craigkillie

Dalry would do the job I reckon.

I reckon Kilwinning is probably wealthier than Kilmarnock on the whole now.

Dallas and Greg Aitken are full-time VAR referees and don't referee any matches on the pitch any more. I don't think they are "head" in any way though, it's just that they are "specialists".

Fucking hell. I pride myself on my grammar and I think old age really does turn your brain to mush.

I assume your point is about the inability to mystically predict the scorelines of those matches, but it's also a terribly constructed sentence.

The clubs could have considered not voting in two "guest teams" and would have had 4 fewer league games. That might have helped.

I'd say we're absolutely certain to be drawing at some point in all three games.

Stewart, as both of our clubs know, was an absolute standout player miles ahead of where McCowan is now. I don't think McCowan would go for that sort of money, though I might be wrong because you just need to catch the right club at the right time.

I've seen lots of people laughing at the obvious here, but the premise is also wrong. If Celtic did really kick off earlier on the final day, then that could only ever benefit Rangers, who would know exactly what result they needed.

This has come up on here before, but in the case of Hibs v Leeds the draw hadn't been made yet when the first team were knocked out. Based on the history of the competition, it seems plausible to me that there was an element of "country protection" in this tournament which would have made it less likely (or even impossible) they were drawn together. The semi-final draw had been made before Rangers lost to Leeds though, so that was definitely a narrow miss. In the entire 13 years that the Fairs Cup was played, there were only 3 occasions where two clubs from the same country faced each other. One was in the 1961/62 final where it was obviously unavoidable, another was the 1965/66 quarter-final, when there were 3 Spanish and 2 English clubs left and it might have been considered a bit much effort to "rig" the draw, and the final one was in the 1970/71 semi-final when Leeds and Liverpool were drawn together. There were substantial oddities in the draws of this competition - for example in Round 2 in 1969/70 there were 4 English and 4 Portuguese clubs left and they were all drawn against each other. Similarly all 4 German clubs were drawn against all 4 Italian clubs.

If the player can be recalled it's really not a season-long loan.

There is absolutely no difference between having players on loan and having them on a 1-year permanent deal. Fair enough you want to eventually get good players pinned down on a long-term contract, but you can't really do that as a newly promoted side. Aberdeen would probably have been better signing some good players on loan instead of lots of rubbish ones permanently.

A lot of websites seem to use it for no reason at all.

They might still regret stopping at 6, which it somewhat seems as though they have.

Yeah, you are not getting high six figures for a player that age. If he was 21 and turning in the performances he has been he would be attracting top Championship clubs in England and maybe even a few top flight teams abroad, but I don't see them paying that for a guy who will be 27 before the end of the year.

This could be one of the worst cameos of all time from Costelloe here.

He's a bit too old to be getting huge money but it would be the right time for him to make a move.

That's 5-0. Fraserburgh 2-0 up now too so it's going to be a three-way fight on Saturday.

He has been one of the best midfielders in the league this season.

Buckie 3-0 up at half-time, only 2 behind Brechin now. Fraserburgh 0-0 and will be out of the race unless they score.

I agree with that, but I think you still expect them to be playing with more intensity even if they're being shut out of the game.

Rangers have been absolute horseshit here, and also aren't exactly playing like a team desperately chasing a title.

Isn't Cairney a sitting midfielder who would just be a worse version of at least four guys we already have in that position (McGregor, Gilmour, McLean, Christie)?

I was watching the Ukraine "away" highlights from the last Nations League campaign and had forgotten that he started that game alongside Dykes in attack. It wasn't that long ago. He also started that Turkey friendly in November 2022.

Bon Accord were from Aberdeen, Shotts Bon Accord are a totally different club.