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To celebrate the return of Austinho (6 months inside for football related violence offences), we are back with a small tribute to the best player in Scotland.

I thought they were all big.

10 for Monday, guessed the poet.

The P&B Ryder to the Stars and Back Team Quiz 2021 Welcome to the main event gentleman. I'll try and explain this as simple as possible. Team cup event. Consisting of 22 players on each team Teams competing. Rest of the World (playing at home) v Scotland. There will be 5 sessions. 2 sessions of Foursomes, 2 sessions of Fourmans & 1 session of singles. Foursomes - 11 ties, split into pairs for each team. The better score for that pair will be counted. Best pair will receive 1 point. Fourmans - 11 ties, split into pairs for each team, The combined score for the pair will be counted. Best pair will receive 1 point. Singles - 22 ties, mano v mano. Best score receives 1 point. If any of the ties are tied. A half point to each team. 66 points in total to be won. Order of play. Session 1 Foursomes, Session 2 Fourmans, Session 3 Foursomes, Session 4 Fourmans, Session 5 Singles. Captains of each team. I will require a captain from each team, this captain will have full responsibility for their team this will consist of(please nominate yourself if you want to (extra work); Picking the pairing & order for each session 1 to 4. By PM only Picking the order of the singles in session 5. By PM only Motivating their team. Expected write up after each session. Taking all the glory if you will. Being hounded if you lose. Since the Rest of the World are playing at home, the quiz will be brought to you from NZ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/quiz/ Post your score by PM only. The teams Rest of the World v Scotland @Arabdownunder @101 @Bully Wee Villa @alang1993 @Duszek @Arch Stanton @Eednud @ArmadaleKillie @Geaky @BigBo10 @German Jag @Blootoon87 @Helpma @Cardinal Richelieu @Jacksgranda @Culter Away @kingjoey @gkneil @Leeds Saint @JamesP_81 @LincolnHearts @JustOneCornetto @Meldrew @mathematics @NJ2 @Namond Brice @NotThePars @peasy23 @pleslie99 @Ronaldo Jeremy @Ross. @Rugster @SlipperyP @Salvo Montalbano @Spring Onion @scottsdad @The Captain @Silky Si McFly @The_Kincardine @Snobot @Tynierose @The DA @WhiteRoseKillie @The Hologram All I need now is 2 captains.

That's it for me, will be back when we pump these Tories. Thank you.

Even when we win some of our support are still on here all negative. Have a day off and enjoy a result for once ffs.

We shall not be moved. We welcome the chase. Etc.

You're gonna need a bigger claw hammer.

Even taking his two goals yesterday out of the equation, Connor Ronan was absolutely brilliant. He's looked a real find.

I'd take a five nil defeat in this one to beat them in the semi final with a controversial Boyle penalty.

I actually thought we were ok up till we scored, and we were already playing much better in the second half before the red card. I honestly don't think we are playing anywhere nearly as badly as some fans are desperate to make out. We are unbeaten in the last 4, and we played St Johnstone, Hibs, Dundee United and Aberdeen in that 4. 6 points is a good return from that, and I could have easily been more.

The difference this season in Harkes and Pawlett is night and day from last season.

Only @DA Baracus could find 1200 words to write about a goalless draw with Hamilton.

Also a lovely full house to start the week with a poetry guess. Almost talked myself out of blair's origin, mind..

A guess on the poet gets me a 10 for Monday.

Have to say I enjoyed the game today, decent atmosphere, goals galore, near misses, hard challenges, players winding each other up , Jobby McCall greeting at the end, just brilliant and sums up lower league fitba. Much better than Chelsea v City yesterday in the tourist league. Respect to thistle and there fans anyone who follows there own lead in that city is alright by me

Alternatively, the single Ayr fan who allegedly made a racist comment at the game is just a thick fuckwit. Much like the one dishing out this apologist drivel.

This lad looks, eh, pretty fucking decent.

