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Yet wind the clock back 18 months and the board could do no wrong in your eyes. I wonder what happened? I can't see how we could do anything other than sell McGrandles. £500k plus add-ons is still a great price (and I suspect you've conjured that number out of thin air). We have no idea how much was offered or how the negotiations went. He is one player. If we are seriously saying we can't cope with the loss of an 18 year old, then there's something far wrong.7 points
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We sell a player for a record transfer fee (undisclosed probably at Norwich's request), and our fans go into meltdown because the figure they made up in their heads was too low. Plus ca change...3 points
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We're talking about the destruction of a mans Baked Alaska here. The outcry is completely justified.2 points
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I did. The post was homophobic and it's far from the first time he's done it.2 points
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If we can't beat string, there's not much chance of is beating a cricket team.2 points
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As many of you know I love my Scottish Football and going to games over the last few seasons has given me a new perspective on the game up there and the old firm in particular. I hear fans down here saying things like 'its a disaster for the Scottish game that Rangers are in the lower leagues' or 'Its a disaster for the Scottish game that Celtic did not get to the Champions League group stages' and 'its a disaster for Scottish football that Hearts and Hibs got relegated'. What I see is St Johnstone fans celebrating a Scottish Cup, Aberdeen fans celebrating a Scottish League Cup, Raith beating Rangers in a cup final. Inverness top of the Premier League. Dundee and Hamilton playing in the big league. Queen of the South getting their hands on some silverware and giving three of the so called big boys a run for their money in the league at the start of the season. Am I right in thinking that its really just a 'disaster' for the old firm (and their Edinburgh cousins) and the rest of you are loving every bloody minute of it? I know I am. Scottish Football has rarely been this interesting. Glad you have finally opened the trap door and got some sort of pyramid organised as well. That has been great for the lower leagues in England and will do the same in Scotland if you have the balls to stick with it. Football should always be a meritocracy not a closed shop.2 points
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Scottish polls send conflicting messages By Mure Dickie in Edinburgh Is the result of Scotland’s independence referendum on a knife-edge, or are pro-union campaigners comfortably on course to save the 307-year-old political union with England? With less than four weeks to go until the referendum on September 18, the state of battle remains frustratingly unclear, according to Charlie Jeffery, vice-principal for public policy at the University of Edinburgh. “It depends on which polls are right,” Professor Jeffery says. Opinion surveys are sending conflicting messages. While pollsters have consistently found support for Scottish independence trailing, they have differed greatly on the size of the pro-union campaign’s lead. The latest poll by YouGov puts support for a No vote at 57 per cent to 43 per cent for Yes when “undecideds” are excluded – a relatively safe 14-point margin. But a survey completed the same day for Panelbase put the gap at a nail-biting 52 per cent to 48 per cent. And judging which result is more likely accurately to reflect the Scottish electorate is extremely difficult, given the particular challenges posed by an event as unique as a constitutional referendum. An expected high turnout means many people will vote on September 18 who would not usually be seen in a voting booth – or found on the lists of the internet panels that many pollsters use to judge the electoral mood. This makes weighting samples to ensure they are politically and socially representative of the electorate even more of an art than usual. “Producing accurate figures is still akin to hitting a moving target while standing on the back of a moving pickup truck at dusk,” noted one contributor to PoliticalBetting.com. In a sign of the difficulties and sensitivities involved, Peter Kellner, president of pollsters YouGov, issued a public criticism in July of the weighting techniques used by Survation, a rival polling group that had been reporting higher support for independence. At issue was the weighting of poll participants according to how they voted in past Scottish elections, an issue complicated by the fact that many people tend to quickly forget which party they backed. Survation dismissed the criticism, defending its approach to weighting and saying the issues highlighted by Mr Kellner did not have much impact on its overall results. But polling experts accept that representing the electorate in a referendum is a challenge. “There remains a chunk of voters who flatly refuse to tell us anything at all on their electoral behaviour – and it’s these [representing about 10 per cent of the total Scottish electorate] who hold the true balance of power in this campaign,” wrote Martin Boon, director of ICM Research, in The Scotsman newspaper. “It’s a tricky one,” says Ivor Knox, managing director at Panelbase, which has reported some of the highest levels of support for independence. But Mr Knox says the difference between polling companies should not be overstated. It has narrowed over time he says and the pollsters using online panels have recently clustered near 45 per cent support for Yes when undecided voters are excluded. “Given margins of error accepted at around 3 per cent, the four online pollsters are not really that far apart,” Mr Knox says, adding that it is likely that all the referendum surveys will start to converge as voting day draws near. One approach to the uncertainty is to combine surveys into an aggregate result. The Financial Times’ Tracker Poll for example suggests support for Yes at nearly 43 per cent when undecideds are excluded. Such an approach helps distinguish trend changes from outlier results, confirming, for example, that support for independence grew in the early part of this year before falling back again. The latest three polls have suggested that support for the Yes campaign is rising again, though at a rate psephologists say may be too slow to secure victory. But Mike Smithson, editor of PoliticalBetting.com, says punters should remember apparent consensus can be misleading. “There are no precedents for this referendum,” Mr Smithson says. “Being on the average is not necessarily the best way to go.”1 point
