WhiteRoseKillie
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1 minute ago, AJF said:
I think offering the chance for fans to have a drink in the stadium would potentially limit the number of fans buying high percentage drinks and tanning them/smuggling them into the ground.
Yesterday as an example, the Louden outside Ibrox was absolutely rammed with folk unable to get in without queueing for an age so a lot of people were walking up the road to the wee shop and buying their buckfast, vodka etc. which I think would be worse than them being able to head into the stadium early doors and have something a little less lethal.
@Dons_1988may have differing reasons.
You've just described those "mythical" fans who need a drink to see them through a couple of hours. A normal response would surely have been "it's too busy, I'll not bother then. I can have a drink after the game, after all."
One of the main effects of alcohol consumption is a loss of inhibition. In the already emotionally charged state of an attendee at (any) football match, adding alcohol is not going to improve things.
I'm guessing most of the advocates of drinking at the game weren't around before the ban caused by the 1980 Final. Football, yes, but equally Scottish society needs to start behaving like grown-ups when it comes to the country's relationship with alcohol. When you're drinking the likes of Buckfast or other "cost-effective" products, the desire to "enjoy" a drink is shown up for the nonsensical justification of dependence which it undoubtedly is.
Yes, I've lost family members through alcohol misuse. No, I don't have a problem with people drinking, or even getting drunk when their behaviour doesn't impact others.
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1 hour ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:
If they hadn’t been drinking alcohol then the bottles would still be full and more dangerous meaning that ….
Hang on I’ve made a mistake here somewhereIf they've been drinking alcohol, there's a fair chance the bottles will be at least part-way refilled..
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3 minutes ago, johnnydun said:
I know the throwing thing isn't new, I guess it's more pyro's nowadays. It never gets much publicity as apposed to a coin or a bottle, but can do just as much damage.
Didn't some poor bugger die after being hit by a firework/flare down south a few years back? I seem to recall a Welsh team being involved.
Found it. Fucking idiots.
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2 hours ago, tree house tam said:
This has went on since football started. I remember as a young lad standing at the segregation at East End Park and before the game the netting above the segregation being empty, by half time it had loads of darts and golf balls with nails through them. I've seen confrontations with proper flares that can kill you fired at opposition fans, none of the pishy wee hand held efforts you see at the football nowadays. Fireworks thrown at any and everycunt on the way to grounds were common around November as well . I'd say it's just got a bit more sanitised and the wee fuds think it's great because it got mentioned on social media and loads of folk have seen it.
Yep, I remember similar missiles being launched regularly both at RP and elsewhere throughout the 70's and early 80's. One of our specialities, on a lighter note, was launching a (pre-"Killie Pie") pie at the segregation fencing, where the wire would separate it into several MIRVs of red-hot grease and gristle.
1 hour ago, bennett said:Self policing shouldn't be considered, it would probably just lead to confrontations. Teams already spend a fortune on stewards and policing plus CCTV systems are already in place.
Stewards are an absolute waste of time and money. Policing should be done by the Police. Any investigation, such as yesterday's glass-throwing, should be done by the Police, not the clubs - and if the CCTV isn't available "for some reason", clubs should be heavily punished. My preference would be points rather than fines, as this would hit the supporters harder. Individual "fans" should still have the book thrown at them if and when identified.
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10 hours ago, bennett said:
Morelos got booked and penalty given against us against Aberdeen for a similar handball.
I also never never mentioned Aribo getting pulled down in the box.
Maeda ran on for a few steps after he lost the ball and down he went.
Don't these things even themselves out over a season?
(Kudos for being the only (reasonably sane) berr to have something to add to this hread, btw. Followers of both cheeks seem intent on wresting the "Binfire of the Year" award from the Covid Thread)
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Ten for Monday - swithered on the Venus, but fell right in the end.
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Yet again, we drop points then get bailed out by others doing the same. Hopefully Arbroath simply run out of games to catch us now. If they don't beat us at RP, we should be golden.
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Morton looked at least competent, and we were Shite. Their goal was well-worked and executed, although we could have defended it better. Or just defended it, really..
Our penalty wasn't, but can see why it was given. Karmic balance for the foul on Shaw which could have been a red card first half? (Although if it's Shaw and the ball isn't on the penalty spot, is it ever really a scoring opportunity?)
Imrie really does appear to have made a difference, and can see Morton kicking on next season if you keep the team together - that lad Strapp is definitely more than a long throw freak show.
On balance, happy to get away with a point, and if Morton keep this up, that's a point more than Arbroath will take off them.
We really missed Rory last night, imho, and Burke didn't get a lot of time to work his magic. Is it too much to ask the 334-year-old to summon up up one last wee run of form to get us over the line?0 -
14 hours ago, Big Rider said:
Your Wullie?
A'body's Wullie.
ETA: Slow out of the gate again...
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4 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said:
If there is a country with a quiz consisting solely of questions about English monarchs and Roman emperors then I reckon we should do that one.
As long as we avoid Periodica and The Shakespeare Isles, I'll concur.
A frankly fortunate eight for Friday - to be fair, we've got away pretty lightly on antipodean politicos, and entirely (I think) with Japanese Islands, so not a bad week Down Under.
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Seven for Thursday's Fourecks shananigans.
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9 hours ago, Arch Stanton said:
For only the 2nd time...
I guessed my way (two JtRs) to Nine, which remains my PB. I got The Black Books question wrong, to my shame.
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Fingers, toes and everything else crossed..I see Rory McKenzie was walking about Dundonald Links with Lafferty at the clubs golf day on Monday. Hopefully his injury isn't as bad as first feared.
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That's like getting eleven in the usual quiz..
