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Barron called up. McCowan must be devastated. Edit: Doig also, good to see. These transitions should have been made prior to the Euros.

Bit in bold, you never mentioned in your original post, nor has anyone stated that in response. Nevertheless, for sky TV, Celtic and Rangers (only a BBC panderer would use the term old firm, which in itself places them on a pedestal*) are Scottish football, as is their right. According to you, they said "second in Glasgow is second in Scotland", which could be true depending on your definition of what second is. Celtic are correctly still described as champions, for example, despite the fact that they haven't won the league this season. It's not incorrect, therefore, to call the other scum second, as that's the "title" they currently hold. Anyway, as we've argued, there doesn't appear to be a mechanism for the Huns to so spectacularly fuck up their budget advantage that they'd get less than 80 points this season. *Mods, can you run a script to go through my posting history and quickly delete any posts where I've used the term old firm? Much appreciated.

No. At that point, they'd only been a couple of years in the top flight and were just beginning their big spending with a director of football. Their squad isn't terrible under Clement it's just that they're way off the Tims, which is the only barometer they care about.

It's near impossible to overturn a 4-5x budget deficit in a league season. I think we'll beat them at least once, and hopefully we can get them in the cup before they change manager again, but they'll sort themselves out and spend money in January if they're behind then (which I think is very unlikely, as we haven't been hugely convincing in the final third in most games). The Huns finishing below us is something I see as a longer term project. With the Tims continually expanding the gap between them and their other cheek, I think the Hun support will begin to dwindle and their financial situation suffer more and more. If we can get the budget gap to 2-3x, then we have a great chance in any individual season if they suffer from bad signings and injuries and we get a good season. We would have been there by now if the Tims, in my opinion, hadn't self sabotaged and let the Hun win to prevent the ten in a row. I believe that was a very significant milestone that would have tipped many a Hun over the edge and they'd have thrown in the towel. If the Tims win the next 2-3 titles then I could see the Hun support back down to its 80s levels again. Although, with European football constantly changing, I could see them being thrown a fig leaf of some spurious new European league or some pish that will save them (I'm not saying UEFA want to save the Huns, it'll be coincidental). I always think it's best to look at the points totals to get a good barometer of where we are. The Huns finished on 85 last season, with 7 losses. I don't see them finishing any worse than that this season. Realistically, to get second, you're going to need 85-90. I don't think the current Dons' squad is capable of that. 70 would be an excellent achievement in my opinion. No other club has got more than 76 points we got in 16/17, and I don't see our team doing that this season either. I don't see it as a bad thing. We need to build over a few years.

I suspect that he wouldn't be difficult to spot.

He said his favourite, not the best. If you're under the age of fifty, those two probably aren't going to be on your list.

I'd be devastated to have been dicking about on my phone whilst the game is going on.

Aye, I was being slightly facetious, but you're right. The chance today is the sort of one that Sokler wouldn't get his body round and would lean back and sky it. He's definitely better facing the goal, and I'll go back to my previous Darren Mackie comparisons with him. I expect Nisbet has that position to lose now.

I mean, it's difficult coming on in a game and getting up to the pace with not long to go, but aye, he was absolutely terrible. He genuinely doesn't look like a footballer. I like Thelin's use of the subs, but I think he's just giving Ambrose minutes because he's a new signing. I'm not convinced he's doing anything in training to justify getting on the pitch. If he's getting up to speed, then the international break will do him good. Give him some game time against Spartans.

Great goal, well worked. Sokler would have missed.

The competition winner took 12 minutes to get his first touch.

Some save.

No, although I don't think there was enough evidence to overturn the on field decision.

Some freekick from Vinnie. Probably don't deserve the goal, not convinced it was over the line.

Got one.

Missed first half. Anyone got a stream suggestion?

Aye, it'll be interesting to see how it works out for him. He can be a bit tender at times, I expect that's because he grew up in a house, a very big house in the country.

McCowan to be the inevitable benchwarmer at the Tims? 27 year old young prospect I suppose. I'm guessing they were worried about the threat Dundee were posing after a good start.

Quality. Good to see him still playing. I expect at 60, he'll still be able to send a hearts fullback to another galaxy with a simple drop of the shoulder.

Bavidge to Ayr on loan? Good move if so.

Yep, I like to get my thoughts in early, it's good to look back on mistakes, it's fine. I've correctly written off many players, and predicted many would be good too, far more than I've got wrong. I was fairly tentative in my language when discussing Nilsen, as there was a lot to like about him. I've not seen anything to like about Ambrose so far. I've never understood why people on forums say things like "gie the boy a chance", it's just an opinion. I have no actual ability to affect his playing time. I don't think he'll get jeered off the park by the red shed because of my opinion, and I certainly wouldn't be shouting abuse at the guy. On the brief showings, I don't think he'll be good enough, and we signed another player for the same position despite already being covered (in terms of numbers, definitely not quality), suggesting Thelin knows this.

Why would he build a squad to compete in Europe when they were overwhelmingly odds against to get past the play offs? Unless he was trying to bankrupt Killie. That'd be fine.

He's pish. That's the main issue.

What the fuck would he know about it? I wish guys like him would stop sticking their oar in where it's not wanted. Sincerely, D Cormack

I'd be fairly comfortable with where we are. We don't have a European schedule, and we've got a couple of midfielders to return from injury. I'd like Thelin to take a bit more time to suss out the squad, including his new signings, and then shift some folk on before any further activity. There are still a lot of guys in that squad that are average, and I wouldn't want to bulk that up with more averageness.