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Decent match that.
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Almagro now beginning to look like the latest jobber in a long line of jobbers.
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3 minutes ago, Savage Henry said:
Almagro looks like a Barcelona player making his debut. Looks very nervous.
Breaks Murray to love. Looks like he's bricking it right enough.
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Not sure what the outrage is about...
A part time team could never finish above a full time team in this leagueDumbarton could never finish above RaithDumbarton haven't finished above Raith for half the seasons they've been in this leagueRaith couldn't flirt with relegationI thought our manager was a clown
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19 minutes ago, Brazilianlex said:
Celtics first foray into the Jan transfer market is to spend £3 million on a 19 year old foreigner.
And Stewart Regan thinks we should shut down all the academies and give the money to Celtic and the other "big" clubs to rear the next generation of Scottishh internationalists.
you couldnt make it up. What a bunch of corrupt fuckwits.
More like give the money to the big clubs to fund them bringing in youngsters from abroad. The only reason for this is to theoretically raise quality to get a better TV deal so they can then award themselves a payrise. Wankers.
When will these clowns realise that clubs only aim is to do the best for their club. They don't guve a f**k about the Scotland team as it's not their job.
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25 minutes ago, BrigtonClyde said:
It's not a question of "politics" HD, it's basic
If ANY club gets driven into the ground, it has a direct effect on the standard on the park. If that reduces dramatically to the point it's barely watchable, the only way to counter that is offer some kind of hope / vision for the future that the majority can buy into, take it on the chin short term. If that's not in place, serious problems
But OK, cards on the table. Can anyone explain to me what "agenda" literally hundreds of Clyde fans had pre name change debacle to stop going other than the quality was garbage & there was no long term strategy to get enthusiastic about? Anyone??
Nobody starts supporting Clyde expecting titles and trophies every year, but we've an understanding of our history, a respect for it and also our potential. We're operating with around 30% of our fanbase in attendances now... I've read all the spin contradicting that in the past few years. But unlike the M.O. of those following most teams in the bottom 2 divisions, generally content with their lot which explains why theyve spent 95% of their existence in them, we should expect something better
The day guys like SSB & CST post what they've done, if that isn't a wake up call I dont know what is. The days of 'just turn up and see what happens otherwise the club might die" are gone
You can agree / disagree with people's decisions, it doesn't matter, they've made them. Appeals on here won't change that and neither will shirking responsibility
The way forward? Accept reality, learn from mistakes made (everyone makes some), and give the majority a reason to engage.
I've read some deluded shite from fans of so called big teams in the last few years but this one really takes the prize
Real sleeping giant Clyde. Poised to bring in a new manager who will triple their attendance and realise their potential
Keep expecting pal. You've had plenty practice and a lot more to come
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5 minutes ago, Tartantony said:
Why's that then?You claim to be a season ticket holder but you're unaware your club had to write to your manky fans because they don't wash?
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3 minutes ago, Randy Giles said:
Oh, and given Celtic vote for their own self interest ahead of Scottish football, as they're spot on for doing btw, then spare us the "THEY'RE HAUDING US BACK" tripe. You care as much about Scottish football as they do.
Give them colt teams in the league if they change the 11-1 voting system. We could then vote the OF out of the league and see how much we're holding them back when no league wants them.
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6 minutes ago, Tartantony said:
Another one, didn't say any of that either. Keep em coming boysThought you were away back to a relevant forum. Oh yeah, everything you post is shite.
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5 minutes ago, Cowden Cowboy said:
The benefit to Rangers and Celtic would be obvious - in that they play in a professional competitive environment not against the same cosseted kids they have played against for years. What the reserve league used to provide but probably more competitive. The benefits for the rest of Scottish football are arguable and will form part of the sell - then it is largely a matter of opinion or point of view. Presumably Rangers and Celtic as the clubs involved would be underpinning directly or indirectly any financial arrangement that could see this introduced.
On the subject of voting power favouring the smaller clubs that is nonsense as the voting structure is weighted in favour of the bigger clubs given the higher the League you are in the greater your voting power - that is subject to checks and balances to prevent big or small clubs having the ability to impose their will on the other party. Not perfect by any means but a reasonable arrangement which helped get agreement to the SPFL being introduced.If we're pinning our hopes on rangers underpinning something financially we may as well pack it in now.
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Tony is obviously fed up with being ripped to bits on the dundee match thread so thought he'd come down here for a bit of sport.
like all celtic supporters he's a c**t that cares not a jot about whats best for Scottish football and only about beating rangers.
