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Salvo Montalbano

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  1. 22 minutes ago, ahemps said:

    if we are honest is he really good enough to start for Juventus?

    Bologna are 1 place and 4 points behind Juventus - it's not like he'd be going from Frosinone or some relegation threatened non-entity.

  2. 1 hour ago, throbber said:

    I dont think Liverpool will - a few tricky away games particularly Villa and then spurs at home. I think city will draw a couple and Arsenal will lose to Man Utd.

    Arsenal will beat Man Utd. Liverpool play into United's hands with their gung-ho approach and Arsenal don't give up many chances (no goals conceded so far in 2024). Fancy Man City to win out and the game it all hinges on will be the North London Derby. 

  3. Even though we finished miles ahead of Airdire last season (and Falkirk, snigger), I actually thought Airdrie's style of play suited the Championship more than ours did. Our title winning run was built on a solid defence (and we were never going to keep as many clean sheets up against better forwards) and winning games by one (or more when part time teams tired). Airdrie were probably going to leave gaps at the back in a higher division but they also create a lot of space further forward with the movement of the front three so they were likely to have joy there. Obviously if we had a fully (or even close) to it squad then we may already be secure in the top four but it's no surprise to me that the Diamonds are doing so well. Still think if Raith win Tuesday we might pip them to 4th mind you...

  4. On 06/04/2024 at 15:56, Bigmouth Strikes Again said:

    Only, it's not a couple of 'random wee guys' it's the top scientists in their field, Nobel prizes etc.

    Would you perhaps describe them as...

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    Anyway, Americans are going nuts for the upcoming eclipse. Not only are they thinking it's some sign from God because the intersection of the paths of this one and the last one go over a town called Rapture or somesuch, they're also worried that CERN are doing Physics shit on the 8th and NASA are shooting probes at the Sun in some kind of Mission named after a serpent god. Really need to stop looking at Twitter and Facebook tbh.

  5. 5 hours ago, Blootoon87 said:

    Aye I really want Man City to win it as I've got glory hunting Liverpool and Arsenal "fans" at work. No Man City fans yet but give it a few years.

    I'm sorry but I fail to see how anyone can want Man City to win anything. I hope Arsenal/Liverpool win the league, Real Madrid pap them out in Europe and they lose the FA Cup Final. Glory hunting fans at work is a small price to pay IMO.

     

  6. 47 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

    I hate this show. It saddens me that they have taken a huge budget and spunked it all on special effects instead of, say, hiring writers who can write. This new season is like one of those terrible new Star Wars shows where everything is dystopian.

    There is nothing original here. Everything has been a botched rehash of something from an old show - Harry Mudd, Section 31 (a clandestine outfit that now has a fleet of ships), mirror universe...and now they have taken a really shit episode of The Next Generation and based season 5 on it. 

    I am so glad this is finishing.

    The only good thing to come from Discovery is that it reignited Star Trek as a TV show as Picard and Lower Decks have had decent moments and Strange New Worlds has been almost exclusively very good. I hate how Burnham is the best of the best at everything. Even in a new century, she's the best. Even dealing with species she's never met. She's the best pilot, best tactician, best fighter, best politician, best engineer, best problem solver. The rest of the crew I quite like - Stammets, Culber, Detmer, and especially Tilly and Saru - but we hardly see them because Burham had to do everything. Even though she caused the Klingon war in the first place. 

  7. It's telling that since Hamitlon and Otoo have been available, Chalmers hadn't even been the first replacement when one had been missing - Paul Allan has been playing and at least is a threat from set pieces (both in terms of crossing ability and shooting) which is iconic in a way as set play delivery was Chalmers' biggest asset last season. 

  8. 8 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said:

    1950.

    Top two from the Home Internationals were to qualify, but the SFA said we would only go if we finished top. Of course, we finished 2nd, and they stuck to their guns

    Whereas the English FA said they'd go even if they finished second. 

    And promptly lost 1-0 to the USA.

  9. 3 hours ago, velo army said:

    It's often shortened to tink and is generally used to describe that family on the street whose children are frequently unkempt and whose garden looks like it suffered a very localised hurricane. Also interchangeable with traveller families. 

    I can feel my chest tighten as I write that as I don't like how that word is used at all.

    Gyppo I've only ever heard referring to Clyde supporters, but I dare say that's a Jags thing.

    I'm deepest, darkest Fife growning up a "tink" just meant a bit dirty. Your mum or dad would say "wash your face, you're a tink" or similar. I think "mink" was also used - not sure if it was a rhyming slang type situation or a combination of tink and manky? A tinker was someone who dealt in second hand goods, often but not exclusively door to door. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief. Never heard either refer to a traveller though - they were usually "gypsies" (which of course is mostly ignorance as some but not all travellers were romany gypsies). Incidentally, when I lived in Southampton, travellers were called "diddicois" (might be/probably spelling that wrong). No idea of the origins of that or if it was/is deemed offensive though.

  10. 1 hour ago, par-adise said:

    If Brian Graham scores in this he'll have scored in all four matches between us this season. Off the top of my head I can't remember anyone else doing that for or against us.

    Right pain the ar*e so he is. 

    Didn't one of the Alloa players have sort of record? Alan Trouten possibly - not sure if I'm conflating two different things though. There was one season where I'm sure a visiting player had scored as many goals at EEP as our own top scorer had?

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