texanwellfan

Can’t say I’m impressed by the new rangers appointment but I don’t really know him. His CV doesn’t seem that great if the new owners are going to throw a bunch of money at them. Hoping our new manager gives us something to look forward to.

Don’t stop 😂😂😂😂

Thought it was Lindsay Buckingham but probably just rumours.

Who knows, perhaps Wimmer gave them a few names before he left?

What’s the back of the shirt look like

You are correct. I think I inferred that by saying “unseeded draw” but yes, a knockout competition ie the old European cup and as you say, also addresses complaints from players about too many games.

Just goes to show that on a level financial basis the old firm are no better than any other team. Which also goes for every other league in the world. The more money you have the better your chance of success. So All this “we are better than you” shite, really translates to “we have more money than you” and i do believe this is exactly what the old firm say with regards to European competitions. However, UEFA and FIFA, continue to support actions to make the rich teams richer and the “poor” teams poorer thereby actively reducing competitiveness and ability for poor teams to attain enough financial opportunity to reach a competitive level. Champions league should be only champion from each country with an unseeded draw. Likewise Europa league should be like old cup winners cup and then have conference league for other teams.

Oh I agree that Seddon is better and is really like to keep him.

I didn’t really get the dislike of Thompson. I thought he was doing a good job for us.

Did appalling get auto corrected to appealing? 😂

What’s his managerial experience?

Im hoping he hasn’t learned anything from his time at Motherwell.

And of course Nicky Devlin with a cup winners medal today

I have not seen us play in Europe. Moved over here in 1989. Closest I got was the year Sligo Rovers put us out. I was home for the dates of the next round 😡 I did come back for Scottish cup finals in 1991, 2011 and 2018 but didnt come back for either of the league cup finals. Of course, I’d be delighted to see us win a league cup but I’m definitely more disappointed when we get knocked out of Scottish cup than league cup.

Don’t really care too much about league cup. Would be nice to win it, but for me, it lost a lot once they took away the European place.

Did you mean that or did you mean amber top with claret hoop?

What you mention also annoys me but I am talking about obstruction. Eg ball played back to goalie. Forward moves to chase the keeper down. 15 yards from the ball opposing players steps right in front of forward to delay him getting to the ball. Read Law 12 obstruction section. It should be a foul. If no contact with player it’s indirect. If contact made its direct kick. The refs have apparently stopped calling it now. The usual response is a player can go where he likes on the field. The law covers that response and if the purpose is to obstruct an opposing player from getting to the ball when the defender is not within reasonable playing distance of the ball then they are not allowed to do that

I’m sure if they sat down for a bit they could reword the offside law to enable quick VAR decisions. Another area needing some focus is handball decisions and again I think if they put their heads together they could come up with a quick checklist for VAR team. Just a few questions with yes or no answers. Perhaps you need all answers to be yes or maybe if any answer is yes then it’s a penalty. Third area than can affect a game in a big way is red and yellow cards. This one might be the hardest to resolve and I’m not sure how we get around that. Not VAR but Last point is my current pet hate and not sure if rules have changed or not but apparently refs just ignore the obstruction rule now as players get away with jumping if front of opposing players, well away from playing distance of the ball, and don’t get penalized. Seems to have started happening in the last year or two.

I forgot about Nicholson. If we can keep I’m injury free for a decent amount of time, he’s a good player to have.

We started the season with McGinn Gordon and Casey as the back 3 and looked solid but then injuries cut that short and didn’t allow us to play it for very long at all. I wonder if it would have lasted or would have lapsed into Swiss cheese after a few more games.

I still have my hair but it’s all in my nose and ears now 😳

I forgot one was chalked off in first half

Apparently 2 goals chalked off. I only saw one as I had to step away now and again. Definitely Moses was offside when Sparrow’s shot hit the post

That was in reference to O’Donnell’s mistake causing the goal.

Oh well Hearts won anyway.