Doctor Manhattan

It's pedantry on my part perhaps, but that's the first and only use of the "season-long" qualifier there.

I look forward to watching Brodie Spencer and Mika Biereth play against Aberdeen next week. No, wait...

Is that your prediction for the second half?

How did this absolute fucking gang ever make top six? (And I’m not talking about Dundee.)

Two weeks ago: Fox in the box invades pitch and stops play between Portsmouth and Derby

Hmm. Living in London in the 80s I went to Stamford Bridge a couple of times. Was stood in the Shed wen they beat Kevin Keegan's Newcastle 4-0, which was funny. However, I also stood in the Shed to watch them play Rangers in a friendly, and they were a bit too friendly, if you catch my drift. Pringle-wearing currants.

I have never hoped so much for a Dundee victory, and I suspect I never will again.

The clearance was also Shane Blaney. By "clearance" I mean "inch perfect defence-splitting pass". Luckily for us, the chance fell to Snake Cadden, who fucked it up with his usual aplomb.

County are only 10 points behind with 6 games to play. They could lose to Rangers tomorrow, we could win our next one, and they could still overhaul us. I'm not losing any sleep over that possibility. Not yet, anyway.

Still 5 games to go of course, but if Shaw scores that we'd be sitting 7th instead of 8th right now. It's hardly Top Six money, but how much is an extra place worth at the end of the season? Mind you, by that logic pretty much every last one of our players has cost us a point or three somewhere along the line this season.

Well done, and you're welcome! Now, do everyone a favour and take 5th place from St Mirren, preferably with the last kick of the ball on the last day of the season.

"Right to Buy" has been a contentious subject for the Labour party in England for some time. (It was ended in Scotland in 2016.) The sum involved here is relatively trivial, and it will probably turn out that no rules/laws have actually been broken. However, one aim is to try to paint Rayner as a hypocrite for taking advantage of the scheme to make money, while supporting policies which would prevent anyone else being able to do the same. The longer this dominates the news, the less attention there is on nonsense like Rwanda etc. It's desperate deflection tactics from a doomed party, but that's obviously all they've got.

Monorails are so last year, it's all crypto now: Billionaire twins invest in ninth-tier football club The freakiest thing there (and there are many freaky things) is that the club is called Real Bedford.

I don't normally mind Steelmen, but I've been avoiding it lately because it's going through one of its periodic phases of being dominated by a small number of people who seem to think they have to post every single thought that flits briefly across their minds, usually followed by "It's all about opinions" when anyone sensible points out that they're talking bollocks.

Well f**k me, that'll teach me to type first and look later!

Aye, only one likely winner, but I suspect the votes will be well distributed given the number of worthy contenders. Wouldn't be surprised to see Casey and Miller pick some up, and couldn't grudge Gent getting a few as well. If Liam Kelly gets anything >0 this season then the fix is in.

Ah, sorry mate. I don't often stray far from the actual football threads, but should have read back a bit before asking stupid questions.

Well, that's a lot of syllables! Do they have any idea what is causing the autonomic neuropathy? (Apologies if you already covered this earlier in the thread.) Whatever it is, if it can be managed by meds that IS a positive.

On the subject of weird/rare but harmless brain things I also experience "transient prosopagnosia" where I can't recognise faces, especially in pictures or on TV. There are no other associated symptoms, and it resolves after an hour or so. If there's a trigger, I've no idea what it is. I don't know whether it's linked to the migraines / aura at all, but I suspect not because it's been happening for much longer, and is much less frequent - maybe half a dozen episodes spread over the last 40 years. (One time watching Match Of The Day I wondered who Liverpool's new striker was. It was only when he turned round and I saw "Fowler" on his back that I realised I had completely failed to recognise one of the most distinctive and famous footballers of the time.)

Yep, you know the second it happens too, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Luckily it's never happened while I've actually been driving. The sun suddenly coming out from behind a big cloud at the same moment I happen to glance out the window from a darkish room is another common trigger. It's reassuring to know it's a relatively common thing, and generally harmless. Don't ever Google the symptoms, though, or you'll be convinced it's a TIA / stroke precursor, or vCJD, or a tumour, or brain-eating parasitic worms, or something! (Spoiler - it isn't!)

I get these occasionally. Most often it's triggered by a sudden bright light, which starts a tiny patch flashing which then grows bigger over the course of the next 5-10 minutes. There seems to be no way to stop that progression once it's started, and no other recourse than to wait for it to pass (which does indeed go quicker if I just shut my eyes.) I'm not complaining, mind you, as this seems to have replaced the agonising and nauseating "normal" migraines I used to get. Haven't had one of those for years now.

Aye, could be a lot worse. Very short on actual specifics, although that's hardly unexpected at this point.

There's a common factor here, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Careful, or you'll have some weirdo St Mirren fans along in a minute calling you a big racist.