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6 hours ago, The OP said:
These days, right, if you say you’re English, you get arrested and thrown in jail.
And don’t write “There ain’t no black in the Union Jack” in pen on your passport application photo either.
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39 minutes ago, TheScarf said:
I might be talking shite but is he not the only male player ever to have more GS titles than Masters titles? Guys like Cilic have one each. Can't think of anyone else.
Gaston Gaudio has one major and zero masters. Can't think of any other likely candidates immediately.
ETA - Kafelnikov too apparently (2 majors and 0 masters)
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7 minutes ago, TheScarf said:
Indeed. He's kind of been on his own wee mezzanine tier just below the Big 3 for most of his career. Not as good as them, but miles better than the likes of Ferrer, Berdych, Roddick, Safin, Hewitt and Wawrinka. Despite the latter having the same amount of slams as him.
Stan is, and will remain, an utter enigma. The man has only 16 career singles titles at ATP level and 3 of them are majors! He fluctuates between being a shambling, overweight mess to being a tennis god with little in between. When he's red lining I wouldn't back any player to beat him and yet when his head's not there I think I'd have a shot at taking a few sets off him.
Yes, Murray's tennis legacy is significantly greater and rightly so. But I have a special place in my heart for Stan.
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On 9/8/2018 at 17:25, BigFatTabbyDave said:
- Everyone to wear clown hats at midweek games.
- Foreign players to be handicapped to using one leg per half.
- SPL & SFL to reform, merge with the SFA, and call the new organisation PISSFLAPS.
- Top league of two clubs; everyone else into regional leagues (details to follow).
- Oblate spheroid league structure, with multiple leagues running simultaneously through time travel.
- Money to pour forth from every orifice. East Stirlingshire to be built a gold-plated, full-scale replica of the Colosseum.
No clubs have made objections to this plan. Something must be done, and this is something. You can't argue with logic.
deserves unlimited greenies.
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1 hour ago, John Lambies Doos said:1 hour ago, TheScarf said:I think the Big 4 term came about 09 or 10 when the 4 of them were genuinely winning 2/3 Masters titles a year. I agree, it's really only ever been a Big 3 unfortunately.
I agree I think the Masters titles were part of it. But if Castle, Henman et al keep referring to a big 4 then it's laughable. No disrespect to Murray a world class superstar but not in the same league
To be fair to Murray, I doubt he places himself alongside those 3 either. Putting them to one side, he's been miles ahead of every other player over the last decade and at a level of consistency which in other eras would have given him 6 or 7 majors rather than 3. After all, he's only ever lost in major finals to either Federer or Djokovic. I'd certainly rank him alongside players like Edberg, McEnroe and Becker which isn't bad going.
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21 minutes ago, Mr X said:
Well, no.
We do know that Morton identified JJ as their "primary target" "Through our previous working relationship". That previous relationship didnt happen in the last 3 months.
Therefore, either JJ wasnt interested in May or he wasnt actually the primary target, he was somewhere down the list after McKinnon.
Its not speculation its simple logic.
Jesus wept. So by your "logic" he was also the primary target when we appointed Kenny Shiels and Jim Duffy.
Give it up.
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1 hour ago, DeeBairn said:
I'm only going by what boulderdomb said above.
I'll be happy to be corrected if you know that this wasn't the case.
m9, you quoted me saying "how would I know?". That it's all speculation was kind of my point.
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1 hour ago, Mr X said:
Club has top target + top target is interested = top target being appointed
... is about as airtight an assumption as you'll find.
Except it didnt happen in the summer and McKinnon got the job
This is in danger of getting horribly circular. No one knows if he was a target last time round or (if he was) whether he was interested.
We do know he was otherwise employed at Rangers until mid June.
We do know Morton appointed Mckinnon at the end of May after a lengthy recruitment process.
That's it. Everything else is speculation.
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17 minutes ago, Mr X said:
Err, because if he was first choice and he wanted the job he would have been appointed instead of McKinnon.
You're full of assumptions today fella.
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Just now, DeeBairn said:
If Johansen was your primary target last time, given you signed McKinnon, does that not indicate JJ wasn't interested and he's only there now because Gerarrd didn't want him?
How would I/you know?
I'm quite enjoying some of the Falkirk-ladz bantz over this debacle but it's always good to know your limits.
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7 minutes ago, DeeBairn said:
If he was, he clearly turned you down and you went for McKinnon. If thats the case, sure sounds like JJ wanted the job...
He'll be away soon, if thats the case. St Mirren in all likelihood.
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21 minutes ago, Mr X said:
Wouldnt that have made him the primary target when you last recruited a manager? You know, like, a few weeks ago
Do you know he wasn’t?
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21 hours ago, TheGoon said:
The Morton/Falkirk legal battle is going to be bigger than The People vs OJ Simpson.
The Steeple vs Ol' Rae's Gimp-son?
Though it's at the expense of our chairman, that pun was too good not to use.
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4 minutes ago, Coventry Saint said:
I do hope someone's going to do a Ray McKinnon joke soon.
Ray McKinnon walked into a bar.
The barman said, “why the long face?”
”I’ve just realised I’m a shitweasel”, Ray replied.
Like the rest of his output, I didn’t find it funny.
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Cheers lads, I needed this pick-me-up after Friday.
Kisses.
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1 minute ago, Rugster said:
Let the hurt flow out, it will do you good.
You’re fishing in the wrong spot. In case it wasn’t obvious, my first post was meant to be light hearted. I’ve no idea who we’ll get or if it’ll be an improvement on Ray but, genuinely, I was more enthused with our players than with our (your) manager so I’m struggling to do more than make pithy posts about it all.
It has shown how badly run our club is, but we already knew that.
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5 minutes ago, Rugster said:
So you're saying McKinnon is mediocre, but in the same post you're saying he took you from flailing about with three players after a calamity, to a squad with the best midfield in the league and a far better proposition?
Yes.
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As much as it’s a total riddy losing a manager to a relegation bound U21 team, for Morton this has to be an opportunity not a problem.
We appointed mediocre McKinnon when we had about 3 players and were flailing about following another 4th quarter calamity under Duffy.
With a squad that boasts the best midfield in the league, we’re a much sexier proposition now.
I expect a significant upgrade.
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3 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said:
Will definitely have a crack at making Ainsley’s Greek Aubergines.
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1 minute ago, Trogdor said:
Keep dreaming kid.
Ha! That would just be for the aforementioned scenes. You’re all welcome to keep Jobby.
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1 minute ago, Bairnardo said:
These scenes can only be topped by Ray having a last minute change of heart....
Or Morton unveiling McCall...
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Time for Miller as player/manager.
Sorry, I meant Millar
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27 minutes ago, TheScarf said:
Ach well, maybe Verdasco was a step too far for Andy in his recovery. What will his ranking be after the USO finishes roughly?
Only 45 points for r2, so it’ll lift him to about 315 in the rankings.
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11 minutes ago, Cowshed Chris said:
What about Kingery pitching? Total embarrassment.
https://www.mlb.com/cut4/actually-position-players-pitching-are-good/c-287303172
Here's the counter argument, but I agree with you!
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The Mets, meanwhile, continue their crazy up and down and back up again season.
Open the season 11-1.
Crumble over the next couple of months, including going 5-21 in June.
Since the All Star Game have won 10 series, split 3 and lost 3 (though are only 29-24 across that stretch).
Plus David Wright has retired, finally. There’s something sort of symbolic about that in the context of their recent injury ravaged seasons.