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Tomorrow is my wee Boys first game at Somerset. After trying on all my old shirts, he asked the question 'When are you taking me to see the football, daddy?'. So we're going tomorrow and I honestly feel so proud in taking him, no matter the score, we're gonna make a day of it and enjoy it. He's been at Somerset but not during a game. He was very disappointed that 'Somerset Park' didn't have any slides, swings or roundabouts Rather he was an Ayr fan like his Daddy, than a old firm sheep . Here's hoping he has many return trips to see the super in the future.

Yep, that's Griffiths.

So far I've had points for Gary Burgess and Sidney Poitier but not Meat Loaf. Still, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

Shit, you're right. The way you describe things, the situation could scarcely be more reminiscent of what life must have been like under the Nazis.

Sevco are a vile club which should have never been allowed to replace the original and equally vile rangers

Oddly enough, today after this long, I witnessed my very first call out of someone not wearing a mask in a shop queue. The chap questioned was quick to tell him, quite aggressively, that it was none of his fucking business and his heart just about dropped out his arse at the response - likely at the realisation he wasn’t far off getting a wrap in the puss. Much more forthright than I would ever have been myself and tbh the guy was a bit out of line in the nature of his response, but I dare say it’ll make the questioner think twice before asking other folk in future, when it was indeed, none of his fucking business.

We need quality players in and we need them in now, its desperation caused by short sightedness in the summer. Double winners with European football to play was exactly the time to get players in, a quality CM and Striker would've been chomping at the bit to get in. 6M euros later and we're laughing. Instead we had caution, then stupidity and are now looking down the barrel of relegation and the loss of millions. THAT'S ON YOU Stevie Broon, THAT'S ON YOU.

Long thread on Twitter yesterday about the real rate of inflation, with some supermarket prices going up by well over 100% in the past year.

I once moved job for a massive pay rise. Biggest mistake ever. If you’re miserable at your work it’ll leak into the rest of your life. Money doesn’t solve much. It just gives you a nicer place to sit and have the same problems. If you can cope financially and it’s what you want to do, do it. If it turns out shite you can always go back to the money.

1/2 #itk

Such a loser club. Owned by losers, staff full of losers, supported by losers.

If you're checking the thread before playing the days game you're shower-shitting VL imo. Anyway, Wordle 216 3/6

Worst blues song ever.

I absolutely hate that the approval of a terrified public, which the government themselves created and have maintained since with their messaging, is constantly used as apparent proof that restrictions are justified. It’s absolute nonsense.

Have a very reliable contact saying today is the day . Not one... but two coming.

Kabia is class and should tear up League 1

Bean thread surely?

Have you any plans for the 14,000 empty seats?

No it’s not ridiculous. I took something like a 25% pay cut and dropped a shit load of benefits including a company car to change jobs away from one that was seriously impacting on my personal life, and as a result my mental health. Yes it wasn’t great to go from a decent and funded car to a Corsa and cut down on lot of luxuries but it probably saved my marriage and my sanity. And as a bonus 8 years on I’m now earning exactly double what I was when I started and there’s little stress compared to my old job. That’s not to bum me up, just show it can work out mid to long term. if anyone is unhappy, seriously unhappy in their job, I would advise them to change it when possible as soon as they can. You work to live, don’t live to work. Your happiness and mental health is much more important than status and money. Good luck.

How are flags going to flutter if she has sold the wind ? That's what I would like to know

Lidl bakery is world class.

Sickened by another player with talent chosing to leave the club. Cummings scored goals for us which got us promoted before starting the league campaign in solid goalscoring fashion. How did he get rewarded? Thrown out the side immediately on receipt of McPakes fat b*****d mate from the West. For what it's worth I'd be happy to have Griffiths stay until the end of the season as I think he can be of use but the decision to pull Cummings straight out the side is a fucking farce. Then to throw him out wide at every opportunity and never again play him in his rightful role. Criminal. If you looked in from the outside you'd think Cummings, Griffiths, Danny Johnson, Hemmings, Nelson, Sow that's some decent options McPakes had how have they all fared goalscoring wise? The answer is shoddily at best with pretty much all not being able to hit their peak performances under woeful management. Not to mention looking for the door at the first opportunity. Some of them names are quite formidable, especially in the championship, so surely the constant improvement over time sees us with a solid striker? No you couldn't be further from the truth. The fans are happy to accept a headless chicken who couldn't finish his fucking dinner - never mind a chance - in Mullen as opposed to any degree of quality. He hit a purple patch for a few weeks in November and played excellent against Kilmarnock but the hope he's improved was all misguided. He's utterly honking. Scandalous. What have we got to look forward to? New deals for McGowan, Ashcroft and no Doubt Kerr. Things aren't changing people, infact we have Lawlor and Legzdins signed up for next season along with Marshall and Sweeney. McPakes long term vision is to stick with the same balloons who are currently one of the worst teams in the league. Get to f**k McPake. Thank you.

