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That's what Scott Mullen is saying too, but watching the stream there's a shot from about 30 yards out and Hartley just sticks his arm out for no reason at the edge of the box.

Absolutely needless handball by Hartley.

For all we're shiteing it about the defence... Efe Ambrose is playing for them.

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If I'm right, we can still sign players from down south as we can register them up here until 31 Aug. Clubs down south are still able to sell, they just cant register players of their own after 9 Aug.

Theoretically yes and bear in mind he's now a full international. If he keeps getting capped that will help us in this regard. Not sure what the age limit is though. 23? And there are cross-border quirks as well. Edit - There was a formula posted somewhere to calculate development fees due.

I'd imagine in addition to sell on, which is a given, there may be appearance clause, promotion clause or possible Intl clause going by the 'performance based add ons'.

Scott Mullen saying this is expected to be completed imminently. Given that he's close to the club, I'd assume its legit.

Like Kipré, but if a bid of £1m with a sell on and other future income clauses comes in we should accept. It's exactly the business model we're aspiring to and I'd expect it would be yet another example to put in front of would-be signings. In terms of the debt, as far as I know it's interest free, so I guess we need to balance paying it off, with leveraging its usefulness. Eg Rather than just whacking the supposed £1m to Boyle/Hutchison, just pay what we're obliged to, then make a judgement as to whether the remainder is best used to find a replacement replacement, or go on infrastructure etc or pay the debt.

Livi away. kind enough draw.

Job done in the end, but not pretty. All 3 strikers scoring, which is a positive.

I was about to say the opposite. He's dropping deep and actively looking to collect the ball. Most things going through him.

We could technically draw and get extra point on pens, but as things stand the Goal Diff would be the same if that happened. Another goal tonight and we'd win the group with the above on 9 pts +GD.

2-0 Sammon again.

i think alot of the likes are the usual 'taking a contrary position for the sake of it' stuff you see on Twitter all the time. For example you have Celtic fans weighing in, when they of course famously took Shay Logan speaking out about racism incredibly well. He's right to speak out and these things should be discussed - At the right time and in the appropriate context though. I guess there's an element of hypocrisy in claiming bullying, then broadcasting a character assasination to the world on social media.

Quite like the away strip. Roma-esque. Would think about buying... If it had the actual badge on it

Yeah, this ties in with the other thread about attendances. The league season is by and large shite (as there is no prospect of winning it) and personally, the relegation battles make it 'enjoyable' because they actually have something tangible/meaningful at stake. Even 2nd place is a bit 'meh'. Obviously only one person's opinion and still go to most home league games, mind you.

Ayr away

I think with a good pre-season a fit Ciftci could be a good signing. I think he's also the type of player that needs to fit in and feel part of things. Going by the club videos he seemed pretty happy with us, laughing and joking etc which I think most people were surprised at. Undoubtably he has talent. Can we unlock it?

Same as every year. Avoid play-offs/relegation and hope for a cup run.

What about their NI keeper - Alnwick. Possibility?

Its obviously fairly complex and has a variety of reasons. I think the country possibly has an unrealistic sense of what attendances should be. We keep comparing ourselves to a country 10 x our size. You have the scenario where Ross Co were forced to build a 6k seater, when Dingwall doesn't even have that many inhabitants. Small away attendances (I say this in proporpion to the large stadia) makes for generally shit atmospheres. The game is actively talked down by those charged to sell/promote it. Two disproportionately large clubs from whom the authorities are shit scared - Leading to a sense of an imbalanced competition, even before we get into the numbers in terms of transfer funds available etc. Shite weather Cost

The George Stephenson stand would be quite fitting for the away end, as it's often populated by utter Rockets.

The thing with the (pseudo)protest is its motivation. I'd suspect a huge part of it was bear-baiting and an attempt to appear edgy, rather than genuine concern for the plight of Palestinians. Either way, a football game in Scotland isnt the forum for it - Not lease because any exposure it creates will be limited to fans of Scottish Football.

A CB pairing of Hartley and Aldred is pretty tasty tbh.