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The obvious thing that should have happened is that the referee should have abandoned the game when Senegal left the pitch. It is absurd to change the result 2 months later

I'm still expecting him to be fired before Christmas.

I think that would be a result acceptable to everyone.

Interesting points In the same way, England intrigues me. So the population of England is 10 times that of Scotland and based on your figures, England should have 750-1000 players in the top 5 leagues in Europe. They currently have about 180. That's about 21% of what they should have, Scotland's 35 players accounts for about 40% of what they should have. So double. Last weekend English players in the starting line ups in the top 5 teams in the EPL accounted for just 30% of the 55 players. Plus, with the STAGGERING resources available to English football, can you believe the English national team have won the same number of major trophies in the last 60 years as Scotland. Mental.

Absolutely. I try to think of this at a human level first of all, but the financial implications of 'man's' obsession with constantly prolonging life (for the benefit of the receiver or not) are huge and simply cannot be supported. Especially given, as you point out, the dropping fertility rate that will further contribute to a shift in age demographics with more pensioners to support. And as people live longer (either naturally through medical advances, or artificially through machines) there simply won't be enough in the pot to support social services - so we get to that survival based on wealth (which you could easily argue we already have - but that gap will just widen). What's the answer when, through medical advances, we all live to 150 (compos mentis or not). Make us work to 120 to keep the pot topped up. Fuck that. I would rather be dead at 80 than work for 100 years. Now, I am not suggesting we take a Logan's Run approach and vapourise people at a set age. But bodies have a natural shelf life. When that is reached, let it be, and let us slip away in comfort when there is no more quality of life. Keep the population balance at a more sustainable level, and allow people to fully enjoy the finite time we have on this planet whilst accepting it is not forever. And when we are proper fucked got absolutely no life to look forward to, why is it that can we decide a dog or a cat will have no quality of life, therefore it is better for them if they are 'put out of their misery', but we can't do this for a person - instead we need to keep them going for our own selfish wants. It's just wrong. There is no humanity in that. "I'll make you suffer in pain or in a vegetative state because it would be really sad if you weren't around any more and I' not ready to say goodbye" (slightly over simplifying things, but you get the gist). Our bodies, our choice. And I am genuinely sorry if I offend anyone with my belief that we should be allowed to die our own way. I have seen a lot of unnecessary suffering and can see no good in blocking assisted dying.

Hornelands 'personal circumstances' seem to be that he was offered a punditry gig for the world cup and not that he had cancer like someone shamefully said on here.

I'm kinda warming to the guy. As someone else said, it feels very much like a long term plan more than short. If that is the case I worry if he will get the time he needs. I'm speaking more about the fans than the board. It seems to only take one armchair fan on facebook to criticise a manager these days before a large group are calling for his head. 3 points would be lovely on Saturday night but even if that isn't achievable I feel he really needs a good performance from whatever team he decides to put out.

Any news on whether he's a chipper or a chippy man, or if he's a rowie or buttery man?

One of the largest problems lies in your last bullet point though. It does indeed cost a lot for care services. The Scottish total fertility rate is 1.25. Without serious levels of immigration in the coming decades, the balance of age demographic is going to be unmanageable. Cost, or ability to pay, will be the difference between keeping the machines on or not. Almost certainly.

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That’s just cos of his accent though. Even when they’re being nice they sound angry. But like Germans.

Just one of the many things that shits me about the anti assisted dying religious argument - when they say ending someone's life peacefully and with dignity is playing god, all whilst the patient is hooked up to machines, being artificially kept alive; all because someone decided we need to preserve life at all costs. It's the most valuable thing and not for us to decide when to end it! My folks were (mum) and are (dad) of the mind that they would rather be allowed to pass peacefully with assistance at the point they become unaware and there is no realistic hope. I share that view - but I do understand the emotive nature of this and how people disagree. I see this from three key points: If I am going to have no quality of life, and going to be a burden who needs constant care, I don't want that. As soon as I lose my faculties I don't want to be a burden to others. There is a great cost to prolonged life when there is no hope (mostly emotional but to an great extent financial too). I don't want my family to have to suffer while I suffer. They still have lives to lead without worrying about my constant needs (my mum hung around for 2 weeks before she slipped away and we all agreed it was best for everyone as she had no hope of recovery. My dad could never have coped if she had gone home, and she wouldn't have wanted to be cared for 24/7. She was 'lucky' to go so quickly and peacefully) It puts a massive burden on our care services to keep people hanging on. I don't think we should be able to choose willy nilly when we go - but if we have made our wishes clear whilst compos mentis we should be allowed to go when we are in a position where we will have no quality of life and need support to be kept alive. Even the god fearing USA has assisted suicide in certain states. I want that choice. My choice. Not some god fearing politician. And not only within 6 months of dying - I don't want to be shitting my pants in a home for 10 years. Let me decide what's best for me.

