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I dunno... if we don't win this weekend, the record books would show we finished 7th and won nothing, albeit with a footnote about making it to both cup finals and keeping 20 clean sheets. Plenty to be pleased about, but not sure we'd be looking back on it in years to come as one of our most successful campaigns either.

Nice work. Shame the lyrics in those first few lines still rank among some of William McGonagall's finest examples of rhyming and scanning

I've often wondered if they're even allowed to put half that music in a podcast as it is... some of it certainly sounds it like would need appropriate licensing (LOML?). I'm sure they've looked into it more than I have though!

Not really, to be honest. Sorry. Cue "who's the bestest fan" debate, part 381

D'oh. Hibs also use Ticketmaster for their online ticketing, so presumably somebody forgot to update a template somewhere...

This article covers the sort of differences you typically see between "authentic" and "replica" kits: https://www.soccer.com/guide/authentic-vs-replica-do-you-know-the-difference. Don't know if this is the case with Macron, but I'd guess it is.... authentic tops usually retail nearer £100.

Isn't that basically what we get? The shirts issued to the team are made of different materials from the ones us plebs can buy, so presumably they're off a different production line anyway. (Or at least, that's what the clubs who sell both versions claim, to justify one being twice the price of the other...)

Indeed they won't. But given that playing shit is a hard habit to break, our chances of beating Celtic in that game are higher if we've been playing well and scudding other teams along the way. So maybe we should just be trying that?

I'm looking forward to it, and I dare say I'll be a bag of nerves on the day just as I've been at every other trip to Hampden. But I have to admit, having faced Celtic in our last two finals, I'd probably be a wee bit more excited if we were playing somebody else for a change.

I'll be popping over from Ireland, but that's not exactly going to have the local travel agents clamouring for my business. (Aside for anyone who may not have got the email: Well Society Exiles Club members are invited to a "Welcome Home" event at Fir Park on the Friday afternoon, hosted by Ally Maxwell.)

Stretching the definition of jobsworth a bit there, methinks... literally just doing his job, which is more than can be said of a lot of stewards.

The "I only wanted to see you bathing" part might be a bit awkward.

I've been having good luck with Windscribe, too... 10GB free per month, if you sign up for a free account (2GB if you don't, iirc), and iPlayer works fine.

I can't remember any Old Firm manager that anyone other than Old Firm fans liked, at least while they were in the job. Partly because anyone associated with the Old Firm is naturally disliked due to their employer's influence on the Scottish game and those who run it and write about it, and partly because even previously-reasonable people who take the job are quickly assimilated into their reality distortion field and start talking whatever mince will keep their hordes happy.

Seriously, just ignore him. Some managers like to say provocative things to get a reaction, and he's one of them. The more we talk about it, the more he'll do it.

It was a penalty, but we'd have been moaning if it was given against us. Small amount of contact resulting in going down like an Olympic swimmer off the blocks. Rightly or wrongly, some refs wouldn't have given anything for it in the middle of the park, let alone in the box.

Well, this is all going rather swimmingly.

Referees are "instructed" to stop play for a red card, but I suppose they don't technically have to. (Which isn't to say I think Thompson was playing advantage -- he clearly wasn't.)

He'll learn. I hope. (Though I seem to have said that a few times now.)

I wouldn't put too much weight on the fact that he indicated a "stamp", unfortunately... he'll probably just explain that away as just meaning "you lashed out with your foot". He saw they were both lying on the ground after the tackle, so even if he was just guessing, surely even he must've realised Kipré couldn't have actually "stamped" on anyone from that position.

None of the esteemed pundits on Sportscene thought it was a penalty. Make of that what you will...

There's hee-haw chance we'd win. Would rather keep the money.

Just happened this week in training. From the BBC:

I love watching highlights that last more than two minutes. Nice to see Ally Mauchlen turning out for Killie a year or so before we signed him, too...

Pretty much the best thing about football is that teams regularly beat other teams that they "shouldn't".