Prevailing attitude of hunger

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Judging by these quotes, John Guidetti may just be the most excited footballer on the planet right now:

“I’m just going to work my socks off…. do my absolute very best…. give 100%.

“The one thing I hate more than anything is losing. I can’t stand it.

“For 90 minutes I am always giving everything.

“You can always expect 100% from your players and I’m going to give that [note the repetition of this assertion].

“I promise I’ll do my very best to do even a little bit of what [Henrik] did.

“Football without fans is nothing, it’s not worth it for me.”

There is a common theme across a few players who joined this summer, they have something to prove.  Guidetti, Mubarak and Tonev each had a difficult time last season, for varying reasons.  They need to hit the mark, whether it’s through form (Tonev), fitness (Guidetti) or simply being able to play in an environment which is remotely normal (Mubarak).

Scepovic is different.  He arrives with the wind at his back, but the prevailing attitude at Lennoxtown should be one of hunger. I suspect this contrasts starkly with last year’s arrivals.

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  1. Frank Ryan's Whiskey on

    US to start exporting oil?

     

     

    The US has a glut of oil following a fracking revolution that promises to make the country the world’s largest crude producer, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Russia.

     

     

    According to the US Energy Information Administration, America produced a record 992,000 barrels of oil a day last year.

     

     

    However, Congress banned exports after price shocks from the 1973 Arab oil embargo led to the notion that the US was running out of oil.

     

     

    Companies are allowed to export refined fuel, such as gasoline and diesel, but not oil itself. The US Commerce Department, which oversees the Bureau of Industry and Security, changed the definition of some ultra-light oil, clearing the way for the two companies to sell abroad.

     

     

    Energy research group IHS believes the move could add more than $1 trillion (£590bn) to government revenues through 2030, trim fuel prices and create an average of more than 300,000 jobs a year.

  2. Neganon,

     

     

    I know you aren’t. I just wanted something of ma chest;)

     

     

     

    I’m out my depth with politics and have no problem admitting so.

  3. Jonny the tim. So the scottish govt is all above board then???? No dirty tricks or rotten politics there?

  4. davidopoulos

     

     

    14:52 on 5 September, 2014

     

    Paddy Turner

     

     

    14:49 on 5 September, 2014

     

     

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    Take your own curry sauce (in powder form in a sachet), ask for a cup of hot water at the kiosk and combine. Voila. You can sell the excess sauce to other curry-sauceless chip consumers.

     

     

    That’s capitalism in action pal!

     

    #######

     

     

    Davy,

     

     

    Your a genius….how’d a no think of that?

     

     

    Been on Amazon ..pkt of Currie Sauce powder 100gm retails at 0.99p….cheaper than £1brox

     

     

    Reminds me of the macaroon bars / spearmint chewing gum & my favourite Spam Pieces from a cardboard box…….talking about capitalism ….those were the days my friend

     

     

    Paddy T

  5. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    Marspapa

     

    you will be glad to know I won’t be pulling pints for a wee while yet….

  6. Frank Ryan's Whiskey on

    Chavez

     

     

     

    15:00 on 5 September, 2014

     

     

     

    south of tunis

     

     

    14:12 on 5 September, 2014

     

     

    Thanks for the Sicilian expat’s view on independence :) That’s not how it’s seen here, actually. The Financial Times reckons Scotland’s finances will be better than rUK’s from the start. The boss of Aberdeen Asset Management was on Radio 4 this morning saying they already do business in 33 different countries and Scotland becoming independent would make no difference to their business. They have over £200 billion of assets under management. There are over 2000 members of Business for Scotland saying they think independence will be better for Scotland.

     

     

    On the No side, a lot of people whose first name seems to be Sir think it will be A Bad Thing. :)

     

    ==

     

    Aberdeen Asset – really a company guilty of doing taxpayers out of millions.

     

     

    The firm paid senior employees and directors over £31m free of income tax and National Insurance Contributions between 2000 and 2003 using an Employee Benefit Trust (EBT).

  7. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    frank ryan’s whiskey

     

     

    13:24 on 5 September, 2014

     

    OK i am labouring the point here somewhat from my posts yesterday with regards to N.Sea oil production

     

     

    HMRC figures released last month show that revenues from North Sea oil and gas have fallen significantly to £4.7bn in 2013-14, down from £6.1bn.

     

     

    Production now reaching levels of 1970′s.

     

     

    Make of that what you will but facts is facts. Oil will not be an Indy Scotland’s golden goose.

     

     

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    No offence,mate-but…..

     

     

    The UK gets very little benefit from its oil resources when compared to the money accrued by similar nations.

     

     

    Why is that?

     

     

    We seem to have allowed petrochemical companies to plunder our wealth for very little return. I cannae think of any other country being so styoooooopit,except maybe corrupt states like Nigeria.

     

     

    Oops,sorry. Now I get it.

     

     

    Sorry for the above. We live in a corrupt state and someone is creaming it off.

     

     

    Heyho,’twas always thus.

  8. Geordie Munro,

     

    what would you replace it with that was fairer?

     

     

    Serious question by the way

     

     

    HH

  9. Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon

     

     

    15:09 on 5 September, 2014

     

     

    Dear Fred

     

     

    I wanted you to know that I am watching events closely on the ABN front. It is in Scottish interests for RBS to be successful, and I would like to offer any assistance my office can provide. Good luck with the bid.

     

     

     

    Yours for Scotland

     

     

    Alex

  10. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    Marspapa

     

    never a gtf , I might need a lift from you in the near future…8))

  11. Paddy Turner

     

     

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    You’ll be a curry sauce kingpin in no time (the Daily Record might even link you with a buy-out of Rangers).

  12. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Getting mightily miffed wi the eejit who posted at 1514.

     

     

    Some kinda crap from breitbart.

     

     

    Still,it saves the NHS on medication.

  13. Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma on

    Charles Kickham

     

     

    What did the e-mail say at Easter time?

     

     

    Since then I have had a laptop makeover and so am completely behind the times. If you send it again I will have a go at replying.

     

     

    Cheers

     

     

    BRTH

  14. Football comments will come later but …

     

     

    Interesting line now from the Tiddlers / Bronski’s — end London rule now.

     

     

    And yet they want to keep the pound / the Bank of England / interest rates + MPC …

     

     

    You couldn’t make this stuff up.

     

    The Children’s Crusade was better organised than this.

     

     

    And then their is the BS / RM / KO’B / DT axis of weasals. At least they all can have Wee Eck on speed dial if they so much as burp a request.

  15. neganon2

     

     

    15:13 on 5 September, 2014

     

    Jonny the tim. So the scottish govt is all above board then???? No dirty tricks or rotten politics there?

     

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    That wasn’t/isn’t a consideration for me. Westminster is my problem. Not saying Scottish politics is whiter than white, but, I haven’t been made aware of any expense scandals or “sleaze” accusations, that haven’t been properly dealt with.

     

     

    I await enlightenment of course.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    End London rule.YES

  16. ernie lynch

     

    15:07 on

     

    5 September, 2014

     

    Chavez

     

     

    15:00 on 5 September, 2014

     

     

    south of tunis

     

     

    14:12 on 5 September, 2014

     

     

    ‘There are over 2000 members of Business for Scotland saying they think independence will be better for Scotland.’

     

     

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    How many people do they employ?

     

     

    From what I can see most of them are one man and his dog outfits. Nothing wrong with that but its a bit misleading when they’re lumped in with ICI and BP and counted as a business.

     

     

    I know one guy that’s in it and he’s as thick as mince.

     

     

     

    That last sentence Ernie,you talking about your mirror?.

  17. Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma on

    Auldheid

     

     

    I only reproduce the feckin oil statistics as reported by them what know about this kinda stuff so make of them what you want.

     

     

    My own area of expertise is very much restricted to…… oh wait a minute I can’t tell you that!

     

     

    I do like a right good argument though and the occasional expletive.

  18. Ray Singh Carr

     

     

     

    “Geordie Munro,

     

    what would you replace it with that was fairer?”

     

     

     

    Anything that wasn’t linked to the value of yer hoose. Crazy set up.

     

     

    I’m sure there’s clever guys out there getting oodles of cash could iron out any problems with my set up ;)

  19. Carrying on with the theme of the last couple of days posts, I’ve decided to make up a list of Celtic players who I feel would be pro independence and pro better together…

     

     

    No real logic as to why…

     

     

    Pro independence:

     

     

    Scott Brown

     

    James Forrest

     

    John Guidetti

     

    Emilio Izaguirre

     

    Virgil Van Dijk

     

    Kris Commons

     

    Efe Ambrose

     

    Adam Matthews

     

    Mikael Lustig

     

    Anthony Stokes

     

     

     

    Pro Better Together:

     

     

    Jo Inge Berget

     

    Derk Boeriggter

     

     

     

    HH,

     

    CB

  20. Frank Ryan's Whiskey on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS

     

     

     

    15:16 on 5 September, 2014

     

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    No contest mo chara, income from N.Sea oil has been and continues to be wasted. The UK has received a pittance in tax revenues. How much have the BPs, Exons, etc made in comparison?

     

    Can’t see this changing being reversed regardless of who wins the divorce vote the rights to exploit the a blocks mineral reserves were sold to the highest bidder so legally the oil belongs to the lease holder of the block. That is unless the Scots do a Chavez and nationalize the industry and boot out the multinationals. Can’t see that happening can you?

  21. The ‘No’s have managed to swing me

     

     

    We need the oil to pay for other stuff like Trident and illegal wars

     

     

    We need to promote fear and self loathing as an excuse to justify this.

     

     

    next….

  22. Brogan

     

     

    “I do like a right good argument though and the occasional expletive.”

     

     

    So you enjoy some feckin about frackin’?

     

     

    :)

  23. If the judge starts his summation by saying “I’ve been sitting here thinkin'” then you know it’s not going to end well.

  24. Apropos of nothing…

     

     

    Do you know the absolute worst thing about living in London????

     

     

    I cannae find Mother’s Pride (or any plain bread for that matter) anywhere, nor can I get a decent recipe online to make my own.

     

     

    If Scotland becomes independent, will this problem be fixed?

     

     

    Why is no one answering that????