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There’s a complete nutter gets the 21 in Edinburgh fairly regularly (or used to anyway, thankfully I’ve not been on it in a few months), usually gets on at the shops in muirhouse I think. Spends the whole time loudly asking everyone if they’re “going out tonight?” then shrieking why if they say no.
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It's all about getting more experience and giving the players every chance they can get,the loan system is great but not enough as far as international places who knows?
The loan system is vastly superior to Colt nonsense. It allows you to tailor where players go, Thistle currently have guys playing lowland league, League 2 and Championship on loan depending where they are in their development. You can’t do that with Colts.11 -
Can only speak for Celtic but we currently have 3 in the team (Macgregor,Forrest and Tierney) with Johnston making the bench most weeks now. Ralston would have played a good few times as if he didnt get injured.For a team as good as our thats pretty decent, how many do you honestly expect Celtic to have? Rodgers has said there is talent in Scotland but its the players attitudes thats stops him from signing more scottish talent. This may be why he just doesnt chuck players in who attitude wise may not merit a chance and then think they have made it after a few appearances. I have a feeling putting some of them in league 2 and finding out they arent quite as good as they think they are may provide a reality check for them.
I can understand why lower league clubs are opposed to Colt teams but to suggest Celtic dont produce much in the way of youth is a bit silly given it has been pretty much the hardest team to get in to in Scotland since the turn of the millenium yet off the top of my head since then McManus, Marshall, Beattie, O’Dea, Smith, Mulgrew,Miller, Maloney, Wallace have all contributed. Add in ones who didnt play much ( if at all) but we still made money are the likes of Sheridan and Feruz. We also made a few quid off the other ones so the academy can near enough pay for itself.
Saying Celtic have a better team so it’s more difficult to produce players is disingenuous at best. Celtic spend many, many times what anyone else can spend on youth development, they should have the best scouting and coaching available in Scotland, and are also the biggest draw in the country. They should be able to produce better players than the rest of the clubs, and yet they consistently fail to do so.0 -
Take Two: BSC Glasgow - Season 2024/25
First Team Squad | Transfers | Finances | Facilities | Training
League Campaign
We've stayed up! Somewhat limped over the line in the end, reliant on beating Stenhousemuir 4 times out of 4 to get us there, but we managed. It went pretty much as expected, we struggled massively against the teams at the top end of the league (apart from a 3-0 thumping of Stirling out of nowhere) and picked up 24 of our 37 points against Alloa, Stenhousemuir and Annan. A years experience at a higher level will have helped the players no doubt, and I'm hopeful that they can continue to grow into a team that can challenge in this division, as we're some way off it just now. Wilson was top scorer, as he is just about every year, and Chris Herd became a very important player at the back, looks like he's got the most potential in there. Gallacher in goals is now my best player by star rating, and apparently wants to go to a bigger club, which is problematic as we've got absolutely no one in back up. 8k and he's away apparently, which should be alright as the teams who'd want him likely won't pay for him but still. Next season will be much the same, and I wouldn't be surprised if we end up more a fight that this season, as I don't see anyone being as shite as Annan were again.
We're still fucked financially, and that's something that's going to get troublesome as we really need to keep spending big to get decent youth players, but we've nowhere near enough fans to bring in the money to make it sustainable. We desperately need to get out of the seaside leagues and start climbing into the promised land of the Championship, but we're, at the very least, a couple of seasons away from that... Not ideal.
The Cups
Beat the team from a lower division, lost to the teams from higher and the same ones. Nothing of note happened, Barry Wilson got a hat trick which was nice. The League cup is starting to become a minor irritation, I get pumped out in the first round every year anyway, it'd be nice if I didn't have to play four matches before it inevitably happens.
Another benefit of promotion is that I now enter the Challenge Cup in the second round, so I can lose my first match against some under 20's there instead of the first round. It's just brilliant.
Aye the cups weren't very fruitful this year. I could really do with another run in the Scottish Cup, the money from my last one built a stadium and has kept me afloat for a few years....
