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  1. HawkeyeTheGnu
    The decline started as soon as we won the cup pretty much. That heralded the breaking up of a squad largely put together by Butcher. Yes, we didn’t replace quality players, but Hughes has to share part of that blame as he was the one recruiting players. Even if funds was the issue, why sign loads of midfielders when other positions needed attention too? The treatment of Raven was pretty shoddy too. As for Hughes style of play - yes it was pleasing to the eye at times in the cup winning season, but in the season he took over we tended to either bore teams to death for a 0-0, or get walloped. In his final season the football was eye-bleedingly bad at times - Dundee at Dens in Feb nearly put me off football for life - and only winning 4 out of 5 after the split put a gloss on the season. Since Hughes left, the decision making at the club has ranged from the questionable to the outright laughable. While I agree that our current situation cannot be laid solely at Hughes’ door, is is at least partially culpable.
  2. HawkeyeTheGnu
    They could finish the job!
  3. HawkeyeTheGnu
    I’m pretty sure their cash flow will be negative at present, necessitating the loan. What will give the lender comfort is that season ticket money will start turning up in around 3 months time, allowing them to clear the debt.
  4. HawkeyeTheGnu
    Not just their car park, but various other assets too. If we have to go down that route, then the game is probably up.
  5. HawkeyeTheGnu
    FFS, can’t make the Saturday
  6. HawkeyeTheGnu
    That's what does my head in, no consistency in the same game. Brad was stupid to get involved when on a booking, but it annoying to see opponents get away with the same behaviour. I wonder if our reputation is leading to some soft bookings?
  7. HawkeyeTheGnu
    That seems like the logical place, which probably rules it out immediately
  8. HawkeyeTheGnu
    We are not alone in this if the Aberdeen, Hearts or Hibs fans that attended their recent cup finals turned up every week, they'd need much bigger stadiums Everyone wants to see their team when they are doing well, however notional the actual attachment to that team
  9. HawkeyeTheGnu
    It's nothing to do with the SFA. It's an SPFL tournament. It was invented as part of the centennial celebrations of the SFL to give lower division teams another trophy they could realistically hope to win. The revamp to include non Scottish teams was probably a good idea to regenerate interest, the decision to not join up the schedule with the schedule of the other domestic leagues was definitely not a good idea. Sadly, as soon as tv become involved, kick off times become bizarre, and people would rather watch the game in a warm, dry room with a beer, rather than a cold, wet, windy stadium that has probably run out of hot water before half time. Unforgivably, the people that run Scottish football are too willing to sell TV rights (and so give up control of fixture times) for a price that feels way too generous.
  10. HawkeyeTheGnu
    The premiership side get a bye to the playoff final. There is 1 QF - Champ 3 v Champ 4 1 SF - Champ 2 v QF Winner Final - Prem 11 v SF Winner So the only real advantage is to finish 2nd and have 2 less games
  11. HawkeyeTheGnu
    The Queens players seemed surprisingly unbothered by it.
  12. HawkeyeTheGnu
    5th - provided Morton don't comeback and beat Falkirk.
  13. HawkeyeTheGnu
    The less said about that the better!
  14. HawkeyeTheGnu
    Scottish ref in bad decision shocker.
  15. HawkeyeTheGnu
    Why did Polworth & Vigurs get booked in the first place? BBC Live Text is its usual effusive self.
  16. HawkeyeTheGnu
    I'm guessing it's 3 at the back.
  17. HawkeyeTheGnu
    According to SFA disciplinary site, last week incurred a one game ban, so Raven should be available for Livi.
  18. HawkeyeTheGnu
    As long as he's nowhere near Palmerston this weekend. As far as his fourth official duties go, even he can't mess up holding an electronic board, surely.
  19. HawkeyeTheGnu
    The fact that one of our "top" officials was fast-tracked while his dad was head of refereeing tells you all you need to know about the integrity of our officiating. The fact that this "top" official is useless, kind of underlines the point.
  20. HawkeyeTheGnu
    Difficult to see the penalty properly on a small screen, but it's never a good idea to give a Scottish ref a decision to make. I take it Vigurs was booked for his reaction to the blatant simulation? If that's a yellow, how the hell did Samson stay on?
  21. HawkeyeTheGnu
    I think they binned this requirement along with the all seater stadium requirement a few years back.
  22. HawkeyeTheGnu
    God knows!
  23. HawkeyeTheGnu
    That chip from Vigurs... The whole move reminds me of the goal Ryan Christie scored against Dundee at Dens.
  24. HawkeyeTheGnu
    Aren't most things? I'm sure if the board knew how things would turn out, they would have done it differently. I have said before that I was glad at the time that the board decided to rebuff both the approach for Hughes by United, and Aberdeen's bid for Tansey. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish they'd accepted both.
  25. HawkeyeTheGnu
    No, the seeds were sown when the club decided to hold on to a Scottish Cup manager, and didn't let hIm speak to Dundee United.
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