Before we start, I’ve noticed a little bit of niggling in the comments . ( Can I say niggling ? Wait , he’s checking…..aye, it’s fine )
Stop it. It’s childish.
And as for charlie saiz and Monti….
f we are going to point out the failings of others , there are plenty to aim at.
Take Matt Lindsey, for instance, pictured here with his buddy Chris Jack..
Though i might be getting my comedians mixed up.
Anyway, this morning he tweeted;
As much as I like Griffiths as a bloke and admire him as a player, Fletcher is the obvious choice to lead the line by himself for Scotland.
Really, go on….
This Leigh Griffiths for Scotland debate is wearying. How many goals would Steven Fletcher have scored against Hamilton, Killie and Dundee?
Probably the same as he scores against everyone else.
Matt Lindsey writes about football. Instead of thinking about it.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Hamilton are a little bit upset about criticism of their pitch.
It all started when Ronny Deila spoke after the game:
“You could see at the end with [Kris] Commons, it was like playing on ice. When you feel you don’t have good contact with the ground, it is not easy to be a good passing team.
“We have played three or four matches here now and everybody is going on about it being slippy so something has to be wrong. It’s hard for the players. I said to them to bring two or three pairs of shoes.”
And if Commons falls over…
So, you can understand the managers conccern.
however, Hamilton chairman Les Gray, hit back.
(Are you sure-Ed ? Nope-Ralph )
“It’s nonsense. If teams play well they don’t complain, if they don’t play well they complain.
“Bottom line – the pitch is here to stay, surfaces like this are up to FIFA standard. If it’s good enough for Champions League and World Cup matches then it’s good enough for Scottish football.
“What people say lacks any credibility.”
Hamilton chairman: It’s nonsense to say our pitch is like an ice rink
Fair enough.
Here’s the old Douglas Park
And here’s the new one;
We probably won’t need a jury to decide.
As you are probably aware, Scotlands interest in the European championship comes to an end on thursday when they face Poland.
Negative ? Maybe.
Realistic ? Almost certainly.
Gordon Strachan has done with Scotland what he did with Celtic. He may not have lowered our expectations, but he has lowered the average height of the team.
The four in front are the midfield and wingers;
Faced with the daunting prospect of holding off in form Bayern munich striker Robert Lewandowski, Strachan will rely on Hutton, Hanley, Martin and probably John Greig.
And Mark McGhee, part of the management team, along with Stuart McCall, laughs this off; ( Just that sentence should explain why Scotland won’t be going to France )
Forget about Lewandowski … he only scores TAP-INS!
Watch Mark McGhee, Keith Jackson and Michael Gannon on The Goal Monster
Twelve of them. In his last four games.
But McGhee isn’t fretting. He’s too busy bigging up OUR attackers, who all had a rather good weekend themselves.
Absolutely.
Take Leigh Griffiths out of the equation, and Scotlands forwards have a career total to match Lewandowskis weekly output.
Anybody still miss Virgil van Dijk ?
After Pierre van Hooijdonks outbursts when he was at the club, now we have another, or used to have, dutchman who doesn’t know when to shut up,;
“At Southampton I am learning a lot every game, much more than in recent years at Celtic. If I get a chance with the Oranje, it’s up to me to show it.”
Anyway, he’s gone now, and i’m kind of glad about it.
We still have Efe ambrose, who is undergoing extra training at Lennoxtown to make sure there are no more mistakes;
It’s Halloween soon, and theres a big do on at the ground…
I hear we’re playing the zombies in a friendly…to raise money for them…
no, we aren’t.
They don’t need charity.
Dave king is going to jet in and save them, by asking for more money from the fans. Otherwise, they might not make it until christmas.
But let me allay the fears of some amongst you.
Sevco , Second Rangers or whatever name they go by these days will not go into administration.
Thats because no-one is stupid enough to become an unsecured creditor.
However, there is at leadt one secured creditor, and if he wants his money back…..
However, due to a change in the rules, a new club can now just take the place of an old club, so theres no need for them to start again.
Check it. It’s what Doncaster did after the last time they died.
The old switcheroo might not be a myth. Maybe someone, with press backing, is about to ride back into town…
Now, really…would that be a surprise ?
Anyhoo, enough of this nonsense.
We need a caption competition…
Thats not it. But it was too good not to include.
