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Send our players back to Lennoxtown as soon as possible

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I know what you are worried about after last night’s Scotland performance, “He’s going to throw James Forrest in now.”  My feeling on the matter is that James, Callum and Kieran all need to ‘work on their fitness’ a bit.

Since managing Scotland for a few months in 2007, a period that included a 0-1 win in Paris, Alex McLeish has been found out in five subsequent appointments, ending ignominiously in North Africa.  He has the look of what he is, a man earning enough to make good on a tax bill that recently came his way, and nothing else.  Nice gig if you can get it.  He also selects players who are banned for life from the national team.

Scotland have the players to beat the 94th team in the world but were not sufficiently competent to fix up a manager who already lives in the country but manages in Belfast, or conduct an adequate search for an alternative.

The result of this, is that fans stopped caring, as do many players, by the look of it.  I don’t know a single person who was upset last night, the Scotland international football fascination is over.  The once great endeavour of football as a self-contained unit in Scotland is over, everybody knows it.  Send our players back to Lennoxtown as soon as possible, please.

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  2. jimthetim53 on

    Auldheid, I’m twenty eight minutes into the podcast. And I’m loving it. But something happened. I got a text to go to go and see the Pines of Rome in Glasgow City Halls, 30th Nov. Obviously I’m going. So went on to you tube for a wee reminder. It’s the Roman army coming from battles, tired, but victorious. Marching up the Appian Way. The mood changes from knackeredness to pride and glory as they reach the city of Rome.

     

     

    It only lasts 5 mins. Well worth listening to till the end. Powerful stuff. Listen to the change from minor to major.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMeXzqTfNcY

  3. Delaneys Dunky on

    BSR

     

    Wow!

     

    That Jack Bruce solo was absolutely amazing.

     

    First time I saw it.

     

    Always liked Jack Bruce. That was something else. Thanks for furthering my musical education.

     

    YNWA

  4. mike in toronto on

    DD

     

     

    One of my favourite things from my time on CQN – apart from some really nice people I have met – is the music I have learned about.

     

     

    Some great stuff that I would never otherwise have heard. And, as you say … all types of music.

  5. big packy 1 on

    here is one, continuing on the Scottish theme, living down in englandshire im often called jock, hate it but just smile, now someone came into the shop today and called me a sweaty sock, only in jest, but I was a bit annoyed, should I have been, opinions please.hh.

  7. fairhill bhoy on

    So is willie wallace talking pish ,or is he just a silly old man so out of touch?

     

    Maybe a book to sell??

  8. Delaneys Dunky on

    MIT

     

    Aye. Same here big yin. It is great to meet BigRailRoadBlues for a few Guinness after work of a Wednesday. He is a musical encyclopedia. We are very catholic in musical taste, or charlatan.

     

    Going to see The Charlatans and James at Hydro in December. Two crackin Manchester bands.

     

    YNWA

  9. dessybhoy on

    Auldheid

     

    I listened to the etims podcast, varying opinions even amongst those who took part in the podcast,I do disagree with you when you said this is about SFA reform, that to me is only one part of things, a full independent investigation into the Governance of football here needs to take place, going back as far as it needs to and holding where possible people to account, I still think shareholders and supporters have suffered losses due to the conduct of administrators, maybe it will take court proceedings to establish this.

  10. david17 on

    My interpretation of the Arzani signing. We sign a player per season on average from Citeh. Between Peter and Mark Lawwell we managed to establish that Daniel Arzani was available for loan which would tick the box for this year. The option was put to Congerton and Rodgers, i don’t think BR was very keen but accepted on the basis that he would get a year to develop him. This suits PL as we get to announce a signing, a cheap one at that. So far it seems that BR just doesn’t fancy him as he is nowhere near the first team. Much like our recruitment overall it appears dysfunctional. It has the look of a player being shoved down the Managers throat that he didn’t particularly want, hence BR digging his heels in and making a point. Of course I could be completely wrong.

  12. jimthetim53 on

    See the change from minor to major, it is called RESOLUTION. The feeling is – we have arrived, this is it! It happens at 3.40 in my clip above.

     

     

    Unfortunately when it’s major to minor, it usually leads to sadness, sometimes even death.

     

     

    But everyone will know this great change of key from major to minor:

     

     

    Ella Fitzgerald, Cole Porter song:

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP-8dzS1_rM

  14. Ron Bacardi on

    BIG PACKY

     

     

    When I moved south to England in the early 1970’s many folk at work or in pub would call me Jock. Just told them my name is not Jock, it’s Brian. They got the message.

  15. Delaneys Dunky on

    JTT53

     

    Greatest female voice I have heard may be that of Ella Fitzgerald. Outstanding song thanks.

