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Imagine if one of their staff had become seriously ill or died after the breach? The SPFL might have added another £5k to their fine.

Outrageous. And an even bigger slap in the face for the lower league clubs that are getting stiffed because of behaviour like this. Plus another reason for the Government to consider shutting our game down if the governing body doesn't take this seriously.

The players that aren't asked to return, I'm guessing,

The clubs least likely to be impacted are the Old Firm. And, remember, calling the league impacted Aberdeen (who could easily argue they lost out on 3rd place money) and Rangers (who argued less convincingly, they still had a shot at the league title). But that decision stood. More importantly, nobody has suggested teams forfeit games for Covid outbreaks. That wasn't the issue here. The core issue was that Killie and St Mirren knowingly and flagrantly ignored the protocols that the Scottish Government asked be put in place when they granted them special permission to restart the league. So not only did they intentionally put their employees at risk, and the employees of other clubs at risk, they also opened the door for the Government to shut down the game completely.

They stood by their decision to relegate Hearts even after they dragged them into court. That's one of the reasons they didn't make the decision themselves, but let an independent panel review and decide.

When he left, Lawless couldn't get a first team start. However, the players ahead of him were Murphy, Humphrey (and Omar Daley) in a team that finished 3rd in the league. It also seems to need pointed out every January that for any team - but moreso for a team our size - the best players aren't available. Contracts don't end until the summer, so the only available players are those that are being ditched for some reason other than being wildly successful.

You mean Motherwell Academy product, surely.

Would be funny if the appeals panel came back and revised the punishment by deducting 3 points per cancelled game from them instead.

I assume they appealed because the process allows for an appeal and there is no downside if they fail. Their fine was suspended anyway, so dropping it shouldn't make much of a difference. Celtic haven't (yet) failed to fulfill any of their fixtures and, according to Jason Leitch, didn't break any rules by traveling to Dubai. The SPFL/SFA are much less concerned when games aren't cancelled, so I wouldn't expect to see much action there.

Just wanted to be the first to say "Naw" to Kyle Lafferty this window.

A good performance and narrow defeat to continue our trend of fooling the gaffer into thinking we don't need any new players until the transfer window closes, and it's too late. Or a 4 - 1 skelping.

In his interview earlier this week he said he didn't think he'd have anyone new in by the Rangers game. I'm not sure we can compete with Hibs on the wage front. They have much more cash to splash around than we do.

Despite my lack of confidence in the governing authorities in general, I always thought the appeals would fail. This was based on the published judgement that pretty much addressed every objection either club might have and explained the justification for the punishments. Of course, we'll find out soon enough if my optimism was misplaced.

THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAID ON THE PARLER FEED!!!!

He wouldn't even have to admit he was wrong. He'd just need to say that from where he was standing it looked like there was illegal contact (or whatever). Nobody can argue with that, and even if video after the fact shows it wasn't a penalty, nobody can dispute what he thought he saw from his vantage point. That way, fans at least get to hear his reasoning, and no admission of error needs to be made. Unfortunately, given we operate in a footballing world where sections of fans vandalise houses and send live bullets through the mail, the chances of level-headed conversation is slim to none.

I remember seeing that stats from last season that we were the only Premiership team who averaged more points away from home than at home. Given there are no fans allowed in, maybe we should offer to play all our remaining games away this season.

At least it avoids the "will everyone get a ticket" panic.

Hope Fortmartine and Annan weren't watching today's Leeds game.

I'm already looking forward to focusing on the league.

To some extent, he'd be putting them wherever the coaching staff told him to put them during their set-piece training.

Mugabi does just fine when he keeps it simple.

On clear chances we should probably be 3 - 1.

I hope that's because you have a bet on rather than for entertainment!

To be fair, that accusation could be aimed at 90% of them, from Gallagher to Long. That's why we are the wrong end of the table.

Aye, he needs to be staying on his feet for that one. Bright start, though. Even Hastie putting in a decent shift so far. Although Watt back to his old tricks of missing our best chance.