Marten
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The Swedes do know how to put on a good show!
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Joost Klein comes over as a genuinely decent bloke who has gone through a lot in his life. If he does well, I'd be happy for him. But it's definitely not my taste of music.
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1 minute ago, Groundhopping Adventures said:
@Marten is the only person in the world who hates this song
I know plenty more... Message in the lyrics is nice, but musically it's horrendous.
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Embarrassing stuff, worst song of the night. Hate it, and that while I'm Dutch...
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This is typical Eurovision
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My new favourite so far, Denmark.
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France my favourite so far.
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1 minute ago, Groundhopping Adventures said:
PTTGOYN thread for this
I always call it Czech Republic. One of my best friends over here is Czech and she hates the new name. She always calls it Czech Republic and I am used to calling it the same as a result.
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I quite like the Czech Republic.
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15 minutes ago, Groundhopping Adventures said:
Guaranteed top 5
No chance. I'm not even convinced it will reach the final. Just such a bad song.
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Well, tonight time for me to be embarrassed of being Dutch again. Our song is just awful (and that's not because of the political, pro-EU, message in it as I agree with that).
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5 hours ago, djchapsticks said:
Wait...did I just imagine the EBU banning Russia in 2022 then revoking EBU membership for going to war with Ukraine?
The ban wasn't for the war. The ban was for Russia violating EBU rules on media freedom (not saying they're not hypocrites, but purely based on that, the ban is justifiable).
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1 hour ago, wuffster said:
Ayr United's Scottish Cup match in 2008 against Lochee United was the darkest game I've ever seen. Ayr very fortunate to get a replay. Afternoon kickoff on the tuesday before christmas and the streetlights were on for the last 15 minutes. The video below doesn't do it justice (I had the camera gain and
Thankfully nowadays we have lights. Also our pitch is a lot better than it was back then. This season, we've played a number of games when other games in the area (like at Dens Park) have been called off.
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A bit late but congratulations on your title and good luck in the play-off.
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4 minutes ago, JS_FFC said:
The devil’s advocate view.
This would be a valid point for any Tories who are on the "one nation" wing of the party. Not for ones firmly on the right of the party...
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On 06/05/2024 at 14:38, welshbairn said:
I meant their first season, they came 3rd, Golspie 6th. I reckon Strathspey would have beaten them in the play offs anyway.
To be fair, in that case we'd first have played Fort William and I reckon we'd have beaten them first and went on to play Strathspey.
There are some countries, I believe Germany is one of them, who have a rule in lower divisions that if a champion (or another club in a promotion spot) is ineligible, it does get passed down but with a caveat that it can only go x places lower. For example, a runner-up or 3rd placed team can take the place of a champion, but the 4th placed team can't.
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12 minutes ago, Spyro said:
You'll find a lot of made up, hysterical nonsense here of what people who have never been to a lower league game think happens down there. It has been quite entertaining
Yeah, apparently in some circles, our 5-0 defeat against North End fed those rumours. Yet these people ignore that our players worked their socks off just a few days prior to come back from 2-0 down against East Craigie to win 3-2, they wouldn't have done that if they weren't bothered with promotion. Also, NE are absolutely flying at the moment as their other results show as well. We were simply beaten by a better team, that's football. Frustrating, especially as they won't get promoted (nor Broughty should NE still fail) but it is what it is.
I know that behind the scenes a hell of a lot of work is already going on to move the club forward both on and off the pitch in the hope that next season we can come back stronger and hopefully win the title. That's why these claims that we wouldn't want it are just so ridiculous.
Edit: and let's not ignore the fact that Lochee United were one of a few clubs in Tayside & the North region pushing for pyramid inclusion when talks were taking place with the HL to ultimately convince the other clubs to agree to it and get it voted through.
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On 04/05/2024 at 23:17, May Rckinnon said:
This is my issue with the pyramid. Many HL teams would probably be worse off financially if promoted & the LL only seems to produce the chicken man type clubs.
Is it really better to have clubs getting into the 42 having spent over the odds then running out of cash or the sugar daddies running off over having teams like Albion Rovers etc. yes, those relegated so far have been mince, but Scottish football is quite unique in the sense that we have different pockets of the country in which junior clubs operate quite happily where they are with, in some cases, better resources than clubs like Stranraer.
If those at the top really want it to work, do away with the nonsensical license pish & fully open up the pyramid from the very bottom right to the top. The fact Strathspey will continue to survive because fort William are shite & lochee don't fancy going up shows what a shit show it is.
We don't fancy going up? Are you having a laugh? We are very keen on going up but this season we unfortunately simply came up against 2 stronger opponents in Broughty and North End.
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2 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said:
They currently have league fixtures upto and including Saturday 8th June.
I hadn't noticed there now were playoffs in North Juniors.
What's the format... 2x SFs > Final? 2 legs or neutral venue?Two-legged semi finals, followed by a final at a neutral venue.
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18 hours ago, Hauzen said:
Hope EK can get a decent competitive game lined up before the playoffs.
Looks like it could end up being Stranraer they face and not Clyde, I don't fancy EK's chances if that were the case and Stranraer are a side with a history & ground that I'd rather not see lost to the league setup.
Would much rather it was Clyde who were getting papped into the Lowland with an EK victory.
We've got 2 1/2 weeks between our last league game and our cup final, fancy a trip to Dundee?
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8 hours ago, stumpy said:
Remember year beith won Scottish being up at scone ..... Glorified public park, so much so ref had to stop game so they could remove dog crap from pitch
Having been there a few times, that doesn't surprise me at all.
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8 hours ago, holmparkheroes said:
You’re right PC Cabe/Hertha/Jackdaw but why play the West of Scotland final in Dundee, the nearest Junior ground I would think.
Perth is closer from the west (Scone or Letham).
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Just now, Omnishambles said:
With Cumbernauld Colts and EK being the only two clubs 5th tier or below that meet the bronze criteria (at the moment), doesn't it effectively render the Pyramid playoffs effectively redundant in the (likely) event that next season's LL and HL winners don't meet it?
Apparently it's possible to apply for a period of grace as long as a plan is put in place. So not neccesarily.
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9 hours ago, FairWeatherFan said:
People still say Brora didn't want promotion in 2015.
Won their semi-final
Won the 1st leg of the final
Go down 1-0 at half-time in the 2nd leg, tying it up 1-1. Minutes into the 2nd half they score to take the lead again. Get a player sent off for a 2nd yellow and eventually lose out.
Can only assume somebody made a fortune at the bookies for the amount of effort they put in.
Our defeat at North End last week got some conspiracy nutters going, saying it was "proof" that we didn't really want to get promoted to the Highland League. Obviously they conveniently ignored the fact that just a few days prior our team worked their socks off to come back from 2-0 down against East Craigie to win 3-2. Why would they do that if they didn't want to go up?
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Wtf, Denmark not through. My favourite of the night...