BlufPurdi

Fraud of a footballer. I mean, he's done the business a few times for England, but still never been sold on him.

Giddy as fuck.

YES!

Away to fuck with that, man.

All done...

This is horrendous. Working on it though, guys, but I don't think there's much we can do and will no doubt be a server-related issue.

Hurrah!

The voice of experience.

Probably spot on, and as has been pointed out, he's far from having no critics up here. I can't really remember what it was, but I remember him being all over the back pages for a blunder or two during the season.

A half brick.

At least then I'd be one of the bitter bastards.

Are they? He's been really happy up here, by all accounts though. I'm sure he'd resent coming back just to be shipped out on loan again or sitting on the bench. Don't Celtic get to enter the qualifiers for the CL every season? I wish we had that option. Yeah, but they've not made the proper in 3 seasons, so the idea they are a CL team and the way you phrase I presume you mean they have plenty of money to offer more is a bit skewed. They're probably more skint than us.

Are they? They struggle to get past the first qualifier just about every time. Pretty sure they've not made the proper in about 2-3 seasons. He's been really happy up here, by all accounts though. I'm sure he'd resent coming back just to be shipped out on loan again or sitting on the bench.

Have you ever been to Scotland game? Honestly, 'Stick team GB up your arse was as prominent as flower of scotland a couple of years ago when the debate was high profile. I'd imagine a lot of Rangers fans want it, but do a survey at Hampden and I'd bet a lot that the vast majority would oppose it. It's very passionate too, it seems to be seen that you can't be a Scotland fan if you'd like team GB. I wouldn't claim that a message board is hard evidence, but this is the main Tartan Army board: http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=129686&st=0 The Tartan Army are about as representative of Scotland as Newcastle is of England. Got to remember, this is the Olympics, so it covers more than just football fans. The rugby fans at my old work were all for it, for instance, as they've experienced the British Lions pish and aren't simple morons. You also get large swathes of England supporting cricket fans up here, so again, that's another group that aren't brought up on the bitter Scottish football dogma that exists. I do accept now it might not be as balanced as I've said though, but in Glasgow it certainly is. Also, I wouldn't go to a Scotland game if my life depended on it. Have no desire to be around 50,000 needlessly bitter bastards.

Yeah because Craig Brown and Neville Southall represent the common people, eh?

Often hilarious when English-based fans make sweeping generalisations about Scottish and Welsh opinions.

Well, you'd be wrong. You sure? Most don't give a shit I'd say, if anything. I do live in Glasgow, though, and well the majority of Rangers fans support England and the Celtic fans with Ireland.. but aye to be honest. No one's banging the drum for this (or independence for that matter) other than the politicians and SFA. They're just playing on the apathy of the people.

Well, you'd be wrong.

Mini-FAs. I like that, going to use it up here.

That would be good. It's hugely political as well, the stances taken by the two. Got Salmond's fat arse all over it.

Pathetic nonsense on this from day one from the SFA and the Welsh. It would be a great experience for the youth of each nation, but nay, let's get tribal about it. Yawn. Shame none of the players from these countries have spoken out about it though, and perhaps that itself suggest even they don't want to be part of it. No doubt if they did speak out the FA's there would have to consider backing down.

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It's the same up here, they think it's total madness. I can't say I disagree in the slightest.

That felt heart-wrenching to read, mainly because it's all completely true.