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Virtue signalling gimps

We're sending him out on loan, we've just signed Panayiotou as backup to Hamilton and Anderson. Reilly is just coming back from a 20cm hamstring tear he got against Celtic last year. By all accounts should be a great signing until January in that league. He's a decent level Premiership striker. He'll do a f**k load of running and pressure the defenders. If you're playing a system where you get goals out of midfielders and wingers then you're absolutely going to do well with him as the play rotates around him (when he's played for us). Not sure if it'll ease anyone's mind but he hasn't looked out of place in the Premiership in the games he's played for us and I imagine once he's back to full fitness will be vying for a spot in our squad.

On masks, the scientific evidence of their actual effectiveness is a bit shaky. Outside of the medical grade masks, the evidence of impact of any old cloth covering or paper mask on your face isn't really well known. There have been lab tests that suggests that mask wearing can cut your chance of passing Covid to someone by ~20%, assuming you have it and are speaking to someone for an extended period. Some folk see this figure as significant, others not so. And this is in specialised settings, not in a supermarket, for instance, where people have steaming glasses and other discomforts that mean they might not be wearing them correctly. For me, and this is just my personal opinion, masks are dehumanising. I don't like to walk around shops and see people's faces covered up. It gives some people the illusion of safety but in truth, how much safer are they wearing one? How much safer is everyone else? I think about babies and toddlers getting to know the world, and they see people's eyes only. It just doesn't sit right with me. And masks have become a totem for the virtue signallers. A few weeks ago someone posted a tweet from a woman boasting about wearing a mask on an empty train. That's less of a concern to me. People can virtue signal all they like. But I worry when virtue signalling becomes policy - as it seems we have here. England have allowed people to choose to wear masks, but strongly recommend it. The SNP signal that they care more, and so make it compulsory, even when the situation is daft.

Also responsible for this great exchange:

"Remainiacs" and the xenophobic knobs that got us into this mess don't really have any choice but to try to make it work. I will continue to complain about the adverse effects of this monumentally stupid act of national self harm as and when they arise. I don't think I'll ever tire of laughing at news stories such as "i voted for brexit but it made my business go bust". If you think that's carping and pathetic, then great. You are entitled to your opinion. Personally i think it is more pathetic that the uk electorate decided to vote against cooperation with the neighbours mainly because they don't like foreigners. And also pathetic that the same xenophobic cretins fail to acknowledge the mounting evidence of the costs of this decision and the dearth of evidence of the benefits (yes, Sunderland, wooohoo, go spitfires!). What is truly pathetic though is using tooth-curling Daily Mail columnist portmanteaus like "remainiacs". Sad.

The same people losing their shit about SNP MPs choosing to wear masks in the Commons would be bleating about their hypocrisy if they weren't wearing masks.

I always thought this was a strange cause for the unionists. Basically they're saying that, within the UK, Scotland is running at a significant deficit. Surely this means that Scotland is not doing well within the union, and might perform better unshackled from the corpse of the the rUK?

Reilly is actually a step above what I thought we would end up with. You can point to injuries and spells of not being prolific, but he is a been there, done it, proven pro footballer. Thats quite literally more than you can say for all of our forwards, although IMO Keena will be the best of our forwards and top scorer. Plenty have already pointed out, we cant carry another who is sinply not at the required level, or a very raw punt at potential. Anyone thinking Reilly is anything less than a bit of a coup is thinking too far ahead of where we are IMO.

I will tell you first hand why the club thought it was being abused. I DID meet with Bill Clarke and the Fans Director in the Board Room in Starks Park at this time. It was about 3 years ago. The club decided that only those with the Highest rate mobility were to get a free carer ticket. So basically Wheelchair users, the blind and deaf. You know "real disabilities" My son is an athlete, swimmer and runner, he is also AUTISTIC and needs a carer in social situations to keep him safe. The DWP, Social work, Court and a list of medical professionals the length of my arm agree he needs care. Bill Clarke is a dinosaur who sat opposite me and tried to tell me despite employing a team of 4 carers and having Court issued guardianship order (on the table) allowing me to control all of his health care and financial decisions that because my son could walk unaided he shouldn't get a free carer to assist him in attending matches. The system was NEVER being abused. Our Directors were of the opinion that it was because they were ignorant of what difficulties come with hidden disabilities. The decision to remove concessions this year was 100% borne out of greed. Maybe just a coincidence that Bill Clarke returned to the club in the close season before this decision was taken. Yep sure it’s a coincidence. As I have said before DAFC treat their fans with respect, pair them up with buddies and cater for them, we treat ours with contempt and suspicion.

