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Came across THIS article online and thought it was a good read! Maybe we should be thankful to Rita Butcher for the talent that is Richie Foran!

He was utterly atrocious. If I performed that badly at my job then I would be fired. It took Skacel crying like a little girl to convince him to book Tokely for that first "challenge". No complaints for the second yellow but his first booking was wholly unjustifiable. For the record, it took Ian Black 6 (SIX!) fouls and a mouthful of abuse to Allan to get himself a booking. Where's the consistency? The throw in farce in the second half involving the stand side linesman beggared belief as did the subsequent handball which he somehow missed. I did also enjoy Hearts taking that other thrown in a good 10 - 15 yards further along from where the ball went out. If these guys can't be consistent and good at their jobs then just f**k off because you're spoiling the game for the fans and players.

Lots of positives to take from the performance, particularly the bright start. Smashing build-up prior to an excellent finish by Doran. Hearts came back all guns blazing in the second half and the draw was probably a fair result. As for Crawford Allan, it seems that every week I feel that the ref is "the worst one we've ever seen up here". Mr Allan is the new title holder. As for the standside linesman, I wouldn't urinate on him if he was on fire.

Good game and performance today but totally spoilt, yet again, by poor refereeing. We keep hearing about why it is important to respect refereees but after todays performance you can see why the respect breaks down. Most people will accept that referees have a hard job ane will not get every decision correct but the majority of referees seem incapable of getting simple decisions correct and there can be no excuse for that. This is not just a moan that refs have it in for ICT, Celtic's second penalty against Aberdeen today was a horrendous decision, so bad that even Murdo McLeoad said it was not aa penalty!. Something seriously must be done to improve referees performances as they are only making it worse for themselves by their abject displays. That goes for the linemen as well with some absolute howlers from both linesmen today. On a slightly different note, was very disappointed with Heart's attitude today. Players went down very easily and conned the referee, this led to Tokely's first booking which should not have happened. As for the Hearts number 7, Souso Santana(?), he should have been bokked for blatant play acting and diving but nothing happened. Ian Black was also lucky to stay on the pitch as he continued to kick/throw the ball away after he had been booked but no action was taken. Some ref's would have sent players off for that. Not saying it is right or wrong but where is the consistency.

So the Aberdeen relegation party is still on? cool. Although I dont mind if Hamilton take their place

Very true, and I well remember how delighted ICT fans were to win this cup in 2003 - as well as how disappointed they were to lose the 1999 and 2009 finals. A big well done to Ross County and it was good to hear Jimmy C in his post match interview give credit to Derek Adams who took the team through the earlier rounds and who was watching the final from the BBC commentary point. I would now like to think that this cup final victory can give Ross County the boost which will finally take them away from any threat of the relegation playoffs, a danger which they should not be facing in any case.

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Apologies in advance for going all political, but I saw this piece on twitter and it made me think of this thread: http://bit.ly/dS8jfE I wonder if the upcoming election will have any impact on our club and our game in general.