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I'd stick with the team that won the semi.

Good to see from the highlights that we finished the game at the Accies' corner flag killing time. The players must read this site for coaching tips.

I think it's the latter. I have been to NDP a few times and it's just a terrible place to watch football on a terrible plastic pitch.

Never in doubt.

Tom Boyd played almost a sweeper type role in central defence before he moved to full back.

I'm not convinced Hibs will get past Falkirk for the play-off final right now.

No idea what the circumstances were, but under the law, typically the "defending yourself" test means running away unless you're backed up against a wall with no escape route. Whether that's fair or not is up for debate.

Not that we have been in the same division that often in my years following 'Well, but our performances at both Old and New DP over the years have been pretty shocking at times. I have taken plenty of stick from my Accies supporting mates.

Certainly, earlier in the season, 40 points was the number McGhee was quoting as "safe" and when he thought he could bring in more youngsters.

I think my favourite was Paul Mills against Dunfermline at East End Park. Ref was having a nightmare, every decision was going against us and Mills popped up at the death to nick the winner.

While, of course, there were long stretches where we were in different divisions, I don't remember us having a great record at the old Douglas Park either. Be happy to take points from this one. Winning by a few would be a nice bonus, but I suspect Accies will plan to keep things as tight as they can.

Remember, however it's the club that is supposed to pay back the loan, not the fans or The Society. Also, regardless of whether the fans eventually own the club, The Society has provided vital funds to the club over the past few seasons, and by that measure alone, can be considered a success.

TBF, Gardiner would proably have been better with a dodgy shoulder because he couldn't catch a ball with 2 functional ones.

Close enough. Delighted with the 3 points.

You and your facts, again.

To be fair, Weir was one of the board members who, at a fans Q&A admitted that they had got into the habit of budgeting too adventurously because they were taking recent success for granted.

Ah, so I'm only half senile. Better than I thought.

Resigned from what? Didn't he give up a boaed position when Les bought the club? Or I am getting old and confused (which is more likely)

Any defaults by either side will have penalties described in great legal detail in the original agreement. The rest is pure speculation - as is this entire story about Les pulling out.

He's an Accies man taking at dig at his local rivals, whose manager happened to have a dig at plastic ptiches. Nothing more than that.

Ultras?

The FBI have removed it until Apple gives in to their encryption demand. That podcast is one of their strongest bargaining tools.

Aye, unfortunately, the OF fans' behaviour was responsible for a lot of the laws we endure now - especially in regard to drinking at, and travelling to, matches. Sadly, not much has changed.

They don't need to be consistent, though. They can pick on anyone who breaches a regulation and whoever that is has no real cause for complaint. Same way that while the vast majority of speeding motorists get away with it, and despite the fact that speed traps will often ignore offenders, if you are the one that gets done, you have no real grounds for complaint. For all that, and my facetious comments, I am actually on the side of the fans (including you) who think that the goverment, police and clubs have gone too far in their stewarding of fans. I'm old enough to have enjoyed standing on the terraces and changing ends at half time. The way to deal with that, however, is to get the regulations changed, not to act like some 13 year old, entitled kid. Rosa Parks this is not. Unfortunately, it's very easy for the authorities to hark back to the days of drunk, sectarian numpties causing all sorts of problems around the country. Then there was the Casuals movement, plus the Hillsborough and Bradford disasters that had the government of the time (who despised football and its fans with a passion) overreact. Every time fans run onto the pitch, or ignore stewards instructions or get into fights, it plays directly into the anti-football mob (which is signifcant) and ensure the restrictive regulations remain in place. The way to get some sanity back into the game is to suck up the current restrictions while actively working to change them. That will take a coordinated and concerted effort, but it can be done. Look at how we, the fans, influenced the decison to keep Newco Rangers out of the top flight. A similar, sustained effort aimed at the Scottish government might produce similar results - if not quite as quickly.

I have watched many EPL and Championship games this season and there have been plenty of poor surfaces. There is no denying, however, that in general the weather is worse in the north than the south. Looking at it on TV from above, Fir Park has been excellent this season considering the weather conditions it has had to endure. Having said that, given that the worst team in the EPL received more money in TV payments alone last season than we have turnover in 70 years, it's not surprising they can spend a little more on their turf. Sod's law, you might say,