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1 hour ago, ArabianKnight said:
THE 10O YEAR ANNIVERSARY KIT
https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/8091/UNITED-FOR-100-YEARS--ANNIVERSARY-KIT.html
It looks see-through. Hope for their sakes it doesn't rain.
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Also... https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/issue-1/remembering-ralph/
For the 25th anniversary of the Premier Division win, Davie Dodds had a function in his Dundee pub and I found myself in a room full of heroes. Late in the evening, Richard Gough asked me “where’s busy?” Ralph, myself and the Californian-based Gough found ourselves in the Mardi Gras nightclub, where Ralph and I watched in unbridled delight as the following ensued:
INT. MARDI GRAS NIGHTCLUB. NIGHT.
The nightclub is largely empty. Tatjana’s Santa Maria blasts the threadbare crowd. Ralph, myself and Gough stand at the bar. Gough’s hair, once ginger, is now golden. His face is a deep mahogany. He looks magnificent, and he knows it.
A MAN approaches, a little unsteady on his feet.
MAN
Are you Richard Gough?
GOUGH
Correct.
MAN
What you up to these days big man?
Gough flicks back his golden hair.
GOUGH
Surfing.
MAN
(presuming he’d misheard)
Surfing?
GOUGH
Surfing.
MAN
Surfing?
GOUGH
Surfing.
MAN
(with growing confusion)
Surfing?
GOUGH
Surfing.
The man looks around the dark, empty spaces of the Mardi Gras. As Santa Maria reaches a crescendo (Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Oh, Oh, Santa Maria…) his whole life flashes before his eyes. He thinks about choices made, turnings taken, opportunities missed. He revaluates the very core of his being as everything he has ever known to be true retreats in front of him. He grips the bar, as to find some semblance of solidity in a world suddenly void of reason. He turns back to the golden-haired Gough, his body crumpled, his eyes pleading for escape from the escalating existential crisis, his voice cracked and full of pain…
MAN
Surfing?!
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7 hours ago, arab_joe said:
Richard Gough went to Rangers - he is dead to me.
I remember years ago seeing a picture of a bunch of the league-winning team on a night out - there must've been around eight of them and there was Richard Gough.
It kinda shocked me as I was much like you - dead to me - but he clearly remembers the time with affection.
So I'll cut him some slack given he played for us for six years and helped win us the title.
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3 hours ago, Big Shedboy said:
Gough was on a previous poll.
I know.
You'd think the social media team would know that Richard Gough was a right-back for us, not a centre-back. But hey-ho.
Also, no mention of Ray Stewart.
Sean Dillon? Love him, but, no.
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Understand the fear, but chances of getting even half you apply for are tiny.
Go wild or go home.
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Lots of folk flying - when heading to NW Europe, always get the party boat across
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17 hours ago, MarkoRaj said:
Hardly a lie is it. I took a snapshot of yesterday and neither were in the 11, Dykes not even in the squad.
I even checked the missing players on Flashscore and he didn't appear.
No need to get out your tree
Maybe Apps aren't the best way to tell about injuries?
Cook has been working his way back to fitness following a hamstring injury and was not ready to return for Saturday’s defeat at Huddersfield.
Striker Dykes, who also missed that game after picking up a knock, has had a scan and Rangers are hopeful the problem is not serious. He too could be involved against the Baggies.
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20 hours ago, Scary Bear said:
Just out of interest, what level is the MLS compared to the European leagues, and in particular what level are Vancouver Whitecaps at, say in comparison to the Scottish Scottish Premiership?
Well the MLS recently signed a $2.5bn TV deal, so if it is worse, I'm guessing not for long.
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Richard Gough says what?
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14 hours ago, welshbairn said:
Be more like Germany
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3 minutes ago, kingjoey said:
What's your point here? Should we have played Andorra?
Maybe playing (arguably) the 3 best teams in Europe in a row wasn’t the best idea?
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All well and good playing a 541 to keep it tight against France, but the lack of any kind of creativity is horrendous.
McLean and Ferguson providing the attacking spark? C’mon!
