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Craig Levein on Neil Lennon's claim that Hearts are irrelevant to Hibs: "We've put them out the Scottish Cup and stopped them finishing second. That's pretty relevant, to me." https://mobile.twitter.com/anthonyabrown/status/994339330800877569

The Nobel PP is hardly a good indicator of character given some of whom have received it. Lennon got attacked at Tynecastle a few years ago and the fall-out from that was jaw-dropping. Now wouldn't you think that the authorities would see Lennon's serial goading of rival supporters as highly irresponsible and look to do something about it ? He does it last night because he got away with it at Ibrox. Aren't the authorities interested in prevention or indeed their own rules ?

I haven't seen the contract but I read somewhere about a clause that allowed the Mexican club to cancel the loan deal (that seems to be getting used) and surely they would stop paying the wage. Whether there would be some kind of extra payment, I obviously don't know.

It's not so much about being back or not, it's the monthly wage he'll be picking up in exchange for nowt.

Lafferty is a big player for them. When I heard he was supposedly out, I didn't see them having much of a cutting edge but ..........

As per the 26th of Foot post above, McLaughlin/BBC Scotland have updated their line on the penalty and it now reads..... Dons goalkeeper Joe Lewis had already blocked well from Alfredo Morelos before the striker conceded a penalty for a challenge on Kenny McLean. McLean dispatched the disputed spot-kick and struck the crossbar as the Dons dominated the rest of the half. ---------------------- Why did the Chief football reporter, Chris McLaughlin not do what every other outlet did the first time around and edit a match report the day after the game ? Do reporters tend to make such omissions ? No, it was a concious decision that has been seen to be too obvious even for BBC Scotland and they've decided to edit it to cover their erses.

I'd be a bit careful with what you call a moderator

The team are called Derry although I get your point and looked it up. The 'legal name' of the town is indeed Londonderry. Spent a fair bit of time over N.I. in the 80's on a couple of tours but not up that way and I don't know it from Adam.

A wee bit of attention would be heading our way if we had an away tie in Derry on the 12th of July with Steven Gerrard in charge of his first Rangers game

We would be seeded for the First Qualifying Round.

It's almost worse for them in that this is meant to be them flying relatively high and when it comes down to it, they are Colin Nish and it's only going to go downhill from here. At least we know we are poor but can only get better.

Aye, maybe he can do the same to Banjo boy.

IIRC when Ross County got awarded a more than dubious penalty against Celtic BBC Scotland gave the 'outrage' wall to wall coverage for days and put a seperate video up online for the world to view at their leisure. An incident that COULD cost us European football isn't worth talking about, for the likes of McLaughlin, it didn't even happen.

I agree regards a 'clean sweep' but tbf with Jimmy Nicholl, there was a very limited amount he could do with a team that had already died on its erse and is increasingly short of numbers although I do think we have more points today than we would have done if Murty had stayed in post. A moot point but the Ross McCrorie remark might be exactly what it was or a hint at being kept out of the loop somewhat.

Rooney would be a step backwards. We don't expect a team of Galaticos but we shouldn't be going for the The Geriatrics XI. Our recent experience of trying to squeeze quality out of those who are past their best is not on the pitch but mainly in the treatment room, internal investigations or Alcoholics Anonymous.

Agree strongly. If you try and take short-cuts by buying players that have most of their career behind them, don't be surprised if the mileage clocked up takes it's toll, sometimes predictably, eg. Kranjcar, Dorrans. Then if you compound that by buying youth prospects that are apparently prone to injury, eg. Rossiter and spend relative big money on players from another continent with documented off-field problems,....we know what happens. Moral of the story is to change transfer strategy.

