TheBrownBottle

I don’t think he has been yet. I think he could be.

I think the shape of the penalty area is a big problem with it - a handball on the corner of the 18 yard box is hardly likely to have denied a goalscoring opportunity But that’s a massive can of worms to open

Literally no-one has said that. Some don’t think he’s brilliant.

That’s my view of him too. I think he’s been ok - he is one of those I hope can be coached into becoming better. I think the lad has talent. But I can’t get onboard when folks say he’s been a success or great.

He’s been a solid enough player for most of his time here - I think a move to Bayern is perfect for all concerned. We should consider taking a lower fee if required - just make sure we have a decent sell-on fee to make up for it

Still ranks as one of my favourite away memories that one - went with my dad and uncle, atmosphere was electric. Hottiger’s FK is still better than Roberto Carlos’s

Elanga played well in the Nou Camp, Ramsay had some good performances for two months. That isn’t £100m well spent for me.

Hall?

Last gasp tackles are often the result of poor positioning - I’m not at all convinced that they’re a mark of quality

Re outgoings I agree - but we know football clubs’ finances and what they can spend. Howe and his nephew mortgaged us to the eyeballs last summer with their splurge - we have to sell to buy. There’s no smoke and mirrors going on with that - they’ve had their big spending window under the rules and absolutely fucked it.

PSR means Man City can’t stack the deck vs their rivals - they’ve just been better run

PSR headroom would be the purpose tbh - we’ve got none, so it’s sell to buy time

Honestly, if the rest of the signings weren’t as bad as they’ve been I suspect Thiaw’s performances would be severely questioned. Our backline has been terrible this season and he’s pretty much an ever-present. He’s very error prone.

Yep, they’re both a complete shower of twats. It’s not for nothing that the SPL is the only division in Europe which had clubs play four games per season against each other - it forces any competitor to the OF to play them eight times (I know the league now splits in two), but they only have to face a giant club twice. It’s as bent as a nine bob bit. I hope you do it - but you won’t have the officials in your favour at CP.

Funniest thing about Celtic is for all of their attempts to be victims, leaning into Irish rebel songs as if it had anything to do with them, they’re one of the two most protected clubs in Western Europe. In fact given Rangers’ travails over the last couple of decades, they may be the most protected. They’ve utterly corrupted the division they’re in. Every referee and football official will have one of them as a ‘second team’, as is the norm north of the border. Happily, you never see nonsense about the two of them joining the English league anymore. Given the choice I’d rather have a British league with every other Scottish club in it, and leave those two to play each other forty times a season - which they more or less do already.

I couldn’t get R5 due to rights issues in Oz, so tuned into talkSHITE to listen. Zero SPL updates, just blithering on about Man City v Palace. Was any British football fan (other than Arsenal / Man City supporters) more interest in that than what was happening in the SPL? I highly doubt it.

10 mins of stoppages and a dodgy pen They’re called the Old Firm for a reason. Can’t be having anyone else winning it

Hearts’ goal difference reduces at the same rate that Celtic’s goes up if they’re playing each other. So a 3-0 win for Celtic would mean Hearts are on +32, and Celtic are on +32 - but Celtic have scored more overall

You suggested that Cole was disliked because he played for someone else - that’s not the case

Yes, I can imagine they’d be able to pinpoint whoever shared the photograph. More cynical minds would think that this is just more ITK bollocks, but I’m no cynic.

Isak, Shearer, Beardsley across the front for me Though I’d happily play an all-Beardsley XI if the rules allowed (he did play in goal once of course )

If only the means existed for you to upload that photo

That’s true, but it just sounds like high farce. They’re not the SAS planning a raid - I’d love to know if the Smoggies did something so radical in that match that only hiding under a hedge like a porn stash would suffice. Like they were playing a 6-1-3 formation or they were playing their keeper on the left wing. I’m willing to bet Boro lined up and played in the way anyone mildly observant could’ve predicted.

It’s almost as wretched as the comments under it. The DM is fucking vile.