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1 hour ago, Blue Brazil Forever said:
Aye, they change ends at halftime and go for it when they hear the command "six fingers"
FTFY
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6 minutes ago, Lichtie78 said:
Fair point. Just think if Clubs don't come out and say something it'll be easier to force it upon us.I'm not holding my breath but the fucknuggets in charge might genuinely come up with a package of measures that might have a chance of improving our game overall and this might be included. On its own I don't see how it has a chance of doing anything except ensuring the most talented youngsters gravitate towards the OF even more than they do today where most of them will be lost to football as they aren't actually good enough to make it at the OF and will be weeded out way before they reach even the U-20's.
If it's a price to pay for things like improving the current pyramid, creating better facilities, ensuring coaches at school are qualified, more qualified coaches working with youth football clubs and caps on the number of youngsters the larger clubs can hoover up then it might be overall better for the game.
I think we're all dreaming if we think any proposal will be remotely like that though and I'm sure the muppets in charge genuinely think that this one thing will have the OF youth systems churning out international players in no time flat.
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4 minutes ago, Lichtie78 said:
I'd really like it if Clubs against this came out and said so now, even if it's just a small statement on the website/Facebook page. I understand that the decision to put 20s teams in the challenge cup was taken without a full vote, leaving Clubs feeling ignored. Putting out a definitive statement to let the SFA, SPFL, Malky MacKay and everyone else concerned know that we won't stand for this nonsense would mean we can't be ignored.
How can clubs reject something when no actual proposal has been made? All we have are reports that this might be something that is proposed.
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5 minutes ago, Ivo den Bieman said:
Meanwhile, I wonder where arll the dribbling mouth-breathers who were accusing us of "rank paranoia" in the summer when many rightly predicted that the forcing of Colts into the Challenge cup was a trojan horse for exactly the kind of maneouvre we are seeing now?
You'll find them in the premiership forum.
I'm sure they'll get riled up about this as it benefits only the OF, not because they'll give a shit about the lower leagues. These are the same clubs that shat all over the lower leagues when the SPL was created so Regan and cockwomble will find some way of bribing them to play along.
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5 minutes ago, David W said:
I've said this on here before. I'm a school teacher who takes a football team throughout the year and I also take anything up to 50 kids abroad for a week at a Valencia or Real Madrid. In our one school there's a number of similar guys. Unpaid for the privilege, as are hundreds of parents, uncles etc.
I've not heard a single thing from the SFA. No offers of subsidised coaching courses, no advice, nothing. Literally the only contact is when they want a result for the schools cup.
I'm not trying to claim that I'd be a miracle worker but surely it'd be worth taking advantage of what is a group of people with a huge interest in football, who already have a teaching skillset.
They are not interested in solutions. They are interested in headlines. And the football clubs of the SPFL should have nothing to do with them.
GTF.
No place for sensible suggestions here. Can't you just rant about the SFA?
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38 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:
I wish the Old Firm c***s were in League Two...
Aberdeen would still find a way to bottle the league
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30 minutes ago, Loonytoons said:
Given that age is a factor here, what if you have a very good crop of players that gets the Colt team easily promoted but they are ineligible to play the next season and the next influx are crap and are just cannon fodder for the higher league.
How is that meant to help either of those groups of players to develop.The only way to save Scottish football is to allow promotion but not relegation.
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8 minutes ago, JakeSAFC said:
Love that, this clearly effects our clubs but our clubs dont get a vote?
What a laughing stock the SFA & SPFL are.All clubs get a vote and there's 3 gates it has to pass. 11-1 in the prem is one of the gates. I can't remember the details of the other two gates and can't be arsed to look it up but it's something like 75% of all clubs and I think the other is a certain number of prem and championship clubs.
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Thats got to be a sair yin. Only lose 6 points on your serve and lose the set
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Get this servebot pumped.
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2 hours ago, The Chlamydia Kid said:
Burns was never the best in his division though. Love wee Ricky but the fact he's a 3 weight world champion says more about boxing than it does Ricky.
I am biased. I don't like Andy Murray. I want to see him win stuff and I don't think being number one is something to be sneered at (even though I have sneered at him here) but I would much rather he had 6 or 7 majors under his belt.They're called slams mate. If you want to talk about majors I'm sure there's a golf thread you could f**k off to.
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49 minutes ago, TheScarf said:
No he isn't.
His backhand is terrified, Andy's on fire.
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Is that Berdych's bird the camera keeps going to?
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Verdasco must have found a new gluten free diet over the off season the way he's been playing.