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I've booked accommodation in a town not hosting any matches specifically to avoid this.

It looks see-through. Hope for their sakes it doesn't rain.

Also... https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/issue-1/remembering-ralph/ For the 25th anniversary of the Premier Division win, Davie Dodds had a function in his Dundee pub and I found myself in a room full of heroes. Late in the evening, Richard Gough asked me “where’s busy?” Ralph, myself and the Californian-based Gough found ourselves in the Mardi Gras nightclub, where Ralph and I watched in unbridled delight as the following ensued: INT. MARDI GRAS NIGHTCLUB. NIGHT. The nightclub is largely empty. Tatjana’s Santa Maria blasts the threadbare crowd. Ralph, myself and Gough stand at the bar. Gough’s hair, once ginger, is now golden. His face is a deep mahogany. He looks magnificent, and he knows it. A MAN approaches, a little unsteady on his feet. MAN Are you Richard Gough? GOUGH Correct. MAN What you up to these days big man? Gough flicks back his golden hair. GOUGH Surfing. MAN (presuming he’d misheard) Surfing? GOUGH Surfing. MAN Surfing? GOUGH Surfing. MAN (with growing confusion) Surfing? GOUGH Surfing. The man looks around the dark, empty spaces of the Mardi Gras. As Santa Maria reaches a crescendo (Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Oh, Oh, Santa Maria…) his whole life flashes before his eyes. He thinks about choices made, turnings taken, opportunities missed. He revaluates the very core of his being as everything he has ever known to be true retreats in front of him. He grips the bar, as to find some semblance of solidity in a world suddenly void of reason. He turns back to the golden-haired Gough, his body crumpled, his eyes pleading for escape from the escalating existential crisis, his voice cracked and full of pain… MAN Surfing?!

I remember years ago seeing a picture of a bunch of the league-winning team on a night out - there must've been around eight of them and there was Richard Gough. It kinda shocked me as I was much like you - dead to me - but he clearly remembers the time with affection. So I'll cut him some slack given he played for us for six years and helped win us the title.

I know. You'd think the social media team would know that Richard Gough was a right-back for us, not a centre-back. But hey-ho. Also, no mention of Ray Stewart. Sean Dillon? Love him, but, no.

Understand the fear, but chances of getting even half you apply for are tiny. Go wild or go home.

Lots of folk flying - when heading to NW Europe, always get the party boat across

Maybe Apps aren't the best way to tell about injuries? Cook has been working his way back to fitness following a hamstring injury and was not ready to return for Saturday’s defeat at Huddersfield. Striker Dykes, who also missed that game after picking up a knock, has had a scan and Rangers are hopeful the problem is not serious. He too could be involved against the Baggies.

Well the MLS recently signed a $2.5bn TV deal, so if it is worse, I'm guessing not for long.

Richard Gough says what?

Be more like Germany

Maybe playing (arguably) the 3 best teams in Europe in a row wasn’t the best idea?

All well and good playing a 541 to keep it tight against France, but the lack of any kind of creativity is horrendous. McLean and Ferguson providing the attacking spark? C’mon!

McFadden was just one of those players you see occasionally who become possessed when they pull on the national jersey.

Imagine having Vincent Kompany, Moussa Dembele, Kevin de Bruyne and Eden Hazard (all around their peaks) in your team and ever losing. I can't compute.

Understandable. The squad that Belgium had ridiculously underperformed. I still drool looking at their 2018 World Cup squad.

Staggering how folk forget.

Still, somehow people forget just how fecking good Hutton was at his peak - for a couple of years he was one of the best fullbacks on the planet.

50 lashes should cover it

Peak Hutton > Current Hickey, but I think he was beyond that point in 2013.

Realistically this will be the last shot for a bunch of our current key players to get to a World Cup - notably Robertson and McGinn would be 32 and McGregor 33. And we're in as good a position as we've been since 96-98 to do it. Does anyone know the seeding setup for qualifying? Don't want no play-offs, lets top that group! If it's based on Nations League rankings then finishing 3rd (or above) in the 24/25 Nations League group would make us pot one and finishing last pot two. If it's on FIFA ranking then we're currently 16th, but with a realistic chance of making it to 12th (currently Sweden) for pot one. Anyway, I'm going to every Scotland game now to ensure I can get tickets for the party. I did the same for Brazil, but hey-ho

I've already moved on to the mentality that it'll be epic failure if he doesn't. Sorry Steve - you raised the bar! In fact of the regular starters, McGregor at 30 is the oldest, so there's not really any retirements coming before the next World Cup, we've got some good youngsters and there's 16 teams to qualify instead of 13. Let's go!

Almost exactly 10 years ago we actually beat Croatia 2-0, albeit it was a dead rubber. You could make a case for a few of those players getting into the current team, but we're clearly stronger now. Allan McGREGOR Alan HUTTON Charlie MULGREW Russell MARTIN Grant HANLEY Barry BANNAN Scott BROWN (C) James MORRISON Steven NAISMITH Robert SNODGRASS Ikechi ANYA

If, if, the teams from pot 2 go into the groups as A2, B2 etc then you could gamble that way, but I'm not even sure that's how it works.