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Unsure if there’s a more irritating trio in world politics than the ‘co-leaders’ and that ginger c**t. Good riddance.

I don’t think the Tartan Army require any ‘personal reflection’ whatsoever. Supporters have absolutely no obligation to attend the matches of the women’s team. I want the Scotland women’s team to do well the same way I want the U21 or U19 teams to, but I have zero interest in actually going to any games. The FA have a duty to fund and promote the sport for everyone and should be aiming to grow the game for both women and men. ‘Tartan Army’ members do not. They are already typically attending club team games on top of international matches so why anyone should feel the need for ‘personal reflection’ for not attending even more matches is beyond me. Maybe more women could actually buy tickets to watch other women play?

They get exactly what they deserve for ordering nachos at the football ffs.

Dealing with HMRC is a complete nightmare even when you do get through. You spend an hour on hold then get put through to either a complete simpleton or someone who can barely speak English.

and… they hibs’d it

3,000 for a qualifier with thousands of free tickets handed out is very worrying though. The trains before kick off were incredibly quiet and there weren’t even stalls up selling merchandise. Just zero interest. The women’s game is generally growing in most countries and we seem to be going backwards.

Scotland women are ranked above Ireland women. It’s not that simple. Something has gone badly wrong in the promotion of the women’s game in this country.

Any context to this?

Sidibeh has a bit of the Nigel Hasselbaink about him eh?

Dundee were the bigger club when they were playing with the ball below & they talked about ‘inside left’ & ‘left half’ as positions & played about 8 strikers. It’s basically a different sport. Haven’t won the big cup since 1900 odd either.

Not to mention the fact Dundee haven’t averaged over 7k fans since 00/01 (according to transfermarkt). United have done so in 17 seasons since then… Dundee United have won far more honours recently and played in Europe more often (especially recently). Dundee United’s turnover is £8m+. I couldn’t find a figure for Dundee FC. The reason for this is that they qualify as a ‘small company’, whereas United do not - this means that the disclosure requirements for their financial statements are less stringent. Says it all really. I would be interested to know on which metrics Dundee are ‘bigger’.

Which one?

Wrong, the answer is 11.

I’d say it probably plays a pretty important part in how you view a club, yes. How is it a lie? How many seasons out of the last 20 have you spent in the second tier? I’ll wait.

I will shoe horn St Johnstone into any discussion.

Agree with you here. Dundee might be the bigger club to pensioners but it’s been 50 years since they’ve won anything, so realistically you’d have to around 60 to even remember a cup win. They’ve spent most of the last two decades in the Championship/First Division & have a smaller fanbase nowadays than United as well (United have a higher average attendance despite being in a lower tier this season). In my lifetime Dundee United have always been a pretty solid team, winning trophies, reaching cup finals, playing in Europe etc. Perhaps historically Dundee were bigger, but it’s not the case anymore. It’s like arguing Queens Park are one of the biggest clubs in Scotland because they won loads of trophies outwith most people’s living memory.

Making it to the semi finals of a major tournament is something I’d be willing to bet I never see Scotland do. I don’t think I’ll ever witness a player as good as Bale play for Scotland. It’s annoying as a fan of a bigger and more traditional football nation that Wales fans have experienced that. It’s also why a lot of diddy team fans (especially Hibernian) are bitter about St Johnstone Football Club. We’ve been much more successful than nearly every Scottish club of a similar size in recent history and it’s made fans of other clubs very resentful. If we’d been pissing about down in the Championship for the last 15 years then the level of bitterness would be nowhere near the same level.

It’s sheer seething jealousy about how much more successful they’ve been than Scotland in the past couple of decades.

Definitive ranking:

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/12355120/celtic-st-johnstone-joe-gormley-caught-chairman/amp/ What a loser.

On your first point - as Shadow Play says, you should probably look into what was actually done re his estate. If you think rich (socialist) people using loopholes to avoid paying tax isn’t hypocritical then fair enough. Regarding the second, there are plenty far more egalitarian societies than the UK that have scrapped inheritance tax - Norway and Sweden being prime examples - and so it’s not the most ‘bonkers’ idea ever. Those countries, of course, have other (seemingly more effective) ways of taxing wealth. Not that I’m advocating for the UK to scrap inheritance tax obviously.

Yet more evidence of discrimination against St Johnstone players IMO.

no one to blame but yourself for that one bud.

There’s a difference between paying additional tax voluntarily and taking active steps to avoid tax. It makes you look pretty hypocritical when you’ve railed against inherited privilege, to then not pay what you’re due within the spirit of the law.