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Our passing and movement in midfield has been rotten so far. Actually, the midfield has been terrible all in. E.T.A, is Fraser just never shouting for it? He's been in space twice yet we've gone left instead.

Nah, the "have a nice day" stuff is surface level at best. There's a reason yanks are the most medicated country in the world (citation needed). The south is almost stepfordian in that way, people being massively polite and effusive with no real warmth attached to it. A positive stereotype that is true of our transatlantic pals is that they are shamelessly self-promoting. I have many American pals who aren't slow to give an inventory of their value and strengths. We, on the other hand, verbally lynch these people (and I have done on occasion) and strike down anyone who seeks to praise themselves.

You've posted it before. Possibly twice.

Now would be a great time for someone to dig out that photo of you being huckled out the ground by police .

Really good effort this. Chapeau.

The amount of times this appears on this thread is becoming a PTTGOMN.

I'm not sure we have got enough about us to catch Hamilton in 10th, but I can't fault us for at least giving it a right good go. #believe.

I sense more envy than scorn in this post.

Ben Doak? More like Ballon D'oak.

If I were an absolute wee man I would trawl through this page looking for the smug posts getting it right up all of us who were remotely sceptical that he'd make it at Arsenal. You know, the ones that multi-quoted loads of posts from when he first moved which dared to suggest that he might struggle due to his injury record, or that he might not be good enough for that level. I'm disappointed that it's worked out for him this way, because I love him, and he's tremendous for Scotland. I don't know why Arteta doesn't rate him now, but he doesn't. He needs to move on. Hopefully to a less physical league. It won't be to a top, top team though, and I'm fine with that.

Those responding to him are the real villains though. Murder polis.

I think it's more that Souness isn't very well informed or smart. I don't even value his contributions on football anymore, so i'm not expecting him to have any sort of nuanced understanding of politics.

Quite the existence being a Rangers fan right now. On the one hand, mostly able to absolutely lord it over every team in the league bar one. On the other hand they're not winning any silverware for the foreseeable due to the resources of that one team.

Burger King. Bella Italia. He needs to go to one of the big five abroad leagues.

Lucky you. It's Crocker on the Youtube highlights. Just his usual "oh wow!" "This is magnificent, this is huge, this is Elland Road!" An absolute embarrassment. The Elland Road crowd are excellent though. Seems like a crowd of proper supporters.

Next holiday destination confirmed. How was the tea though?

You wouldn't understand.

The co-op shortcrust efforts are splendid. Just the right ratio of pastry to mince filling too Marvellous and worth the trek up the top of Union Street.

Not with that attitude. Well played sir. I hope you have a strong support network on the outside.

This is a tremendous conversation though.

The eradication of gaelic wasn't just a product of post Culloden anglicisation. It had been going on for centuries. King Malcolm wanted to eradicate gaelic culture from Scotland as far back as the 12th century. I was waiting on this thread starting after seeing the Welsh change. I like the welsh change, but our relationship with gaelic is different, I think . I actually disagree with @ICTChris saying that gaelic is concentrated in the highlands. I'd wager it was more concentrated in the central belt by the revivalist schools in Glasgow, Embra and the surrounding areas (my home town of EK has had a gaelic unit at a primary school since I was a wee boy). So no, calling Scotland "Alba" (Allappa) would be a bit of a try hard manoeuvre imvho. The facebook nats (and those who attend indy rallies) would fucking love it though, so for that reason alone it should be shelved.

Because he's a bellicose wee blowhard who renders threads fairly tedious by his spite filled strawman-ing and has proven pretty slippery when the facts contradict his postulations. Back to BG. I'm grateful for the contributions on here and hope that he gets a fucking game soon. This isn't a time for him to be sitting on the bench.

Savage shouldn't be anywhere near top level football for a start, and him having a go at Anthony should be the nail in the coffin of his career. It won't be, however, as joyless utilitarianism is the dominant philosophy in football just now, with flair players nearing extinction. Savage's excoriation of Anthony's "art for the sheer joy if it" moment was in direct contrast to the laudations of the commentator, who reminded us all why we used to watch Brazilians. Is there anything more on this beyond what that lumpencommentariat arsehole was saying?

Couldn't disagree more with this. This thread is a source of great mirth and levity during the most miserable month of the year (November). More power to the flag-shaggers I say.

Just watched season 2 of Marcella. It was utterly, utterly batshit. And very, very dark. It's probably the most relentlessly grim viewing I've experienced in ages. Anna Friel is great and I pure fancy her, which had me viewing for longer than I ought tbf. The plot is wild and the situations are at times unbelievable, but the acting was such that I was engaged with all the characters and their stories. Plenty of red herrings too. Mental viewing though.