The Mantis

Don't know about top of THE league, but fair do's for being top of A league. Which league is it again?

It's the North Stand for me anyway :023:

Were you reminded of that by recent personal experience :023:

The crime rate's no high at all TCF, just count Weegieland as part of England. Sorted :015: :015: :015: :015: :015:

Ooh, nasty. That's how I got shot of the arab....... mind you I think he must have taken my advice about freshers' week :022:

Nae probs, I'm just happy to be mentioned in the same sentence :001:

I take it 'Road to Nowhere' is what's being implied Rich, but maybe you & Sof are having a private wee joke.....

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Modest as ever from CB. The crowd was actually there in his honour - he was given a civic reception as he had just completed 50 years with the BBC.

And Peter Paul's like a dug wi two tails now he's got a new Canon D1, he insisted I take a shot :001:

Nah, she definitely wouldn't remember the seventies as well as you :023:

Could be you'll see a bit more skill there Alex, what with Peanut playing too. Somebody mentioned we seem to be interested in picking grafters - pretty spot on if you ask me.

I think Imrie's strength will be running at people. Today he was too quick to get rid of it, especially in the first half. Some of his passes and crosses were woeful, but the wind can take the blame for some of it. Also he had one banzai challenge which gave a clue as to why he gets so many yellows. Still can't fathom how we can buy a player from those tattie howkers :015: :015: :015: :015:

Difficult to know what to make of that game. After 10 mins it was tempting to go away to the pub. Both goals were one on one and Shiels could have got another but he tried to nutmeg Mikey when he had the whole goal to aim at. It looked as if the team were not a team at all and all Johndo's rumours were spot on. However we came on to a game as Hibs sat back. We had loads of corners and plenty scrambles on the goal line but somehow we always needed a touch too many and none of us really believed we would ever score. Delivery was dreadful from dead balls, usually overhit. It's worth mentioning the wind (Imrie tried to take a corner and the ball kept rolling away) and the pitch, which cut up early and caused bobbles everywhere. Hibs were just as bad as us a lot of the time and their fans got restless in the second half, there were even a few boos. But Hibs just had more quality than us. Those wee shouts you heard were Bayne asking if somebody could get him out of Jones' back pocket. If Marius had Fletcher or even Nish alongside him instead of Bayners we would probably have won it. That's without mentioning Shiels, Beuzelin and Zemmama. Have to say Niculae was our best player. Put in a good shift and chased back. I would give Rossco, Black and Mikey pass marks. Cowie did OK too but a couple of times he was wide in space and screaming for it and nobody had the vision, or maybe he's got leprosy. Marcus did OK too when he came on. Imrie looked like he's off the pace for the SPl, though I must say against St Mirren he looked star quality. Would like to see Proctor back in place of McGuire. Still puzzled why Ross doesn't get played at centre half and Bambi at right back. We did have plenty of chances but they always fell to the wrong man, the ball bouncing about in a crowded penalty box. Russell will have to hope no big Scandinavians were at the game. Did a lot of chasing and mopping up as usual, but his passes went even more wrong than usual. Just sign it Russell, while it's still on the table. Best moment for us was the chant of 'there's only one John Rankin' after he nearly sliced it into his own net. To the young blonde lassie who got a surprise comp in her hand at 5 to 3, I know you were trying to pass me your mobile no but it's OK, really :015: :015: :015: :015:

Marius to start at Easter Road :023:

Gutted about this and I hope Baz sees the thread. Why isn't Brew using him sparingly this season when he's an obvious match winner?

Must be 1907.....

Neil M. Gunn, greatest ever Scottish novelist IMHO, was the subject of a thread on these boards at one time. Had a house in Dochfour Drive, was stationed at Glen Mhor distillery, and was partial to a bit of football, so there's every chance he was an occasional Howden Ender :022:

Not been there for years but is it not to allow north bound vehicles a sweep to make the left turn? Or is Sophia's humour as elusive as ever?

There was a half decent sky but I 'enhanced' it a bit in Photoshop........ :023: Here's a genuine sky!

I remember a while back, the Scottish juniors forum was trying to compare the standard of leagues, e.g. the HL, EOSL, West Juniors etc. What did they do? Worked out the average no of goals per league...... Just thought I'd mention it :023:

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Ach away mun. Everybody knows it's a helmet. Remember 'your helmut's schoen'