He's been on it for a good few months now and simply says what the f*** he wants to wind up X and Y, including thaving the audacity to go after 'The Messiah'. I thought the latest was quite funny.......... Levein is adamant his club did nothing wrong in deciding against cutting the grass ahead of the champions’ visit. But he has been left seething by Rodgers claiming the development of players could be hampered pitches like Hearts’ as he stated: "Scotland haven't qualified (for a major finals) for 20-odd years and we're trying to develop players and a product here to move the game on.” Former Scotland manager Levein hit back: “I never knew it was as simple as that. So if we cut all the grass short, then we’ll go to the finals? Brilliant. Why did nobody think of that? That’s just unbelievable.”

Steven Gerrard will be bringing in his own staff and I doubt would appreciate others being foisted upon him to decorate the place. We need value for money and people who are going to contribute.

From the Aberdeen 1-1 Rangers game where Aberdeens goal came from a penalty that wasn't. What the match reports said ------------------ First Chris McLaughlin of BBC Scotland On a rare foray forward, McLean was caught late inside the box by Morelos and referee Steven McLean pointed to the spot instantly. -------------- Now the rest, who would seem to have been at a different match The Scotsman Morelos made what referee McLean considered a more telling touch in the other penalty area nine minutes later to concede the penalty which brought Aberdeen’s performance to life. It was certainly a highly debatable decision as the striker appeared to get a toe on the ball when challenging Kenny McLean as Rangers struggled to clear a corner. Once the protests of the visitors had subsided, McLean stepped up and confidently sent Jak Alnwick the wrong way from the spot. ---------------- Daily Record McInnes’s side forced a couple of quick corners, the first came to nothing but the second was knocked short in to McLean and he ended up on the deck after going for the ball along with Morelos. Ref Steven McLean pointed to the spot and while Gers were furious, namesake Kenny kept his head to fire the Dons in front. ------------------- Sky Sports (very short report) Kenny McLean - leaving for Norwich in the summer - converted a controversial early penalty (14) to set the hosts on course for a victory that would have secured European football for a fifth successive season, as well as ensuring they would finish above Rangers for the fourth time in a row. ----------------- BT Sports The Dons took the lead after 14 minutes – and they had referee Steven McLean to thank. Alfredo Morelos clearly got a touch to the ball as he tried to nick in before McLean collected Ryan Christie’s low corner. But the official got his decision all wrong as his namesake hit the deck, pointing to the spot without hesitation. -------------- The Scottish Sun The penalty he awarded the Dons after 14 minutes was hugely controversial. When Alfredo Morelos and Kenny McLean – no relation – came together inside the box there was one big question the ref had to answer. Who got to the ball first? At first look it seemed that the Aberdeen midfielder had managed to nick a touch on it before being clattered a nano-second later by the Colombian. Which in all fairness explained the official’s decision to point to the spot. But the more closely TV replays were studied, the more questionable it got with Morelos every right to claim he was hard done by.

We were on top but what our problem is, is that the team is fragile and doesn't react well to adversity. We knew that and it was fairly predictable what would happen once Aberdeen scored. However, we managed to get back into it for three main reasons. 1. The words of Jimmy Nicholl 2. The drive of Ross McCrorie 3. The fragility of Aberdeen

A lot of famous names are from the East.......... John Greig, Sandy Jardine, Jim Baxter, Derek Johnstone, Colin Stein, Willie Woodburn, Bill Struth, Jock Wallace, me, etc

I don't see Hearts without Lafferty winning the game and a point would be enough for Hibs if they could beat us and the sheep get turned over in Glasgow again. We are going to miss McCrorie badly on Sunday and no Morelos (Windass, Dorrans ??) means little in the way of attacking options.

Two or three weeks ago Hibs were 8/1 to finish second, now I'd make them favourites.

Two poor sides that played as if they were relegation candidates rather than going for second place. Bring on the close seaon.

Agreed ! We need some late developers but the problem there is you often get rid early doors. We had Lewis Morgan but apparantly considered him too small. They had Andy Robertson (Lawwell must be spewing). Whilst impossible to be perfect or possess a crystal ball, we need a football dept. who are better at their job, eg. see the talent in the likes of Morgan and recognise affordable talent when it is playing against you for Queens Park.