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I've not seen any different angles so maybe it was really obvious but I genuinely thought that the actual penalty itself was going to be checked to see if Hart got a touch. If not then it should have been a foul for it not touching anyone else before the takers second touch. I don't think I've ever seen it happen and only something I've learned from video games.

Nelms should go visit him with a framed reply and a few cameras present for one of these feel good stories that you see every so often when a child applies for a managers job based on their experience playing FM.

O'Dea was initially a good signing for us so I don't really grudge him that his pace dropped off and he declined but he come across as a total walloper. His last pre-season was embarrassing the way he was going round squaring up and losing his head at youth players at part-time teams. Remember that pre-season when him and Lewis Spence were charging round the pitch squaring up to part-time youth players. Do get the sense that he'll be the sort to get a crack at managing at this level and it won't be last we hear of him.

Who is your goalkeeper coach? Looked really recognisable last week but can't think of a name, been annoying me!

Do we have VAR in Nations League? I thought it wasn't used in group stage until they showed that view.

4, he was relegated the year we signed him. Must be some kind of record.

Sharp for how good he is has had a huge struggle since day 1 with how rooted to his line he's been and his distribution, shot stopping has been brilliant but a lot of situations caused by him not having confidence to come for almost anything. He needs a lot more football. Dieng was very good for us and dominant in the air, he was far ahead from where we were at the time. He didn't really get the credit he was due because we were such a shitfest and the atmosphere was to scrutinise absolutely every detail as we were so desperate. Some of the critique he got was a bit silly and I'd feel quite comfortable rating him as one of the better 'keepers I've seen and comfortably levels better than someone like Parish who was well liked IMO.

It also de-escalates the stake of the first vote so people swithering would be much more likely to go yes given there's pretty much nothing at stake at that point.

Or go the other way and give them the freedom to be as vindictive as possible to 'up the ante' before the 'real' vote. Confirmatory referendums only really work if everyone acts in good faith.

I think you'll be disappointed there. Some may be punted for a few months but the same characters usually emerge.

Winning it gives him some perceived security of not having to fight one for a while and it being a bit messy bringing the vote back, I think that could work against him today and a bit of a 'f**k it, this is our chance' attitude comes into play. Tories are generally absolutely ruthless and love a leadership ballot. May only survived so long because it was a really bizarre situation where it was immensely difficult for any alternative candidate to emerge who could come up with something realistic to be passed that was near palatable to their base without ending their career. There's little Boris can offer them right now that they can't get out of a bit of horse-trading in the leadership ballot. They can probably use Party Gate to hide a fair no of other scandals attached to the cabinet.

He was never officially announced by Dundee for what it's worth.

Am I imagining things or did McKinnon not start talking about how great it was that Benedictus was a natural left footer when he signed? Seems a nice enough guy but if I understood that correctly and it wasn't just him misspeaking, that should really horrify a board.

Sweeney is a good defender at this level despite the horrific goals against column. Could see someone coming in for him this summer.

In all fairness, I think it's pretty harsh to take anything from when you get one of these good academy players as their first loan move. It's always a bit of a shock to the system for them and then usually the test is if they go out again how they cope. Can see it a bit with Daley-Campbell right now. He's very clearly talented beyond the squad but has also looked very raw and very late. He was dropped last week (played on Sat in midfield with our covid issues) and as good as he looks, I don't think there are many teams in the league where he'd turn up and get much of a look in right now.

How many tickets can we each buy on general sale?

Aberdeen are a very oddly run club right now, McInnes was holding things together and he's left a big void and they seem to have just replaced that with a few buzzwords and don't really know how to run things. Cormack seems a tad obsessed with making big statements and branding which is great but it's been to the detriment of the football side (e.g. appointing an unqualified manager who pledged “fast, attacking football”). It's like his decision making is to impress people and 'excite' rather than actually get the basics there. Personally think when boards start pledging on what style of play a manager is going to play etc, it wrecks everything. It's probably lucrative and too big an opportunity for someone like Goodwin to actually turn down but I genuinely think that the next manager could be a disaster appointment depending on how board have them operate.

We've bought an old house up that needs a lot of work and have a very big DIY job on our hands. Right now, there's two fireplaces being knocked through, frames going up, rewiring, and a full redecoration (including kitchen worktops, doors and some rejigging). A lot of new stuff for us to take on (aside from electricals and skimming). In all of this madness and decisions to make, she's become absolutely obsessed with purchasing skirting boards and dedicated about 75% of her time stressing about this point and getting annoyed that I'm not giving it adequate attention. For what it's worth, they are mostly wood in pretty decent shape and would be madness to replace!

It is a thing in leagues with squad registration rules. On a match day, you have to nominate the sub keeper on the bench.

Dundee are under (I think closer to 4,000 but definitely under) 4,200 out of 11,850 so around 35%. Does around 1800 behind each goal then half the main stand being another 1500 at McDiarmid sound right? If so you wouldn't be far off around half which would be one of the higher ones if the league.

He wasn't fit, hobbled off midweek and was quite clearly put of sorts and shattered. Just played as we were desperate. He's that sort of style that will get in trouble with late challenges when he tires.

That looks a tad early to me but does look like he was probably on with that starting position. We're going to need better cameras when VAR comes in!

Agree 100%. Do get the feeling it was maybe press management to polish a turd and they didn't have the heart to fight it but unacceptable that we didn't at least seen to source any proper replacement and were chasing around late window. In all honesty, we should have been throwing an extension at him a couple of weeks after we signed him. Couldn't believe some of the shit people would moan at him for having a bit of composure. Motherwell showed how it could be done with Kipre. He didn't have any interest being there long term and they played the market and got £1 million. Come in in short term deal and they were instantly throwing offers at him and obviously planning his departure early on.

He played very well under McIntyre for the most part and we were actually looking much more competitive. That game V Rangers when Ralph got sent off, he was outstanding and pretty much ran the show in midfield, didn't look like we were down to 10 men. Brought other guys up a level by just being so good. May well have been that there were a few words behind the scenes or could have been McIntyre trying to preempt it and giving up on it too easily. We'll never really know but given how Kamara just had a new agent and his camp seemed to be playing the press, my instinct is that they were probably putting a lot of pressure on. Could also have been above managers head, not really known for making good football decisions at board level either.

The one that really annoys me is when people make an effort to park fine but then leave 0.9 a cars length from the car in front of them, eurobin or junction when there's plenty of space. I get being an arsehole but I think that's down to a lack of analytical thinking which frustrates me much more.