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  1. 1 hour ago, Och Aye said:

    A large number of this age group attend football matches. 

    You must be aware of that. 

    Supporters buses, trains, pubs young team singing and chanting.? 

    People also have to travel to attend rugby matches and probably have a few pints beforehand. Yet it’s 25% of stadium. And football isn’t. If there was ever a sign that football fans are second class citizens in this country then that’s it right there.

  2. On 6/1/2021 at 8:42 AM, Rolling hIlls said:

    I agree with you. Gala will benefit cash wise with bigger gates. I know a lot of rangers supporters who used to go to Bathgate when rangers u21's played there. Dont know what happened to that. But seemingly they got decent crowds. Their main reason was just to watch football and see if there were any young players coming through. But everyone benefitted I think.

    When Rangers and Celtic Colts teams played in the Challenge Cup there was no noticeable upturn in the crowds of those they played over their normal league crowds. That was either midweek or Saturday games, in a knockout cup competition, where the senior side wasn’t playing due to the games taking place on international break weekends.

    Throw in that many Colts games will be held on the same day and at the same time as the senior side is playing and there won’t be the crowd boost that many are predicting.

    If any team wants a Colts side in Scottish football, fine. But let them earn their place like any other side has to by starting at the bottom of the pyramid and getting to their correct level by doing it on the pitch. Paying £25k and jumping over 150 teams is wrong. 

  3. On 7/8/2021 at 5:58 PM, Och Aye said:

    Yes because it's her coming up with these figures not any scientific guidance she has relied on from the start. 

    I’d love to know what scientific guidance gives you

    25% of capacity on games shown around the world unless you get hosting the games taken off you. A few weeks after not being able to have any fans at all in our national cup final. In the city that at the time was the worst hit in Scotland infections wise.

    And the scientific guidance where one stadium can have 25% capacity for a game of rugby whereas the the same city only allows 10% for a football friendly. 
     

    There is nothing “scientific” about those decisions.

     

     

  4. On 11/14/2020 at 10:41 AM, Flat Earth said:

    Nobody is too ugly for FaceBook. But not so easy to hide who you are on there... 😉

    Is Thplinth actually THE Reverend Campbell? They both appear to have strayed a considerable distance from the path, and in much the same direction...

    Also thinking about starting a thread for dead TAMBers. Just so I can remember all the ones I've forgotten. There's a pretty long list now - not including Balloch Thistle and Khraeigh.

    Does anyone remember Colonel's real name? I know it was Alan and he came from Dirleton. But for the life of me I can't remember his surname... 

    Alan Clydesdale.

  5. 14 minutes ago, slasher said:

    Allegedly Sky can walk away from the deal if it doesn't start in August. That I imagine would be a major problem for Scottish football. I don't care what contracts you've been negotiating, you know fuck all about this one and neither do I, I'm just passing on information that may or may not have some credence. 

    As for your other question, there are umpteen contracts I can think of that could be adversely affected by a delayed start to next season eg player, sponsorship, UEFA contracts to name but a few. 

    At the end of the day UEFA will decide the final outcome not Neil Doncaster or Peter Lawwell no matter what the orcs have to say. 

    There would also be the small matter of Sky looking like absolute cvnts if they reneged on a deal, given the circumstances, just because it didn’t start on the exact date they wanted it to.

  6. 1 hour ago, Wullie Anderson said:

    Have you heard how many teams have applied to join the EOSFL?
    No news yet on what they are doing with regards to the season ending.

    Wullie,

    Lowland League have declared the season over and awarded Kelty the title.Not sure if there is any chance of promotion, think that requires a lot of agreements between a lot of leagues if they were to put Kelty and Brora into Division 2.

    No relegation from LL confirmed. EOSL have a (virtual) meeting tomorrow to decide what happens with leagues.

  7. 18 hours ago, slasher said:

    It's worse for my Dad. He's 92 and a worry himself but fiercely proud and independent. Imagine being married for 63 years and not being able to be together at the end. Absolutely fuckin horrific. She told me to get home tonight and look after my family 😢

    Words won’t make any difference to how you feel but sorry for your loss and the circumstances around it. 

  8. 7 minutes ago, TDYER63 said:



     I would be quite happy if it was cancelled. If I am going to contract a dose of coronavirus I would prefer it to be at the expense of someone other than David Gray. 
     

    😂 That did make me smile!

    I am supposed to be seeing The Reytons next Saturday in The Mash House in Edinburgh. Small venue, only about 300. Heard nothing. I’m choosing to not go. Said since I got the tickets it’s the one band I want to see most this year. They can wait.

    Following Wednesday due to see Slow Readers Club in the Liquid Rooms. About 800 capacity. They actually emailed yesterday saying that gig will still be on. Which actually annoyed me a lot. Again I will give it a miss.

  9. 9 hours ago, Toepoke said:

    Interesting graph this. Shows the value of widespread testing...

