ThirdrockfromtheSon
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Am I missing something here or is your arithmetic hopeless.
The distances you have just quoted implies Ayr is bang in the middle between Dumbarton and Stranraer. So none are closer.
I misread.
My point was that Stranraer is further away from Dumbarton than Ayr.
My arithmetic isn't hopeless. I have an E in "O" Grade Arithmetic so I'm qualified as an Arithmetician.
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Not according to Google Maps. HTH.Stranraer two miles closer to Ayr than Dumbarton is
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Sorry Snudge, hit the red dot thing in error. I'll square it up elsewhere.I'd take that entire Stranraer side. Aitken's been creaming his scantaloons over Stirling. Ayr were dreadful. That Ayr side would get battered in this league.
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Quite a bit closer. Stair Park in Stranraer is 102 miles from the Abbotsford hotel.Is Ayr not actually closer to Dumbarton than Stanraer?
Ayr's Somerset Park is 51 miles away.
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Reasonable goals to games ratio last year.
Nice to see a Striker being our first signing.
Does this calm down the impatient ones on here for a we bit then?
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Fair enough. I just thought that those left in the playoffs were p/t. My bad.I'm not sure that Ayr are fully part time.. Pretty sure their youth setup is full time and a good chunk of their first team is full time, read it somewhere.
Asked on their page on here what the script is.
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Excellent news for us.Well that's Livi down. It's either Ayr United or Stranraer for the Championship next season.....
It means that there will be a more competitive edge at the bottom end of the table, and two part time teams vying for ninth position or better.
It's a much better option than us being the only part-timers next year.
A warm welcome to the other part-time team, whoever you might be.
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I would agree, had we been here only a couple of years, but, we have been here 5 years, that would be an established championship team had we been full-time. I understand his comments, doesn't mean I like them. Surprised they even mentioned us,
BBC Football gave us a decent mention recently, highlighting our good run in the Championship and reminding the public that we are doing well despite being p/t. Short, but decent article..
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I was in Tampa two days last week. Nae sign of him. Must be coming back home, maybe he didn't enjoy the 90 degree heat.I'll be in Florida this time next week. I'll have a word with him...
Sure I saw Jimmy Bullard in Univrsal Studios in Orlando, though.........needs a guid haircut.
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That's an easy one.I'm a bit confused
Why does every player we want have to have either previously played with us or Alloa ??
It's to do with the Clubs' colours. Both prominently feature black and gold.
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Like others I'm sorry to see Taggart leave. Not bothered about the others that much.
Hope we can get Brown off the books. And Nade back in again!
Would consider Aggy again if it was up to me.
As ever, the close season will be interesting.
I hope Stee gets it right this year. I think he will do a lot better, somehow.
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FFS, it's the Sun!Aitken being touted in the sun, along with others, for the vacant Dundee United job
More chance of Murray getting the Arabs job than Stee. And I think the chance of that happening is very slim too.
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We've stiill to play a Hibs team that are guaranteed a play-off place, and are playing worse that at any time I can ever remember - 5 points from 24 as it stands. Surely Hibs will "Hibs it" when we play them? They've "Hibsed it" for weeks now, so maybe we can get a point - or three - as they take their foot off the gas again, in preparation for their demise in the play-offs?Do you maybe mean Cowden in 2009? Whatever, Livi have three to play and need five points from the three, assuming we get no points from our four games. It's not impossible and I'm not taking anything for granted. However it would be unlikely.
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If it's the season I remember, Morton were about 20 points clear at Christmas. They came to us early January and I think we beat them 3-0 or 3-1. The capitulationstarted after that.I think it might have been the one full season that Brian Fairley spent with us. There was some rumour of an alleged betting scandal involving Morton players. I definitely wouldn't name Alex Williams as one of these though. Pretty sure Morton were 10 up with 12 to play for and they made a complete Jordan Spieth of it. That taught me never to take anything for granted when it comes to football.
