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Just don't play the "to be brutally honest" drinking game.

Hört sich gut an. Wo hat es am besten gefallen? Wir waren beim schottischen EM Spiel gegen Ungarn live im Stuttgarter Stadion…..

Kaleta looked completely lost during his first outing for us a while ago. However, he seems to have come on leaps and bounds since then, so I fully expect him to continue his positive development when he starts against St Mirren.

We did, but were only able to do that because the game wasn't picked as a "proper" Premier Sports live broadcast and the competition rules state VAR is then optional. For the 2 games that were broadcast live, the rule is VAR must be used if technically possible.

We're not in a position where we need to rush anyone back, thankfully. We've come this far, so I would prefer we eased the injured lads back in gradually and did our utmost to avoid any relapses or further issues. I would be quite content with our starting lineup from Friday, replacing O'Donnell with Kaleta.

Did we not decide (along with United) to not have VAR in place? Saved us £16k or something I thought. Aberdeen did the same.

Thats a really terrible contract negotiation then on behalf of the SPFL. That essentially does the club hosting the game out of money they could have made by streaming the game direct. If all they want is the ugly sisters, fine. Pay for that and we share the revenue. But dont pretend you are interested in the other clubs and then cant be arsed actually covering the game. Where is the benefit to Motherwell and Dundee United there? Just feels like a bone Premier Sports can through their subscribers at no extra cost to themselves.

Gosh, thought it was just me. The cumulative effect of incidents like these which I have witnessed over the years (1962 onwards) has led me to the same conclusion. My only direct experience of The Green Brigade pales into relative insignificance by comparison. The 1978 3-5 game at FP against them, when their twenty-minute riot went unpunished (despite senior police officers being on duty that day) after us going 2-0 up was the last straw of a long line of them: sheer intimidation and anarchy but no sanctions by the "authorities".