Dirty Sanchez

A guy at work showed me a tweet saying that Jimmy Nicholl and Jonatan Johansson were taking over. When I first looked at it, I thought it said Jonathan Watson, which wouldn't have been too far fetched, really.

A more under the radar Stelios moment, for those who are blind to what he contributed, was when he started the move from which we equalised at Easter Road the day we stayed up. He intercepted a cross, under pressure, 10 yards out while running towards his own goal. He escorted the ball to the goal line, while still under pressure. Then turned and pinged a pass 40 yards right to Lewis Morgan's feet, and the ball was in the net seconds later. Just saying, if he wasn't as good, he might just have put his laces through the ball when it came to him, and it would have been a corner to Hibs instead of a goal for us.

Scotland v Mexico U18s. Not sure about the age level, but I think it was 18s.

I think the suggestion is that Dunfermline hand out kids' season tickets like confetti for free/peanuts.

While we're counting empty seats, don't forget the ground doesn't actually hold 8000 anymore. They ripped out the best part of 150 seats when they built the disabled platform.

4-0 defeat at Alloa in the last game of the 2002/3 season. It was between Alloa and Ross County for the last relegation place to the 2nd Division. With Ross County behind in their game, the Saints and Alloa fans stood side by side happily singing 'We're not going to Dingwall, We're not going to Dingwall', reflecting on the next season's away trips. Ross County turned things around in their game, confirming Alloa's relegation. On hearing the news, Saints fans immediately switched to pointing at the Alloa fans and singing 'You're not going to Dingwall, You're not going to Dingwall. There was an outbreak of handbags on the terracing and the police had to move in and segregate the fans for the rest of the game.

I'm not usually an attendance conspiracy theorist, but 5905, with 3600 home fans? I guess this is another club who count ticket holders who aren't actually there.

Never even saw the broken down lorry. Confirmed that issue ends at Springburn if you're still in it.

I'll be disappointed if any extra revenue wasn't ring fenced for a chute for Paisley Panda.

I loved the stewards making their way along the hedge pre-match systematically letting everyone know that it was OK to invade the pitch at the end. There was also a steward specifically directing people behind the terracing for a pish up the wall, rather than bother with the hassle of seeking out a proper toilet. I don't think either will apply at Tuesday's game.

Was going to offer a lift to someone from that bus but it looks like they'll be on their way soon. They were working on the back right tyre. Also spotted earlier, the blur of GLS going past.

We've had 63706 through the gates, and you need 90000 to get a 5000 average. We would need to average 8765 over the last three games to get to 5000 for the season.

Also, he only played in that Morton game because Eckersley got himself a crazy red card in stoppage time in the previous match. I remember saying at the time that if Stelios had got himself a red card in those circumstances you'd have had people putting it down to him being a maverick hot head, and thanking their lucky stars that we had a cool customer like Eckersley to replace him. All things considered, I don't see the big disparity between the two of them. I'd have either in my side. Or, if you want to give me a third party left back for next season, who's better than both of them, I'm all in with that too. When you ask people to quote specific examples of Stelios' frailties, you don't hear much outwith that Aberdeen game. It happens. Eckersley caused a goal against Raith Rovers that belongs on a Danny Baker Xmas Bloopers DVD. I'm not sure how many people even remember it. Then, it wasn't on live TV. That game must prove that Eckersley is incapable of playing against League One sides. Jack Baird's defending was a big factor in us being horsed at Cappielow, but we all managed to get over it, and he's still around putting in solid performances. etc

Ultimately, unless they were lying about the big crowds, the answer must be that they did indeed just used to cram people into stadiums in numbers that we can now see were unsafe. Loads of clubs have got jaw dropping record attendances in relation to what seem like tiny stadiums (e.g. Cliftonhill 27,000 ) If you look at Scotland v England at Hampden, in 1970 there were 137,438. In 1974, when the capacity had been cut, but with no changes made to the stadium, there were 94,487. Looking at the video of the 1974 game, it's hard to see where the other 43,000 would have fit in.

The Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds, which was produced after the Ibrox Disaster, recommended a change to the equation that was used to calculate the capacity of standing areas. That resulted in capacities of terraced areas being slashed by the new calculation without any actual changes to the stadia, so the 46,000 figure, or whatever it was, would have been vastly reduced long before the Love Street end was rebuilt.

Dunfermline seemingly hand out free under 12 season tickets like confetti, and then count them on the 'attendance' whether they are actually there or not, or ever have been. Their crowds are fantasy. http://dafc.info/forum/read.php?f=1&i=1667431&t=1667431 Soccerway has us on 4267 at the moment.

It's the missing intensity that's strange to me. You don't need great players to play with intensity, so what's stopping us?

I can't be arsed responding to the others individually, but look at the initial post. It's not about saying we lost a lost a goal 'because of Craig Samson'. It's an off the cuff aside about him making it harder for himself. There's all sorts of things contributing to that goal including good play. Some might say that goes without saying. Anyway. Bald guys and combs.

Erm....that's what I said. It was you that said he wasn't. You can't even agree with yourself, never mind me.

It's not my intention to have a witch hunt to find someone to blame for the goal. I've got plenty of time for the guy. It's an observation that in the past his positioning has made it harder for him to make saves, and this one put me in mind of it, albeit this one is far from being a howler, as I acknowledged. It's irrefutable geometry that the target is smaller for the attacker if the goalkeeper is further forward, and he wasn't far away from saving it as it was. To be fair, though, the power might have beat him anyway, never mind the direction. Can't say I agree with your observations, though. If that's a retreat of one yard, then it must be the three yard box that he's standing in. Also, he has fully retreated by the time the ball is chested down.

If Samson stands his ground there, instead of retreating to the goal line like he did, he'd narrow the angle considerably and have a far better chance of making the save. This is not the worst example of it, but I remember from the past that he seemed to be getting beaten by the perfect shot from long range more often than you'd expect that to happen. Often he was shooting himself in the foot with his positioning.

"Thaaaaat's rubbeeeesh Stelios", squealed motivational speaker Stephen McGinn. FFS, if I had a voice like Joe Pasquale I'd delegate the shouting to someone else.

Top of the league.

Just need Victor to ping in the 5th while the goalie dives out of the way.

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