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I think we will win for many of the same reasons. I can see Lord Mayor's show syndrome affecting them too and Broon will have us fired up after a poor showing the last time we played them. I also think they will be feeling the pressure a little more playing at home. What we don't want to do is let them score first.

What would be the point of all this cheating? Do the officials get a wee bit more in their wage packet when they make a bad call like that? Or do Ranger's supporting officials just get assigned to only Rangers games so they give them an advantage? What about the cheating Celtic officials? Do they have to cheat more now to try and stop the cheating Rangers officials' team from winning the league? What happens at an OF derby? Who decides which officials get to cheat?

I've probably paid less than any Motherwell fan on here to follow my team this season and it has to be Reynolds for me.

Incompetence is another explanation.

This is hardly the only country where the big teams get the big decisions. Every league in the world suffers from this. In fact, after we were relegated, we were the 'big' team in the First Division and received more than a few favourable decisions ourselves. If we did go down the video technology route, it should only be for very specific cases and I'd like to see it follow the American football approach i.e. the officials make the call on the field and it can only be changed if the video evidence shows irrefutable proof that the decision was wrong. If there is any doubt, then the decision on the pitch stands. The big problem is, of course, that games like American Football have far superior coverage with their multiple cameras. In situations like offside, unless the camera is exactly in line with the players in question, the angles can be easily skewed and make it difficult or impossible to get an accurate read.

The fact that you would have to prove that we would have won the game if we scored. The fact that we'd have to prove we didn't benefit from *any* questionable decisions in our favour during our league campaign. The fact that we'd have to prove other teams around us in the league were less penalised by questionable decisions. The fact that the SFA/SPL could just kick us out the league. The fact that it would cost us money that we don't possess. Just to name a few.

To be 'controversial' and increase the number of people that call in to his wee show.

Trouble is we are likely to end up with a plastic pitch in a plastic stadium.

He must be a pretty good radio presenter based on the reaction he gets on here. If was poor, nobody would bother talking about what he says.

Nah, he has suffered a small dip in form since the old board, but if he concentrates for a full thread he has proved himself a pretty useful poster.

That is a terrible analogy. It's more like, say, a striker sclaffing a shot every 15 or 20 attempts.

Cause: We spent more money than we had. Solution: Now we spend less money than we have. Simples.

That's also my concern about Brown which is why, although happy to see him here to the end of the season, I still need convincing he is the man to develop a squad for the future. Of course, I'll be delighted if he proves me wrong.

Different soil, different weather, different starting point (St. Mirren started from scratch). EDIT: Mind you, not driving a tractor over it might have made a wee bit of difference.

It was all wrong, but for some reason is still one of my favourite kits.

Because he definitely lacks the turning ability of a lizard in a sandpit* *Copyright SteveDiggle

It's not negativity, it's the unfortunate reality of the situation. The guys that run football clubs are usually pretty successful businessmen. If there was a sustainable way to reduce prices, they would likely have worked it out by now.

You make name for yourself by being successful. The underlying team philosophy is irrelevant.

I thought it was the other way around i.e. he had problems with the senior players because his philosophy has always been to play the youngsters ahead of them.

Almost. They used to say that, apart from Hampden, Fir Park had the best playing surface. Unfortunately, both have deteriorated over the years.

I swear when I started reading that sentence I thought it would end "... that his wig was undetectable".

That's what I really meant in my post too. I just didn't want to sound like MJC.

A boring 0-0 would be a good result, but I have the feeling that our good run might come to an end on Wednesday. Walter Smith has got that team churning out results week in, week out, regardless of how well they are playing. It will be interesting to see how Broon lines up the team, though.

That must be one of my most hated footballing cliches: "He turned like a lizard in a sandpit".

I never vote on these things seeing as I don't get to the games, but Hammell's effort right at the death looked like it saved us 2 points. I can see how some would claim it was a penalty, but it looked like a top drawer bit of defending to me. Almost worthy of the MoM for that alone.