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If the ref at Wick had nothing else to do on Saturday it was good of him to hold on. It's not a precedent.
It's the height of arrogance and entitlement to expect someone giving up their Saturday for 75 quid to hang about until a pitch becomes playable.
The responsibility to ensure the game goes ahead lies entirely with the home side by way of them providing a pitch which meets the referees satisfaction at the stated kick off time.
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50 minutes ago, Dundee Hibernian said:
Think Matthew Benham is in the process of selling his controlling interest in Brentford, and has done so with Midtjylland, therefore I'm hopeful he is looking to take on a new challenge. At least if he gets involved at Tannadice, he'll have experience in football, unlike Mark Ogren, who got into football via his errant and now absent fellow director and son Scott.
That sounds a bit better so consider my knickers flashed
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As keen as I am to see the back of Ogren I'm not sure Scottish football become an EPL development league is anything to get excited about
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Going to break character and say I thought tonight was OK. Would have been nice to have scored when we were on top in the second half and not be hanging on but we were in total control, albeit against a much reduced Morton team.
I think tonight might be our best XI, even Tillson was passable.
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Bit too direct for me. Not sure we need to be when we are getting joy down the wings
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Best place to park?
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I'm reasonably confident we won't lose 24-0 and that's probably better than I thought we would be a few hours gao
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1 hour ago, ohnononowheredidRossgo said:
lets go score 4 or 5 now.
Sage advice
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2 hours ago, HighlandWarrior said:
Personally I'm old school and prefer the blue shirt, white shorts & red socks myself
But the blue shirt, white shorts & blue socks are OK but not a huge fan of the all blue kit
But it's all a matter of opinion I suppose
Hopefully the new kit in March will be a good one as well and that the away kit has a red shirt, blue shorts & white socks (like the old Umbro 1982 kit)
Red socks aren't really any more traditional than navy or even white but we did go through a run of mostly having them 74-90 which coincides with reaching world cups and colour TV which gives them a feel of the classic Scotland kit.
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5 hours ago, Pull My Strings said:
Watt's had some good games this season and seems like a guy who needs to be cuddled rather than berated. If Goodwin's stuck with him, and his wages, then it probably does make sense to try to work with him constructively.
Or he is a player with a career track record with flashes of ability generously padded with long periods of doing f**k all because he has no self discipline or sense of his obligations within a team set up and there is no evidence that any managerial approach produces any better results than any other.
I don't blame Goodwin for this or for trying giving him responsibility but I'm now blaming him for persisting.
I'm heartily sick of having players who want to play on their own terms whether it's confidence players or players who need unequivocal fan backing.
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There's a real toxic mix of lack of creativity, dig, leadership and in too many cases a lack of bare minimum effort.
If the alternative wasn't playing children I'd happily see Middleton and Watt freed tonight.
Thomson was good. Grieve put a shift in but is nowhere near it.
Even reliables like Holt and Moult really looking poor.
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Up until 97/98 united season tickets included matches up to and including the UEFA Cup quarter finals. I see that as the baseline of my expectations
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2 hours ago, parsforlife said:
Isn’t their point is they are claiming for breach of contract which gives them more security, the argument being you agreed you’d pay them £120 if you don’t leave within 2 hours and therefore it is reasonable to charge you that on minute 121, not that you cost them £120 by staying that minute.
2 hours ago, Bairnardo said:Doesnt the law say thats all they are entitled to actually claim though?
You can have unfair terms in contracts, particularly contracts which have been drawn up in advance by one party and have not been negotiated.
However, companies no longer need to limit their invoices to their loss.
The case law now says that these companies are entitled to put "punitive" conditions in their contracts because courts reasoned, what would be the incentive for anyone to pay for parking, or keep to time, if all that happened when the invoice dropped through the door was you were charged your £3.50 for the hour?
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6 hours ago, denltfc said:
Even the worst counties spend a fortune on team prep. A friend of mine is involved with another county that may win 1 game this year and they have already had 55 training sessions since November for the squad. Some of it is individual sessions but most of them are team sessions.
Every county wants the best for its team, its why we are out fundraising morning, noon and night and we are lucky that a large number of property developers come from our county who dig deep when asked for golf classics, horse race meetings, buying raffle tickets for apartments and house etc, putting up the prizes.
