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I once read an excellent Jonathan Wilson article (that I tried to find for you, but failed) on how crossing was a highly inefficient method of scoring a goal, given how many of them you have to put in before a cross is scored. It was written at the time of Barcelona's ascendency (2010-ish) and pointed out the fact that they rarely put crosses in (or corners for that matter). Given England's success at the WC, with all but 1 or 2 goals coming from set-pieces, you'd think that Celtic would aim for that. It doesn't seem to be Rodgers' philosophy though, having muscular forwards who are good in the air.

Tiger was an absolute gent at that tournament. He chatted with people for ages outside the putting green on the first practise session.....according to those who waited. My mate and I missed it following Colin Montgomery on his round. Livid.

I don't really mind as I think that we, along with the Bairns, will be looking up the table from now on anyway. I think that Dunfermline, Alloa and Morton will be the sides we have to watch from now on. I'll take a Falkirk win.

I once watched BBC breakfast and the anchor was letting us know that there would be some weather expert on later to let us know why the weather had been so wintry of late. The month? January.

Utter mince comment. Not the bit about her being pretty, just the shite about her being too fat. Bonkers mental behaviour.

Why? Sammon would tear up this league. In fact he was one of our best players last season. I'd have him back in a heartbeat.

Are these available from your club shop? I'd bloody love a set. Unless they're eyewateringly expensive like actual beats.

According to the Herald today Lennon had a frank exchange with players at a meeting, and the next day had a meeting with Dempster to discuss transfers. It appears that, rather than discuss transfers LD wanted to discuss the players meeting. Lennon, the Herald says, was enraged that she had decided what had happened at the meeting in spite of her info being second hand, and that he felt undermined. It's not massively clear what happened between that meeting and his suspension. More to come out of this with the legal battle upcoming. Sounds like it'll be a huge tabloid drama.

Mate used to work with an English lassie whose name caused no ripples down south, but in her Glasgow office much fun was had with her name. Fay Govan.

And maybe you don't have to explain it, especially if it doesn't feel wrong to you. It sounds like you have boundaries around physical affection, but don't feel like you have permission to state them. It's probably the most empowering thing you can do for yourself, but it's hard. Telling someone that you'd rather not hug, but would maybe prefer a handshake, is tough as you may be afraid of hurting their feelings (which are theirs, and not your responsibility). As men we're expected to be fine with all physical affection and we treat our own needs around it as if it's a huge indulgence. So aye, it's utterly fine to only want to hug certain people. Consent and boundaries aren't just for women, we need to honour our own too.

I am the epitome of this I think. With the exception of my wife and kids, I have gradually over the years made myself so uncomfortable with physical contact that it has become really noticable. I wont hug anyone by choice and its a one armed token effort if they initiate. I dont know why. It's great that you hug your kids. My dad only ever made physical contact with me when he was punishing me, or giving me a handshake on christmas/new year/my birthday. Not having that from him certainly caused a deeper need for acceptance and affection which I'm only recently approaching. So give yourself a pat on the back for giving your weans that physical affection. It's an oft overlooked (and vital) form of nutrition. Your saying that you made yourself uncomfortable with touch. This is a curious way to put it. Would it be alright with you if you elaborated on this?

Aye handshaking developed as a way of showing you didn't have a dagger or other weapon in your right hand, showing you weren't a threat and to put the other at ease. It's now a way to keep other men at a distance, which is fine in some instances (I don't want to be hugged by everyone I meet), but pathological if we're denying ourselves. It sounds like you really wanted that hug.

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Bought cross-country skis for the first time (after promising myself for years) and it'll snow here and the shire tomorrow. I will, of course, be in London for the weekend. Belter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/well/family/gender-men-touch.html?fbclid=IwAR2G0Vm_AKdJ4R8WOLrRoTJG52blQXSNbMNpSknZv9vvm8oXPntiO6iaD0s So the above article is about the importance of touch, and the consequences of the lack of it. We talk about depression and anxiety but we don't look at how our social world is constructed or how we, as men (apologies to the ladies, but I can't speak to your experience) isolate ourselves from both our feelings and from genuine connection with each other. We also tend to view touch as sexual, which is hugely self-sabotaging. I've been feeling very low and super stressed and defensive lately. It's been affecting my sleep which has obviously not been helping my body protect itself from stress. I'm pretty aware of myself these days (fuckton of therapy, reading, and going to cool retreats) and I took a step back (and, at the same time, inward) and I realised that what I was needing was a sense of community with my fellow men, and also I hadn't had any physical affection in weeks. I'm heading to London tomorrow to see my pal and I'm defo gonna hug the shit out of him. The above article is timely, and may speak to a lot of the concerns of men on here. We tend to try and be too heroic; walking along with our guts trailing behind us while cracking jokes or remaining stoically silent about our pain. We'd rather die (literally, sadly) than ask for what we want, or say that we're lonely.

Amazed at this. Most exciting player that we've had in a while and we're looking to sell, for absolute buttons. A huge percentage of the ire on here directed at Archie was that he wouldn't play Fitzpatrick. Caldwell doesn't seem to fancy playing him either, which is astounding. I fuckin hate this club at the moment.

So the BBC has been running a story where the Dundee clubs have "dismissed a merger" that, from what I can gather, nobody has been proposing. Popping on here (and the arabs' thread) to find nobody talking about it tells me what a non-story this is. BBC sport clearly struggling with a lack of top-flight fitba to speak of at the mo.

Pish. Scottish player scores double in big game in top league, but reading it as a scottish football site promoting English fitba. Right.

Heartening to hear the PUA getting it tight on here. I mind there was one a couple of years back who tried to bring one of his "workshops" to Glasgow. He got properly hounded on twitter and shat it. Marvellous.

Sells programs like a boss though.

Is the trialist Ian Black though? I quoted your man above on the basis that you had an unnamed trialist from Tranent who looked handy. If it is Black then I've been whooshed.

We took both Erskine and Doolan from the juniors to what is now the championship. Some gems to be found at that level, for sure.

Rednyella encore incoming.

Aye I wasn't at the game, but by the sounds of the radio commentary he'd got it spot on.

Precisely my feelings on Aberdeen too. I live next to Castlegate and it's a microcosm of what's bad about the city; a city centre square that should be a Piazza with cafes, nice pubs and a bit of life/culture about it. Instead it's a grim-as-f**k collection of dive pubs, a charity shop and an RS McColls. (Not including Blackfriars which is really nice). The amount of money flowing through this city vs the amount apparently spent on it is scandalous. Reading through some of the nominations on here has made me feel a bit better about my hometown of East Kilbride, which I've been getting gradually more frustrated with. No soul about it at all, just a shopping mall surrounded by houses. Lots and lots of houses. However we have parks and trees, and the village, so aye, not that bad at all.