DoofersDad

His best ever game for us was against Motherwell in the cup. He played out his skin that night and at the same time managed to get the whole team fired up.

That game was the turning point of our season for me.

I wish he was still here.

Spot on, Johnboy. With Imrie and Jonny on fire causing mayhem on the wings, Rooney in the middle and Foran coming from deeper to latch on to cut backs a la lampard we'd have an attacking force that you strike fear into any of the SPL defences. Without Imrie we're still good but will need a little more cutting edge to challenge for top six.

There's a certain logic to this ABE movement. On the rare occasions Scotland have reached the finals, Scots fans have been used to supporting a team that loses. With Scotland not there the ABE movement not only allows the fans to get their fix of seeing the team they are supporting lose, it also allows them to continue this masochistic pleasure beyond the group stages.

It would be nice to think the majority of Scots would support England but I'm know that is not going to happen. I accept that many, if not most Scots will not be supporting England but it would be so much more positive if they supported the team playing the most attractive football instead. This is, after all, meant to be the world's showcase of the beautiful game.

Our electoral system stinks. It is totally wrong that a party that attracts a minority even of those who bother to vote can have an overall majority of seats within Parliament and push forward whatever ill considered proposals it likes and get them enshrined in law. It stinks even more in that minority parties attracting less than 10% of the popular vote will usually not have any representation at all in a chamber of over 630 representatives. Those people become completely disenfranchised. And remember, this is not a tiny minority of "fringe" views that are not being heard in parliament, it is the views of several million people.

This why this election has been really good for two reasons. Firstly there is the election of the Green's leader Caroline Lucas. Winning a seat in a hotly contested first past the post election is a quite astonishing achievement. And whilst the Greens will remain hugely under represented in terms of quantity, Ms Lucas will make up for it in terms of quality. She has been on Question Time a few times and eloquently demolishes the myth that the Green Party are only concerned about environmental issues.

The second reason is that with a hung parliament there is now a chance for the big two to get a dose of their own medicine and be on the receiving end of somebody else's disproprtionate amount of power. Nick Clegg is now the power broker here and has a glorious opportunity to help introduce true democracy into our parliamentary system. Rather than enter into any kind of sordid coalition, Nick Clegg should be telling Cameron that until Cameron sets a date for a new election under a PR system, the Lib Dems will vote against everything the Tories try to push through unless there is a complelling need to support it in the national interest.

We might then have an election where people can vote for the party which best represents their views rather than for the party which they feel has the best chance of stopping the one they least like. It will also mean that we have a parliament which truly represents the views of the electorate. Let's hope Nick Clegg can act with the courage and humilty to finally deliver democracy to the UK and not with greedy self interest in accepting some position in a seedy coalition.

Saw the highlights on the BBC website - what a cracking goal to make it 6-6. Also click onto the link for the radio commentry - great stuff.

And how I laughed at the sight of Motherwell fans heading for the exits when it went to 6-2! :023:

As for records, there was a 7-7 draw in the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup in 1929 when Dulwich Hamlets played Wealdstone. What is really remarkable here is that 7 years earlier Dulwich Hamlets also conceded 7 goals at the same stage of the competition. But on that occasion they actually won when they scored 8 against St Albans!

Were you there?

No. Sadly it clashed with the local pensioners' day trip to Margate.

Saw the highlights on the BBC website - what a cracking goal to make it 6-6. Also click onto the link for the radio commentry - great stuff.

And how I laughed at the sight of Motherwell fans heading for the exits when it went to 6-2! :021:

As for records, there was a 7-7 draw in the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup in 1929 when Dulwich Hamlets played Wealdstone. What is really remarkable here is that 7 years earlier Dulwich Hamlets also conceded 7 goals at the same stage of the competition. But on that occasion they actually won when they scored 8 against St Albans!

How do these rumours start? Terry was in a bar and someone asked him if he was in for his usual red wine. He said "No, I'm in for a wee nip today" and the next thing you know Mizumo all but has the number 7 shirt on his back.

