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My extensive network of Aberdonian contacts (= one person) tells me steady rain is forecast for the next fortnight.

Pretty standard for a cup game. Can you imagine Man City playing on that now?

Just bin VAR. It's that simple. Subjective decisions in the booth are wrong just as often as subjective decisions on the pitch. If we must keep it, go with the 20 or 30 second rule. Can't see any error within those 20 or 30 seconds, no clear and obvious error, decision on the pitch stands, and we move on.

I'd much rather it was off, than played on a lottery of a pitch, or abandoned 30 minutes in.

So much for the North East living in the rain shadow.

The East of the country has had a much higher than average January rain fall, so not too surprising.

In the interests of fairness and time, they should just make us the winner of that tie.

Fined for no postponements? Even the SFA wouldn't do that, surely?

Guaranteed cup exit now. Just sayin'

Maybe the ref was delayed by floods on the A90

It's nice to be in the conversation without the pressure of being directly in the mix. Maybe the stealth approach will see us sneak up a position or two in the last few weeks.

Right now it's unlikely. Not impossible, but unlikely. Win a few more this month and let's see what happens.

That's them officially bottled it now.

SODs and Johnny K are both comfortable at left back. Wouldn't be my first choice, but not something I'd be too worried about if they are played there.

The face he pulls when he talks about the attention JT received from around the world, and "also from the UK' tells you all you need to know about what the thinks of the UK attention. (Starts around the 3 minute mark)

Followed by an hour of "that's what champions do" on Sportsound.

I don't disagree. While I know logically we might to lose a game at some point from a poor performance, dodgy decision or bad luck, every game right now feels winnable. The last time it felt like this was when we ran away with the First Division under Davie Hay. We lost the first game at Rugby Park then went on something like a 20 league game unbeaten streak (and only lost 4 all season).

It's nice to control your own fate, although winning every game is a pretty big ask. Bring it on.

I didn't say was accurate, I just said I read it on the internet!

The stat I saw posted at the weekend is that we have been behind in games for a total of 23 minutes this season. We beat Livi from behind in our first visit there, but I agree it's much more entertaining to just not concede.

Aye, maybe next year if we need extra bodies to maintain our challenge for the title and continued success in Europe ,we can bring in more people.

Agreed. Even moreso because their missed chances came so early in both games.

As JBA said, the problem with any player is that, in January, they need to be able to immediately fit into the system. Otherwise they are better off being summer signings with a full pre-season. Does Furlong fit into that category? I remember him bombing up the wing, but under Kettlewell he certainly wasn't coached to play all the short passes across the penalty box, or to find a man rather than punt a clearance. As the manager said, however, clubs don't just start looking for players during the window. It's a 365 days a year process. So if we didn't bring in a new left back it's either because we couldn't find one that was ready and available, or that JBA didn't think we needed one at this point.

Another 80 minutes played, another win.

The team will be 100% focused. It's the fans and the media that get caught up in the feeding frenzy.