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Feel like a kid I'm currently booting a balloon about the house pretending its a football. Brilliant1 point
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^^^^^^^^Celtic supporting thug threatens placid Rangers supporting family man.1 point
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You would stick one on Tedis chin? I think you might be taking. this internet business a little too serious1 point
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I made lasagne intended for two meals, it was so good I ate the lot, I cannot fucking move.1 point
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The "cnut" had already said why he did and can't say I blame him tbh. Maybe you could save yourself, other posters and the mods a lot of hassle and cut out the homophobic nonsense?1 point
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Yes. Yes, it's a sex position. Your mum's favourite is butterscotch. Know whit am sayin?1 point
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All these polls and you still haven't told me your favourite Angel Delight...1 point
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You'd rather work with Ian Murray than Ketts? I'm a little surprised, but fair do's, you're the boss. #InBBWeTrust1 point
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Unless there is a 5% lead or less between the two campaigns then I would imagine they will have a good indication of who is going to win with 3 weeks to go. There are still unknowns of course because of turnout and the electorate who haven't voted for years or are first time voters. Funnily enough but listening to Sturgeon she has started saying "very confident" of a Yes vote from "confident" when asked if Yes will win. Just a casual observation I've noticed...1 point
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So there is no confusion here. I never reported hbqc.1 point
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Watched Burns' Heir the other night for the first time in years and one scene had me quite literally rolling over laughing. You forget how funny Homer was in the older episodes. Scene: Bart is used to the high life Burns is providing him. He is back home and pinging peas at Lisa's head and generally being a little shit. Lisa complains and Marge asks Homer to have a word with Bart. Homer: Okaaaaay! Lisa, stop getting in front of your wealthy brother's peas! Marge: Mmmmm! Bart: Oh yuk, meatloaf! My most hated of all loaves! Bart takes the food from his plate and gives it to Santa's Little Helper. Homer: Huuuuh! That was the end piece! That's it! Being abusive to your family is one thing, but I will not stand idly by and watch you feed a hungry dog! GO TO YOUR ROOM!! Fookin excellent. Classic Homer, his belly rules his brain!1 point
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Talk us through any precedents this may create. When you're doing so please reference the following: 1. The other clubs in Scotland whom HMRC are taking through the courts and how this purported Court of Session precedent may affect these cases. 2. How any precedent in a non-English court may affect any cases brought by HMRC in England's Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice. So in sum, describe how this precedent will affect similar cases in Scotland and describe how England's civil courts make use of non-English precedents. Consult a friendly QC by all means.1 point
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All this has been common knowledge in football, including the members of the SFA for ever. So if they were ever serious about fit and proper persons and the like (ha!) why haven't they acted before now? There is currently a battle going on at Livi between the money men past and present with accusation and counter accusation being thrown around. As usual the club and fans are caught in the middle in no man's land. It's become a way of life for Livi fans. Great fun. Not!1 point
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have not one but 2 excellent lie detector clips on me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-TZ8Z5S9rI both are simply brilliant1 point
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I wish Charlie Green, Dave King or Fat Sally would do something absurd, so we can get the BRALT back on the rails........1 point
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There comes a time when you need to admit things aren't working. There isn't enough interest in Livingston to maintain fulltime football. They could barely manage part time. Wind it up and support Livingston juniors, a couple of hundred at their gates would finance a decent team at that level. Since Livi began it has attracted the worst shysters to slither through football. Everyone has had an angle to grab money, development land or both. Leave them to it.1 point
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Captain or no captain right now we're just two assholes in the woods! The interior decorator dialogue is fuckin hilarious also.1 point
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Look at all the diddy team fans coming on to rage over Livingston. Love it when we're in the news for this kind of thing, we always get away with it and some of the absolute throbbers have themselves on the verge of a heart attack. Completely untouchable this time.-1 points
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Had KFC for the first time in a very long time a while back; it was fucking tasty but it blocked me up for a week. Definitely not recommended for a balanced and healthy diet.-1 points
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Manky b*****ds. Get it right up them, I really regret not getting the train home from Greenock tonight. The seethe from the manky hoardes in Central heading back to Greenock, Port Glasgow, Paisley etc would have been delicious.-1 points
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WOW ! that was weird being reduced to polterfud territory stalking the thread not being able to post but being able to dish out rep points. I know how you feel Tedi, naw actually I don't because I'm not a deluded idiot who posts shite all the time and resigning from a public forum only to haunt the thread by creating aliases and dishing out rep you roaster.-1 points
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