Season 25/26

[Diamond Scot]

11 hours ago, Big Ramy 1314 said:

So they have changed the rules again mate! Bernabeu had a ball hit his arm inside the box, he was facing the other way, no intent, and he was called for a penalty...

VAR is useless !!!

The rules were changed about 3 or 4 years ago from memory. It was to stop goals where the ball hits the goalscorer on the arm and then leads directly to a goal.

Penalty doesnt need intent and hasnt done for about 15 years. Id imagine the Bernabeu one you are talking about the hand / arm was deemed to be in an un natural position which I believe is deemed to be something like if the arm is away from the siloette of the body. 

Ie if you jump and your arms to gain more height (which is a natural movement) and the ball hits them then its a penalty as your arms are up in the air. 

Its to stop people like John Terry who used to put his body in a star shape before the shot was hit. He wouldnt move his arms after the ball was hit so there was an argument that if the ball hit his arm it wasnt intentional. Its aimed to make the rules more consistent.

[ThistleWhistle]

Goodwin's been getting it tight for the nationalities brought in but think to an extent it misses the point as it's the short termism that's the problem.  Having loads of loans and 1 year deals means there's no tradeable assets and your just losing money out the door then having to rebuild from scratch. 

This window he's signed 5 players who're on 2-3 year deals and from initial impressions two could be sold for profit.  Add in Ferry, Graham and Cleall Harding until 2027 and if they can extend Sevelj beyond this summer then next summer won't be fire fighting but maybe concentrate on quality and loans won't be as disruptive. 

Maybe I'm over optimistic but think there seems to have been a change in Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts and United that there is at least the start of a coherent plan in having a squad with resale value, youngsters coming through who can be sold for profit and room for loan deals that increase the quality rather than signing journeymen with no resale at all.  

 

[Fairbairn]

The Radio Ga Ga chant for Claudio Braga at Hearts is a work of genius. 

[Big Ramy 1314]

19 hours ago, dan cake said:

Trains from Aberdeen cancelled tomorrow due to the weather I believe, wonder if they’ll postpone the game 

The match still on? I see it's live on Sky !! Think I will grab an Irn Bru and give it a watch, if it's still on of course...😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Ally Bongo]

3 minutes ago, Big Ramy 1314 said:

The match still on? I see it's live on Sky !! Think I will grab an Irn Bru and give it a watch, if it's still on of course...😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Can't see it not being on 

It would seem the Southern Central Belt has escaped the worst of the storm - just windy and wet 

It looks to be above Glasgow and Edinburgh where it has had more impact  

[dan cake]

23 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said:

Can't see it not being on 

It would seem the Southern Central Belt has escaped the worst of the storm - just windy and wet 

It looks to be above Glasgow and Edinburgh where it has had more impact  

I’m not far from Tynecastle (not far enough 😀) stormy as fuck at the moment, my windows are rattling like Anne Budges teeth

[Ally Bongo]

😅

[ThistleWhistle]

Hearts are going to be interesting - can already see the media trying make a circus out of them.  Not sure what make of the Brighton fella as they're transfer business is brilliant typically but they're still in a shit load of debt so what happens if they get a couple of wrong 'uns in or have a bad season? 

However, I don't think it would take that much to split Rangers and Celtic if the recruitment was decent over a 3 year period supplemented with youth and access to decent loan players so the squad depth means you can play square pegs in square holes all season.  

Last night's game too for me shows why Xg is bollocks - Aberdeen won on Xg 1.5 - 0.9 whereas anyone with eyes could see Hearts were the better side for 60 minutes with another gear to go into  and Aberdeen had a striker who couldn't trouble bovine buttocks with a selection of stringed instruments.  

 

[Bzzzz]

On 8/5/2025 at 11:08 AM, ThistleWhistle said:

Hearts are going to be interesting - can already see the media trying make a circus out of them.  Not sure what make of the Brighton fella as they're transfer business is brilliant typically but they're still in a shit load of debt so what happens if they get a couple of wrong 'uns in or have a bad season? 

However, I don't think it would take that much to split Rangers and Celtic if the recruitment was decent over a 3 year period supplemented with youth and access to decent loan players so the squad depth means you can play square pegs in square holes all season.  

Last night's game too for me shows why Xg is bollocks - Aberdeen won on Xg 1.5 - 0.9 whereas anyone with eyes could see Hearts were the better side for 60 minutes with another gear to go into  and Aberdeen had a striker who couldn't trouble bovine buttocks with a selection of stringed instruments.  

 

Hmm, our transfer business has been pretty poor for the last 10 years, now we've got a bit more depth of strength so we'll have to see what happens. Not sure what you're talking about debt tho? what debt? Tony Bloom has invested £10m. 

[ThistleWhistle]

6 minutes ago, Bzzzz said:

Hmm, our transfer business has been pretty poor for the last 10 years, now we've got a bit more depth of strength so we'll have to see what happens. Not sure what you're talking about debt tho? what debt? Tony Bloom has invested £10m. 

Brighton are about £300m-£400m in debt despite a £75m pre-tax profit last year.  Turnover is c.£150m-£200m.  

[Fairbairn]

Didn’t want to start a new thread for this but just saw that to celebrate 50 years of Sportscene, Saturday nights show will be presented by Dougie Donnelly with commentaries from Archie McPherson, Jock Brown and Rob McLean! What a stramash!! 

[Orraloon]

8 minutes ago, Fairbairn said:

Didn’t want to start a new thread for this but just saw that to celebrate 50 years of Sportscene, Saturday nights show will be presented by Dougie Donnelly with commentaries from Archie McPherson, Jock Brown and Rob McLean! What a stramash!! 

Don't think they will manage to get him back. Wrong channel. 

