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Yes, commiserations TAT, that was tough. So close. Want to kick us off for a fourteenth top so you can have another shot?

Positions after 3 rounds. jaggy still ahead. Will they catch him?

Congratulations lady-isobel-barnett. A fine last-gasp victory.

Would be nice to see a picture of that, CD.

Well, well, well. Advantage lady-isobel-barnett.

And then there were two. Ross County goal means adios Norgethistle.

Now, this is interesting...

Fairly quiet afternoon at Player Sponsorship HQ. Had to wake the Spreadsheet Operations Manager to stick a 1 in the away column. All still to play for but ThickAsThieves has probably put the champagne in the fridge.

Do you actually like watching the same teams over and over again?

When the leagues were restructured to 10/10/10/10 in the 90s, it was supposed to help Scottish football teams improve by ensuring only the very best teams were in the league. 'Scottish football teams' in this context means, of course, 'Celtic and Rangers'. That's gone well then. They created a situation where half of the teams in the leagues spend the whole season looking over their shoulder in fear of relegation. Hardly a recipe for stability and growth. A twenty year experiment that has clearly failed. There are many teams like us who would benefit from a period of stability. It is difficult to attract players when there is so much uncertainty. We have recently lost players to teams around us. Killie and Ross Co. possibly being thought to have a better chance of staying up. As we know, it is hard to get players to commit to more than one season. Is this related also? I'm sure we are not the only team who start the season with one eye on relegation as a business plan. Larger leagues would alleviate the situation and allow smaller teams to, slowly, improve. This is a very unhealth situation. Twenty years have been wasted. Scottish football, as a 'product', has not improved. Let's have some forward planning and radical thinking from our administrators. Yes, I know. Silly idea.

How did this come about, has it been set up by the club or is it a volunteer initiative that the club are backing?

So we move on to the final game. If it finishes 0 - 4 Norgethistle will win. 1 - 4 and it's lady-isobel-barnett. Any other result and our current leader, ThickAsThieves, will get Declan's top. Sort of Helicopter Sunday.

Agree. Very good listen. Great to have an atmosphere.

Sounded as though we did well. Unfortunate to concede an equaliser but credit due for coming on strong afterwards and not crumbling. After last week, good result. All the other games went our way too.

Quelle surprise. Anyway, what's the answer to my question?

Because, of course, we're always doing that. Remind me, Captain Smith, when was the last time?

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Predictions for Round 3 Edited to show correct predictions. Last week's published previously. Apologies.

Ok, here we go. Eleven possible winners this weekend. Norgethistle leads but six others within three points. This could go all the way to Sunday's game. Predictions for final round

I've been watching Thistle for about four hundred years and it's always been the same. You're right, 'make them play the ball' rather than 'let them play the ball'. Create uncertainty and force errors.

Predictions in by 9am tomorrow please.

Predictions in by 9am tomorrow please.

And that is that. Thank you jagfox. Springing over the finish line like a gazelle with three broken legs. But it matters not how we got here. Thirteen tops and another one-fifty for AA. Anybody mind waiting for the window before choosing who to sponsor? I'll collect over the weekend and fire dosh off to the club. The coalition of the willing sb1876 sb1876 jagaloon jagaloon oneteaminglasgow oneteaminglasgow north stander Jaggernaut jagfox jagfox scotty elevenone German Jag German Jag Erty 13 Thanks very much to you all

I will. Thank you Erty13. That leaves just 1 place left.

Thank you GJ. Two is just fine. That leaves 2.