bennett Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, tam the bud said: BBC still quoting Andrew Dallas as the ref for last night Saints v Rangers cup game Did he take the 4th official place last night after pulling out of the game ? No, they phoned someone up locally to cover the 4th official role. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 21 hours ago, kingjoey said: You would think that the BBC would learn, but they never do. Pathetic. I noticed that, too, and was going to post it and then thought "What's the point?". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55245409 What a bizarre article. A classic example of a leading headline, collecting some stats and vaguely relevant quotes to create a narrative and not even concluding on anything. Let's hope they produce something equally as pointless for Hearts. "Shadow of the 10" Good title for a novel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Speirs going full Partridge/yer da 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBhoy Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Speirs going full Partridge/yer da That really is some take from Speirs. A guy who, at every turn, tries his utmost to come across as some intellectual heavyweight amongst Scottish footballs pool of 2 figure I.Q. journalists, asking if there is a ‘cultural or biological’ reason for the standard of women goalkeepers. What could he possibly be insinuating with the ‘cultural’ comment? I remember when those same sort of comments were aimed at African goalkeepers, 10-15 years ago, that for some biological reason Africans couldn’t play that position competently. Fast forward to the current day and you’ve got numerous African ‘keepers playing at the highest level all across Europe. Edited December 19, 2020 by IrishBhoy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I realise its not a Premiership thing, but Tom English preview of the Scottish Cup final is a thing to behold. He is obviously still tugging his wee chubby for Budge and he merry band of Jambo freedom fighters.................... "The anger of the summer remains. Truth be told, it will never go away for many Hearts supporters. It was bad enough that they had to watch their team perform so dismally, but to have a chance of redemption taken from them when the season was called early was an insult added to an injury." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55368730 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 19 minutes ago, Green Day said: I realise its not a Premiership thing, but Tom English preview of the Scottish Cup final is a thing to behold. He is obviously still tugging his wee chubby for Budge and he merry band of Jambo freedom fighters.................... "The anger of the summer remains. Truth be told, it will never go away for many Hearts supporters. It was bad enough that they had to watch their team perform so dismally, but to have a chance of redemption taken from them when the season was called early was an insult added to an injury." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55368730 They'll have the last laugh when they stop Celtic completing an "unprrecedented quadrruple trreble" (copyright Tommy 'brothers and sisters' Sheridan). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18May1991 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Speirs going full Partridge/yer da Women goalkeepers do tend to be shite tbf. Maybe not as shite as some recent Motherwell keepers, but shite nonetheless 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: They'll have the last laugh when they stop Celtic completing an "unprrecedented quadrruple trreble" (copyright Tommy 'brothers and sisters' Sheridan). Hearts going with the X drew with Y and we beat X, so we must be better than Y too logic. Is that where they also get the 'they're a Premiership team playing in the Championship' patter. Which is quite ironic, because last season they were a Premiership team relegated to the Championship because they weren't good enough to be playing in the Premiership. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonald Jardine Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I realise its not a Premiership thing, but Tom English preview of the Scottish Cup final is a thing to behold. He is obviously still tugging his wee chubby for Budge and he merry band of Jambo freedom fighters.................... "The anger of the summer remains. Truth be told, it will never go away for many Hearts supporters. It was bad enough that they had to watch their team perform so dismally, but to have a chance of redemption taken from them when the season was called early was an insult added to an injury." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55368730What has he said that's wrong? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Spiers going properly off the deep end tonight. He just always has to turn himself into a victim doesn't he? I have no idea at all why some fairly credible people within Scottish football give him the time of day. He's always been a little worm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 One of the real benefits of Twitter has been seeing absolute ghouls like Jim Spence and Graham Spiers shown up for what they are. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Spiers going properly off the deep end tonight. Hope Solo channeling Carnoustie YG in her comeback there. It's funny how nobody gripes about journalists never having played when they're being complimentary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: Hope Solo channeling Carnoustie YG in her comeback there. It's funny how nobody gripes about journalists never having played when they're being complimentary. I think Hope Solo's point is about the type of criticism Spiers is making. It's one thing to say "Women goalkeepers are underdeveloped because of a lack of resources and training" (true), but it's a totally different thing to say "There is a biological reason why women cannot be good goalkeepers" (false). One of those makes you look like you've thought a wee bit about why this is happening. The other makes you look like an idiot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, G51 said: I think Hope Solo's point is about the type of criticism Spiers is making. It's one thing to say "Women goalkeepers are underdeveloped because of a lack of resources and training" (true), but it's a totally different thing to say "There is a biological reason why women cannot be good goalkeepers" (false). One of those makes you look like you've thought a wee bit about why this is happening. The other makes you look like an idiot. Hmmm..... Hope Solo is on the right side of this, but I'm not sure about what you are saying. It seems to me like she's saying he can't criticise goalkeepers because he isn't one, which is a nonsense take whenever it's (frequently) made 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Hmmm..... Hope Solo is on the right side of this, but I'm not sure about what you are saying. It seems to me like she's saying he can't criticise goalkeepers because he isn't one, which is a nonsense take whenever it's (frequently) made Maybe I'm picking you up wrong here, but you seem to be saying that Hope Solo is both right and talking shite? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 1 minute ago, G51 said: Maybe I'm picking you up wrong here, but you seem to be saying that Hope Solo is both right and talking shite? Lining up against Speirs is the correct stance. But her method in this case is nonsense. She is right to be nailing for it, but she needs to do it better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Hmmm..... Hope Solo is on the right side of this, but I'm not sure about what you are saying. It seems to me like she's saying he can't criticise goalkeepers because he isn't one, which is a nonsense take whenever it's (frequently) madeExactly, she's almost saying that Spiers's point would have been valid had his name been Jim Leighton. Spiers was uttering nonsense. I would say he gave Solo an open goal in terms of a response but having been neither a professional footballer nor journalist I probably shouldn't complete that analogy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18May1991 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I have no time for Speirs but it’s Hope Solo that looks like the clown here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I’ve seen Hope Solo’s nudes so I’ll take her side. And no your friend can’t ask for a link because they were on a pals phone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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