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Making referees decide what is an accidental slip or stumble versus a player pretending to slip or stumble (or not even trying to pretend but getting away with it anyway) sounds like it would result in even more controversial decisions. At least with the current rules they don't have another judgement call to make.

"Slipped".

Fielding half a different team will certainly give Aberdeen something to think about, I guess.

Been wondering that myself. I don't think I'd actually be that gutted if we were papped out tonight, assuming it's not a result of another St Mirren-esque performance or a ludicrous refereeing error. But some folk seem to be thinking if we don't win something with this team we never will, and hopefully things won't turn too negative on here if that happens as there will still be plenty to play for (and hopefully, wins and performances to enjoy).

They usually have the top home attendance in Australia, averaging around 15,000. Their new stadium, which they share with a couple of rugby teams, holds about 42,000 - not sure where they’re playing in that video, but it’s not that one. (Auckland who play in the same league have had slightly higher attendances in recent years, but they’re in NZ of course.)

Also, it always feels (to me at least) like we're not playing as well when it's pissing it down and the pitch doesn't look great, even though we probably are.

We’re not really a scudding sort of team under JBA, and that’s fine by me. (But doesn’t 4-0 the other week count as a scudding anyway?)

9 million.

Stam and Thor up top now, let's see if we have a new partnership in the making...

Get Ap Stam on now, if he can't score today he never will.

Playing against 10 men used to give me the fear, let's see how we do today. EDIT: Well, that answers that.

Looked a fraction offside to me.

Simply people mis-hearing "should've" as "should of". It's not a new thing, according to the OED the oldest recorded usage is 1814, and Charlotte Brontë used it in a letter in 1853.

Kept waiting on the inevitable VAR check before I remembered...

And that's how you hit a team on the break.

Hopefully he's just got a burst nose from JBA giving him a proper headbutt after the St Mirren game, to teach him how to go down more convincingly next time.

I'd be more concerned had we not horsed Celtic without him. He's a great player for us, but with the whole team having upped their game over the course of the season, I'm not sure he's quite as important now as he was a couple of months ago.

Quite. The only thing I was surprised about was hearing it's 10 years since we last beat them, really didn't feel that long.

Working fine with my overseas MFC TV account.

I'd rather it wasn't a bore fest, but I wouldn't be gutted with a draw against the league leaders. (Even if we should have pumped them last time.)

They're still adding people's membership info. https://x.com/Greganderson_21/status/1994700156844015807 Was expecting to log in with my membership number tbh, no idea what email they have for me off the top of my head...

From Jim Paterson's interview when he joined the other day, it sounded like that was pretty much the plan.

Some pass and some first touch either way.

Looked like more of a pen than the first one to me.

I expect they did, and I don't doubt it was in good faith. But if he hasn't shown enough in training or whatever, then they're entitled to change their mind. Every footballer knows they have to earn their game time.