Hampden Diehard

Vogts was left with the remnants of a squad. Craig Brown persisted with guys like Hendry (and it actually worked, to be fair), but to the detriment to the development of the squad. Berti basically had to start again. Towards the end, the press were a disgrace, essentially laughing at the guy; no change there. Remember that one journalist followed him round and photographed him having a meal with his son in Glasgow after his marriage had broken up. Disgraceful, but just what you'd expect from the press here. Remember how they ultimately treated Advocaat. Fannies. He wasn't the best communicator (a problem he also had in Germany), but English-speaking people seem to regard a poor command of English as some sort of mental deficiency. SPEAK LOUDLY AND SLOWLY AND THEY WILL UNDERSTAND. He had a really hard job to do and is given no credit for trying to rebuild from scratch....and having to deal with a poor pool.

Watched a bit of the parade yesterday; a strange collection of bods taking part. However, some girls dressed up as Brazilians with one of them wearing almost nothing and quite possibly the best-looking chick that I've ever seen "live" in a bikini. There were some women who shouldn't have tried it, though. Listened to some terrific ska and reggae in the Record Factory pub; prices tear-jerking, but the day was made when one stunning wee barmaid jumped up onto the counter below the gantry to get a bottle of malt that was ridiculously high on the wall. You could hear all the middle-aged guys gasping for breath.

Up at 3.00am to usher my weekend guests into their taxi...then up at 5.30am for work....train cancelled...had to use the bus into Glasgow. F**k me, I'd forgotten how bad traveling on Glasgow buses in the rush hour is. 5 "personal" music players were competing for my attention. Driver hitting pavements and going over mini roundabouts. Ignorant p***ks shit-scared of someone sitting beside them so they put put their bags on the seats even though the thing is jam-packed. p***ks putting their feet on the seats. But my mood for the day was set with the smelly b*****d beside me being continually flatulent. Hope you and yer stomach have a very uncomfortable day.

I like the idea of Brew Dog...but I can't stand their beers. They're all so hoppy. I don't remember encountering any overly hoppy Scottish beers up until a few years ago, but so many of the beers produced by the new, small Scottish-based brewers are just a bit over the top with the hoppy taste (you can tell that I'm not a fan), I wonder who it is that they're produced for. Williams Bros. are doing a great job in producing beers that are a wee bit more suited to the auld heavy-loving palate that I have. Belhaven got a bit of stick on here, but the St Andrews that you get on draught in the Scotia is superb.

If I'm standing at the bar waiting for a drink (and I'm not a pushy sort) I hate it when flash tossers or women with attitude breeze up and just shout their order over the top of you. If the barmaid / barmen ignore them, I'll definitely give them a tip. Nothing to do with pub etiquette, but entertaining. A mate was working in London in 1982 (??) and lived in a posh area. His local pub was owned by a Scot and we spent a couple of days camped in the place round about a trip to Wembley. We had the Scotland World Cup song on the juke box constantly. A couple of posh English boys eventually got fed up and fed the jukey, and laughingly told us that they had put the England World Cup song on a few times so we could get it up ourselves. The pub owner, though, had replaced the England record with another Scotland one and swapped the label on the second Scottish one. Feckin hilarious as the English guys kept pouring more and more cash into the jukey.

You're in the bottom league now. You are now officially a diddy outfit too.

Channels that have their logo on the screen. Why?? I heard some tosser explain that people want to know what channel they're watching. And again, why?

Worst ever QP season is over. Looking forward to Saturdays now.

Can of Diebels Altbier........Germany's finest. It tastes like what I think McEwan's Export used to taste like when I was wee. Plus, for some reason, dark chocolate Tunnock's Caramel wafers go brilliantly with dark beer. Sad for a Friday night, but there you go.

This Sunday at the Ferry in Glasgow....ska frenzy with the Skarsoles (dodgy name, but good band), Esperanza and Bombskare. Best £9 you'll ever spend. Great venue too.

At the checkout .......... "that's twenty pounds 30 pence, please", and the woman looks startled and only then proceeds to look for her purse, which is at the bottom of her bag. Did she think the stuff is free?

Boring compared to some of the crackers here, but QP's sub goalie on Saturday, Blair Lochhead, was on the teamsheets as Blair Blockhead.

