Broken Algorithms
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9 minutes ago, TxRover said:
You tease...
Not sure why YouTube has it stuck on processing. It's on Spotify and the others fine!
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1 hour ago, McGuigan1978 said:
I hadn't realised quite how bad Arbroath's form was before and after that last meeting between us at Gayfield at the start of March.
They were ten games without a win, then turn the game around ourselves to win 3-2, then lost nine straight leagues games since.
Considering the context at the time, that must be our worst result in years?
I'd probably say since losing to a Queen of the South side who were forced to play a 16 year old in goals and failing to register a single shot on goal.
Before that it would be the 3-2 loss up at Brechin where Vaughan did his 2nd ACL. A completely rotten day.
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Imagine sitting through all of that season with Nat Wedderburn and Grant Gillespie plodding along in midfield passing sideways against bumpkin league one teams only to get to the playoffs at the top end of the championship and think "no thanks...".
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3 hours ago, Passionate said:
Is Ian Murray not further up the food chain for the next bigger job, consistent performer...
He's just signed a three year deal before Christmas.
No matter how much deflection is done, McCabe will be the most in demand manager in the league. The only saving grace is that it really comes down to whether he wants to give up the playing side of things.
At some point though, a club like St Johnstone will wade in and offer him an opportunity. Football is a very fickle business but there's no reason McCabe can't put himself into a position like Alex Neil where he ends up down south earning big money.
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2 hours ago, BFTD said:
You do have to wonder how Humza thought this was going to pan out. It's not like there's been any surprises here.
Best case scenario is that he thought the guy who used to have his job but now nurses a grudge would strongarm his bitter former leadership adversary into backing him regardless, which would make him a simpleton.
He'll be the latter. A friend of a friend knows him and and said (well before he was leader) everyone knew he's a complete marmite character. There's enough evidence to suggest that'll be the case going forward - he's not a person who ever admits to doing wrong. There's enough examples of that on social media where he's made big statements only to get called out on it.
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Given that Arbroath fans sing about Hammy winning the league at Stark's Park, does this mean we're putting you down at Stark's Park?
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21 minutes ago, pub car king said:
How the f**k have you managed a whole podcast out of yesterday?
No idea how they did it, but you've got to give them credit.
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4 minutes ago, Claudia Gentile said:
If Ross County are in the playoffs this would exclude Kyle Turner from playing for Raith, certainly against his parent club.
I'm not sure if it would just be any potential head to head games with County or for all four games, as he is a County player.
He certainly can't play for County as he moved to Raith in the current transfer window.
ETA: I think it would just be any game with County he misses out on.
Turner wouldn't be a miss for us given he's been used more as a deep lying playmaker and we've not really seen him in his best position.
If we got through against Partick/Airdrie and had to play St Johnstone, then James Brown would be missing which would be far more of an issue. We'd be forced to change to a 3-5-2 with no natural wing backs, or to go with a back four where a right back or right winger would play in his position.
With that said, I'd rather see St Johnstone in the playoffs as a potential opponent than Ross County.
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12 minutes ago, SerieA said:
If we are getting Stevenson and Hanlon from Hibs we’d be as well taking Megwa as well.
He's still under contract, but if we have the chance I'd love to see us put in a bid given he's likely going to get loaned out again next season.
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I'd be interested to hear the view of @Stephen Malkmus.
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Playoffs confirmed as being Tuesday 14th (away) and Friday 17th (home).
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1 hour ago, renton said:
Assuming we stay in the championship, a shopping list for me would look like:
New contracts for Easton, Byrne, Matthews
New LB, new RB, 2 x CBs*, 1x winger, 1 x forward.
*if I thought Watson had more in him I'd be happy to keep him around, but point is we need to be running with at least 3 specialist CBs.
The winger should be a proper speed merchant.
Fully agree. Tiffoney in on loan as opposed to Turner. Try for Chalmers too.
1 hour ago, SerieA said:Easton to Motherwell rumour
One Motherwell fan on twitter.
