The Mantis

I've become a wee bit fond of these 'Match Momentum' graphics which are handy in discussions like this. Auntie Beeb won't let me lift the graphic but the page is here... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c77yp11e4r6t#MatchStats England shaded the first half I thought but the first 20 minutes were two teams kicking lumps out of each other. Rather telling from the graphic that England had the initiative for 5 minutes after their goal then... nada.

Déja-Vu.

38- year old Brian Easton and Andy Munro, 33, his defensive partner, both signed a new contract at the end of the season but aren’t mentioned there. Cammy Ross scored a barrowload for Bonnyrigg in the LL last season.

A response at last 😂 As I remember it, Benni’s wife and the WW right back’s wife were sisters. We managed to get him for a PSF against Hamilton and he played the first half and scored a header from the edge of the box. We couldn’t advertise it in advance as it wasn’t confirmed till the night before. The WW manager was none too pleased anyway as it interfered with his pre-season build-up.

You’ll have to let me in on these tepid Bovrils Cherly. I’ve never managed to find one that wasn’t at the temperature of nuclear waste.

When I was helping out Whitehill Welfare back in the day we had Macron which went down well with the players. Coincidentally they play in claret & blue. However I think the sponsor’s transfer was a bit dodgy, as seen here on one of our players whom you may recognise, but I can’t remember if it came from Macron with the logo on or not. I took it myself btw, no AI here 😂

Get Ange in 👍 Haven’t even seen the Brazil game although I’ve recorded it. We booked a cruise leaving from Helsinki a year ago. So left Helsinki on the Wednesday night for Tallin, and being 2 hours ahead, it kicked off at 1am. TV was dodgy at sea by satellite and saw a few minutes before it froze (a bit like Scott McKenna maybe). Saw two more snatches, each time realising we had lost another goal, then another bit in the second period when we seemed to be on top, before I gave up.

All four promotions we’ve had, we’ve always struggled early on but finished strongly and well clear of the drop.

Yes it’s pretty light, especially closing half the North Stand 😂

I was there the night we beat the Czechs to qualify for 1974 in West Germany. Also when we crushed them 3-1 in 1977 but that just led to Argentina… But then I was also there the night we were comfortably beating Wales, although it was just 1-0, till Willie Donnachie passed it back to Jim Blyth who wasn’t in his goals. Or the time against Austria, again 1-0, till Roughie laid it on a plate for Krankl… And after the embarrassment of being the worst side in the tournament two years ago, DoofersDad wonders why we’re so negative 😂

I think if it goes the normal way we’ll have Linlithgow and Morton away. Been to them both many times but still to see ICT at Linlithgow. Good that we haven’t got another trip to Bayview. Edit - sorry, I see Chris has already posted it. That was your fault Gringo… 😂

Watch it Gandalf.

Never spent that much time in his company…😂 Remember his office at Greig St. Got half an hour in there back in the Caley days but he maybe thought I was a potential investor 😇

Same here. It was sair to bear, the first setback in our 15 year history. I was at all the post-split games apart from Hamilton. First we beat St Mirren away. After Rossco’s late winner we hit the bar twice. One of those going in would have meant finishing above them on goals scored. Then a 2-2 draw at Motherwell. John Sutton equalised with 11 minutes left, or we would have been safe with 2 games to go. We lost a tight game at Rugby Park due to a strike by Kevin Kyle, then on to Falkirk on the last day. So we went down on goal difference with 37 points won which I think is still a record. Still, it made 2009-10 into an epic season for us…

By listing the 5 games they’re already setting it up so Celtic can avoid getting hammered, and get a token punishment along with the other clubs, and they won’t get a backlash from all the paranoid jungle Jims saying their club is victimised.