BigAl

5 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Probably. Although it's difficult for us to say that they might have also had some decent players. It'd have been nice if he'd just slipped in "fuck the Huns" when we scored. Typical BBC bias.

We'll be in bother again Rico with someone 

29 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

That was my thoughts too. Their Burke and Bell halftime combination was basically like they'd just borrowed from rangers TV.

Nice balanced panel......two ex Huns

Backed up by the incompetent Jane MacLeod feeding off their Hun love in.

Foster had his moments, but I still felt he was happy enough generally to salivate over them.

Agree with your summary Jute 

The major benefit for you if actually being there was you didn't have to listen to the "impartial" BBC commentary.

What a fucking disgrace.

Total Hun love in from start to finish and frankly indefensible in anyone's language.

44 minutes ago, redordead said:

Good luck to Barron. Good player stifled for too long by Robson. 

I'd genuinely like to see us look down the leagues for talent. It's cheap and many that I've seen are every bit as capable as the current mediocrity We've brought in.

Don't really see much lower league football, so genuinely interested in that comment.

Are there any standouts that you think we should be closely looking at ?

Connor Barron to Cagliari ?

Decent move for him if true but kind of disappointed he isn't hanging around for another season or so and also the fact we miss out a potentially sizeable fee.

Hoilett making noises about looking to extend his stay with us.

Got to say, I'm pretty surprised about this as thought he'd be offski for certain at the season end.

What's everybody's thought on extending his stay.

Personally wouldn't be adverse to a twelve month contract, depending upon his wage expectations, but suspect he'll probably want a two year given his age.

21 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

Any chance of getting Mitov from St Johnstone? A year left on his contract. The keeper situation worries me, and I'd like for us to have a known quantity, and he's been very good any time I've seen him. Kicking maybe not brilliant, but not terrible either.

Funny you should say that Rico, as I've been thinking for a few weeks that he could be a possible replacement for Roos.

Another possible could be the young Icelandic keeper that Elfsborg sold to Brentford for a couple of million last year. Not suggesting we sign him as  won't get him on a permanent but maybe a season long loan to give us some breathing space to secure long term replacement 

4 minutes ago, dons8321 said:

Don't want to piss on your chips but, nae quite...County can get to 42 points, a win next week would take us to 41.  So, basically -  Don't tempt fate!C

Correct about County BUT as I said win next week we go onto 41 points and St Johnstone can thereafter only get to forty points meaning we ARE safe 

Victory next saturday and we are safe regardless of what  happens in the remaining rounds of fixtures after that.

That's the positive to take from today for me 

Livi and Hibs doing the business for us.

Now if only we could up our game to the levels of last week and get three points here.

A first half of very little excitement tbh

8 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

You really wouldn't. You'd never get me off. Think of Michael Stewart, but more argumentative.

I can be the voice of reason to your argumentative prick.

Then again maybe not 

I guess they can no longer be called Buckie Luggers 

Jimmy out

4-2 down

Apparently they were all warned about this back in December 

Nonetheless totally pissed off that the chicken fraudster has the chance  to take a team into league fitba

Jesus Christ

We've employed a total fraudster

Elfsborg currently 3-2;down with fifteen minutes to go and heading for a relegation scrap.

Jimmy's is going to feel right at home here 

Just now, Panda said:

I'm just spreading some positivity in this dark, negative world you and Rico are creating.

If either of you ever fancy coming on Sportsound we'd love to have you on. 

Rico & Al

The new Saint & Greavsie or Cosgrove and Cowan 

1 hour ago, Panda said:

Is not bias though, it's understanding our audience and what content they're digesting and what they're not. You could argue we're more of a football department than a sports department for example. Glasgow Clan ice hockey team gets more fans through the door than a lot of Scottish championship teams. 

 

This will shock you, but I like Kenny. He's actually a good c**t.

In fairness Panda he quite possibly is, but in this instance we're not comparing apples with apples 

1 hour ago, RicoS321 said:

I should have added that I also think that you are right to highlight all the good output they do, I think you're correct. I thought their coverage was good at the weekend and the championship coverage on a Friday excellent too. Their main radio show on a Saturday is appallingly bad since Richard Gordon left. 

Completely agree with the last sentence.

Not a fan of Kenny McIntyre to be honest.

8 hours ago, Panda said:

There is content from all 12 Premiership teams and beyond on all the BBC output (tv, radio, online & social). You may even have enjoyed a special feature on the highland league title conclusion.

Is there more coverage to the old firm than others. Yes, that's because we don't have as many Livingston fans as we do Celtic fans. Likewise, Aberdeen get more coverage than most too. Our dedicated team pages - the stats are eye opening.

However, great coverage is given to every team within a limited budget. You can't say the BBC don't care about Aberdeen, go see the tranche of coverage Jimmy Thelin was getting on all the output. We had a commentary team, reporters & pundits out at every Aberdeen European away game plus live TV coverage of the qualifiers.

So no, you can't compare it to Viaplay/Premier.

A passionate and undoubtedly truthful defence Panda 

My objective with my comment was not to single out the BBC as being any worse than any other media source in Scotland, but they are equally guilty in my opinion.

Fully accept that the larger the fan base, the greater coverage a club is likely to get, however it is the manner of reporting that causes me issues.  In any sports bulletin, mention one arse cheek and they feel they have to then follow it up with a story about the other cheek for fear of one half of Glasgow shouting media bias.

Ultimately I think we all know what I mean 

42 minutes ago, Panda said:

Well done premier sports for their commentary on that incident.

That makes up for them literally only giving a fuck about two teams.

Are we seriously suggesting that others, BBC included, do ?

All Scottish media feeds from the same trough unfortunately 

54 minutes ago, DantheDon said:

I always thought the talk was that Leven didn’t want to be a manager. Wouldn’t be great from a continuity perspective. 

He has said in time he would like to be his own man.

I don't think this is the right move for him however and think it would benefit him to stay where he is for at least a season learning under Thelin

Incredibly this is the most recent thread with his name in the title 

Hopefully this is a crock of shite and given the source it potentially is, but this is something I think we could do without

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/peter-leven-barnsley-next-manager-32653435

23 minutes ago, DantheDon said:

What’s happening with Mattie Pollock these days? Is he getting game time at Watford now?

Think like the Scales one, that's another ship that sailed last summer.

Approaching twenty first team appearances this season for Watford.

On 19/04/2024 at 17:16, BigAl said:

In

Pre match drinks

Section A5

Celebrating

2-1 Miovski & McGrath

Meant to say previously, I had the conviction in my forecast to place a tenner on Miovski first goal scorer and 2-1 us @ 155/1.

At least the dream was alive for the first hour 

Jimmy can obviously deliver a half time team talk 

One each, two minutes into second half