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BBC radio football prog tonight.....chaired by Kenny - let's start tonight with Rangers/Celtic - McIntyre. Focus on the big decision that sellick didn't get and an ex referee brought in as a guest to discuss in detail. Imagine it had been ICT that had been wronged, I think the format would have been rather different At one point McIntyre whines that Hampden will be half full for the final at which point Chic (4 fux sake) suggests that there might be a good turn-out, I hope it's full to capacity and a classic game!

I heard Cowan having a wee joke on Saturday's Off The Ball - he suggested jokingly that Hamilton might not want to put up too much of an effort as they wouldn't want to lose next season's Lanarkshire derby fixture. It was only later that I reflected on his jolly jape and wondered...

I won't be going to grey-skull.....a big % of the gate receipts will be going to the home team. Different if we are in the play-offs and then I would feel obliged to go. The mere thought of visiting that dump makes me feel nauseous.

Well done ICT and Hughes who seems like a decent bloke and is always generous to the real Thistle when his team loses to us. I think a lot of "neutrals" will be tempted to go to the final especially if it's priced reasonably. So, the sellick support weren't treated to a good fist pumping from their manager today.....

Ha ha good try regarding getting me to detail SNP weak points. Anyone else (someone reasonable ) and I might have expanded on that. Let's accept that we hold different views and neither will convince the other. Another fine performance from the First Minister tonight old chap and Miliband sent to his bed with no supper. One last question, are you David Coburn in disguise? Anyway you can have the last post. My final words for you.......roll on the 7th May and do enjoy a wee dram to toast the separatist land-slide. Saor Alba Gu Brath

I wasn't claiming that you aren't as fervent a supporter as any other that goes to Firhill, just that there would be somewhere where you could sing about the defence of the union and the nasty SNP separatists for 90 minutes in a welcoming atmosphere in the event that uncle Vlad broke through the lines and placed his tanks on the Firhill turf. My apologies to brother Sevco er I mean Billko for the spelling. The mean brigade have their agenda however recent findings show that the Catholic vote was in favour of independence and has largely abandoned Labour to support the SNP.

Yoda, I watched the whole thing on I-player. Brewer was hopeless in trying to control them, descended into a rammy. Interesting that GB kicked off by giving Sturgeon a really hard time over FFA which teed it u nicely for the other 3 to pile in. He could have started by going for Murphy/Davison over the £30bn cuts. I do appreciate that FFA has become a major issue whereby the Westminster parties perceive that the SNP are vulnerable and don't have a strong defence.

CGMB, I saw your tirade against Cosgrove on the main forum but avoided comment there as I didn't want to reply on a thread that was generally celebrating a great day for the team. No doubt his publicly open support for independence was incidental to your rant against the guy..... Biliko alsoshares your dislike of the man. Come to think of it both yourself and Biliko are one and the same on the UK and It would be a huge surprise if Biliko has any time for Salmond or Sturgeon. So, if it came to the worst and Thistle ceased to exist then there is ready made alternative for you (assuming the survival of ra people's team), not fat to travel as the crow flies or ideologically.

nothing beats old skool punk, the Pistols were kept off the No 1 spot by the Establishment when they release "God Save the Queen" The young 'well fans added to the cup tie atmosphere but I find the drum annoying. Also, "Twist and Shout" from kids born in the naugties/nineties.....cringe.

Cheers, I stand corrected on the sevco chant. Actually that makes it even better!

The term "pathological" in the wider (non-clinical) sense is applied to people who are perceived as extreme, obsessive, irrational and illogical...... I think the good citizens of Canada would be a tad upset to find US nuclear weapons on their territory. Hey, let's have nukes in the Baltic states and all the former Soviet EE countries. A credible conventional military defence in the EE countries is what s called for. However the main threats to these islands are from cyber attack, terrorism and possibly biological agents......how does Trident address any of these? It doesn't. Your inspirational friend Peter Hitchens doesn't even believe in the UK deterrent any more, check out his blog in the Mail Online. As for your suggestion that I might pick out English players in the Thistle team for blame, that's shoddy even by your low standards.

and Killie had a last-minute penalty saved Maybe things are turning our way. The chance of St Midden doing something tomorrow night, that would help the cause.

Yeah, it was a classic chant. I also liked the "you're going down with the secvo" chant which of course isn't factually accurate but it was feckn funny.

All of the above. The first game in ages that had a real edge to it before kick-off, great to have a large and noisy visiting support and the NS belting out the songs. A nervy start and when Abdul was short with the pass-back I feared the worst. However we settled and started to get in behind them, their black lad at left-back looked vulnerable and Lyle was giving him a hard time. Should have been more than two goals. A big hats of to our defence who took care of an experienced 'well forward-line, I don't recall Foxy having to make a save. What was the chant fro the NS at the end? something along of the lines of thanks for your money and go home.

I stand by everything that I've said. Although it's low-level stuff it was you that described me as a pie and a nugget. However I'll accept the comparison to Sherlock Holmes as he was known for his astute logical reasoning -you got that one right. At what point did I suggest you were suffering from a mental disorder or illness? Anyway I don't want to take up any more of our time, you must have a Peter Hitchens article to read, enjoy your Daily Mail.

