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Greece are a pretty good example of how being a higher seed is so important. Obviously they’ve eventually tailed off but their Euro 2004 success helped pave the way to a period of continuous qualification for them. Part of that was they were a solid enough team clearly, but avoiding two big boys in qualifying is vital and too often we’ve had that hurdle, so hopefully for the foreseeable we have more favourable opposition and ultimately we can achieve more. And like the Greeks of that period I think we have a team that might just take advantage of it. Looking at the tables as they currently stand, some of the teams who look like they may be going to Germany aren’t to be feared and I’d fully hope we can go fairly deep in the tournament itself.

Genuinely nice bloke and a very decent Scotland manager. Saddened to hear of his death today. RIP

Nail on head. A Scotland kit should look like nothing else. Done properly, it is a beautiful combination.

I disagree slightly, in that coming up with a win like last night so early in the campaign is all the more impressive and puts us in a better position than we’ve been in for donkey’s years after a couple of games.

It has been happening for a few years - both Dundee and Ross County play in their home gear when they come to McDiarmid.

Fingers crossed then. Thank you.

Any idea if you chappies are allowing away fans yet?

I agree wholeheartedly but in truth don't really care. I'd have preferred my own seat and I do think there should have been a small season ticket only window but in the end I'm just happy to be able to see my wee team stand on the edge of the unbelievable. The day trippers for the most part won't be back again for a long spell and that's their loss.

That's the thing. Over the last few years I don't think there's been many, if any, games where we've felt short changed by a lack of effort or desire by whatever XI have taken the field. Seen plenty of criticisms fired at teams like Motherwell, Hibs, Dundee United et al from their own fans that the players have phoned it in in some games. Sometimes with us it is just poor decisions or silly individual errors that cost us in games. Cut that out and we could be flying.

Thought we played pretty well up to a point but you can't fluff your lines in front of goal as often as we did today and expect any less than what happened in the end. Motherwell did create some good chances today as well, so they'll probably argue they deserved a point. Real positives today were Clark, Middleton and lapse apart, Muller. Also the general performance after an energy sapping trip to Turkey. Happy enough.

It is as good as it could ever be imagined. We're the lucky generation, that's for sure.

Not for about 5 years.

Personally think they are shite, at least the ones I've played on. Would much prefer a grass pitch every time. However, I think a requirement to remove them is a step too far. Obviously a valuable source of income for some clubs. I wouldn't be delighted if Saints ever installed one at McDiarmid but I would understand it, from a business point of view.

Is it not Dane? Moron, regardless.

It is Waging Heavy Peace and I've not actually started it yet.

It's an Assembly is not. No idea if he's quite got the powers, but more likely than the Mayor of Peterborough to have them. Still, f**k him.

Summed up really well. Free thinking is dead it seems, for the most part at least, as staying true to an ideology matters more. It is almost like an indoctrination.

I just think it looks too 'Stenhousemuir'.

I'm not sure it really matters. I don't think political ideology or affiliations necessarily tie in with how the knicker wetters think. I mean, for all intents and purposes I'm probably an inch away from being a Commie in a political sense - in that I see it as the responsibility of the state to ensure no individual is left to go hungry, become homeless etc. On the other hand I'm a believer in people having freedom and agency to do whatever they can to help themselves up to a better life, should they have the means to do so. I'm not against the idea of a full welfare state and I'm not against the capitalist machine, as long as that isn't at the expense of others. I'm against private landlords. I'm not against a bloke starting up his own plumbing business and making his millions. I'm probably a confused mess, or maybe I have a conscience. f**k knows. Anyway, the point of this longwinded reply is that I'm not in favour of what amounts to restrictions of our liberties and movements, especially given what a large mass of the population have already sacrificed thus far. It has to end. If not, I'll support civil disobedience.

I like porride. But aye, Amen.

These people, as I understand it (and believe me I have come to in the last 6 months), are at risk from other infections much more than they ever will be from Covid. I paraphrase slightly as I cannot recall verbatim what a consultant said regarding catching Covid, but it was along the lines of there's bigger fish to fry. In other words, the least of a neutropenic person's worries. The bigger issues with people with low or no neutrophils is things like having to avoid certain food types and food cooked/produced in certain ways. So very much mainly bacterial, to answer your question.

That's what I believe will be the case for a good number of the cases, based on my experiences of many hospital visits since January.

And if she's indeed making a prediction then she's completely wrong to do so. Fear mongering at its very best.

Couldn't believe some of the tripe I was hearing on that programme tonight. I fear for our future, not because of Covid itself right enough.

It does, by proxy, make them subservient robots, if not idiots, though. If they could, for even a second, think for themselves they may realise that wandering about in the open air with a piece of cloth on their face is completely unnecessary behaviour. I've just watched Question Time, and unsurprisingly it was very Covidy. Some of the contributors clapping away like seals when a couple of others suggested keeping restrictions indefinitely. It was akin to the scenes of folk clapping as a plane lands. I'm not saying we weren't broken as a civilisation in the ante-covid days but there's little doubt now.