David

Nah, there's no need for that. He'll likely be out by the summer anyway

I've taken the liberty of updating the thread title. If those who are helping run this thing want the thread unpinned or whatever just let me know. Sometimes when a thread is pinned it can get passed over quite easily in my opinion.

Who's trying to organise it as some sort of mass protest? Not me, that's for sure. I don't think there's anything to protest against for a start. I simply said that I thought it would be a good idea. Nothing more. If you don't want to do it, then don't. I like the idea of a claret & amber saltire because it's Motherwell colours and our national flag, both of which I hold dear to my heart. Considering this is Scotland's showcase cup competition final I don't see where politics comes into it.

If the club shop are going to be stocking Saltire flags either with the Motherwell crest in the centre, or a claret & amber saltire I'll certainly be rocking one at the final. I may not be as mature as some of our more refined members, but if I can fly the claret & amber whilst adding a Scottish lining to it in the face of the plastic Paddies then I'm going to do it. In the famous words of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, "fuck the lot of them".

I see no reason why anyone would really want to fly a Union Jack, as that just plays into the idea of being "mini h**s" that we hear Celtic fans bumping on about.

You'll be able to get tickets if you want them I reckon.

Well, we already have a travel thread, which will feature the various buses etc that will be running to the final. An actual match thread, and a pre-match festivities thread should realistically cover it all I think. We may end up with a seperate thread for ticket info & sales (like we did for the semi-final), but I don't think it would be enough to warrant a seperate forum really. Just my opinion though. Admin may feel differently.

Do you work in the shop?

I assume there's no chance of a 50/50 split ticket-wise then, no?

I think I'll have claret & amber and be infantile.

I don't see why we can't do both to be honest.

I'd hope that they would never clash, and I wouldn't have to choose between my country or my club.

I think we should go out of our way to ensure that there an abundance of saltires at the final to combat the Irish tricolours that our Glasgow friends will be flying. Let's emphasis the Scottish in Scottish cup final!

If we get Celtic I'd like to see an abundance of Saltire flags at the game, to combat the undoubted sea of Irish flags we'll see in the Celtic end.

In a more compact, busier environment it would have looked top notch. As it was, it was a great touch. Not too sure the St Johnstone fans knew what was going on. They were, just like their team, outclassed today.

I was sitting in the stand directly across from the display and managed to catch it on my phone. The picture quality isn't too hot, but it's better than nothing. Forward to 2:40 of the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZKXAakm6E

I've updated the list with the post-split games.

That's a hell of a surname for winning shit, eh?

I know it's a shame for the lad, but that made me chuckle.

I imagine we'll see some sales tomorrow. What time is the ticket office opening at?

Another few thousand would do the trick I reckon

It wasn't the Scottish cup facebook competition, was it? Because I've just been told I've won two tickets as well!

I think that was set up by the official SFA Scottish cup Facebook account. Even if they don't use this site to set up an event, they could surely get some more announcements & news stories to hype the game up?

I figured this may as well be the Hearts game discussion thread. So, heading into the match on Saturday the updated top six competition list looks something like this; Inverness Celtic (home) Kilmarnock (away) Hearts (home) St Johnstone Rangers (home) loss Dundee United (away) Celtic (home) Hibernian Hearts (home) Draw Celtic (away) loss Aberdeen (away) Accies (home) St Johnstone & Hibs are now officially out of the running, leaving us and Inverness competing for top six football. Has there been any update on when Inverness are playing Celtic? If they lose to Killie on Saturday then it's all over for them anyway regardless of how we do against Hearts, but if we can win at Tynecastle we'll cement our top six placing, although even if we don't get anything from the game it'll leave Inverness needing a win against both Killie & Hearts, and a draw against Celtic to draw level on points with us, which although is mathematically possible, has to be considered very fucking doubtful. The big question is, do we go for it against Hearts on Saturday? Or rest some players with the semi-final coming up?