Of 100%, I'd wager.

Absolutely devastating news that Hetherington is nearing full fitness and could be back involved in the next few weeks.

Not too fussed about Rudden as a signing, whichever league. Chuffed to bits St Johnstone fans wanted him and he laughed in their Fermer faces though.

Its nothing more than piling pressure on officials before the Old Firm game, surely that's obvious to everyone? I'd be surprised if Celtic don't start pumping out stories too to do the same in the next week.

The artist formally known as mince

Hurry up and take the photo ya d*ck

Mutual consent. Don't need to think twice. Get him to f**k.

You took the words right out of my mouth

Guesstastic 10 for Friday.

Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool ... League Cup SF 2nd Leg (0-2 on Agg). Crowd 59,360. Not bad for £10 well done Arsenal on the prices.

10/10. Only guess was the strongman. Not that it’s going to help with all the other full housers.

Had a wee peak and nosey at the above Twitter feed and read also tomorrow will be 25 years since we lost Billy McKenzie of The Associates. Met and chatted to him around 1995 through my work on a site enquiry visit. Truly lovely charming feller and although I've been into The Smiths for longer than I care to remember I didn't realise at the time 'William It Was Really Nothing ' by The Smiths was supposedly written about him. Anyway, have a good weekend all.

Hope your boys have a great day tomorrow. Took my boy to his first St Mirren game when he was your boys age...a pre season friendy v Aston Villa and he still remembers it. He's nearly 40 now and coming down tomorrow. These memories can last forever...

^^^ Very, very bothered.

The same Brexit-voting clown who forecast approximately 14.6 billion deaths from Covid in March 2020? Your latest judgment will be placed in an appropriate bin then.

I agree that as a sweeping statement it’s not great but I understand the sentiment. People seem to have lost sight of what the government role is in their individual health. The state I would say is obliged to educate and provide guidance on health and also take steps to not actively put people in harms way But actually acting on that advice is, broadly, on the individual. The government can give all the advice it likes on obesity etc but you wouldn’t want them to ban all unhealthy food or place restrictions on buying them. similar with alcohol. This idea that you must feel safe at all times and the government should be legislating to achieve that is just as bonkers.

Happy days on that front if true. Last thing we need is another waster at the club.

Glad to see we've finally cracked Gary Holt's spreadsheet password

Yet more evidence that the reflex of an OF fan to just about any point made is ‘NAW WE’RE NOT, THEY ARE’. sad.

I can't speak for every university, but where I work the university (quite rightly I think) started off on the principle that every single course should expect to have some sort of on-campus presence this year. If all the small classes ran completely as normal then there would be no capacity left for the bigger classes to have any on-campus learning at all. That was what I was getting at - making a decision about one course impacts directly on every other course too due to staffing and room capacity. Therefore your suggestion that your daughter (I think) in her class of 15 could have attended as normal would have been to the detriment of many other students on many other courses. Perhaps they are at a different university to mine and absolutely no on-campus provision has been provided, which I think would be wrong. The comment you made which started off this discussion with was along the lines of (and I'm paraphrasing because I can't be bothered to go back and check) "teachers have been turning up and teaching so why shouldn't lecturers also be?" Given that I've been exceptionally busy over the last two years putting together online teaching resources - which takes far more time than just turning up and talking, since you have to edit your videos, sort out subtitles and so on - you can surely understand why that sort of comment would bristle. The pandemic and the subsequent restrictions have absolutely been detrimental to my career and to most others at an early career stage, since all that time spent doing the extra teaching preparation (and now sometimes having to teach on-campus things more than once due to the restrictions) has taken away from research and other career development activities. Therefore an insinuation of laziness or being unwilling to work as hard as teachers over the pandemic is not something that sits well with me.

Another Mehdi Abeid would be very welcomed.

A terrified public are easier to control. Meant they were compliant when the government served up a load of draconian measures and didn't question them. The damage the messaging has done to some is all still too apparent. Look at some of the crying in England about masks no longer being compulsory, for example. A load of people up in arms because *they* will no longer be "protected", as if their own health is exclusively the responsibility of someone else. Responsibility for our own health starts and ends with the individual and this has been entirely forgotten after nearly two years of state authoritarianism. Worried that the man no longer wearing the cloth mask that's been in his jacket pocket for three weeks means you're not "protected"? Then buy a proper mask and replace the ill-fitting surgical effort you're currently sporting. It will actually protect *the wearer* and that's what it's all about, isn't it? Dressed up as concern for 'Public Health' but really they think they have some right never to catch the virus. There are far too many people that aren't prepared to take responsibility for their own health and instead want it outsourced to the government.

Where they do take the piss is that stuff in the small stores- Tesco Metro- is often dearer than if you buy the same stuff in one of their bigger stores.

Looks like a court picture of Cliff Richard