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Conrad Balatoni Tweeted a short while ago that he's in a car up to Dundee with Paul Cairney and that it probably means they'll get lost. Might affect the team selection...

Am I the only one to see the irony of going to the trouble of branding "I don't care about the Royal Wedding" mugs?

No amount of data collection can eliminate governmental incompetence!

I only filled it in because I'm a student and I'd rather not be made even more impecunious by a £1000 fine. My (ir)religion is none of the government's business. My marital status is none of their business. My ethnicity is none of their business. Arguably it's not even any of their business what my name is, when I was born and where. The "it helps them plan local services" stuff is a load of shite though. The state already has this information and it's a damned sight more up to date than a once a decade census. They have the information about anyone in a house because of a combination of council tax and the electoral roll. They already have your information if you are of working age attributed to your National Insurance number. HMRC and DWP already have a hell of a lot more information about you if you are claiming any sort of tax relief or benefit. The local registrar has all the details on your birth certificate and any marriage or civil partnership documentation. The census is a completely unnecessary intrusion into the lives of people living in this country, adding an unnecessary expense to the tax bill, and should be scrapped.

Part of the SFA appeal decision required that the SFL drop the additional punishments for failing to exit admin by March.

Yesterday's Pod and an article on Helenio Herrera, the second member of the John Lambie Hall of Fame, are now on the Jagscast site. Clicky

He's scored a ridiculous number of goals since joining them. He could yet be in the running for the league's top scorer despite only playing for about half of it. I don't know if that says more about the quality of strikers in the league, though...

There was nothing to play for for either side and it showed a bit, but Erskine ran the show and asides a terrible first half it should have been a lot more than 2-0. Good weather made up for a terrible pitch. Morton were absolutely rotten. Paddy and Erskine both took their goals well. Defence was never really troubled. Thought Doolan was unlucky not to get a goal today. Onwards and upwards.

My dad was sort of a fan but not really into football, but a work colleague of his was more keen. That's how I caught the bug...

Deliberately getting suspended to save himself from getting injured pending a PCA for next season?

Question I'd ask is "does he"? Certainly an interested party in PropCo, but any suggestion of him being part of a plot to remove Jim Alexander is a bit wide of the mark given it was done at a shareholders' meeting. Allan could have had as much influence on that outcome as I could the destination of the next World Cup tournament. Now Tom Hughes on the other hand... if his 1 million shareholding wasn't used to vote against Jim Alexander, then shares on the board were. Given his closeness to Beattie (remember they were the two who were in touch with the Jags Trust before the AGM) you do the maths.

Probably a good time just to point out that Billy Allan has no shares in the football club.

Could well be that we'll only see Rowson in a Jags shirt one more time (against Raith). Still no news of a contract for him.

What's the cut and thrust?

Never understood why the SNP are pro-monarchy. Scrap it.

It was the ex-army doctor reading the paper. He's got a demobbed clinically insane drugged up brother.

From what I hear it's just going to be a cup competition between the finalists of both independent league cups.

This is made all the more confusing by the fact that when McCall took over we didn't even have 10 players still at the Club. He'd have been slaying a fraction of a player.

Doom merchants bringing up Whyte and the King of Spain should keep their opinions to themselves

Hmm... pretty sure there are plenty of other places to find out.

McCall's Resignation Special available: http://jagscast.blogspot.com/

Cheers. Unfamiliar face. Wondered if it was someone McNamara drafted in for moral support.

There is a quirk in the rules of Snooker which mean that the highest possible break is unlimited. If the referee keeps erroneously respotting a red instead of the proper colour, and the player pots that red before he has the opportunity to correct his mistake, the break can continue indefinitely.

Anyone?

Apathetic, frankly. A reasonably good manager, but not irreplaceable.