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Reagan (sic?) from that Shelagh Fogarty LBC clip the other day seems to have many an alias on this forum. Peaceful protest does not validate manhandling, in any form, from anyone, on anyone, at anytime. Colonel Bob had a total meltdown on BBCR4 today trying to justify these actions; 'You can't touch her here, you can't touch her there, so the only place to get her is to grab her by the neck' (i'm paraphrasing, very very slightly here). So why did Mark Field MP feel the need to manhandle a peaceful protestor? Because of his sense of entitlement. He could have stopped at anytime and opened up some kind of dialog, but instead his 'instinct' (his word) got the better of him. His 'instinct' is to use force over reason, it's a horrifying trait of the right-wing conservative and extremely unbecoming of an elected public representative.

The look of absolute rage on his pus is mental; like he genuinely wants to damage the lassie. He never even shat it one bit when he noticed the camera on him, what a fud. Horrible Tory c***s gonna horrible Tory c**t sadly. The great jettisoning of Unionist Tory politics in this country must be coming soon now. A shoe-in for the Heads Gone thread imo.

RIP fitba.

He looked comfortable playing at that level and made a couple of errors. I don't see that as being 'out of his depth' at all. Given the caveats I stated then aye, he was fucking tremendous. Maybe I didn't watch the game in the same objective manner as yourself but that doesn't mean your summation is correct. Greg Taylor will win more caps. He showed that he can be trusted with the role given to him. I'd rather retain my optimism, but cheers for the reality check.

Not sure why I needed to start a thread for him, but he was fucking tremendous tonight. I'm sure the Killie folk will say 'I told you so', but to see a 21 yo left back deputise at short notice for his CL winning compatriot against the No 1 team in the world was very inspiring. There must be more like him out there that good coaching at this level can inspire. And anyway, Ryan Fredericks has a thread and he isn't even a Scotland player.

Belgium are the Wales of international football.

McTominay to destroy that fanny Witsel in the first 30 seconds, Greg Taylor to flatten E. Hazard in 10 mins and Oli Burke and Johnny Russell to rip the pish oot of that big haddie Kompany for 90 mins. Clearly the game plan here. I'm right behind it! This post will self destruct in t-minus 115 mins.

Not sure i've been this excited about a Scotland double header since, well, the last double header. Obviously things are very different this time. We have a new management team in place who on paper, and in statement, seem completely capable of putting out a team to get the results expected of them. That being said, Cyprus pumped San Marino and narrowly lost to Belgium, so this is probably a good test of SSC's credentials, not only as a coach but as a tactician. We need to to beat Cyprus now, and get some sort of decent result (draw?) against Belgium if our journey in this group is to continue towards qualification. Obviously there's the fall back of the Nations League play-offs; is Steve Clarke the pragmatic type who is happy to see the rest of this qualifying group through in order to develop a squad to win that play off? I don't see him being as opportunistic as that, but this opinion aside, what do we think Scotland's point tally will be after the Belgium game on Tuesday?

The wee Alexei Sayle looking fella on the right hand side, in the luminous gear, looks genuinely delighted at being so close to the mighty Henderson.

Tollcross is a good shout if you don't mind a wee walk (15-20 mins). It's easier than trying to get close to the stadium, and if you play your cards right a wee guy might 'watch' yer motor for 50p. Shettleston train station has some parking too if you wanted to train it from there to Bellgrove. The Forge is always open but there's the risk that the private parking polis will be out in force, the traffic round there might be a bit mental too.

I was working tonight and therefore missed the game and hoped to catch the highlights when I got home. However, I somehow managed to avoid the result, then managed to miss the highlights when I got home and decided to catch up with the match here. Thank you P&B folk, the last half hour reading this thread has made my week; you are all champions in my eyes. X

Racism, alopecism and cultural appropriation, all in one post. Thon's quite a feat.

There was a discussion on these very points today during Inside Science on Radio 4. Some interesting areas covered by the contributor regarding the effectiveness of testosterone on performance enhancement, the moral implications of forcing athletes to take medication to suppress natural hormone occurrence and how DSD contributes to levels of naturally occurring hormones. The phrase 'fetishisation of testosterone' was also introduced, which I found fairly apt. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004mfv

Performance enhancing drugs bad. Performance diminishing drugs good. The whole grotesque situation needs to take itself doon a slipway and immerse itself gently under the sea until no breath can be exhaled. I feel very sorry for the lass, what a horrible way to have your identity completely obliterated by other human beings. Athletics is by far the most fascist of all the sporting and cultural pursuits.

Parochial, hoodlum, drug dealing types in Ireland have precedence with this type of behaviour. You aren't in receipt of the full gamut of facts regarding Lyra McKee's murder either, but you seem to be of the mind that the perpetrators were targeting the Polis. Maybe some sort of Judicial process needs to take place before the facts are uncovered. Thankfully trial by P&B won't define this case.

There was a theatre show touring Scotland and Ireland recently called DUPed, written by a Northern Irish playwright called JohnMcCann; he's based in Dundee. The writer wanted to revisit Ulster to try and understand the current political and social climate and what part the DUP are playing in it. The show consisted of first hand accounts of scenarios he encountered growing up in the North during the 70s and 80s. As well as this, he also conducted and recorded a number of interviews with different actors in the political scene, one of them was Lyra McKee who spoke eloquently and passionately about the work needing to be done to create dialog between opposing communities, not just in Derry, but across the whole country. She came across as an extremely intelligent and empathetic human being who, like a number of her generation, are determined to show their leaders that the sectarian politics of old have no place in an inclusive and modern society. The fact she has now been murdered 2 weeks after I watched this show is a bleak reminder of how much work needs to be done, even just to get opposing politicians to talk to each other in a constructive and respectful manner; it's very depressing. In addition, the writer is going back to Ulster this Spring/Summer to interview DUP Politicians, and Politicians of other parties as a follow up show he is aiming to perform at the Edinburgh Festival this year. I'm not his agent by the way, or him; I just thought it might appeal to some on here who have an interest in the subject.

It's a truly astounding piece of work.

The #fullkitwanker chat he posted was very funny, especially for a guy who just had his face smashed up. Fair play to the young man.

Only watched him play for Celtic, and today for Scotland. A lot of folk seem to say he is rubbish based on his previous with Aberdeen and Dundee (not heard many dissenting Alloa supporters yet) but he's been decent from what i've seen. Hard to tell from one International match and he has made some decent saves recently, especially against Valencia in Spain in the Europa League; maybe this debut was a bit too much for him but he surely has to be considered a future Scottish regular. I'd say Zander Clark deserves a shot too, and also Liam Kelly. I've voted average FWIW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0mESYYyLsk Henderson goal is about 2.10 in.

I've reported myself. Although, Captain Welshbairn and Sergeant Wilson would make a good spin-off.

Did sound a bit w**k, sorry Welshbairn. It's a collaborative environment though, everyone is welcome. Especially old actors, renowned for playing comedy military figures in classic BBC sitcoms. As you were, Sergeant!

At the risk of sounding pedantic, we call this 'Bracing' in our Theatre; mibbes Stretcher is used elsewhere tho, i'm not sure. But we definitely called the clothes line variety a Stretcher when we were wee. I'm sure this interjection answers nothing tho, so apologies fir that!

Eddie May managed to do this in his post match interview today when Chuckie asked him for the 375th time if he wanted the Hibs job permanently. "Eddie May's not a football manager and Eddie May will just be hoping, with fingers crossed, that something happens very soon." Double third person name drop; with skills like that maybe the Hibs board should tell Eddie May he has no other choice.

The dreaded Indicator Imbeciles.