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2 hours ago, Higgenarse said:
Hmm Manila or the Boag/Grangemouth I suspect you are showboating a bit there
True. Cringe almost every time see this person's posts
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18 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said:
Feck me flights to Germany in June are expensive for some reason eh? Going to have to get more creative. I'm looking at £1,300+ for flights here.
I love looking up stuff like this for some reason...
Anyway (and this depends when you want to go obviously)...
Friday morning - EDI to Basel Easyjet - get in 11:20. Then just under 3 hours on train from Basel to Stuttgart
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On 19/04/2024 at 23:52, Marten said:
Also an interesting stat: with Vitesse's relegation, 6 clubs (Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV, FC Utrecht, SC Heerenveen & AZ) have been in the Eredivisie continuously from the start of the century, the next longest serving club is Fortuna Sittard who got promoted in 2018. That means that next season 12 out of 18 clubs, so 2/3rd of the league, have been promoted in 2018 or later. And then to think that there was 1 season in that period without promotion/relegation due to Covid.
Since the turn of the century, 31 different clubs have played in the Eredivisie. Of the 13 clubs that are not there now, 12 are in the 2nd tier Eerste Divisie. Other than the B-teams, the only Eerste Divisie teams to not have played in the Eredivisie this century are FC Eindhoven, Telstar, Helmond Sport and TOP Oss. Of those, only TOP Oss never played Eredivisie. The only team that play lower are RBC Roosendaal, who re-started in the 10th tier back in 2012 after bankruptcy. They just got back to back promotions to get to the 5th tier, Vierde Divisie. They are back in the nationally organised "division" structure for the first time after going bust. Below the 5th tier, leagues are organised in regions.
Was at the ADO Den Haag - FC Eindhoven game on Saturday and did ponder who in their right mind supports FC rather than PSV. I guess Rotterdam is split in areas like Feyenoord south of the river so the three teams there make a bit of sense, but must be tough going supporting the blue team in Eindhoven!
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Dunno if it's bowfing! But is a bit overrated I think. Reckon the way it's served in the small glasses makes folk remember it more than other regional beers.
On a beer related note, and don't know how widely available it is, Paulaner zero has been great for me recently if needing to skip a round or two. Really like the taste, and advertises itself as isotonic!
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6-0 after 67 minutes too. Always annoyed when teams ease up in games like this when 7 or more is there.
Just watched the highlights and the Ajax defending is something else.
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You could maybe have an 18 team league and keep it interesting if willing to have a 4 team playoff for the last European spot.
If we were going down a salary cap route, I think a luxury tax style thing would be mildly interesting to look into. You can spend what you like but at certain thresholds you have to pay "tax" into a pot that gets distributed amongst the other teams. You could maybe tie it into it not applying to salaries for Scottish players, or who've come through the ranks.Not necessarily saying I'd implement these, but the two things I think about when this type of discussion comes up.
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this is a quote from van Veen
'That club was still battling it out with St. Mirren, but I have a slightly different feeling about the Kilmarnock coach. I'm an emotional person, so that's what I'm going for.0 -
thought my best bet was 2 x the EUR 150 tickets for Scotland / Hungary (and willing to go one level up or down) but no luck on that or any of the other 8 games. Ah well.
RE: the UEFA resale platform - anyone know if they will be sold at cost price or is it a free for all? I'm guessing the former?
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Great info, cheers. Thanks for taking the time to write that up.
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Peterhead and FC Volendam in Holland.
Both fishing places. Neither has a train station. Unusual local accents. Not sure how proddy Peterhead is as a place but Volendam play in orange.
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Ah this is good timing as planning a trip that will include Bratislava and Krakow in it. Plan at the moment is train from Bratislava to Poprad, stay there and then bus it to Krakow. Anyone (looking at vT here!) with feedback if that seems a decent idea? Would maybe do a bit of walking but mostly looking for some mountain scenery, Slovak beer and food. And was thinking two nights in Poprad.
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9 minutes ago, virginton said:
The Netherlands has a population of nearly 18 million people - around 3.5x times greater than Scotland. There's no purpose in comparing the standard of the respective leagues and drawing any sort of lessons for Scottish football.
This thread's wider course confirms the need to hive off all the Hamish Husband weirdos into a separate, locked forum for 'contributions'.
Totally agree. It's also got a good TV deal because games are kicking off at all times of the weekend.
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Just now, 2426255 said:
Yes, he said that - but he was exaggerating and that's the point. Why he said it is more interesting to me. Does he actually believe it?
Exactly. He literally said Morecambe were a far better team than Ross County, but he doesn't literally mean exactly 100 times better ffs!
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Another vote for Utrecht as a place to stay. Because the arena is on the east of Amsterdam, Utrecht Centraal is pretty much the same distance time wise. Great wee city with plenty of bars and nice canals. (although accommodation is getting more and more expensive there I've noticed)
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On 27/11/2023 at 19:05, throbber said:
My friend banged on about it for years and i always thought he was talking shite but he still had the vhs of the final which he dug out and showed me the footage probably about 2003 time.
