The Mantis

I never mentioned Coop as I really took it to mean players who had made their mark for Scotland. But Davie Cooper was possibly the best club player I ever saw, as I only saw Dalglish with Celtic and he was still a youngster when they sold him on. I saw Cooper with Clydebank, the huns and Motherwell and he was absolute class, maybe even a better player for the huns ahead of Laudrup in ability if a bit lazy. I was at the Drybrough Cup Final and have ithe goal on a tape somewhere (Saint & Greavsie!). Legend has it that a Tim took the footage but just had to share it with others. Back then Rangers were a very physical side and the Tims liked to think they had the monopoly on skill. I would say the all-time best player I ever saw was Johann Cruyff, ahead of Beckenbauer, Muller, Maier, Neeskens, Bryan Robson, Jimmy Johnstone, Willie Henderson, and rakes of others.

Without them we'll be pretty workmanlike, as we were a lot of the time today, as they're two intelligent players. They can read the passes from Rankin and Royston to play them in, and defenders just panic at Dargo's wee turns and the way he finds space in the box, while Denzil has one of the best first touches I've seen. They would have made a monkey out of Wilkie & Co today the way we destroyed the hibbies the other week.

I'd forgotten what a class act he is. We must have been magic in div 1 with him on one wing and Bazza on the other. He was a **** today of course.

I agree with Donkey Jaiket Manny. Good exciting cup tie with hardly any football. I wish we'd scored a second just after half time and been happy to watch them bore us to death after that. Ref appeared very inexperienced. Utd and fans very impressive for first 10, collective dropping of the heids after we scored. Biggest disappointment of the day- P*rt*ck winning at the Vale :020: ps forgot to mention: Russeldinhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Aye Scotty, I remember now.... Aye Johndo you mischief maker... I'll be dusting down my old 'local rivals' article next :001:

No way I feckin agree with that. Usually we've taken players who C(o)unty reckoned were not up to it, or were disgruntled anyway. Rankin's the only exception. In Cowie's case he can see they're going nowhere except possibly div 2 and wants out. On second thoughts, the same can be said of Rankin, he just wised up a bit earlier than Cowie. In £ivi's case they overstretched themselves financially to weaken their rivals (ourselves and Falkirk IIRC) in the same league in order to reach the SPL at any cost. So feckem.

Feckin depressing. Might never see them play together again. We looked a great side with them both playing IMHO.

And Caley100 to run on the park for a bet wearing a Naelifts tie-dye t-shirt.

Poor Hissy, more clubs than Jack Nicklaus as they say....

Chris :clapping01: :clapping01: :clapping01: :clapping01: :clapping01: :clapping01: :clapping01: :clapping01: Is it no time to resurrect CountyAir? Or something else like it? What about GypsyJet. CabbageFlot. Aer Tinkus. C(o)untinental. British Tinkland. KLM (Kabbage-like machines). Mind you I suppose it wouldnae be funny if they were hijacked by Wheelie-Bin-Laden.

That's a bit of a trek. Does his wife know about this?

Oooooooooh they hate us, they really do :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015:

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Trouble is, he was nearly finished when I saw him- likewise the Lawman.

And a cheat of course....

Watched it on santa and you could see Blackie showing restraint. He must have felt it paid off when Jarosik got booked and Blackie didn't. Still gutted about the result mind.....

Feckin hard to take.

Back when these Predator boots came out, somebody was asking Davie Cooper if he was getting a pair, as they helped you bend the ball. Cooper said 'What? If I wear these things the ball will be hitting me on the back of the heid!'

Do you no remember Richie scoring a peach against the tinks? OK it was a bit short of 30 yards but what a cracker....

Hide in the academy all night then and jump the wall :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015:

Probably Dalglish. Wonder how Durrant would've turned out without the injury. What a talent.

Still nearly 4 months left- hope we can score another goal or two before then :017:

That's quite enough Heilandee, you've already upset FW badly on that other thread....

Play Mike till season's end then decide if he's our no 1. If Mike gets injured play Barry or Calder or Thommo or Nicky Walker or anybody. Dunfermline will never match our points total and probably St Mirren won't either.

Quite right! Support your local team I say! You'd think you would feckin know that Mr Arab4amonthortwo :015: