Dalgety Bay TA
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11 hours ago, The_Dark_Knight said:
He'll play the full 90 minutes against Vitória de Guimaraes.
Steve Clarke should phone Tierney, ask him if he wants to continue being a Scotland player or not.
Personally, I don't care, either way. I said when he moved to Arsenal that I won't be watching their matches and keeping tabs on his progress, and I've not changed my position.
I would be willing to bet he doesn't.
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18 minutes ago, AlfieMoon said:
Why is everyone up in arms about Tierney?
The guy has just moved clubs, has clear injury issues that he is trying to overcome and his own club haven't even deemed him ready to be a regular starter.
I don't see what there is to read into there. Why is his commitment is being questioned or even stating that he doesn't want to play RB?
I made same arguments as you for the last set of fixtures as he had hardly played back in early October. I felt it was right to leave him out.
Not now though, he is playing for Arsenal, he should be in the squad. no excuses. If likes of Naismith are called up and deemed ready then should so KT.
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2 hours ago, TDYER63 said:
Urgh 🤮 I would rather pay the touts 300 quid than lick Slasher’s stamp.
All due respect @slasher 👍I think the general idea is that the person with the stamp licks it but ....well.....each to their own , it’s the 21st century.
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6 minutes ago, TDYER63 said:
Plan c
I shall be telling them the stamp came off when I washed my hands at the toilet 👍
Plan D....from my 18 year old son. If one person can get a stamp you then lick it and press your stamped hand against someone else which "transfers" some of the stamp to the other persons hand. Gets underage mates into clubs apparently.
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On 10/20/2019 at 2:20 PM, TDYER63 said:
I haven't seen it but my husband thinks ‘Happy ‘ on Netflix is good .Its hardly surprising he enjoys it given this overview by Wiki.
‘’Disgraced police detective Nick Sax (Christopher Meloni) lives as a social outcast, filling his days with heavy drinking and substance abuse, moonlighting as a hitman to feed his various habits. After sustaining a massive heart attack, Nick comes into contact with a small, blue, winged unicorn named Happy (an animated character voiced by Patton Oswalt) that apparently only he can see. Happy explains he is the imaginary friend of a little girl named Hailey, who has been kidnapped by a deranged man dressed as Santa Claus ("Very Bad Santa"). Happy reveals that Hailey is Nick's estranged daughter, and sought Nick's aid believing him to be the hero cop that Hailey envisioned him to be. Though skeptical at first, Nick reluctantly agrees and the two work to save Hailey.’’
Gave it 2.5 episodes. Grim as. Its like Sin City x Roger Rabbit. I laughed at one bit when he was in an ambulance. The rest of it was just pish.
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4 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said:
I'm sure they stamp your hand but they aren't overly stringent with it in my experience.
last time I stood at Hydro was The Courteeners/Gerry Cinnamon and there were plenty bunking in to standing!
I was at Kasabian there in Nov 17 but can't remember them doing that. Not to say it didn't happen as had been out for a fair bit of the day.
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20 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said:
I went to Oasis at the AECC back in 2008, supported by Sargeant (great band)
As luck would have it, Killie were at Pitoddrie that day!
Lost 1-0 though!
Saw them on 10th Anni of the album gig they did a few months back, in fact night of Scottish Cup final, in Dunfermline. Great gig.
The bass player, who we have always called Bill Sergeant, is in a new band called Sunstinger. They played before the main gig, very good but not the jingly jangly pop of Sergeant. Would recommend The Space Between Us and Even When. Seen them a month ago in festival in Dunfermline too. A good listen.
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On 10/24/2019 at 1:42 PM, TDYER63 said:
Can you test it for me, I am going to Stereophonics in March and am raging as I could not get standing tickets 🙂Will let you know as there in a month for Chemical Bros.
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14 hours ago, slasher said:
Not easy to slip from seated to standing at the hydro. As someone who's done it at several venues and has only a 50 per cent strike rate at the hydro my advice would be either come early and determined or content yourself and enjoy the gig!