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     I read that S Korea’s cases are largely based around 2 things. One is some church/cult like group and the other is a call centre which was labelled as a ‘super cluster” where a couple of the group worked. They will probably account for the large number in the 20-29 group.

     

    https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/03/11/seoul-reports-90-new-covid-19-cases-linked-to-call-centre

  10. 1 minute ago, beardy said:

    The WHO have the death rate as 3.4%.

    For comparison the CDC flu figures for 18/19 were 34000 deaths from 35,000,000 infections. That's roughly 0.1%.

    Those idiots who keep comparing it to the flu are out by at least a multiple of 34. 

     

    I have been trying to explain this to anyone who says "the flu kills more". Aye, it does solely on numbers but it doesn't per infection case. Italy are currently at 6.6% death rate to positive cases.

  11. 17 hours ago, andyD said:

     

    Forrest has probably the worst return of any player in the national team I can remember. For the caps he's had his influence on games has been dire. Scored in just 2 caps and only has 3 assists. From 34 caps as a forward player. He's player against Lichtenstein, Malta and Lithuania twice, Qatar, San Marino twice.. from all those games together he has 1 assist. He had 2 matches where everything just dropped for him, and since then he's reverted to normal and not looked a threat in 8 appearances since.

     

    Brian McClair. Considering what he achieved domestically and the players he had around about him in the Scotland squad.

  12. 22 minutes ago, macy37 said:

    Kelty hit bar 3 times in a minute too? Sounded like a fantastic game. 
     

    For their budget Kelty should be way ahead. I still feel they’ll win it and get to the play off final.

    The ball hitting the bar 3 times was the whole stramash which led to the penalty and then non-penalty to indirect free kick. Highlights will be online later today so I will have to give that one another look.

    Kelty are probably performing as per their budget IMO. One (unexpected) defeat all season early on at Cumbernauld, one home draw after being 2-0 up v a pretty decent E Stirling side and last nights lucky draw. A +78 goal difference shows they gub the teams they should be gubbing, and heavily at times. 68 points from 75 is good going. Bar the Cumbernauld loss everything else is pretty much as it should be given players available.

    I think there has to be huge credit given to Bonnyrigg to staying in touching distance. Came up from EOSFL and first season in LL. While they were classed as a good side when coming up, having won 22 from 24 in the EOS the previous season, I don't think anyone expected them to perform so well and so consistently in the supposedly stronger league. 20 wins from 24 and only 2 defeats shows they are equally as strong in this league. They have pulled a few late winners in crucial games but thats the mark of a pretty strong and confident side.

    I think Kelty will get away from Bonnyrigg with at least a draw, which should be enough to seal it. I didn't see a great deal from Bonnyrigg at Kelty at end of Feb, bar a wind assisted second half, to say they will be strong favs on their own ground. Which is probably just as well given Kelty still have to travel to BSC too.

  13. On 3/7/2020 at 7:41 PM, macy37 said:

    Rose drop vital points today. It’s Kelly’s now. They’ve a great chance of beating Brechin as they are mince. Nearly as poor as Berwick last season. 

    A 96th minute equalising 2-2 at home to BSC last night puts it back in the mix.

    BSC the best side I have seen at Kelty this season and that includes Auchinlek. The ref had a.....memorable.....game. Gave BSC a second half pen which was a terrible decision, ball won cleanly. Then gave Kelty a penalty and subsequently changed his mind and gave an indirect free kick in the box instead. The late equaliser subsequently saw the ref send off the BSC manager. Gave cards that weren't and didn't give cards he should have. Certainly a touch of the Collums about him in the way he rushed to give decisions.

  14. 2 hours ago, Orraloon said:

    https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/03/momento-mori-unpopular-thoughts-on-corona-virus/

    This is kinda how I felt at the start of the outbreak. I am now starting to think it's going to be more serious than I had thought at that time. I'm not sure if it is because of the media coverage warping my brain or because it's getting closer to home. Or, maybe it's just that the numbers are stacking up? 

    Panic buying of toilet rolls is a mighty weird response though. WTF?

    I'm away to stock up on baked beans and pasta. I'm not sure how many months worth to get though?

     

    If you bulk up on the beans then maybe add some additional loo roll too.

    I think it’s very concerning. As I said earlier in thread, I don’t remember worldwide Govts responding in this manner to previous viruses. I also don’t remember them seeming to be as infectious as this one. Or mortality rate to infection being as high.
     

    Without wanting to go all conspiracy theory it’s almost as if we aren’t been told the full story. Which is possibly a good thing given how some people have reacted to the level of information they currently have. 

  15. 13 hours ago, macy37 said:

    Rose drop vital points today. It’s Kelly’s now. They’ve a great chance of beating Brechin as they are mince. Nearly as poor as Berwick last season. 

    Last two weekends definitely swung it in Kelty’s favour and a win Tuesday night over BSC would also be a huge step towards the title.

    I think Brora Rangers would be a very hard game, they have pissed the Highland League this season, won 24 from 26. 

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