Jute

I tend to agree Nisbet is the better player but can’t stay fit. Ross Stewart is injured which removes another potential option.

Adams and Ralston drop out squad and Shankland comes in.

U21 team for game at 12pm

3-0 flattered us a bit. We never looked in any danger of losing the game but going forward felt we were too pedestrian and team seemed to lack energy. We looked better once McTomminay and Christie came on but was still surprised that we managed another couple of goals.

Train through from Edinburgh is heaving after Haymarket. Going to be interesting to see what happens at Falkirk and Linlithgow. Getting to Hampden even on Saturday is painful on public transport. Not helped by me leaving my beer in a bag that is still sitting in the kitchen.

Game is on Viaplay who bought Premier Sports so if you have Premier Sport account should have access.

France 3-0 up on Netherlands after 20 minutes. France playing some great stuff so far.

I would have thought if Robson was in for the job long term then he would have been appointed by now. I am beginning to suspect Wilder taking the Watford job may have put our search for next manager back to square 1 and we might not see a manager in before the split.

Guardian were correct as Roy Hodgson back at Palace.

2-1 Barca now. Madrid had a goal chopped off by a debatable offside call after VAR. Barca are now 12 points clear with 12 games left so la liga as good as done.

Enjoyable first half. 1-1 with Barca equalising with last kick of half. Should be good second half.

Classico just started. Been decent so far.

Fantastic first half from Dons. Hearts are hopless. Only downside is it looks like rain.

Thought Woy had retired. Suppose he might steady ship until summer.

Note to self don’t use the term diets to describe Hearts fans. These cunts are truly just Huns without the bus fares.

Crystal Palace pull the trigger on Vieira.

Club have announced season ticket prices for next season. £400 for uncovered seat on South Stand as early bird price probably means that I will be stopping my ticket. £400 is just too expensive for Scottish football. Price combined with moving more and more kick offs from 3pm on a Saturday means it is just not worth while.

Also a fair number not starting for their club sides which isn’t great.

Squad for Cyprus and Spain games. No wingers to go with our non scoring strikers. No Shankland is a surprise. Guessing he is injured and out for Saturday as well.

If everyone is fit I would go with side that started last two games although I would swap Duncan and Duk so both are playing on their stronger side. Not been impressed with Hearts this season and without Snodgrass they are a bang average side. They are where they are because the rest of the league including us has been shite. If Snodgrass is out for them on Saturday think we have great chance to beat them. If we can get the gap to 4 points with us playing 3 of bottom 6 sides in next few weeks we can put them under some serious pressure. In train then pub Y pub then train 1-1 Miovski.

While grinning like a manic. If the Victims get passed the Tribute Act and are going for treble in the final it could get really ugly for the winner of Falkirk v ICT match.

Here we go again SFA’s latest attempt to get B teams into league structure. So the argument to get the B teams into lowland league was players needed to play against adult teams to develop but now they are likely to be punted from the lowland league they want a league composed mainly of B teams. Of course it’s all about player development.

U21 squad announced for friendlies against Sweden and Wales later this month. Ryan Duncan with first call up and Barron from Dons in squad.

Agree with Rico that they need to be making a decision now on it being Robson or someone else as we have too big a rebuilding job on for the work on it not to begin now. In fact we are probably already behind on it as ideally you would already want to have some of precontract agreements tied up. ETA - Should say I am not convinced by Robson as a long term option so would want to see new manager in as soon as possible.