Archie McSquackle

Snitches get stitches (not really, as there was no contact).

I wasn't there today but I was at Hampden for Iwelumo's miss against Norway- it wasn't that, was it?

I'll take your word for it. I wasn't at the game and just repeated what they said on the radio.

Donnelly sent off for wiping out Kane off the ball in injury time but finishes 1 nil to Motherwell.

Sounds as though we're riding our luck with St. Johnstone missing chances.

I don't really know what to expect from Motherwell as there have been games we've played really well and others it's just not quite happened/ we've just not turned up. I was going to say fairly typical Motherwell then but it's better than the seasons when we didn't have the games when we played really well.

Week 7 - Cove Rangers

What do the cracks look like. Settlement cracks are usually diagonal, stepped along brick coursing (mortar joints) and increase in width towards the bottom. What width are they and do they appear inside and out? A pencil line (and record of the date) across an internal crack in a discreet position allows you to monitor if it is worsening. Give it a few months and if the line has separated you should get an engineer in.

A leaking pipe (internal or the external downpipes from the gutter) can also lead to settlement due to washing away of the soil below the foundation. If you've got a concrete floor slab you can't check for this without getting a cctv survey done (the expense would probably mean going down the insurance route) but are there any signs of leaking downpipes. If it's as bad as you say, the first thing a structural engineer is going to do is instruct a trial pit to be dug to expose the foundation in the affected areas. Again, probably best putting this through the insurance but you might need an engineer's report identifying subsidence to submit to them.

Yes, I agree their hands are probably tied by planning conditions. Unfortunately common sense doesn't always play a big part in these planning restrictions. It's one thing wanting people to use more public transport but if it doesn't exist (and the developer can't provide it obviously) then folk are stuck with not enough parking for their new house.

Just because they don't agree with the planning department doesn't mean they don't know what they're talking about. Plenty of planning restrictions seem to ignore common sense.

Strangely the current approach seems to be to limit the number of parking spaces rather than provide sufficient parking. I recently went to a presentation on proposals for a development adjacent to the estate I live in and they intend to provide one space per house. They argue this will be greener and encourage people to use public transport (very limited). Everyone will be digging up their garden to increase their driveway or parking on the street. Fortunately I won't be living there.

There won't be many left if Dundee United don't win!

So they've taken the daughter to buy new school shoes, she's tried them on and said "Yip, these are really uncomfortable. I'll take them ".

Worse than the away end toilets under the main stand at Brockville? I find that hard to believe but am relieved you kept that particular delight for the home fans.

As someone with two kids, I wholeheartedly agree the bog is about the only place I get the peace to read. Indeed, I am sitting on the work's lavvy as I type this response having just read this thread.

Week 1 - Celtic Week 2 - Falkirk Week 3 - Raith Rovers Week 4 - Aberdeen Week 5 - Rangers Week 6 - Dundee United

We had quite a few old heads around when Robinson came in and it didn't take long for them to move on or retire in to coaching jobs.

I didn't realise we had Corrigan involved in the scouting system. No surprise to see the comments on an eye for pace. As others have said, you can coach a player to play a position but you can't coach pace. I think we've already seen improvement in Seedorf and Hylton and hopefully there's a lot more to come. They both still look a bit raw and it's interesting to see we're only playing one of them with Scott on the other side. Maybe they're too similar to be playing both at the same time at the moment and Scott brings something different to the attacking line-up.

That could go wrong as well but at least Celtic would have to pay money to bring him in.

It was on the other channel from whichever one you had on - digital or FM. I was doing my DIY also and they had Murdo McLeod on and 5 songs on for his career. He actually had some decent anecdotes but I didn't listen to all of it.

Getting someone in who didn't play for Celtic might improve the chances of them staying more than a few months.

Roddie was at least supposed to be a winger. I don't think the management team could work out the best position to play Kerr until they eventually realised it was better not to play him at all.

The Herald this morning reports for the second goal "Loic Damour surged forward unchecked before unleashing a fire-cracker from 20 yards which crossed the line after crashing off the underside of the bar." If you're going to score an own goal you might as well do it in style.

I've just seen the highlights. That's some goal from Seedorf.