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An officious steward at the Morton game insisted that I move my left foot so that it no longer protruded a whole SIX INCHES out onto the stairs.

Gary Harkins paid our tax bill.

We were appalling first half hour and couldn't pass for toffee. The Ayr goal was a result of sloppy/no communication between Fox and Cole. Second half much improved. Ayr tired a bit, and we looked a lot more dangerous when we switched Cairney and Erskine on the wings. Sinclair came into his own in the second half with a lot more space to run the overlap. Doolan's first seemed to come out of nowhere but well taken. Erskine's cross for the second was pitch perfect and pleasant to see. Thought it was a soft penalty but not complaining. Wish Doolan had been allowed to take it but fair play to Cairney as it was well taken. Ayr's second was a cracker of a goal and made things a wee bit edgy but Doolan assisted well for Cairney's second. All in all good to see us scoring goals again and hopefully that will raise the team's confidence again.

Just to even out all this positivity, I think you're all ***** and that we're 3 minutes from Armageddon. Woooooo!

Point missed. See Steven.

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Stolen.

Good to see this back on the Trust agenda again. It was an enjoyable night last time round and if the Trust could raise money that helps the player budget like it did last time it might give us something to cheer about between now and the end of the season.

Surprised we keep many valuables in a Club safe, to be honest. I could understand if it was a match-day and the money was there before being taken to the bank the following working day but very odd given there were no games for ages.

The new sponsor logo is absolutely bowfing. Would have been more amusing if this sponsorship deal was secured shortly before Davie Irons left the club...

I was surprised that Naismith stayed on. About 5 minutes before we made that double sub I was saying we should take off Naismith and Stewart and put on Doolan and Erskine. I can't remember all games off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure Elliot has his best games when at least one of those two are playing with him.

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First half was a bit of a farce from both sides, with the wind really not helping at all (but then don't bloody hit the ball in the air...) and Dundee comically managing to squander about 5 different opportunities to shoot into a goal without a keeper in the space of 8 seconds. Second half was actually rather entertaining and but for some really good work from Rab Douglas we could have had three points. The lad Cole at centre-back looked reasonably solid and an able replacement for Balatoni but I didn't like much the look of Naismith. Nothing special and no better than what we already have based on today's performance. Prepared to give him time though. O'Donnell had an iffy first half but really came into his own in the second. We're at our strongest when we're prepared to have a go down the wing and when Cairney was moved a bit more out left he was much more effective. Sinclair had a reasonably good game. Tommy Stewart, I'm sorry to say, just isn't good enough. Too slow and no confidence in himself at all. I'd be playing Doolan from the start for a few games as he and Erskine really shook things up from the word go when they came on. A solid point, but we need to start scoring soon.

We're building up quite a list of defunct sponsors.

I do believe I've found one of the first things on which we can agree!

Some people aren't familiar with the butterfly effect.

Try 25.

Complete over-reaction.

If you don't shoot enough and you don't hit the target with any of your shots you can't expect to win football matches.

Hutton was an "emergency" loan, which is limited to 93(?) days and can take place outside of a transfer window. The limit on a conventional loan is that if it takes place inside the transfer window and lasts only 6 months it cannot be repeated at the next transfer window to cover the rest of the season. Hence last season we had Conrad Balatoni on loan up to Christmas and could only extend the loan a further 93 days. I reckon Hutton could technically come back, but it would have to be a transfer-window-long loan which would preclude Rangers from recalling him without notice outside of the window.

Would be a great piece of business to get him back on loan again. Surprised as I thought the Sheffield United deal for him and Fleck was back on.

The Radio said Jackie McNamara got sent to the stand? What was the reason?

Just to be clear here, I think that actual sectarian chanting has no place at football grounds. But I don't think that we should criminalise free speech. This is what the Sectarianism Bill does. It is a total travesty and should be consigned to the shredder. The existing laws are entirely adequate to deal with the behaviour we want to get rid of, through a combination of the police power to eject and issue football banning orders and to charge people with breach of the peace. If anything the BOTP powers are still too broad. What we have here is a lack of willpower on the law-enforcement side. New offences don't make police better.

I'd imagine both Paton and Cairney are in with a decent shout of picking up the captain's armband if Archie isn't kept on.

Nothing silly about it. The law does allow for different individuals to be paid different amounts. The issues raised by the Equalities Act pertains to arbitrary discrimination for pay for the same work under otherwise the same terms of contract. If individuals want to bargain for their own pay conditions, let them. The employer can't be forced to pay them the same simply because a group of other employees have, in their individual group, negotiated a pay-rise. His loss. Leave him to it. He's got enough on his plate without your moral indignation to add to it. On the other hand there are many "decent employees" who are happy to fight their own battles and those of others without the need to participate in a unionised structure who are acting perfectly properly and perfectly sensibly. The mere fact of a union structure does not give it moral superiority over anyone. That seems to be something you can't accept. Oh and democracy is a travesty of a system. Granted, the least worst save a free market of ideas, but a total travesty nonetheless.