Cheers. I am ok as have standing tickets for Chemical Bros in November but others now wanting to go and can only get tickets. We do have the option of 3 of us with standing tickets going in and then 1 coming out with the 3 stubs and getting others in that way. Or do they do anything different like wristbands?
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7 hours ago, The_Dark_Knight said:
Well, the Tierney one wouldn't count anyway, as the SPL is... not very good...
Regardless, though, Brendan Rogers did say that he can play as a center back. He also played as a left sided center back when we drew against England, and he did very well. So yeah, he's played at the highest level (international) in a 3.
Lots of teams rotate formations during matches (did you watch Ajax a couple of nights ago? It was like perpetual motion), so I'd say that most professional players have to play in various positions during a match.
I don't doubt Tiemey could play in a back 3 but its the lack of familiarity with the position which would worry me.
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22 hours ago, The_Dark_Knight said:
You could just as easily do that with this squad of defenders:
Devlin - back three for Hamilton and Aberdeen.
McKenna - back three for Aberdeen.
Mulgrew - back three for Celtic, Aberdeen and Blackburn
Souttar - back three for Hearts and Dundee United
Halkett (sp?) - back three for Livingston and Hearts
Berra - Back three for Hearts
Hanley - back three for Norwich and Blackburn and Newcastle.
Tierney - back three for Celtic.The only real difference is that the defenders you listed are far, far, far more accomplished that the current crop. (Aside from Tieney)
People are making out that our current center backs have NEVER played in a back three, at any level. Total fallacy.
Tierney hasn't played back 3 for Celtic.
Hanley never played back 3 for Newcastle who only started playing that again the previous season to this one, after he had left. He also hardly played for Newcastle. Norwich don't play back 3.
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Just now, TDYER63 said:
I have been in the standing area a few times and they always check your ticket at the door before you enter the standing area. Security might be more lax if for example someone tried to get in after the show started, I have never tested that.
Thanks.
I can't remember any at the gig I was at but I had had a few so not to say there wasn't. I think with a full crowd and folk nipping in and out for the toilet or drinks then it must be a little bit hard to control.
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Quick question for those who have been to the Hydro a few times.
What checks do they have in place to stop someone with a seating ticket going in the standing area?
I have been to one gig there and can't remember any checks on entrance to the standing area.
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17 hours ago, The_Dark_Knight said:
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No it wasn't. It wasn't common, at all. From our Euro 96 and France 98 squads only Matt Elliot (Leicester) played in a 3/5 at club level. So no, you're dead wrong. Very few clubs in the UK used a variant of 3/5 at the back, I can only remember one.
The 2-2 match? It was a back three of Elliot, Hendry and Weir, with two fullback of Matteo and Boyd. Boyd and Matteo were usually fullbacks for Celtic and Liverpool
A decent percentage of the EPL played a back 3 at that point.
Matteo played as part of a back 3 at Liverpool alongside Babb, Carragher and Staunton. Bjornebye and Heggem tended to be wing backs. Matteo sometimes played wing back.
Boyd was in a back 3 at Celtic alongside likes of Stubbs, Mjallby and Rieper. Mahe and McNamara were the wing backs. He played wing back for Scotland due to Hendry, Weir, Calderwood, Dailly and Elliot all being more natural centre backs.
Hendry still played in a 4 at Blackburn alongside Henchoz I believe. But Calderwood was in a 3 at Spurs.
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11 minutes ago, AndyDD said:
I disagree, it looked 4-2-3-1 to my eye. Darren Fletcher was under the impression it was actually a change to 4-3-2-1, as it happens- Nothing was working for Jurgen Klopp's side before the break, but he changed that in the second half when they moved from their usual 4-3-3 to a 4-3-2-1 formation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50119352
Certainly not 4-4-2. But ah well.
Liverpool went 442 against Man Utd second half. Sky commented on it during the game and it was also discussed on last nights MNF.
