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Just don't play the "to be brutally honest" drinking game.

I think it's the other way round. Clubs like ourselves and Utd took advantage of the regulation to ditch it. We could still have used it if we wanted to, but who wants to? I assume the regulation is there so that lower-league clubs aren't required to implement VAR for a one-off cup tie when they don't have the budget or infrastructure to support it.

We did, but were only able to do that because the game wasn't picked as a "proper" Premier Sports live broadcast and the competition rules state VAR is then optional. For the 2 games that were broadcast live, the rule is VAR must be used if technically possible.

The best thing about the camera set-up was it meant we didn't have to use VAR.

I think there is some extra cost to Premier Sports, because the club doesn't provide their own feed, just the commentary. I believe the video stream we watch is normally provided by the broadcasting company - typically the BBC, but I presume in this case, Premier Sports in some form or other.

I admire your optimism that we won't crock a couple of starters in training this week.

The problem is that's is a relatively small sample size and could just be bad luck. It feels, however, like we've been having these issues under successive coaching regimes, so a more detailed review of the methods is definitely needed. Of course, the fact that one of our strategies has been to sign players recovering-from or prone-to injury and with "something to prove" may have exacerbated the problems.

I've read rumours over the years that Turnbull had offers from Europe. I always thought his game was better suited to the continent. Of course, the rumours might not have been true, but Cardiff still seemed a strange option for his next move. I see he did get a 3 year contract there, so maybe that played a part.

The difference with the Albion Rovers game is that it was a minor blip on the way to finishing 2nd in the league that season

Wee Al is now featuring in the starting lineup for Charlton who are sitting near the top of League One. Turnbull has made one sub appearance for Cardiff City who have lost 5 of their first 6 games.

I don't think his return to Blackburn means we've "unsigned" him - he'll still likely be operating under his loan contract.

Agree 100% it's on Premier Sports. They decided to buy the competition and if they don't want the home club's commentators they need to stop being cheap and provide their own. It's one thing when you subscribe to a club's own TV streaming, but if I paid Premier Sports to watch the semi-final, I'd be upset if I had to listen to a Rangers TV commentator.

I'll see you with a 4 - 3 loss to Clyde at home in the replay, and raise the 4 - 1 defeat at home to Queen's Park in the league cup. Only made worse by the fact we failed to make up the deficit in the 2nd leg at Hampden when its capacity was 81,000 and about 81 people turned up.

Just keep Stamatelopoulos away from Dunne.

I always refer back to our days floundering in the old First Division when we had to endure a terrible 0 - 0 draw on a very wet Wednesday night at Boghead. And to make it worse, it was on Scotsport so we watched it again when we got home. (The rule in those days was that if they wanted to show highlights from an English game, they had to show highlights from a Scottish game - and ours was the best available; or closest to the Scotsport studio). Anyone that had a season ticket that year should be getting free hospitality suites for life Although, to be fair, I'm 100% on-board with glory hunters, because it means we're having some glory.

That'll do.

They'd all be tough; including Falkirk (although they look out of it now).

I hear the Motherwell Former Players Club has moved its office to Paisley.

We can dream. Most of the live games I watch these days has no VAR, and players and fans just get on with it. Controversial decision? Moan at the ref for a minute, but shut up quickly because the ball is back in play and the game's moved on. Score a goal? Quick glance at the linesman to see it's onside then immediate celebrations. Was that a pen? Ref shakes his head, zero second stoppage. I was always against VAR for reasons I stated a few times before it was introduced. It's actually turned out worse than I feared.

I gave it to Robinson tonight. Put in another good shift up top and a cracking to goal to set us (and him) on our way.

Every time Jim Goodwin loses a game, the world gets a wee bit better.

Louis Moult back tae haunt... ...whit? ach, never mind. Take your pick...

Just sayin'...

I'd moved to England for work by that season, otherwise I'd have boosted those average attendances by about 0.05. Sorry about that.

I'm hoping Zach Robinson is inspired to score against his old Dundee rivals. I'm not unhappy with his contributions, but I think a goal or two will raise his levels.