VincentGuerin

Well, the rest of you can get fucked, quite frankly.

It's coming at some point. Much like the Dundee game at the weekend, a draw would be no surprise. Also no real disaster.

I feel everyone should be getting right behind Derek's brave lads on Tuesday. Three points for County could open the door to a great deal of hilarity.

FTFY

If Ross County win on Tuesday, Hibs are four points above 11th with their next four including Celtic at home, Aberdeen and Hearts away. It's not quite ON yet. But it could soon be very much ON.

So, a consultancy then?

No. The rules do not state that it needs to be deliberate. Not sure what you're struggling with here. " it doesn’t need to be deliberate, that’s not in the rules. " is an entirely correct statement.

It's very promising stuff, given that Hibs' new place in the world is going to be developing players not ready to play for Bournemouth yet. We're going to see a lot of this. Young lads sent to make their mistakes at Hibs. It's wonderful.

In my Honourable Friend's defence, he's said it doesn't need to be deliberate, and you've corrected him by posting the law which shows it doesn't need to be deliberate. Deliberate handball is only one of the offences. Dave is quite correct.

Form in the last 15 is good, but that's what it is; form. There'll be a downturn. We're on course for over 70 points at the moment, and I'd be very surprised if we managed that. We're having a very good season, but we're some distance off being anything more than third best. There have been a lot of close-run things in terms of our wins, and I don't think it'll be a shock when we start to drop points. Fortunately, it looks like we're pretty much done enough already.

Depends whether you think it made his body unnaturally bigger or not. I don't think it did, but the referee did. And I think it's one of those where VAR would have stuck with his call either way. The problem with handball is that you can argue it whichever way you want. His arm blocks a shot on target as he's turning away and putting his arm out. Or. He's turning and his arm comes out as a consequence and there's nothing he can do. Neither of those interpretations is clearly and obviously wrong.

The fact we've conceded 14 goals fewer than Dundee despite having played two games more might give an indication that there's more than Shankland between the two teams. You're right to reference Aberdeen. A good striker isn't nearly as valuable if you concede loads of goals. We've been more leaky lately, but over the season it's our defensive record that's made the difference so far.

It depends what Aberdeen believe can be achieved this season. Top five is still on the table, and recovering this to qualify for Europe would be success. But then Warnock's last actual "good" season as a coach was six years ago, unless you consider Aberdeen to be in relegation trouble as Huddersfield were at the tail end of 22-23. He's retired at least twice and this has the feel of "f**k it, why not" from his point of view. Depending on what he'll want paid, this is likely to be far from dull, he'll do and say some mad things, but whether it's worth it from Aberdeen's point of view is well up for debate.

Wasn't given by VAR. Handball in general is a shambles, yes, but the ref gave this one instantly. Not sure VAR would have given it, but can see why it wasn't overturned.

Would be an interesting one. Tactically hard to say whether you'd see much in the way of thrilling fitba, the man's a pragmatist. Unlikely to be a dull experience, however.

Given Lorient's travails in France, a Forest win over Bournemouth tomorrow would put a Foley Triple Relegation firmly on the table for this season. Food for thought.

Being accused of posting on Kickback is quite offensive, to be fair.

To be fair, it should be spelled that way.

Only minter kicking around here is your (Bournemought's B) team.

Chin up. Your loan superstars might keep you up. Err...

To be honest, I think he fed off the stick he was getting. That's what smart players do. And it worked.

We're only one point further from 1st than we are from 4th. Frankly, if Naismith can't win the league from here, then we need to sack him. The OF are crumbling and can't cope with our form.