Can't argue that, nor can you defend the decision to stop fishing in the first place. It will take years to get back to where we should have been. The only good thing now we're back at a pond is that at least we seem to have a competent angler. Ian Fergus pretty much found all these boys on his own and having seen them twice now I've no doubt he has an eye for a player. The football so far has been a revelation compared to what I was expecting. I know absolutely nothing about academy scouting or development. However, given the background of Murray Wallace and the fact that IF seems to have picked up gems that were discarded elsewhere, is it possible that concentrating on older "rejects" is the best way to go?

A superb bit on Thatcher. Especially with the two arseholes cringing either side of him.

Better luck next time Sheepies. Know your place.

All political party's MPs are/aren't wearing masks to make political statements. You can't just accuse those that sit on the other side of the fence from yourself as making political statements.

I learned a long time ago that most people from the outside looking in don’t understand the Afghan culture. Afghans don’t wan’t to be westernised, they definitely don’t want to be oppressed and brutalised by a version of Sharia Law that seems to just be intent on inflicting extreme violence and the majority of them fucking hate the Taliban. Governments f**k everyone & most politicians are self serving arseholes but it isn’t really about why we went which should be apparent but for me it’s more about what it turned into The majority of Afghans saw 20 years of infrastructure, education, freedom from oppression and a decrease in public executions. Most people don’t know what the Taliban was like but you were there so you should know. I remember the intel briefs prior to going out for the 1st time and was shocked and now with social media everyone else should also be prepared to be shocked because what happens next and what people are about to witness isn’t going to be pretty because if people think these fuckers have changed their spots then think again and the Afghan people know it hence the scenes we see now, this new Taliban shit doesn’t wash with me and AQ is still active in the country. I’ve seen some desperate times but no matter how bad it’s got it’s never got that bad that sitting on the wheel arch or hanging off the wing of a C17 was a solution to it but that should evidence just how desperate your average Afghan is and just how far they are willing to go to escape the situation they have been left in. I genuinely don’t know what the answer is but walking away and turning a blind eye isn’t either in my opinion

Might watch the first show and then bark at the wife to get Bannan aff. She'll be none the wiser.

There cant be many better realistic options than Gavin Reilly surely?

Good! Didn't want Martin Boyle to sign. Next!

Just been told Reilly deal is done and he is joining on loan,probably till January.

Never been to Greenock, I take it? There's a reason virginton only posts photos where the view is out to sea.

"If they play on the streets, we'll watch them from the pavements" - just over 200 people

I’m glad we’re amplifying the lived experiences of privileged white people living in occupied countries

You offered 500k because you thought that was his release clause. Aberdeen and Davie Cormack were made to look daft. Quite funny.

That would be the case if masks were optional indoors but they're not, they're mandatory.

Watched about an hour of the match (missed both goals but sounded like 2 crackers). Must say that what I saw was a very energetic & committed team (U16s tonight rather than the U18s) and all put themselves across well. Some of the one touch passing & the movement, as John Collins would say, was tremendous. Nice wee crowd there of around 150-200. As already said, I hear they expected to be a taught a lesson on Sunday & Last night but was far from it. Would certainly go back & will try catch the U18s at some point too.

Get him to f**k. There’s a whole continent we can scour for players. Unacceptable imo.

Looks ok now...

I went along to the under 16 game v Hearts last night, and have to say I was quite surprised by the standard within both sides, in what was very enjoyable to watch. The game was played at a decent tempo with both sides holding nothing back. It was far from the tippy tippy Pro Youth stuff I remember from some of the previous games at that kind of level from about 5/6 years ago. I can only imagine there has been a change in the style of play these youngsters are being coached. Also the game was helped by a ref who let a few hard challenges go from both teams and not stopping play for trivialities. From a Falkirk point of view credit has to be given in seeking out these lads in a short period, and as I said Hearts also had some decent players too. Definitely worth going along to again

Just let the boy be, he's got a sickness of the soul which comes from literally standing as a prospective parliamentary member for a party which had just gleefully spent five years enabling the death of thousands of people through bureaucratic cruelty.

Should really be saving it for a Sunday IMHO

There's absolutely no issue with the guy (and others in similar circumstances) rehabilitating and getting back into employment (as long as whoever's employing them is happy to do so). I absolutely see an issue with someone's who's been found guilty of sexual assault (and it doesn't just sound like the sort of shit everyone's mate's done when they've had a few and not taken the hint) being employed in a role where they're looked at as a role model for kids.

I've never been asked which is a shame since I'm judgemental as f**k and hate going to work

We will take 5000 "in year 1" with thousands more to follow. What an utter pile of steaming lying shite. The UK (and the rest of the world) has literally days if not hours to get Afghans out of the country and they know it. Talk of X in year 1 is an utter sham. Anyone buying into dross like this is as pathetic as the Govt themselves yet no doubt the lap dog press will lap it up, lord it as an example of GREAT Britain. Boils my piss.