Youth Intake
Bearing in mind we're in a higher division and star rating will reflect that, it's not too shabby, but there's only 3 of them I'm excited about...
Jamie Scott: Technically proficient, for this level, and a wee bit of pace, he should be good. Left midfield, has been a problem area all save so hopefully we'll have that sorted for a while now.
Bob Wallace: A decent looking striker, I'm hopeful I can convert him into a semi competent target man, to allow me an alternative to Wilson. I have loads of advanced forwards/poachers, and nothing else really. Wilson is still banging in the goals, but on paper, he's out his depth.
Ryan Hunter: Looks not too shabby, physically and mentally he's fine, needs to work on his technical skills though. Could be useful in the future though.
Other News
That's good. Helped unearth some decent players this time already. Hopefully that continues.
That's not so good, and we have no money to make them any better. We'll need to pray for a cup run, as we're not going to make much from anywhere else...
Anyway, a good first season at this level, onwards and upwards.
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No need to précis me in a leading manner - the answer is I don’t know as the proposal would need a great deal of reshaping and work - but even then might not be worthwhile overall. You would have to factor in the impact of the sum of money in terms of how it impacts on a club plus its impact on Scottish football ad these clubs economic power would chagr
The only work the proposal needs is putting it in the bin and, at the very least, publicly executing those responsible for it.
I genuinely don’t think any amount of money is worth the reduction of our lower leagues to little more than a playpen for Rangers reserves. There is no benefit to the national team, no benefit to the other clubs in the Premiership, Championship or League One, and other than a paltry amount of money which can easily be cut out through lack of interest and can boycotts, no benefit to the League Two clubs. The only possible benefit is to the clubs with Colt sides, and even then I’d argue that it won’t make a meaningful difference in their ability to produce talent for their first team.
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But the serious point I make is is there a price where with reshaping such a proposal might find favour with clubs - because if I was pushing this proposal that is what I would be looking at. Seems an interesting and valid debating point for a forum - but maybe folks prefer just running with pack - of course your response is a sensible one based on the question posed
So you’re saying that if Celtic and Rangers are serious, they should just up their bribe a bit?
What hypothetical amount of money would it take for you personally, not Cowdenbeath as s club, to accept playing in a glorified youth league purely for the development of other clubs players?0 -
Still no response from Morton, which is fairly shite tbh.
Aye I’ve had f**k all from Thistle, despite emailing on Monday. Giving them a bit of leeway given there was a game last night but still.0 -
Football manager Scotland Researcher “Ter” is highly in favour of the plans
Oh well as long as some guy is happy, then that’s fine.
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https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/baily-cargill-joins-on-loan-until-the-end-of-the-season/
Thank f**k that’s over and done with0 -
C. A lot more players (18-21) will play within the old firm teams and they will develop a footballing DNA
I know you’re a troll, but how on earth will that benefit the Scottish National team exactly?0 -
Take Two: BSC Glasgow - Season 2023/24
First Team Squad | Transfers | Finances | Facilities | Training
League Campaign
In retrospect, my use of the term scenes to describe coming 8th last season seems premature, but there you go, we've won the league and with it been promoted! Granted our points total is the lowest for any side to have won the league since the save began, and we owe a huge deal to champions elect Elgin, who were something like 15 points clear at one stage, completely and utterly bottling it (11 points from their final 16 games), but we're still champions. Whereas last season, we had an absolutely torrid second half of the season which saw us fall down the league, this time we managed to kick on, and we lost just one of our last 21 matches. Barry Wilson again top scored for us, and is rapidly becoming one of my favourite players on any edition of FM. In any case, I don't really care that a very legitimate case could be made that we're the worst side to win the league since the save began, we're getting out of this basement league, for a season at least, and the club history overview won't look as depressing anymore.
