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  1. 52 minutes ago, grantmacp said:

    Fingers crossed he's as good as we think he is

    He's certainly as good as I think he is.

    Last season saw him turn in some insipid displays and conversely when it was too late on the last day, his on the edge, flying into tackles ("attempted halvings") were almost enough to see him walk. The former may be down to the Foran formula but the latter seemed to me to be the actions of a footballer out of time.

    He's a shire horse of a player and that physicality is his thing. I'm sure that there will be games in which that feature will prevail.

    Actually, he's got another feature that is wholly modern and he is certainly of the Andy Walker school of collapse if he feels a touch when he's in the box.

    I hope he does it against Aberdeen so I can enjoy apoplexy from Richard Gordon on open all mics.

     

    I'm trying to summon some seethe, but I rather suspect that this is a good piece of short term business for two clubs with differing survival strategies.

  2. 4 hours ago, ICTChris said:

    Wait until Savage comes back and we start signing over-the-hill Romanian superstars again.

    I'm not sure that I'd be over enthused at the prospect of that Man Utd fanatic being involved again.

    I recently read a particularly ranty piece by him in a local journal and he can't seem to avoid the temptation to revert to Goodwin's Law whenever faced by a constitutional settlement that doesn't agree with him.

  3. 6 hours ago, pandarilla said:

     


    Don't be ridiculous.

    The nature of the campaign definitely did not suit him. But it didn't suit too many of those who were looking for genuine debate and thoughtful discussion of the issues. It was shouty soundbites all round.

     

    In the world of bus signs, Trump and Ruthless, there is not much room for nuance these days.

    In the context of a digital choice, there is none.

    The ridiculous aspect is of this few weeks is the revisionist take on Corbyn.

    He's more culpable than most for this nonsense of a situation.

  4. 9 hours ago, forkboy said:

    He'd be an OK signing, but there's no chance he's worth £50k at his age.

    He was born on the 22nd of October 1988.

    I'll help out with the arithmetic and for the purposes of this thread we can place him at twenty eight years of age.

    I know not if these are Saudi Arabian years and whether his agricultural approach would find favour.

    I'd be sure to tune in to any games versus Aberdeen in the hope that a penalty "won" will once again send Richard Gordon into a rage.

     

     

  5. 4 hours ago, pandarilla said:

     


    So how long will it be acceptable to harass her in public?

     

    Is the correct answer: until she shows some sort of contrition to neutralise her malevolent or attention seeking intervention?

    Maybe that's too harsh and if she has been beyond the pale, just like the mad highlander, it may be that producers have a heavy responsibility 

  6. The tear that fell from the eye of the audience member as he gave his story was just one of the things that must have made Ruthless feel ashamed, maybe not, but the experience was enough for to let her cheeky chappie shield down and throw some icy stares.

    As the half hour wore on she resorted to flagrantly disavowing her own policies.

     

  7. 15 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said:

    I remember a case in Glasgow back in the 80's when IRA cells were operating throughout the UK, the Queen was due to open something in Buchanan St. As a security precaution, police were having parked cars in the vicinity removed. One car, who's owner couldn't be traced, was checked out with a sniffer dog - it started going frantic pawing and clawing at the boot of car. Army bomb disposal people were called in to open it up using a controlled explosion.

    Inside the car boot was 1 lb of sausages..

    Bangers surely

  8. 11 hours ago, capybara said:

    My dad died at 06:05 this morning. I am strangely calm.

    You're not obliged to feel anything other than the way you feel capybara.

    If its worth anything, the hours after I lost my mother were hours when I felt I was stoic and in control.

    With the prism of time, I rather think that day and the days after brought with them a quiet determination to get through.

    Fraternal strength to you and yours.

  9. 5 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:

    People can try to rewrite history all they want but Clegg and the LibDems were Tory enablers.  They could have forced Cameron into a minority government position and stopped many of his policies.

    Alas, the power urge was too great.

    What a grave error they made.

  10. On 27/03/2017 at 05:05, Fide said:

    One of my favourite programmes, this, and delighted to see my favourite episode, The 12 Days of Christine, with Sheridan Smith is on BBC2 at 10pm tomorrow.

    One of the finest half hours of tv ever made.  My Mrs was a wreck after it.

    If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favour and get it watched.

    Go on, admit it Fide, moist were your eyes.

    Beautiful people are moved by this bulletin of brilliance.

  11. May interviewed by shredded wheat head ...

     

    swh - The £350m on the bus

    May - that was during the referendum, lots was said on both sides, now is the time to get on with the business (paraphrasing)

     

    swh - Are you ruling out a Scottish referendum in principle

    May - The SNP said "once in a generation" in 2014, so that's that

     

    Its utterly incoherent, but I suppose now is not the time for me to get too upset that the Prime Minister is struggling so badly. 

     

  12. 7 hours ago, EvilScotsman said:

    "Balancing the books" is not something to be aiming for. It's not how economics works.

    At the risk of coming over like a student lawyer that is ad-libbing, I didn't mean balancing the books actually means balancing the books.

    However, I'm fully convinced that in the fullness of time, we can do better with our finances than others who have other priorities have ever managed.

    don't balance 

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