Tyrant

Not something I've participated in for a while now because I can never be particularly arsed putting in the time required over the course of a season but maybe I'll give this a go assuming that Morelos' red card record will be reflected in his price!

I watched England v Scotland yesterday which was a first for me because I'd never watched a women's game before. I also felt the pitch could be smaller and also the goals. Although I can't think of any other sport where the dimensions of the playing area change when the women play and no doubt they'd be offended anyway. "WE'RE AS FIT AS THE MEN!" etc. Da ken about that. Certainly not as fast but that's ok. It can still be entertaining I suppose. But as Kiriakov said next to the CL it looks worse than it maybe is. Mens England v Switzerland and then Holland v Portugal were both shite also so maybe I'm being harsh. I heard a quite scathing comment from an American player (whose name escapes me) about how football was still chauvinist because of the gulf in pay between men and women. This is a different debate entirely. My take on it is this. I'm all for fair pay but fair pay isn't necessarily parity. Female tennis players (at Grand Slams at least) get the same as the men despite drawing a fraction of the money into the game. That's not even taking into account that they have to play less tennis (for obvious reasons admittedly). Next we'll be demanding that male porn stars earn the same as their female counterparts despite not drawing the money!

You are correct, sir. Now there's the door.

They seem to be consoling themselves by convincing themselves that the two defensive mistakes were isolated incidents and if it weren't for them they would have won. Obviously forgetting the the only reason they were ever ahead in the match was because of a very similar defensive mistake from the Dutch. England second best throughout and Holland not playing particularly well. Never had to. Was delighted to see them get beat even moreso after seeing their fans' behaviour in Portugal. That disallowed goal that VAR chopped off late on was fucking sweet as a nut. I think Portugal will win on Sunday. They're at home and Holland don't have a good record against them. But papping England oot was the priority. England might win the 3rd place play off though. I don't disagree with anything you've said but tbf I don't think he was even close to being fit.

Main's strength is his ability to bull defences. Defenders will hate playing against him. I've seen him bully the Huns and us something hellish. He's never had an amazing goal tally but I'm hopeful that he'll score more if we can get him some service. He might be an underwhelming signing but it's a damn sight better than Gash.

Well it's up to yourself if you like or not and why that is. Are you referring to the name being factually incorrect? For me it's a new name away from being spot on. I've never liked the name "Champion's" League because, as we all know, you don't have to be your domestic league's champion to qualify. Fair warning - you're about to read a flash of brilliance.. I'd probably call it something along the lines of "The European Cup". What I don't like about it though, is how the early rounds are more and more geared for screwing the smaller teams out of a piece of the pie. And this shite about certain teams from the "top 5 European leagues" qualifying automatically regardless of their league finishing position can get right to fuck. As an entertaining football tournament with good players and matches (which is the the purpose of sport after all) it has been excellent recently.

Just to be clear the "agenda" comment was aimed at folk who work tirelessly to try and convince themselves that English teams are overrated and that the CL is shite to suit their anti-English agenda. Only the first line was aimed specifically at you. I'm not trying to claim that it wasn't a shite game. Of course it was. But the knockout stages alone this year had some of the most entertaining matches and amazing stories I've ever seen. Would love to see Ajax competing at the business end of the tournament again next season although as with Spurs I can't see them being there regularly.

You OK, Manc? I'd be raging if I was a Spurs fan. They had a once in a lifetime opportunity and they fucked it. They learned fuck all from their tie with Ajax and did what Aberdeen do.. Wait until we're 2-0 down before playing. Liverpool were shite and they still thoroughly deserved to win. Spurs asked no questions of them and they never had to come out of second gear. All in all pretty disgraceful from Spurs IMO. Seemed happy just to be there and were beaten before the match started. Not the attitude that dragged them through vs Ajax! A lot of folk having a right whinge about the quality of the final. People without agendas knows that a final is always more likely to be a cagey affair and have apparently forgotten the amazing entertainment in most of the ties played in the tournament this year.

Superb post. Easiest Simmie I've ever dished oot.

Nae if a new (or "people's") vote has an entirely different outcome. Which I think it would.

He'll be like a new signing.

I don't buy that. Not for a second. It's our democratic right to change our minds. I don't see how asking people to vote can possibly fly in the face of democracy. Especially when the deck was stacked from the beginning. Reminds me of a certain 2014 referendum which is also a dead cert to go ahead again due to said movement of political goalposts. "Vote No to protect our place in the EU."

Why do you think Ozil was fucking pish again last night then Rocket? I'm of the opinion that it's because he's vastly overrated as a player and a complete fucking fanny as a person. Players supposedly on his level take responsibility. He's not interested.

Nothing gets past you Rocket!

Massive moving walkway. Sorted. The bill's in the post, AFC.

I'm wanting whoever does the fonts sacked immediately. We're just not ambitious enough with them.

FWIW I like McInnes but that doesn't mean I don't think he's gone as far as he can with us. Having said that I'd develop strong feeling for Rangers if they paid me £12k a week for my limited ability.

If that's the case then I fully expect him to be offered a contract by McInnes.

For drama? 2012. But for quality it would be 2019. Both teams winning all of their last 14 games must be unprecedented.

Made his only appearance for us to date at Easter Road earlier in the season and did well. Cue the high profile and costly blunders on Sunday!

Just me that thought Shinnie looked injured then? I thought the game mostly passed him by. I don't begrudge him the send off that he got but you'll never catch me singing that "He's one of our own" pish. Much less so after he's signed a pre-contract to fuck off elsewhere. On the whole I've loved having him in the red of The Famous and I do really like him as a player. The vocal minority banging on about how limited he is may or may not have valid points but I think they'll find that we'll miss Shinnie badly next season. Lewis should have went off. Not convinced that a fit Joe Lewis concedes that equaliser. Seemed to take him forever to scramble across to the back post. Happy for Stewart and Wilson (despite their performances, in my opinion, also being largely shite). They did end up making a positive mark on the game. Hearts are shite and it's shone a light (again) on how shite we were in the last game at Tynecastle. McInnes oot etc.

Good luck to you both. After a tough season of results across the domestic and international fixtures I was looking forward to a CL final where I just wanted the team who played better on the night to win and enjoy it. That's fucked now.

Rumour I heard was that they are looking after him... in a way.. Broony apparently lending him money to pay of loan sharks.

Made a last minute (brilliant) decision last weekend not to bother with the Celtic game. As it stands I'm going to this game but fuck knows if I'll bother turning up. Bad times.