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I also agree with that. Which goes back to one of my original thoughts that if you can't make a call in 20 seconds or less then the decision on the pitch stands. In a lot of the VAR reviews I have seen, the "big toe" decisions often take a minute or two to decide. That is far too long in my mind and I'd much rather the benefit is given to the attacking player. I know I'm an old man these days, but when I first learned the laws of the game the offside rule was written using the phrase that the player had to be "Seeking to gain an advantage". By that standard, having a toe 2cm in front of a defender's toe does not meet that standard. Of course, they took that wording out, but I think the same spirit should be applied. I hope I'm wrong and everything goes well with VAR, but I'll need some convincing. My biggest beef with it is how it kills the moment of celebration when you score and need to wait 2 minutes for a check before a goal is awarded.

I'm with you on that one. I'm sure most fans would prefer the advantage going to the striker rather than getting called offside because a big toe is ahead. I'd be fine if they just used it for reviewing penalty and red card decisions and left it at that.

We are apparently using a "thicker line" for the offside decisions - we'll see how that helps. I've always said that if VAR can't make a decision in 20 seconds or so then there was no clear and obvious error so the ref's decision should stand. The escapades down south where they have incidents that are reviewed for 3 or 4 minutes are ridiculous.

VAR confirmed as an early arrival and we'll have the pleasure in our home game against Aberdeen on October 22nd. Looking forward to Goodwin being on the end of a poor decision.

Just caught the highlights. While Rangers looked like they chucked it, Salah's close control and vision is on a different planet. What a hat trick

Morris has taken 15 first team penalties. Scored 12, missed 3. So maybe a little surprising if he misses.

If the local shops are selling Roberto Firmino masks for Halloween we need to get a couple for Slattery and Goss.

Unless you are saying FIFA have less influence than Cadden, I still don't buy it. The MLS had only just agreed to participate in the compensation payments (due to losing their own youngsters overseas) and were mid-dispute/argument/hearing about what category the teams in their leagues should be for the purposes of calculating the payments. If you think Cadden could influence that then more power to him. As far as payment, it was Burrows I believe that confirmed payment was received before he signed for Hibs. I'd much rather have a Cadden putting in over 100 games for us than a Hastie with 17, or worse, a youngsters that leaves after zero games.

Moult with a late equaliser for 1 - 1. At least I hope it's late because I'll still be sleeping at 7:00am.

I thought us getting paid was a requirement before he was allowed to sign for Hibs? (Also, I'm pretty sure Cadden isn't the criminal mastermind you think he is. Most footballers would struggle with how to calculate a tip at Nandos. Agents on the other hand...)

I'm on my way from happiness to misery today, uh-huh. Make your choice...

Not unexpected that the home team would come out fast, but starting to settle in a bit now. That looked painful for Spittal.

Slattery for me too. We're always better when he's in the team and his goal was class.

We've been threatening that for a while with the number of chances we've been making. Glad to see we were a bit more clinical this evening.

Staggies Staggered. Make your choice...

Stuart Kettlewell in as new lead development coach - working with the Development and U18 teams. Seems like a good appointment as he has a decent track record with youngsters, winning the Development League with Ross County U20s. Plus, as an ex-manager, he knows what it takes to make the step up to first team football.

Where's Andy Lynch when you need him? (The weans will need to google that one). Make your choice...

I'm stopping watching now and counting this as a draw.

I thought you'd disappeared after the first Hearts goal. Welcome back (and cheerio!)

SH: I've watched every game, or parts of every game, Celtic have played in the past 2 years. Also SH: I've not over analysed it or anything Good man.

Now you mention it, I don't remember Yosemite Sam being clean shaven. It's all starting to make sense.

Halls of Fame intentionally spread out inducting their best players over a number of seasons otherwise people lose interest early on.

Former Players' Club looking for donations to their benevolent fund. Direct link the the justgiving page is here.

And we score first or last.

We need to aim for about 75% possession. They can't score when they don't have the ball. Would be just our luck if we find our scoring touch and stick 3 or 4 chances away, and still lose. I'm genuinely interested to see how SH approaches this. Whether he goes for a park-the-bus, flood the midfield, man-marking, counter-attacking or some combination.