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Kenny Miller wasn't shite. That's a pile of pish. His goal scoring record was also only a part of his game. His hold up play and general nuisance value were excellent. I recall the game against Italy in 2005 where he was MOTM with Cannavaro and Nesta finding him unplayable. Now aye, he had his flaws, he wasn't that prolific (but he had a handy knack of scoring against top teams) and you wouldn't back him in a one on one with the keeper, but this revisionism is just edgelord pish. Towards the end of his career he was pretty poor. I recall the home game against Serbia where he looked utterly finished at this level, but I was delighted for him to get his goal against England as he deserved to finish his international career on a bit of a high.

Aye, my great uncle was severely injured during WW2 (had a bar of soap in his top pocket that stopped shrapnel going into his chest, the rest went into his legs) and he said he never received a single penny from them. My issues with the poppy are not just that they are used so politically but that the poppy charity itself (the British Legion) isn't at all anti-war. The white poppy (for peace) has been around since the 1930's as a result of the BL's refusal to be part of any campaign to end wars and promote peace. I kinda understood that a bit, but lately they've just become shameless about it. The poppy ball a few years ago (big benefit do in London) was held "in association with Lockheed Martin". The same year they released a version of "Green Fields of France(Willie McBride)" sung by Joss Stone, but eliminating all anti-war references from the song. Seething. Also, if you want to get it up the poppy gammons, not wearing one might do it, but wearing a white one absolutely will.

In addition to the ones already mentioned, we put 7 past Berwick at Shielfield in 1995 and, of course, 11 past Albion Rovers in 1993. Fuckin hell, I forgot about the Rovers result. Cheers.

I have no memories of that season having gone to no games. I saved myself for all those post promotion trips to Pittodrie where we garnered one point in however many games. Great times. Cheers for the info.

What a strange old game. I remember us putting 6 past Ayr in a pre-season/league cup game many moons ago (we were a premier team and they were a lower first/seaside time IIRC) but I can't remember us ever putting 6 past any team, let alone a team in the same league as us since we pumped the Dees 6-2 back in about 1992.

Pornography is to blame for that one, I fear. And aye I've never liked it when women groom themselves thus. Total turn off.

Aye I don't rate assists highly at all. It reminds me of Maradona's second goal against England, when Valdano (I think) rolls it to him on half way. Counts as an assist. The player did say years later "he couldn't miss with a pass like that" .

And I think what our learned colleague is saying is that this is exactly the point. Clarke should be held to a higher standard. If folk were saying that Eck did a great job then your bringing him up would have more relevance. Nobody wanted him, it was a mercy when he was relieved of his duties and we could get a proper coach in. Clarke has done well but at times we haven't looked good. The euros performances were ok (Croatia game aside) but it's fine to ask questions. Saying he's better than his addled predecessor is damning him with faint praise.

I'll have some of this then. Put him in at RCB and drop McTominay. Sorted.

I guess programmes are a bit obsolete now due to all clubs having Twitter accounts and websites. Pater Army buys a program mainly out of habit now but he barely reads it (infuriating things your parents do for this pish) as the info contained within can be found online.

Wid tbh.

Lemsip. I have the fucking flu.

I've had long hair for the last decade and I never have this problem as I put a hair-catcher thingy over the plug-hole. The amount of hair that came out when I washed it was insane (and it's why my hair is shoulder length now) so it was a worthwhile investment. Treat yourself.

Italian musical terms really aren't my forte mate.

Cheers min, I actually thought "semi-tones" was the riskier shout. It might be a nice wee challenge to see how many arcane musical terms I can sneak on to this forum.

Top teams find a way to just get the points and get through. We're in that bracket now. I wasn't worried.

Jesus f**k. Phew.

By the sounds of it we're just firing balls into the box, to no great effect, unless we're hoping for second balls, but ffs.

Sounds like he was miles offside though?

Its Pep, isnt it? It definitely isn't. At least the dearly departed Pep brought some entertainment and whose trolling and derailing had some skill about it. The apparent vandetta with Bing does seem to be a bit Pep-esque, but there's a complete lack of outrageous calls or obsessions with certain players. I think we're dealing with a new player (who many of us have on ignore by dint of his being boring as f**k).

Listening to this on the radio was a great shout.

We have a national anthem that can't be played on our national instrument. The anthem has a flattened 7th note (the "think" in "Tae think again") which gives it the distinctly Scottish sound. The pipes can't handle it though and end up playing it differently and it sounds shite. The PA version is too high and those of us without the range of Freddie Mercury or Pavarotti need to sing it an octave lower, which is less satisfying. So aye, FoS would be fine if played about 5 or 6 semi-tones lower. Whomever said applauding anthems was weird reminded me of the home game against Ukraine (or Lithuania, my memory places those games days after each other) and the anthem was gorgeous, causing spontaneous applause in the North Stand and appreciative comments. I swear someone shouted "bravo" (or that might have been me tbf ).

I do think he would have become one of the best in the world at the time had it not been for injury. He broke his leg something like 3 times, and there were injuries that happen after that too (thigh strains mostly) that severely disrupted his momentum. Having him and Robbo/Tierney in the same team would have been incredible.