Ped_MFC

The streaming of games is bringing a fresh aspect to the Scottish game. I assume Euan Anderson added 9 and a half additional minutes at the end to make up for the time that my stream was down?

Judging by that list of rules it looks like actually attending a match will be as passive an experience as watching a stream (albeit the picture won't freeze/disappear every 10 minutes if you're there). In fact having to sit silently for 90 minutes may be a more frustrating experience, unable to 'get involved' emotionally, shouting encouragement (tho I suspect for some on here it may be more likely to be abuse), singing, cheering a goal, shouting abuse at shitehawk referees. All the things that are part of supporting your team.

The way the draw worked last time was that they had 13 groups of 6 teams, the seeded teams being 1 to 3 and the unseeded being 4 to 6 in each. One ball was drawn from each, so for example 1 and 6. Another ball was chosen to indicate which of the two would be at home. If this made team 1 the home team then the team allocated ball 1 would be at home to the team allocated ball 6 IN ALL 13 groups. By chance it worked out that all seeded teams were at home in those 13 groups. There were also additional groups that had contained 8 teams. In those, some of the unseeded teams were drawn at home.

So Maribor definitely lost.

Think it'll be a tough match and not too fussy how we win as long as we progress on the night. Losing DT this week hasn't been ideal timing preparation wise and makes it tougher for us. If we lose this one and I read any shite in the press about Diddy teams harming Scotland's coeffient and making life more difficult for the Bigot Brothers (despite Celtic's capitulation last night) I'll fecking lose it.

and unless they score in the next 10 minutes the lure of the Champions League will disappear for DT.

From the BBC: - Former Falkirk forward Alan Gow has returned to the Scottish League One club as head of football operations. The 37-year-old and chairman Gary Deans hope his "contacts and experience of scouting and performance analysis" will help return them to the top flight

Couldn't agree more. DT has signed contracts twice over the last 18 months that has allowed us to maximise the fee we receive. He could have let his contract run down in the same way that Hastie did but chose to sign a new deal in January 2019. The extension last season also means he still has a couple of years on his contract now. Wish he was going elsewhere but good luck to the lad.

O'Donnell and Lang in for Grimshaw and Long.

I can understand why White played last night, and why Robinson kept him on so long. With the amount of balls being thrown into our own box from set pieces or throws I thought he defended them well. He still doesn't look to have the quality to lead the attack but we'll see how he settles into the team. As for Long, his late arrival after the summer and appearances since are reminiscent of Scott Mcdonald, sign days before the season starts having missed pre-season then spend the next 6 weeks dragging his fat arse around until he gets up to speed.

I find it hard to imagine that a guy in Alan Burrows position would ignore a court summons to appear without taking legal advice first. I'll wait until I hear his side of the story before believing The Sun's take on it.

Leeds boy did get the job, reported on the bbc.

Some talking of needing wingers as Hylton and Seedorf aren't good enough, personally I'm still hopeful Hylton can contribute. Do any the guys who have seen Harry Robinson know if he will be a good option on the wing or does he look like another fringe player? Apologies if this ends with another nepotism discussion.

Queen of the South had a similar away kit 2 or 3 years back.

I don't think the Buns will be happy with any comparison of their games with Rome. Most of their fans seem to get quite annoyed by it for some reason.

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but I see BBC Alba have a Motherwell FC programme on tomorrow night at 9.30.

Quote from SR on the official site:- “Christian was a gentleman. He always had a smile on his face playing the game he loved. “This is a tragic loss for his family, his friends and all of the football community, and to us at Motherwell FC who had the opportunity to work with him. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very sad time.”

The mock ups using the Erima templates look superb UBH, love the C&A trackie top. The white away kit also looks excellent but was there not something about a France World Cup kit having to be canned as the sleeves were different colours?

So Nicola Sturgeon stating that she is 'minded' to ban all gatherings of more then 500 people that require police or ambulance support. Ok for Livi and the Accies as they'd still be able to get all their fans in. Looking like this is going to be sooner rather than later.

Second time the boy has signed an extension when others may have opted to let the contract run out and make more cash elsewhere. Fair play to him, shows a level of loyalty to the club that is rare these days.

Maybe we should teach one of our short-arsed forwards to take a long throw (no pun intended) to allow the big guys to get in the box. On Tuesday we had Gallagher throwing the ball into the box with no-one able to challenge for it when it got there.

Steven is an inexperienced Ref at top flight level, I did notice however that the 4th official was Bobby Madden. I wonder how much advice older heads like Madden offer from the touchline to the newer guys during games.

The 'too loyal to certain players' remark was an interesting one, I'd expected an excuse about 'flu in the camp but the comment, along with Hartley getting hooked at half-time, gave me the impression we wouldn't be seeing much of him, at least over the coming weeks. It'll be interesting to see if that was a throwaway line from Robinson borne out of frustration at the performance or if it will have some impact on team selection, albeit with limited options through injuries and suspension, over the next few weeks. I'd like to see Gallagher and Donnelly given a chance as a central defensive partnership but seem to recall Donnelly has another suspension coming up so unless he thinks Maguire is ready I don't see many other options apart from Hartley. Just as long as it isn't Mugabi!

Re-arranged for Tuesday 25th.

The number of games teams in League One and League Two can play is crazy. 46 league matches for League 2 along with games in the FA Cup, League Cup, as well as the EFL Trophy - which has now been padded out with EPL youth teams so it requires a Group stage before the 5 knock-out rounds.