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Good to see McInnes making it clear that Shinnie should have been in the squad(s). He's right to get involved, even though it is through the media.

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Given that only one of the Tims is making the trip abroad (Mulgrew, who's in need of games because he's not long back from injury), it's less likely they'll suffer from exhaustion. I expect the squad was discussed in advance with the Tims.

I'm really excited to see what the young prospect Greer is like at centre half. I've heard a lot of good things about him. Definitely one for the future.

Didn't know that about the ARI consultants, that's interesting. But, yes, the NHS is just one big socialism for the rich vehicle. Fucking subsidy junky cunts. It needs to be installed as a human right in a constitution, with drugs prevented from the right of patent. Thus removing the ability to make a profit through other people's illness. The same with food provision, shelter, education, travel and communication. Level the playing field. Everyone starts with the same (level of) opportunity.

The NHS uses tax payers money to try and shut whistleblowers up. The one place where you need people who can say that they made a mistake and everyone is made aware of it and measures are put in place to mitigate, yet we cover it up. To an extreme degree, on numerous occasions. In terms of the NHS, it can only get worse. As various processes are passed to the private sector, who's profits are linked to performance, the cover ups will be more frequent and less transparent. With a bit of luck, Rupert Murdoch will be on the end of one of their fuck ups.

I think she addresses that point in her article and uses other european countries as an example, where they use puberty/physical maturity - essentially - as the barometer. The article was far from disgusting, I thought it raised some pertinent points and was well written (in places). That I've only heard of this wifie from her being name-dropped in connection with any controversy, means I don't have an existing position on her views, which probably helps. Regardless of current law on age, the girl was clearly physically mature enough to have sex and a willing participant. The recommeIndation of a 5 - 10 year sentence stifles all mature debate on the subject and is clearly a persecution based on the profile of the person/case rather than an objective view of the crime. I'm not sure what a sentence that long is meant to achieve.

Lawless had a great season for Partick, fantastic strike. Might be worth a look in the summer. Goals on red tv just now. Good header fae Church.

F'n yes! I hate listening on the radio, nae idea fits happening. Great result.

Fuck sake, Robson off injured! Awesome cameo.

I'd probably take on Robson...... Fucking brilliant. Church again.

Aye, he's fuckin ace

Aye, but she's tidy.

Some cunt has it on periscope like, but he's a pished bellend, so it's not worth watching (although quite a good picture when he keeps up with play).

At the moment he's probably our most consistent centre half. I like Considine. He can play football, which is more than can be said for Reynolds and Taylor (not that I have a problem with either of them). He's been above average in our first 11 for the last 4 seasons I'd say. Still prone to the odd mistake, although I think these are mostly over-stated due to the time it took for him to settle into our first team when he was younger, where he was far more error-prone. Tims aside (normally, not at the moment), I think he'd walk into any SPL team.

Aye, that's the cunt, against ICT. Although, was he not replaced by Bobby Madden? To be fair to him, he's not been that bad since that day.

Nope. Believe they are still having meetings with the council in regard to the out of town shitehole.

Real shame, thought he played well against Utd, and this was his chance to get a run in the team. Fairly brave of him to come out for the second half, he clearly was in pain! I doubt we can rely on him for next season and expect it'll be his last chance. Our squad is thin and we need all the players fit for the remainder of the season.

Also, we're forgetting, Bell was a fairly average SPL 'keeper when he was at Killie. No better than Samson, McGovern etc. when they were performing at their best. It's just not worth the hassle, when half the fans - including me - will dislike him immediately for fucking off to play part-time football for his heroes. I would accept it if he made a statement saying that he was young stupid and took some bad advice, but I doubt he feels this way.

That's surprising. A shame really, it was clearly the obvious choice. They've never been concerned what season ticket holders thought before, or paid attention to surveys, so I suspect somebody more important must have questioned it. It's not acceptable to re-locate some supporters to another part of the ground, but it is acceptable to move the entire stadium to a foggy shitehole out of town? Anyway, if I'm reading it correctly, the merkland is now going to be half family stand, half singing section? Seems a strange combination!

Gads, I'd rather hae Rogers than Bell. F'n hun fuck. Worse than Alexander (other ex'hun fuck) too. I'd be surprised if Rogers accepted a new deal to be no 2, but good move for us if he is willing to. I'm assuming the other 'keepers are leaving then, which is good. I thought Marshall was only on a year's contract as coach too, so it'll be interesting to see if we hang onto him for the future.

Ahh, okay, that makes sense then. Cheers. I couldn't find it anywhere in the rules. I suppose, in his own warped mind, Madden has it right and there are no rules to suggest otherwise. I think it could be argued that the Utd player makes enough of an attempt to get out of Shinnie's way, but Shinnie is running at full pelt and has little option other than to run into the player - it's certainly not a dive. Like the decision at the weekend, and Collum's against ICT, you have to really be looking to give a decision against a particular player or team to come to the conclusion that all 3 came to in their respective matches. I'm not suggesting anti-dons conspiracy, more that they are looking for offences that aren't actually there (regardless of team). I feel a bit better now that you've confirmed the rules though! @ayrshire - totally agree about Robson. Fantastic decision to play him. Exactly the type of sore loser we needed after Saturday. He'd have been as pissed off as anyone that we didn't get the points against Saints, and we needed players with a bit of anger in them last night. Also, I've always thought his game compliments Jacks nicely and the two of them performed brilliantly as a pairing last night, with Jack playing some great passes at times. I'd also stick with them for next week's game. Flood has his benefits, but I do feel that Jack has to be more disciplined (play within himself) when Flood is there because he is unpredictable. Robson will maybe lose his man occasionally, but his positional play is far more natural than Flood's, and easier to read and play alongside.

I've just seen it again. I can see why he hasn't given the penalty, sort of (it's a huge stretch), it could be argued that the player pulled out of the challenge (I disagree, obviously). But there is absolutely no foul from Shinnie in the incident, so it should have been play on. Madden has got the rules wrong, and I think that our club need to take that angle and ask for clarification. No conspiracy talk, or accusation, just clarification of the rules regarding the game being stopped for alleged diving.

Rolf Harris got 5 years for 12 indecent assaults on 4 girls. Albeit, that seemed lenient, the 5-10 years for Johnson seems extreme. It seems like this case is being used as "an example". Something that should never happen, ever. There needs to be a consistent sentencing for these types of offence, which would probably leave the Sunderland paedo with about 6-12 months suspended sentence which would seem fair for a fingering.

Haven't seen the highlights, but it was blatant in real time too. I can't of any other infringement that would result in a yellow card. The problem is that a dive is not a free-kick, so the game should have continued and our goal counted, then Shinnie booked. I've had a look at the rules, and can't find anything relating to diving that says a free-kick should be given. If Madden has got the rules wrong, then that's a far worse offence than the horrendous decision not to give us a penalty and book Shinnie. It's ridiculous that we will never even find out what the card was given for, and now Shinnie can't be far from suspension for accumulated cards.