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One of the reasons why I haven't paid to see an NHL game in a while, and I live in Ottawa where the tickets are a heck of a lot easier to get.

I've got a cold, so it's tea for me right now. If I feel better I may have a beer later on.

Playoffs start this week. I hope my Canadiens can win a round or two. Here are my (totally unbiased, honsest!) predictions for round 1 Washington in 6Montreal in 6Ottawa in 7Columbus in 7Chicago in 6St. Louis in 7Edmonton in 5Anaheim in 6 Apart from Montreal, I'm really liking Edmonton. They are a really exciting young team.

I'm having the same issue, I just figured my entire team was shite at penalties but I'm glad that I'm not the only one. My in match success rate is around 50% from the spot.

Quick shout out to my compatriot James Hinchcliffe for winning yesterday's Indycar Grand Prix of Long Beach. It's "Hinch's" fifth career win and the first since his devastating practice crash for the 2015 Indianapolis 500

That's the key. Here in Canada a cup at Timmy's is less than $2.00 Canadian, which is significantly cheaper than Starbucks and comparable to McDonalds (who also have good coffee). Tim's Coffee is functional and reliable but nothing special, people drink it over here as some sort of patriotic gesture, especially in small towns, but it's really nothing special. I'm not a coffee snob (my only requirement in a coffee is that it has caffeine) so I'll buy it when I need coffee and it's close but I don't go out of my way for a cup. Either way, reliable coffee will soon be available to Glaswegians!

Update on my Celtic Team Scotland plan. I'm 4 full season in, preparing for my 5th. 2018-19 was a bit of a disaster, finished 2nd in the league behind Hearts and lost the Scottish Cup final to Sevco. Getting to the round of 16 of the Champions league saved my job and 2019-20 was a major success! I won the domestic treble and made it to the semi finals of the Europa League. With some Scottish Cup replays and having to start from the first EL qualifying round I ended up playing 71 competitive games! I'm still rocking 8 or 9 Scots in my best XI, I have struggled to develop a good Scottish goalie, Jack Hamilton and Josh Donaldson have not worked out well so I bought and Italian guy from Aston Villa in Winter 2020. Kristoffer Ajer has taken over from Scott Brown (who retired at the end of the 2019-20 season and joined my coaching staff). Meanwhile Scott Sinclair is still my preferred left winger, but I'm developing a youngster named Jamie McLeish, who is now 21 and has played quite well after Sinclair got injured. This off season I am splashing some cash, bringing in Ryan Gauld for 6.5 million and on the verge of getting Oliver Burke for 7,5 million. Stuart Armstrong meanwhile was sold to Wolves for 5.5 million and I'll most likely sell Robert Snodgrass once Burke is tied up. I've also got Matthew Knox, Jack Aitchison (who I have developed as a winger) and a youngster named Jack Paterson on the fringes of the first team. Best XI with everyone healthy P. Gollini C. Paterson J. Souttar. G. Hanley K. Tierney K. Ajer J. McGinn J, Aitchison R. Christie S. SInclair L. Griffiths Scottish best XI J. Hamilton C. Paterson J. Souttar. G. Hanley K. Tierney R. Gauld J. McGinn J, Aitchison R. Christie J. McLeish L. Griffiths

The most memorable time I saw any manager do that was Mourinho back in his first spell at Chelsea. It was an FA cup game against Newcastle and they made all 3 subs at half time. Ended up with guys getting injured including the goalie so I think it was Damien Duff who finished the game in goal. Chelsea lost for the record but it shows that this is less of a tactical masterclass as much as it is a stupid gamble.

Edinburgh City

If I were to pick one team to avoid at all costs for a youngster it would be Chelsea. They pretty much never graduate academy kids to being first team regulars and hoard players to loan them out all over europe. The Chelsea Academy should be renamed Uncle Roman's Player Leasing service

Congrats! I believe you are the first club in the top 8 English divisions AND the top 5 Scottish divisions to clinch your league (or even get promoted). Managed to pip East Kilbride and Celtic by a week.

It almost seems like something that an editor who was quitting that day would do as a final prank.

I'm gonna give this a go in England, currently waiting for the game to go through the "holiday" portion

Well, most of those goals were in League Two so that goal rate is skewed. In the championship it was more like 1 in 10

Without knowing the full financial details it is indeed hard to make a proper judgement on this signing. Before his injuries he was still pretty shite with Sevco and he hasn't played in 16 months so I hope Hamilton aren't paying him too much.

It would be a low risk move, get him in on essentially a trial, possibly even without paying much in wages and see how he looks at that level. He's clearly got no future at Celtic so might as well train with QOS to see if he can land a deal for next season.

David Templeton, really? Are Hamilton's current wingers that bad?

Aird is more than a Right Winger though, he played as a Right Back for Vancouver in MLS and was very good. He played on the wing for us last night but can play anywhere on the right hand side of the park.

Good news for St. Johnstone fans, he's been very good this year. As for International ambition, who knows maybe Scotland will hire a manager who remembers that they still play football north of the Firth of Forth and give him a look

Meh, Fraser Forster was pretty damn good too

I would like the opinion of Airdrie fans on this one

Sorry, I accidentally reversed them. Is this better? Gordon C. Paterson J. Souttar Hanley Tierney J. McGinn Brown Forrest Armstrong Mackay-Steven Griffiths Here is my overall strongest team Gordon Lustig Sviatchenko Hanley Tierney J. McGinn Brown Forrest Armstrong Sinclair Griffiths

After a year and a bit in my most recent save I'm able to field a pretty strong All Scottish Celtic team, although it's not the strongest team I can field with my players, that team has 8 Scots. Here is my Strongest all Scottish team Gordon Tierney J. Souttar Hanley C. Paterson J. McGinn Brown Mackay-Steven Armstrong Forrest Griffiths Here is my overall strongest team Gordon Tierney Sviatchenko Hanley Lustig J. McGinn Brown Sinclair Armstrong Forrest Griffiths

I think that Matthew Lindsay's article is a reminder that maybe Ibrox needs some adult intervention at the boardroom level to stabilize the ship. Celtic needed the tough love of Fergus McCann in the 90's to fix the problems left behind by the old board while Hearts needed Ann Budge to clean up the Romanov mess. Another shyster with purported deep pockets will not fix the problem

I find it fascinating that in the UK they tend to ask former stars to be pundits when a lot of these guys are chowderheads. Over here in Canada the best Ice Hockey pundits aren`t the former big name stars but the guys that used to be backup goalies and journeyman bench warmers. They had a lot more time to learn the game properly while sitting on the bench than the guys that were always playing and always having their egos inflated by media telling them how wonderful they were.