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I have never, and will never class myself as British. Despite what they put on my driving license and my passport I ALWAYS fill in nationality as Scottish. Not through any hatred or dislike for the English, Welsh, Irish but purely from pride in being who I am. In fact being Scottish and classing myself has such all but saved me from getting a bullet in the head not so many years ago - finding myself in an unfortunate situation and being asked where I was from, had I answered Britain/UK then I have little doubt that I would not be here today or if I was then I'd be taking my meals through a straw - but that's a whole different story. Flipping the argument on it's head........Where is the incentive for me in being British? What do I get from Britain that I would not get from simply being Scottish? Just because some Scottish MP's sold out to the English in 1707 does not mean I should have to class myself as British "whether I like it or not", It's well documented that the Act of the Union was a farce brought about through English fear that hundreds of years of oppression would come back to bite them on the ar5e if the Scots were to rekindle the Auld Alliance and fight back. Then, to add further insult the create the Union Flag and place the red cross of St George in the dominant position....so despite the "union" we were to still be suppressed. We paid, and still pay our taxes to England (although they very kindly gives us a little bit back now). We're forced to use English money with our own notes being practically useless south of the border. We have little to no control over the trade of OUR resources with all decisions being made at Westminster. And to top it all off they have the feckin cheek to mint a coin to commemorate the "union" as if it was something we should all be celebrating. That's like asking them to celebrate the 4th July as Independence Day. If Scotland are so insignificant then why were the English so keen to get the Act of the Union passed, why have they spent the 300 years since then doing everything in their power to prevent an uprising, and why in modern day society are they so **** bent on preventing the Scottish People have a say in what they want for their country? If you were to believe Westminster we'd be far worse off without them, if anything we're a drain on their resources and preventing an Independent Scotland is for our own good. Take a step back and think about it for yourself instead of relying on the propaganda spewed forth by both sides. I don't for one second think it will be all as rosy as Salmond tries to make out, but I believe even less that it will be the doom and gloom portrayed by our cousins south of the border. There's an old saying - better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all. I'd die a happier man knowing that we (Scotland) had the balls to stand up and be counted, to take charge of our own future and to stop suckling on the withered up breast of Westminster.

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Been there, done that and even ended up as an Admin.....you could say the curse hit me full strength :015:

Zander has done the exact same as Rory did before breaking in to a regular squad position - he's been running rings around the opposition at junior and reserve level. The difference is that Rory was thrown in at the deep end due to injuries. That may have hindered his progress and I'm sure if the club feel that is in any way the case they will not want to repeat it with Zander. I don't think too many people are looking to send Rory packing, instead they are calling for him to go on loan or to take a step back for a bit. We have seen a lot of harsh comments, but I think much of that is born out of fan frustration at the situation.

He'd be great on the right wing if had a little more pace.

The description "Wireless Router" always makes me laugh. I've set up dozens of the things, yet I'm still to find one that has no wires :015:

Amendment to the above - It's a season long loan deal where the Swans have the option to recall him in January should he be needed by them.

It's a season long loan

The fact we haven't beaten in them in 4 years now (i think) is even more worrying don't ya think?

Would anyone be interested if I was to run a minibus down for the game?

Anything which offers the glimpse of an opportunity for the lad to progress is welcome in my book, even if I don't think he should be in the ICT squad right now. He may not be considered among the most talented at his age, but he must be one of the most experienced. He certainly wouldn't have been given the opportunities we've given him anywhere else. I'm happy to be proved wrong and I actually hope the lad goes out there, bangs in a goal or two and gives us all the two fingers.

I've looked and looked and looked, but I can't for the life of me find the "Randomly select a player for criticism" programme for this site. Would you care to point me in the right direction?

You like Fir Park so much your going back Harry? Midden game for me :016:

I don't think we need go as far as that, but we should be looking for a better mix of opposition. The fact that Peterhead beat us should have been warning enough though.

He wasn't on his post Alex. In fact watching it again, he actually had to run backwards as the ball came through. If he had gone forwards instead he would have easily been able to collect it. At the time of the tackle they were still about 8 yards out from the goal so the angle wasn't that tight. Think we may have to agree to disagree and when push comes to shove Fraser shouldn't be having to face situations like that, especially when you have 2 defenders covering the man who's threatening the goal.

Munro is claiming in the papers that he never made contact; if he didn't it must have been very close and you can't blame the ref for giving the penalty as even looking at the replay time and again it's impossible to tell for certain either way. Regardless of that, he shouldn't have had to be making the challenge as the more I watch it the more convinced I am that Caff should have been on the play ahead of Munro and Fraser should have been off his line and had it covered. They didn't and it was left to Munro, his instinct as a defender is to get between the ball and the goal and that's what he did, you could argue it was safe and he shouldn't have committed himself, but had the ball landed in the back of the net as a result then we'd all be on here chastising him for not sticking a foot into prevent it.

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Make-Up taken to a whole new level!!!

They seem determined to stop you guys getting anything over there then!!!! :015: Try this direct link thingymadooda - Clicky Clicky (Open in new window as it resizes itself) If that don't work then am guessing it's IP Blocked for some reason.

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I've seen nothing in the highlights to suggest that Rossco being out of position cost us anything in that game. I know it's only the highlights, but if you watch, every opportunity other than the penalty came from them attacking down our left side. Hastings was giving Motherwell far too much space over there and it was only a matter of time before they were going to score from a ball played in from that area. Even leading up to the penalty, had Rossco been there then he would have been covering the wider player. Caff was actually covering the man and was first off the mark, but decided to stop and leave the chasing to Munro :017: I also think Fraser should have been out and easily had that ball. If nothing else he should have been moving to tighten the angle but he appeared glued to the spot until it was too late. As a result Munro had no option but to attempt the challenge and even though pretty soft, I think their was plenty in it to merit the penalty.

look at the "last updated" time - they are obviously in the middle of doing it :021:

I knew you couldn't resist. If you want to see how many others also looked just go back to the topic list and take a look at the "Views" column. Don't tell anyone else, and we'll see how many others can't follow a simple instruction :022: :015:

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De Ja Vu - Swap Niculae for Juanjo and we've had this discussion before.