Absolute 100% fair fucks to Tam Courts. Like many Arabs, I had real concerns at his appointment and was worried that he may well just be a post Covid cheap option. The Aberdeen QF aside, I have watched United play more decent football in the first few games of this season that I reckon I saw in all of last, and we are getting results as well. We rode our luck yesterday, but with a bit better composure, and decision making in the last few minutes, or if Clancy had decided to grow a pair and award us the penalty we were due, we could have well won that game. That being said, to have a genuine belief from both sets of supporters that a draw was fair yesterday, sums up the difference between last season and this, where we barely laid a glove on the Gruesone Twosome in Glasgow. We played some genuinely superb football yesterday as well as in in the second half against Hibs, but as has been said before, like Scotland, we just need a finisher. You can’t fluke the results like we have against both The Rangers and Celtic. Our players have limited ability but are being drilled and set up in a way, not just try not to lose (like last season), but to have a fucking go as well, and that has turned into 11 points for 7 games so far, having only lost to Aberdeen away and Herats at home which is no real disgrace. It is a long season, and many twists and turns to come, but so far TC has my backing, and anyone who says he is out of his depth, hasn’t being watching United matches this season. As MG said above, the difference in the likes of Harkes and Pawlett (who is currently our top scorer and who should actually be in 5 for the season so far), is fucking staggering, but also Edwards has been a colossus and on his own saved us 2 points last week against The Fun and a point yesterday with a ridiculous goal line clearance, which really hasn’t been given the recognition it deserves. Anyway, having said all of this, cue an insipid 0-2 pumping from County on Saturday. P2BAA

Just back from a cracking weekend watching Superbikes at Oulton Park. It's fantastic how normal everything is in England. Walked into a pub for my tea, no mask, no test and trace, no pre-booking. Walked into Sainsbury's without a mask and, to be honest, totally forgot about Covid being a thing during the weekend. It was lovely. Oulton was busy, everyone acted like normal humans (or as normal as you can get in motorsport) and there wasn't a mask in sight. I don't think I really realised how much of a pain the masks were until I strolled into Sainsbury's for the first time without it on. Stopped at Gretna on the way home for a pee and it felt like a step back in time having to put on a mask with warning signs everywhere.

I had a feeling about the poet, but not a strong enough one to make it more than a guess. Still, 10/10 is, like the cheese, not to be sniffed at

The Covid red zone excuse the two are using is pathetic, given Lyon fans were in the away section at Ibrox three days before it was impossible to give access to Motherwell supporters. Are Bayer Leverkusen fans being allocated tickets for this Thursday's game at Parkhead? Of course, these are UEFA competitions, so Covid won't be prevalent in the grounds on those occasions.

They're just siphoning the red diesel from their tractors.

4th kit announcement imminent…

Football is fine and all, but that steak and black pudding pie was fantastic yesterday.

Stewart Weir is an imbecile. Very much of the "everything's shite, everything has always been shite, everything will always be shite" school of thinking and thus contributes zero to any discussion.

Probably how the SPL board felt too. (apart from Stirling, obviously)

0.7 cut for me after a good weekends golf. Down to 11 which is the lowest Iv ever been

This - yesterday was poor until Aberdeen lost their heads. There's a still a lot of work/refinement needed before I start to feel optimistic. That said, I do really like Brophy. He'll clearly never be prolific, but I thought he was great yesterday.

Anyone wanting a fight you should know the drill by now.

Ridiculous to suggest that Glass should be sacked. Last season, another young manager Callum Davidson couldnt buy a win for the first part of the league and ended up (in most peoples eyes) Manager of the Year.

Probably the most shameful example of an OF pundit doing a “please like me, rangers fans!!!” Piece.

Absolutely raging

An egg white on toast? That's very very odd.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Potato-hood, fucking Celtiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic

Aberdeen FC want to know how to start a war, it will be the only way they can get a point.

You live in the Alexander Dennis factory?

You’re obsessed with loan signings. Why not show a bit of faith in the squad we have. Or can’t you win with youngsters?

In rugby, where they are pretty much lifting this rule from, the player does have to go through various "return to play" protocols if they are identified as a head injury, but I don't think there is any timeframe put on it, and it can be a lot longer (or shorter) than 10 days. To be honest, it's about time football started dealing with head injuries and concussions a bit more seriously.

