RicoS321

Aye, fitiver. Are you going to name the team you'd have picked in the circumstances, or just be a dick?

Sounds like a Romanian guy trying to steal yer money. Dinna trust it. Happy christmas...

Utter bollocks.

Decent half. Pretty unlucky to be 1 down. At least we're pressing them high so they haven't been significantly dicking about at the back and taking the piss.

Interesting. He's a dirty fucker is King. Backed to the hilt by the press when he turned up (again) of course. Await the storm of abuse for those taking up the 20p offer.

I keep the youngsters I work with up to date with the acceptable uses of the word poof. It's important not to let tradition die out. I've used poof and gaylord since before I knew what poofs and gaylords were.

But, we all got you something.

Ahh, two separate products. I should have read yer post properly. That makes sense. I thought the record player had built in bluetooth speakers like in a hi-fi style arrangement. Thought it was one of those technology-shoe-horning moments, like washing machines with wi-fi and the like.

Given the function of vinyl (you have to change the record manually), what purpose does the bluetoothness of the speakers serve? I'm sure I'm missing something.

The one in the middle looks like Jamie Oliver.

Tax doesn't have to be taxing Some cunt on thon advert.

It was the "nearest competition" part that was strange. They're in third place and finished last season in third, with their nearest competitor being St Johnstone in 4th. It is very likely that they will get regular european football, I don't think that is in question. Remains to be seen how far they can get.

"Hope" makes it sound like we're not giving the guy a chance and that he's only a goal away from becoming a decent striker. He's actually a really bad footballer who doesn't deserve the opportunity we're continuing to give him. Hope we should reserve for guys like Wright, Ross, Smith, Shankland, Nuttall and Magennis who've come through our youth and shown potential at times. These types are the guys that have been sidelined for years to give game time to charlatans like Maynard, Parker and so on. We've sent 19 year old Bruce Anderson away out on loan. He simply couldn't have done worse than Maynard - it isn't possible. Connor McLennan on loan to Brechin. 530 minutes of wasted pitch time in return for nothing. And it should have been obvious. I'd rather we wasted that on someone we're already paying for. We need to cut out this dross-employment. There's at least one in every season, and usually 2-3. Last season was Morris (anyone?), Burns and Storey. This season it's Maynard and Ball. They can both fuck off in January, but we need to learn not to replace them again on a whim. I can accept bad signings, but these are not that. They're punts to make up the numbers.

Did you see Maynard against Hibs? He took Josh Parker to whole new levels. Fucking awful player that I think may have just played himself out of even the token last ten sub appearance.

Considine was excellent last season, and again against Hibs. It's no coincidence that when we play to his strengths, it works. His attributes as a left back are obvious. He gets very close to a more slight player and bullies them with his strength and in the air. Leave a gap there by playing a back five or him at the left of a three and we're screwed. Pretty simple really, not sure why McInnes doesn't see it. He dominated Boyle(?) at the weekend and his pace didn't come into the equation as he was never given the space to run at him, ably assisted by a winger for the first time. That's why the 4-2-3-1 is important, as is another good performance from GMS. In response to yer question, May has the pace to press the back 4, and the willingness. He was poor on the ball at the weekend a lot of the time, but the number of times he pressed the back four and - more usefully - stole the ball off the holding midfielder never giving them a minute's peace was excellent. I don't think he does that from behind the striker as well, as they see him coming and he struggles to understand positioning (when to press, when to stay) in that role behind Rooney. So I'd go the same as you, but switch Stewart for Rooney and push May on one. I think McInnes will pick your team with Stewart in for Wright though. I just think we need to maximise the pace at the top end and I don't think that Rooney offers that. Too often a midfielder will press, but Rooney is not there to cut off the easy pass to the other centre back because he's been stretched wide previously and not had the pace to get back. I'd be concerned about Wright, as he's been inconsistent, but I think throwing him in at the deep end might do him some good.

However, we did exactly the opposite for the hibs game and it worked a treat. We allowed them possession in their own half and then picked them off. We maintained our shape and didn't get dragged toward the ball. The problem we have with pressuring the ball high up the park is Rooney. If we're playing that game - and I think we should - then Rooney has no place on the park. His effort is unquestionable, but he clearly is nowhere near quick enough for that game. If we had Christie we might get away with it as he'd do the running for two and cover the gaps, but we don't. I'd play the same team as the weekend but with Stewart in for Rooney. Not a slight on Rooney, just he's not suited to this fixture.

The only outfield player from the weekend not to have scored for us so far this season is Maynard. No real surprise, as he's absolutely pap. Impressive otherwise though.

He's way past his best anyway. Think he'd struggle up here these days. A year ago maybe he'd have been arite, but I expect he'll be retired in a year. Although Miller is still doing the business, so who knows.

I refuse to accept that.

Nah. He fucked the huns over. It was only Milsom he kicked mine.

Me neither. I just heard the Tim fact this morning on the radio about Delia's points total. Interestingly, I couldn't find a "same point last season" league table for the SPL anywhere on the internet (fairly limited search), meaning I had to manually count our totals after 19 games last season. Seems a glaring omission from all the dross that appears on the various fitba websites.

Me neither, I checked it back on the BBC highlights after Ten Caat mentioned it. It took me a lot of careful re-runs to hit the pause button at the correct time before taking my screenshot. It's probably as accurate as any sportscene effort.

Is it all in our heads? The tims are now 1 point worse off than they were under Delia a couple of seasons ago. The dons are now 5 points better than they were last season. McInnes is questioned (judged against his own performance), with Rogers given massive credit versus his predecessor. In the end, is it all easily measurable by the points gained at any one point? Will the questioning of McInnes subside after the tanking of hibs and previous fucking off of the huns? Will Rogers' deified position be quietly sidelined when the Tims start to question his abject European efforts and his inability to sign an actual centre half? More importantly, what makes us (including me, obviously) behave like hysterical mentalists and fail to notice the bigger picture of points return? Or are we correct? That's why I like going to the fitba. The answer is obvious to those who attend matches. We can see it for ourselves. We're all right, and every other cunt is wrong, of course.

You can see it better in the BBC highlights at around 3:40ish. When May kicks it, assuming the grass lines on the pitch are straight (sack the f'n groondsmen), then it's aff by about half a yard. Very difficult one for the linesman to spot given the trajectory of the ball etc.

Here's confirmation. Offside I reckon.