They ended up a point or two below us at the end of the season in fourth place, IIRC, and we missed out on a promotion because Hamilton pipped us to second place by a point or two on the last day.
I can't remeber who won the league that year.
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Do you actually know who Nowhereman is?Are you as camp as Nowhereman though???
He's far from "camp".
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I didn't say it would be easy.
No, indeed you didn't. I did, however, interpret your post as you being a lot more confident than I am.
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I'm just trying to have a reality check.No need to be so pessimistic. We've not lost at home for 3 months.
Nothing would please me more than to be in the Championship again next year, but it'll be a rocky run-in to this season's end, IMO.
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Whoa, easy tiger.Win the next three at home and it'll be guaranteed.
Two wins should just about be enough, in reality.
In reality we're playin QoTS, whose record against us is unquestionably good, then against a confirmed play-off team, then a resurgent St. MIrren , followed by another play-off team, and finish against a team with nothing to lose.
It will not be easy to get two wins from any of these games, in my opinion.
Remember it's the Sons we're discussing here, and this hasn't been the easiest season!
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Did you make a cameo appearance tonight, or did you just not go, as usual?I hope you lot are standing up for the champions.
Did you stand up and dance on the B&B couch as they hammered the wee Sons 1-0?
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You just wrote that to pretend you read it, didn't you?It was an informative post, whether he's right or not is anyone's guess, as Flashy said it's not law yet and has a wee bit to go yet.
I don't think you read long posts.
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HMRC aren't claiming for the same money twice.
If they win in the Supreme Court, they get to claim back unpaid PAYE on the loans from, for example, RFC 2012. In addition, there is a new income tax charge on EBT type loans not repaid by April 2019. So, if the employee repays the loan, there is no additional tax charge. If the loan is still outstanding in April 2019, the additional income tax charge is due.
If the employer has already paid all of the PAYE, for example if RFC 2012 pays up after losing in the Supreme Court, then the PAYE paid is deducted from the new income tax charge on the loan. Which should mean no more tax to pay.
If the PAYE actually paid is less than the new tax charge on the loan, then the balance has to be paid. So, if the employer doesn't pay any of the PAYE, then the new tax charge is due in full.
New legislation, which will be the subject of consultation over the summer, will allow HMRC to recover the new income tax charge on the loan, or the original PAYE if higher, from the employee where it cannot reasonably be collected from the employer. Because the new rules haven't been drafted yet, people have to use "may" when referring to this point because the precise circumstances where the employees will be liable won't be known until the new rules are issued. HMRC have not said "where the employer is in liquidation". They have said "where it cannot reasonably be collected from the employer" which will cover cases where an employer company has been set up overseas, for example.
If HMRC lose in the Supreme Court, then there will be no PAYE charge. But the new income tax charge on the loan will still apply, if the loan is not repaid by April 2019. This tax will be payable by the employer but, again, HMRC will be allowed to recover it from the employee where it cannot reasonably be collected from the employer.
Trying to summarise quite a lot of stuff in a few lines, so it is probably oversimplified. Others may be able to explain it better or correct my mistakes.
I take it you don't know Bennett very well.
That is a pretty good summary you provided.
However, please be prepared for a TL.DR-type of response from Bennett.......if any response at all. He won't read it, I'll hazard a guess.........
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Noticed an article on the OS this morning, about Stee and Darren Barr going to do some acting in River City.
Then I remembered what day it is today..............
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Paul Simon/Art Garfunkle - Sound of Silence
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Getting a bit nervous in here.
I really hope we don't come ninth. I'm really confident we'd win the play-offs but I really can't be arsed with trips to Stranraer and possibly Peterhead.Nice one. That's the incentive to finish eighth.
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I really hope we don't come ninth. I'm really confident we'd win the play-offs but I really can't be arsed with trips to Stranraer and possibly Peterhead.
Sons' sorrow
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