Given that Courts won't be in charge of recruitment I don't really think who was signed under him is relevant criticism or praise. Same for Mellon aswell by the way, He (allegedly) didn't want to sign Fuchs cos he wanted to focus on British players. fucking idiot.

I just saw Jaws in the cinema and some creature in my row talked all the way through Quint's Indianapolis monologue.

I'm running out of patience with Stephen Swift and his management of this football club. Yesterday's defeat to Elgin City, whilst a little unfortunate, summed up a lot of the failings we've seen time and again this season. A brand new starting XI, players suddenly brought into the team, players fielded out of position, our best player dropped, a confusing game plan, a laboured performance, and a missed opportunity. When I saw the starting line-up, it gave me the impression of someone who's throwing things at the wall in the hope that something might just stick. Ross Lyon is the fourth player we've deployed at left-back this season while Michael Miller, a player brought in to add some much-needed dig to the middle of the park, started at right-back - he's the fourth one we've used there too. We haven't even reached the end of the first quarter! James Lyon and Ross Forbes were given unfamiliar roles further forward, with neither player looking comfortable and both removed just after the hour mark. Tam Orr, who continues to struggle, was asked to operate as a back-to-goal centre-forward, while Robert Thomson sat on the bench for 67 minutes. It didn't make any sense to me. Elgin are a poor side and were there for the taking and although we had a lot of the ball, it was all a bit sterile and I don't remember us creating many chances beyond Nicky Jamieson's goal and Adam Brown's dismal effort that he somehow hooked over the bar. I watched the manager's post-match interview and it felt as though he was talking about another game entirely. "I don't feel as if we're far away," he said. "We're playing really good stuff - I think the fans will see that. We're a good team [...] I think we just need to keep playing the way that we're playing and defend a bit better and we'll get there." With respect, I disagree! A lot of the problems stem from the summer signings. I'd have to check back at previous transfer windows but I think this could well be the worst recruitment drive we've embarked on. Swift has brought in some good players to the club but on the whole his squad is so unbalanced and lacking in key areas that we look a lot less than the sum of our parts. We've played 14 competitive matches so far this season and we've only seen the same starting XI used in consecutive games once (Cove Rangers and Annan Athletic at the start of the month). How are we expected to build consistency and understanding when the manager doesn't know his best XI and chops and changes things on a weekly basis? We'll just have to batten down the hatches until January and turn over the squad then. But will Swift last that long? It gives me no pleasure to say this but the whole thing reminds me of Scott Booth's time in charge of the club between 2014 and 2015. I see a lot of similarities between the two - a uniformly agreeable appointment and a lot of initial enthusiasm followed by confusion, mediocrity and rancour, with the manager out of his depth, second guessing himself and floundering. The big difference six years ago, however, was that our SPFL status was not at stake; the prospect of dropping into the Lowland League terrifies me. There is no way we should be in this position given the money we've spent so far this season. It is not acceptable. Our upcoming run of games is a presentable one and if we don't see an upturn in form then I think the consequences for the manager could be brutal.

Here's the thing. Absolutely no-one listens to you, you utter moron. Not even the stewards it would seem, although I find your tedious little story a bit far fetched. School tomorrow. Get to yer feckin bed.

I don’t get this whole “we were lucky not to…”, “they should’ve…” and “if this happened we…” when people try and prove a point. They didn’t happen so it’s pointless arguing it. What has happened has happened and we are where we are as a result. just the same as Montrose weren’t 3 or 4 up and Cove didn’t make their dominance count. That’s football. This “Aye, but we should be worse off than we are” is the most Scottish attitude to your team ever. the attitude should be we did extremely well to pull two late goals back at Montrose and we did well to keep Cove out before taking our chances to win the game. The defeatist attitude is strong at Broadwood.

