RicoS321

Scotland matches, yes, I'm speaking about the entire tournament. The entire tournament(s) were covered via an English lens, that was my point. I have no issue with us getting English coverage of English matches. I don't need to view Spain v Portugal with a 7 minute half time preview of the England game 3 days later, or a Germany game with them presented as some sort of enemy. The entire tournament is presented to me, in Scotland, as if I was English. The BBC have an obligation not to do that. They should be better than that. They should hold themselves to a higher standard. I'm saying that its disappointing, and a missed opportunity, that the coverage is so partisan. You raised the subject of class, which Rocket then extended to Lineker, and I'm saying that the partisan coverage in its entirety lacks class.

We wouldn't get Scottish coverage. Expecting it is also different to desiring it, which I definitely wouldn't. The criticism was one of class, and I'd say it entirely lacks class to present in bias. I'd rather see a really well informed fitba program that provided a neutral view of the tournament with a lot of insight into the game in different countries. It's supposed to be a celebration of world fitba, the BBC should hold itself to higher standards because they have the funding and ability to do so. Have separate, unapologetic, half hour shows (nightly if necessary) that go into the detail of the home nations as and when they qualify. I'm more than happy to accept bias when the home nation is involved in a match too, there's not an issue there. An entire tournament viewed through an English lens is fucking tedious though. Edit: I've watched tournaments that Scotland have qualified for, and those tournaments were still presented as English shows. The notion that Scotland would get anywhere near the coverage is ludicrous. There would be (was) a patronising bias toward Scotland, which is neither asked for or required, which was similar to that received by Wales in the euros.

It really was, wasn't it? It was pathetic. Surely classless is ramming a camera in someone's face continuously and not expecting them to react? Classlessness was his pathetic jingoism and partisan bias when Kane didn't get a penalty against Tunisia, or his flippant remarks about Germany. I have nothing against Lineker in general (mainly cause I don't watch him enough to care). He made some decent points last night about VAR in the face of dimwitted strawman arguments from Ferdinand and Drogba, without appearing condescending. He often offer more than the supposed experts on his show too (not sure why he wouldn't of course). However, he presides over the worst coverage of a world cup it's poosible to imagine. It was a huge opportunity for the BBC to provide a view of world football, with massive insight and a chance for everyone to learn something they might not have known about the game in respective countries. Instead we get the English lens of partisan bollocks with half-arsed punditry opinion and a distinct lack of evidenced analysis. The fitba has been decent though.

I don't get this (if true, obviously). Much like Tansey, he just doesn't fit into a McInnes team. He doesn't have the required attributes such as work-rate and positional awareness. He is of moderate pace. Like Greg Stewart, he's a player who will get us goals/points against the crapper teams, but won't do anything against the Tims or in Europe. If he was being purchased as a decent squad wide player to replace Stewart, then I could see the benefit. However, he doesn't cover the ground required of a McInnes wide player so he can only be thought of as a striker. We need a striker, definitely, but it has to be one who can take us forward and bridge that gap between us and the tims (and huns with their latest signings). We already have 3 strikers who will work well against lower opposition (Cosgrove yet to prove that, but signs are decent). I don't think we need another. Perhaps I'm missing something in his wide play that exists, but I don't see it. That's not to say he isn't skillful and talented, but just that he doesn't have what it takes to be the modern fitba'r fa's required to cover every inch of grass. I see him being another Tansey/Storey/Maynard* taking up a place in the squad that could be better filled. *okay, nae quite Maynard

Your ideas seem reasonable, however there is no such thing as "UK" football. Apart from that, all good!

Reading the quote, it looks like he's talking about the Tims. That we, along with the hun, will be challenging the Tims. Otherwise the rat hun fuck would surely have said "They will be trying to challenge us" and not "with us".

Does anyone have a mobile number that I can use for pie complaints? My recent contact just left.

Holy fuck. I should make all my selections in a 40 second rush just before the start of the first game. I should definitely have checked these predictions before putting on any bets too (which I didn't).

Nope, see my post on the last page, it's entirely (not entirely, but mostly) down to salary. Tavernier will be on £10-15K per week at the hun. If he has a four year deal then that's £2-3M of yer purchase price right there. This is because they are expecting £2-3M worth of playing for Tavernier over the next 4 years if he was to stay. You then add on an additional amount (50% again) if the purchasing team really want the player and the selling team wants to retain them. That's the general run of the mill rule. Exceptional talent - like McKenna - who have multiple interested parties can break this rule (by a large amount) because any future potential will re-coup this addition in either playing performances or future sale, or simply because the buying team are not restricted by cash or are in a different world of money from the selling team (lets say likes of West Ham/Everton bought McKenna or something). We're not being ripped off. If we offered McKenna £18K a week for four years, then we'd expect a significantly higher return on him. A bit like why Hamilton can only really expect a portion of the contract they'd offered Ferguson from us.

Messi was pap. Would be very interesting to see his "metres covered" stats as he was strolling about all night offering nothing. They had nobody in midfield taking control of the ball though, which nullified their own strikers. Terrible tactics. Higuain offered a bit more balance, but largely did fuck all too because they were Calderwooding it by throwing on more and more forwards as the game went on. They should have thrown on an Argentinian Ash Taylor up front, that'd have done the trick.

Not really, the North East can be quite grey, and you'll probably find that the mist descends when you're hear and you'll not be able to see any sunlight despite the summer. Good advice with regard to the Wednesday though. You'll all definitely be fine wearing colours in Aberdeen too, nobody will give a shite. In fact, you'd probably find yourselves more welcomed. You'll get a decent number of tickets, 2,500 perhaps, so hopefully you'll sell out. The home ends will be. Turfmoor sounds good. A real traditional ground, like Pittodrie. When you're here, you should take a trip out to Westhill. That's the soulless shitepiece location that we'll be moving too soon. While you guys are here, what would you do if Burnley ditched Turfmoor and moved 6 miles out of town?

I've unilaterally decided, on behalf of Aberdeen, that Burnley is a shitehole. In Barnsley, which is a far nicer place, they ask if you are "staying" rather than "sitting in" in the coffee shops. Fucked up like. MG, does this same phenomenon occur in Burnley? Finally, have you chosen the name MelGibson as some sort of Braveheart-based alias in order to appear more friendly to the people North of the border? "I come in peace" type thing? If so, the real Mel Gibson's probably a cunt, and his film and associated accent were shite.

Yes there is. Scott McKenna. The arguments surrounding EPL/Championship v SPL are an irrelevance. The obscurity of money makes it pointless.

I see they don't teach the quote function in Burnley.

I've been to Barnsley. Lovely place.

Fucking Burnley should never be seeded higher than us for a tournament they've never played in. Fucking English fucks.

My brother just sent me a screenshot of the Engurlish page, which has the Burnley v Dons as the top story. With a picture of Steven Gerrard of course.

The huns.

Or we'll get tanked by a manufactured team with 150 times our resources.

Burnley!!!

Huns get an easy draw

Nae Vilnius....

Nae Atalanta....

There goes Glenavon or Molde.

We'll take any of those cunts. This UEFA fucker taking an age like.