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The Mantis

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  1. According to 'Going Ballistic' Iain Stewart got 8 hat tricks although 3 were in friendlies.
  2. Most of our strikers (denzil, billy etc) were quite poor at one on ones. The only man with any composure was Iain Stewart. If you have enough composure to lift the ball rather than just drive it, you'll score nearly every time. Some strikers can play it through the goalie's legs but that takes composure too.
  3. I actually agree - it's something that was niggling away at the back of my mind too. However with the obscene amounts of money being thrown at the EPL maybe Scots managers should be seen as an indicator species The strength of the English club sides masks the fact that native players in clubs like Chelsea are extremely rare, hence the national team is about as poor as it's ever been, and maybe the 7 or so native managers, not including interim ones, are next in line for extinction Incidentally, I love watching MOTD, but the highlights make the product look better than it is. I usually get to about 3 EPL matches a season and they may be highly technical, but I've not seen one yet that was value for money, or even as thrilling as say last week at Firhill.
  4. I'll actually be in London the night they play Millwall. Don't fancy it if Billy's unlikely to play. The Den looks a pretty forlorn place, probably look for a non-League game....
  5. Imagine them even having this debate if it was us
  6. FT 3-2 Hibs. Lewis Allan hat-trick (12, 46, 75). Ferguson (40) and Brown (80) for us. Hoban C Brown (Rennie) Howarth Horner J.Brown Polworth Maclennan Wilson (Hull) Ferguson Sutherland Baptie Sub n/u Blackett Crowd 110
  7. V Hibs today at Ainslie Park?
  8. It's just a round-up though. You get to see Marley's misses but that's about it.
  9. Shocking news for Naelifts - I was actually the driver that night. That means Wanderer and Dougie were 2 more as they were definitely in the car. According to Broadfoot it was 11/3/03 which tallies as I was shouting at Hissy to swing on the bar, just as he had done in our 2-0 dismantling of County 3 days before. It was also the night the Duckman legend was born.
  10. Caley beat Spartans 5-0 round about 86-7.
  11. Goal of the season from Tansey
  12. I hope they know the cut off is before 12am 12am is Midnight. That's a matter for debate, Twelve noon is Meridiem.. Could be argued that twelve midnight is neither post or ante Meridiem but merely twelve midnight. That's the way I always did it in my maths classes, 12 noon and 12 midnight. Mind you I just made it up myself, nobody taught me :-)
  13. Listening on MFR it seems like we had the chances to put the game to bed but Clownty got a lift from the goal and went for it last 15. Shame I couldn't come up for the last ever top flight Derby but I'll have to be up at 5 tomorrow. Never seen Marley as an 18 yard box player, more of a winger and certainly not the finished article. The dive sounds like real howler.
  14. Tremenco Keep it up Brian
  15. That's 4 times Brian has said Jarvis for Jervis. Still game.
  16. Same. Just needing Wycombe for £90. Dougie Imrie sent off for Accies For fighting Just like at school
  17. Get in!!!!! Who's that on MFR with Brian the Donkey?
  18. Another one I remember very clearly was in 72 when Rangers beat Sporting Lisbon 3-2 then lost by the same score over there. They played extra time which ended 1-1 and it went to penalties which Sporting won, 4-2 I think. Then some journalist came up with the rule book showing that away goals counted double even in extra time. So in contrast to modern times, Rangers actually benefited by following the rules rather than breaking them
  19. Nah, it was a quarter final against Cologne in 65. Also Celtic v Benfica in 69, also the quarter final. I think the away goals rule came in later in 65 but it wouldn't have affected either tie. Liverpool had two goalless draws then a 2-2 in the playoff. Celtic won 3-0 at Parkhead before losing in Lisbon by the same score. Billy McNeill guessed correctly.
  20. Nah, this one was at Riccarton. Thought they also used Arniston Rangers' ground sometime too. Yeah, found that out about 2 hrs before KO. I'd already let Mrs Mantis go away with the car so I was snookered Can get to Nitten by bus easily enough.
  21. I was going to say that at the time but I knew that Yngwie would pelt me with part of his massive pie collection.
  22. Nobody who saw the Hamilton game on Saturday would question his commitment.....
  23. https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/celtic-fans-pay-for-advert-in-national-newspaper-to-claim-old-firm-match-died-three-years-ago-141348771.html
  24. A bit like Tuesday night, we took a while to get started, about 20 mins in fact, but after that it started to look like only a matter of time. What a good side we've got at the moment. Nicky's goal was an absolute peach in the build-up and the finish. I thought Lanarkshire was supposed to be a bit of an employment black spot? The Accies fans who streamed out with 20 mins to go obviously didn't care about getting value for their hard earned cash
  25. So a 20% increase in consumption then?
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