Huisdean

Well, I'll just have to be the one to say I am disappointed at him getting the job. I don't believe he has the required skills, yet, and, for me, he's a poor analyst on TV.  Hope I am wrong and will support him but still think this is a risky appointment. 

The successful appeal for Allardice just shows how poor the standard of refereeing is in the Championship. It's not as if the referee was unsighted, he was right there but still got it horribly wrong and, arguably cost us a win. 

Realistically, we had to win tonight so I think our play off chance has gone. That missed penalty against Alloa and the subsequent draw has comeback to haunt us big time. 

Referee undoubtedly influenced the game and, for me, the red cards were harsh, especially Allardice's but were just symptomatic of a very poor referee who was very inconsistent in his decisions which frustrates players hugely. 

17 minutes ago, Satan said:

Storey there too, Sutherland starting...caution??

DOB think so, just trying something different. Storey hasn't exactly set the heather on fire recently so Shane worth a shot. 

And that in a nutshell somes up why Hughes isn't a great manager, despite what some of our supporters think. The style of play he tries to play only works with good players, poor to average players just cannot make it work and Hughes is incapable of changing his system. 

Dreadful game, dreadfull performance, dreadfull referee but great 3 points. Not a lot more to say other than will take that evef week until the end of the season. 

Suspect he wasn't fully fit for the game on Tuesday in the first place. Looked off the pace to me when he came on. 

I think Deas and Devine must be injured as not even on the bench. Not too worried about Devine being missing tbh. 

On 12/13/2020 at 7:13 PM, RiG said:

Again, has McPake said that Keatings was offside? I've not seen that comment anywhere.

Very true but as have only seen the goal once in real time, it was the obvious assumption to make, albeit wrong as it turns out. Impossible to tell in real time if Sutherland was offside. 

McPake is an arrogant idiot and I so wish we had won the game to get him more annoyed. 

Didn't think Keatings was offside when I saw the goal in real time and it looked like the standside linesman made some questionable offside decisions against us. Really should have won the game but poor defending cost us. 

Also think Robbo made poor use of substitutions today. It was obvious that we were being dominated in midfield in the first half and either Kennedy or McGregor should have been substituted at half time for Welsh. Kennedy did come into the game more in the second half and I was surprised to see it was him that was subbed?  Onwards and hopefully upwards. 

I can sort of understand why some fans don't want to go as it really isn't a very sociable atmosphere. Having said that, I am sure plenty of fans will still want to attend.

I have been a season ticket holder for over 15 years but have been unsuccessful in both ballots so, on a personal level, am disappointed that I have not had the opportunity to attend either match so far. If the ballot system now goes to a first come first served and I miss out again on the Dunfermline game, I won't be happy as a season ticket holder. There looks like something is wrong with the current ballot system. 

Hope so as unsuccessful so far

33 minutes ago, Naelifts said:

Yes. Very good. Agree with Mantis that Kennedy was starting to annoy me with his tricks and selfishness before he got pulled. He must stay grounded. Many reasons to be uplifted by that performance but we need a goal scorer and, let's be honest, QoS were awful

Totally agree about Kennedy. He had a good game but was very selfish on several occasions when passing to other players was the better option instead of shooting. He is only young though so hopefully he will learn. Very similar traits to Ryan Christie in my opinion. 

Well done to the club for this statement. It didn't ring true to me at the time as thought that the fans who were there would have mentioned it but you just never know for sure. 

Typical low level journalism from that moron Keith Jackson, surprised he's even heard of us as his head is usually so far up the cheeks of the old firm to notice anything other than them. 

Really nice that one of our fans felt the need to go to the press, especially the Daily Record and, potentially land the club in bother. I would simply ask that fan why they did it other than to cause the club a problem. Not sure the club broke any laws however as travel for work is allowed.

Why we needed to get stewards from the Central Belt is another issue however.

At last, got a connection. 

5 minutes ago, RiG said:

Good point made in the Zoom call I am in. Quite likely that access to the stream for ICT season ticket holders has been rescinded on account that some are attending the game today to potentially stop someone else using their details to watch the stream at home

If this is the case, it is a feckin joke. I've paid for a season ticket, didn't get a seat in the ballot and then locked out of the live stream. Do the SPFL actually want to retain fans? 

Just tried Firefox, still no luck. 

Struggling with Microsoft Edge, away to try Google. 

16 hours ago, Jack Waddington said:

Reading this makes me wonder what hell awaits us when the Challenge Cup Final rolls around...

As there is no rush to play this, hopefully the situation will be a lot better by then. 

Now registered and ready to go. Instructions in the email don't exactly match what you have to do so a bit confusing but got there in the end. 

That's the way I read it too. You can just imagine the melt down from some on this site had they been charged for the game and there were problems with the streaming. The quality of streaming from some games has been variable if you listen to some fans so better to get it right than short change fans for a substandard product. 

Hearts, with all their additional finance should be better plus they have played a lot more pre season games so will be ahead of us fitness wise. Nothing like our full strength team either so as long as fitness and performances improve over the next few games, I'm happy with that. 

And so the usual doom and gloom from some posters begins. This is a pre season friendly to build fitness and played in dreadful conditions, the result is largely meaningless. 

People are going to have to understand that until there is a vaccine for Covid, there will be a risk in everything we do. You either have to be prepared to accept that risk or basically shut yourself off as a virtual hermit. I, for one would be prepared to accept the risk. I an see no reason why we cannot plan for crowds from the start of January at the latest but perhaps even sooner if social distancing can be maintained and that distance reduced to a metre as they are now doing in some countries in Europe.