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  1. Be interesting to know the stats on the German conversion rate to full caps from the same game as comparison.
  2. tend to agree BUT is it any different to Knightswood short term plans that were accpeted? (again would help if both teams were transparent on their plans)
  3. maybe you know something we dont but had Dumbarton Academy FPs applied (themselves one of the historically best Amateur teams in the country) I still suspect Knightswood would have prevailed. Does seem restrictive that it had to be one over the other in an arbitrary vote, if both meet the criteria on paper.
  4. Hard to assess the rights or wrongs of the vote without knowing the details of both applications. If St Pats aim to apply again, would hope they maybe share some of the vision and aims for the future. With ground sharing with existing league clubs in the area ruled out (DFC already sharing and the pitch being a LT issue and presumably The Vale not wanting to ruin one of the best pitches in the West) their options were obviously limited. My only guess was that they would try to copy what Drumchapel have done with the Donald Dewar at OLSP High School. Basically just another cage with mesh to restrict outside viewing..longer term there really is no other solution. The other missing piece of the infrastructure missing was likely the pathway, with only the 1st and 2nd teams at adult ages. I recall Dumbarton Academy FPs trying to run U21s and 19s for a while but cant remember St Pats ever trying it. I presume that would have been part of the plan for a U20s at least. But the area is already saturated with teams at all levels, even taking over an existing team would have its challenges. (see the stupid discussion on here regarding assumptions of religion etc.) Funnily enough there are more than a few Dumbarton based boys and coaches involved in Knightswood's teams at various levels so they would be competing with them as well as existing Dumbarton, Vale, Clydebank and Yoker youth teams. I hope they apply again as its a club with a fantastic history in a hotbed of football. Although ideally from a personal perspective I'd prefer a Dumbarton "United" team in the WOSFL.
  5. But thats just you're perception of the meaning. City will probably win the CL in Saturday, having spent billions. Fair enough. But there are probably 20k city fans alive that watched them in the 3rd tier and have had to live with being the 2nd team in a city for decades while man u win everything... tell them that win would have no meaning... Is that less earned than Annans for them?
  6. As an Aussie albeit from this distance that's not how I remember it. Every coach gets questioned on selections, particularly national teams, he was no different. Coaching and selection aside, I clearer remember he had a slightly difficult relationship with the press who perceived him as curmudgeonly. Especially as part of his "values", to coin a phrase was to never give a straight answer and be a bit sneery and smart arsy to basic questions. Will need to dig through the old Green and Gold forum for examples..
  7. Division A and B - what was the reason for that naming convention? Only ever seen it as Div 1 Div 2 etc...unless its conferences and those dont look like conferences
  8. Dundee United used to use Helenvale twice a week at nights in late 80s (1989/90?) to coach and train their Glasgow and surrounds Schoolboys trialists and S-Forms. From memory it was Astroturf then as well.
  9. It does look at most times from the two European games I've seen that Ange and the players think pressing is just the front players running really fast towards opponents with the ball, the individual effort is there but they just don't press as a team or in any cohesive way. Works in Scotland as most home grown players are technically poor under any sort of pressure, not in Europe were you just get passed round. Its really naive at times and there appears to be no plan b.
  10. Both would appear to be shit in the box.. Looking forward to the gaslighting bingo later. Dominated. If we took our chances. Progress. Positive. Almost. Always the same in Europe., all of the above. But never a win.
  11. It genuinely looks that the Scottish and English Police forces are struggling for resources this week, looks like the Arsenal V PSV games has the same issue. If they are expecting 100k + (weirdos with too much time on their hands) in Edinburgh and 1m + in London then it is what it is. Its an extra-ordinary one off event and we cant really expect them to be everywhere. Although I would suggest they draft the Army in as "police" at Ibrox just as a social experiment..
  12. Another example of why VAR and the way its been operated in football is a waste of time and still relies on human interpretation, still open to error and in practice full of unconscious bias. The VAR operator rushes to select one suitable still for the on pitch ref to review, without first having conducted the most basic of checks. VAR should either be scrapped or learn some lessons from Cricket when they conduct a review. In Cricket there is a understood process and checklist that they go through that is understood by all, conducted in the open for all on tv at least to hear the umpires and tv umpires decision process. The first check in any offside review should refer to the actual rules and check for 2 opposing players between the goal. They then need to be actually consistent in the criteria and the lines, one weeks its a foot arm etc...the one with Lukaka last year was a joke, measuring from Lukaku's arm to Van Dijk's torso and foot, conveniently ignoring the two arms in line... edited to add ....I wouldn't be against American football type yard lines on the pitch to make it a more transparent process, they don't have to be as visible as they existing white lines or across the whole pitch. just something to demonstrate that the VAR line is actually straight. at the moment its open to interpretation.
  13. That's the only point of interest really in the accounts, everything else is as you were.. Land beside the stadium sold for £1,848,000 to be paid in 2 instalments (recovery of the debt subject to planning permission on houses) Apr-23 £300,000 Apr-26 £1,548,000 there is a difference between the reported debt at £1,503,482 and the note on instalments, although it mentions proceeds discounted at appropriate rate of interest so I presume given inflation and land value falling it effectively worth less when its due. (£1.8m to be paid in the future is only worth £1.5m now)
  14. maybe those involved at the club could look into taking payments on phones. Should technically be possible for the staff to use their own device but the funds still go to the club account. Anything is possible these days, I was bucket shaking in Morrisons recently (no signings spotted) for charidee and could accept donations via an app in seconds...
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