I'm almost certain we'll go straight back down, as we're nowhere near good enough for that league, but then again, we're probably not really good enough to have won the league we've just won, so we'll see what happens. Financially, we're getting a wee bit fucked every month since I'm essentially overspending on youth development and recruitment, and have a pretty large coaching staff, while about 350 people turn up to watch us most weeks. Hopefully the draw of seeing giants like Ayr and Arbroath next season will pull the punters in.
The Cups
Put out in the group stage of the League Cup, who would have thought it? We were absolutely pumped by Elgin to begin with and then this season our only win was against Premiership side Morton, although I don't think they played their full strength team somehow... Still, beating top flight opposition in front of a sell out crowd of 428 was nice. We then limped to 1-0 losses against Hamilton and Stirling, to end up in 5th place.
Yeah, losing to under 20's is a fairly regular occurrence. The main take away from that is that Celtic under 20's are officially less of a draw than Motherwell under 20's are. While a massive 13 people crammed into the stadium for our match two seasons ago, a miniscule 11 people turned up for Celtic this year. How small time.
We brought back the Albion Rovers game from 3-0 down which was ideal, and then managed to scrape through the replay on penalties. Queens Park were dispatched in a fairly tight affair, and then we drew Falkirk. They were quite comfortably better than us throughout, but the Bairn pound was much appreciated.
Youth Intake
Well, pretty much the same as last season, some decent enough prospects but no one really good enough to make an immediate impact.
Stuart Hunter: Miles Storey Junior. Very quick, but basically absolutely terrible at playing football. Hopefully with a bit of work, he'll be competent as his raw pace could be an asset in the lower leagues.
Derek Souttar: The phrase "sand dancing wee p***k" springs to mind. Can dribble, has loads of flair, absolutely nothing approaching an end product. Another project player, if he can develop the ability to either cross, pass or finish then he'll be useful, if not then it'll be off to the juniors with him.
Chris Herd: Another decent looking young centre half. Has all the basics, plus a wee touch of pace which would be useful. Will try to give him a bit of game time and see how he does, as no one currently has the second central defensive spot nailed down beside Jamie Fraser.
Matt Graham and John Robb could also end up looking ok, but I'm not sure. Graham is much more promising, and his work rate would be useful, but we'll see what happens.
Other News
Now that we're a big time third tier club, we're expanding our stadium. We're also officially an establishment club, as the tax payers are, once again, paying for a huge deal of our stadium work. We're sharing with St Anthony's which is ideal because who doesn't want a day out in Cardonald.
Next season will be the traditional slog, but at least this time it'll be a slog at a higher level. As I said, I would imagine we'll go straight back down but the players will be better for the season at a higher level and we'll hopefully be well placed to go back up. The only worry is that we're that terrible the board sack me, but hopefully their expectations are minimal and realistic. Considering my expectation this season was "attempt to avoid finishing bottom", they should be sound.
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Take Two: BSC Glasgow - Season 2022/23
First Team Squad | Transfers | Finances | Facilities | Training
League Campaign
SCENES! We've actually managed a season where we weren't actually in very real danger of being relegated throughout. It's not much, but it's progress of some kind, so I'll take it. We were actually in and around the playoff places until about half way through the season and then collapsed/ran out of steam, but it's still the best we've ever finished a season. Our defence also managed to not be horrific this time around, which was wonderful. Brora weren't awful, and we actually took a 4-0 doing off them at one stage, but Berwick, who apparently we've developed a rivalry with what with us both hanging around the bottom of the league for the last 5 years, were appalling all season. I've no idea how they managed to get as many points as they did. Wilson was once again top scorer, this time joint with Donnelly, and McManus also got double figures. Scott Adams is now a club legend, and the leading appearance holder for the club, which is great, and he's still our most important player. At 26, he's the oldest player in the squad, so we should be covered there for a while. Anyway, 8th place is basically shite but brilliant for us considering how the rest of our seasons have gone. Hopefully next season we'll be able to get off to another great start, but then avoid falling completely apart after Christmas and get a playoff place.
