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Excellent suggestion. It shouldn't need a campaign, imo, but won't do any harm to start one. Would you like me to open a thread on daft net, Piracy?

Ah, dopey auld git that I am. 🙂 That's the song Donna Summer sang, isn't it? The tune was OK but the lyrics were rubbish. 😃

McArthur Park? I like that, but was it not a song by the Small Faces? 🙂 "What did you do there? We got high..."

Initially, I thought this would be a good idea, but Ross might be a bit embarrassed by such a gesture as it's normally the kind that someone who's not very well off might really appreciate. Now I'm thinking that something more long lasting would be more appropriate. A statue is probably a bit grand and as Oz said, might not meet with universal approval. A campaign to have him inducted into the Hall of Fame or a part of the stadium named after him, (NW Stand?) would be more apt, imo.

It's doable, but it's the hope that kills you. Might have been better to get Italy or Portugal in the final, assuming we get past Ukraine, which will be tough.

In all seriousness, I remember a sequence in 1965 in which the Pars played on the Saturday, followed by a SC replay on the Monday evening, a European game on the Wednesday night and a league game the following Saturday. Small wonder the League and Cup double slipped away from us right at the end of the season. ☹

What a bunch of wimps! When I were a nipper (cue 'Hovis" tune) teams regularly played derby fixtures on Jan 1 and 2. The only time they got a rest day in between was if Jan 2 fell on a Sunday - the Kirk wouldn't have the day of rest profaned by games of football.

I fancy we can get a draw and take them in a replay at EEP. Wouldn't do the coffers any harm to bring in a bit of extra cash.

True, but we can only realistically catch any of the top 5 who fall apart in the second half of the season. Although they're all tightly bunched just now, it's likely they'll string out between now and next May. They're not all going to collapse, so finishing 5th is far more realistic than finishing top.

Not surprisingly - crowds were often up around 20,000 for glamour ties. There weren't that many cars around though, as I recall.

Perhaps that is a good question to ask at the Supporters Meeting on Wednesday? If you can't make it, Buffy may be able to ask on your behalf.

It's hard to come to any other conclusion, SP. I think Rosyth Par should bring his evidence to the next home game and present it to Willie himself. He can be found in the Former Players area, behind the Directors Box, before the game.

Maybe I'm misremembering the Morton game or just going doolally, but I didn't think they were any great shakes, but we were so dire we made them look good, especially in the last half hour. I do agree that Ayr lost belief at 2-0 and completely threw in the towel at 3-0, but thought they looked decent before that. We played far, far better against Ayr than we did v Morton, which is bound to colour fans opinions.

Not a wind up, mate. I'll explain my reasoning. We definitely got the rub of the green, yesterday, opening the scoring from a corner which was clearly a goal kick to Ayr. They were then denied a very strong penalty claim. I didn't think there was a lot between the sides in the first half and fon Williams made a couple of smart saves. At 2-0 down they lost a bit of belief and chucked it at 3-0, which is understandable. I thought they looked a better side than Morton a couple of weeks ago, yet they beat us after going behind. Shows how necessary it was to change our manager for one who can cut it.

Yea, a collapse in form by one team isn't unrealistic, but for two teams to bottle it is probably a bridge too far. ☹

No, I've not been up all night, celebrating two (wins) in a row. The league table is really weird, with a massive gap between the top and bottom 5. Realistically, the best we can hope for this season is 6th place, but at least we can feel much more upbeat about avoiding a relegation struggle, something that looked almost inevitable just a couple of weeks ago. We're still in the mix, of course and I don't want to get too far ahead of myself, but I can't help looking up the table and wondering if there's any chance of going on a really good run and closing the gap on the promotion contenders? Highly unlikely, I know, but there's still a long way to go. I think the players will have a totally different mindset now to the one they had under Grant. For us to sneak into a play off spot, two of the five would have to experience a real form collapse, but if the Pars continue their newly acquired winning habit, who knows?

I can see your tongue almost bursting out of your cheeks, DD, but even if the police were stretched, it's surely a matter of prioritising deployment. When I went past the Aldi car park entrance one frantic motorist was repeatedly blasting the horn. Maybe he/she had bought some ice cream and needed to get home sharpish before it melted? 😃

Or a week, even. 🙂 I can't believe some folk are talking down the game and saying Ayr were rubbish. I thought that was the most enjoyable game I've seen this season. The Pars played some scintillating stuff at times and Ayr played their part. They were unlucky on a few occasions and might have had a penalty and a couple of goals. 4-2 to the Pars would have been a fair reflection of the game.

I spoke to Willie before the game today and told him I'd read about him having 6 caps now and he said it was news to him. I put it to him that if he'd played for Rangers or Celtic he'd have won far more than his solitary cap and he replied that he only wanted to be capped as a Pars player and wasn't interested in playing for the Glasgow clubs.

I'll be signing autographs outside the players entrance, from 2 pm today folks. 🙂

Having listened to this interview, I think Yogi will have his players well up for tomorrow's game. Training will have been great this week, with everyone buzzing after that great result in Inverness. Ayr will be desperate to keep us out, but with a bigger than average crowd behind them, the Pars can make it 2 in a row. I'll take a narrow win, but will probably get greedy if we score first early on.

FIFA took no action because they said that neither team broke any rules - there's nothing in the rules which says a team is obliged to try and win or score goals etc. but it's clear that both teams were happy with the 1-0 for W.Germany, meaning both went through. Algeria went out as a result and few were upset about it. FIFA arranging all last group games to kick off simultaneously after Spain 82, was an admission that they knew that skullduggery had taken place.

Unfortunately, FIFA have previous when it comes to bending over backwards to avoid political conflicts. Israel play in the European tournaments to avoid their Arab neighbours, Kosovo are not paired with their Slav neighbours and Gibraltar are kept away from Spain. There are past examples such as N. and S. Korea.

It's been suggested on dotnet that FIFA will ensure that Russia and Ukraine cannot meet in the final tie, due to the considerable tensions between the two. This may have ramifications for Scotland, as it may increase the chances of drawing Italy or Portugal assuming all three get through their semi-finals.

It's obvious from some of the posts on this thread, that the bar of expectations has been raised considerably, after last week's welcome win in Inverness. It's logical to think we can beat Ayr at home, if we can beat ICT away. If only football was that logical. A week earlier we were comprehensively beaten by the 2nd bottom team at home. See what I mean? I'll take any kind of win, but I won't be rushing to put serious money on it.