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I'll pay.

As I've said before if Andrew Shinnie gets signed up I'll buy an ICT strip and get Shinniesta on the back of it. And I'll take him to Nandos.

Missing this one :(

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/refereeing/81/42/36/lawsofthegame_2012_e.pdf I think you're linking to an old version (based on the file name). That's the most recent version that I can find. ^^^ Still doesn't understand the rules.

So using your rules defnders can run around their penalty area with their hands above their heads at a corner and if the ball hits their hand it's not a penalty as it wasn't deliberate ? Think your the one that needs to read the rules champ . Have you read the rules yet?

Tell you what champ, why don't you pop off and have a wee read of the laws of the game before you post any more nonsense on here about things you clearly know nothing about. There's a good lad.

^^^ Doesn't know the rules of football. or maybe hes just doing this >>> ? For me it was a penalty as mekings arm was in an unnatural position when the ball made contact with it , making it a penalty IMO . Maybe rig or wee luke can enlighten me as to why I'm wrong . For starters, the position of a players hand doesn't mean it's automatically an infringement. Also it's highly debatable whether Meekings deliberately handled the ball.

^^^ Doesn't know the rules of football.

Yeah I agree with most of that. It's a bit of a bugbear for me that they don't seem to want to make a decision at times especially for things happening right in front of them. That said, that linesman gave a foul against Nick Ross for a perfect challenge in teh second half so maybe it's better he didn't get too involved!

If the assistant doesnt make a decision he needs to indicate what the referee has given using his flag.

Not convinced it was a penalty to be honest. The worst decision was to penalise Nick Ross for a fantastic challenge on Lawson (I think) where he toed the ball away but a foul was given against him. Overall I thought it was a poor game and both teams were set up to stifle each other and aside from the chances that people have already mentioned there isn't really too much else to add. I would have taken a point before hand but I'm a bit concerned as we haven't created much over the last couple of games going by standards set earlier in the season.

Charlie Taylor will play left back in place of Shinniesta Light.

Not convinced to be honest.

Nope. There's one at 16.40 or something like that then nothing until after 7. Ridiculous.

If this is true I'm going to buy an ICT top and get Shinniesta on the back.

We should go down the route that Ross County are going. After all, they're doing something different to us and playing local lads.

Lawson wasn't strictly a new face though. For some reason Adams preferred playing Fotheringham in a more advanced role. Lawson is a huge player for County and is always looking to take the ball off the CBs and trying to play it as opposed to resorting to the Munro hoof.

Meekings and Warren followed by Devine for me.

I didn't even know Wilson was playing.

I never heard anything bad about Esson bar the "Ryan Esson oo oo! Ryan Esson oo oo!" chant.

I thought this was going to be about winning a game with Esson in goal.

He's really good at making these runs then checking the run to see what his marker does. More often that not they keep going and he (Warren) is left in a wee bit of space to power a header home. He's been a smashing signing and the replacement for Dods we've all been after. Yet we still concede bucketloads of goals!

Not quite got the link right: http://tinyurl.com/b9wuucv Warren is suspended.

As for the game I thought it was quite poor for the most part. We didn't really play much good football but we were always a threat on set pieces with all three goals coming from such situations as Hearts just couldn't cope with the likes of Draper and Warren in the air. Draper spent a lot of time drifting wide to act as a target man in the absence of Foran when we had goal kicks / free kick deep in our half. He did well deputising there and it was his smart header across goal that led to McKay bundling in our second goal. Prior to that Warren had put us ahead after a well placed header eluded MacDonald following a Doran free kick. Warren is making a habit of getting free from his man and expertly placing his header in the back of the net. We've seen him do it against Aberdeen, Dundee United and Rangers this season and I wondered why Hearts allowed him so much space yesterday. Doran was played through by Shinnie but he was called offside although some of the Sportsound guys apparently said it was pretty close. Hard to tell from behind the goals. The Hearts equaliser was a smashing strike. Holt cutting inside a couple of ICT players before lashing an effort past the despairing Esson. Hearts played some nice stuff after this but more often than not it ended with a wild shot or miscued effort due to lack of composure. Our second goal was quite straight forward. A free kick was lofted into the box and meet by Draper who headed back across goal and McKay was there to head home albeit with the aid of a deflection of a Hearts defender. Had that deflection not redirected the ball I think that MacDonald might have got to it. Disappointing second goal to concede for us after Nick Ross headed an effort from Ngoo off the post but we failed to clear our lines and when it fell to Webster his effort was deflected off Devine and off in the opposite direction that Esson was going to bring Hearts level again. As with the McKay goal I think the keeper might have gotten there but the deflection completely took the ball away from where he was going. Esson kept us in it with a superb save after some Hearts lad crashed a shot in from about 25 yards out. It was well struck and looked like it was going in under the bar but Esson flew to his right to palm it over. The winning goal by Warren reminded me of the goal he scored v Rangers. From a corner he somehow found a wee bit of space and stopped to head home. Sutherland had a chance to make it four when he was played through but he lacked any real sense of composure and, under pressure, blasted high and wide. Andrew Shinnie was pretty quiet yesterday I thought but Danny Devine did well coming in for the injured Josh Meekings. If I was Simon King I'd be a bit worried about getting a new deal for next season. He hasn't impressed in the few games he's played and with Meekings and Warren as our first choice CBs and Devine offering good cover and Hogg still to come back I can't see him staying next season. Draper was much better yesterday after being hung out to dry somewhat when he was shifted to RM against Motherwell. He was a useful target man for us in place of Foran. Nick Ross also played well I thought defending well but also offering a good attacking outlet. We still look poor at the back at times but we worked hard to grind that result out and helps to stop the recent barren run and gives the guys a boost going in to the game against United on Wednesday and of course the Highland Derby on Saturday.