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Even when we were getting into the Champions League there were still a large number of posters on here complaining about the style we played, how poorly McCall used his subs, how he was too loyal to under-performing players and how he never had a Plan B. I remember saying at the time to enjoy it while it lasted as challenging for the top 2 (or 3) was by the far the exception to our league performances and when it was over things would be much less exciting.

No. While I liked Johnson, and he scored some excellent goals, he was about as consistent as the current strikers. If you look at his track record, League Two and the Conference are where he has thrived.

Billy Gilmour league appearances = 6 Euan Henderson league apperances = 6 Nathan Paterson league appearances = 1 Barry Maguire league appearances = 18th today Of course, Maguire will come in for his usual stick on here, but when fans say they want our youngsters to play, what they really mean is they expect our youngsters to be as good as senior pros with 5 years behind them.

Cole's still recovering from injury, presumably, so it was him or White - and Long has at least shown he can score.

I know we needed a bit of a shakeup, but not sure that line-up is the answer. Seems to be lacking in creativity.

Kille and St Mirren couldn't fulfill their scheduled fixtures down to their severe breach of the Covid protocols. That was what was investigated and punished. Utd and Celtic are fulfilling their fixtures (although I thought Utd were being investigated). Calling off games is the key difference. Not taking action is unfair punishment on ourselves and Accies as we'd have to fit the games into the tight schedule and play them when they are back to full strength. Not only is that rewarding them for breaching the protocols, it would encourage other teams to call of games when it suited them, knowing there would be no consequence. This is a unique season where unique rules need to be applied. They need to suck it up and move on - and be grateful they didn't have to pay the fine.

Most disciplinary systems allow an appeal. I expect the same outcome as Hearts relegation appeal, however, as the published decisions seemed to cover every point of contention pretty well.

Have they hired Rudy Giuliani as their lawyer?

We both know the answer to that. We've fallen back into our early season habit of not taking our chances. That needs to change soon and this game is as good as any for the strikers to get back into the groove.

I see we decided not to put anyone in the left back slot again. Terrible defending on both side of the box for that goal.

Checked the half times to see how Scott and Gorrin are doing in the Oxford v Hull game. Scott on the bench today and Gorrin's been booked.

Better all-round performance than last week apart from our ability to score.

Nobody coming to the front post. Two or three times the ball has come in to the front and all our players are at the back post.

Big Dec not a winger. Confirmed.

That's the same (reasonable) logic Colin Calderwood used about a minute's silence for Phil O'Donnell at a Nottingham Forest match, and he was slaughtered by many on here for his comments. We've started this game with a much better tempo than last week. Hope we keep it up.

The Jock Brown/Lewis Irons dream team on the commentary today.

Probably bring Long in for Cole and leave a bag of spuds on the bench for White.

I don't know if it was this game, but I remember when he scored the winner in a 1 - 0 victory there. (I think it was when Bobby Watson was manager, so must have been the 83-84 season, which ties up with that kit).

Cloudy and showers. No bother.

Aye, you'd have thought that was one of the easier things to implement at the outset. Either that or make sure players drive on their own to games. No shares.

The full findings are an Definitely worth a read. The detailed reasoning of what happened, why it was more serious than the Aberdeen & Celtic incidents and exactly why this particular sanction was imposed , makes it hard to argue against.

I'd imagine one of the reasons this took so long is that the review panel wanted to make sure their decision was legally water tight. I believe they typically have a judge involved. Much like the Hearts relegation, I can't imagine Killie have much grounds for appeal given they are a member who agrees to abide by whatever rules the SPFL/SFA enforce.

In previous posts I may have suggested the SPFL were a bunch of toothless, incompetent eejits who were unfit to manage our game. I'd like to apologize for the error and re-iterate what a fine administration team is in place and praise them for their continued excellence. Seriously, though - that was a very welcome, if very unexpected, result. Trying not be biased, I think it's correct as there appeared to be some pretty serious breaches of the required protocols in both situations. The fact that St Mirren drafted in some additional staff to oversee their process backs up that opinion. EDIT: I see Killie are "taking legal advice" - but I thought the SPFL rules were pretty cut and dried in cases like this i.e. the independent panel is the final decision maker with no appeals allowed; legal or otherwise.

Aye, I read a different article that said HMRC and Police Scotland had been informed. That can't be a good sign.

Must be an incredibly complex decision they are about to announce with points deductions, forfeits and a whole new approach to dealing with this kind of issue in the future. Or a small fine.