Wanderer

Agree with that. Only needing a draw next month was a recipe we know too well. At least it's all clear now and big credit to McLeish and his squads for getting us to this point. PS Great to see Scotland so high up the FIFA rankings but can someone brighter than me explain how that system works. Seems to me if you are regularly playing top Euro opposition then you are bound to yo-yo up and down the table. A couple of half decent results there and bang...top 30, no probs. What about New Zealand, Qatar, Mali to name 3. Are they ever playing the sort of opposition that's going to make a serious impact on their ranking? Is there some complicated seeding system? Should I have started a new thread? :029:

"Moves, however, are in the pipeline to rectify that, although much will depend on whether the number crunchers at Caley Thistle can justify what is certain to be a costly exercise." The pipeline's getting moved. :029:

:010: The Marianas Trench seems to have shifted...what a bummer!

Thanks SP - China just doesn't like anything with bbc/bbc.sports/bbc.scotland etc etc as a prefix...time to move I think!

Now World Service has gone off...un be f'ing believable... Rupert Murdoch and Smee Text the only contact those of us in the Empire have left... :019:

BBC Scotland not available...Radio 5 not available....Radio Nan Gaidleadh not available...Sky online updates hardly providing an atmosphere... World Service doing their best to provide UK listeners with info by providing commentary on the non-event of Engerland v Someeasteurpeanrepublic.... Pants! Any input here welcome!

The Rollers were the true founding fathers of punk, new wave, grunge, garage et al. There was an obvious need for a bridge between the cross-dressing Bowie, the avant-garde NY sound epitomised by The Velvet Underground and the 'foot in both camps' New York Dolls. There was a huge vacuum for a sound that would move the 3 minute song from the junior Val Doonicans (Cassidy, Osmond, etc.) into a new and culturally distinctive sound from the provinces. Siouxie Sioux said it all when she remarked that it was a Rollers gig she attended with a 14 year old Jonny Lydon that kick started the anti-establishment punk movement. Check out Les McKeown in The Clash's dressing room at Hammersmith Palais. Says it all... If it wasn't for the Bay City Rollers there would have been no Glasgow scene, no Liverpool sound, no Madchester and certainly no Manic Street Preachers. Some day they will get the recognition. :023:

Says it all, tm4tj. One of my favourite players over the years. It's the Club's call now.

OK. Clear. So you don't like our keeper! Just so we're clear...is the 'ability' of the remainder of the squad up to your standard? Crivvens! :024:

Funny that.......i must have dreamt the other 6 games :017: Funny that I didn't notice you going after him after 6 games. If you can give me the thread address I'd be grateful. Cheers... :017: :017:

3 games, 7 points, drop the keeper...good to see the armchair managers out in force! :017:

Was it...Mr A, in the Drawing Room, with the lead piping...?

I wish...too many fake Monty Python DVDs :029:

Jeffries: C'est un lapin, un lapin de bois. Midfielder: Qua? Three players' heads appear around the end of the dressing room door and disappear again. Midfielder: Un Cadeau! 2nd Midfielder: What? Midfielder: A present! 2nd Midfielder: Ah, un Cadeau! Midfielder: Allons-y, allons-y! 2nd Midfielder: What? Midfielder: Let's go! 2nd Midfielder: Ah! The two Midfielders and Jeffries creep out and wheel the rabbit into the dressing room, closing the door behind them. Meanwhile...Behind the knoll: Brewster: (to Park) What happens now? Park: Well, now, uh, Tokely, Wilson and I, uh, wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the Ayrshire scum, uh, by suprise. Not only by suprise, but totally unarmed! Brewster: WHO leaps out? Park: (pointing to each player as he names him) Uh... Tokely, Wilson and I.... uh, leap out of the rabbit, uh, and, uh.... Brewster: (groans) Park: (pause) Oh... um, look, if we built this large wooden Badger.... Brewster knocks him on the head. Just then, the rabbit comes soaring out of the dressing room. The team disbands amid great shouts of "Run away, run away!", but the rabbit lands on yet another helpless substitute. Cries of distress. On second thoughts let's scrap the Trojan Rabbit idea!

superb!

Outstanding! Cheers TWS... :022:

Missed the show last night due to an unfortunate convergence of Windows Vista and China Telecom...however, Broadbandman has just visited and he looked at me funny when I started whooping at Soccerbase Results! Well done all the team - some very encouraging onfield reports going about this morning. :021:

Q. Does Mantis own a car?

Q. Has Yngwie got a life yet?

Humble pie means diddly...and I'll bet I make many more mistakes...but, nobody has ever asked for your/mine/anyone's undying adulation - least of all Brewster, my one worry is he will never perform this somewhat bizarre request for an 'appearance of contrition'. I really, truly don't understand that!

Was the winner on Saturday sufficiently contrite Scotty? The photos seemed to show his knee was quite bended!

What happened to this thread? Too many Moderators probably... Well after a hugely enjoyable visit to the old country where I watched ICT ship 6 goals in 2 games and saw nowt in the opposition direction I want to reiterate my comment on the 'Celtic v' thread...this is a good TEAM that will come good in time. You may well say 'thank god for Gretna' (I know did) but there is a strength and technique in the performances that, I confess, surprised me. A taskmaster like Brewster is EXACTLY the leader we need at this time. I've no worries. It may even get worse, but believe, IT WILL GET BETTER. Ho hum, back to the spicy chickens' feet!

...playing 4-4-2 at ParkDread is applaudable but also football suicide. We could have played 4-5-1 with Brew or Bayne but nobody else. I agree IHE...4-5-1, in hindsight, was the tactic.

Agree with most of that. I'd like to take a look at your granny before endorsing it all though!