The Mantis

Oooops - must have missed the Wicker man and Local Hero references as I skimmed through it....... rest is not too bad though.

Aye The Peanut. Quiet car going home that night.....

I can attest to the fact that she was spotted in the North Stand when we rogered the cabbagemen in the league

A bit like the old Spitting Image gag by Reagan about Thatcher (I'll credit you with making that one up yourself Mark!).

Unless there's been some editing going on, I don't see a lot there that can be described as patronising. And it definitely is as others see us........ I would make a couple of points related to the football though (yes!!!!!). The SPL is a poor standard, but you only need to look at some of TB's signings to realise it's not that bad. Eagle, Stratford, anyone? Even people like Tansey who made a lot of appearances but looked like a headless chicken if you ask me. A poor man's Russell Duncan. Gary Warren coming from Newport is not typical. He gave up a teaching career to go full time so would probably have gone upwards anyway. It seems to me that only players who have at least a decent bit of league one experience can hack the SPL. People from the subs bench or league two seldom have it but we're forever told our league is no better than league two. It's usually more about wages than ability. Which brings me to..... TV has contributed more than anything else to the sinking of standards in small nations. I could see it coming about 20 years ago when I first ventured over the pond and took in some baseball. Below the elite major league there is nothing but minor league baseball playing to about 100 fans. Fast forward to the Champions' League and the Carling Premiership. The elite get stronger and the rest get weaker. Diddy clubs such as reading and qpr turn over about twice as much as the OF because of the TV money. Chelsea are not a big club, just a rich club. Before the coming of wall-to-wall TV, English clubs actually had to send a full strength team out to play Scots clubs, even in friendlies, because they might lose otherwise. Up till about the 1980s Scotland actually had more international wins head to head than England. Sport and satellite TV is part of the free market of course, so no use whingeing about it: however the good old BBC is public service, yet they still pay astronomical sums for highlights on MOTD while they do not support the SPL in the same proportion.

Almost added this to the other thread, but trying to follow instructions Scotty so started a new one Have had all the posting edit options greyed out on Safari for a good while now. Changed skins and emptied cache but no change. Tried logging out too. P&B which seems to have a similar interface works fine. Not been too bothered as FF works fine if I actually want smilies etc. Using my iPad I don't even see the options at all (amazing how often you need a smiley when you're not at your desktop) but I do see them on P&B.

The TV star has spoken.....

Tut-tut. Evidence please.

'Found' or 'Wrote'...............?

32 hrs????????

Down your way, what about Charles McHardy butcher in Stonehaven? Make their own pork pies. They look quite small so you buy two then realise your mistake!

Obvious penalty, trip or not, it's a clear penalty before that, without a SHADOW of a doubt. Anybody disputes that is still living in div 1!

It's not VP any longer so let's not call it that. The shadows are quick enough to slag us off about selling out 18 years ago so let's just remember they've just franchised their stadium!

Their sleepy wee forum's fair getting a boost with all you guys in the past fortnight....... To be fair I had a look myself and most of them accept they've got a limited squad and doing OK considering, but one or two roasters eh. Every ref and linesman in Scotland's got it in for their multi-talented squad and plotting to stop them winning a clean sweep this season. They don't hate us much though.

I remember being at a Bluejays v Yankees game at Toronto. There were about 6 Yankees fans who had made the trip and they put the camera on them andthe whole stadium applauded them.....

Excellent work and good to see that Scotland's top whistler Craig Thomson really did cheat C(o)unty at the penalty while wearing his ICT shirt under his ref's top (insert 'sarcasm' smiley in case Oddquine is about). Sheesh......

Seen TBs interview with MFR. no sign of mr angry anywhere on tinternet is there?

'He scores when he wants.....'

Oh I will!

If the gudgies (hey my autocorrect is suggesting 'budgies') were that good, why is the BBC giving the possession as 58-42 to us? Halfway through the first half it was showing 73-27.

This is where I usually dust down the old joke about the difference between Adams and a pint of Murphys........

Seething!

Go ICT