Yngwie

Are folk selecting on the basis of best footballers or the ones they have the fondest memories of? Very different line ups for me!

Carson reportedly on crutches?

Saturdays match at Elgin appears to have post-match entertainment from Barry Robson!

He posted this in 2014: RAF Schleswig, We had quite a team in those days, Got to the BFPO Germany final, I was demobbed three weeks before the final was played and never have heard what the result was. Yeah Scarlet we did meet up, Twas the accent that gave us away and as I remember we had a beer together at the customary post match ''**** up'' For me they were great days, I learned more than I ever did at school, I was super fit, I played table tennis, squash, cricket and anything else that would excuse me from duties down the dungeons where the radar screens were housed. When I did have to go on duties we did hourly shifts with half hour intervals when we played bridge. 'Square bashing' was hard I admit and my first encounter with the Corporal i/c was when we arrived at Bridgenorth laid our kit out on the bed for inspection, he picked up my razor examined it very closely then hurled it to the back wall of the billet shouting rooost. ,when I moved to go and collect it there was a loud scream of ''stand still'' which in a flash I did.After humiliating 90 percent of the other lads he, much to our relief, left the building. I asked the lad standing by the next bed to me what it was about my razor he didn't like he said I think he meant it was rusty!!! He, a lad who's head it had just missed and had brought it back to me looked closely at the razor couldn't find anything wrong with it so we decided if it had been rusty then the best way to get rid of rust was to throw the item against a stone wall. Next day 7am after washing and shaving in cold water we turned up for p. t. in shorts vest and gym shoes. OK fine, shorts and vest but it was raining so we had to put on our boots and double quick at that. After breakfast then it was on parade and if these boots weren't gleaming on parade then you were in big trouble.  Route marches, cross country running in boots were common place. Then the real training started when we were put to test by the RAF Regiment. Gas attack routines, bayonet practice, unarmed combat, shooting, rifle, Bren and grenade practice. You were ready for anything by the end of these weeks believe you me! Life was much easier after that and full marks to them they did make you stand on your own two feet.  My two postings were Middle Wallop for educational training and then Germany, both of which I thoroughly enjoyed.  We had the Vulcan bombers on our airfield, noisy beasts but thrilling to watch take off and land. Fortunately we were only about five miles from the town so to walk that and stagger back after a few beers was nothing to what had gone before.............and yes Scarlet the girls were there at the dances in the beer houses. Reach for your own stars Scarlet !!

Scarlet I think it was Bughtmaster who was in Germany with you.

What a strip! What a team!

That’s what happens when we open the club wallet these days!

Includes playing Fifa.

I’ve removed some off topic posts here. Come on guys, there’s an exciting new signing to talk about! Can’t say I was expecting another striker, I thought we’d filled our quota in that department.

With Ridgers, OFW, Mackay and Hoban, it’s clear that we didn’t get promoted because we needed another goalkeeper. ?

Lack of penetration?

Robertson banned for 1 match for his post-match comments. I think he has got off very lightly there.

That sounds like a quote from Farage or Boris!

That’s less of a hypothetical scenario given that we’ve had Tory-led governments for most of my life! Whether it was Boris or Corbyn in charge, I’d like to think I’d base things on the bigger picture rather than a government which is temporary.

Just out of interest Kingsmills (and anyone else for that matter), would you still be a supporter of independence if the likelihood was that Scotland would have its own right wing government for the foreseeable future? I suspect not.

The only person of any credibility who trots out that line this century is your good self! Just like EU in or out debate, we could leave a union and run more of our own affairs, it's just a question of whether the pros outweigh the cons.

Last week I saw an article in the Dundee Evening Telegraph that analysed Dundee’s stated search criteria - a manager with over 300 games under his belt and a win rate of over 40%. The only 3 candidates in Scotland meeting those prerequisites were Neil Lennon, Derek McInnes and.........John Robertson.

He doesn’t look particularly happy there. I cant help wondering.... “Great news Nathan, I’ve got you a move to Hearts. Just sign here!”

Still is, I think.

Just an observation that the 34 points that saw us finish bottom of the Premiership under Foran would have placed us 4th bottom in the 2 seasons since!

Yeah fans paid for the privilege. But here’s another idea for the anniversary- incorporate into the material the names of all the players to have appeared in the last 25 years. A variation on Where’s Wally!

Indeed, and the teams that ended our participation in the 3 major tournaments were Hearts, Hearts and Dundee Utd, whose wage budgets are several times ours.

In the end, yes, but both matches were very even at 0-0 until controversial and game-changing refereeing decisions. Who knows how it might otherwise have panned out.

Fair point. Whilst a few youngsters have regularly made it to the bench, with such a small squad and various injuries, it’s disappointing that none of them are deemed good enough (yet) to have broken through to be seriously in contention for first team places.

Very decent first half for us, but the game turned on one incident and it ceased to be much of a contest, the stuffing had been knocked out of us and we had little left to offer. Fair play to Utd who played very well in the 2nd and went for the jugular rather than just keeping it tight. Best moment of the night for me was getting home to a very, very large whisky waiting for me. It’s been a long season but I couldn’t have realistically hoped for much more with the resources we have. Cheers!