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  1. The great debate. Grass or plastic, we live in a constantly moving world with hi tech being the norm throughout every part of society, but we are still happy to pay (overpay let's be honest) to watch Football on a 'grass pitch' with 40% grass on it the majority of the season, the rest hard caked mud... Or you can play on the latest gauge of an artificial surface, the same surface players mostly train on during the week, But I am not a member of the elite SPL where not for the first time Dundee have been the victim of an 'act of god' and has to cancel a televised game due to an unplayable surface. Dundee eh must have it's own micro climate, haud on, there is another pitch 100m away at Tannadice that's like a bowling green, (well it was 2 weeks ago) with a team in a lower league who even if they win their league will not even earn a fifth of the prize money Dundee will earn finishing 6 or 7th in the good old SPL.. We can moan about the 400k Doncaster earns etc, there are clubs throughout the pyramid who are putting our top clubs to shame with the state of their grass pitches, With the generous prize money (compared to the rest of the leagues) surely the league can insist that if they want a no plastic rule in the SPL , then every club must have an amount of money put aside every season for pitch upkeep, relaid start of season or through the season as required, Aesthetics.are important in football, better players might want to come, better TV deals could be sought, have we really tried anything different apart from moan about everything, the good old days of Scottish Football weren't that great if you remember.... Back to the main point if you want Grass make sure it's on the pitch, or it not really a grass pitch... OR. As a lot of fans think when Livi and their 'dreaded pitch' go, and Dundee United and their very decent facilities come up, the drawbridge will get pulled up , with a 2 fingered salute to the rest of Scottish Football......
  2. Thought that at the time and also seemed lost with Innes Murray's shot off the post late on.. any word on how long Josh will be out for.
  3. To be fair, to the keeper, he saved us just before the equaliser when one of the many misplaced first half passes by Fordyce was intercepted , crucial save that could have put us 2 down, As you say Lyall was excellent throughout closely followed by Telfer, McMaster continues to disappoint, when under pressure he tends to go into his shell and gets very negative and panicky and doesn't offer an out ball , when we are up comfortably in games.he.is a different player , Rhys rates him highly though... A very good important 3 points, last week's point in Inverness looks massive all of a sudden..
  4. To be fair you gave us a s much as we could handle for 35 minutes, up front and wide players is decent enough and have our defenders are really tough game throughout, but your defence and midfield are painfully slow, Little looks done and TOB who everybody admires was poor again.. Bird up top looks a decent player.. ICT look a club with a lot of issues going on, surely must have an outside chance for 9th
  5. So that's our last 2 games of the season on Friday nights, as you say the United game could and probably still will be a decent money spinner especially if United have the chance to win the league that night, it's hard to be to critical as all these games help the club gain publicity, which was basically zero in the barren years of League 1.
  6. Noticed on the website a couple of weeks back, advertising for a First Team Physio, (looked decent salary 40k). Is J D moving on to pastures new or are we planning in expanding our physiotherapy dept. As like most clubs Physios can be worth there wait in gold to get players back out on the pitch ..
  7. There is a lad called Cade Melrose who is the reserve keeper, he has been on the bench a few times this season, don't know anything about the lad, The reserve team have been getting hammered most weeks, so probably not a fair assessment in a struggling team, Pruntys boy Liam is the under 18s keeper... Would still think we would need a loanee to get us by if possible.
  8. I see George Oakley was out with an oblique injury, nasty that could be his season gone... Good player too,is he signed up for Morton next season.
  9. I am not a financial expert (just ask her indoors). We are having a decent season financially, just getting promotion and finishing 8th in the championship we will get double our prize money from last season, that with 100k prize money from Scottish Cup not including gate money from saints and hearts games, a decent run into knockout stages of League Cup, and a possible 40k to come if we win the Trust Trophy, I don't think we can maximise much more out of the playing staff, they have exceeded expectations this season,n and let's not forget a 40 percent increase in home crowds alongside increased admission prices, Sounds good doesn't it, it is still pretty perilous, for us to increase all players wages by 100 pounds a week, say from 500 to 600 (no idea our wages just an example) that would mean a playing budget increase of roughly 250k per annum ..... For all the hopefully many tears to come of Championship football it looks like our crowds and relevant income will always be at the lower end of the league, which as Colin says this could be as good as it gets for a club our size.... For all his previous faults, PH is at the controls and since he has taken over, he has done a pretty damned good job..
  10. Lewis Vaughan at Raith has had 3 or 4 ACL ops in recent years, don't know if same knee etc.. but was before and still is a quality player at championship levels.... Good luck to the lad, saw him a few times in a poor Peterhead side and always had a touch of class about him..
  11. Yeh I would think 43 could get 8th, the league is still their to be won not for us sadly, that's my next point if DU or Raith want to lift that trophy and get promoted, they have to win football matches, if they could go on a run it lessens the points available to the bottom sides, and with everybody else cutting each others throat, 40 like it normally is could be the safe zone... People always said how good and close this league was and is, it is in a different world to League 1 which after Falkirk leave will be a total barren wasteland.....
  12. I will rephrase it, you are quite happy for Morton players to be over physical (your words). But get a tad upset if opponents get over physical with Morton players.. Is that fair enough comment...... Where's Oakley off to next season ( recovery permitting)
  13. Ah yes, your players do seem to like to leave a bit on opposition players. 82 league bookings so far this season, the highest number by any team in Scottish Football so far...surely that is indefensible....
  14. I hope Oakley recovers for you in time for the Cup tie a good player, it was a physical game which Morton didn't hold back in, remember the cynical challenge on Lewis McGregor which could have put him out for the season, or will we not talk about that.. ATS clipping Oakley was part of the game, retribution you decide, an eye for an eye and all that macho bollocks.... Good luck against Hearts with a fit Oakley (surprise,surprise) leading the line..
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