Tyrant

Does he fuck. He shouldn't have fucked it with us then. Better squad, bigger budget and still fucked it. There were some cracking results I know.. but the tactics often left much to be desired. The 2nd Rijeka away tie is one that springs to mind.

Yes, that line because that is the case. The technology can and should be used differently. I just don't buy into that our choices are keeping VAR as it is now (shite) or bin it completely. There's a whole lot of middle ground in between that we should be looking towards. I'm not saying there's a way of getting it perfect. Very difficult when so many decisions are subjective but there is a lot of improvement that can and should be made in the meantime. For example I'm hearing the the handball rule has changed (again) but it sounds like a step in the right direction. Time will tell how that will pan out. Another obvious improvement required is the time that it can take. Personally I don't mind waiting 3 minutes if the right decision is reached. The frustration comes from when an offside call is obvious (one way or the other) and VAR then takes umpteen minutes to check it. That needs to be sorted and I believe it can be, with and without additional tech. At the top of the games we have automated offside decisions I believe which were proving to be a real time saver during the Euros. But having said that I believe these offside decisions can be sped up without the need to invest in even more technology. But for me, speeding things up is near the bottom of the list of priorities. Get the calls right and the time taken matters less. Far too soon to be binning VAR completely IMO my opinion.

Shame that there's no danger of that happening like.

When is he going to accept that his alcoholism prevents him from working effectively? Even if he had some makings of a not-terrible manager which we've not really seen any evidence of.

This is a common viewpoint now but I don't understand it. My viewpoint is "stop fucking using it like a bunch of fucking idiots". Why are we hoping it's binned rather than getting it sorted out? There was talk of ex professionals being in the VAR rooms to consult with but I don't see why that's needed. I've not played 11 a side football since I was 12 but I feel I could go in there and do a significantly better job than what we often see. The example being the Livi penalty. It's never a handball in a million years and it's the contact from the Livi player that causes Sokler's contact with the ball. The ref was sent over to the screen but we all know that 99 times out of a 100 the on field ref will cave to the VAR ref but he doesn't have to. It was the wrong decision for me. IMO VAR is a step in the right direction but it's been used horrendously up here and south of the border too at times. When it came in I was worried that it would be used to help the old firm (or the re-incarnations thereof) and we saw that at Pittodrie when they successfully managed to find a fucking non-incident in injury time to get The Rangers a much needed penalty to save Clement's unbeaten start. I'm not a fan of basing decisions on how much or little one team has claimed something but fuck me that was a bad decision. Nothing but a gift. That's the sort of thing that would convince me to bin VAR. So, aye. I'll probably be in agreement by Christmas.

To be fair Hibs are fucking rank and would be better off releasing the whole squad.

My attitude towards the co-efficient is that it can get fucked. All it does is help the Old Firm line their pockets with mad Champions League money which I don't think does our league any favours. I was quite happy to see St Mirren and Killie doing well in Europe but I can't pretend I care about the co-efficient when I enjoy seeing Celtic and Rangers lose as much as I do. I will never want either of them to win any game ever.

Would have happily seen them both go through. Unlike the Old Firm obviously. Unfortunately these competition are always going to cause problems for clubs with relatively small squads. I don't/didn't begrudge the Killie and St. Mirren fans a wee European jaunt.

Unless we're due to play either cheek of the Old Firm arse.

Beautiful. Almost as arousing as the second yellow that the hun got for a red card

Has Naisy even got his badges yet? Didn't Hearts have to pretend that some other member of staff was the manager this time last season because Naisy didn't have the required qualifications?

Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!

In Hoose SS Hoose 2-1 Shinnie

I'm nae one for hills. Nae for walking up them anyway but decided to walk up Ben Nevis. Did it before a long time ago. It was much tougher than I remember. Winna be rushing back to do it again! I' glad I waited until there was no snow at the top. That would have been a nightmare. I'll stick to Benachie. Or Buckie Brae.