Sergeant Wilson Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 53 minutes ago, nsr said: I didn't know Hawking could do that with his computer. He was a clever lad though, so fair play to him. Aye, he just moved the chair forwards and backwards a wee bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snifter Pee Rot Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 The Benefactor is working the buttons on this clown. Will all come out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugna Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 From that link: Quote One of three things will happen now. Hearts will change their mind and accept their lot after the SPFL's proposal for an expanded top flight was rejected by clubs. Two, Hearts will lose a legal action and will have no choice but to retreat. Or, Hearts will win a legal action and a new kind of football hell will break loose. Success in court could mean the end of Neil Doncaster as chief executive of the SPFL for surely no leader would survive such a defeat. What it would mean for Hearts - compensation, reinstatement - is really hard to say. The silks are running the show now. I suspect that's the least well-written (in the sense of being borderline illiterate in its construction), woolliest paragraph the BBC have ever had on their website. Just all-round grim tosh, try-hard drivel. It almost looks as though he wrote it when drunk. "Here are three items that constitute a de facto list. For the sake of consistency, I will start them with 'Hearts', 'Two' (as I've remembered in the middle that there are three peer items), and 'Or'." Even leaving aside the pay-load content, such as it is, the rambling style is infuriating. But also, tacking on desperate allusions to the tenability of Doncaster's position, and "silks" just looks like a plummeting former high-flyer who's scrambling for relevance. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) I would love a journalist (such as mr Tom English), to give an explanation of why the disgrace of Brora and Kelty not to be “promoted”, is more worthy of discussion, than clubs in the lower half of the premiership suffering financially through a forced 14 team permanent premiership just to save hearts... Sorry, I dont pay much attention to lower leagues, but i assume both Brora and Kelty would play off against each another for the pleasure of playing bottom team in league 2. (Brechin as called due to covid). So sticking to simple statistics. Brora and Kelty have a 50% chance of winning this play off. The victors would then play bottom team and have a 50% chance of winning. So Brora and Kelty would have had a 25% chance of promotion. Not the sure thing being discussed It was shown that the lower half of the premiership may lose at least 300-500k each season due to 14 team league with split after 26 games, less games against bigger teams and probable lack of walk ups due to meaningless games .... But let’s talk about Brora and Kelty... Edited June 16, 2020 by flood 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 2 hours ago, sugna said: But also, tacking on desperate allusions to the tenability of Doncaster's position, and "silks" just looks like a plummeting former high-flyer who's scrambling for relevance. I am increasingly of the opinion that Doncaster is powerless and simply organises meetings for the clubs and does their bidding, he then goes out and takes all the flak and is paid handsomely for it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 14 minutes ago, ropy said: I am increasingly of the opinion that Doncaster is powerless and simply organises meetings for the clubs and does their bidding, he then goes out and takes all the flak and is paid handsomely for it. Some people still believe he's some sort of mad power hungry dictator who has some sort of hidden agenda and can just change things as he wishes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18May1991 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 6 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Some people still believe he's some sort of mad power hungry dictator who has some sort of hidden agenda and can just change things as he wishes. You mean Hearts fans and Tom English? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 13 hours ago, sugna said: From that link: I suspect that's the least well-written (in the sense of being borderline illiterate in its construction), woolliest paragraph the BBC have ever had on their website. Just all-round grim tosh, try-hard drivel. It almost looks as though he wrote it when drunk. "Here are three items that constitute a de facto list. For the sake of consistency, I will start them with 'Hearts', 'Two' (as I've remembered in the middle that there are three peer items), and 'Or'." Even leaving aside the pay-load content, such as it is, the rambling style is infuriating. But also, tacking on desperate allusions to the tenability of Doncaster's position, and "silks" just looks like a plummeting former high-flyer who's scrambling for relevance. Do you think he's seething and on the verge of tears? Probably is, having written such a mewling, snot ridden piece. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 14 hours ago, Tannadeechee said: Used to have a lot of time for Tom English, but the last wee while he has been truly horrendous. He has been one sided, obnoxious, sensationalist and his ability to deal in facts has been poor also. It really is quite something to see the turn around in him. He is so far along this path it is impossible for him to turn around. Read his piece today, very, very, poor indeed. He really has turned into a slightly better educated, more talented version of Jim Traynor. It’s strange. His rugby pieces are generally much better, but he was not always this way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 12 hours ago, ropy said: I am increasingly of the opinion that Doncaster is powerless and simply organises meetings for the clubs and does their bidding, he then goes out and takes all the flak and is paid handsomely for it. I'm not even sure you need to caveat that as an opinion, that's precisely his job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 20 hours ago, flood said: I would love a journalist (such as mr Tom English), to give an explanation of why the disgrace of Brora and Kelty not to be “promoted”, is more worthy of discussion, than clubs in the lower half of the premiership suffering financially through a forced 14 team permanent premiership just to save hearts... Sorry, I dont pay much attention to lower leagues, but i assume both Brora and Kelty would play off against each another for the pleasure of playing bottom team in league 2. (Brechin as called due to covid). So sticking to simple statistics. Brora and Kelty have a 50% chance of winning this play off. The victors would then play bottom team and have a 50% chance of winning. So Brora and Kelty would have had a 25% chance of promotion. Not the sure thing being discussed It was shown that the lower half of the premiership may lose at least 300-500k each season due to 14 team league with split after 26 games, less games against bigger teams and probable lack of walk ups due to meaningless games .... But let’s talk about Brora and Kelty... Football is not a game of chance. Each team does not have an equal chance of winning. Barcelona V Falkirk for example is not a 50/50 game so your post is utterly pointless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Savage Henry said: He really has turned into a slightly better educated, more talented version of Jim Traynor. It’s strange. His rugby pieces are generally much better, but he was not always this way. Hoi! Traynor was at my alma mater albeit he was a few years in front of me. But he allegedly wore a Celtic top to PE, so he courted controversy even then, he would've been in a minority of one at that time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 26 minutes ago, Wile E Coyote said: Football is not a game of chance. Each team does not have an equal chance of winning. Barcelona V Falkirk for example is not a 50/50 game so your post is utterly pointless But this is not Barcelona V Falkirk being mentioned , it is the LL Champions V the HL Champions .........A very hard one to call so 50/50 would be about right . The next 2 matches V team 42 might be slightly in team 42's favour given the previous matches sapping both mental and physical energy but would still probably be classed as a 50/50 . Sorry but I think the prize for the pointless post goes to you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Quality from the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53090812 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Yaaas we must have been promoted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbionMan Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 8 minutes ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: Yaaas we must have been promoted. Check you've not been expelled. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM82 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: Yaaas we must have been promoted. Rangers colt team quietly introduced under the guise of "Cove Rangers"? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 2 hours ago, AlbionMan said: Check you've not been expelled. Would feel like a mercy tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacArab Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Tom English at it again on the BBC Podcast today, about: what did the rest of Scottish football expect after what they did to poor old Hearts, Thistle, Stranraer, and of course you guessed it Boroa & Kelty. What the rest of Scottish football expects is for these clubs to take some fucking responsibility for being utter dugshite for the entirety of the season (and a fair chunk of last), winning barely a handful of games between them, as opposed to the , “well if we can’t play in the Premiership, we’ll try to see to it that nobody can” attitude. To be fair, it must be very difficult for Tom English to see any other view, from his position with his head deep inside Anne Budge’s arse!. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 Podcast is only 24 minutes long and I couldn't finish it. To be fair to Tom English, he's fair getting under my skin with his pish. I was about a minute away from having a complete head's gone the other day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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