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4 minutes ago, sbcmfc said:
Where was Matt Phillips? I think he’s as good as anything else we’ve got.
Sure it was said that he was having a small op to clear up an issue. That's going to become more and more the norm when players get the chance to have 10 day breaks mid-season.
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8 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said:
Christie is more than ready for the Scotland side.
I would start Christie every game for Celtic and Scotland. He a player, much like Armstong who unfortunately hasn't been playing much of late, who runs at defences and breaks the lines teams set up. Opponents don't like that sort of player.
As for the "not disciplined enough"......30 league games for Celtic, 2 yellows, 1 red. The red obviously stuck in someone's head a bit too much.
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3 hours ago, PASTA Mick said:
I meant for us. We'd make Messi look like a Sunday league player by hitting long balls up to him.
It’s been so long since we have had some of that sort that we wouldn’t know how to react with a top class player in our side!
Cant even think who our last stand out player that we missed when they weren’t in the side was?
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3 hours ago, PASTA Mick said:
Is there a player in World football that would do that?
I would say Messi and Ronaldo obviously. I am sure Wales are a far different side when Bale is in it. Robbie Keane was a huge influence and threat for ROI, the amount of games he popped up in with a vital goal. Zlatan with Sweden was also very important for them. I am sure there are plenty more.
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Just now, WCTA said:
Exactly why the armband should be handed elsewhere. Your captain is the man who should be getting a grip of the game regardless of where he plays.
Yep, fair point, would agree with that.
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5 minutes ago, WCTA said:
I fully agree with the highlighted part. I’m not expecting Roy Of The Rovers stuff from him due to the above point. I do expect someone to stay focused and grab the game by the scruff of the neck though.
Neither am I. I maybe expect a bit more in terms of his actual performance but LB is probably not the easiest position to grab the game by the scruff of the neck.
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2 minutes ago, WCTA said:
I’d give the armband to a fit McKenna. I want my captain to have the look of a bully.
Maybe its due to the general malaise around the team but I can't think of one genuine inspirational leader in our squad.
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2 minutes ago, WCTA said:
I honestly think we need to try something different with Robertson. Whether it’s removing the Captaincy from him or what, I’m not sure. Maybe give Tierney a chance there.
Robertson won't replicate his Liverpool form for Scotland. With them he plays for a high quality team who dominate games and who attack a lot. He has the freedom to get forward as often as he can. A lot of their game is based on getting their full backs forward. He also has VVD inside him to cover when he goes forward. Scotland is almost the opposite to Liverpool, we don't dominate, we don't attack a lot, we don't have the cover for him and he has to defend a lot more himself, something which isn't the best part of his game.
The captaincy is a different issue. He probably got it like Fletcher did, due to no other obvious candidates and playing for the highest profile club.
Given how hard a time we are having, and despite what I say above, its still a very hard ask to drop him from the starting line up.
Do we think he could play as a holding midfield player??
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2 minutes ago, daviebee said:
Sorry - should've been clearer. I was referring to the centre-backs specifically. Obviously we've no right-backs. Lost both our first-choice defensive midfielders as well. Doesn't explain why so-called professional fitba players go utterly to pieces when they lose a goal of course.
I agree, the loss of a goal destroys this team as a unit nowadays. I just think most of our available defenders are much of a muchness, no better or worse than each other by any notable degree.
I also think bar Ryan Jack, who hasn't even been properly tested at this level, that we have a real defensive ball winning midfield player. When you have a below average defence and no one in front of them to try and shield or protect them you are always going to lose goals. And thats back to your point, when we lose goals we fall to bits.
Kieran Tierney's lack of commitment towards Scotland
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I admit I got this one wrong.
He might not play the full 90 but I was fully expecting them to play Kolasanic this match and Tierney at the weekend v Leicester. I thought Tierney would play one from two as Arsenal continued to "manage" him back to fitness but if he plays both then they are definitely at it. I really did think the league game was the more important and thats what he would start. And I was one who defended the decision in October as didn't think that was the right time to call him back up.