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1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said:
St Mirren and Dundee fans desperate to add the "St Johnstone got relegated" trophy to their "made the top six" cup already in the bag.
St Mirren might do a open top bus parade, but suspect Dundee will go down the DVD route.
State of that.
In all honestly, for purely ease of away day, I'd prefer County go down although I respect those that use the football as a piss up and don't want to lose that.
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The new BBC Football page when accessing the live scores is a fucking nightmare. No option to change to the lower leagues. Not really the thread for this but not worth creating a new thread.
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I remember paying decent money for a house show Raw about 10-15 year ago. Kane was champion at the time and he fought Drew McIntyre for the title. Drew lost and cut a promo saying he'd win it for Scotland one day so it'd be nice to see him achieve his dream.
Anyways, the point of this post was that I'd paid decent money to be ringside but because it's all level, I couldn't see a fucking thing as I was about 6 or 7 rows back.
Decided to just go into the 'cheap seats' as there were plenty free, and got a cracking fucking view that could have only been bettered by being in the front row.
As I was optimising my seat choice, I noticed that WWE had placed several restricted view seats directly behind a pillar with zero leg room. I should have taken a picture as it was embarrassingly positioned and touching the pillar.
To sum up, it's no surprise to see WWE rip the absolute pish.
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Trying to compare Tony Khan positively to Vince McMahon's on screen character (Note: not the scumbag in real life) is absolutely mental.
I personally think this is absolutely fucking atrocious and just becoming a bigger minter week on week but you know what, fair play, before it I'd stopped watching and now I'm interested in seeing where they take it and whether I like it or not, that's all you can really ask of a wrestling promotion is to reel you in.
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The Airdrie fan ranting about United fans mugging themselves off could have had me involved in a wee pile-y on if he didn't turn into fucking Sky Sports and say 'Dundee fans'.
Roaster.
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Just now, Butters Scotch said:
State of that.
^^ Arrested in Airdrie IMO.
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2 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said:
Did the TV cameras get the on-field pavement dancing? Looked like one of the Airdrie fans took offence to the pitch invasion and started swinging.
Multiple cop cars and vans now arrived and several more passing me as I head back to the station!
Nah, they kind of passed it off as the United fans wanting to celebrate in front of the cameras and Billy Dodds passed it off as saying they were thick because the cameras weren't even in.
There was a good 30-40 seconds of silence where you knew something was going on though.
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United fans making a c**t of themselves at the Excelsior?
Seems to be a regular thing that.
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Just now, Its not only a game said:
Have to say the worst game of football I have seen in years- shame for all those Utd fans coming from Dundee to see a team that has been clearly on the lash all week…!!
Airdrie play nice football but are so poor upfront - Utd they are coming straight back down next season.United will throw money at it and have enough about them to keep their heads above water provided they punt Goodwin by October IMO.
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Is Sam McClelland likely to stay with the DABs or heading back to St Johnstone?
Why is he not getting a game ahead of any of your calamitous CHs? @RandomGuy.
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The BBC Friday All Time Classics reputation are being fucking tarnished with this game.
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I questioned Walton's Premiership credentials in the United thread. Typical he's having a fucking worldie now.
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If there's one man that can stop United going into full on party mode, it's Jim Goodwin.
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That was some save from Walton.
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Genuinely can't believe what an absolute fucking shambles and 'just as bad as the rest' politically in just a few short years.
So demoralising.
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57 minutes ago, stu2910 said:
Is there anything that explains what’s required for each tier? Youth, legal and ground are reasonably self explanatory, but first team?!
Also what the relevance is when RC passed them all but were refused.
It's all about having certain amount of coaches etc. We employ someone who's covers a multitude of jobs whereas to get a higher grading you need a specific person for each role. That's obviously not the only thing but one of the factors. I've went into detail about it before but basically Strachan disagrees with the philosophy of it all and we've went down our own completely different path. That's the youth I'm talking about. I'd imagine it'd be the same coach wise for the first team.
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Speaking of training facilities... Courier is reporting that we've been given the go ahead to build our own training facilities and complex at Riverside.
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58 minutes ago, capt_oats said:
I think this is probably one of the biggest misconceptions fans have about "qualifying for Europe" at this level.
Which isn't a knock if you do end up qualifying but if you look at the various peer group clubs who have qualified for Europe in the time since Dundee last competed in European competition (us, St Johnstone, Killie, Hearts, Hibs, Aberdeen, United etc) how many of them can you honestly say had access to any "high quality" loans as a direct result of qualifying for Europe that they wouldn't have had a decent chance of getting anyway.
You've got your tie in with Burnley and you got Beck through the door when you were a newly promoted side. The prospect of playing a few qualifying rounds in the Conference league isn't really going to make much difference in a club like say, Liverpool, deciding on whether Dundee is a good destination for their player to develop.
There was a tour of our training facilities for season ticket holders at the start of the season and it was said that loan deals from England are largely based on the facilities. Apparently, the top English clubs grade potential loan clubs facilities and judge who they allow to a club based on that which is why we were able to secure Beck and about to secure another player for next season.
It could well be an exaggeration by the people doing the tour but our training facilities are on par with some of the better English clubs that would be a potential loan destination ie, middling Championship/top end League 1 clubs hence how we beat a few English teams for Beck, got Jon McCracken in ahead of an English side and was the reason (alongside our partnership) that Burnley recalled Costelloe and Mellon from St Johnstone & Morecambe respectively and sent them to us.
Docherty continually points to the fact that clubs will also look at the success that most of our loans have had and take that into contention too.
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22 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:
Calum Scanlon.
Sounds more realistic tbf.
I was just thinking Chambers because he's went to a middling League 1 side for half a season as opposed to a Championship gig, younger than Beck and we now have a good relationship with Liverpool and are being credited with developing Beck to a higher level and finally and most importantly, the fact that I didn't know any other youth LB's currently on their books.
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I always wonder how people quote WWE making say a £1million off a 12,000 seater (no maths went into those figures, just plucked at random) and now I understand why.
In the US, during the PPV era, they were charging about $80 per PPV so no surprise to think we'll accept those sort of in the flesh ticket prices.
Imagine Mania came to the UK.
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2 hours ago, Butters Scotch said:
Get back in your bra ya tit
State of that.
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What position does Callum Paterson play these days and where's he at? I'd honestly prefer him as a call-up for the back-up RB spot instead of Ralston.
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We are apparently in for a Liverpool LB that is not Owen Beck but with an apparent equally high potential for next season. Unlikely, but possibility that could be Luke Chambers. What was he like for you lads?
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Can't see anyone out with the OF having the funds to prize him away tbh. I believe one of Hearts or Aberdeen offered him a PCA last season before he signed a new deal with us so they can look all they like.
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Dundee v Celtic
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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Been a poor half. Celtic started well but lacking a final ball. We've given them too much respect and are acting like they're playing Ange-ball and have had very little composure.
One bit of quality in the game resulted in the goal. Nothing we could really do about it. Superb strike, unfortunately.
Hopefully we have a bit more of a go at it in the second half.