Cups
Losing to Annan was crap, as that was the opening of our new stadium. We got our only win in the next game, pretty comfortably against Montrose, and were then totally outclassed by County and Queen of the South, which was completely predictable and expected. Still, finished 4th in the group which isn't too bad as the only League 2 side.
A last minute equaliser by Pat McManus against Rangers under 20's saw us take a challenge cup campaign beyond the first 90 minutes for the first time. We saw out an uneventful extra time period and went through on penalties. We then demolished Berwick, and after throwing away a 3 nil lead, managed to regroup to defeat Annan in the third round after extra time. A terrible match against Airdrie was our downfall as they put us out.
Turriff should have been much easier than they were, but we played poorly. Managed to scrape through, but then League One side Stirling were too much for us.
Youth Intake
Not great, there's no one there who's immediately ready to go into the first team, whereas there had been the last couple of seasons. Nevertheless, a couple of decent prospects.
Aidan Canning: We do really need another centre back, and with Paul Morrison being injured for 10 months which has totally stunted his development, I have high hopes for this lad. His marking is pretty good, but the rets of his game needs a lot of work. At 15 though he should have plenty of time to improve.
Jake Shankland: A central midfielder, can't really defend but could make a pretty decent playmaker with a bit of work and the right partner in centre midfield.
Jack Wilson: Good delivery, but looks like he hasn't got any ability top get there. Needs a lot of work on his dribbling but could make it.
Docherty and Twigg also look good prospects, but not quite as good as the others IMO.
Other News
Improved the junior coaching, should help with producing players. We really need another big cup game, or even better, to get out of this league as we're losing money every month. We're ok just now, but eventually the board are going to cut back on stuff.
Best season so far, lets hope we can make next season even better.
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Do we have that much in common with the US ? Apart from language of course.
More so than we would with Belarus or Afghanistan, I’d wager.0 -
Its almost like they're using an extreme example (that has very little to do with the UK legal system) to try and make a point.
Or it could be that it’s the only other rich industrialised democracy with the death penalty in place, and by far the most similar country to ourselves culturally to ourselves to use it.0 -
I agree. which is why I find the suggestion that we shouldn't impose Capital Punishment because mistakes can be made uncompelling; the same mistakes can be made under the current system but there is no suggestion to abolish it. I don't think my assumption is at all unreasonable or absurd.
If someone has been in prison for 20 years and are later found to be innocent, then they can be released, and some attempt to make amends can be made.
If they’ve been put to death and are later found to be innocent, then that’s that.
I’d say the first option is far preferable.
That does not mean that it should be acceptable that mistaken convictions happen, but they do.0 -
Yes.
Thought it would be obvious then.
Just for the avoidance of doubt, neither the death penalty or locking someone up incorrectly for 20 years are acceptable.0 -
So you think it's acceptable?
Can you read?0 -
Hardly absurd. A perfectly reasonable assumption to make.
It’s absolute nonsense. Locking them up incorrectly for 20 years is preferable to killing them, that’s not the same as being ok.0 -
So no changes are required because we have a criminal justice system. No tweaks here and there ? That's not how its evolved so far.
Bring in murder as a punishment seems a bit extreme for a tweak.0 -
Certainly in this country, it was all pre-DNA which has made a massive difference to solving a lot of crimes, certainly the serious ones.
I'm for it under some circumstances, there are people that we're never going to let out, serial killers, beasts etc, we're not going to 'fix' them and even if we could, they've been put away for the rest of their lives for a reason, its not just about rehabilitation, its also about protecting the rest of us and reinforcing the message of what our society deems unacceptable behaviour.
So, to reinforce the idea that we, as a society, think that killing people is wrong, you think the state should be given the power to murder people?0 -
f**k sakes.
