Mackiemyday Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 " then they started putting gel in there hair and wearing coloured boots" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 "So he got in the rowing boat!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Footage of Souness, Laudrup, Gazza, Moonbeams, Advocaat etc with unironic commentary about how great that era was. That's exactly the image that popped into my head reading the OP. Then Keith Jackson greeting that former Kidderminster Harrier James Vincent scored the winner in the cup final when 20 years earlier it was Brian Laudrup, or some other ***. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Old Firm worthies crossing the divide at Tommy Burns funeral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 We need Sellik and Sevco Colts Teams in the SPFL Lower Leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 "Party Songs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 It's actually depressing to think that this series has been made. f**k English football and f**k all these morons that have to compare our game to theirs, it's utterly ridiculous. Absolutely this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Jules Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Just another excuse to roll out the old propaganda that the old firm are our saviours so they should be celebrated and cherished blah blah blah... I won't be watching anyway so fucks given are at a minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, StandFree03 said: I am fucking SEETHING. ^^^ SEETHING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Calm down dear[emoji16] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossafc92 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 minute ago, StandFree03 said: I hate it. I hate the obsession with the English premier league that people have in the country. The notion that football is shit in this country just because we don't spend billions every transfer window and pay players 100k a week really boils my piss. We have some decent players in this country and some really entertaining games, you would never know that from the way they are reported though. Suddenly the league had somehow greatly improved because a couple of ex-English premier league players are here? Everything has been shit without Rangers? Really? It actually puts me in a rage thinking about it TBH. We cannot be like the English premier league, la Liga, bundesliga etc, nor should we even try. We should be trying to create our own identity and promoting it as much as possible, not talking it down because it doesn't match up to fucking England. Imagine any other industry in Scotland doing that? The tourist board saying its shit up here and England is better? It's a ludicrous situation to be. It's genuinely embarrassing at times. That Neil McLeod article doing the rounds prior to this weekend about the SPFL's marketing strategy being akin to Gerald Ratner's crap jewellery remark is absolutely spot on. The way Doncaster and co have tried to just copy goings on down south rather than come up with an original identity both baffles and depresses me. The game up here is prime for a more central strategy to advertise games, boost the profile of players and clubs from the top flight to the bottom in the SPFL. That article mentioned how we could be connecting with the community so much more than we do, building on that relationship between fans and players that has been totally lost in England. Whilst most players up here are probably still earning more than your average punter, it's not so much (out with those at Parkhead and Ibrox anyway) so that they become almost alien-like, in the way people like Ibrahimovic and Pogba will be to your average Man United 'fan' (they're just celebrities). And don't even get me started on the names of the leagues. That will always annoy me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 12 minutes ago, StandFree03 said: I hate it. I hate the obsession with the English premier league that people have in the country. The notion that football is shit in this country just because we don't spend billions every transfer window and pay players 100k a week really boils my piss. We have some decent players in this country and some really entertaining games, you would never know that from the way they are reported though. Suddenly the league had somehow greatly improved because a couple of ex-English premier league players are here? Everything has been shit without Rangers? Really? It actually puts me in a rage thinking about it TBH. We cannot be like the English premier league, la Liga, bundesliga etc, nor should we even try. We should be trying to create our own identity and promoting it as much as possible, not talking it down because it doesn't match up to fucking England. Imagine any other industry in Scotland doing that? The tourist board saying its shit up here and England is better? It's a ludicrous situation to be in. I like your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 16 minutes ago, StandFree03 said: We should be trying to create our own identity and promoting it as much as possible, not talking it down because it doesn't match up to fucking England. Absolutely this. The game is at a level. Accept it. It will continue to finds it's level in the future. Get fuckin used to it. 16 minutes ago, StandFree03 said: I am fucking SEETHING. Good. Good. Let the hate flow through you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo_dee Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Hmmmm I've a feeling that it'll all be sevcos fault and they'll have impartial experts like Cosgrove (harr harr harr), spiers, wee Jum, that ch4 guy, Philip and his lovely protege. Probably won't watch. f**k off, Vicky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Whilst I'm not quite feeling the same levels of seethe that @StandFree03 is experiencing I definitely agree 100% with his sentiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 18 minutes ago, rossafc92 said: And don't even get me started on the names of the leagues. That will always annoy me... Agree with all you say - but as a perfect illustration of the cringing attitude at the top of Scottish football - renaming the leagues to match the english ones couldn't be more instructive. Why actively invite unflattering comparisons of the type we see all the time - Scottish football obviously has a very long history in football terms - the Premier league was a thing here long before it was in England - so why not try to carve out a unique identity and present and advertise our game differently. We will never again compete in any way with the English game on money - so why even bother trying to ape the marketing bollocks that goes with it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 What you're all forgetting is the millions and millions of English people who tune into the old firm game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Koop Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 4 hours ago, Ross. said: I for one think it is utterly shameful that Scotland cannot compete with a neighboring country that is around 10 times it's size. I hope you all have a long hard look at yourselves. It depends on the terms of the competition, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Koop Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 minute ago, Dons_1988 said: What you're all forgetting is the millions and millions of English people who tune into the old firm game Not to mention the Charles Green-tastic 500 million across the globe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: What you're all forgetting is the millions and millions of English people who tune into the old firm game This is true. Neil Dongcaster does a tremendous job for us Diddies fighting off the EPL and European Super League requests for Celtic and Rangers to leave us and join them...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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