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    League 1 title odds

    in Scottish League 1 General Chatter

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    We are all making the assumption that the league programme will be completed to a fair conclusion, think I would have a couple of quid on no outright winner after the Coronavirus and the usual winter weather leaves a postponement mountain that results in the SPFL declaring the league null and void.  What is already evident in the BetFred Cup and Premier League I expect can only get much worse if the trends with this virus continue to show a deteriorating situation.  

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    Train derailment

    in The General Nonsense Forum

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    Is anybody suggesting this might be a Polmont-style crash, which ended up in a similar jumble of carriages? It looks to me from the photos like it hit a small landslip about 100m south of the crash site, knocked the front powercar off and then the rear powercar drove the other carriages off. Some of the mess might have been caused when it hit the bridge parapet.
    Amazing work by the emergency services to build a road into the site. That doesn't happen on the day, that's the product of good contingency planning.
     
    Front power car drives the train, rear power car provides ancillary power for air conditioning, lighting etc, so would not have pushed the wrecked coaches under power, that said it has a fair mass so plenty of momentum
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    The joke thread: a thread for camaraderie and hilarity

    in The General Nonsense Forum

    Posted

    Dave came home from the pub late one Friday evening stinking drunk, as he often did, and crept into bed beside his wife who was already asleep.

    He gave her a peck on the cheek and fell asleep. When he awoke, he found a strange man standing at the end of his bed. 'Who the hell are you?', demanded Dave, 'and what are you doing in my bedroom ?'

    The mysterious man answered, 'This isn't your bedroom and I'm St Peter.'

    Dave was stunned. 'You mean I'm dead !!! That can't be, I have so much to live for - and I haven't said goodbye to my family. . . You've got to send me back straight away.'

    St Peter replied, 'Yes, you can be reincarnated but there is a catch. We can only send you back as a dog or a hen.'

    Dave was devastated, but knowing there was a farm not far from his house, he asked to be sent back as a hen.

    A flash of light later, he was covered in feathers and clucking around, pecking the ground.

    'This ain't so bad', he thought until he felt this strange feeling welling up inside him. The farmyard rooster strolled over and said, 'So you're the new hen, How are you enjoying your first day here ?'

    'It's not so bad', replies Dave, 'but I have this strange feeling inside like I'm about to explode.'

    'You're ovulating', explained the rooster. 'Don't tell me you've never laid an egg before.'

    'Never', replies Dave.

    'Well just relax and let it happen'.

    And so he did and after a few uncomfortable seconds later, an egg pops out from under his tail. An immense feeling of relief swept over him and his emotions got the better of him as he experienced motherhood for the first time.

    When he laid his second egg, the feeling of happiness was overwhelming and he knew that being reincarnated as a hen was the best thing that ever happened to him . . . Ever!!!

    The joy kept coming and as he was just about to lay his third egg, he felt an enormous smack on the back of his head and heard his wife shouting...

    'Dave, wake up, you drunken *******, You've sh1t the bed !!'

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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    7 hours ago, Passionate said:

    Well that's the bench filling up nice!y,    Mbayo, O Reilly, Roy, Kerr, Currie,   Ritchie...

     

    We are getting to the "anyone will do" stage for midfield,   Still plenty of time but how many players do you want, 21 now and still the West ham laddies to come up.    It seems a very scattergun recruitment policy when money is tight.....

     

    We still need a creative midfield player who knows this league ( doesn't have to be over 30). And a striker who can score 15 - 20 goals. Seagal did well but even he was replaced with better in January,    

     

    Can you imagine if Mbayo was Mboza and he was paired with Ritchie in midfield!!!

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    The joke thread: a thread for camaraderie and hilarity

    in The General Nonsense Forum

    Posted

    A young Paisley woman was so depressed that she decided to end her life by throwing herself into the Clyde.  But just before she could throw herself from the Erskine Bridge, a handsome young man stopped her.

    "You have so much to live for," said the man.  "I'm a sailor, and we are off to America tomorrow.  I can stow you away on my ship.  

    I'll take care of you, bring you food every day, and I'll keep you happy."

    With nothing to lose, combined with the fact that she had always wanted to go to the States, the woman accepted.  

    That night the sailor picked her up in a Taxi and after a short trip brought her aboard and hid her in a small but comfortable compartment in the hold.  From then on, every night 

    he would bring her three sandwiches, some water, and stayed with her until dawn.  

    Three weeks later she was discovered by the captain during a routine inspection.

     "What are you doing here?" asked the captain.

    "I have an arrangement with one of the sailors," she replied, truthfully.  "He brings me food and I get a free trip to the USA ."

    "I see," the captain said.

    Her conscience got the best of her and she added, "Plus, to be honest, he's been screwing me."

    "He certainly has," replied the captain.  "This is the Arran Ferry ."

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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted

    Totally depressing factoid, now that Stranrear have been relegated we enter season 2020-21 as  the only club to have remained in Scottish League Division 1 since its formation in 2013.   Seven years, three different owners, nine managers (including temporary appointments) and a whole shitload of very average players.  Very little prospect of breaking that mould in the foreseeable future, welcome to Stagnation F.C.

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    Colt team proposal

    in Scottish League 1 General Chatter

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    I seem to remember when the Premier League and smaller lower divisions were proposed back in the 1970s the big sales pitch was to reduce the number of "meaningless games".  How meaningless are games against colt teams who have restrictions on how far up the league they can progress.  We could easily have the scenario that the colt teams get into the highest division they are permitted and since they have no incentive to go further, there is the potential for them to start the season well and get into a position where they are guaranteed to avoid relegation, from then on every game is one of those meaningless games that we were told should be avoided.   The Colt team's managers then start chopping and changing their teams, possibly playing a weakened team one week and a stronger team the next, that could cause controversy if the teams they are playing are in a tight battle for promotion or relegation.  Every eventuality has not been considered here and they whole plan should be rejected.

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    Colt team proposal

    in Scottish League 1 General Chatter

    Posted

    I seriously do not understand the OF's obsession with getting Colt Teams in the lower divisions of Scottish Football.  The place for these teams is in the Scottish Premier Reserve League, but for whatever reason they refuse to participate in that league.  For decades the reserves were the natural stepping stone to first team football and a platform for older players to step down to and give the youngsters some experience.  Why do they think that they would get more experience playing against teams of the skill level of the 3rd division instead of equivalent Colt/fringe/older pros of the premier league?

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