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I'd rather have Rudden than Gullan. Hammer came across as a lovely guy but he didn't offer enough goals, drifted out wide too often and was injury prone. Rudden hasn't been prolific but I think he's offered us more in games.
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1 hour ago, renton said:
Scored one and set up one against Ayr, scored the opener against Dundee United back in February. Set up one against ICT in the loss at home.
Scored the opener against Arbroath away too.
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I'm sure nobody will want to mention it, but I'm sure clubs at this level would far rather keep the current set up rather than opening up the second tier.
I'd be disappointed if we voted to open up the second tier and reduce games to two times a season so we can get the extra benefit of a trip to Montrose or Queen of the South.
Each league will have some degree of self preservation.
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1 minute ago, Raithie said:
Absolutely. In the past couple of seasons there's been Arbroath and QP going for the league and they've quickly tumbled down the table thereafter. Notable mentions to Ayr and ICT as well who have found themselves down the lower part of the league having spent time challenging for the playoffs in seasons gone by. Only Partick seem to be a team consistently up there in the top 4. Hopefully the additional revenue from finishing 2nd and the experience of being in a title fight can give the club a boost to crack on and see what we can do. Obviously nothing is decided yet on what league we'll be in but should we end up playing Championship football next season it's going to be another b*****d of a league to get out of - Dunfermline, Falkirk, potentially Partick, Airdrie and who knows maybe a surprise package from another team could make for yet another hugely competitive campaign.
We've got a very strong core of a team in place: I don't think any club would really be willing to part money to take away any of our players under contract.
I think there are a few things which can be equally true right now should we stay down:
-We shouldn't be expecting any downgrading in terms of our squad, and should know where we're looking to improve in certain areas. This isn't a squad where you feel that there are one or two standout players. Nor should we be worried that we're going to lose half our squad due to contracts expiring.
-The league itself will likely be more of an even playing field next season. Livingston should be weaker than United, but with United we took 7 points from 4 matches. Falkirk will be an improvement on Arbroath, but we've only taken 4 points off Arbroath from 3 matches. Queens Park,if they stay up, will likely be looking at more experienced players. Dunfermline won't have their injury woes. It's unclear how Airdrie/Partick will look.
-We're highly unlikely to see so many games decided by a single goal. Its also unlikely we'll see as many 90th minute winners. But you'd also expect with that we'll have more wins which are comfortable.
I suspect that next season, the winner will come away with the league with a relatively low points total.
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1 minute ago, pub car king said:
I am very cautious about injuries in the next 2 games, in particular against Morton who have the worst disciplinary record in the league.
Are the boys in the lowland league back yet and are they eligible to play again?
They won't be eligible to play, as I think their registrations will still he held with their clubs. No idea if Arnott is getting a game at East Kilbride but they're in the playoffs anyway.
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Congratulations lads. Managed to go up an extra gear over the last few weeks and get the job done.
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6 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said:
Bottled the chances was maybe a more apt term. How many times did United drop points and you did the same?
That 4-4 v us was probably the start of the decline of the title challenge. We were fcking grim back then (not that we've improved much) but you did beat us at Somerset after that so we can't be blamed
I think it was between that and drawing 2-2 against Arbroath. Stanton was out injured, and Dabrowski was playing injured until mid January.
It's worth mentioning that over half the games this season we've played a centre midfielder at centre back. We've only lost one game against the top 3. It's all very much those last two games against Arbroath and overall against Airdrie which have cost us. Still wouldn't as such say we've bottled given there's every chance we finish with a higher point total than last season's winner.
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24 minutes ago, Claudia Gentile said:
Seriously, the amounts wouldn't be much different. Raith and others offered Aero Muirhead more money than he is on at Firhill. However for all the difference in money other aspects came into play.
I do believe that about Muirhead. Before the start of the season we only had Keith Watson signed as a centre back. We wouldn't have had anything in place for Euan Murray so I don't doubt we'll have tried to poach him.
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