Laudrup1984

Bit of a random nerdy stat for anyone looking for decent bets or to build an accumulator, in the last 5 games Kent has started, the opposing right back has been booked. Hamilton tend to play a 3-5-2 and McGowan has been playing there recently (bet365 at 4s seems to be the best price i've seen). Obviously i'll wait to see the line ups but whoever is up against Kent has a real chance of being booked...........

Decent from Fleck

He probably misplaced it like one of his passes.

Steven Thompson.

Haha!

It would seem Northern Ireland want him to continue playing. It would seem Lafferty wants to continue playing. So what do Northern Ireland do? Yeah we'll punish Rangers. The innocent party in all of this. Yup makes sense. If they want to punish Lafferty go for it, don't select him for the next internationals if you're that unhappy. However they probably need him so won't. Pretty poor show.

Out of the 3 parties I was referring to but yeah this gives Hamilton a minor boost. Obviously not suggesting Lafferty is a game changer but it's something that should have been easily avoided.

If Lafferty is not playing on Sunday because he has failed to adhere to international protocol but still wants to be considered for international selection in the future the club should fine him if we are able to. We have done nothing wrong yet we are being penalised by not having him available for selection this Sunday and are continuing to pay his wages. Obviously we don't know the specifics but it still seems that Northern Ireland are being petty as fuck. Right now all 3 parties are gonna be pissed off. No winners in this completely unnecessary mess.

Players do it all the time but the national teams almost never invoke the ruling.

Apparently Northern Ireland are invoking a FIFA rule to stop Lafferty playing against Hamilton on Sunday.

It's funny seeing all the pundits slagging Eck for 3-5-2, he changes it to 4-4-2, plays the likes of Forrest, Hendry at everyone's request against a weakened Portugal team and they still blame Eck!