Venables was talking about the time Bayern hit the post and Schmeical had given up on it whilst the ball looped over him then it fortunately bounced into his arms.
they had the audio of it one one of the last ones. It does sound a bit like c**t (although the Chris guy reckons it sounded like coat!).
It's in the context of the Bayern manager Hitzfeld being a lucky {something] and the latest comments by folk on their instagram post reckon it's "coach", as the sentence is "you told me Hitzfeld was a lucky c**t/coat/coach", the latter obviously makes the most sense.
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On 21/11/2023 at 09:25, BB_Bino said:
Morning all, after a wee bit of guidance or advice if possible and thought there was no better place to come. Have never really had a taste for whiskey however that changed over the summer when I had a couple of drams of Talisker with the old man over the summer. On the Scotland supporters bus on the way to Norway the other night, a couple of hipflasks were passed around, couple I like, others no so, so I'm now intrigued to go out and discover more.
So, if possible, just looking for a bit of advice on the best way to discover what you like? Is it a case of, over time, just trying what you see in pubs?? Or buying miniatures from distillers and going through them. I'm guessing so, but thought I would ask the question to see what came up.
A "flight" in a pub that showcases different types is good. Allows you to smell the differences between the types which I think is a big part of it.
Honestly, the more whisky I try, feel like the less I know what's going on in terms of what I enjoy! Which is sortof frustrating but is also part of the charm I reckon.
Big thing for me in terms of what I generally like are the casks used (i.e. port, sherry compared to ex-bourbon for example). I think focusing on that a bit more when I first started drinking whisky is the thing I'd have done differently.
But each to their own.
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I like this photo, in the season Gullit and Cruyff played (and won the double) together at Feyenoord.
As someone who grew up in the 90s I was kinda surprised they crossed over. And I also kinda like that that the way the photo is framed you don't see the sponsor on Cruyff's shirt, it's a bit (maybe very!) tenuous but adds to the two different eras coming together (also with the Dutch team starting to see people with Surinamese and their other colonies backgrounds getting into the national team).
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18 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said:
I miss brockville as much as anybody but there is a point where realism needs to set in, not to mention I think TFS is now finally starting to feel like a home anyway. The ongoing costs of maintaining an old stadium like brockville are incredible without massive refurbishment, just ask Dave Cormack at Aberdeen who’s been trying to find them a new home since he became chairman for that very reason. Without selling up and building a new ground we also would have been denied promotion again and missed out on 6 seasons of watching the likes of Stokes, Latapy, Gow ect playing premier league football, you could also forget about the stadium being used or even considered for gigs or events like the Killers ect, those concerts in total I bet have brought in the best part of a million pounds to the club over the last 20 years.
Don't disagree with your fundamental point, but there would have been the opportunity to groundshare post ICT in 04/05 SPL season so probably could have got promotion.
I have always kindof wondered if Brockville could have been turned into a 6,000 seater stadium. Ignoring whether it would have made much sense, would it have been feasible anyone know?0 -
Dunno if anyone else had the 1992 Super Top Trumps European Club Football edition, but I always thought that was Crunchie representing Chelsea, pretty sure it is?
(appreciate this might be the most boring question ever)
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On 10/10/2023 at 23:31, invergowrie arab said:
Any views on the Hearach? Haven't opened mine yet but have a batch 2 and an 8.
Had a taste last week and was quite impressed (although didn't go in with much expectation!). Good nose and easygoing taste but felt like something about it. I would have guessed it had been aged longer in sherry casks than it says (but I'm certainly no expert). Would probably buy a bottle if could find online.
Had it at The Abbey bar in Edinburgh, which had never heard of before. It looks a bit like a Belhaven style pub online but would have loved to stay there for more than one as a good selection!
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21 hours ago, Bairnardo said:
This thread is giving me the feels.
See when you get into a bustling pub with some pals, and you hit that 3rd or 4th pint, maybe a bit of craic with some strangers, everything is funny as f**k. Everyone in the place loosening up a bit. You really just cannot fucking beat it.
And then you have too many and the day after is a dark depressing day.
But totally agree with what you're saying so If anybody has any practical tips on how to keep that feeling Bairnardo is describing going over a number of hours without tipping over the edge into being blootered, I'm all ears. Actually probably more psychological tips as I know fine well why it's going wrong from a science point of view.
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it took me ages and multiple, multiple rewatches to realise that the Irish guy in Jack Nicolson's gang from the Departed was played by the same guy who was Stephen the mad irishman in Braveheart. Scottish actor David O'Hara.
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Had a taste of a 57 year old Glenfarclas recently. Was a sherry cask, smell and taste was liquorice and treacle. Was great to try but
probablydefinitely wasted on my unrefined palette. I've tried a ten year old whisky that was put into a really small, heavily sherried cask for about six months and it was a similar taste to me, so not sure at what point the aging starts to keep adding taste value in line with the increase in price.Off to pick up a few samples for a tasting tonight. Don't know if anyone else is the same but part of me thinks the more I drink whisky, the less I really understand what I like and why!
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