Burnieman Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 18 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: 1 hour ago, Che Dail said: Strange... So you're now saying Italy - European champions - their league is 'tinpot'? In the name of 'integrity' all these other nations and top clubs and managers have got it wrong. Meanwhile, Motherwell got put out of Europe by Sligo Rovers. I'm not sure you know what tinpot means. tinpot. / (ˈtɪnˌpɒt) / adjective (prenominal) British informal. inferior, cheap, or worthless. paltry; unimportant 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I think the Oxford definition is closer to how it's generally used in football: "having or showing poor leadership or organisation".Last season Vale of Leithen and Fort William were roughly equal levels of utter shite on the field, however one was far more tinpot than the other. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Burnieman said: I'm not desperate for anything, just laughing at an East Fife fan calling anything tinpot and then getting towed by Bonnyrigg who've just emerged from said tinpot league. Don’t think Bonnyrigg are in the tinpot league so I’d be curious to understand what your point actually is. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Left Back said: Don’t think Bonnyrigg are in the tinpot league so I’d be curious to understand what your point actually is. It’s not him calling it a tinpot league. The person whose team have just been horsed by the newly promoted side was. That’s his point. Edited August 6, 2022 by 8MileBU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 23 minutes ago, 8MileBU said: It’s not him calling it a tinpot league. The person whose team have just been horsed by the newly promoted side was. That’s his point. Neither side in that discussion are in the tinpot league is the point that’s sailed over your head and his. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnieman Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 10 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: I think the Oxford definition is closer to how it's generally used in football: "having or showing poor leadership or organisation". Last season Vale of Leithen and Fort William were roughly equal levels of utter shite on the field, however one was far more tinpot than the other. I don't think the OP ever considered definitions. When you label a league "tinpot" you're labeling the whole thing, every single part of it, it's clubs, it's players, it's organisation, everything. It would help that if for the next 9 months people are allowed to discuss the LL without the issue of B teams being - wrongly - admitted dragged into it continually. There's a separate thread for that. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 13 hours ago, Burnieman said: I'm not desperate for anything, just laughing at an East Fife fan calling anything tinpot and then getting towed by Bonnyrigg who've just emerged from said tinpot league. I've already said the 'tinpot' description has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the sides in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 12 hours ago, Lowland team said: East fife will be relegated 9 other clubs will finish above them. Matt Damon -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 When you label a league "tinpot" you're labeling the whole thing, every single part of it, it's clubs, it's players, it's organisation, everything.What? You've talked a lot of sense in the past but this is nonsense. Someone can be ugly even if they have a perfectly decent left forearm. A league can be tinpot even if there are a handful of well run, respectable clubs in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Anyway, good result for Gretna yesterday. Who are folk tipping for the drop? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 Just now, DiegoDiego said: Anyway, good result for Gretna yesterday. Who are folk tipping for the drop? Dalbeattie at this point. They've yet to really show anything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 13 hours ago, Left Back said: Neither side in that discussion are in the tinpot league is the point that’s sailed over your head and his. Literally everyone is aware of this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmc80 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 14 hours ago, Left Back said: Neither side in that discussion are in the tinpot league is the point that’s sailed over your head and his. Left back in the dressing room! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnieman Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 3 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: What? You've talked a lot of sense in the past but this is nonsense. Someone can be ugly even if they have a perfectly decent left forearm. A league can be tinpot even if there are a handful of well run, respectable clubs in it. tinpot. / (ˈtɪnˌpɒt) / adjective (prenominal) British informal. inferior, cheap, or worthless. paltry; unimportant That's what you labelled the league as, when you label a league you label everything associated with it. It's pretty clear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 when you label a league you label everything associated with it. It's pretty clear.That's some jump of logic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramid Watcher Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 3 hours ago, FairWeatherFan said: Dalbeattie at this point. They've yet to really show anything. Between them and Ed Uni 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 9 minutes ago, Pyramid Watcher said: Between them and Ed Uni Before the season I tipped Edinburgh University. Then opening day the Uni pick up the 3pts down at Dalbeattie with a 1-3 win. Now 4 pts between the two. It's hardly an insurmountable gap, but every point's a prisoner once rooted at the bottom. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 I guess you saw a bit of it today.I'm confused about exactly when you became pro B-teams and a lack of ventilation. These were things you also previously criticised the Lowland League for so I'm not sure why you're leaping to their defence about it now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnieman Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, craigkillie said: I'm confused about exactly when you became pro B-teams and a lack of ventilation. These were things you also previously criticised the Lowland League for so I'm not sure why you're leaping to their defence about it now. I'm sorry, at what point did I say I'm pro-B teams and pro-restricted promotion, can you point out where I said that? The point is - which the usual suspects are deliberately overlooking - is that calling a league "tinpot" kinda encapsulates everything associated with it, inc those clubs who both voted against B teams and restricted promotion. We can all disagree with the LL actions in that regard (I certainly do), but still have a thread on the LL without mentioning it every 2 seconds, which is the other point. There's a thread for B team moans. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnieman Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 1 hour ago, DiegoDiego said: That's some jump of logic. It's not actually. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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