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The voting habits/records are misleading. These are used pretty much weekly by the opposition at Westminster to gain political points but have no grounding in legislation or legitimacy. For example Labour can bring forward a motion each week during a day debate to say they condemn the government's record on austerity and put forward a bland motion to, for example, increase nurses pay, without having to detail how it should be paid for, how much they should be given or provide a cost analysis etc. This will then go to a vote which the Conservatives will obviously vote against and the motion will be defeated. The opposition and political activists or commentators can then later say that a random Tory MP voted against awarding nurses a pay rise and score a political point, knowing full well that they never had the power or expectation that the vote would go through. Ultimately voting records are used as a political weapon but aren't a true indication of the views or work of an individual MP.

I thought there were quite a lot of Darvel fans - I was standing where most of them were situated and they made a good noise when the goals went in. I've seen far worse opposition crowds at Beechwood.

There was a similar situation in the St Rochs v Kilwinning Rangers Scottish cup tie a few years back where a mass rammy ensued in the last 5 minutes - on that occasion the match was halted for about 15 minutes and the referee eventually restarted it after giving the remaining players a coaches a talking to in the centre circle. But he had assistants and I don't think there was anything like the blatant punching we saw on this occasion from the Irvine Vics coach. If the SJFA have decided that both clubs should be ejected from the competition them I would say the referee did the correct thing by walking off when he did.

It was a good turnout - not entirely sure who you are referring to here though?

Darvel moved the ball well in the first half and their second goal was a good one, especially coming only a minute after Talbot had equalised. That said, the Darvel goalkeeper was probably the busier of the two in the first half. I missed the opening goal as I was just coming throughout the turnstiles. Talbot dominated the second half without creating much. The Darvel defence was excellent throughout but their midfield completely fell out the game for the first 30 minutes of the second half and it was only in the closing stages that they began to create a few chances and really should have finished it as a contest towards the end. From a neutral point of view I thought the referee was fine - both sets of fans were shouting for everything as is expected at a football match, but he wasn't swayed by anything.

I thought Hurlford played quite well considering the stark difference in squad depth between the teams. It wasn't like they stuck 10 men behind the ball and rarely attacked. Talbot did almost nothing in the first half but were the better team in the second period and some of the missed chances were really wasteful. As an aside, were the dugouts at Beechwood always on the same side? It seems strange that they are on the far side to the changing rooms.

Are matches in other competitions not being rearranged to accommodate junior cup matches? I may be wrong but I'd imagine the Strathclyde Demolition Cup wouldn't exist if it weren't for the junior cup being an alternative competition?

Long term, are there plans to increase that? I've never been to Holm Park, only driven past, so I'm unsure how much potential there is to upgrade?

Or shared between Arthurlie and the Meadow, that'll teach them....

At no point did he say it wasn't the responsibility of the police to solve the issue. He even backed it up with this before you replied:-

A few of the results recently have been disappointing but it's not like we are losing matches by a huge margin. The ones we are losing are by a single goal. We deserved at least a point against Pollok, should have been out of sight against Glenafton before blowing a 2-goal lead and the same can be said for the 4-4 draw against Rutherglen. I didn't see the Cumnock match, or St Cadocs so I can't comment on those, but we are sitting 4th, in and amongst some of the strongest teams in the West and 5 points clear of 5th. Losing Monti is unfortunate as I don't think there is anyone who can replace his creativity at present. Saturday's match against Clydebank is crucial. On another note, why are the matches not filmed from the media tower opposite the seats? Sent from my Redmi Note 7 using Tapatalk

They could still enter if promoted to the Lowland League could they not?

Why does Rod Petrie have a vested interest in abolishing the North/South border? I'm aware Brechin City were hoping to move to the Lowland League but they surely can't have that much influence when lobbying the SFA/SPFL for a change to the league system?

I didn't think it was offside either, but then the assistant referee had a better view than me. I thought we deserved a point today - I didn't think there was much between the teams. Pollok were the better team for the first 20 minutes then the rest of the first half was fairly even. The goal just before halftime was so sloppy and completely preventable. It was probably Pollok's first proper attempt on goal. Second half we started playing some football and deservedly drew level. But then we started being a bit passive and handed the initiative to Pollok. Having said that, we didn't really create much and it was pretty scrappy throughout. I do get the fear every time a cross comes into the Buffs box though. Barclay almost never comes for a cross and isn't commanding at all. I've noticed it before but today I was watching through my fingers every time the ball was swung in. It's a major weakness at the moment.

Maybe the second least important. Staging a Scottish Junior Cup when there are no junior clubs south of the Highlands and some of the bigger West teams aren't entering is an embarrassment and a complete waste of time.

Exactly. Clubs didn't choose to be part of a 38 game league but once that became apparent they could have easily pulled out the least important competition of all.

It's more likely now that three previously successful East sides in Kelty, Bonnyrigg and Boness have all been promoted. I would have fancied Talbot against any of those sides anyway over two legs. If Talbot go up then next year's West Premier will be even better in terms of likely winners and a title race.

What was the selection process like? And how do you find the day to day job? I always fancied it myself but ended up in a job where the pay increases and pension you build up each year forces you to stay.

It looks terrifying in pictures but it's not that bad when you're actually there. I'm not an experienced climber at all and neither was one of the other two I climbed with. My fitness at the time wasn't 100% and the weather was poor so it took me quite a while. Basically from the moment you reach the ridge you are clambering over rocks all the way to the summit of Nevis, so it's quite fun. I did something really stupid though - the weather was fine until just before the top of CMD then the clouds rolled in. For some reason I totally forgot clouds = wet, so I got very cold and wet very quickly, having forgotten to put on my waterproof jacket. I was then miserable for the rest of the day. The only thing about going down was that we took the tourist path halfway then diverged from it to try and find the North car park again. But the path seemed to disappear over a river so we ended up wading through bushes etc for quite a long way.

Any news as to when the pre-order strips will be available? I'm assuming there was a hold up in the order due to wider circumstances. I tried to buy a kids Killie strip a couple of weeks ago and the shorts weren't going to arrive from the far East until September or so. I imagine a lot of clubs will have the same issue.

Did you get it on a deal?

Which fans? Most of the ones I speak to are delighted with the start but are well aware a lot of the players are inexperienced compared to the teams playing out of Beechwood and Recreation Park. We'll take the goals when they come but are under no illusions that other clubs may have an edge on us when it comes to grinding out results and holding onto leads.

He was more animated when we were 3-1 up to be honest. Glenafton were well organised for the most part and Buffs found it difficult to break through despite having the majority of the possession and territory. We should have gone for the throat at 3-1 up but instead relaxed a bit. The Glenafton second goal looked like a lucky cross and they probably should have won it at the end.

Hurlford were promoted to the Premier League the season before Mr Hamilton started the big spending. Their subsequent stay in the upper half of the top flight could be attributed to his financial backing but it's wrong to suggest Hurlford were languishing at the bottom of the junior pile before he came along.

Is that William Boyd who played a few years ago and left to go to Australia, or a different one? If it's the former he was a good player.