on Wilder's personal view on things. I fail to see an issue here.

We all know that the BBC's HYS comment section is polluted by the smooth brained racists and bigots, but it's also interesting to see it in practice... Remember, it's ok to be a racist, because other racists see no problem with racism because even if you aren't a racist in public, you must be one in private.

Deary me... For mistaking Motherwell for Hearts in the fixture list? f**k me, you have high standards. I hate to see what you do if someone gets your food order wrong! Edit: A red dot, you know when someone has lost it when all they can do is red dot posts!

I do love how some Dundee fans are determined to make out we are heartbroken by this rotten performance. It was a rotten performance, possibly one of the worst of the season but we are still 3rd though, and playing better (in general) than we have for years. I doubt there is a single person out there, well.. perhaps elvis, who thinks this is the turning point in our season and it's all down hill from here. This was nothing more than a minor bump, just like the loss to Rangers was.

Yes, it's not hard to grasp, you know. 1) Rather not have 4 players needing being taken off. 2) Better take them off rather than leave them on playing badly. It's really not rocket science!

Come on now, you've seen enough managers at our club to know quite a few would have shit-housed that whole game then complain when asked why they didn't make a change.

Badly, but let's face it it's been a bad day for us all round. As I said to DJC, we've had managers that would sit and watch that and just hope we'd somehow pull it together. I'm not happy that he took 4 players off, but it's better than leaving them on.

It didn't work, that's true but if that was Goodwin, he'd have thrown on a 2nd striker for the last 5 minutes. I don't think I've seen Robinson react like that, so it's nice to know he's willing to make big calls.

So... just saying "you are having a nightmare" doesn't mean someone is having a nightmare? Curious. Maybe it was a daft thing for you to say at the time, eh?

You are having an utter nightmare here. Deary me, just enjoy your win.

As I said earlier in the thread, at least Robinson realised we were a shambles and made 4 changes at the break. Normally you expect managers to tinker rather than wholesale changes.

What a nightmare you are having, your team won and here you are arguing.

Revisionary nonsense. I mistake Motherwell for Hearts and suddenly I'm the worst poster on here. Learn to enjoy a win, I know they don't come around all that often.

Jeezo, you win a game and you sound miserable! I get you don't understand the Waterloo reference, google it. As for the fixtures I misread Motherwell for Hearts, that's all, calm down ffs.

Don't forget the 2 points and the game in hand. What's more, your next 3 games are the two Edinburgh sides and Rangers. I'm not a betting man, but I'd be tempted to wager your GD is not going to improve any time soon. Well other than the gifts we are giving you today, that is!

Whether that was sickness, tiredness or lack of fight, it's fair to say we've been the worst we've been for some time. I'm sure the Dundee fans will think this is their Waterloo, but really we've been so poor it would be criminal for them not to be at least 3 or 4 goals ahead. The only positive I can see us taking from this is that Robinson swapped out 4 players at half time. How often have we seen it not working and a manager sticking with the same side until the 70th minute. I mean, it's cold comfort for sure, but I don't see much else positive. We've built up a decent little cushion, even after this mauling we are 2 points, 1 game and a sizeable chunk of goal difference ahead of them, but we can't get away with selling the jerseys that easily.

All depends on if any live near Lochgelly, as I believe the famous song suggests people there have "hav'nae a telly".

It is the human element of all this, not the technology, that is the causes of that. I fully support people complaining about the time VAR takes, the subjects which it will and won't review, how the 4th officials (or VAR assistants) make their observations known (or not) and why a referee can look at a very clear instance of cheating yet ignore that evidence and rely on their own instincts. Ultimately though, when you strip it down to its component parts, the technology VAR uses is more precise and accurate than any human can be, and that tech will only improve. What needs to improve along with it is the officiating, and it's fucking criminal for the SPFL to introduce VAR mid way through a season when it's clear their officials were not ready for it's introduction.

If anything it is the opposite of being tory. Being tory means making decisions that go against the facts and blatantly ignoring any protests.