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I also wonder how you've managed to miss the announcement that the game was postponed - almost five hours ago!

"Goonbaiting" could be a term used today when someone puts a one liner in the forum and gets a history lesson in reply

Wed 02 Dec 2015 In my previous post I missed the fact that Eddie Ofere scored two goals for his club, Boluspor in Turkey, (his first of the season, I think), in a 4-1Cup win. Sat 05 Dec 2015 Scot Premier A Rooney (Dundee 0 - Aberdeen 2) B Mckay (Kilmarnock 1 - Dundee Utd 1) Scot Cup D Park (Cove R 4 - Formantine 1) Highland League D Wyness (Buckie 2 - Fraserburgh 2) L MacKinnon (Buckie 2 - Fraserburgh 2) D Gillespie (Keith 2 - Brora R 6) G Morrison (Keith 2 - Brora R 6) Danske Bank Premier C Allen (Ballinamallard 2 - Glentoran 4)

Youth Cup tie postponed.

He was so busy "Nat Bashing" that he missed it

Not so. First two were Lab/Lib coalitions

No shortage of things to do in Edinburgh although you might want to give the outdoor German xmas market a miss.......

Think DD if you look back you'll find SNP were a minority government from 07 - 11 and struggled to get parliamentary approval for many things. Charles you are so academic and clever perhaps you could give us all a lesson on metallurgy. This bridge is inspected constantly but until now no serious problems have been found and engineers deemed it safe. The most recent inspection has revealed some cracks in structural steel and engineers decided to take precautions. That cannot be blamed on SNP or anyone else for that matter. As for new bridge perhaps some should research the efforts labour activist Duncan Hothersall went to to stop this happening.

Youth Cup tie moved to Ochilview - kick-off at 12.

DD you are wrong quoting 9 years, the SNP were wanting to make a start on the A9 in their first term but all the other parties voted against it and the money was used to bail out the Edinburgh Trams!

So inevitable that when Westminster was in control of transport nothing happened and when, for almost a decade, the Labour/Lib Dem coalition were in control of transport nothing continued to happen....

Sorry Alex, you are so naïve and gullible. Do you not realise that they only invest in such vital infrastructure projects, including the long overdue duelling of the A9 and A96 with a view to sewing seeds of discontent and agitation for independence and are not at all concerned with prudent investment in the future of the nation. In fact, it seems that every step the take at Westminster, Holyrood and local government is so motivated. Worse still, they are guilty of disturbing the equilibrium of 'The Mother of Parliaments' by acting above their, presumably second class, station.

The fascination with Deano was incredible from the north stand. A lot of fans would rather watch him warm up than watch the actual game.

No thanks.

The SNP are very good at claiming credit for just about anything they can whilst shirking responsibility for their failures. There was an inevitability about both projects and it just so happens that the SNP were in power when the decisions were made. They have had to be pushed hard to put money into dualing the A9 and nearly 9 years after coming into office we are only now seeing the first work starting. It is hardly something to brag about. Following discovery of major structural problems which meant the bridge would have a very limited life at full loading, the previous administration commissioned work to identify options for replacement. When the SNP came into office, they simply had no option but to approve it. I appreciate that there is precious little the SNP can justifiably claim credit for so I suppose I can understand why they are so desperate to claim credit for these infrastructure projects.

Well you certainly have to give these Nats credit for consistent and indeed persistent creativity! Doofer's Dad makes a lot of good points a couple of posts before this one. But with regard to Alex' spin on this sorry issue, the reality is that the new Forth crossing is not an factor in this current mess since it is incomplete and merely diverts attention from the real problem. This shambles results from it suddenly emerging that the structural integrity of the present bridge has been allowed to get so bad that the whole thing has had to be closed immediately. This follows an assurance back in May that everything was fine and now it suddenly turns out that there are potential structural problems right across its entire length. And, while operation is contracted out to Amey, the buck stops with the Scottish Government since transport is a devolved matter. This shambolic situation has arisen on the SNP's watch.... unless they happen to claim that a great big Westmonster arose out of the Forth and attacked the underside of the bridge! Five years ago, almost to the day, Father Jack was obliged to resign following transport chaos during bad weather. Given that the buck for this far more serious situation stops with Derek MacKay, will he be next? The SNP are indeed, as DD says, great at taking credit for anything they can (or even can't), whilst ignoring failures. So they tell us that:- They gave us a new Forth crossing...... whilst conveniently ignoring that the current disaster is a result of their incompetent stewardship of the present one. They gave us a new state of the art hospital in Glasgow.... whilst conveniently ignoring that the place lurches from one crisis to another. They gave us the Curriculum for Excellence... whilst conveniently ignoring the mayhem that the cack handed implementation of this scheme has created in schools. They gave us Police Scotland.....I rest my case m'lud!!!!!! That just about covers most areas of devolved power where the SNP are demonstrably making a complete pig's ear of things whilst telling us all how wonderful they are. It's simply an extension of Peace is War, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength..... oh yes, and GTA is worth more than the oil!

The rail bridge nearby is old fashioned metal construction and has stood the test of time. I wonder why the modern one is cracking up after only 50 years? It is no good saying they did not realise the weight of traffic would rise. It is the job of the designers to anticipate all eventualities, is it not? I also wonder how our fans will get to the match today in Edinburgh ?

Indeed... NatBashing.... part of a longstanding Great British tradition which manifests itself in various forms. For instance during WW2, British prisoners of war used to indulge in "Goonbaiting"... "Goons" being their name for German prison guards. This was especially prevalent in Colditz and no stone was left unturned by way of generally ridiculing the guards or doing anything possible to undermine German morale. The French got involved too and on one occasion a German officer asked for volunteers among prisoners to work for the Reich. A French prisoner immediately stepped forward, loudly declaring that he would rather work for 100 Germans than one Frenchman. The officer asked him what his occupation was. He replied "Undertaker!" They also used to put used razor blades in the pigswill by way of depriving the Hun of as much livestock as they could. These are pretty natural kinds of responses when oppressed by the Forces of Darkness..... hence NatBashing.