CityDave94

No, its perfectly fine as it is.

Its been like that pre CC since the late 90's and getting worse. Since COVID its now at saturation point where the whole mainstream industry seems focussed on recycling old ideas. Sad to see its seeping into the TV series market now since that has been a breath of fresh air over the last 20 years. But that is another topic. Indie films are largely where to look for something that gets your brain working and is a rewarding watch. It worth mentioning that adapting from books is probably OK, I've seen some very good films over the years/decades originating from that source. Dune needed to be done and done properly, that was well overdue. I'm looking forward to seeing the second one.

Is anything actually new coming out, like new ideas? It really looks as if no one attached to the big studios is coming up with something original. Its all sequals and remakes. It seems no one wants to take risks or gives a shit. Not surprised.

More like the BBC News auto subtitles.

The other side of it is that 3 promoted clubs finished in the top 8 in the LL and a further 2 are already in the SPFL. Clubs finding their level both up and down. But Brechin shouldn't fit, having spent much of the last 20 years yoyoing between level 2 and 3 before their hitting-every-branch-on-the-way-down nosedive into the HL quicksand. It's ironic that Cove Rangers are almost a like for like replacement so far in their short history in the SPFL.

You never know though, some of them might be up the road supporting us vs Montrose in the playoffs. If we stay up, I would be slightly sad to lose Arbroath, probably one of the better away days in the league, plus their fans aren't really that bad, also taking into account the absolute binfire that replaces them.

Its the only place where the local kids throw stones and bottles into the ground at random supporters for fun. I can't imagine that catching on in the SPFL.

Winning is in their DNA. Just ask a Vale fan. They need their dose of win each week. When you go to Buckie there isn't much else to do other than watch football at the weekends, can't imagine living there and looking forward to a 5-0 pumping by East Fife the next Saturday.

The whole point might have been all about stopping Brechin from escaping. It should create shudders down the spines of clubs in the SPFL from this half of the country to avoid becoming club 42.

Years ago I was at a cup game between Elgin and Buckie and I asked about Buckie getting their old derby back on by winning promotion. The answer was that they preferred being a big fish in a little pond than going up and ending up going nowhere and losing most of their games like Elgin City. Maybe that still applies today and this absent mindedness was actually someone's idea of doing it without receiving the flack Brora Rangers got a few years ago for throwing the playoffs and then getting accused of lack of ambition.

Arbroath to win to prove Big Dunc is wrong. As for us another 0-0 beckons. I'm going for us to win 1-0.

Walked passed the Baptist Church yesterday and out of the corner of my eye I read the sign that sits out front as 'He is a kitten'. When I looked directly at the sign it read as it has always has done 'He has risen'. It was on my mind for the rest of the day. Did I suddenly see things as they really are? I mean cats watch us and the pass judgement on our behaviour all the time, God's own living security cameras? Or should I just get a decent pair of glasses?

That's probably health and safety. Someone could probably (with emphisis of probably) hurt themselves by using a hand dryer inappropriately. There is alway potential for a f**king idiot to do harm to themselves and blame the Shopping Center for having too powerful a drier. So its reduced down to a safe level. The paper issue is to stop wee b*****ds from flooding the toilet cubicles. So the choice is either flapping your arms from side to side doing an impression of a brain damaged penguin or find someone with long hair. Its terrible that vacuum cleaners are not as powerful as they used to be either, is this health and safety again? Back in the day a good vacuum cleaner was strong enough to lift the carpet as you cleaned. I can't imagine anything other than some stupid EU regulation over power usage. Not that anyone has been stupid enough to complain after ending up in hospital due to not using a vacuum cleaner in a way it was never built for.

Another annoying speach habit is the over use of adding the word 'like' in a conversation at every opportunity. In Scotland where as the word 'f**kin' ' used to be popular and and often used in a sentence every two or three words has now almost been completely replaced by the word 'like' ' which is equally as annoying. Again I've heard Californians do this adding even more irritation to the way they speak.

Have you ever heard of vocal frying? I couldn't put a name to it before, now I know what its called. Its very annoying when you hear it and I'm sure you have heard it at some point from American female celebrities or influencers. Now common everywhere for English speaking girls or woman that can do it. It's when they focus on creating a sound when they speak that sounds like a cupboard door creaking loudly, very raspy. Britney Spears as an example would impersonate a creaky door while singing. Another culprit was Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy the Vampire Slayer who's voice creaked louder than a coffin lid opened by one of her foes. Seems to be mostly a California thing. It's hugely irritating. Someone mentioned that Sean Connery did this as James Bond, though he was neither Californian nor a girl.

Does this mean the FA Cup makes way to avoid a clash?

Saw this and it brought to mind the rolling delights of Lochee Utd's pitch before the improvements. The cliffs around it is a bonus, puts me in mind of how the armies of orcs in LOTR met their doom. Would it be an advantage to play down the slope in the first half? I think this is based on Alpine extreme football which actually a thing, obviously the pic isn't real, the nets look stupid. Still better than the pitch at Livingston.

Since the English pyramid came about its had good number of casualties, clubs going bust, promoted clubs unable to go up due ground issues, clubs being kicked down a league, clubs going into administration and getting belted with huge points deductions. Bit of a graveyard, some big non league names gone. Scottish clubs so far since the pyramid started up here have been rather well behaved in comparison.

Clyde 2-2 East Fife Dumbarton 2-1 Elgin City Forfar Athletic 2-1 Stranraer Stenhousemuir 1-1 Bonnyrigg Rose Spartans 1-2 Peterhead

Airdrie 2-0 Dundee Utd Arbroath 1-1 Queen's Park Dunfermline Ath 0-1 Inverness CT Morton 1-3 Raith Rovers Partick Thistle 3-2 Ayr Utd

Surely Arbroath fans aren't stupid enough to fall for that? If Arbroath beat Queen's Park certainly not one of them would on the match thread or on this one ever tell Big Dunc to GIRFUY. Surely not.

Big Dunc likes fishing.

I hope it gets called off with a waterlogged pitch.