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51 minutes ago, munoz said:
Given the amount of relegations Hibs and Hearts have had in the last 25 years, this isn't a given.
No more than us and for substantially less league 1 time. Much as i enjoyed the covid relegation, Hearts would have most likely stayed up if they had finished the 2019-20 season.
Given the current financial positions, I think we have eventually established a pecking order in the SPFL that will take a big effort to disrupt.
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16 hours ago, DougJamie said:
Think we need the corners filled and another tier on the main stand... take us up to 10k capacity
when it comes to adding extra tiers to the main stand, would be the least cost-effective option when you consider the take-down costs that would be necessary and the closeness of the main road. there is space to add an extra tier to the west stand as almost a stand-alone structure with only the removal of the existing roof and the cropping of the girders needed, the west side would also be the limit of corner-filling as it could all be done at the same time
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16 hours ago, munoz said:
No point really just now. If we can sell out the home end regularly, then we should be looking at that. Spend on the team first and hopefully the need for more seats will increase with winning games( and cups) .
To seriously and regularly compete at the next level we would need the income that a 14000 seater stadium and 10000 season ticket sales would bring as well as better development of the non-footballing facilities. .
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3 hours ago, faraway saint said:
Are you saying the Scottish Government had no power to make decision on its response to covid?
Read the post or get a sentient being to translate it
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12 hours ago, Sue Denim said:
Sweden didn’t lockdown and have had the least number of excess deaths in Europe
Lockdowns have killed thousands in the U.K and millions worldwide, caused the cost of living crisis, destroyed the education of children, destroyed business, ruined lives, crippled the NHS, plunged millions into poverty worldwide, the rich have got richer and poor have got poorer.
And all of this was for seen, I stated it would happen from the very beginning
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The Swedish Government had active pandemic planning activities in the years leading up to the COVID 19 pandemic and while not having a knowledge-base that supported their tactic they did have enough quasi-independent advice to allow them to be comfortable with their stance which led to them prioritising the economy. They knew that any approach would be a gamble . The fact that they had fewer excess deaths, or at least seemd to, was a very welcome bonus.
The Swedish government did bring in a raft of protections such as shutting down non-essential services, restrictions on the use of public transport, social distancing which was more rigourously observed by the population than here and bans on large gatherings and events. Swedes were expected to follow very much the same restrictions as ourselves without the legal weight, which was always there and ready to be used if needed, however the Swedes seemed to be far more publc spirited than many other countries
They referred older COVID patients to be moved to palliative and respite care, effectively not giving them restorative medicine and it remains to be seen how many of the people designated as age-related deaths actually died of COVID. They were effectively sacrifised as no-longer being economically active.
Finally, Sweden has a massive boost to reducing the spread of infectious disease, it has a population density of only 26, Scotland's is more than 2.5 times that and the larger countries in Europe have densities that approach 10 times that of Sweden. The number of deaths in the few large cities was massively more than the less populated areas, had Stockholm or Gothenburg's figures been typical then the lack of lockdown would have been blamed for a massive wave of death.
My view is that the article that sparked this line of debate was selective and the reality is that it actually argues against it's own point. There were no studies, no pandemic planning and no modelling that were done by the responsible body, which is the UK government. To say that the Scottish Government made it's decisions without evidence is absolutely correct since the people who retained responsibility for this never acted and that is the true reason why the UK's response was so slow and poor
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On 7/19/2023 at 9:10 PM, ALBIONSAINT said:
The BBC are trying very hard to vilify this song In there usual divisive way. Pro lynching they say! You can judge for yourself.
A load of maga-macho posturing shite, he could have struck a better balance by highligting the ultimate incursion into another community on January 6th 2021, but that would have alienated the fan base.
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On 7/28/2023 at 11:44 PM, ALBIONSAINT said:
A load of maga-macho posturing shite, he could have struck a better balance by highligting the ultimate incursion into another community on January 6th 2021, but that would have alientated the fan base
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31 minutes ago, StanleySaint said:
Good article, wonder how the club screwed up and with 16 departures sounds like all is not well, interesting that if he signs with a club on a lower contract than Gdansk they have to pay the balance of his wages, may well be worth a punt. If he was interested of course.
It may be in the contract, but could Gdansk really pay it?
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4 hours ago, DougJamie said:
In your humble opinion...well at least the gov made their pals happy .... Sweden encouraged the spread and are in a far better position than us and the ridiculous NZ approach....
In my opinion? i quoted directly from the report and not from an Express report which was obviously pursuing a particular angle. I also never took any sides of the argument and only showed how the express twisted a tiny bit of the report to suit it's own agenda.
If you are happier with the opinion of a newspaper that took a wee slice out of a report dozens of pages long then that's fine.
Regarding the UK's current position, our problems are down to a lot more than just coronavirus
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1 hour ago, Albanian Buddy said:
So I assume you are the one recovering from your second hip replacement.
If you don’t mind me asking how long ago was your surgery and what stage are you in your rehab?
Is it advisable to be going into a football stadium with stairs and boisterous fans jumping around and bumping into you?
If you can’t currently travel by public transport perhaps you might be better to stay at home and get yourself fit for Hampden!Really ?
Forgive me for doubting your interest in Ricky’s health
You seem to be saying that a football stadium is no place for people with a disability
Any other marginalised groups you want to have a pop at? Or is this one just personal?