You could have taken the opportunity to make a reasonably argued criticism of the record of the SNP in government but preferred to make childish personal remarks about individuals, "wee Nichola's tooshie" is just pathetic. You could have made a positive case for the continuation of the United Kingdom but failed to do so mind you the Better Together campaign didn't either so there is consistency on that count. You might have come up with a scenario where Trident would be used but none was forthcoming. Come to think of it all the non-nuclear (25 of 28?) NATO countries should really get their act together and invest in some missiles, how have they survived without them and what a bare-faced cheek not to have acquired their own systems. Yes, you omitted to mention that the No Campaign was overall better financed as it didn't fit with your argument. If Scotland is tarnished by being a member of a European Union that includes extremists in Greece then how can you cheer on kids that make the Thistle first team having benefited from £0.7 million from the Weirs who support the scummy separatist SNP? I do support independence as Scotland has it's own legal/educational and religious institutions, it's own languages and cultures and now a Parliament with representation on a PR basis. There are other positive factors, of course the prospect of an almost guarantee that the Torys will never be in power after independence is an attractive one. I' not wholly convinced by the SNP but in the sort-term they best placed to deliver. Perhaps this debate can be opened up to others, I'd welcome that as I really can't be bothered with the petty name calling and personal jibes.

correction: "much larger US arsenal"

It seems to me that you have a pathological hatred of the SNP....the "threat of the SNP"...."the populist SNP" (what party isn't populist?)....Sturgeon as a "peddler of fear"......and most ridiculous of all your comments....Hollyrood as a "training facility for the SNP" In fact your thinking reminds me of the obsession (of "the other") emanating from selick/sevco supporters. I don't understand your libertarian v social democracy argument. Russell Brand and Farage are libertarians? Presumably your reference to "Westminster austerity measures" was an oversight as you ha referred to "shortfalls in cash" separately. I don't think North Korea or Iran will be taking much notice of the UK's nuclear arsenal an they have forged ahead in efforts to develop missiles despite the much larger nuclear arsenal...so much for deterrent then. Perhaps you would care to explain the circumstances in which Trident would be deployed...... As for the cold war, post WII the super-powers armed and supported countries across Africa and Asia with resulting mass death and destruction....The Torygraph article was published one month after the Sturgeon/French Embassy meeting, it just so happened to be a day after Sturgeon was highly rated across the media for her TV performance and people in England had the chance to see her speak and form their own opinion, many were impressed. Incidentally, the indy No campaign was much better funded than the Yes campaign. Perhaps you will boycotting Firhill given the donation from the Weirs to the Yes campaign......I mean you are virtually living in the same house if not quite sharing a pie and bovril with them.....

You are evidently so anti-SNP that I wonder if it's even trying to address your points. Anyway, the Yes campaign was not one and the same thing as the SNP it was a broad coalition The post referendum surge in support is on two counts. Firstly, many people believe that having a large number of SNP MPs will help ensure the promises made by the Westminster parties will be delivered, you may recall that Gordon Brown talked about powers akin to Home Rule for Scotland, i.e.everything apart from defence and foreign policy, now it didn't quiet work out that way.....Secondly, a huge loss in belief in Labour. 7 months ago we were being love-bombed and begged to stay in the UK, now that we have the cheek to use our democratic voice in a way that challenges the status quo we are a threat to democracy. You claim on the one hand that the SNP is anyone but England n then criticize Sturgeon when she appeals to ant-Tory voters in England! Scotland doesn't want to be an "equal partner" in Europe, it wants to have a distinct voice, something I doesn't have at the moment. Just because Greece and France have extreme politicians then it follows that the SNP and others who are pro-Europe are guilty by association? Can you explain In what circumstances Trident would be used? IS are running amok in the middle east, atrocities in Kenya/Nigeria, Putin in Ukraine, 9/11, attacks in London. The possession of Trident was a costly irrelevance. Your link to a Commons debate, your point is? What values are we protecting anyway?......the right to attack and demonise the most vulnerable in society (bed-room tax, job seekers), the right of civil servants to undermine democratically elected individuals vial lies passed o the Tory press? Carmichael says it was one of those things, that's ok then,

ChewingGum......Your use of the term "separatists" says it all, as does the lame comparison of the SNP with UKIP. I assume that you will be opposed to the estimated £3billion repair bill for the House of Parliament on cost grounds? Dave C and Milliband are still pro-Europe so, by you logic, they are also in bed with right wing parties such as the Front National, absolute nonsense. Something like 25 out of 28 countries in the NATO alliance do not have nuclear weapons. It's a sad day when the leader of the Labour Party tries to make political capital out of a 4th hand (perhaps "lost in translation") pack of lies printed in The Telegraph. The SNP and Sturgeon are open to criticism on their record in Government. However it looks like the Establishment have ben rattled by her TV performance and project fear is one again raising it's ugly head.

I haven't been searched and I get the impression it's younger supporters that are selected. I wonder how the lads that do get searched feel about the situation, after all we can do without chasing people. We don't know the background to this and as such people have speculated about reasons and also justified the policy as it's operated elsewhere, for example in airports. That said, I think there are more pressing issues for the club to address.

Nice for a change to get the three points when a draw would have been a fair result. Draper is a big fud, he got some abuse of the NS after clattering Abdul and responded with an ironic thumbs up, I do like it when the NS wind up an opposition player and get a response, all part of the entertainment. Respect to Hughes, the guy always gives us credit when we beat ICT.

It seems to me that the only ones daft enough to think about bringing flares into the NS are Celtic fans.

I'm also apparently lacking in street cred as I didn't get searched, oh to be young and dangerous again! . What's the old adage about looking in the mirror and seeing your dad stare back.

Jaggybunnet, I'd like to know the circumstances that justify this approach on searches. It sees strange to be enforcing this at a time when stop and search in the wider society is controversial. The club and or police may have good reason to conduct searches but in the absence of any explanation we are all in the dark.