Terry's ?20 million won't go far, then.

I feel sorry for Duff - he showed real promise but we don't know how complete his recovery is. Hopefully he will get a chance elsewhere and do well.

It must have been a toss up between Eagle and Odhiambo. Both are probably too lightweight and don't get stuck in enough but I feel Eagle was improving - he puts some reasonable balls in and gets himself into good positions. Perhaps strange that if Terry is letting Eagle go that he played him as much as he did rather than Ross and Morrison.

Sorry to see Bulvitis go. He had a very poor last game but otherwise has been pretty solid - he's also scored some useful goals and I would have thought he was a useful option as a squad player. If Duff is not an option then we are pretty limited at the back as things stand. But Terry knows a thing or two about defending so it may be that he already has players in his sights.

It is good that these decisions have been taken quickly. That augers well for decisive action in strengthening the squad and getting the team together for a good pre-season.

Yes. Well done Dewsbury Dude for coming top in a challenging season.

For me, the prediction league has highlighted how unpredictable and competetive the SFL has been this season. This view is confirmed by the fact the Doofer's Mum came a very creditable 9th, narrowly ahead of such wise and informed participants as Wanderer, Scotty, Johnboy and, of course, yours truly. She was also a very long way ahead of Doofer but the less said about that the better.

I don't wish to down play the efforts of Doofers Mum - she's a lovely lady - but the fact is, she knows f all about football and has never been to a game in her life. However, she is fair and doesn't want any supporters too disappointed by results and therefore predicted all the results to be draws. You don't get many high scoring draws but you want some goals so she predicted them all as 1 - 1 draws. In other words, those of us below Doofer's Mum in the table did worse than a standard entry made with no actual consideration of what the score might be in any individual game. Whilst extremely embarassing for the footy fans in the Doofer household, this does illustrate both the unpredictability of the SFL (which has made the season really interesting) and than some of us know a damn sight less about the beautiful game than we would like to think we do.

It will be different in the SPL. My predicition for next season is that the natural order of things will be restored and Doofers Mum will be put firmly in her place.

I have two signed balls, 1 from around 96-97 and the other from around 2004-2005. Also have a signed away strip ( the orenge one sponsered by scotrail) signed by duncan shearer. A copy of A Night to Remember (the vcr) signed by paul sheerin and a few signed programs and i shall have them all till the day i die. They are to precious to part with.

Ah!

Well, son. How can I put this gently to you.

It's like this. Your mother was having a spring clean at the weekend and things like old balls, shirts, programs, videos etc found their way into the bin. I said they were precious to you but you know what she's like. "If they're so bloody precious to him he should have taken them with him to bloody Wakefield." she said. Well, I couldn't argue with that.

Only joking! Don't worry. Until you can keep them in a place of your own they will be safe. I will guard them with my life!

It seems like a case of shifting the blame to me. Of course they will be desparately disappointed not to have won promotion but they are not a bad team and these are not bad players. They won the Alba cup and came 2nd in the league only because of an exceptional run from an exceptional side. If Dundee were to keep the current squad they would still be a good bet for promotion next year if only they could get the right manager to get the best out of them. This will be great news at Victoria Park.

Rooneeeey! Rooneeeey!

The dolphin is an endagered species - I don't know that I like the sound of that. On the other hand I like the idea of the eagle soaring majestically above everything else and looking down disdainfully on the staggies way below.

Links from the Sunday Times today. The kind of things we don't want to see from our players but well worth a look.

A shocking tackle (and referee) http://snipurl.com/vwd0g

A shocking miss http://snirpul.com/vwcwc

and shocking simulation http://snirpul.com/vwd22

Haven't not been in the main stand for years, forgotten how quiet it was. Some people left at full-time :D

As late as that! Things are looking up.

is your glass always half empty?? 2 posts you have made after the game what you have said miite be true but you should have left the downsides till sunday to post and concentrated on the great things about to-day . just my opinion

No. What I have said is largely positive about a great day. Just noting that there were party poopers about.

