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I worked in Glasgow for more than 40 years and knew many "fans" of both arse cheeks who had never set foot inside the stadium of their chosen club. The original point was that this fan had no knowledge of the group stages in the League cup despite his club's participation very recently. Or to put it another way, wind yer neck in.
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They were possibly down the leagues then, he wouldn't have been supporting them at that point.
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Maswanhise is the obvious choice, honourable mentions to Watt, Fadinger, Longelo, Just and AP.
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The use of VAR now makes sense, Villa can hold a minutes silence in the 666th minute of the opening league game this season.
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That was rather better than I expected tonight. The first half hour was a slicker version of last week and we were arguably a bit lucky to get to half time all square after falling off the pace for the last 15 minutes. We started the second half well and although the finish was scrappy, the build up to the opener had a lot of quality about it. I thought we were starting to defend too deeply and we would be under pressure for the rest of the game but the second goal settled us and we started plating well again. I'm not sure the pass for the 2nd goal was intended for Maswanhise but he controlled it and finished beautifully As for the third goal, just wooft!
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It is .87 of a foot, there are 12 inches in a foot so 12 x 0.872 = 5 feet and 10 and a half inches. one advantage of being old is you can think in metric and imperial.
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Toss up between Watt & Fadinger. I went with Fadinger for the goal.
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Pah, Nilsson Schmilsson.
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And in fact, I went into the office after renewing online and taking the digital option (I want my card updated) and was told that my card would be updated. The whole thing is as clear as mud and I suspect another visit to the office will be required.
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Tough pick, I nearly went for Oxborough for the save on 45 minutes and Slattery, O'Donnell and Halliday all played well. Went for Seddon though, I think he gives a calming influence at the back that isn't there when he is absent.
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FYI Dave, I was out and about in the region of Fir Park today so I went in to the ticket office and asked the question. I was assured that, having taken the digital option, my existing card will be updated, I will just have to wait till next season to find out if that does indeed happen.
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It was the same for me, I went with the digital option in the end, I just hope I remember to charge my phone before each game. If you find out that adding to the card is still an option, let me know please as that would be my preferred choice.
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But would you shed any tears about the 23 journeymen that replace them for next season?
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Lyrics slightly different obviously.
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You are correct, that is the instruction, and they do mostly (but not always) let the play go to a conclusion before raising the flag. My point was more that we don't know what the decision would have been in a non-VAR universe as the linesman didn't need to make a decision.
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And another four need to be competent defenders 😁
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I agree, mostly, with that. The exception is the offside goal, linesman (I refuse to call them assistant referees as they don't assist much) rarely now call tight offside decisions because they assume VAR will bail them out, before VAR was introduced that may have been flagged, although I doubt it given the standard of officiating. A prime example of inconsistencies in the VAR system is the Aberdeen goal disallowed yesterday because of a handball in the build up, exactly the same as a Ross County goal v us last year when we were told only a hand ball by the goal scorer would cause the goal to be chopped / chalked off. So yes, get VAR to feck. *Edit* Just watched the highlights above and it looks like for their goal the goal scorer handles the ball, so it should have been 2-0 to the good guys.
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Good man, keep up the good work.
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A 14 team league playing each other 4 times is a 52 game season, not 42. A 14 team league would probably mean a split after two rounds (26 games) followed by two more rounds against the teams in your half of the league (12 games) meaning 38 games total. The problem with that, well one problem, is that there are 7 teams in each half so for every round of fixtures there is a team without a fixture. Option 3 only has two bigot fests a season so there is no way that is being voted in. Personally, I would go for an 18 team league, 34 games, but that won't happen as per option 3. Whilst the league is organised to suit the arse cheeks, nothing will ever improve the product. *Edit* Sorry, didn't consider a 6/8 split. (Still $hite though)
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Of course, had he been shown a yellow card for pushing Gordon into Balcombe, resulting in Gordon being replaced, (Not shown on BBC highlights), then he would not have been on the park to be sent off when he was. What goes around comes around.
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Kirkie Lawson was one of my early heroes, but I've never heard him referred to as Kirkland before, I'm sure his name was Kirkwood!
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I went with Slattery for his goals, but truth be told, there was no great standout today. Balcombe had no chance with the goals, particularly the first one. the defence in front was all over the place a couple of times though I thought Balmer did well when he came on, maybe playing in the middle of the three is his best position. The mid-field played some nice stuff at times but then gave the ball away too cheaply in bad areas and up front we were pretty much non-existent. That said, St. Mirren were a disgrace today, I was worried in advance that that would be their approach and, sadly, I was spot on with that concern
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Has to be Dan. No great failures tonight with Thompson, Sparrow, Andrews, Miller and Armstrong all worthy of mention. The amount of work done off the ball tonight was very impressive, a credit to the management team.
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It was also Davor that tracked Duc when their left winger outstripped Wilson and cut the ball back to Duc, when they broke from our corner. Davor made the block and the ball then spun back off Duc and out for a Goal Kick. Arguably a goal saving block. He also wins his fair share of headers for such a small guy. I wouldn't have him as a starter under normal circumstances, but I don't mind him being around for back up.