8MileBU

Where to even begin?? What a great season. From where we were last May, the job Stuart and Michael have done putting that squad together and achieving what they have done is fantastic Ignoring Hearts B because they shouldn’t even be in the league, finishing in second place behind Chequebook FC and ahead of a couple of other bankrolled teams on a tiny percentage of their budgets is outstanding work. Let’s kick on from here. Thank you Hunts and Gemmell. Mon the BU! Edit - Have to finish with one minor gripe; It’s rubbish the season ending in mid April! Football should run until the end of May!

Precisely what I was trying to say but you worded it a lot better.

Is it just me who finds the Young Bucks incredibly boring? Whether it’s face or heel everything they do as characters comes across so forced and false. As for their in-ring work, they’re clearly two very fit athletic guys - but their matches are almost always very boring with no real flow. Just a couple of spot-fairies going through the motions until that synchronised flying somersault over the ropes or that back flip from the top turnbuckle etc.

I know there’s been no end of ridiculous nonsense in wrestling for decades - But for me, the train noises for Braun Strowman and the spliced footage of Alexa Bliss’ mind games during matches was bordering on Robocop/David Arquette WCW levels of “all-time-low”.

Think Samantha Irvin’s reaction to Cody winning the title pretty much sums up how great a main event and night 2 of Wrestlemania that was and how much Cody deserved it. So much genuine emotion. Also; and this is just my thoughts - I get the feeling that with all the Austin rumours circulating in recent times, it was probably decided NOT to have him as part of the main event since it was almost too predictable given his historic rivalry with The Rock Having it be ‘Taker who showed up was an absolute masterstroke piece of booking. Having the next biggest (or arguably equal biggest) superstar show up was genius. The lights out and gong sounding was just fucking perfect for that “HOLY f**k!” factor and getting a huge crowd pop. Lights out, gong, then Undertaker in Rocks face just absolutely nailed the shock-factor. For me it was easily more effective for that element of surprise, instant impact moment, more than it would have been had it been the sound of glass shattering instead then Austin stomping and snarling all the way down the ramp to the ring before getting involved. Just fucking brilliant!

Likewise. Her theme music is rubbish and the “CEO” just doesn’t go with it.

What happened that Tranent are apologising??

He genuinely needs to seek help. Football makes him not well. Also, not a single comment on the Lithgy thread yesterday or most of the past week. They’ve deserted their team already

This Spot on.

Well I can assure you that’s not how BU have played all year, but the “punt and run” tactic somewhat did the job yesterday. Horses for courses etc… Totally agree with this. I mean I’m all for having “ultras” in the sense of adding a bit of atmosphere at games, the Ultras 1876 have been fantastic at the Falkirk stadium this year for example. However, the type that turned up “representing” Linlithgow yesterday all blacked out with their faces covered up are the utter dregs - Nothing but thick moronic halfwits, shitebags and cowards.

Guess who’s taking it well and definitely not making things up…. Yep, you got it in one!

And you’re fishing hard with the “physical” and “punt and run” stuff.

Yeeessss! Mon the BU! Three points and managing to get into the game for free! If Carlsberg did Saturdays.

Shock (and delightful) result between Tranent and Shire. Didn’t see that one coming.

Not good news, he’s been a stand out performer for us.

What’s the story with Stenhouse?

They’re great live one of the best gigs I’ve been to. They’d sell out the Hydro no problem or be pretty close to it. I get bands of an age being selective with their gigs and tours (tbh PJ only “tour” the USA), but 2 gigs in Scotland in their entire career is really disappointing.

Where to watch/read these?

No gig in Scotland since 2000 and none on the horizon. Love em but they can suck my plums.

To be honest I think @LongTimeLurker was only painting a picture, not making a proposal or suggesting a merger is something he thinks should happen.

Not so much the vocals but reminds me a bit of Bestial Devestation/Morbid Visions era Sepultura.

This is it. There are no easy answers or a quick fix. I’m not even against the idea of a merger if the right people and a sound business model were in place, however at present this is absolutely not the case. I should also add that the only reason I’d support a merger is because I firmly believe Bo’ness just isn’t a big enough town to have two teams jostling over the same fan base, especially when the town already sees thousands leave every weekend to watch the old firm, the Edinburgh two, Falkirk and probably the odd other “big” team here and there.

I think the issue is that the other team are nothing more than an ego trip for a couple of individuals who have zero interest in doing anything to benefit the community club as a whole and have lied from day dot. Who’d want to get into bed with that and take a risk that we’ve seen sink ships all too many times when the money man/men get bored of their latest toy or their wealth isn’t enough to sustain it or achieve the dreams conjured up by their egos? Where are Bathgate and Hurlford now? Are Kelty even still flying high? True progression requires sustainability, not a flash-in-the-pan approach. As much as I hate to say it, I look at that lot over the flints where the local community and sponsorships are the backbone of a long established successful club, albeit they’ve had a quiet few years.