Week 8 results Another high scoring week has williebraveheart scoring 11 points which is enough for them to take top spot this week. Name Correct Score Correct Result Total Points williebraveheart 3 2 11 Zanetti 2 3 9 bobthespider 2 2 8 BW Charlie 2 2 8 Polarbear 2 2 8 ebobsboy 2 1 7 Jaggy Snake 1 4 7 Larry Hood 1 4 7 Ammo - Airdrie 1 3 6 badgerthewitness 1 3 6 BWAClyde 1 3 6 Clyde85 1 3 6 Mon_The_Fife 1 3 6 watdeadlyone 1 3 6 Bairney Rubble 1 2 5 CRFC Blue 1 2 5 fatdoug1938 1 2 5 flyfifer48 1 2 5 Grangemouth Bairn 1 2 5 Marshmallo 1 2 5 African Sunset 1 1 4 C. Muir 0 4 4 cb_diamond 0 4 4 Mr November 0 4 4 roman_bairn 1 1 4 shawfielder 0 4 4 Stevo Fife 0 4 4 Vegetableman 0 4 4 Wilson92FFC 0 4 4 BFTD 0 3 3 falkirkzombie 0 3 3 haufdaft 0 3 3 Wee Jockie 0 3 3 51 Bairn 0 2 2 AndyDD 0 2 2 Bairn in Exile 0 2 2 CoveRangers1922 0 2 2 esortnom 0 2 2 fifer67 0 2 2 jpm 0 2 2 laughing gravie 0 2 2 Maxismydog 0 2 2 chapelhall chap 0 1 1 Jambo98 0 1 1 marko 0 1 1 In the overall table fatdoug1938 still sits in 1st but we have a new player in second place. Name Correct Score Correct Result Total Points fatdoug1938 7 14 35 Zanetti 6 14 32 Chapelhall chap 7 9 30 CoveRangers1922 5 14 29 williebraveheart 5 14 29 bobthespider 5 13 28 fifer67 4 16 28 haufdaft 5 13 28 esortnom 4 15 27 Larry Hood 4 15 27 AFalkirkBairnB 4 13 25 Ammo - Airdrie 4 13 25 badgerthewitness 4 13 25 ebobsboy 4 13 25 flyfifer48 5 10 25 Jambo98 5 10 25 Jaggy Snake 2 18 24 Marshmallo 5 9 24 Mon_The_Fife 4 12 24 Bairn in Exile 3 14 23 BW Charlie 5 8 23 CRFC Blue 4 11 23 Wilson92FFC 4 11 23 BWAClyde 3 13 22 C. Muir 3 13 22 Grangemouth Bairn 4 10 22 Stevo Fife 3 13 22 African Sunset 5 6 21 BFTD 2 15 21 cb_diamond 2 15 21 roman_bairn 5 6 21 Bairney Rubble 4 8 20 shawfielder 2 14 20 watdeadlyone 4 8 20 Wee Jockie 3 11 20 falkirkzombie 1 16 19 51 Bairn 2 12 18 broomiesniper 3 8 17 LeodhasXD 1 14 17 Maxismydog 1 14 17 Polarbear 2 11 17 FortescueFotheringhamSmyth 3 7 16 laughing gravie 2 10 16 Clyde85 1 12 15 jpm 1 12 15 Scott-Replay 3 6 15 Mr November 0 14 14 Vegetableman 1 11 14 thelocalcat 1 10 13 dynamo_rumble 1 9 12 Glenmavis Diamond 2 5 11 Mantis Toboggan 1 8 11 Karpaty Lviv 2 2 8 AndyDD 1 3 6 CapitalDiamond 2 0 6 HoustonSpider99 1 3 6 mcqbez 0 6 6 Silverton End 1 3 6 marko 0 5 5 ewan_fife 0 4 4 King Kebab 0 4 4 sparkys dream 1 1 4 Come Away The Clyde 0 3 3 scottsdad 0 3 3 Angus of the Mo 0 2 2 Cambuslang Fiifer 0 2 2 Reggie Perrin 0 2 2 the snudge 0 2 2 Clyde soccer trendy 0 0 0 dirvy 0 0 0 Thanks everyone for playing!

Watch he doesn't knock f**k out of you. He's 6ft plus and has a big head remember.

Oh great, a thread where 95% of the posts will be from one poster banging on about how Leigh Griffiths is worse than ISIS.