Not quite clear how you think it's wrong for me to include a little objective criticism in my posts but it's OK for you to criticise me. It's Sunday now so hope you don't mind me saying this :D

It's party time so let's start with the bad and end on a positive note.

1 Bad. The club was happy to allow fans onto the pitch but not to climb all over the goals. I know there was lots of excitement but I am sure everyone could understand that was a moronic thing to do. Had the goals broken folk could have been injured and there could have been serious repurcussions. It could have ruined the fun for everyone else.

2 Bad. The number of "fans" who just can't help themselves from having a go at the players and criticising them. I know it wasn't the greatest of overall performances and one or two players were very poor today but hey! we've just won the league by 12 points having been 15 points behind at one point. What's to criticise? Despite it being the "Party at the Park" one moron close to me shouted "for F***s sake (players name) you're f***ing useless". It makes me worry just how quickly a large proportion of the crowd will start barracking the team next year when we aren't winning all the time. Please, if you must criticise players, go and watch County and criticise theirs.

1 Good. The real fans. Lots of singing and lots of different songs. It really lifts the players so keep it going in the hard times next season guys!

2 Good. Great to hear the high pitched cries of "Caley, Caley" coming from the South stand from the mouths of the youngsters who had been given tickets for the game. They are the future of the club so hopefully they enjoyed themselves and this will encourage them to be regular attenders in the years to come.

or as in Eddi Reader of Fairground Attraction fame.

Someone, Jonny Hayes, I think, threw a pair of boots tied together by the laces into the air. I saw them rather late as they descended from up above and had someone taller and more agile not caught them, I might well have been garrotted.

I know we shouldn't read too much into the game when there is the party frame of mind but we were distinctly 2nd best until our player of the year slotted home the goal. But as has been the case recently, lady luck was with us. Dundee nearly went ahead when Esson made a superb save to deflect a well struck free kick onto the post. Then a Dundee player decided to fall on his *rse well before the tackle came in when he was well placed to score - should have been booked.

A further attack saw a pretty cynical challenge from Bulvitis not penalised and then the ball moved up the other end of the park for our goal.

Bulvitis was very poor today and will struggle at a higher level. The rest of the back 4 were excellent. Hayes was terrific and put the fear of God in the opposition. Often there were 3 or even four opponents on him which created a fair bit of space for the rest of our midfield which they failed to take advantage of. They dwelt far too long on the ball, first touch was poor and so was the distribution. Even Rooney, apart from a well taken goal seemed to lack control. We looked a much poorer side without Richie Foran. Nice to see Nick Ross get a game - he did OK.

Eric missed two golden opportunites and then Ross missed another but more than a single goal win would have flattered us.

But the main thing is - we won! again! We seem to have learnt the knack of winning when not playing well and if we can do that in the SPL I will be more than happy.

The speculation was more entertaining than the reality

Our paths crossed from time to time at work. A real gent.

Robbie Keane and Kris Boyd would be good.

Yes, we could do with some cover for Rooney.

Great effort. But if they fall behind, they can always hitch a lift on the Dundee supporters bus - should be plenty of room. B)

If the club is determined to stop fans coming onto the pitch during the game then the answer is to stop all this winning nonsense. Let's get back to the early season dross and there should be no worries about any pitch invasion repercussions.

However, just in case the club do not take this sensible precaution and our team do to Dundee what they did to Ayr last week, I have taken the precaution of procuring a seat right at the back in the middle of a row so that it will make it extremely difficult for this middle aged git to leap over the wall and skip onto the pitch to the great embarrassment of the club and my family alike. I urge everybody else to take the club's statement seriously and take whatever precautions they deem necessary to restrain themselves at times of such overwhelming excitement. Those sitting nearer the front might want to tie their shoe laces together, for example.