Mark Connolly

It's like Billy Bear ham without the graphic designer's input

"In celebration of this glorious achievement, I can confirm the immediate departure of Jim Goodwin, in preparation for the arrival of our new manager. I can't yet tell you the new manager's name, but let's say it's Carlo A. No, that's far too obvious, let’s just say it's C Ancelotti"

Are you for real?

I'd say someone who should feature regularly in the Championship, and have regular impact, not the hit and miss stuff we see from him. I don't think he is or has the potential to be better than Chalmers, but I'd say he has enough to be a solid Championship player if he can find some consistency

You're hoping to shit the bed in Dingwall again? Bit weird...

The next game is at Airdrie, and we love a pitch invasion there, so probably.

Delighted for Mochrie, hopefully that gives him the boost to hit the next level

If the Scottish media has taught me anything, it's that there is no such thing as a "staunch" Catholic. Catholics are "devout", Protestants are "staunch", eg "Tommy Burns, a devout Catholic".

For extra fun, how many of those 7 are/were members of the National Front?

He will definitely appear in the "Taxidermy looks easy" thread once he's stuffed and put on display in Trump Tower

She was excellent. She did occasionally leave dead air as she tried to comprehend exactly what Dempsey was trying to ask her, but you can't really blame her for that!

The lowlight was his 3 minute sentence before HT where he described what Emery had "written on his CV". Any employer receiving a CV that contained what he described would have filed it straight in the bin

I'm no expert but I'll go for the guy who used to post all the shite homemade memes

The panic on his and Luiz's faces suggested not

Something I learned in the last ten minutes Bookings during a match do NOT carry over into a penalty shootout

Apparently it came in for this season https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football-11-11/2023-24-law-changes-explained

Fair play, he's an absolute dick, but he is fucking tremendous at saving penalties

Apparently, a booking doesn't carry over into a penalty shoot-out? Sounds like UEFA realised the ref made a c**t of it, and are covering their arses

Martinez sent off in the penalty shoot-out! ETA: Or maybe not - ref took the second yellow out of his pocket but didn't actually show it!

Imagine the amount of compo they must have to pay to the guys who develop RSI from turning the crowd volume up and down

Despite being shite for most of the evening, Villa have somehow made it to penalties against Lille

There are few things worse than "Crofty", but Dempsey may be one of them

Goodwin has a year left on his contract. I reckon we should cash in and try to sell him on for a fee just now...

Watching the Villa game. Paul Dempsey continues to be one of the worst commentators in any sport. Just havering utter pish constantly