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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,

Like the Dundee Utd game, I have a sneaking suspicion we will take 3 points from this one. All out attack for 60 minutes to go 3 up and then hang on for a 3 - 2.

Many people that speed don't cause accidents, though. It's just a few that do. Same with crowd control. Most fans don't cause problems, but some do. So rather than pick and choose which regulations to enforce against which motorists or which fans, the authorities just apply them to every motorist and every fan.

Been saying that for years. Instead of our tendency to sit deeper and deeper during the second half of games we should be pressing in the opponent's half.

People speed every day on the M74 and only a few get a ticket. "Everyone else is doing it" won't pass legal muster.

If I had some spare cash I'd also stick a tenner on you scoring an injury time goal.

Remember when we knocked back their bid for Skippy and the headlines were all about how we killed his "dream move" to Ibrox? Good times.

I wasn't there, but I believe at one of either the club or Well Society Q&A's 'Flow's duties as GM were explained, including how they were different from the work that Dempster had been doing.

You do that. I'm off to grab some lunch, have a couple of beers and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Just confirms how dim players can be.

Is that so Saints fans can moan about how their ex-players "always come back to haunt them?"

Gordon (night)Mair and John (the Rile)Reilly in the same team. There was a force to be reckoned with. And everything Wishart brought to the table at full back, Derek Murray left behind.

Peter "the next George Best" Marinello was the only 10 that played at Fir Park. Combining his celebrity lifestyle with heavy drinking in a career shortening way that guys like Lasley and Sutton can only dream of.

No vote from me, but glad to hear McManus stepped up when required. Can be frustrating at times, but no doubt he is quality when he applies himself for the 90 minutes.

3 points against the worst team in the league. Delighted we won, but need to make sure we keep the momentum going over the next few games.

Sounds like we got the wee break we needed with United hitting the bar at 1 - 0.

Government cutbacks. Same reason as BBC 3 went 100% interwebs today and they are losing huge amounts of live coverage of other major sporting events.

It's called "getting a thread back on topic". We used to do it all the time in the old days. I can feel a surprise win in the air for us tonight based on nothing more than the surprise weather here today.

It's not steel we need. It's some creativity.

Same problem with McManus - he seems to switch off for 2 or 3 minutes most games and we end up conceding.

He wasn't playing for a draw in the Cup.

The "fitness" question wasn't the stupid one I was talking about, it was the kind journos love to ask in the "manufacturing a quote" category. It's just a version of the "Have you stopped beating your wife?" question.