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We'll know the project is a success if she's getting fingered in a Blue Lagoon by February.

Drivel. Compare the differences between Rijkaard's last season and Guardiola's first: Finishing third with 67 points, 18 points behind Real Madrid & 10 behind Villarreal, to winning the league with 87 points, 9 ahead of Real Madrid Scoring 76 goals in the league to scoring 105 goals in the league Messi went from scoring 16 goals to scoring 38 goals 1-0 & 4-1 defeats in the Clasico to 2-0 & 6-2 wins From no trophies to the first treble in Spanish history Rijkaard had Deco, Ronaldinho, Zambrotta & Thuram as regulars, Guardiola got shot of the first three while Thuram retired, signed Alves and Pique (who at that point was fourth choice at Man Utd but under Guardiola transformed into one of the best centre backs in the world) while giving Busquets & Pedro their debuts and immediately made Busquets a first team regular Introduced a new style of play which brought the best out of Xavi & Iniesta which in turn was pivotal in making Messi so ridiculously good. That style of play was not only the basis for Barcelona winning 14 trophies in 4 years but also for Spain winning their first ever World Cup and retaining the European Championship Barcelona became one of the best teams of all time because Pep Guardiola is a tremendous manager who made them one of the best teams of all time. Nothing about their success was guaranteed.

Mrs Murray gave birth to a wee girl at 7am this morning.

Tbf he's a year younger than all 3 you mentioned when at Raith. Jay Rodriguez didn't set the heather alight at Stirling at the same age but has played premiership and for England. Plus craig isn't a rapist.

'Talcum' Malcolm.

I don't think there is anything massively controversial in the Jackson article, it is simply another in a long line that takes the conventional media/pundit view that Scottish football is merely treading water until Rangers (and to a far lesser extent Hibs) are back in the top flight, a couple of real diddy clubs can be jettisoned and we can *finally* get back to normal. The fact the last few years have seen a genuinely good distribution of cups and high league placings (and therefore prize money) is simply not relevant to too many sportswriters that have struggled to move on from a view of Scottish Football that is a decade past it's sell-by date. The fact that many (well run!) clubs have thrived in the absence of the broken bigger clubs should be something that is celebrated rather than wished away in return for going back to an imagined status quo. I think there are some really good sportswriters out there but the inability to deviate from the received wisdom/line-to-take seems every bit as bad as their colleagues on the politics desk. The only thing that does really annoy me in the Jackson piece is the cringing notion that because someone down south might see a small ground or one with gaps where a real team would have a stand somehow makes those clubs responsible for the shite commercial terms that were secured for broadcast rights. The Record has, for as long as I've been around, alternated between denigrating and utterly ignoring non-OF football in Scotland (and non-city clubs especially) - so it seems a bit rich now to complain about the way others perceive "the product" (blech). If there is one model that I never want to see Scottish football follow again, it is the TV money funded insanity that's in place down south.

I'll just find him on twitter and call him a c**t

Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Electricity

What a load of shite, he inherited a team on the cusp of being the greatest in the world aye they were third in the league ffs He promoted busquets and pedro from the b team, sold Ronaldinho and deco two incredible players and completely changed the style of play. He built the greatest side in the world he didn't inherit it.

On holiday in Thailand Some b*****ds just killed my dog

I didn't realise ICT produced highlights as good as these. Hat off. I hoped this was the type of thing that rosscounty.tv was going to produce rather than video interviews, as good as some of those are. A few thoughts that resonated with me at the time but which really show in the highlights: How much more fluent and balanced ICT looked when Vigurs went on for Wedderburn. I wish he was at County How little Fox could do with the Tansey FK (I like the GoPro/wide angle view from the stanchion). Why can't County put in balls that would be on target at the far post, if everybody missed? I can't fathom that it can be that difficult a skill, but it seems to be the type of set-piece which Woods particularly struggles beating the first man from. I'm trying to forget Gardyne's FK into the shins of the ICT wall from the first half, thankfully that wasn't on the highlights. Graham's shirk at 4mins looks really bad from the GoPro Boyd was bossed in the air at set-pieces again. In other news, I was at the DL derby today for the first half. Richie Foran was at centre-mid and Mutumbo, Lopez and Roberts were the '3' of the 4231. Roberts took an early clattering and continued after initially hobbling off, but never looked 100% to me. Lopez showed some nice touches when he could be bothered getting involved. Foran looked really chunky compared to when I last saw him at a derby. McShane played the type of passes Alex Schalk would thrive on and which never arrived for him on Saturday, but McShane wasn't always 100% accurate with them... unlike his FK from 25 yards which was lovely.

It's good that there's no league games for a while - this thread can just run and run. I enjoy our lectures from the fans of the team that spunked all the good money they were raking in last year on Jimmy Nic and his gash signings, leaving them barely able to cobble a team together for the start of the season.

Jethro Tull - Nothing Is Easy

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The teacakes are shite anyway,however the wafers are fine

Daily Record have picked up the Mandron story Confirmation that they read the P&B forums

Not believing this until his top fan boys, Bennett and Tedi confirm it.

6-2 was awful, and highly embarrassing. But it didn't really matter in the long run. At the time we were in no danger of relegation in our first season back, and top 6 looked pretty unlikely. As it happened it sparked us into taking 18 points from our next 8 games. Despite the tight scoreline Saturday's defeat was a more serious affair for United. You could tell from the body language of their players at the end. Maybe a derby win for United might just have changed things. In the end it was just the same old "hard luck" story. There's a danger of going straight from "can't go down" to "can't stay up" without the usual transition period of furious street-fighting that clubs who're used to being near the bottom can call on.