Someone else for Scotland to struggle to beat. Sigh!

Feck me....guys getting stick for supporting a team. Glory hunters or not (and we're talking about Brora here, not Barca), when you're getting hee-haw fans in the door, you should be welcoming ANYONE extra who's willing to pay their admittance money. Speaking as someone whose team couldn't get more than about 800 fans, even in a huge catchment area like Glasgow, when we were doing really well, I'd love some glory hunters to come along.

Aye, Murray was quite embarrassing as was your number 4 who was at the same nonsense. Then again, if I had been given a hard time by a guy just out the amateur leagues, I'd have had a short fuse too! I'm assuming that this was a relatively strong Sons team. If it was, I'd be worried if I were a Sons fan. Half of the guys we had out last night have started about ten senior game between them.

Get the "Special Moves" CD that has the "Burning" DVD as well of them in concert in New York. "I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead" is out of this world when you can see it too. I saw the DVD "film" in the cinema; it does the rounds every so often. Blasted ma heid and well worth keeping your eyes peeled for it at places like the GFT in Glasgow.

The superbly-named Wale Quik-Ajet (who was indeed very quick) played a couple of games for Queen's Park and dotted around a few other sides, including the Accies....but he really wasn't that good other than his speed. I think that his folks were Nigerian and he spent some of his childhood there although he was born here.

The Troll Hunter Norwegian take on The Blair Witch Project, with mythical yeti-like beasts giving the film its name. I watched it in Norwegian and subtitles rather than the dubbed version. A college film crew follows round this rough n ready park ranger who hunts down the big beasties that move off isolated troll reserves. The effects are pretty good for what will be a low budget film. A wee bit tongue in cheek, but that only added to my enjoyment. Well worth tracking it down on dvd, and I'd give it 7/10.

One of the best films ever made. Futility of war, destruction of a generation etc etc. Watch it again. Plus "Charlie don't surf!" - classic!

Saw the French film "Polisse" last week, a fairly gritty look at the Paris cops who deal with abuse of kids. Having seen a few decent French cop films recently, I was struck at how physical they get with the bad guys. This film is no different. A wee bit uncomfortable at times, but definitely worth making the effort to see it. 7 out of 10. Watched "Chopper" tonight, the bio of the Oz maddie, Mark "Chopper" Read. Just as good as the first time I saw it. Played with an eye for a laugh, which broke up how effin crazy the guy was. 7 out of 10. Watch this, then team it up with the hilarious spoofs of him on YouTube. Chopper's weather report is hilarious.

The Traynor article is boak-inducing. Another anti-football authority rant that reminds us all of the days when Jim Farry was pilloried on a monthly basis by the same cut 'n' paste Traynor pile of pish. Basically he says that the fitba authorities should wave some magic wand and sort all this out, giving Rangers their rightful place back at the top of the pile. It's almost as if he's ignoring the legal process that's speeding faster than a locomotive. That's what will do for Rangers. It's all out of the hands of the SFA / SPL / SFL; no wonder no one at the top wants to comment. This thing is moving at an incredible pace, so what exactly can any high heidyin possible say that will hold any water?

What some Rangers fans have failed to see is that HMRC are taking this action because their club took a conscious deceision not to pay the tax and NI since Whyte took over. The RFC accountant chappie openly admitted that they didn't pay up, on Whyte's instruction. That's the problem. It's nothing to do with the BIG tax case which might, indeed, go either way. By the way, if RFC will be defending the big case on the basis of the EBT payments being "loans" (arf, arf!) and thus not (possibly) being subject to NI and / or tax, have Duff and Duffer listed all the lucky recipients as debtors to the club. And, if so, have they being taking steps to get the loans repaid? If not, just where is Rangers' defence? Wonder if Campbell Ogilvie reckons he'll have to repay his bung?

I'm astounded that, given the number of people who support Rangers, there isn't one of them willing to make a bid where they aren't (a) a loony tune, (b) someone with a legal impediment to him taking over the club, or (c ) trying to rip the guts out of it and line his pockets. Wee Fergus may have rode off into the sunset with his pockets bulging at the expense of the mug punters who bought shares, but at least he got rid of the mob who were killing Celtic and holding them back AND he laid the base for a relatively modern club.

Wonder if they had ice cream and jelly for afters?