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Stuck with that series hoping something interesting would happen - but very bland stuff and surprised MMcC/WH put their name to that.

Glad I did - really got into it - and it's been a couple of episodes a weeks on average for the wife and I for a few months now. Was quite shocked that the final series ended so abruptly, and wondered if something had gone wrong with Paramount+ - but have since read about some contractual dispute with Costner, thankfully now resolved and we'll get the rest later in the year.

I really like Gartenmann, comes across as a top bloke on his RedTV interviews. Some excellent points made though, and I think he's maybe just a guy suited for a certain type of style/game that isn't 70% of the matches in our domestic league. Of course, a good manager could maybe work on getting the best out of him more often (the right partner certainly helps) - but I suspect club and player will part company without too much effort being made to do anything more permanent. There have probably been too many occasions he's got it tight from our support (sometimes harsh, sometimes merited), that he probably feels himself he needs to move on elsewhere, if it isn't with his parent club - especially with no European football here next season.

12 surely ?

Hearts in danger of letting a good opportunity drift away with a bit of a whimper here. Feels like our LC final effort so far.

Masterclass of hitting the first man from Hearts here.

Shocking error from Soapy T!tw@nk - got to be punishing that.

Hearts will surely have a lot of regrets if they don’t get past this bang average Sevco side.

“The Nairn Chosen Few” banner. Chosen to be overweight, antagonistic and support a team from the opposite side of the country to your home town.

Our pre-match chat in the cafe bar place over coffee and eventually one drink, was that was maybe having such an air of low expectation and low numbers might work for us. Also, as mentioned, it isn't the bigger profile matches that have been this team's problem - and Celtic's defence is there to be got at. It was a really good first half and I will never tire of watching that pass from Clarkson. The outcome of the post HT tweaks possibly felt like experienced Rodgers vs inexperienced Leven - but fair play to PL for the use of the subs, we stayed in the game and deserved to take it to ET. The scenes after both the late equalisers will live with us for a long time. Sometimes it's maybe better just to take the diehards to these occasions ! It is gutting that this takes it to 35 years and ends the prospect of another continental sojourn, but on the latter, the inability of construct or trust a squad capable of handling the demands of that has ultimately outdone us. Showing up so well yesterday is still no guarantee of not being drawn back into the play-off dogfight, as none of these remaining fixtures (other than maybe Easter Rd) will be against sides that give the team the time and space they got yesterday. Still work to do, but trust PL has enough about him to sort that.

This probably hits the nail on the head. I am hoping JT has received all kinds of assurances (contractual not verbal) on the structure he will be working under - and if he is to fail, it will not be predominately due to factors outwith his own control. Just about every appointment has some element of 'gamble', but this seems one worth taking. Glad Leven is being kept on as part of the structure to help transition things, although think there's a chance another club could force our hand on that one. He seems such as unassuming low maintenance kind of bloke, that does actually know what he's doing.

The starting point should always be 50/50. Clubs should then state from the outset how much they want, with a mixture of fixed timings to hand to opponents and ultimately financial penalties for non-sales if the demand was there from the opponents. Our semi demand is generally 8-16k depending on a number of factors; form, pricing, kick off time, opposition, live TV options, mood around the club, how many other times we’ve been to Hampden already this season etc etc On this occasion, many folk have been chased away by one or more of the above and we’re on the low side of the curve. It certainly isn’t “disgraceful”. I’ll be there though - leaving the house at 7, happy days.

There’s a fine line between clever man management and delusional pish that means the men in white coats need to be put on standby. Will give Clement the benefit of the doubt, but that interview !

The new John Fleck boy wonder now on - Dundee have no chance now

I really like this Dundee side - especially the three wee blonde socks down clones in the middle. Loads of energy, backed up with quality. Even though it took a game’s gone handball VAR thing to beat us a few midweeks back, they were everything this season’s AFC haven’t been in terms of what you want from your team. Doc doing well.

9/1 Dundee looks worth a nibble

By the standards the rest of the league is refereed with this rule, that looked a stonewall pen against Soapy T1tw@nk there.

Well there you go....

Enjoyed the Burrows and Thelin interviews on RedTV. I suppose the only concern is 'how patient is patient?'. Fitba is very short-termist these days, and Thelin getting the breathing space to implement a coherent playing style with the right players sounds great - then reality can bite. Would our support (and board) on the whole be classed as more or less patient than average? I think we know the answer to that.

Press Conference at 1pm today in Borås regarding their manager. I noticed Elfsborg were horsed 3-0 at Hammarby last night, so maybe they can't get the lame duck out the door quickly enough now.

Normally people need to at least wait until the 7th placed team ends up with more points than the 6th placed one to come out with that one.

Always good to be driving home from the football on a Saturday evening and getting a chance to hear Eye of the Tiger as chosen by Stuart McCall. The fact that if I flicked over to the Spotify App on my dashboard, that there would probably be at least 200,000 tunes I would choose to listen ahead of it is neither here nor there.

There is a school of thought, that at least it keeps the season alive (beyond next weekend) - and ensures the minds remain focused from players, coaching staff and fans alike. Wait, it's this season's AFC - half-@rsed players and a captain who has developed a self-destruct button - the 33/1 for us to be the ones going to Broomfield or wherever as condemned men looks very generous odds. The season has become an unflushable turd.

Hmmm, walked out of the old lady yesterday convinced I wouldn’t be back til later in the summer. Don’t do dead rubbers, especially in the bottom six. Today’s result changes everything and maybe even delays the Thelin appointment. Also how they address the imbalance of fixtures will be interesting, as we are due three at home, but only Livingston and Motherwell have only played once at Pittodrie already.

Vinnie watch