Kmcalpin

What about simulation? Not sure if that counts or not.

And, what of Scott Brown? Presumably innocent of any wrongdoing?

He's following the usual pattern so far. If he signs permanently for Sevco he'll be a Scotland squad regular for a few games until his value rises and then he'll be frequently unavailable through injury.

Yes, it certainly seems to have been an implosion. I take it from your post that you were at the game. Was the penalty clear cut as you imply or was it controversial as the official site suggests? Certainly Crags isn't know for tantrums, so there must have been more to it than meets the eye, or have I got the wrong end of the stick?.

Presumably too we benefit from a sell on clause?

My thoughts exactly. I agree with other posters about the poor standards of refereeing and I'd go so far as to say the current crop, as a whole, are the poorest I've seen in decades of going to Fir Park. What really gets me is the amount of inconsistency and we saw plenty of that last Sunday. Why do referees randomly pull up or punish players for diving; stealing yards at shies and free kicks; and foul throws. We see these misdemeanours week in week out but its only every so often is someone pulled up. In the most of the examples sbcmfc quotes above, Craig Thomson was either unsighted or well away from the action but despite that makes a very quick decision.

Glad that common sense has prevailed but the damage done last Sunday can't be undone. I'd say that of Thomson's now infamous 5 red cards, at least 3 were wrong. An error rate of 60% is not good.

I see the BBC has dredged up this story again. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43492302

Some big (no capital b) were circling in January. I fully expect expect him to move on in the summer. Circling predators already know the club's valuation.

He won't get any kind of reception from me, good or bad. I've nothing against him and so I won't barrack him. By the same token he's a former player who left us to go to another club, which he was quite entitled to do and so I don't feel any great need to welcome him back. On the day he'll be a respected opponent who will be trying to score against us.

From Kipre's point of view nothing. I have however reviewed my own initial impression of the first tackle and now beleive that Brown's diving in challenge may have been a foul.......for us.

Are there any seating plans available - I've not been able to access any so far? Also £2.50 postage charge per ticket seems bit steep.

This sums it up for me. For our appeal to fail Thomson has to clearly demonstrate that Kipre stamped on Brown. In short, there was no stamp. Irrespective of the outcome of the appeal, anyone with half a brain in their head in the SFA will ensure, that Thomson does not referee another of our games. Is that likely to happen? No.

I meant the original challenge and even thats being kind to Thomson. Just can't see how the slight foot flick looks anything like a stamp.

I suspect that Thomson had made his mind up to red card Kipre before he flicks his foot out.

I think an Appeal Panel of three is chosen from a pool of referees/ex referees, former players and one other. You are right in that the referee's view, as taken into acount by the panel, carries more weight than it should i.e. if the referee changes his mind or not. If the Appeal is deemed to be independent, fair and just then Thomson's explanation should be given equal weight to the evidence submitted by the appellant, in this case, our club. However I'm not sure that will happen. Two things stand out for me about yesterday's incident. Firstly, his view of the incident wasn't clear but yet he quickly and unhesitatingly issued a red card. If I was on the panel I'd be asking him about his view of the incident, whilst replaying it on a screen. Secondly, he clearly indicated a stamp and I'd want to know if he still considered it to be a stamp by Kipre . Presumably thats why Kipre was given the card?

That doesn't sound good. What exactly are we doing in training to pick up all these injuries?

Its being suggested in some of the online redtops that Brown "pushed away" Kipre, implying it seems to me, that he tried to calm things down. On another tack, no Andy Rose yesterday.

Yes, thats it. Thomson clearly and erroneously gives a red card for a "stamp", which never took place. Having watched the highlights, Brown brings Kipre down in the challenge (not necessarily a foul BTW). The initial challenge seems fine to me. Brown then pushes Kipre in the chest and as far as I can make out Kipre stretches out his leg and Brown falls back down and rolls about. I'm not even sure that Kipre made any contact at all. I certainly don't think there was even any intent to do so. In hindsight Brown should have been yellow carded for simulation and perhaps psuhing Kipre in the chest. Kipre should not have been punished. Given Thomson's record against us this season (Dunnes red card at Perth rescinded; Kipre's dismissal at Hampden; and now this) we now have rightful cause for concern.

I don't know if that is true or not but if it is why wasn't Brown red carded for retaliation?

Yes, but who is doing the retaliation? In my view both Brown and Kipre ought to have been issued with yellow cards or a stern talking to but to issue one with a red and the other with nothing is downright wrong. Thomson made a complete mess of it end of. We thoroughly deserved our point with perhaps Carson saving our bacon. He never put a hand wrong. Our defence did well but perhaps Tait, Campbell and Main were the others to shine that little bit more. Once Campbell puts on another stone in weight he'll be a colossus in midfield. He battled for everything and drove us forward. I thought we were the better side in the first half until the sending off turned the game. If we had a couple of faults in the first 45 it was our lack of cover out wide. MacGregor was given the freedom of our right flank. Also, we were very reluctant to tackle in our own box, probably for fear of conceding a penalty. Tait did very well but had little cover in front of him. Main put in a great shift up front largely on his own, and he's certainly a very strong lad.

Some strong candidates like Campbell, Main and Tait but Trevor Carson gets my vote.

With 6 of their players picking up yellow cards last night, are Aberdeen a dirty or overly physical team?

Minus 3 first team players.

It sounds a real boring, dull and turgid encounter so far. Edit: Quote from the BBC " If you are wondering about the lack of updates from Rugby Park, the game has fallen into an even deeper hole of mediocrity. "