Scenes.
2 educated guesses and 2 lucky ones. Got the swimming one wrong.2 -
Seven for Wednesday's antipodean hogwash.
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On 27/03/2022 at 21:40, Dawson Park Boy said:
I actually agree that they are not charities in the true sense of the word and, as you say, they will lose rates relief which will mean an increase in fees. However, I still think they provide an excellent education and are not ‘businesses’ in the true sense of the word as any surplus they make is reinvested in the facilities.
Choice is important and I admire parents who chose to give their kids that type of education.
I have a nephew who is the headmaster of a private school in Hamilton and the extra hours which he and the teachers put in to extra curricular activities is incredible.
Define "extra"? I'm pretty sure they won't be on an hourly rate. All my siblings are in the teaching profession (State-school scum, mind) and they're all salaried.
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How, I have no real idea, but a stonking great Eight for Tuesday.
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Yep. He certainly had the goal scoring touch when he felt like it. He just didn't like putting that extra effort in which could have lifted him into a different bracket. Infuriating for opponents, he was obviously going to be a stand out at a team like Morton, but with more of a work ethic he could have been great. That goal posted above I don't have to see again - that's the kind of thing I mean. Right place, right time - like Nicholas or Boyd, you can't teach that. I remember him being the difference that game - coincidentally the same game that gave rise to my reference to bottles and bricks. I believe he was top scorer in the Premier in 78 or 79, which you don't do without having something about you.
Apologies, Morton fans, for my iconoclastic comments, but he fucked Killie more than once, so I'm never going to be a major fan. I get a wee bit annoyed that he didn't fulfill his potential and score a few goals at international level - I'd have quite liked him to be "my" fat lazy tw@ for a change.-1 -
17 minutes ago, The Ghost of B A R P said:
Expert analysis there. I’ll be generous and assume you’ve never actually seen said c*nt play.
[p.s. wee Derek’ll batter you if he hears you talking like that.]
I must have been to at least half-a-dozen Killie/Morton games where he was on the team sheet and, you're correct, never saw him play. Saw the cúnt score a few, mind in between trundling aimlessly up and down the park.
I understand why Morton fans have fond memories, but he was always that kind of player - bone idle but always in the right place to score. Playing for your team, an absolute hero, for any other team a lazy twat who somehow always seemed to score.
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In all honesty, now we're in a position where it's ours to lose I'm less confident than at any time this season. All three games on Fridays will be watched with trepidation until the sums add up for us. Head says we should be good enough for at least a win, possibly by two, but the heart has already started to play up. I'm not making any predictions from now until the end of the season.
Anyhoo, 'Mon the Killie! Get it right fúcking up these troglodytes!*
*Based on the "welcoming" brick and bottle-throwing we used to endure in the days when they though having that goal-hanging cúnt Ritchie made them a proper team.
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On 27/03/2022 at 00:26, UpInTheAyr said:
Just finished top boy for the first time without realising that it is a continuation of top boy summerhouse. After watching the first episode of that you can really see the money Netflix have poured into it for the latest series.
Quite enjoyable series, although the spate of killings is a little too unrealistic looking, even for London. Dushane I could do without, thought he was boring. Sully had some depth to him. That Curtis bloke was chilling, proper psycho material.Not sure the influence of Netflix's megabucks is altogether positive - the subject matter to me benefitted from a more down-market, homegrown look*. Still a good watch, mind - currently two episodes into the latest.
*Trust me, once you're at even half the numbers Dushane's talking about, you've got absolutely no connection downwards. And very, very few (if any) get from the streets to where he currently is. I'm looking forward to seeing where we go from here, anyway.
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12 hours ago, Granny Danger said:
Rewatched ‘Looking For Eric’ for the first time in years. Funny film.
Yeah, OK, Ken does occasionally do humour (and do it very well), but even then, it comes from a bit of a dark place. The multi-Cantona stuff is quality.
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On 26/03/2022 at 13:34, virginton said:
The 19th century labour struggle does not give Larry Flanagan (resigned yesterday - good riddance) and other piss-poor imitations in the 21st century a free pass to make an arse of things and call self-defeating strikes every other year without fail.
Workers need smart and effective unions, but if that's not on the cards then support should be withdrawn until the union's leaders are emptied. They also need greater government protection of their rights, but the unions' generally lockstep adherence to the Labour Party has completely failed to achieve this.
Are you seriously saying there is no continuing struggle between Labour and Capital?
FWIW, the fault of the Unions' weakness lies, almost without exception*, with the members. Sitting there lapping up the "unions are obsolete" pish while doing absolutely fúck all to contribute positively to the cause - which is, after all, the betterment of their conditions and remuneration. Just look at the turn-outs for elections to Union Executives, almost across the board.
Most Unions have a political fund, and that is used to support those parties which will aid in the advancement of workers' interests. While that is never going to be the Tories, Labour cannot assume they have a direct line to members' subs if their direction of travel is perceived to diverge from that of the TUs - As Starmer is finding out. Lockstep adherence probably sounded good in your wee napper, but it's far from reality.
* I would have loved to represent the CWU, RMT or ASLEF. Not the way the cards fell, unfortunately, but hey-ho, we do what we can...
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13 minutes ago, 101 said:
Wait till you find out the most senior has been sacked from just about every job he's held down and the second most struggles to use a chip and pin machine.
..not to mention the fat scarecrow playing tennis with and ennobling those nasty Russkies, while his slimy wee cúnt of a neighbour wants to penalise anyone doing business with them - except his wife.
Our Sceptered Isle is not going to come out of this shitstorm smelling of roses. Developing nations will mock our failed Democracy - if they aren't doing so already.
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