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kind of weird as well how some top rated series actually tank after so many seasons homeland was great ; not sure when went downhill - (spoiler alert ) end of Finch maybe ? house of cards ; final season & Billions ; which i'd touted in the "good series to watch" thread ; becomes unwatchable - well reported on reviews - season 4 i think i couldn't handle killing eve at all

United .............

These biscuits were rectangular, pretty sure the yellow ones had three pink stripes ; then inverse for the pink ones - there were rowers or other sports on the biscuit back or am imagining it ….

I ll need to look out for those lemon drizzle ones when home next think markies trips were special occasions tbh ; i just remember a dark green sided box with cellophane cover; which then reminded me of those sickly yellow or pink icing sugar biscuits with sports images on the back ( biscuit ) side

Does he still make exceedingly good cakes ? I noticed a shout for borders gingers - I usually grab those when back home - they remind me of a similar m&s version from childhood 70s… am also partial to a chocolate viennese

I think it was the influence / parody for allo allo - which i avoided like the plague tbh

Yes , saw it few months back very good ; bit dark ( obviously) but prefer that to blockbuster cgi stuff like midway / pearl harbo(u)r / and that tom hanks - greyhound one i understand there is a new mega series being filmed at moment by the band of brothers mob ; masters of the sky/air ? Usaaf bomber crews in england - listened to a podcast by a writer - but he couldnt say much logically/ hopefully they will eventually do a naval one an allied ‘das boot’ Reboot ?

i agree with my second paragraph there also : )

Are we talking mens or womens teams ? am trying to be diverse…

Was huge eric black fan ; and used to watch him most weeks - never seen anyone hang in the air like him for a header ( typically a peter weir pinpoint cross ) tbh theres sone “ x factor “ or something required though in carrying on that form to international level - part of it too must be the role a forward is expected to fulfill- within system- more holdup / lay off - way less goalscoring chances ie - id say frank mcdougall was an even more prolific finisher than black ;but a penalty box poacher is a luxury we could ill afford for context ; i recall fergie rates him as the best penalty box finsher hed ever had - but dont think he was selected when he was involved during nationsl set up - approx same time mark mcghee is another one who should prob be in this category- i saw him score goal v england in 1-1 draw ; and he played in north american tour - but dont think he effectively made the step up in saying that graham sharp kept getting selected - good for everton ; dire for us….

So decent for chelsea ; not so much for national side ?

Lofted Cameron goal v celtic in lge cup semi …. winnie was known as the ‘white pele’ by some ; not as a compliment though

Roy Aitken and Ricky Gillies goes in the same box as Steve Cowan for me ..... Kenny McLean was a great player ; part of the "almost" team that ran celtic close

bizarrely i have watched a Norwegian series a few years back where Russia invades ....... "Occupied" - was very good i thought - but didnt really think it was feasible concept when watching it .......

like foreign language films - will check that out ; thanks ! - started watching "Borgen" last night - only one episode in ..... Breaking Bad i always found too dark ; several failed attempts to get into it - i do like Better call Saul though = just finished the 4 part Netflix docuseries on D B Cooper - a story i knew a little about ; but pretty fascinating how deep some americans get into it = the series never really puts forward the theory (accepted by many) that he likely never survived the jump

Weir, Bell , McDougall spring to mind as top rate signings - Steve Cowan not so much... am sure am missing others too .... ?

Am with you on kelly mcdonald was reading comments at weekend with some yanks being annoyed at so many british actors over the pond stephen graham as al capone is good also some bizzare characters i liked - the ex ww1 sniper / missing half his face - and the tall guy from the flower shop ( he was in tigerland film ) wifes got us watching “ the split “ bit “meh” - maybe not so much for guys?

vastly overrated; as he fell into the “gallus wee winger ; tanner ba …” bollocks we had been programmed to like seemed to be selected often on this criteria - he played for a crap chelsea side ( alongside the even more useless david speedie …) never thought he contributed much to national team ; was always a lot of anticipation when he got the ball out wide but typically came to nothing think he played well against malta ? At ibrox

am sure he was Fergies last signing before he departed for Man Utd ? - i always saw it as a bit of a practical joke ..... i dont recall people thinking it was a great signing back then ; as opposed to say Bobby Connor from Dundee

Billy Stark been mentioned?

I dont think he was a great fit in international set up ; like many players / forwards , all very well having the ball pinged over all day long by bannon / milne etc against inferior opponents where you get lots of the ball - in 6 yd box loads dont recall an abundance of skill , being able to take on defenders , holding it up etc etc my memory may be playing tricks but thought he was always referred to a bit of a donkey ?

Elf

watch narey v w germany in 86 world cup ; nightmare game - and the away game to cyprus 90 qualifier

And signing for a very turgid Arsenal

Weir was outstanding for Dons , national team not so much - i recall Fergie had 'influenced' ? Stein to play half of the Dons team v N Ireland away (last home championships - 83 i think) we lost 2-0 and were mince , as were non regular Dons players , Rougvie etc underrated (although i never really rated him ....) but did bang in a few goals at national level in euro 92 qualifying - scott booth - i think john robertson was similar too ? = John Mcginally did well when he came in , as did Billy Dodds another "band aid" solution would be Gordon Greer -the ageing rocker who did well against Poland