Had a read through this thread. https://www.austriansoccerboard.at/topic/128587-linzer-ask-fc-st-johnstone/#comments Hadn‘t realized that the game was being played in Klagenfurt due to their stadium being Cat. 2. Tomorrow‘s game requires Cat. 3 & group stage Cat. 4. Linz to Klagenfurt is a 3 hour trip by car. A combination of this, the early k/o time plus a price of €30 for an adult / €15 for a child. has p!ssed off most of them. Ticket sales mentioned as being 272. General feeling from going through the thread, is they‘ll think they‘ll go through but the performances against Galatasaray have knocked out most of the ‚piece of p!ss, against these Scottish fermers‘ attitude. All the best Saints, was in Linz in 1995 for the Intertoto game against Thistle.

Having made it this far I had to do my first test this weekend. Colleague I'd been in office with on the Thursday started showing symptoms the next day. I got pinged by Track & Trace on Saturday morning and was able to book a test for 30 mins later. Results Sunday morning and all clear (for Covid anyway.....). Because I'm double Vax'd no further isolation needed.

Gormless Gordon must have lived a past life in Austria-Hungary's Chancellery in the summer of 1914, with this insistence that i) states are fully responsible for atrocities committed by terrorist groups and ii) foreign governments should be given no time whatsoever to resolve their domestic policy, prior to the 'diplomatic solution' elapsing and war being declared. Fun fact: the Austrian ultimatum of 1914 is now understood to have been a sham pretext for war all along and it ended even worse for them than it did for the US. Fun fact 2: The Austrians actually let 30 days pass before declaring war, so the US beat even them to the punch.

To be fair, there's been little or nothing from the Scottish Government or Jason Leitch about the rising cases. It's almost as if the vaccines are preventing the same sharp increase in hospitalisations and deaths meaning there's absolutely nothing to be concerned about.

The Thatcher Died Alone stand was my vote.

this plus the raith game has been a bruising few days. A skelping tomorrow and Sunday should round off the week nicely.

^^^actual tears

Reilly has been a 1 in 3 striker at this level and the level above without every really being the main man. Would be absolutely fine to come in and challenge Keena.

That simply underlines the complete stupidity of NATO, whose leaders believed that states could declare a conventional war on a terrorist group (then more broadly, 'Terror' itself). Article 5 was never invoked on behalf of any previous terrorist atrocity: whether in Turkey or the far left bombings in Italy. Doing so 'because America and 9/11' still did not justify regime change and the destruction of Afghanistan as a sovereign state as a credible policy outcome, en route to completing NATO's crusade against an abstract noun.. The organisation is a dangerous Cold War anachronism that should be wrapped up.

Against a backdrop of her constant huffing that "this hoose is always a bombsite" and other tidiness whining, I iust discovered aswell as a shitty auld storage box thing, shes also took a cast off massive bean bag off her maw, which we have no place for and is not filling the wee cupboard under the stair. Literally all this thing that someone else didnt want is going to do is waste space until I have to take it to the cowp. Why the f**k

In maybe some more uplifting news, the Latvian FA is hinting around giving Legzdins a cap, which I would love to see personally. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/7567983/dundee-adam-legzdins-latvia-world-cup-call-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1629236153

Probably thawed out by now.

I visited a drop-in mental health centre last week and spoke to someone about my depression. It didn’t really make a significant difference tbh and I didn’t have any breakthrough but it was a huge step for me to actually attend the session.

Going to out myself a little here which i wouldn't normally do but only because i find your take on this pretty disrespectful to everyone that has spent time out there trying to help. I was there during the original Op Veritas and subsequent Herricks before leaving in 09 and i can tell you from a first person perspective you couldn't be further away from the reality of what was going on. The level of brutality you saw there especially in the early days you couldn't possibly comprehend, its barbarism that i would expect to see if i had lived in medieval times and this was a ruling force doing this to their own countrymen and often so their women. It's was so far backward that it was genuinely fucking upsetting, i genuinely don't have the words to describe it to you and do it justice but to suggest we reciprocated this level of torture or that the taking of life unnecessarily was something that happened daily is also pretty upsetting tbf. I don't know of anyone who went out there and didn't have a fondness for the Afghan people who mostly were just trying to live their lives. I've seen many of their lives turn around just because of our presence there. We showed them kindness and we tried to help them in any way we could especially the children because when they grow up and the Taliban try to recruit them or tell them the West is evil they may remember just how much we cared about them and not follow that path. Sadly what you see now was in someway inevitable. Many of these Taliban soldiers you see now were likely ANA at some point and likely trained by us. Looking at the pictures of the ordnance they carry and simple things such as their trigger discipline when you pictures or videos of them suggest that hence why they have been so quick to mobilise and take back control. Anyway that was longer than i intended it to be when probably a simple f**k off would have done

England v Scotland, 1903, at Bramall Lane, Sheffield. Note picture 4. The kilted chap is Captain Robert Main Christie, the Scottish Linesman. Scotland won 2-1.