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A set of results that sees us 4th is about 60-1. If anyone fancies being annoyed for more reasons at 5 o'clock on Saturday.

Very true, maybe getting cups full of coke launched at his face affects him a wee bit.

yep, great post. I don't usually see the point in moaning that rangers,celtic get the benefit of the doubt , its the way its always been, refs are influenced by crowds , whether they admit it or not. The tackle in the celtic game just compounds that, in saying all that, Roberts couldve walked if it had been the 70th minute of a feisty cup tie, it would have been easier to take , in the 1st minute, you just wanted a wee break and some perspective. It didn't happen and hope we get a break in the run in of the league, probably more chance of 4th or 5th place than winning Cup anyway. Anybody shouting some of the stuff quoted at Colum needs to stop going to football.

Shannon's red was brilliant!

Typo, I meant share (not shite)

Aye, he obviously has history with Steve Clarke, and Clarke knows exactly what he can get out of him when he needs it. Depending on the tactics for the game, O'Donnell and Patterson offer different options, and that's never a bad thing. Players from "lesser" teams often do better at international level because they are playing alongside better players. It's always a positive when our players get international recognition as we can use it as an additional selling point when we're trying to recruit.

He has taken a ridiculous amount of stick recently but we'll done to SOD and of course super Liam. Yes SOD not been on great form but it's still great to have 2 players in the squad

Wild that O'Donnell makes the squad given he struggles to start for us.

That though is the whole problem. There is no consistency whatsoever. Look at the Mugabi and Roberts tackle. Same game, same ref, same tackle different outcome. No conspiracy theories just inconsistency. I have not seen the Celtic players tackle but different game, different ref different outcome. People pay their money to watch a cup tie of 11 v 11. If a ref is to make a decision in the first minute to change that he has to be confident that he has it right. The fact that he did not send of Roberts suggests to me that Collum was not as confident about the first decision. My own theory there is that he actually showed a moment of genuine compassion about the teams situation. Not right but certainly not the actions of a man out to get us. I am not really understanding the OF levels of paranoia comments either however. It is a legitimate debate and just because a few are very confident in there opinion that it is as a red, does no mean that anybody who disagrees with that is showing OF levels of paranoia. That is a strange conclusion to come to. Was Kenny Miller showing OF levels of paranoia. He thought the decision was harsh. I thought a yellow would have been enough but I can see why the red was given. It comes as part of a growing trend from a small minority to dismiss anything and anybody that actually tries to defend the club (I have quoted you Yorkyred but I don't mean to implicate you in this observation) the players and it's own fans. It is like a bias against the club. I thought that the role of a football fan was to be biased and blinkered in favour of your own club not against it. Is that not part of the fun of it? Within a minute of the sending off on Sunday there was a few tripping over themselves to blame Graham Alexander. He was standing in the dugout. It was 50 seconds into the game. How does that work? It is almost like the red card provides a platform to justify deep seated frustrations and opinions about the club and its fans. Mugabi made an honest mistake and yet the clammer to vilify him started instantly. Could you imagine if it had been SOD, the player that was been slated by a minority of Well fans last summer in the Euros for keeping Nathan Patterson out of the Scotland team.? Ultimately it was a red card and the vast majority of Well fans would agree that the ref made the decision as he saw it at the time for good and honest reasons. He was influenced by the reaction of the Hibs players and he was influenced by the fact that Doig was upended because of the weight difference between the two players. He is bound to be influenced by those factors because he is human. In his quiet moments after the game he may feel he got it right, he may feel he got it wrong. As fans we should have the opportunity to discuss it without being brow beaten one way or the other.

If I’ve got any money left after Cheltenham I’ll be lumping on Ciftci anytime goal scorer