stewarty

Agreed. Easily dismissed drivel.

Bugger!

29 for me. 9 wins, two draws and a defeat.

Totally agree. It can be an overwhelming amount of content so its very good value for money if you want to supplement your regular GN pod diet.

Seems he got married too - which perhaps explains the extra time off.

I think the key element is also that in cricket, the decision is only overturned on appeal in the event that the video umpire can see sufficient evidence that the on-field umpire made the wrong call. perversely, this has in turn helped to improve the quality of umpiring over the years as the umpires are able to quickly review contentious decisions and learn from their mistakes. Cricket does however have additional technology to help refine those areas further - e.g. the decision review system that uses hawkeye, heat maps, sensitive microphones, etc to detect contact between bat and ball

in Cricket they have a video umpire independently reviews the passage of play that is in question, and relays back to the on field umpire whether their original decision is correct, or should be overturned. That works in relation to decisions taken by the umpire only where one of the teams appeals a decision. For all other judgement calls, its down to the video umpire judges based on the tools available.

£7m seems a bit light to me though, given he's contracted till 2022. Saying that, if the numbers get to the likes of £10m+ I suspect that might be the trigger point.

I heard about a minute of some argument between Macleod and Burns and the gist of it was conjecture from them both, with Macleod pointing out that Brown is younger than Defoe and Davis (though only by 6 months re: Davis), therefore it was ridiculous to assert that Brown was past it when Defoe and Davis were being lauded as great signings. I think there is merit in both stances, but as ever we will need to wait till our new signings play a few games before we can judge the impact they will have vs the apparently fading Broonaldinho

In the interests of balance, in terms of the building narrative around the quality of refereeing; we should also highlight our own club's stance in calling out Collum's poor performance, as well as the suggestion after the first game of the season from Gerrard about decisions going against us. Levein, Lennon, McInnes et al, have all made their own comments. That said, my own take here is that the primary issue that enables all of these spats to build, and for pressure to continue to build on referees, is the fundamental flaws in the SFA's compliance process. Rather than build confidence in the application of the laws of the game, it fundamentally undermines them. As @Rick Roberts points out, unless every game is reviewed for potential compliance incidents in full and without favour to any media agenda, then there will always be decisions that go unpunished which will aggrieve one or both sides. But where do we go from here? Is the answer VAR so that the referee can check individual decisions during the games so that there is minimal need for the overlapping compliance officer review? Possibly, but are all clubs and the SFA willing to pay for it when there is little hard cash around? And what then happens when interpretations of VAR incidents also generate their own contentious levels of debate?

Exposing the hypocrisy of McInnes and the SFA in one presser, with charges racking up....Got to love Levein's "no fucks left to give" attitude.

Its interesting that the SFA rules refer to acting in the utmost good faith. Fair enough, but how does that explain Collum's obvious attempt to explain his errors? I'm afraid it just doesn't wash.

The interesting element to this is not whether the SFA felt compelled to follow their rules - for we did make statements that breached said rules; but whether there is actually any meaningful change in terms of the SFA's relationship with clubs with regards to the standards of refereeing. If there is a manager in the Premiership who hasn't complained at some point, I'd be surprised. But when you have so many game changing moments that officials either plainly get wrong, deliberately or otherwise, the system needs to be be reviewed. I wont hold my breath though.

Interesting... wouldn't surprise me if clubs were in for Tav given previous rumours. Is there more substance this time round?

Yes but his performances have been poor after an initially reasonable start. He's now behind Halliday as backup left back and even though Tav is almost dead on his feet, with the Manager commenting on several occasions in recent weeks about the need to give him a rest; he still can't get a game at right back.

The interesting thing about Polster is that the management team are clearly looking at cover for Tav. Given the number of games he is playing and how his impact is dipping of late, that seems sensible.

Candeias was MOTM for me. Although I thought McCrorie played well and gave us a bit more drive, that we lacked when he came off.

Good shout - I too was very confused by this and noted that the BBC had copied the error. It would be pretty crazy for them to get caught out like that though, given they surely have access to the live feeds for the purposes of putting together highlights.

Definitely. Agree with a lot of the points various folk have made. But the relative time spent working with this group has to be one of the biggest factors limiting us this season, adding to the lack of quality in certain areas - for quality; read movement/decision making/ final ball / scoring

It wasn't the system that messed up the final ball, or missed the number of chances we have in the last few games particularly. It comes down to execution and taking chances. A bit of extra composure and quality in the final third is needed, so that we can unpick the tight defensive blocks most teams put up against us.

I think what this has exposed is a fragility to his character. I hope for his sake he can learn and address this but it does seem like he needs more of an arm round his shoulder than most.

And don't forget there's the wrong offisde call when Morelos was clean through...

Watch the press spin those SG quotes... it''ll be "Stevie G demands protection for Morelos" or something equally idiotic

I believe the youngsters call it "butthurt"...

Agreed - his 10 man tactics are excellent and helped us get several results already this season. And the way we are referee'd, we'll need it some more, no doubt.