Jimmy1876

Just seen that's Callumn Morrison on the same number of goals as Crunchie finished with. I said this before, but has to be confirmed now, he is club legend already alongside many in this team whether we finish as invincibles or not.

Yeah that is fair, in that sense it was unlucky and he made the decision to clear and take the risk of it being a bad tackle.

This is the point though. It was a bad decision and he was punished for it. If we stop red cards then players will no longer have to think about making those decisions and going in for a tackle will not seem a risk anymore. More players will be injured as a result. Knowing that you can get a red card for a poor decision forces players to make an attempt to think. They won't get it right every time but just because it was accidental it doesn't mean you can get away with endangering others on the park.

No but you forget that players are incapable of controlling their body parts and Col's leg in the air had a mind of it's own. No way he could have decided not to put a foot in the air. There simply wasn't enough time

Ah well you know what they say about making assumptions. You don't know me or if I have or have not played. And it's irrelevant. Sport moves on as I'm sure it has from when you played. It's nice to live back in the days sometimes but dinosaurs do become extinct. As I've mentioned the reason there are fewer dangerous tackles these days is because of a fear of red cards and players being capable of making far safer decisions despite what you seem to believe. It's okay to admit you weren't capable of making fast decisions but we are lucky that players can now. And I'll repeat myself, clearly you have no respect for the safety of players and you've shown it a number of times so I will leave the conversation here. I am just glad the players and referees at the very least have more care for preventing injuries than you.

You are doing a huge discredit to the players. They train probably their whole lives to be knowledgeable and skilled enough to make those split second decisions. Of course they have time to think, that's literally where the talent in decision making lies. We've seen the improvement Morrison has made in that regard. It's just a fundamental of any job really, relying on training to make fast decisions so I don't agree with what you're saying at all. The decision made by Donaldson was the wrong one. He looked to make a tackle and probably didn't forsee the player falling into him which is why it becomes a freak accident. But are you seriously trying to argue that Donaldson hasn't seen the player running with the ball and decided to make the tackle with feet high enough to get the ball?

You've completely not understood what I've said. It doesn't stop freak accidents, but it does make people think twice before making a reckless tackle. It stops people chancing it and massively reduces injuries that way. I remember you were also happy to let players get dementia because of heading the ball so just gonna say I think you need to adjust your priorities. The long term safety and health of players is not something to exploit for your entertainment because you think it's more fun to watch. The reason dangerous tackles are seen less often these days is because of red cards. Simple as that.

This is a ridiculous debate. It's a straight red. Accidental or not is completely irrelevant. If you want to stop people making potentially reckless and dangerous tackles you cannot allow reckless and dangerous tackles to go unpunished just because he didn't mean it. Donaldson was half a foot from booting a guy studs up in the face which could have been disastrous and was lucky it was his shoulder. If you don't want tackles with that potential to happen then they have to always be punished regardless of the outcome or intent. That's what limits players taking the risk in the first place and leaves those events only being accidental freak things as it was yesterday rather than a regular occurrence where players think they can chance it. In the car accident example if you change lanes you are at fault and have to pay the costs (or insurance does) if the accident results in more damage like death you are in fact jailed. Accidentally or no.

Played the majority of that game with 10 men and the unbeaten run still goes on. Unbelievable fight and effort from almost everyone on the park for that record despite Kelty having 12 men on the pitch to our 10. Nesbit and Yeats were phenomenal.

We need justice for McIver here

McIver is in the top ten goal scorers in the whole country, but he isn't good enough? Because he hasn't scored 20 while dribbling? Wild take.

What a series of clips that is to watch but a very hard decision. Top four are Morrison Vs Montrose, Ethan Ross vs Formartine, Col Donaldson vs Alloa and Tom Lang vs Annan. It's gonna take me a day or two to decide between them. Almost want to give it to Col or Tam Lang because I think a defender deserves some accolades since I reckon it's highly likely Morrison will get player of the year.

Dylan tait. What a player. Can't believe I'm saying this but with Mackie and Tait playing the way they are Hendo might have a bit of trouble getting back into the team

We owed you that one

Has to be Morrison for me. I think we easily forget how much he himself has improved, it was only a year ago we were complaining about his decision making (chicken or steak?) But this season he has just come on leaps and bounds to be a player that every team talks about with fear. Donaldson has been outstanding, as has Hendo, McCann, Yeats, Spencer, Miller and probably every other first team player. But I don't think there is any other player who other teams are scared of as much as Morrison and I think he deserves POTY for making himself into that player