It should be pointed out a lot of GAA money goes on Games Development Officers (GDO's) in schools and counties who are working full time coaching kids and helping out clubs. One of the strongest selling points of GAA is community involvement. My own 5 year old is being trained in our club where I live by a former all star and county player who is giving back to the club.. 90 five year olds are out each Sunday morning in the all weather cages with kids playing whose parents are mystified by the GAA and come from all over the world. The cost is negligible, its €50 for about 40 sessions a year and any kid who can't afford it, is looked after quietly. The young lad is excited as he goes to his first hurling session tonight on the beach.
I enjoy all sports and have season tickets to rugby, soccer club and international and GAA and the FAI must cry when they see the governance of the GAA.
Of course they do, the GAA like every major Irish institution is mired in cronyism, backhanders and troughing.
It's not a criticism I like the way Ireland operates. It seems like a lot of fun.
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It's also a stupid argument that only the top flight should host big games or big teams.
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It's a bit weird for the GAA to plead poverty because they are amateur. They don't pay their players but they still have all the sponsorship, TV and corporate income of a professional sports body. Not to mention a half dozen sold out Croke Parks each year.
Lots of people in Ireland question where that money goes
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Not only did Houston not play them did he not resign because he thought he might have to?
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You'd need a 30 team league to have any confidence teams like Dunfermline and Falkirk would be in it.
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I'm not sure moving a game to Edinburgh solves any problems that comes with a midweek game in Glasgow. It's not like folk from Edinburgh can't get home and it's no better or worse for everyone else north of the Forth
So unless Montrose are getting a 50k seater any time soon just leave it.
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10 minutes ago, Pull My Strings said:
Of the 6 or so guys who have played up front, either through the middle or out wide, this season, I think Grieve's the only one who hasn't made any sort of contribution at all. He might come good but he's not shown anything which suggests that he should be starting games.
Classic "something's wrong, change something" reasoning.
At the risk of being overly blunt and not sufficiently analysing the relative strengths and weaknesses of all parties, Grieve is shite
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3 hours ago, Fife Arab said:
Interesting team tomorrow
Not leaking team as too many people will post it but let’s just say a few who haven’t been performing are dropped.
Birghitti rewarded for his commitment in making that shite bus journey?
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4 hours ago, 420 said:
Whatever happened to the old mantra "we won't give up the fight till it's mathematically impossible" to avoid the play-offs? Doesn't anyone remember beating all the odds to survive relegation at Firhill in the late eiighties sending Killie down instead? Haven't stranger things happened in football history? Great escapes happen all the time and I can't believe the doomsday scenario predictors don't have a wee part of them that thinks we might just scrape by by either avoiding the play-offs entirely (admittedly, unlikely on current form) or win the play-off. Auld Mattha Gemmell said that it took a heart made in a foundry to support Clyde and he wasn't wrong and its not just the team that are being tested at the moment it's also the patience and resolve of the support.
We're no deid yet and I'm not giving up on that wee bit of logic (not hope) that tells me survival at this level is possible and should we beat the odds I'll raise a large glass to all these maggot fans of other clubs who are rubbing their manky hands at the prospect of our demise.
That's not really a mantra.
You never know though. I hear Dani Alves is available.
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On 21/02/2024 at 20:02, Dundee Hibernian said:
Sad to see Freeman go, confidence shattered by Goodwin especially, but his displays affected by playing alongside some of the laziest, overrated senior colleagues I've seen playing for United last season.
I don't like to miss a chance to have a go at Goodwin but not sure that's fair. His confidence was gone well before Goodwin took over. He was ripped by senior pros last year. One of those senior pros still at the club was called out on it by new signings this year but the damage was already done.
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Scottish businesses using English terminology.
I'm physically repulsed by the words sarnie and butty
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No he has chosen to give up a portion of his day for a set fee. Not an indeterminate amount of time until the home club gets its act together.
It's also a pisstake for those club volunteers but we wont hear from them.
I did a guest lecture last week at a university on a subject I'm passionate about and genuinely enjoyed giving. If I had turned up and was told to wait an hour and a half I'd have walked.
Even if he wanted to stay there are a 100 good reasons somebody can't hang about longer.