I don't know an awful lot about Scottish football. But I know an awful lot about football. In every country where there are 2-4 dominant teams with big stadiums, good sponsorship, annual Champions League/Europa League money, these teams also build state of the art academies producing top players every year. The league most similar to Scotland is the Portuguese league. Three teams have dominated forever and had the time and room for a permanent oligpoly to take shape - same thing could be said for Celtic & Rangers (who may be the second worst club in the world). The difference is in Portugal they did something useful with that domination. Portugal got 2x the population of Scotland, yet they always have ca 200 players in the top 5 leagues while Scotland generally have ~35. Similar things could be said for Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands etc... all of them pump out players, through great acadamies as well as modern scouting. All of the produce a lot more talent per capita. Scotland should have at least 75-100 players in the top 5 league as well as some reasonably competitive teams in the CL/EL. The clubs needing to lead the way for Scotland are antique. Any time I tune into a Glasgow derby I get shocked by how clubs with these resources are just filled with dross who are at best going to play in some bottom half PL team at their peak. Both player development and scouting is clearly on a very low level and has been for twenty years or so, when the football world moved on and your giants didn't. This is a football thought I have had for a long time, and just taking the opportunity to get it off my chest... I think a somewhat football mad country like Scotland just deserve better. On the bright side of everything, mr Tony Bloom has entered the chat and I think he will have a massive impact on the entirety of Scottish football.

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Dundee United look like they're doing a lot of research into whether their signings are a good culture fit for them, hence signing someone who looks like he already lives in a caravan.

Possible - I personally know very little about Scottish football. But Peter Leven was the one the agent meant. No idea what the players think of the Robinson guy but I can ask next time we speak.

Yes, this is referring to Leven. Left some dull parts of the larger context out and didnt realise it became a bit vague. We did not talk about the latest beyond "they brought in a new one now, maybe things get better."

It's fairly obvious that Robinson is a very angry man.

Surely “the new guy” can’t be Robinson and would have to be Leven, Robinson hasn’t known the players long enough for such a specific complaint.

This is the concerning bit, which is why the club's strategy needs to set the targets. A 25 year old might be a better player, but an 18-20 year old might have the potential to be significantly better than the 25 year old if given the freedom to develop. It's the easy option to go out and buy a new right sided defender, rather than get Jack Milne to be the player we should know he can be, for example. The 25 year old he speaks of, won't be a player that's already in the squad and has patiently waited their time to play first team football, it'll be a player that we've only just signed to replace the need to develop the young player already available in that role.

Nilsen is the only one erudite enough for such an opinion.

Or relegate Hearts?

Spoke to the agent of one of the Scandinavian players and came here to tell a quote you might find interesting: "Jimmy was the scapegoat. The players, not only [his client], felt they had let the manager down. After that title they won and all the European travelling... they were tired. Only weeks before Jimmy was sacked, [client] said he was worried about it because any energy they had left they got from him. He knew that players who aren't used to winning titles and going to Europe are hard to energise and he did what he could. The players knew it. The new guy is an angry one. The players can't breathe. They need support and motivation, not blame and worries. [The client] is fine, managers come and go at most clubs and he has seen too much of it to really care, but he thinks they are in trouble as a team. You know that when players and staff no longer speaks in terms of "difficult" but only terms of "bad"."

Here's my take on it good and bad: The woman asking the questions was horrific The sound quality was hit and miss, with one minute loud and clear and the next no audio at all Robinson's opinion on the best player he ever played against was Steven Gerrard Kept referring to "the football club" as a top six club......needs to re-think that part Now for the better parts in my opinion: Honoured to be manager. Praised the fan base and the facilities at AFC Preferred formation 4-3-3 but only if he has the players to play it, otherwise happy to be flexible. Not adverse to playing youngsters but only if good enough. If he has a 25 yr old and a 18 year old both playing same position and the 25 year old is the better player then he plays. Keen to work on set pieces and may look to add someone for that to the coaching staff. He has the final day on signings but obviously others do the leg work in identifying. Anticipates a lot of movement in the squad over the summer. Absolutely hates VAR with a passion and says it ruins the game for fans in particular. I actually quite took to him and am potentially a bit more comfortable with him BUT talk is cheap and he knows he has to deliver

Fitba tournaments should be decided on the field, not in the courts. The fair thing to do would be to replay the final.