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Three weeks of shooting practice for the team. Three weeks of moaning on here. Take your pick...

There's no rule about stopping crosses reaching the 6 yard box. The exact wording is: deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, for example moving the hand/arm towards the ball touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger. A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation. He didn't deliberately touch the ball with his arm, and the position of his arm was a natural consequence of turning away from the ball being hit at him.

Which is a natural position when you turn your back on a player. Try doing that with your arms at your side.

Every week I see a new interpretation of handball I never knew existed. This week - turning your back on the ball when the guy 1 yard away kicks it at you.

Miller starting again for Udinese today.

This is why we keep it a secret ballot. So you can all vote without fear of embarrassment. MOTM is a judgement free zone.

We've won 5, drawn 4, lost 4 this season. Which of those games are blips?

but you're going to make bold statements about how poor you think him and the rest of the team are and predict a terrible season?

I thought Alfred nailed it in his post match. Basically lost the plot, especially after the second goal, and abandoned the tactics in favour of desperate passes and hopeful long balls. That's when we miss an old head like a SOD or McGinn on the pitch to calm things down.

Mine are funny though,

Turns out we did need Ap Stam after all. Take your pick...

7 minutes in and we've already earned the right to play football.

That's a blast from the past. And a very appropriate nickname.

I'm not saying he was great, but to put things in perspective we have 8 forwards on our books right now. JT is the top scorer. AP scored more league goals than the other 7 have combined. If you want to throw Luca Ross's first team appearances in the mix, AP scored more league goals than the other 8 have combined. He also took a better penalty than JT.

Lennon Miller starts tonight against Inter Milan. That's good timing if he wants to remind the new Scotland boss he exists.

I don't that quite captures the welcoming and "safe place to fail" ethos that has helped create our current level of success.

We were a bit off it, but a self-inflicted 1 - 0 defeat at Ibrox at the end of an 11 games in 37 days run, wasn't that poor.

I agree with that, and there's a question or two worth asking. To your point, has the 1.5 million been adjusted for the rise in costs since 2011? Also, if we haven't met that target yet, why not wait until we do? Of course, given the time some of these projects take, and the process to approve, I don't have a problem planning ahead.

I imagine that's in part due to the better financial package in the newer Premiership structure. First of all there is a parachute payment if you are relegated, and secondly there is more money when you finish last. Livi's share of league prize money was just over 1.5 million when they were relegated. I'd also imagine our finances are more stable than they were in 2011. Not that I'd want to be relegated, but at least you are going down with more money in your pocket. If you stay there for 3 or 4 years, then that is a different story.

Not even that distant. Great grandson, apparently.

At the risk of tempting fate, I haven't seen anything to worry about in normal time when they had 11 on the park.

We have a winner! Not the most difficult question, but made me laugh when I read the quote.

See if you can guess which one of our ex-managers is quoted here. : -- "Ex Manager" knows he will be a real asset when he gets up to speed. He confirmed: “He can play anywhere across a front three and a 3-4-3, a 4-3-3, a 4-4-2 "He's quite versatile. He can play wing-back as well. He's played left wing-back at times. A real attacking option from one of the wing-backs. "He gives me numerous options" ---

Friends don't let friends do Twitter/X.

Not any more or less concerned about this game than the others. The hard truth in this league is if you're not at it, any team can take a point or three from you. If we are at it, I think we can win by a goal or three. Robbo, of course will be trying to kick us off the park.