RoboBearToo

Not sure about this. Firstly I dread to think where we'd be now without him. I think it's 8 games we've won by a single goal, without Butland at least some of those could have been draws or worse. Second, how much are we likely to get. There didn't seem to be much interest in him when he was available on a free, and whilst he's been brilliant for us, we all know English clubs look down their noses at Scottish Football. Also whilst 31 isn't old for a keeper, there will be little or no sell on vallue. So our only real hope of a decent fee would be interest from the Saudis. As were crying out for leaders I'd keep him and give him the armband.

Is anybody going to say "we lost the league, but it doesn't matter we've got a cup final" ?

To me the Scottish Cup only really matters if it's part of a treble. Yes I always want us to everything we enter. I wouldn't lose any sleep over not winning any of the cups. So if we hadn't won the League cup I wouldn't be too fussed about the Scottish cup. But we did win the League cup, and so the treble is still on. Obviously the league is going to take a bit of a miracle, but it is still on.

Seems I got the weight limit wrong, it's 11st 5lb not 11st. So that brings in Farouk D'alene and Statler. Also some I ruled out on price are back in. However as @Goofy The Scothas pointed out the recent changes may well have skewed the stats. I got £250 back on El Jefe yesterday so going £5 ew on the 3 that I originaly came up with. Could be interesting that @theblueoysterbar has also come up with Adamantly Chosen.

It's obviously an advantage to us if we don't have to play on that shitty pitch, but it's hardly a sporting integrity issue. If it's played at St Johnstone in a similar sized ground not too far from Dundee, I don't see the issue. If it was moved to a much larger ground and a lot more "away" fans were allowed in, then they might have something to moan about.

I've tried to pick the winner using trends and jumping ability. The two main trends seem to be age - 7,8,9,- and weight- less than 11 stone. So that take the field of 34 down to 11. Obviously the winner could come from one of the 23 discarded, but the trends say not. Of the 11 left, the trend on price says 11-1 or higher. So we can lose Vanilier, Meeting of the Waters and Panda Boy. Limerick Lace, Mr Incredible and Kittys light just sneak in but they could well be shorter by the time they go off. Gallia des Liteaux came out top on my list, but no mare has won it since 1951, so that one can go. Chemical Energy seems to be a very poor jumper which is hardly ideal even for the now easier fences, so that can go. So that leaves. Adamantly Chosen The Goffer Minella Crooner. Now given that they are priced at 66-1 twice and the other at 80s it would suggest that several that have been ruled out shouldn't have been, so if I was to put one back in it would be Kittys Light. However I like to try and get some vallue, so I'm going with The Goffer and Minella Crooner. I think both are a good ew shout.

Surely it wasn't just one batch of 13 tickets, but several people hoping for one or two tickets ?

Dundee Utd don't have a home game until tge 20th. If their pitch is in better condition, could that be an option if Dens isn't fit.

I also think we can't afford him. However I don't agree that Brighton won't take a loss. If he has no future there, they might well be happy to re-coup most of the fee, so I think for around £5m he could be ours

Although today felt like a win, it wasn't, so half empty for me. On a more cheerful note, whilst today was a must win for us and the draw suited them better. If we match each others results before the next game between us, then it's a reverse and the draw will suit us more than them

Hoped they'd start McGregor and have two key players just back from injury. But I thought all along they'd go with same line up as last week.

Number "ate" very appropriate.

Carrots are orange, we can't use carrots.

Last Sunday I tried to put my clock forward one week.

Not sure you're getting what I mean. Beaton might feel under pressure to prove how fair he is, by being tougher on us than he is on them. I'd rather we didn't give him too many descisions to make, especialy early on.