Hank von Hell 1,204 Report post Posted January 18 Just now, roman_bairn said: I suspect player contracts may be one issue as an example.... Short term extensions like they did in England.......apart from Lyle Taylor that is. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank von Hell 1,204 Report post Posted January 18 6 minutes ago, Bantabairn said: Not quite, he’s the guy holding the gun as he knows the they can’t afford to get rid of him.... he’s no daft You honestly think Dermott Desmond's Celtic haven't enough spare cash to bullet him? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bantabairn 824 Report post Posted January 18 12 minutes ago, Hank von Hell said: You honestly think Dermott Desmond's Celtic haven't enough spare cash to bullet him? Of course he has, they’ve lost an absolute fortune over the past 18 months after a disastrous European campaign and player recruitment, add on Covid and the losses must be mounting, add on severance for firing the manager most likely tips the biscuit tin.... 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grangemouth Bairn 3,574 Report post Posted January 18 56 minutes ago, kiddy said: He already has! I was responding to Shodwell’s comment re. When he leaves Liverpool. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bairn in Exile 534 Report post Posted January 19 2 hours ago, ShaggerG said: I'm sure he'll be a shoo-in when Robertson joins Barca! At last, somebody that can spell shoo-in! 😋 It must just be us auld codgers that can spell properly. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan Freemason 2,285 Report post Posted January 19 At last, somebody that can spell shoo-in! It must just be us auld codgers that can spell properly.Yep.......and it’s Lawwell, not Lawell........although the whispering classes around Parkhead tend to refer to him as Liewell these days.In memory of the Fast Show, I’ll get my coat. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank von Hell 1,204 Report post Posted January 19 When did "the optics" replace "how it looks" in the British vocabulary? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syd Puddefoot 290 Report post Posted January 19 21 hours ago, Shadwell Dog said: 3rd in the league and as you say he helped. Seems to have done nothing of note since mind you. Managing that behemoth of the footballing world Barbados just now. Applied for, and didn't get the Alloa job. His track record as a manager is poor. Campaign to get him the Falkirk job hinged on him drinking with a few folk in BTW, nowt to do with managerial ability. We dodged a bullet there. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bantabairn 824 Report post Posted January 19 Many of the papers reporting this morning that lockdown is here until spring time. With our FM normally one step in front of the UK gov, it’s probably a given that today she’ll announce more or less the same. Looking like it’s summer footy to see out this season or the dreaded null & void. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hughsie 2,089 Report post Posted January 19 28 minutes ago, Bantabairn said: Many of the papers reporting this morning that lockdown is here until spring time. With our FM normally one step in front of the UK gov, it’s probably a given that today she’ll announce more or less the same. Looking like it’s summer footy to see out this season or the dreaded null & void. I don’t think it’s necessarily sensible to link coming out of lockdown and the resumption of football. We were still playing football in Tier 4 areas in November/December which was effectively a lockdown. There should be a push to resume games once the numbers reduce to the sort of levels we were seeing when the tier system was introduced, IMO. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dawson Park Boy 231 Report post Posted January 19 Once the elderly and vulnerable have been vaccinated, absolutely no reason why football should not be played. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ranaldo Bairn 3,463 Report post Posted January 19 6 hours ago, Hank von Hell said: When did "the optics" replace "how it looks" in the British vocabulary? Around the same time people started saying "going forward" instead of "in future" and the ultimate hellish trio; starting sentences with "So...", missing out the s at the end of maths, and using the nonsense word "anyways". 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dennistoun Bairn 522 Report post Posted January 19 make that hellish trio a hellish quartet; you can add every commentator's new en vogue - "Just about..." from me. As in "De Gea just about saved that shot..." or "United just about saw off the danger..." etc etc etc. Feck me, either he effing saved it or he didn't. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan Freemason 2,285 Report post Posted January 19 Around the same time people started saying "going forward" instead of "in future" and the ultimate hellish trio; starting sentences with "So...", missing out the s at the end of maths, and using the nonsense word "anyways".You missed the most irritating of all......we no longer “call” someone, or “talk to” someone. We now “reach out”. Endless horrible house shows. It’s no longer a “fabulous room”, it’s a “fabulous space”. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShaggerG 2,291 Report post Posted January 19 Aye, and what a great hit from that pen! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reggie Perrin 3,159 Report post Posted January 19 Describing a golf course as a track!!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dawson Park Boy 231 Report post Posted January 19 A local irritation is when a shop assistant concludes the transaction by saying ‘see you later’ when there is no chance of that happening within a short timespan as would be indicated by using the word ‘later’. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Proudtobeabairn 118 Report post Posted January 19 35 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: A local irritation is when a shop assistant concludes the transaction by saying ‘see you later’ when there is no chance of that happening within a short timespan as would be indicated by using the word ‘later’. I don't understand - why would it happen in a short timescale? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ranaldo Bairn 3,463 Report post Posted January 19 2 hours ago, Dennistoun Bairn said: make that hellish trio a hellish quartet; you can add every commentator's new en vogue - "Just about..." from me. As in "De Gea just about saved that shot..." or "United just about saw off the danger..." etc etc etc. Feck me, either he effing saved it or he didn't. You can thank Andy Townsend for that one, Clive. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bairn88 613 Report post Posted January 19 1 hour ago, Reggie Perrin said: Describing a golf course as a track!!! There’s a good Facebook page I’m on - golf courses of Scotland - and whenever someone describes a course as a “fantastic track” I want to be sick 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
