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    beyond our ken got a reaction from BigYardsAndBasher in St Mirren v Motherwell Scottish League Cup 19th August 2023   
    I thought we looked really comfortable for as long as we pressed and kept a relatively high line.  It was a bit panicky sometimes when 'well got through though.  They were never in danger of converting a chance and we should have got at least one more goal.
    We lacked the variety of passing that we get when O'Hara plays, which is a worry.  We are very much a defensive midfield that presses and looks for a break without him as opposed to a more attacking mindset when he is on the pitch
    Mandron does several things well,   We added a dimension when Olusanya came on, where Mandron will shield the ball by trying to stand strong Oli seems to use far more energy that is far more liable to lead to a break.  He is much more of a defender's nightmare.  Ayunga is supposedly back in a few weeks and with an international break coming up we will maybe come back with a bounce.
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from portmahomack saint in The Politics Thread   
    I hope she is thinking longer term of a Holyrood seat and the party leadership when Humza gets ousted. She would be a huge figure in the scottish parliament and possibly be just as effective, if not more effective, than sturgeon
    It seems to me that the recent election of a new westminster leader has really made a difference to the SNP mood
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from Scott-Leeds in The Lionesses Thread   
    Oh! thank goodness.
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from BuddieinEK in Coronavirus   
    Read the post or get a sentient being to translate it
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from Cookie Monster in Coronavirus   
    4 points
    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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    beyond our ken got a reaction from BuddieinEK in Coronavirus   
    4 points
    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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    beyond our ken got a reaction from StanleySaint in Ilkay Durmus anyone   
    It may be in the contract, but could Gdansk really pay it?
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from Cookie Monster in Coronavirus   
    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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    beyond our ken got a reaction from stlucifer in Coronavirus   
    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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    beyond our ken got a reaction from antrin in Coronavirus   
    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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    beyond our ken got a reaction from jaybee in St Mirren versus Dundee FC - Saturday, 12th August 2023   
    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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    beyond our ken got a reaction from Rascal in St Mirren versus Dundee FC - Saturday, 12th August 2023   
    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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    beyond our ken got a reaction from Cookie Monster in Let me invest £2,500 interest free for a 15 year period.   
    Oh! I know
    I was wrong, should have said fukkin unhinged
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from antrin in Coronavirus   
    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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    beyond our ken got a reaction from Scott-Leeds in Let me invest £2,500 interest free for a 15 year period.   
    Oh! I know
    I was wrong, should have said fukkin unhinged
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from buddiecat in Let me invest £2,500 interest free for a 15 year period.   
    Oh! I know
    I was wrong, should have said fukkin unhinged
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from buddiecat in Let me invest £2,500 interest free for a 15 year period.   
    I missed this first time around.
    Unhinged!
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from faraway saint in Let me invest £2,500 interest free for a 15 year period.   
    I missed this first time around.
    Unhinged!
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from Scott-Leeds in Let me invest £2,500 interest free for a 15 year period.   
    I missed this first time around.
    Unhinged!
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from Cookie Monster in Let me invest £2,500 interest free for a 15 year period.   
    I missed this first time around.
    Unhinged!
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from DougJamie in Hibernian v St Mirren SPFL Premiership 6/8/23   
    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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    beyond our ken got a reaction from ALBIONSAINT in Telly Programmes   
    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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    beyond our ken got a reaction from exiledfan in Hibernian v St Mirren SPFL Premiership 6/8/23   
    Contact the SLI today
    they will meet you with the ticket at the gate
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    beyond our ken got a reaction from northstbuddie in St Mirren Vs Forfar   
    We should be thinking of bringing him into the middle a bit more, he would cause panic making those driving runs into the centre
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    beyond our ken reacted to Cookie Monster in Goodwillie and Robertson..........   
    There is evidence, or didn't you read the court papers.

    Also regarding the three in the room, you neglect to say that one was proven in a court of law to have an alcohol level that would have rendered her within the range of blood alcohol concentrations associated with alcoholic blackouts and memory impairment.

    If you had actually read the court papers you would have noticed his own evidence differed from his own written pleadings. Also his and the co defendants stories didn't even match up, never mind his recollection of events prior with sober impartial witnesses and video evidence.

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