     

    YNWA

  16. Celtic Mac on

    big packy 1

     

     

    When I first went to London, cockneys a generation or so older than me would often refer to me as ‘Jock’ but not in any way insulting. Most had fought in WW2, many in Korea, some in the Royal Navy, and even more in the Merchant Navy. Scots were no strangers to them, nor the name ‘Jock’, which every Scot named John seemed to be called back in the day, including our greatest Manager. Might be a stretch to call every Scot Jock, but in the absence of your real name, Jock was fine.

     

    “Sweaty Sock” on the other hand is an absolute No No, totally unacceptable. Have’nt heard it in about fifteen years, and if and when the next time I hear it it will engender the same response now as then.

     

    “Make sure that is the last time you use that description anywhere me!”

     

    You would do well to adopt a similar approach.

  18. topkat on

    Daniel Arzani is too direct……would look outa place in side and back passing team.. then maybe as the rags used to say “he will need to adjust to the pace of the scotish game”………remember that one eh !!!

  20. i'vehadtochangemymind on

    Hanging on

     

    You’re all that’s left to hold on to

     

    I’m still waiting

     

    I’m hanging on

     

    You’re all that’s left to hold on to

     

     

    monthecelticintheinternationalbreakcsc

  21. Tontine Tim on

    I am of the generation that if Scotland were playing oot the back I would sit in the front. Don’t hate them or hope they lose and there were times when I really wished them well, the qualifiers for the 1958, 62, 66, 70 and 74 WCs as well as any game against the outlanders particularly the home championships in the 60’s, 9-3 notwithstanding, although 1967 more than made up for that.

     

     

    These were times when the national side picked the best players for the job and not the ones the copland road end wanted, who can forget the Ghost of White Hart Lane the wonderful John White being booed as the entitled ones wanted ralph (failure at Maine Road and Roker Park) brand, in truth he only gained 8 caps although one of those was at outside right in a WC play off against Czechoslovakia in preference to our right winger at the time Stevie Chalmers.

     

     

    Both right wingers scott and his understudy henderson withdrew from the squad as did the wee dive bomber wilson fae the left wing. Dundee’s Hugh Robertson won his only cap that afternoon while the next back up Stevie was left out to accommodate an inside left.

     

     

    I listened tae the game in the science lab at St Pats on my wee tranny that I had just got for my birthday, the whole class, Bankie, Dumbarton, Helensburgh and Vale Fenians cheering on our home and native land, unfortunately after twice taking the lead Scotland fell 2-4 aet to the eventual runners-up to Brazil at the World Cup in Chile losing 3-1 in the final.

     

     

    Anyway as the years moved on I actually laughed as I witnessed them losing 1-5 to england at Wembley in my last game before leaving the country. I laughed not because of the defeat but the manner of the goals raining in.

     

     

    Prior to ko the smsm was raving about the hun goalie that was playing that day, he’ll be there for years to come they said. In a TV interview before the game Jock said that he was an unusual goalie being left sided but we had found him out a couple of weeks before, 2-2 GC Final, and that he had no doubt Don would have noticed this tae. All England goals came at this right side including one where he stoated aff the post injuring himself. He was never capped again after that.

     

     

    Several years later I was in a Celtic Cub over here and the bartender was wearing an Irish rugby top, being facetious I started tae wind him up about us being Scottish and no Irish., one of our older members originally fae Whitecrook and sadly no longer with us quietly supping on his Guinness looked up and said “ I wanted tae be Scottish but they widnae let me”, pretty much sums it up for a lot of us.

  25. Delaneys Dunky on

    BP

     

    I have been called Jock many times in England. Don’t mind it. Got into a fight in Camden when I was called a sweaty sock. Mind you, I was strong, fit and 19. ?

     

    YNWA

  31. fairhill bhoy on

    Got called jock all through last year at primary and first three years at woodchurch high?

     

    Badge of honour ?

  32. Delaneys Dunky on

    Tontine

     

    My mam watched that 5-1 Wembley game wi ma dad and me. She had no time for Scotland, as she thought they were a masonic extension of Rangers. Always remember her comment that the Scottish goalie Kennedy looked like he just escaped fae Calderpark Zoo. A bluenose useless monkey were her words. Hahaha

     

    YNWA

  33. david17 on

    TOPKAT on 12TH OCTOBER 2018 7:48 PM

     

    Daniel Arzani is too direct……would look outa place in side and back passing team.. then maybe as the rags used to say “he will need to adjust to the pace of the scotish game”………remember that one eh !!!

     

     

    ———-

     

    I think the trouble with Daniel is that he didn’t ‘jet in’.

  35. big packy 1 on

    okay we have produced some fantastic musicians, I personaly think jack bruce, one of the best bass guitarists in the world,now how about evelyn Glennie blind percussionist world renowned, ian Anderson of Jethro tull the list is endless, maybe our football team isn’t great but music wise we are up there.hh.

  40. i'vehadtochangemymind on

    Ghod bless the navvies who blazed my trail.

     

     

    By the way, you can get a decent fizzy belt of McEwan’s in the Red Lion bar on College Bounds Aberdeen.

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