[Fairbairn]

6 minutes ago, Orraloon said:

Don't think they will manage to get him back. Wrong channel. 

🤦‍♂️

i was going to go for WOOOFT as well!! 

[exile]

If I remember correctly, in the 'good old days', there was one Sportscene programme on a Saturday night that had highlights of one game, and Scotsport on a Sunday that had highlights of another game. So most games even in Premier League were not televised so there could be a wonder goal in a 4-4 thriller between Morton and Dumbarton and no one would see it unless they were at the match. And there was no Match of the Day.

 

I've just checked and there was actually a Morton 2-4 Dumbarton thriller (on 15th December 1984). But who knows if there were any wonder goals?

Edited August 6, 2025 by exile

[dan cake]

150 years old today, mostly grim during my lifetime but what can you do 

[Toepoke]

3 hours ago, exile said:

If I remember correctly, in the 'good old days', there was one Sportscene programme on a Saturday night that had highlights of one game, and Scotsport on a Sunday that had highlights of another game. So most games even in Premier League were not televised so there could be a wonder goal in a 4-4 thriller between Morton and Dumbarton and no one would see it unless they were at the match. And there was no Match of the Day.

 

I've just checked and there was actually a Morton 2-4 Dumbarton thriller (on 15th December 1984). But who knows if there were any wonder goals?

Circa 1980 they switched and Scotsport moved to Saturday night.

Not sure when highlights of all games in the league started, late 80s if I were to guess?

 

 

[Jersey Jim]

13 hours ago, exile said:

If I remember correctly, in the 'good old days', there was one Sportscene programme on a Saturday night that had highlights of one game, and Scotsport on a Sunday that had highlights of another game. So most games even in Premier League were not televised so there could be a wonder goal in a 4-4 thriller between Morton and Dumbarton and no one would see it unless they were at the match. And there was no Match of the Day.

 

I've just checked and there was actually a Morton 2-4 Dumbarton thriller (on 15th December 1984). But who knows if there were any wonder goals?

If you asked any older St Mirren supporter what was the best goal they’ve ever saw I’d  imagine everyone would say an astonishing Ian Scanlon volley from over 40 yards against Celtic at Love St in 1983.

It capped a 4-2 victory after being 2-0 down, unfortunately no footage of it exists due to Sportscene/Scotsport one game policy at the time, a total travesty as it was definitely on paper the best looking fixture that day, hard to imagine an Old Firm away game not being shown live these days let alone highlights. 

 

[exile]

10 hours ago, Toepoke said:

Circa 1980 they switched and Scotsport moved to Saturday night.

Not sure when highlights of all games in the league started, late 80s if I were to guess?

 

 

Oh, I don't recall Scotsport on a Saturday night. Or when highlights of all games came in, I'd have thought 1990s...?

[exile]

12 minutes ago, Jersey Jim said:

If you asked any older St Mirren supporter what was the best goal they’ve ever saw I’d  imagine everyone would say an astonishing Ian Scanlon volley from over 40 yards against Celtic at Love St in 1983.

It capped a 4-2 victory after being 2-0 down, unfortunately no footage of it exists due to Sportscene/Scotsport one game policy at the time, a total travesty as it was definitely on paper the best looking fixture that day, hard to imagine an Old Firm away game not being shown live these days let alone highlights. 

 

Maybe there was a Rangers game on, and a 'New Firm derby' or something...

[duncan II]

14 minutes ago, Jersey Jim said:

If you asked any older St Mirren supporter what was the best goal they’ve ever saw I’d  imagine everyone would say an astonishing Ian Scanlon volley from over 40 yards against Celtic at Love St in 1983.

It capped a 4-2 victory after being 2-0 down, unfortunately no footage of it exists due to Sportscene/Scotsport one game policy at the time, a total travesty as it was definitely on paper the best looking fixture that day, hard to imagine an Old Firm away game not being shown live these days let alone highlights. 

 

"Bone, on his own!" is the best televised one non-St Mirren fans remember. Against Celtic (I think).

[duncan II]

2 minutes ago, duncan II said:

"Bone, on his own!" is the best televised one non-St Mirren fans remember. Against Celtic (I think).

I was wrong. Seems it was against Aberdeen.

[exile]

14 minutes ago, exile said:

Maybe there was a Rangers game on, and a 'New Firm derby' or something...

Turns out league leaders Aberdeen played 4th placed Hearts

8th placed Rangers played 3rd placed Dundee United (Jock Wallace had recently rejoined Rangers as manager) 

[slasher]

Andy Ritchie must have scored a fair few worldies that weren’t televised back in the day. I can remember him scoring a stunning hitch kick against us at Cappielow, but I don’t remember if the cameras were there or not. Fading memories of great maverick players like that who were a pleasure to watch whoever you supported, most teams had someone who could do something off the cuff back then. Sadly, I think a lot of that is coached out of kids these days.

[Ally Bongo]

1 hour ago, slasher said:

. Fading memories of great maverick players like that who were a pleasure to watch whoever you supported, most teams had someone who could do something off the cuff back then. Sadly, I think a lot of that is coached out of kids these days.

Have regularly thought about this and it's not nostalgia through tinted specs 

You could go to a game in the lower divisions and see your team cuffed but witness regular moments of brilliance from players who's names became legend even though they never broke through to the big time 

You could always rhyme off your teams line up and knew who they were - like Golden Gordon in Ripping Yarns !

Mostly all of them were a hundred times better skilled than what we develop now

  

[Bzzzz]

22 hours ago, ThistleWhistle said:

Brighton are about £300m-£400m in debt despite a £75m pre-tax profit last year.  Turnover is c.£150m-£200m.  

We're def not in debt.