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I think we're starting to lose the plot here. A newspaper is under no obligation to highlight or analyse every similar incident. They report on what they think is interesting and will attract readers. Articles about Rangers and Celtic attract more readers. No need for us to reach their levels of paranoia. No conspiracies here, just inconsistent refereeing.

Not only that, but assuming we stay up, there is a significant bump in income expected next season.

Smells of an Asian Betting Cabal to me. Anyone know who might be able to bring it down?

Aye, I know they had to show it. I was more pointing out that being media friendly didn't help Skippy out this season (or last season) when it came to highlighting his red cards.

So is Skippy. He was even on the programme to discuss his own sending off.

I know he'd gone by the time we lost 8 - 0 at Pittodrie as that was when Ally MacLeod dropped most of the first team. So he must have been in charge of less games than I remember. I do recall a lot of draws under his reign.

It must have been very brief, as we lost our home league opener to Partick Thistle that season! As a young fan, though, it was a character building season. Sacked manager, Ally MacLeod putting the whole team up for sale, an 8 - 0 defeat at Pittodrie and relegation to 3 years in the First Division. And I don't mean that sarcastically. That period of our history was part of my formative years as a fan that shaped my attitude to the game and the club - and some of my happiest times following 'Well. Roger Hynd was a significant part of that.

Theo?

Would you rather have him playing up top than Moult? Don't you just hate when opposing teams put out 11 players and then they go and start playing? It's like they want to win and make us lose. If only we had some kind of strategy we could adopt with our players and do the same. It's a head scratcher.

Time for the players and gaffer to start earning their keep at the business end of the table. Think we'll have enough to win this one 3 - 1.

His record as Motherwell manager wasn't exactly great to say the least (we were relegated that season winning only 5 games), but he seemed like a nice guy and always a shame to losr a bit of the club's history. He was definitely the maestro of the draw!

That's logical.

Thankfully, though, the fans don't get to pick our team either.

I remember when Dan Twardzik was going to be our goalkeeping saviour.

We really stink at adapting when we have a couple of key players missing. For all the experience in the side, we seem incapable of changing our tactics and being successful. Part of the blame for that lies with our players, and part lies with McGhee for not recognizing their limitations. We seem to get on much better if we swap like for like with missing players, rather than play our strongest 11 in different positions. The harsh reality is, however, that we are a slightly below average SPFL team playing slightly below average. Our goal has become to just stay up, and I think we will manage that. I'm still somewhat hopeful that the younger players were are blooding at the club and on loan will improve our quality next season.

If you're taking bets on that, I'll have twenty quid on not going straight down or being in the play-offs.

I'm glad I'm an old man who has been watching us for so long I don't take games so seriously any more. The kind of season we're having is about average for us in the SP(F)L. This Celtic side is one of the best I have seen in recent times and we have no expectation of any kind of a result. I hope the players approach the game with that attitude and just go out and have a go and see what happens. Once this game is done and dusted, the real work starts and it's much more important we pick up points against our peers before the split.

Tactics are irrelevant if the players aren't playing. Not an excuse, but our record after an extended lay-off must be the worst in the league. We always seem to be a shambles first game back after a rest.

Did you find a parking space?

The only plus from tonight will be the Rangers fans frothing at the mouth about McGhee helping out his Aberdeen mates.

Just getting some "giving away soft goals" practice in for the Celtic game.

The Arsenal game's quite entertaining. Not that I'm watching it, obviously, as I'm still working.

Sounds like the defence confused "park the bus" with "stay on the bus" tonight.

Hoping that Cadden, Pearson and Frear will bridge that gap tonight otherwise Moult should just grab a Bovril and have a seat in the stand.

You can listen to it on mixlr - or I can just come round your house and yell "awww cum ooonnnnn. REFEREEEEEE!" in your face.