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21 hours ago, DougJamie said:
Did you read the report or the scurrilous selctive quotes from it in the Express?
The report concluded this on the physical measures (which included lockdown, in all it's forms)
"3.1.2 Physical measures advised or mandated in August to December 2020 In the summer of 2020 the number of new COVID-19 cases across the UK declined. This was attributed, in part, to the effectiveness of the physical measures that had been mandated earlier that year."
So, it was undeniably true that there was no evidence at the time decisions were taken to suggest that they WOULD be effective. That is because there were no studies done in respect of COVID or these forms of lockdown in our society and noone has undertaken any studies into that scenario since then, not because there was ANY evidence to the contrary. To suggest on the basis of this report, that the physical measures were not effective or needed is just daft-the report states that they were an undoubted part of limiting the spread.
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5 hours ago, Sue Denim said:
We’ve gone into 2-0 leads in the first 2 games. The dynamics change in those situations. The opposition start going direct and commuting players forward and they bypass our pressing game.
But last Saturday, as Hibs pushed for the winner, we hit them on the break to get the winner.
Every game will pan out differently. Had we gone in 0-0 at half time or even behind, Dundee wouldn’t have gone direct, wouldn’t have pushed players forward, and we’d have continued to dominate.
They did manage a first-half penalty against us even if it was poorly hit and our first goal would not have been so likely to happen against better defenders. The dynamics of yesterday worked out iincredibly well for us due to an attacking mindset, we just need to ensure we control things somewhat higher up the park and we definitely needed to defend better late in the day. It is possible to be able to dominate on your own terms and not rely on the opposition not being direct, otherwise how does anyone defend a lead.
Our biggest shortcoming last season was the goal difference and when you score 5 goals in 2 games you have a platform to improve on.
As I said, better teams will exploit those gaps
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1 hour ago, the barrhead teacher said:
Fantastic result. Should have buried them in first half. Second half we lost just about every 50:50, but still created enough to finish them off. We sat too deep, perhaps forced back a bit by Dundee. Strain got the run around at the back but was immense coming forward. More pluses and minuses and we cannot complain about full points from first two games. Optimistic we will be very competitive this season and threaten a top six place again
I think we will need to close off the gaps at the back and be competitive in the opposition half for the full match to be top 6. The better sides will punish the lapses at the back and will be both relaxed and confident coming forward if we are only a threat for 40% of the match
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22 minutes ago, portmahomack saint said:
Wing back is the toughest gig on the park and he covers more ground than any other player on the park
He's involved in virtually every attack, he's a totally different player than tanser on the other side who tends to cross the ball in, Strain takes on players and hits the byline, on yesterdays performance McMenamin should take some of the Strain off Strain going forward, see what i did there
This is more of an issue around our formation. If Strain is the guy hitting the byline then McMenamin is not playimg the wide forward role he is known for. We need them to work in different channels with Strain not getting so far forwar so often. He could be devastating on the right side of central mid rather than very good way out wide. Maybe Connor has more work to do on fitness at this level and we will see less reliance on Ryan's wee legs.
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13 minutes ago, elvis said:
f**ksake O Hara out injured .
we don't really play when he is missing, at least not so far this year.
I'd say we need more of a change of formation than a straight replacement in CB-M
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Depending on where you live, you can still walk in to a vaccination centre and if you are overdue either COVID, pneumococal or flu boosters then they will most likely admininster them. My wife is co-ordinating clinics in the Forth Valley and has walk-in patients every day, mosty advised by their GP practice to get along.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Robertson
I saw on Gavin Sutherland’s feed this morning that Robbie Robertson has died
a towering figure in rock history and a major influence to some of the biggest names
RIP
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8 minutes ago, buddiecat said:
That is St Ricky, now appearing on your screens as Rascal.
Oh! I know
I was wrong, should have said fukkin unhinged
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I missed this first time around.
Unhinged!
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19 hours ago, jaybee said:
it clearly says "incompetent set of administrators (being polite) we have, that run Scottish football," and more specifically defines " allow premiership football games to be played on worn-out plastic grass from B & Q." as the medium played on and the particular league concerned.. I understand and appreciate that many teams in the lower leagues need to use plastic pitches as a matter of economics and practicality and see no problem with that, I am simply concerned that we should never have allowed them in the top division.
Killie should have the wherewithall to keep their pitch in good nick since they make money out of it and have a half-decent attendance. They should be told that any future in the premiership is dependent on them improving the surface. I think the Livi experiment has run it's course, they have had a chance to build a premiership standard club and only survive on prize money, away fans and the hope of transfer fees.
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On 7/31/2023 at 11:17 PM, ALBIONSAINT said:
Watched the first two episodes of Murder in the building, not bad, just need to stop thinking about the wizards of Waverley place.
Only murders in the building?
I loved series 1 & 2, I'm guessing theywere filmed as a single project. Series 3 is nicely set up and I am looking forward to more of Steve Martin and Martin Short's brilliance. Less so Selena Gomez's botoxed face and diminishing ability to speak thouigh she is not sufficiently bad to ruin the rest of it.
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29 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said:
Bolton and Nahmani on the bench so must’ve recovered from their injuries 👍
More likely walking wounded needed to fill the bench and at least hearing what the coaches want as the game unfolds
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18 hours ago, exiledfan said:
Thanks I was meaning that Hibs game. I ordered on Friday and they haven't arrived.
Contact the SLI today
they will meet you with the ticket at the gate
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