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  1. 20 minutes ago, Slipmat said:

    Definitely this.

    Despite being mistakenly (in my opinion) remembered for his "North East Revolution" , the majority of Connolly's signings from the Northern League were duds who made a handful of appearances before being shipped back to obscurity.  

    In Connolly's first game in charge he lined up with:

    David Mathieson, Paddy Atkinson*, Andy Martin*, Andy Aitken, Sandy Hodge, Jon Sunderland*, Denis Boyle, Tony Nelson*, Mark Weir, Warren Hawke, & Peter Weatherson* with Dean Muir*, Phil Nixon*, Bryan Caldwell, Ross Atkinson* and Tommy Muirhead on the bench.

    * denotes Connolly signing.

    If I recall Martin, Nelson & Ross Atkinson were all back in Geordieland before Christmas and a revolving door of players would come in one month and were gone by the next having been deemed unsuitable - Steve Preen, Paul Hollier, Jarod Suddick, Kane Young, Stuart Hepple etc.  By mid-season Connolly was recruiting mainly from Scotland bringing in experienced mainstays such as Des McKeown, Paul Kinnaird, John O'Neill, Colin Scott & Ronnie McQuilter.  All players who were nearing the end of their careers other than Scott (terrible record with injuries who arrived as a back-up) and O'Neill, and none of whom I would imagine have commanded much of the investment Kunter refers to.  

    Connolly's success really began when he stopped, to quote Kunter, "thinking outside the box".  The "Connolly Revolution" has gained an increased mythical status as some kind of genius plan that was based solely on recruiting unknowns from the English non-league game as the years have passed. 

    It wasn't.

     

     

    Ah, Tony Nelson. The player I was the most wrong about! During pre-season, I thought he was exactly the kind of dig we needed in midfield. Sent off in, I think, his first competitive game and never seen again :lol:

  2. On 30/05/2023 at 21:46, Busta Nut said:

    Smart watches, what the best yins about?

    Also not apple.

    I have a ticwatch. This is my seocnd one, I really like them. 

    Has Android wear on it, but also has two screens. The lcd screen is used most of the time, so it just tells the time, which means you get days and days of battery life 

  3. On 07/05/2023 at 21:39, Miguel Sanchez said:

    Finished 100%. I like how the game tried to do a poignant moment with some music in the background here. It might have landed if I hadn't spent the previous 30 hours in game trying to hunt animals that didn't show up, or didn't have the right number of stars, or did have the right number stars but didn't after I'd shot them.

    ~40 more missions to gold, ~30 more animals to study and skin and then I'll finally have the platinum and can do my best to forget the game ever existed.

    Go Away GIF

  4. 4 hours ago, Fae_the_'briggs said:

    According to the report in today's Standard, which is maybe old news, he expects to have some signing/re-signing news later this week. Also like his carrot and stick approach to pre-season, players have been given training schedules for the break, if they report back fit they get an extra week off, the ones who don't report fit he says he will work them really hard to show what standards he expects. They have had an extra day off yesterday so today will be the day when some know their fate about being released or not. 

    It's only old news in that they got it from his post match interview on the website 

  5. 22 minutes ago, Otis Blue said:

    Great stuff Harry - a goal and an assist - now just sign on the dotted line on this wee bit of paper that Skyline has in his briefcase - you know it makes sense!  🙂

    Cochrane has played really well, but it was McGrory with the assist for the second. 

  6. 1 hour ago, 54_and_counting said:

    Aye the arcade gun games had great ports back in the day, time crisis and crisis zone were fantastic on the ps 2 as well and as you said the dreamcast version of HotD was top notch

    Always remember a machine in booths in glasgow centre, it was a light gun game but the whole screen was the arcade and you stood in a frame and the charcter copied your movements lile ducking and hiding, 

    You were a cop as per and you had to hide behind crates and pillars etc, but unlike time crisis it wasnt a pedal you pressed, you actually had to do the movement of hiding lol, was a cracking game and the sweat was pishing off you after it 

    Yes! I remember that too. Do not remember whatever it was called though. 

  7. 1 hour ago, Empty It said:

    And House of the dead same shit but with Zombies.

    And on the rare occasion that there would be a Tekken machine I'd be on it for hours.

    House of the dead for me too. Side note, it had a cracking dreamcast port with light guns. 

    Early doors, Pacland in the local chippie, Commando at the holiday park and Kick and Run with the pedal in the local arcade. 

  8. 31 minutes ago, Artemis said:

    If it hit the arm across his chest, it is a handball even if accidental because he scored immediately afterwards. As nobody else was near him and nothing else happened, I don’t think there is an argument that he didn’t score immediately after the ball hit him. So, the only question is whether or not it hit his arm at all.

    Law 12.1
    It is an offence if a player:…

    scores in the opponents’ goal:

    directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper

    immediately after the ball has touched their hand/arm, even if accidental

    IFAB

    He chipped the keeper, ran round him and took two touches before scoring. Hows that immediately? 

  9. 7 minutes ago, peternapper said:

    Was having a look on your site for a ticket for Saturday, as far as i can see an old codger like myself can get a ticket for£6 is that correct, seems good value even for what we have had to suffer this year. I did have a ticket for our previous game at Palmerston but was the victim that got stuck for 2hrs between the bridge & Edinburgh so had to turn round and went to Kelty/Clyde game on my way back up the road. One of the very few grounds i have not been to so even given our poor form am looking forward to our visit. Is it ticket only or do you have cash gate as well?

    No, that should be £10

    Eta - you can buy tickets on the day but the ticket office is the opposite side of the ground from the away turnstile, so buying online is easier 

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