Ayr's biggest problem seems to be the people running the club/owner/chairman whoever is in control of the finances , as stated before Ayr with their catchment area and potential large support should be a Championship club pushing towards the play - offs, but for the past few seasons they have not properly invested in the right sort of players , I felt that the season when Rangers were in our league Ayr should have used the Rangers money to really push to get promoted that year as they would have been in the Championship with Rangers and Hearts and more money coming in . I know they own land around the stadium with rumours for years about possible deals re housing developments etc etc , but nothing has happened , if they wait much longer I feel that any chance of getting out the mess they are in could disappear , for the future of the club they must invest and get promoted they also require money spent on the stadium , but if Ayr were to become a successful club the fans would flock back and the potential is there to maintain a Championship club. The current situation seems to be that they believe they can somehow get promoted without investment , and although a great start to this season there are many decent clubs in this division like Stranraer that have started very poorly and when / If these clubs start putting some form together Ayr will find it much harder and could possibly slip out of the playoffs , you see what can happen when a few players are missing , second in the league but lost your last 5 games or so, I don't think Ayr have the depth in their squad and don't seem to have a proper youth set up where good young players are not getting a chance . I think your current league position has papered over the many cracks in your club and now is the time something needs to be done but the owners will be getting a break from the fans at the moment , even supposing you hold on to a play off spot , there is absolutely no guarantee that Ayr could beat Peterhead, Airdrie, Cowdenbeath or Stranraer in a two leg tie . So much lost potential that must be realised before your going to get out of this league...great wee club very poorly run....

One on my Facebook has completely lost it too, says he's reporting him for breaching Facebook rules etc.

Their isn't one thing that isn't better without these bigoted c***s polluting the top division.

Absolutely shocking patter. Do not post again.

Oh, Clyde. The sooner this sorry excuse for an outfit are wound up, the better.

Junior supporters > Clyde supporters

Why is Livingston in the Championship North when we are more southern than East Stirlingshire. Also Stenhousemuir are in the North with us. Even though Stenhousemuir and East Stirlingshire share the same ground. Whoever wrote that is a stupid c***.

Hibs - Not in the Premiership because they are not good enough. Hearts - Relegated because of financial mis-management and because they weren't good enough to overcome their points deduction. Rangers - Not in the Premiership because they were liquidated and had to start from scratch. Phoenix club not good enough to win a play-off against a dreadful Motherwell side. Dundee Utd - About to drop out of the Premiership because they are the worst team in it by quite some distance. Someone will need to explain why shoehorning any of these sides into the top-flight would help our game. Could you imagine if Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd and Arsenal all dropped out of the English Premier, all within a few seasons of each other? The English press would be telling the world how competitive and cut-throat their league is. Up here, it's the complete opposite. With the likes of Keith Jackson given prominent roles within the media, it's a race to the bottom. Thank f**k for the good people of P&B.

All these comments across threads that posters had inside knowledge but wouldn't share etc etc, some of us knew a year or two ago... lol Best of luck Davie, well done on the new job!

Cutting our loses with a foreign dud after 2 or 3 games is an approach that we should have resurrected for kurakins.

Fairport Convention : Over The Next Hill

Fotj will be on soon to say that's who he knew it was haha

Dealt with like the banned song book at Ibrox or actually dealt with?

Hearing rumors that Fiuza-Carrilho may be joining? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fiuza-carrilho&rlz=1C1AVNG_enGB650GB650&biw=1280&bih=699&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwii4qGGupPKAhVH1RoKHRNFB4oQ_AUICSgE

Is there are a reason that 90% of Glaswegians are sound c***s in real life yet turn into maudlin ambulance chasing twats online?

Anyone ken how to shut up a noisy wheelbairn?

100,000 petitions? I take it the signatures ran into the tens of millions?

DEAR MISTER IM TOO GOOD TO CALLOR WRITE MY FANS, THIS'LL BE THE LAST PACKAGE I EVER SEND YO ASS.

Leave your scheme to go to other schemes? Classic scheme goblin chat.

Labour are finished. They are self serving rats. Corbyn the weak minded tool has pandered too much to the plp eg Benn that they have no respect for him. On the other side he has failed to act on the massive mandate he had from the party to seriously change it. It's curtains..

I'd certainly look at a grown up, mature Scottish Labour party, post independence. As I've said before, the SNP are a vehicle to get the country we want. After independence, I'd fully expect the Scottish political landscape to shift again, and with it, my vote.

I believe they replaced Rangers back in 2012.

Nah, Raith Rovers fan who decided to call myself "craigkillie" for a laugh m8.

Due to a few folk I know taking the piss on it, I came across a FB page that's mainly used for selling knives by the biggest tramps imaginable Todo had a bit of a meltdown a couple of days ago due to some people not taking him entirely seriously and thus deleted (and reposted) his green knife.

Ya'al Qaeda

Your plates look like a zebra's arsehole.

Best performance from an Alloa player this season for me was Duffy in our win at Almondvale. He was brilliant that day!

How many would that be? League that has hundreds of millions of pounds poured into it has better pitches than Scotland. I, for one, am amazed.

that clip above shows just how lacking in respect the officials get the ref should have booked him for not approaching him, and if he still refused then another booking, red card and get it up ye

Photays please.