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Take Two: BSC Glasgow - Season 2021/22
First Team Squad | Training | Facilities | Transfers | Finances
League Campaign
Well, another season of loitering near the bottom of the division. At least we didn't face a playoff like last season, but its becoming a slog. Our attackers were fine, we scored the 3rd most goals in the division, but our defence is appalling. As I can't sign anyone, there's not much to do about it. I don't want to change too much tactically, as we're actually scoring goals and I've already attempted to make us more solid but it's not happening. 9 of our points were against Peterhead, and as they've lost the playoff to Brora then I'll need to find a way to get points against the other teams. Hopefully Brora will be horrific to give us a pressure-free season to try out something to get us moving towards promotion. We also had both Wilson and Dunlop, two of our most important players, injured for long spells this season, which didn't help. Mills, our starting left back, has also taken the huff and left as he doesn't think we can match his ambitions or some shit, so we're down to only 2 or 3 non-regens in the entire squad I think. Anyway, 9th is fine, we're still by a long way the smallest team in the league, and aiming to try not to finish bottom every season. Next season will be much the same, but at least we won't be playing in Alloa any more!
The Cups
It's taken 4 seasons, but we've managed to avoid defeat in a League Cup game, and it came against League One side Annan. The 7-1 loss against Inverness was poor, but we lost 10-1 the season before so no complaints. Also could have taken something against St Johnstone. We've still never won a Challenge Cup game, despite the fact we've drawn 3 under 20's and a highland league side. At least basically no one witnessed it.
Pish. A cup run, and drawing a big team will be the only way we can boost our finances which have taken a nosedive this season, so this was a really crap way to go out.
Youth Intake
Not great overall, but a couple of decent prospects:
Paul Morrison: Looks like he could be a good centre back, but unfortunately he seems to be a massive dickhead. Takes a fairly lax approach to training, and has refused to be tutored by the two available options who'll make him better. Hopefully he can be moulded into something decent, but we'll see.
Declan Cook: A fairly good right midfielder, which is one of the weakest areas of our team, so ideal to get one in. Already getting games, and scored a huge goal against Peterhead.
Kane, Cowie and Kilpatrick all look reasonable prospects as well. Cowie and Kilpatrick do play the same position, which isn't ideal.
Other News
At long last, we got to move into our new stadium. Hopefully boost attendances a bit, as we've been around the same level the whole time. Doesn't have a lot of space to be expanded further, but ah well.
We also improved our recruitment a bit more. Always good, hopefully get a few gems through the door.
Also, as mentioned our finances have been going right down this season as we've haemorrhaged money every month, so the board cancelled the training ground improvements. Oh well.
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Take Two: BSC Glasgow - Season 2020/21
Facilities | Finances | Transfers | Training
League Campaign
A weird season, our best points total so far with 36, but also the worst position we've finished the league in. We scored more goals this season than any other, and conceded less so, despite finishing 10th, it looks like we're slowly but surely making some progress. Barry Wilson scored 24 goals in all competitions, which was pretty great, and Bob Dunlop became our first youth graduate to be considered "well suited to League Two football." The start of the season was awful, just awful - we didn't win a game until the 1st of November, and only three nil-nils were positive results before that. The rest of the season was mid table form, but in the end that start cost us quite badly. If we can maintain our form from the later part of the season, we should be able to have a good campaign (by our standards) next season, and hopefully be in no danger of the relegation playoff.
Speaking of that, we played Huntly, and maintained our league status by the skin of our teeth. We threw away a 2-0 lead, then a 3-2 lead in the final minute of the first leg to draw 3-3, and should have won the second where we missed a penalty. The shootout was nervy to say the least, but we got there in the end, and will remain in the leagues.
The Cups
As is tradition, we absolutely stank out the League Cup and Challenge Cup first round. Being 9-0 down by half time at home to Inverness was... well, I'm sure you can guess how it was. Then we lost to Morton's youth team 4-1, which may have been even worse, and set us up perfectly for a horrific run in the league.
