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It seems they were tossing money at a few sponsorships, so hopefully we have our cash.

Or mind games for when we start with a false 9 again.

True. It's a bit like they what they say at the golf. "You can't win a tournament on a Friday, but you can lose it".

I don't feel like we're in the title race yet - still very much chasers. That's fine with me. If we somehow end up in the top 6 in a position where winning all our remaining matches will do some damage, then I'll start thinking about it.

Aye, none of this "we need to be our best and hope to catch them on a off day" nonsense. There's no doubt he has everyone in that team believing they can win on Wednesday.

They did have the advantage of using the feet they trained kicking a ball with since the age of 5.

One advantage of our high possession stats is the lack of opportunity for VAR involvement. Obviously kicks in when there is a goal scored, but otherwise it helps keep the incompetents at arm's length.

Good job you're not our current manager who likes the environment to be a "safe space" (to use KBA's own words) where players aren't afraid to make mistakes.

Every player makes mistakes. It's just that when you're a keeper, they lead to goals more often. When you're a Moult or a Higdon, your mistakes also cost goals at the other end, but people tend to forget those.

Not even close for me, In fact, while Woods wasn't great, I still think he wasn't as bad as some people make him out to be. The fact that multiple managers stuck with him tends to support that.

100 times this. In my list of worst ever goalies there is a huge gap between Gardiner and number 2.

I remember almost nothing from that game, except the slow motion image of that moment.

"try and catch" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Was like a man in an oversize foam rubber costume flapping at a beach ball on It's a Knockout.

I don't think our momemtum will be too bad as, in effect, we have only missed one Saturday game, and our next one is coming up midweek.

From all the interviews from players (and staff), we seem to have the mindset of staying in the present, focus on winning the current game and the league position will take care of itself. All very Zen, but I think its the best strategy as there's no need to put any additional pressure on the players. I have no doubt the team will be well prepared and well drilled for this one, so it's all about executing the plan. With the current team I don't expect to win every game, but I go into every game thinking it's very winnable. This one is no different.

Miller starting again for Udinese today. Good to see him established as a regular now.

If we don't win it, I could not care less who does. I prefer it's not one of the OF, as their fan meltdowns have added to the entertainment this season, but they will still be favourites. Every team bar one, however, is going to lose.

Should have listened to me

Watching Dundee, with 3 minutes to go and needing to hang on, and the keeper kicks it long for Celtic to immediately win it back. I'm thinking, "play it short and keep possession!"

No chance.

So far, so good.

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.