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Much as it hurts. I can't really disagree with any of that. To suggest that Hearts have somehow only got to where they are because of the arse cheeks indifferent form is way off the mark. Unfortunately, regardless of whether they actually win the league this season or nor, and I fucking hope they don't, I genuinely believe that we are light years behind them on the pitch and will take a long time to catch up with them. Don't for one second enjoy saying the above, but being realistic I rather feel it's true, although still hoping for some more of this forty years on

Spot on. I was going to post something similar earlier. The suggestion that Hearts are in the position they are because the usual two have been rubbish is greatly exaggerated. Rangers have only lost 3 games this season and are in third place. We are mince and have been for years, absolutely no chance we would have been anywhere near the party this season. Whether or not they win the title, I also don't think Hearts are going away anytime soon. They might lose a couple of their main players in the summer and will undoubtedly notice a drop off with the extra European games next season but they are generally signing good players and I don't see this season as being a one off.

JBA won't be Motherwell manager next season. Hibs won't improve until they get rid of David Gray. Hearts won't handle European football and league. Rangers will likely change manager again as there's already murmurs of discontent around Rohl. Open goal for us to win everything next season tbh.

Just seen that Xavi Simons just been ruled out of World Cup with knee injury he picked up on Saturday. Thought would start this for noting anyone else who will be missing World Cup due to injury.

I won't be all that bothered if Hearts win it, but I would prefer a 1986-style final game collapse.

Exactly this. If Hearts exceed our previous total, it would be a big achievement. When folk were going on about us aiming to win leagues and such like, I always pointed out that we should be looking at points total and setting ourselves targets over time that we could look to gradually increase. The first step would be to build a squad that could regularly hit seventy (allowing for the obvious crap season or two), then aim for 75, then 80. At 80 points, you then have a very small outside chance of winning the league on that total, or one year hitting mid eighties, giving a much better chance to win. Consistently hitting the 70 point mark is definitely the sign that your squad, and club has found that particular level, and can look to develop beyond that. Unfortunately, I don't think McInnes' version of it was particularly sustainable with us, but Hearts do seem to have a much better platform of good coach and good transfers model that has allowed them to not only hit 70, but move beyond it in a short space of time. I think they'll be able to consistently repeat it too, looking at their squad.

I've read this a lot but it really isn't true. Hearts are currently on 73 points, Celtic 70 and Rangers 69. So the winner is highly likely to be exceeding 80 points. The best we've ever managed was 76 under McInnes in 16/17 so there's absolutely no basis to claim we could have won it this season any more than in any other. There's been no evidence beyond our three month purple patch last season that we've been in a position to garner that many points at any stage in a decade so to suggest we could've done so this season doesn't bear any scrutiny.

I'm with Ajja on this!!

I tried some Discworld stuff a few years back. Not totally my thing, but quite enjoyed them. I got 2 or 3 books in, saw how many there were, got overwhelmed, and gave up on them.

Oh well, that's you completed the genre. There's nothing further to add.

Yes! It’s the greatest of all the ones I’ve read. Absolutely loved it, right up my street! The post war and early stages of the Cold War were the best time for those types of novels. Everyone was gripped by the fear of mass destruction, some belters in that era. They made a TV series recently which wasn’t great of course.

Is that part of the Duck and Cover series? I’ve read about it but it felt a little too comic bookie for me. I like the rebuild society type post apocalyptic stuff more than the navigating wasteland style. That said, I’ve wasted far too many weeks of my life chewing through some dreadful zombie box sets. The Undead 26 book series was a particular dark spot but it got me through Covid

Tried some of his books, but couldn't finish them, just not my thing. I haven't a clue what it was I read as it was many year ago.

I’m sticking resolutely to the ‘don’t want hearts to win it’ line rather than wanting Celtic to. Whatever the unintended consequences of them blowing it are is so deep into meh I can’t even express a view. If I was pushed on a choice between the three it would be Celtic then Jambos……Sevco aren’t a consideration, ever. The whole season is an utter disaster but at least I’m not a Hibs fan. Their pain is palpable

I was actually outside walking when on here this morning, and I absent mindedly read @Jupiter's post out loud. A starling stared at me and said "are you a fucking moron? Our population levels have dropped sixty percent since the fifties, and so have most of our friends." "It's not me, I'm just reading a forum post mate" I replied To which, he said "well fucking well respond telling him he's a narrow minded bellend, whose trite response is neither welcome, nor based on evidence, and shows the depth of thought of a teenager. A human teenager, for the avoidance of doubt" "I'd never speak to someone like that starling" I said.

Just back. Great win, and an okay performance. A lot of hard work and good aggression across the pitch. I don't think we've got a good squad, but that's the level of application we should expect. We dominated for the first 25 minutes, but a change of shape by them, and they began to play round us. I thought Aremu played well when we were on top, but either tired quickly or was just too slow to affect things, again getting beaten by simple one-twos. Armstrong, Cameron and Nisbet were linking nicely, and Olusanya was creating space by charging about and hopefully not getting the ball (he really is a terrible footballer). Jensen was doing really well at harassing his man, but his final ball was atrocious. Frame was decent but tired. Geiger was very good when he came on, and Shinnie was what we needed too. The back three were fine for the most part and Mitov had a couple of good saves. Not brilliant, but just what we needed.