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  1. 27 minutes ago, Sugar_Army said:

    Was the ticket sale this morning  only for ssc members?

    I clicked the link at 9:50 and the message said I was in a queue and there was at least an hour waiting time and not to open my browser.

    Needless to say my faint hope of getting one of the few tickets quickly evaporated and by 10:30 I gave up as knew they woukd be gone by then.

    Pub it is then. 😊

    I have an account on the ticket part of the SFA website, not sure if that’s what counts as being a member of the SSC. Either way, because I had 4 tickets allocated to my account, I wasn’t allowed any more.

  2. 2 minutes ago, The Moonster said:

    I'm not sure what your definition of "articulate" is, but a grown adult who continually uses the phrase "uh huh" during an interview probably wouldn't qualify for me.

    I'd much rather listen to a guy who's played at a decent level who uses colloquial phrases whilst still getting his point across than "journalists" giving their vanilla opinions on tv.

  3. 2 minutes ago, MixuFixit said:

    When you have been made to attend very boring compulsory training do you:

    A: Sit through it with minimal engagement so it can be over with quickly.

    B: Go gallivanting off on the most tangentially related stories, ask endless questions, make constant jokes and just generally make something that could have been done and dusted in an hour last the whole afternoon?

    Because I apparently am a solitary A in a sea of B's.

    I have experienced this several times.  I was on a first aid course and there was an ex military medic guy on it.  "In the field, we'd have done this..." ,  When bullets are flying over your head, you've not got time for x, y and z". Asking questions just to show that he had a more in depth knowledge than everyone else.  Cringeworthy doesn't cover it.  Obviously had that misplaced air of arrogance you get with a lot of ex-military folk as well.  Sit doon, shut up and let's just get this overwith.

  4. i vaguely recall being at the old Celtic Park watching the reserves v Hibs, who were wearing that awful purple away kit circa 93.  The first game I can properly remember being at was a trip with my football team for what I believe was the first Scotland game at the new Hampden vs Holland.  Pretty sure Bryan Roy scored in a 1-0 win.

  5. Anyone saying Fosters and Carling needs their palette repaired.

     

    1.  Moretti

    2. Stella (Draught)

    3. Drygate IPA

    4. Hop House

    5. Corona

  6. 7 minutes ago, AyrTroopMajor said:

    To be fair to Councils, there are too many wee pr*cks that will vandalise them. A societal problem, one which happens far less/not at all in other countries.

    Fair comment, me and my mates used to go up to the local five a side complex on a Friday night and if there was pitches available, they'd let us on for a pound each, that was circa 97-02 right enough but you get the idea.

  7. The problem is endemic and it's not just one or 2 factors, its several.  One of the gripes is about technology and video games, but every European country has technology and video games. The weather is horrendous obviously but it’s less horrendous than Iceland and Scandinavian countries but they seem to do ok. Also, boys can’t play for the school or local team if they play pro youth, which limits game time. There are coaching sessions run by idiot coaches where wee boys only get 5 or 6 touches in an hour session because the coach has picked a drill of YouTube that’s useless. Councils locking astro pitches so they can’t get on unless they pay a fiver a time is pricing kids out of playing too. 

     

    In saying all that, there is a mentality problem as well.  It's always been the same when boys hit 14/15 in this country, its not "cool" to be good at anything, so instead of putting all they've got into becoming the best they can be, they hit the bevvy and birds with their mates cos it's the easy option.  To be a top professional, you need hard work and sacrifice and it's just not something a lot of our society is good at.

  8. We got married at 5pm and then just booked a function suite in a hotel nearby for a party.  Hired a band, a buffet and a welcome drinks package and it was still very manageable cost wise.  I know others will be different but going to a wedding for a 2pm start and sitting about waiting for the photos to get done, then the dinner, speeches etc is a long somewhat boring day.  Ceremony, half an hour for photos whilst everyone else made their way to the hotel, speeches, cake, then party time, absolutely brilliant day.

  9. 17 minutes ago, ScottishZizou said:

    This is the ramblings of a total moron. You might not have noticed but the USA women's team aren't attempting to qualify for the mens world cup.

    Why are people so obsessed with mens teams being better than womens. THEY ARE NOT COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER. Who cares. Imagine Serena Williams winning Wimbledon and people complaining that Djokovic would beat her in 3 sets or she might get put out in round 1 by a middle ranking player like Opelka. You just sound like a total misogynistic idiot.

    So your point is that women's football lags so far behind males that it is not worth watching? I don't follow that logic and if you only watch the best football in terms of pure quality then I am guessing you are just a Champions League fan boy who doesn't really like Scottish Football?

    As said in another post I really enjoyed the tournament, the standard has notably improved from previous editions and I think people should make a concerted effort to get behind Womens football. I love football, its brought me a lot of great memories/friends and I (along with many other sane people) want as many people playing it as possible. If I were to have a child whether boy or girl, if they want to play football I would want them both to have lots of opportunities to do so, not just one of them based on the chance of being born a certain sex. But I guess that makes me "weak minded" unlike you.

     

    I think a lot of people are obsessing over the men being better than the women due to the recent claims that women should get paid the same.  In the situation of national teams' prize money, I tend to agree the US should match the men due to the fact that they bring in the same if not more revenue from sponsorships etc. 

    Anyone claiming the individual players' wages should be the same is way off the mark, players are only worth what clubs are willing to pay them and until the women catch up in worldwide appeal, that's just not gonna happen.

  10. Caught the tail end of it last night after training. The guy who essentially got away with it due to supposed learning difficulties is a joke, showed no remorse and laughed through his interview.  The text at the end said he lived in the community for 4 months after he was released but didn't say if any further action as taken.

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