A96 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, ewan14 said: Does not matter. They were both primarily right footed I was more curious about why you thought it wasn't a success in that game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan14 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Just now, A96 said: I was more curious about why you thought it wasn't a success in that game We lost a goal , and consequently drew and did not qualify from the group 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, ewan14 said: We lost a goal , and consequently drew and did not qualify from the group Was it entirely down to the choice of fullbacks? If not it seems a bit random to assign all the blame to them and say it wasn’t a success. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 35 minutes ago, ewan14 said: We lost a goal , and consequently drew and did not qualify from the group Following that simplistic logic it must have been a success in the nil-nil game a few days before against Brazil as we kept a clean sheet. And the game against England shortly before that must have been a resounding success as we won 2-nil. And what about the 2-1 win against a strong Czech team when we qualified for the 1974 finals ?... We lost a goal due to an absolute howler from the keeper , but the mere fact that we lost a goal seems to mean that the experiment with McGrain and Jardine as full backs wasn't a success in ewan14's world. But, on the other hand , we won the game and qualified for the finals so that points to the experiment being a success , doesn't it ? Help me out here , ewan ....I'm confused. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 I thought we went out of the 74 World Cup because we were the only team that didn't give a minging Zaire team an absolute hiding? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Neil McCann just said that toward the end of matches at Celtic Park that the "desperation from fans can transcend its way on to the pitch"? Thick b*****d 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan14 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Rodhull said: Was it entirely down to the choice of fullbacks? If not it seems a bit random to assign all the blame to them and say it wasn’t a success. Yugoslavia were a very good team. Fine margins , etc It has obviously been worse recently , until Liam Palmer ( seems to have ) made the position his own Edited September 13, 2020 by ewan14 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: I thought we went out of the 74 World Cup because we were the only team that didn't give a minging Zaire team an absolute hiding? You're onto something here: looked it up and neither Jardine nor McGrain scored in that match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Dundee Hibernian said: You're onto something here: looked it up and neither Jardine nor McGrain scored in that match. At least one of them would have been shite crossing off their wrong foot as well.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Just now, Mark Connolly said: At least one of them would have been shite crossing off their wrong foot as well.. You're correct, they provided neither assist for the two goals either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, Dundee Hibernian said: You're correct, they provided neither assist for the two goals either. Disgraceful. I hope Sir Steve continues to leave them out of his squads. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Disgraceful. I hope Sir Steve continues to leave them out of his squads. Rest assured, if Danny was still playing for Celtic, and Sandy at Ibrox (even although he passed on several years ago), they'd be two of the names on the starting eleven team sheet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Regarding the St Mirren keeper crisis, Tom English 'the precedent has been set' 'Old Firm blah blah blah' It's in the fucking rules you cretin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldster Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Some favourite Sportsound moments... Returning pundit Willie Miller, covering an Aberdeen home match on Open All Mics for one of the first times, being spotted nodding off by a keen-eyed supporter whose subsequent text allowed host Richard Gordon to wake him up on-air with a surprise "And now to Pittodrie..." Mr Gordon and Chic Young arguing about the odds of there being an Old Firm semi final being drawn out for one of the cup competitions; last word went to the host, but Mr Young was quite right. Charlie Mann, when covering a very exciting lower league play off decider, improving upon the familiar tie-break competition known as the 'penalty shoot out' with the far more dramatic yet accurate phrase "deadline kick-offs". Derek Ferguson, similarly covering an exciting match, at Tynecastle, coining a phrase for a full back running inside his winger as being on his "inner lap". An unnamed pundit, working Open All Mics for one of his first times, having to be told that there had been a goal at his game, which he had completely missed (to be fair, it was a very dull game). New pundit Steven Thompson, covering his first winter time evening kick off, underestimating the cold of sitting in a stand for a couple of hours and so only wearing a t-shirt and light jacket, shuddering his way through the entire commentary and receiving not one bit of sympathy from his older, wiser colleagues. Aberdeen legend Willie Miller, broadcasting from the main stand at Pittodrie, recounting how he had been delayed in the car park by an enthusiastic but oblivious steward who, on seeing his BBC accreditation and in trying to direct him where to park, asked in all earnestness "Have you ever been here before, Mr Miller?". All in, it's a good laugh at times and I admire all of them for broadcasting live - something I would never have the courage to do. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior_Arab Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) Thursday night’s podcast was 27 minutes rounding up the Scottish teams in Europe. In reality this consisted of 16 mins of in depth analysis of Rangers absolutely routine 5-0 thrashing of a very poor Red Imps side. Followed by a grand total of 8 minutes allowed for the most cursory discussion of what was a far more exciting and interesting match, Motherwell vs Coleraine, where Motherwell were 2-0 up, pegged back to 2-2 then won in a penalty shoot out AND Aberdeen beating Viking Stavanger, which was by a distance the most difficult match for any of the Scottish clubs that night. Edited September 18, 2020 by Junior_Arab 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St-ow! Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 19 hours ago, Oldster said: Some favourite Sportsound moments... Returning pundit Willie Miller, covering an Aberdeen home match on Open All Mics for one of the first times, being spotted nodding off by a keen-eyed supporter whose subsequent text allowed host Richard Gordon to wake him up on-air with a surprise "And now to Pittodrie..." Mr Gordon and Chic Young arguing about the odds of there being an Old Firm semi final being drawn out for one of the cup competitions; last word went to the host, but Mr Young was quite right. Charlie Mann, when covering a very exciting lower league play off decider, improving upon the familiar tie-break competition known as the 'penalty shoot out' with the far more dramatic yet accurate phrase "deadline kick-offs". Derek Ferguson, similarly covering an exciting match, at Tynecastle, coining a phrase for a full back running inside his winger as being on his "inner lap". An unnamed pundit, working Open All Mics for one of his first times, having to be told that there had been a goal at his game, which he had completely missed (to be fair, it was a very dull game). New pundit Steven Thompson, covering his first winter time evening kick off, underestimating the cold of sitting in a stand for a couple of hours and so only wearing a t-shirt and light jacket, shuddering his way through the entire commentary and receiving not one bit of sympathy from his older, wiser colleagues. Aberdeen legend Willie Miller, broadcasting from the main stand at Pittodrie, recounting how he had been delayed in the car park by an enthusiastic but oblivious steward who, on seeing his BBC accreditation and in trying to direct him where to park, asked in all earnestness "Have you ever been here before, Mr Miller?". All in, it's a good laugh at times and I admire all of them for broadcasting live - something I would never have the courage to do. My favourite episode of Kenny MacIntyre's midweek programme was when John 'Bomber' Brown went head-to-head with Tom English, looking for an apology for either the "howling at the moon" comment or some criticism of his lack of credentials to be Dundee manager (sorry, I can't recall which). Needless to say, no apology was forthcoming - and battle commenced. I also liked Allan Preston's short-lived pronunciation of new player Botty ByeBye*, but then I am an easily amused man-child. *a malapropism? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Junior_Arab said: Thursday night’s podcast was 27 minutes rounding up the Scottish teams in Europe. In reality this consisted of 16 mins of in depth analysis of Rangers absolutely routine 5-0 thrashing of a very poor Red Imps side. Followed by a grand total of 8 minutes allowed for the most cursory discussion of what was a far more exciting and interesting match, Motherwell vs Coleraine, where Motherwell were 2-0 up, pegged back to 2-2 then won in a penalty shoot out AND Aberdeen beating Viking Stavanger, which was by a distance the most difficult match for any of the Scottish clubs that night. This was probably logistical more than anything else. They had a gap between the Rangers game and ourselves and Motherwell to fill with analysis. Because Motherwell went to ET and pens their time slot for post match analysis will have been almost non-existent as they'd have to be off-air at a certain time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, Oldster said: Some favourite Sportsound moments... Returning pundit Willie Miller, covering an Aberdeen home match on Open All Mics for one of the first times, being spotted nodding off by a keen-eyed supporter whose subsequent text allowed host Richard Gordon to wake him up on-air with a surprise "And now to Pittodrie..." Mr Gordon and Chic Young arguing about the odds of there being an Old Firm semi final being drawn out for one of the cup competitions; last word went to the host, but Mr Young was quite right. Charlie Mann, when covering a very exciting lower league play off decider, improving upon the familiar tie-break competition known as the 'penalty shoot out' with the far more dramatic yet accurate phrase "deadline kick-offs". Derek Ferguson, similarly covering an exciting match, at Tynecastle, coining a phrase for a full back running inside his winger as being on his "inner lap". An unnamed pundit, working Open All Mics for one of his first times, having to be told that there had been a goal at his game, which he had completely missed (to be fair, it was a very dull game). New pundit Steven Thompson, covering his first winter time evening kick off, underestimating the cold of sitting in a stand for a couple of hours and so only wearing a t-shirt and light jacket, shuddering his way through the entire commentary and receiving not one bit of sympathy from his older, wiser colleagues. Aberdeen legend Willie Miller, broadcasting from the main stand at Pittodrie, recounting how he had been delayed in the car park by an enthusiastic but oblivious steward who, on seeing his BBC accreditation and in trying to direct him where to park, asked in all earnestness "Have you ever been here before, Mr Miller?". All in, it's a good laugh at times and I admire all of them for broadcasting live - something I would never have the courage to do. One of my 'favourite' moments was in January (2007 I believe) when Richard Gordon announced that he had breaking news, and that, despite it only being January, this would be the biggest bit of news all year (he specified that this included the nearly 12 months to come), so monumental was this story. The 'story' was that Barry Ferguson had been stripped of the (dead) Rangers' captaincy. Many folk emailed and texted in, and Richard Gordon threw a massive titty baby tantrum and said folk could listen to something else if they didn't like it. A true 'slip of the mask' moment.* *I should clarify that I don't mean he is/was a fan of (dead) Rangers, or Sevco. He's unquestionably an Aberdeen fan. It's more that he's a massive sycophant towards (dead) Rangers, now Sevco, and Celtic. Edited September 18, 2020 by DA Baracus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: One of my 'favourite' moments was in January (2007 I believe) when Richard Gordon announced that he had breaking news, and that, despite it only being January, this would be the biggest bit of news all year (he specified that this included the nearly 12 months to come), so monumental was this story. The 'story' was that Barry Ferguson had been stripped of the (dead) Rangers' captaincy. Many folk emailed and texted in, and Richard Gordon threw a massive titty baby tantrum and said folk could listen to something else if they didn't like it. A true 'slip of the mask' moment. And 13 years later, you've never forgiven him. Impressive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: And 13 years later, you've never forgiven him. Impressive. I shall take this grievance to the grave! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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