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That was a form of tonsure. Baldness, I concede, is a form of torture.

There's a Republican song, called, if I recall correctly, "The Bald Fen ian Men". Makes you think.

It took me years to realise (OK, I had to be told) that these fellows were making some kind of statement with their shaven nappers. I had thought that they all had chronic head lice. No smoke without fire, sez I. In days of old, medics used to closely crop and paint affected heads with a solution of potassium permanganate, a purple coloured wash. This, of course, is the origin of the expression "dickhead".

There may be no game plan. There may be a game plan which the players don't understand or which they choose to ignore, or which they cannot deliver due to shortfall in ability. I do not, for the life of me, know which.

We seem to have an ability to make these sides look good. If it is an innate gift, it's a worrying one.

It woz The Sun wot dun it.

Maradonnaesque!

Accordiong to Wikipaedia, that unimpeachable source, VAR in England operates like this: There are four categories of decisions that can be reviewed. Goal/no goal – attacking team commits an offence, ball out of play, ball entering goal, offside, handball, offences and encroachment during penalty kicks. Penalty/no penalty – attacking team commits an offence, ball out of play, location of offence, incorrect awarding, offence not penalised. Direct red card – denial of obvious goal-scoring opportunity, serious foul play, violent conduct/biting/spitting, using offensive/insulting/abusive language or gestures. All straight red cards are subject to review. Mistaken identity in awarding a red or yellow card. If Scotland is the same, or similar, which, perhaps it has to be for UEFA purposes/requirements, then there is plenty of scope for jiggery-popery.

Nothing.

4-2-3-1, with someone , Arfield ,or Tilman, joining Lundstram in the beloved double pivot? Can't wait. (Why the fuck, on God's earth is Kent starting? Has GvB pumped him full of ability pills?)

I see that the team will head to Florida for 'warm weather training' during the World Cup hiatus. Frankly, given the number of injuries, and their longevity, a trip to Lourdes would seem more appropriate.

Will he be as big a loss to the Club as MO'H?

Entropy, entropy, they've all got it, entropy. And I was going to offer them that old drawing board in the garage. (Pro bono Populi.) We have a manager who looks increasingly unlikely to progress the team, and, you say, a board which is unlikely to progress that manager through the door. A lose-lose situation, which will end in departures, recrimination, and, crucially, the next window being -what?- 10 weeks away, with valuable time lost.

If the manager will not change, will Board change the manager? Something has to give.

I'm sorry, Rab, but could you name the man who isn't?

I'll get the sharks.

About 5th best in a two horse race. Where do we go from here?

Can we keep it to single figures? 8 would be a most unwelcome record.

Well, yes, but it's embarrassing, and chastening, seeing the gap made so clear.

Quite simply, their players are better than our players, in just about every aspect of the professional game (including the shadier).

Just when you thought it was safe to relax.

How would 'Ooh, aah, fuck the 'RA'' sit with our friends from FARE? (Asking for a Unionist.)

Billy Hills tweets that it's 7 home defeats in a row. Let's hope they get the mythic 10.

World music.

Can they gie us 'The Sash'?