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14 hours ago, numpty said:
No chance the club are giving up prime telly advertising space for that, though.
I'm sure they're still valuable advertising space, but Im not sure it's 'prime' space for TV. The actual coverage for TV is poor - those areas barely feature in the actual match, even touchline cameras don't tend to be wide enough to take any of it in. At best, there will be a brief glimpse in the build up to a live game.
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11 hours ago, C&A not the shop said:
A Sam Foley that was released by St Mirren due to his injury issues,
Is this fact? I know he had a couple of short spells out, but he was fit and just not getting a game when he was told he could find a new club.
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8 hours ago, weeyin said:
Is it not the fans that vote in those polls during the game?
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3 hours ago, Welldaft Mk1 said:
Deadly finisher. But could not trap a bag of cement.
I laughed loudest when McGinley pinged him a pass at 100mph. He couldnae control it at 1mph.
Knows where the goal is though....
Made an arse of it a few times today, but can't remember him doing that too often in other games.
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Thought the Hunter Stand looked great today.
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5 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:
Was it not mistaken identity or have I got that wrong?
I thought so, it was Cole who booted the ball away.
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We looked the hungrier team for large spells today - fair play to Alexander for instilling that mindset. Even though we drifted out it during the second half that was still a really enjoyable game.
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Another year under Alexander could see Cole get a really decent move. He's really showed his quality the last few months. If we can keep him for next season that would be huge.
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Well deserved. 100% win record and zero goals conceded for the whole month of April.*
*who gives a fuck if it was only 1-0 wins against St Mirren and Accies
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1 hour ago, Kat said:
I don't think Aberdeen updated their seats, for whatever reason they have put white covers over seats to create those silhouettes.
Ah, fair enough. It looks daft but at least it's not permanent.
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10 hours ago, Goggles & Flippers said:
#basic
Yeah, quite liked the MFC.
At least we didn't go the opposite way and do something completely shite like Aberdeens new makeover. Those fan silhouettes look awful.
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Given how 2020 went I'd be happy to see wholesale changes as much as anyone, but given this 'shower of shite' (etc etc) have taken us to third in the form table since Alexander arrived there's every chance he'll show more faith in the core of the squad than most of the fans would. Personally, I'd be quite content with that approach as long as he cuts numbers and bolsters with a few quality additions.
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22 hours ago, El Grew said:
The media are full of bullshit at this time of the season as they try to fill their columns and airtime with the latest “exclusive scoops”. Best to ignore them entirely.
One of the major problems we have had this current season has been an inability to score goals from open play. This is down to an utter dearth of creativity, craft, guile and ability to pick passes for the forwards from our midfield. The players we have are simply unable to provide these qualities. This means we are left relying far too much on scoring goals from set pieces. For me this is an area where we really do need to improve on the crud we have been signing as midfielders. Cull the squad to free up some cash to try and raise the quality of players we sign.
We've scored 7 from set pieces (which includes a few penalties) and 13 from open play under Alexander. I agree we need more creativity from midfield, but scoring from open play is definitely not a major problem just now.
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19 hours ago, weeyin said:
I'd like to beat Killie first, and then give the youngsters a run out.
Highly unlikely. Alexander was on sportsound the other night and he addressed that very point, can't remember his exact words but it was along the lines of only picking youngsters on merit rather than giving them game time because it's the end of the season.
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The problem might be that everyone won't be vaccinated. It looks like first jags are plateauing at around 50/60%. I know quite a few who aren't going to get it. t
I've no idea if that percentage is enough to allow the NHS function normally in the inevitable spike when restrictions ease off.
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English football is littered with big clubs who can easily pull crowds of 30k+ every week and they are nothing more than perennial yo-yo clubs and that's despite the years of benefitting from the crazy finances down there. Both probably have a bigger international pull, but they'd still need a big investor to compete. It would be interesting to see how the fanbases react to a decade of mid table finishes.
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On 4/19/2021 at 2:21 PM, scoojy said:
From twitter - there were mixed messages in the replies to say if it worked so may or may not still work come the weekend
Seems to have gone through for me. Quarter final for £7, not bad.
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19 hours ago, wellsince75 said:
it was due to injury he was out the Hearts team. Did well in his spell but not sold he's a first team regular .
Really? Bit of a slow start but I thought he was the spark the team was badly needing - him and Cole going forward were one of the few things that have been enjoyable to watch this season.
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43 minutes ago, Andy_P said:
Slightly different thing. I didn't say they were happy with the style of play, I said they were justifying the style of play. I've seen a fair bit of comment across the social media channels I look at where the recurring theme has been that the end justifies the means.
And that's entirely fair enough with that given what's been at stake and that the necessary points accrued but as I've alluded I think it's quite interesting that despite the strong opposition against Wright we've garnered those points in a very Wright like manner and how that has been accepted by many.
Ah, fair enough. I think it's fairly easy to explain though - most folk can tolerate it for 5 months if it means survival, however don't want 2/3/4 years of it.
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12 minutes ago, Andy_P said:
What I find quite interesting is the number who were dead set against Tommy Wright coming in because of the awful style of football we would undoubtedly suffer and he we are with justification after justification for a style that is every bit as numbing, if not more so, as anything Wright has served up.
Really? I can see one poster in the last few pages and other threads that is happy with this type of football. Every other poster wants / expects change after the summer recruitment.
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1 hour ago, Onthefringes said:
Contacts? Brings in players who are a good fit? Like Eddie Nolan? That’s correct, the very same player who has never trained at the club? That’s on GA. You’ll see why some don’t share your confidence...
You'll need to back your point up here with the facts on why, on the day he was signed, it was a bad signing?
Unless you have some inside knowledge that we intentionally signed someone who we knew was going to be injured for three months, then I'm not sure how you can judge the manager on that?
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3 hours ago, StirlingDosser said:
I don't think it will make a huge difference. For example myself I now attend around 4 games a season tops for a few reasons. Combination of issues mean I can't make it very often. This season I've bought streaming passes for at least 10. I believe there will be quite a few like me! Potentially the club hasn't lost out massively on ticket revenue this season. It will be interesting to see the figure come the end of the season?
The core 4 thousand at Fir Park I struggle to see changing.
It's great for people like yourself, of course. I'd be worried that for others in your position, those 4 games a season become 2 games a season. And the fans who go to 10 away games a season, go to 5 instead. While the total number of people viewing the game in total might increase, I can't see it doing anything but chipping away at actual attendances.
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45 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:
Even when a similar model revolutionised the finances of the Dutch league?
Do you know what it did to attendances? Genuine question - It's not something I know the first thing about, I've just assumed you'd lose fans at the actual games.
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4 hours ago, FirParkCornerExile said:
I see the SPFL have agreed with Sky that live streaming all SPFL games can continue next season excluding Sky's live Broadcast games, even if fans are back in grounds. Doncaster has said response to streaming has been magnificent. Seems its dawned on the SPFL the streaming service is very lucrative. Typically as with all things SPFL change is forced upon them. They looked at streaming all top flight games about 6 years ago when there was doubt over a Sky deal. They looked at a similar model the Dutch chose which brought millions into their game but as usual they shat it and ran to Sky for a complete pittance. Maybe one day the ruling body will do something that's innovative and isn't forced upon them, rehashed from the 70s, tried and failed already or merely copying what happens in England.
Not sure I share your enthusiasm. Good news in the short term, but as soon as restrictions are lifted it should be binned and focus turned to innovative ways to get more folk through the turnstiles.
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