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Shiver me timbers!!! I think Williams already in short space of time looks a great find. Mistake for goal ( imagine if Wilson had made that error, would have been slated), but he didnt let it affect him, brilliant pass for goal, as was Lowry's

To be fair Hearts have a valid point, but you could argue the same when priestman was fouled for our penalty, all 3 were probably Dogso's and therefore should have been red cards. The SFA will take no notice and just carry on as usual, "yes we know we made a James Hunt of it, but we can do what we like so nothing to see here". Game 1 of the season and the bad referreeing deisions are ramping up, thats football in Scotland.

Building a clubhouse and upgrading the training pitches doesn't involve selling club assets or taking on debt. It also doesn't determine 'where our primary operations will be based' because our primary operation is playing matches at Fir Park. We need better training facilities. Working with Dalziel War Memorial Trust to upgrade Dalziel Park is by far the best option. Buying land (where?) and building a completely new facility would cost a fortune and take years. I've also been reading your posts about a new stadium and you are clearly massively underestimating how much a completely new stadium would cost never mind a new stadium and combined training facility.

Yup, if we progress then the Aberdeen game on 22nd wont take place as we have requested it off

I thought the game were set to postpone was the one in the middle of the Freiburg games? Only to apply if we made it to the final play off round.

Its now being played on Sunday.

I'm confident the club have the competence to agree a lease with DHSWMT that protects our interests. Other people might disagree but if we can't make Dalziel Park work for us it's hard to imagine that we would have the competence to acquire land and build a new training ground from scratch.

Having watched the goal (again today 😀) it’s very impressive the effort that went into the goal. Three newbies involved, but that was some supporting run from Williams, especially being at 85 mins. He was in defensive covering position when Whyte won the ball and did you see who was up close to Said when scored? Cap’n Tom Sparrow. ( ok! How many of you done the Pirate voice in your head when you read that? ) 😂

Although we don't know the terms of any agreement or lease with the Memorial Trust, there are various legal and financial risks. Its quite possible, that at the expiry of any agreement, that ownership of the buildings would revert to the Trust. Could we acquire a mortgage or loan to finance the building assuming we don't pay for it outright? Could the Trust at any point require the demolition, at the club's cost? Are we paying ongoing ground rent or lease fees? Do we require the permission of the Trust for any future phases of the development? Who comes good for the maintenance of the surrounding infrastructure eg access roads? A lot of the devil could be in the detail, to which we will never have access. Now the Trust seems an honourable organisation and I'm sure that it is. However what if ownership changes at some point during the lease? Would the next landowner be so understanding and co-operative? Now many of these concerns may be totally unfounded, I just don't know. However the above potential concerns can be summarised as having no control, over the land on which the facility is to be built. Thats my concern.

It's available in the civilized parts of New England. What happens in Texas is anyone's guess.

Imagine spending your hard earned cash looking for some entertainment and having the gall to enjoy it. Outrageous.

To cut him some slack he probably has to listen to Mr Rock N Roll being played in his hoose about 20 times a day!! 🤣🤣, would make anyone bitter

I wonder if another option for Thursday would be to play knight-lebel alongside moormann and play girdwood-reich in defensive midfield role

So far we’ve played three games, scored 7 goals, and conceded once. You can argue about quality of the opposition and chances but arguably the recruitment has focused on what we knew, that a creaking/injured defensive setup was replaced. it’s not as if we haven’t brought in attacking players and everyone wants a striker who can “bang in the goals”. I suspect we all think AP and CH aren’t good enough and Eythor needs to get fit to judge so that’s the main gap so far. Yes we can/should strengthen in some areas but I wouldn’t call current first team operating with one hand behind the back.

At this point in time, compare AJ's interviews with the Hearts guy. I know who i would trust to progress our club.

Guidance and training, your having a laugh .

Just shows what a ridiculous situation the SFA have got themselves into with those decisions last season......

I was suggesting that if the SFA consider Liam Gordons tackle on the half way line to be a DOGSO, then the chance of Hearts having Findlays red card overturned are slim to nil.

I watch it but anything after say 2010 I have nae chance. Mrs grizzly would agree about the 2nd part 🤣🤣

You should be on that music knowledge programme that's on TV on a Saturday called The Hit List or maybe you should be on A Hit List.😂

Sshh ,Dont give them any ideas.

Keeping the dream alive...........haud on......that was Freiheit 🤣🤣

No, you're not alone G & F. I agree 100% that the club should give interested fans the first bite to undertake work for the club irrespective whether its for payment or volunteering. Looking after your local community is a 2 way process. Well done to the club on that score. The club should however, have involved the supporters at a far earlier stage, as you rightly point out. The club submitted plans to the Council on 13 March and it was almost a month later that one of our own spotted, by accident I may add, the application on the planning website. Not a good look for a fan owned club. Now I'm not advocating that fans should have been consulted on the design, number of rooms, or the colour of the roof or anything so mundane. However given the substantial cost, scale of strategic investment, and the fact that the club does not even own the land on which the facility is to be erected I would have thought that the membership would have been informed, at the very least. A bit more transparency and accountability would have been sensible and justified. Thats before the issue of a POD replacement/stadium relocation is taken into account. I quite get that the need for a new training facility is pressing and won't wait 10 or 15 years or whatever. However, it would have made sense to consider this development as part of the wider issue. Maybe it has but we just haven't been told? The Society has generally improved consultation with members over minor issues, but this should also extend to major ones too.