Frank Quitely

When is Stevie Farrell contracted to ?

We can only have a pitch inspection if someone other than the groundsman arranges one. We had dire failures to do that last season and then had the cheek to hide behind match refs having no option but to postpone games close to kick-off. It's not rocket science.

No. But the problem is that the folk responsible for the tickets will be sitting in the middle of the stand well away from the shit that accompanys these games.

Just checked the OS and it certainly suggests that the Rangers tie will be played at the Rock.

Is it too much to ask that we win 1-0 at Tynecastle, trouser £40K and get Steven Naismith the bag ?

It would appear so, aye. Who are we playing anyway ?

You guys still can't get over his 80-yard run and goal at Ochilview last season. The one where your defenders looked as if they were wearing diver's boots.

Thank goodness we have Jan Vocajek to provide us with a match report, as the OS took all of 59 words to 'cover' the game at Methil on Saturday.

Is tonight's Meet The Manager being streamed ?

Are you the only person in Bonnyrigg with internet 🛜 access ?

Well if anyone wants to challenge him this Friday night is their chance.

There's one hell of a lot riding on this coming Saturday.

Absolutely, it was a rhetorical question. There is no way there would have been anything like the forensic fiasco we witnessed - the 'goal' would have stood, end of.

What do we reckon would have been the outcome if that 'goal' had been scored at the other end ?

Where can you see these portraits ?

Interestingly there was no mention of this on the BBC Six O'Clock News.

This thread is living right down to expectations.

That was exactly my point and you've put it a lot better than I did. As further examples, I don't wish to live in a society which routinely apprehends young black men on suspicion of crime, but neither do I wish to live in one which turns a blind eye to arranged marriages for fear of upsetting cultural sensibilities. The former will find favour with racists, but the latter will provide ammunition. Neither situation is acceptable.

Scotland would do well to avoid any complacency, as the levels of immigration are proportionally less than other areas of the UK and we simply don't how attitudes would be should that situation alter dramatically in times to come. As such, whilst levels of overt racism may unfortunately be much more evident in England, I have no doubt that the so far individual cases up here could easily develop into something much worse should the societal mix alter significantly. As for a fragmented society, that has been a global pattern over centuries. Resident populations are wary and fearful of incomers, and the latter often form 'societies' in geographic areas based on ethnic, cultural and religious background. New York is a good example of how the 'melting pot' theory takes a long time to achieve. Tolerance itself won't achieve integration and harmony, it must be accompanied by economic opportunity, educational attainment and fairness for all. But that also requires immigrants to participate fully and for the uniform application of the rule of law. Britain is failing dismally on this critique. At one end of the spectrum we have right-wing hatred straight from the 1930's masquerading as Government policy, and at the other a failure to root out hatred-inspiring crimes like grooming gangs.

Perhaps, but the loss of Greig Young is a real blow on all counts, and Finlay Gray's fifteen minutes of mayhem doesn't help. Wee Aggy will be viewing this game as winnable, and why not against a team that finds scoring difficult.

Presumably the Irish will encounter teams much less profligate with their goal kicking.

Correct. The difference in a month was astonishing.

He was quite entitled - one of our absolute c*nts had launched a foul-mouthed rant at him just beforehand.

I said leaving the game that there are Adamson/Murray parallels here. We have a squad much, much more capable of producing more than we are seeing but it won't happen under the current team management. If only some of supporters would stop scapegoating match officials and concentrate on the football matches they'd maybe see that.