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That, and I've also seen games called off even when only the area immediately surrounding the ground has been unsafe (icy pavements etc.)

I don't obsess over the possession stats, and I'm OK with counterattacking tactics when they work - and they are working right now. I also don't think it's unreasonable to enjoy watching us pass the ball around more than watching the opposition pass the ball around, so I get why people would prefer us to have better retention.

Same here. Boyle did a lot of (well-intentioned) damage to the club that almost drove us out of existence. On the plus side, we'd likely never have moved to the fan owned model if it wasn't for that. He also did the right thing when it came to being repaid monies owed to him that otherwise could have made our financial situation even more dire.

I've no doubt they heard someone from the club say they think Miller is worth more than Turnbull, so they just rounded up the fee we got for him to the next nearest million.

That's true - it's just the assumption that it's the OF that will be his dream move that grates. Although I appreciate that is largely clickbait to engage their target readership.

I know it's a slow news week thanks to the international break, but the amount of column inches being used to talk up Miller moving to the OF is ridiculous, even by West Coast media standards. EDIT: did I really say "West Coast" media standards? Been living here too long. I really meant "West of Scotland"

I don't think we have any say in how the police manage the fans or the crowds.

Exactly. I've got a leather jacket I still call "my new one" I bought it in 2003.

Ian St John is my cut-off. Anything after his move to Liverpool = recent Anything prior to his move to Liverpool = before my time. (Although sometimes I split it between post SPL and pre SPL).

100% - our entire national development structure is unfit for purpose.

Sadly, for the players involved, we can point to countless examples of youngsters who have left for the "big move" and ended up as bit players in youth teams down south (or with the OF) before returning to a lower league team in Scotland. McAlear, Mckinstry and Hastie are all recent examples. It's no coincidence that Max Johnston and Lennon Miller both have dads who are ex-players. They are in a much better position to offer career and development advice than well-meaning parents with no experience who are excited when a "big" team comes in with an offer; especially if it's a team from the OF that they support.

For me, Gary McAllister's still the standard for success in recent times.. After we set him on the road with his first winner's medal (Scottish First Division) he won the English First Division - before the EPL was invented - the FA Cup, the League Cup and, of course, was instrumental in helping Liverpool win the UEFA Cup.

According to his dad, it was Miller that wanted to play for the 19s.

I think the criticism was more to do with his family connections. With his grandfather being an ex-Celtic chairman, it was assumed by many he would be a cert to sign for them.

100% agree. I think Turnbull missed a trick by not moving abroad, and hope the recent success of other Scottish and English players moving to Italy might influence his next move. Max Johnston's career is developing pretty well too. I see he has quite a few starts this season in the league and in the Champions League.

The official site calls Ferrie's goal a "dink" - that doesn't really do it justice. I also learned today that Calum "I don't like taking the bus" Elliot is their manager.

To paraphrase the old joke, for that kind of money we wouldn't need to raise the slope on the pitch - we could have lowered Motherwell.

Would be great if true, but I get the feeling that someone read Faddy's interview where he says he'd like to see Miller move abroad like Lewis Ferguson and decide "He's definitely going to Bologna".

Quite a few ex-Well and on-loan players in the East Kilbride vs Ayr game tonight, mostly for EK -but Hastie just coming on for Ayr.

We seem to be slow starters after international breaks, often taking at least the first half to bring any pressing or tempo to our game. Maybe sticking with Kaleta and Maswanhise in the starting lineup will inject a little more urgency from the kick-off.

100% - but as usual the authorities bent over backwards to accommodate them regardless.

Only if you believe he deliberately touched the ball as per the IFAB wording. He certainly didn't make his body "unnaturally bigger" It is an offence if a player: deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, for example moving the hand/arm towards the ball touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger. A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation. By having their hand/arm in such a position, the player takes a risk of their hand/arm being hit by the ball and being penalised I'd argue if you are turning your back on a shot blasted at you from 3 yards away, there is not deliberate touching of the ball or unnatural "biggening" Especially using this season's interpretation that are supposed to include a little more common sense. The fact that the ref had a clear view and didn't award it suggests to me he was OK with it too and only felt like he had to give it when he was summoned by VAR.

There have been solutions proposed over the years, but the SFA rejected 99% of them. When Rainer Bonhof was in charge of the U21s he provided some plans to overhaul the structure that were tossed in the bin. One of the main stumbling blocks is that the OF (and a few others, to be fair) are more focused in short-term success and keeping the lion's share of income. Any overhaul is likely to eat into that and, horror of horrors, might distribute revenue in a fairer manner and increase the level of competition in the leagues. One thing that did stand out to me from those figures is the laughable notion that B teams in the lower leagues were going to provide a pathway to promote youngsters into the Premiership first teams.

The irony of the whole poppy debacle these days is that while the Royal British Legion is very vocal about everyone choosing to do what they want, it has been turned into a political game by the populists who love freedom so much they want to make you wear what they want you to wear, and only say what they agree with.

I'm no physicist, but I'm pretty sure the ball was moved towards him at great velocity first.