topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) On 26/07/2018 at 12:11, sjc said: Again I agree with much of this but sadly its been Politicised by the lowest common denominator of society. There was a trend among some rather unpleasant types to turn Remembrance day into an Armed Forces Day Theoretically an actual "Armed Forces Day" (which technically should be at the end of June) should fix that by counteracting the trend and allowing Remembrance Day to be about the fallen as opposed to the currently serving Of course what's happened in practice is that those jingoistic uniform fetishists simply treat them as two armed forces days Edited July 27, 2018 by topcat(The most tip top) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, sjc said: Again I agree with much of this but sadly its been Politicised by the lowest common denominator of society. The fact that some numpties misuse a thing doesn’t make that thing a bad thing. Some people use kitchen knives to stab people. Kitchen knives are a good thing. Some people use pain-relieving drugs to inject themselves to oblivion. Pain relief is a good thing. Some people use their Saturdays to watch Hibs. Saturdays are a good thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: There was a trend among some rather unpleasant types to turn Remembrance day into an Armed Forces Day Theoretically an actually "Armed Forces Day" (which technically should be at the end of June) should fix that by counteracting the trend and allowing Remembrance Day to be about the fallen as opposed to the currently serving Of course what's happened in practice is that those jingoistic uniform fetishists simply treat them as two armed forces days I would agree that remembrance day should not resemble an armed forces day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibsFan Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/4893Yes, I remember this. A blot on our proud club’s name and quite frankly it cancels out Stubbs winning us the cup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Pet Jeden said: Unless you are a pacifist - which is a perfectly rational and noble position to hold - then there should be nothing controversial or divisive about showing support for your own state’s armed forces - whether you define that as Scotland, The UK, or even The EU. Mostly they are young working class men who left school with limited opportunities who then sign up and end up doing jobs that alternate between boring and lethal. It’s not the armed forces that are controversial, it’s what we and our politicians ask them to do that needs to be questioned. What else are politicians going to ask their trained killers to do? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Pet Jeden said: The fact that some numpties misuse a thing doesn’t make that thing a bad thing. Some people use kitchen knives to stab people. Kitchen knives are a good thing. Some people use pain-relieving drugs to inject themselves to oblivion. Pain relief is a good thing. Some people use their Saturdays to watch Hibs. Saturdays are a good thing. Some friends of mine who support Brechin City / Albion Rovers tend to disagree with that (or at least did last season)... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 14 minutes ago, coprolite said: What else are politicians going to ask their trained killers to do? I didn’t mean what shall we do with X Company/Fleet/Squadron - have them give Latin dancing lessons or invade a small country ? I meant have them involved in a peace keeping mission in west Africa, or not ? Have them in the Baltic, or not ? Have them bomb Gaddafi’s Libya, or not ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 This is getting awfy serious. Anyway. Big Laff - has he ‘lost it’ or is he just not match fit yet ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchBorderer Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 'Member this Johnsen lad? I thought he was rank when he came to the Netherlands, didn't do much early on in the season, but turnt up the style and ended up scoring 19 league goals. He's been transferred from ADO Den Haag to AZ now, for about 2.5 million GBP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Sure I remember him toying with ‘the Rangers’ one game. Didn’t play to his potential every week but definitely had something about him to see he could very good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 37 minutes ago, NJ2 said: Sure I remember him toying with ‘the Rangers’ one game. Didn’t play to his potential every week but definitely had something about him to see he could very good. When I saw him play he looked like a very good player, but just in the wrong team / setup - i.e. he didnt have the players around him to give the right support / supply. Was surprised that he didnt get a move within the UK 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominique Malonga Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/4893That’s actually the first time I’ve ever seen that.On a totally unrelated note I’ve just snapped my season ticket. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 When I saw him play he looked like a very good player, but just in the wrong team / setup - i.e. he didnt have the players around him to give the right support / supply. Was surprised that he didnt get a move within the UKPretty much. He had a good touch and wanted to play, we just kicked the ball at him neck height and expected him to do something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) I liked him. Good movement, decent touch, well timed runs into the box. Could have scored more - maybe with regular starts and confidence ? £2.5m would be our second highest ever transfer fee. Woefully mismanaged - who is has that overall responsibility ? Just because he was 7 ft something, Neilson used him as a target man even though he was clearly not great in the air or particularly strong. Cathro obviously didn’t rate him - which should have been grounds for giving him a 10 year contract. Don’t suppose we have a sell-on clause ? Edited July 27, 2018 by Pet Jeden 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 On 26/07/2018 at 10:55, Pet Jeden said: Mostly they are young working class men who left school with limited opportunities who then sign up and end up doing jobs that alternate between boring and lethal. If it is class thing, why not celebrate cleaners? Oh right, that's silly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 On 26/07/2018 at 12:21, Pet Jeden said: The fact that some numpties misuse a thing doesn’t make that thing a bad thing It kind of does though. Someone can make good things shite. Daft to deny that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zing. Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 The **** have a 200k bid rejected for Lafferty. They are some laugh when it comes to bidding for players. Can see Lafferty buckling to their #handitin requests tbqh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 https://stv.tv/sport/football/1424882-hearts-reject-rangers-bid-for-striker-kyle-lafferty/Interesting 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry94 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 https://stv.tv/sport/football/1424882-hearts-reject-rangers-bid-for-striker-kyle-lafferty/Interesting Isn't he a traitor to them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) £200k for the top scorers of a rival. GTF a mutants. Unfortunately they know it'll turn his head. From our point of view I wouldn't sell to them for less than £1m. Edited July 27, 2018 by Tony Wonder 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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