Congratulations to Montrose, who became the first team from a league above League Two to fail to beat me. Edinburgh City threw away the victory against me, really should have gone out there but they gifted us two goals through hilarious defending. We played very, very well in both legs against Montrose, and went through on penalties. We were drawn away at Rangers, which was great as we made an absolute fortune on it, and managed a draw against, admittedly, a very weakened Rangers side. They played something approaching a competent side in the second leg, and beat us comfortably.
Youth Intake
We seem to be getting a decent conveyer belt of talent, with a solid amount of players coming through every year who can make an impact in the first team. That's pretty because our first team isn't very good, but still...
Alan Welsh: Our wingers generally aren't up to much, so he should get a decent amount of game time. He's quick, which is a good start, and has decent technique, but obviously needs a lot of work on other aspects of his game.
David Henderson: A good prospect, but I'll need to retrain him as a centre back since we've already a good right back in Ciaran Campbell, and he stands out from our other centre backs in being able to vaguely pass and control a football.
Greig Jordan: A left back, and the best of this years intake, which is good. Jamie Mills, my current left back, is one of my better players, so I'll need to work out how I'm going to introduce him into the team, but he should come good in time.
Jordan Donnelly: Another decent striker, a good finisher and much more composed than my other options. Reasonable acceleration should see him get a couple of goals, but he's obviously far from the finished article.
Other News
Well, it's taken 2 full seasons but we finally have proper plans for the "BSC Glasgow Stadium." Half a million quid to put up 428 seats seems excessive, but never mind. We're getting out of Alloa!
The Scottish Cup run also allowed us to invest in our training facilities, so everything's looking up.
I was also, inexplicably, offered interviews at Kilmarnock and Livingston. Apparently consecutive 9th place finishes is just the sort of thing they're looking for.
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Take Two: BSC Glasgow - Season 2019/20
Facilities | Finances | Transfers | Training
League Campaign
Well, 9th was the aim, and 9th was what we achieved. Considering the amount of youth players I've been trying to bed in, particularly in defence where we have no option but to play 3 16 year olds on a regular basis, I'm pretty pleased with this. Just like last season. some horrendous runs (1 point from 14 games between November and mid February was torrid), but also some decent runs, particularly at the end of the season to keep us up. Clyde had an absolutely dismal second half of the season, winning just twice after November, and combined with our resurgence in the final few weeks and months of the season, we managed to pip them to 9th, while they were condemned to play Brora in the playoff (who they thumped 5-2 on aggregate). A decent enough season, and managed to play a lot of youth players with Barry Wilson ending up as my top scorer, so pretty pleased. Should stand us in decent stead for the seasons coming up. and hopefully we'll be able to move into our new stadium (which holds a whole 408 people) soon.
The Cups
One of these days I'm going to start a season by not being roundly embarrassed in the League Cup and meekly losing against some dross in the Challenge Cup, but this is not that season. The players at least had the decency to be ashamed and apologetic by the 7-0 drubbing at Hamilton, even if I personally found losing at Fraserburgh worse. But hey, the cups are a write off just now.
We fared slightly better in the Scottish Cup, beating Edinburgh University, before losing to League One strugglers Cowdenbeath. A bit of extra cash is all that I'm really bothered about for this.
Youth Intake
First things first, Bob Dunlop is some boy. 16 years old and already my second best central midfielder. He'll play every minute of every game when he's fit, as I really think he'll be a mainstay of my team. I've also gone from no goalkeepers to two pretty alright ones, as John Gallacher is already an improvement on McBride, and will be number one moving forward. We also got a couple of decent options up front, McKinley and McManus both look like they'll be pretty good in the future, and given that my current striking options are Wilson and a 35 year old Martin Grehan, we'll need them. I've signed all of them, as this season has shown pretty conclusively that I don't know what I'm talking about as, from last season, Wilson has ended up my top scorer and Ciaran Campbell has become a mainstay of my team when I didn't think much of them at all.
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Last time I encountered her, the driver stopped for a good 5 minutes at one stop and she had a complete meltdown that the bus wasn’t working or something.
Absolutely brutal listening to that.