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5 hours ago, VictorOnopko said:
I think that's pretty harsh. He struggled with injuries but still managed 150+ games in the EPL and was at Everton for 5 seasons. He was always quite mercurial but scored some brilliant goals (albeit maybe not quite enough of them for the talent he had on his day).
McFadden was just one of those players you see occasionally who become possessed when they pull on the national jersey.
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18 hours ago, DC92 said:
I think their underperformance under Martinez is way overblown tbh. They were excellent in 2018 and came up against an even better team in the semis.
Imagine having Vincent Kompany, Moussa Dembele, Kevin de Bruyne and Eden Hazard (all around their peaks) in your team and ever losing. I can't compute.
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2 hours ago, Pie Of The Month said:
I went to Porto in between Seville and Lille and watched their game v Slovakia in a bar with a bunch of Portuguese guys who surprisingly were really downbeat and thought their team wasn't good enough to challenge England and France next year and they benefited from an easy group. They really aren't sold on Martinez either.
Understandable. The squad that Belgium had ridiculously underperformed.
I still drool looking at their 2018 World Cup squad.
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3 hours ago, DC92 said:
Hutton's peak for us lasted from about September-November 2007 when he was genuinely brilliant. After that he was ok but not Hickey's current level.
Staggering how folk forget.
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Still, somehow people forget just how fecking good Hutton was at his peak - for a couple of years he was one of the best fullbacks on the planet.
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10 minutes ago, Bing.McCrosby said:
Have I to admit I got it wrong again? Nobody else can manage it once but I've to do it continually?
The results and performances at those euros weren't good, I didn't think he would be about to improve things to this extent. In hindsight would I sack Clarke after the euros? No, I wouldn't. I was wrong (im not sure what else folk are looking for tbh)
50 lashes should cover it
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7 minutes ago, TheScarf said:
Hickey over Hutton for definite IMO.
Peak Hutton > Current Hickey, but I think he was beyond that point in 2013.
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Realistically this will be the last shot for a bunch of our current key players to get to a World Cup - notably Robertson and McGinn would be 32 and McGregor 33.
And we're in as good a position as we've been since 96-98 to do it.
Does anyone know the seeding setup for qualifying? Don't want no play-offs, lets top that group!
If it's based on Nations League rankings then finishing 3rd (or above) in the 24/25 Nations League group would make us pot one and finishing last pot two. If it's on FIFA ranking then we're currently 16th, but with a realistic chance of making it to 12th (currently Sweden) for pot one.
Anyway, I'm going to every Scotland game now to ensure I can get tickets for the party. I did the same for Brazil, but hey-ho
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2 minutes ago, Scary Bear said:
Getting out the groups would be a first and would definitely put him up there as the best in terms of performance at tournament. He’d be doing that without having a Dalglish or the likes to call on either.
It would be nice for us, and make his CV look really good, if he could get us to a World Cup. That’s a bit of a tall order these days, but it would be nice.
I've already moved on to the mentality that it'll be epic failure if he doesn't. Sorry Steve - you raised the bar!
In fact of the regular starters, McGregor at 30 is the oldest, so there's not really any retirements coming before the next World Cup, we've got some good youngsters and there's 16 teams to qualify instead of 13.
Let's go!
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Almost exactly 10 years ago we actually beat Croatia 2-0, albeit it was a dead rubber.
You could make a case for a few of those players getting into the current team, but we're clearly stronger now.
Allan McGREGOR
Alan HUTTON
Charlie MULGREW
Russell MARTIN
Grant HANLEY
Barry BANNAN
Scott BROWN (C)
James MORRISON
Steven NAISMITH
Robert SNODGRASS
Ikechi ANYA
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5 minutes ago, craigkillie said:
Unless I'm mistaken, as of right now we have an equal chance of every game (apart from the ones involving Germany's group).If, if, the teams from pot 2 go into the groups as A2, B2 etc then you could gamble that way, but I'm not even sure that's how it works.
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I've booked accommodation in a town not hosting any matches specifically to avoid this.