This is, though…
By the way, i just found a carrier bag with a Rangers top in it. Don’t people know those bags are fivepence each now ?
Still, it’s cheaper than paying a quid for a trolley.
Love the picture of effe he is barking mad.
HH
Hope it’s better tempered on here today that was depressing stuff yesterday.
Van Dyke WTF? No need to say something like that. Very disrespectful to us after all the love that came is way.
BGT plumbs the depths.
Don’t mock the afflicted! as my granny used to say… I’d imagine that’s the only way which Osborne can stand comfortably after he had to go through the initiation ceremony to get into the cabinet, Cameron won’t have it any other way!
Genuine laugh out loud moments there today Ralph.
Captions:
1 Orange Bastids
2 Tory Bastid
Charlie Saiz,
You missed out the word ‘ Dirty ‘!
Afternoon Rambo…John J?
“Mr Bean makes an unexpected appearance at the Larkhall Loyal AGM”
i apoligise if i annoyed anybody yesterday but the guy called me brainless unemployed a pot noodle eater and chemically unbalanced now ive been called most of them things before mostly by my ex wife ha ha but pot noodle eater is taking it a bit far the new mrs charlie has me on healthy eating none of that junk food anyway now ive got that of my chest ime away for a jug to balance ma chemicals
Pot noodle eater
Simmer down son!
You’ve gone off the boil
charlie i see your brianless, unemployed pot noodle eater and raise you a sevconian…… i know whats worse 🙂
ha ha you canny be a sevconian wae good patter like that
Charlie Saiz?
It’s obvious behind the heated words you both have a sense of humour. Better sticking with that side of things.
HH We are all tims together.
What’s all this happy clapping shite about Ralph?
Pax vobiscum bhoys!! Glad tempers have cooled quicker than a Pot Noodle!!
I don’t know why you’re all surprised about Van Dyke’s comment. I posted a while ago that while yes he has talent as a footballer, he used Celtic and the fans and the media to promote himself…his aim was to get to the EPL and all the “I’m happy in Scotland, I’m happy with Celtic, I’m happy with….etc” was just bullshit fed to adoring fans who helped pay his wages. When he leaves Southampton in a couple of years to go to Man Utd, Arsenal or Liverpool for another big increase in salary, he’ll show the same disrespect for Southampton.
Funkyy, Virgil van Dijk was never the ‘finished article’, or even really close at CP. He was the best (of a limited bunch) we had until Jason Denaayer arrived.
He, (Virgil), also made errors that Efe would have been slaughtered for, by some. I thought he was a VG player with lots of potential to be really top class.
To get to the really top level you need more than ability.
Keeping your ‘gub’ shut is one such quality.
Virgil may well end up at one of the teams you suggest. He could also end up begging Bournemouth (just along the coast from where he is now) or various other average outfits to take him on. For his disrespect to Celtic, fuck him. I can’t say I still wish him well.
Caption:- Osbourne shows why you shouldn’t have anal sex the night before a public appearance.
“Bottom line – the pitch is here to stay, surfaces like this are up to FIFA standard. If it’s good enough for Champions League and World Cup matches then it’s good enough for Scottish football.’
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The above is 100% true. Except when it isn’t.
Most pitches are up to FIFA standard. However,with grass,if you train on it all week,don’t cut it,fire as much water onto it as possible-a la Brian Clough at Derby-it becomes a great leveller.
Same with 4G pitches. Follow the instructions,you can play great football on it. Tom Rogic was brought up playing on pitches like that.
Sunday’s pitch,treated as it was-quite deliberately-by Hamilton reminded me of Helenvale in the early 80s.
If Scottish football is in the business of selling itself to TV and its audience,it has a lot to learn.
Caption:
The inaugural ‘smug wee shite who needs a slap wae a big fish’ competition opens none too soon.
Caption-Aw naw,it’s running doon baith legs noo. It was bad enough coming oot ma mooth when I said families would be £2000 a year better off.
Aw naw,a neutral carpet,they’ll notice….
V.VD trying to skillfully engineer a move ‘away’ from Southampton after five weeks. Ye cannae beat a bit of confidence.
Mick spot on – the great leveller of shite pitches will be repeated here many times this season. There needs to be a standard that is consistent and is checked by officials. Ronnie will talk more about this for sure.