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11 hours ago, Kapowzer said:

Ahhh that old trope for anyone who defends someone or something on here or doesn't go with the majority. Shite and lazy patter .... on a par with OtB at times.

I don't particularly seek out Tam's comedy, it has a strong Les Dawson vibe which is fair enough, I'm sure his an audience if decreasing. That's the period in time that forged him, but there doesn't seem to be much evolution and references to 80's sitcoms are an eye roller. Consequently, I don't listen to Off the Ball any more and I certainly don't feel the need to come on here to vent at any little thing he said that doesn't agree with my world view. It very much plays into the Ricky Gervais' .... "but I don't want guitar lessons" routine.

However, I do have time for the stuff he does at countless charity nights and club fundraisers up and down the country. I also appreciate the fact we have Scottish football not represented solely by the OF with shills like Andy Cameron and Jonathan Watson. Certainly a lot more merit to his side gigs that than sitting behind a keyboard virtue signalling. The anonymity argument he uses is a weak one and I don't know what that's his go-to.

Since I joined P&B I've seen folk on here have a go, often without context when called out, and always double down. I highlighted a post made by Clown Job and referenced 25 other times in this thread where he previously commented showing he never missed a show but always had an issue at what was said so spun things to his agenda. He buggered off from P&B 2 months ago according to his profile, I guess Kerrydale is a safer space.

Talking of agenda's, CraigKillie's twitter account featured on our club thread about 6 months back when he swung by as a concerned citizen bystander in the Callum Slattery stupid drunken arrest stuff but the knife sharpening in his Twitter account was at odds at what he was posting on here. I suspect that's where he got the photo from.

It's amazing to see someone unironically peddling the "aye, but they do work for charity" defence now, especially for a BBC employee.

Also, Les Dawson did nothing to deserve such vicious denigration. Wash your keyboard out.

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1 minute ago, Sortmeout said:

@Kapowzer hates @craigkillie so much that he confused me with him a few weeks ago and lashed out instantly following a point I made comparing criminals in Scottish football.

It later appeared that he was actually agreeing with me but because of the hatred he has for @craigkillie he couldn’t help himself from bursting into tears.

Has anyone ever seen you and Craig together?

 

 

 

 

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15 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said:

I know it's not the point, but see when people can't distinguish between the words 'woman' and 'women'...

Seriously, why is it difficult?  Nobody mixes up 'man' and 'men'.

 

 

Right, back to Tam Cowan behaving oddly.

You're a hard men to please at times.

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This is all very, very weird.

Be nice if they'd get a camera in the recording booth for when Div's on next. The look on his face when he's hauled over the coals about anonymous virtue signallers criticising Tam's sense of humour/attitudes/taste/underpants (possibly).

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3 hours ago, scottsdad said:

I came on here having read on the Head's Gone threads that @craigkillie was having a meltdown . 

Very disappointed to see he's being rational and measured. 

There's only one person having a meltdown and it's someone on Instagram. 

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On 16/03/2023 at 07:45, DeeTillEhDeh said:

Or Jim Spence's.

I just had a look at both and I didn't think they were that bad. 

 

They have some strong opinions on the current gender debate which is up to them. 

 

I was expecting worse tbh.

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6 minutes ago, andyg83 said:

I just had a look at both and I didn't think they were that bad. 

 

They have some strong opinions on the current gender debate which is up to them. 

 

I was expecting worse tbh.

I think its probably more their anti-SNP/Unionist/BBC leanings that see them like all the anti-Trans stuff.  It's a typical trait with middle-aged Scottish Labour and Tory voters; oppose anything the SNP say or do, regardless of your own thoughts on the matter.

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On 16/03/2023 at 10:41, Leith Green said:

I know some people who used to work with him (Standard Life, iirc?) before he made commentating his main work.

They said he was an absolute arsehole, one of those religious bampots who go all "faux offended" if they are pulled up on their outlandish views.

It is telling that they didnt even mention the fact that he was a hearts fan when listing the reasons he was thought of as a walloper.

I worked with him back then and day to day he was ok but I never socialised with him outside of the office. Never looked at his online stuff. 

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18 hours ago, TheScarf said:

I think its probably more their anti-SNP/Unionist/BBC leanings that see them like all the anti-Trans stuff.  It's a typical trait with middle-aged Scottish Labour and Tory voters; oppose anything the SNP say or do, regardless of your own thoughts on the matter.

Ah, yeah I get your point now. 

Their trans stuff isn't particularly controversial though.

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Heard about 5 minutes of the show this evening. Cowan saying he'll get a ticket for the Norway game so he can see Haaland. As "you'd pay good money to see this players at Hampden". Also doesn't want him to get injured in the Spain game tonight (he's already injured).

Am I a weirdo for wanting as week a Norway team as possible to play us?

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