marcia blaine
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6 minutes ago, sick in the basin said:
What are the 7 Cities which could host derbies in English football across the top 4 leagues ?
London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Sheffield, Nottingham and Stoke?
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ETA: Never mind, I’ll dm you
Happy to be added. How are you gathering folks’ real names to add them?
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This thread has reminded me of a brilliant commemorative tile in the John Lambie Stand which has no names, dates, etc, but says simply:
“THEY WERE GOOD IN THE FIRST HALF”
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It’s probably an unpopular opinion, but the key thing driving climate change is the insane pursuit of endless economic growth, which is baked into our economic system. In football, you can see it as the money creeps into the game more and more every year, not merely allowing clubs to spend more but basically obliging them to do so, to keep pace with the others that do in the pursuit of success and viability.
So, much like the ways in which people need to cut their cloth in their personal lives, it feels to me like introducing caps on spending, wages, sponsorship etc are the logical end point. That could curb the likes of private jets for player signings, the non-stop production line of branded (sponsored) tat, etc. Ultimately I think our economic system drives all of the commercial craziness in football, and the former needs to change for the latter to follow. However, in the current age, I just can’t see how that’ll happen.
It does, though, make me think of fan/community ownership and of how clubs might be possibly driven to more responsible stewardship by an ownership that also thinks long-term of their own lives and their families’ futures as much as their clubs’ immediate performance. Contrast that to a private owner who desperately needs a return on investment and/or a boast-worthy plaything. I guess, then, it needs whoever runs clubs to prefigure that sustainable mindset in the here and now, to hopefully build some momentum towards that line of thinking more generally.
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17 hours ago, Bobbyhouston said:
Do you have a brother Dougie ?No but it was my nickname all the way through school!
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1 hour ago, Garscube Road End 2 said:
Surely you must respect 'keyboard hard men ' their anonymity
To be fair, it does display a modicum of sense that they won’t put their name to their spouting.
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Dave Donnelly, 43, currently living in Rutherglen though was born in Edinburgh, schooled in Dumbarton, then onto uni in Glasgow.
Was fairly uninterested in football for my school days but thanks to school segregation I had a vague affiliation with one of the ugly sisters. After school I began to take more of an interest in the national team’s fortunes and noticed how much sweeter victory felt when it came more rarely. Well, I probably took that to an extreme by choosing Thistle as my club but I was living in the west end and they were the obvious choice. Never looked back.
(Used to be in a band called The Marcia Blaine School For Girls, hence the username)
I’ve noted with some disappointment that none of this site’s resident keyboard hard-men have opted to identify themselves on this thread yet. Shame, it’s a nice idea.
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Kettlewell shaves his widow’s peak off in a wee triangle on his forehead, and it’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.
Therefore it’s a cast iron “no” from me.
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On 10/20/2020 at 10:08 AM, lady-isobel-barnett said:
Having not been sacked in (or just after) his previous season, I wasn't calling for Caldwell to be sacked after only one league game. Same goes for Archie the season before. So I'm not about to call for McCall's head after one league game. My attitude being since they're still here we have to see what they'll do with the squad they've been allowed to assemble. Removing McCall just now would not only be seen and in reality be a judgement on the manager but a condemnation of the squad as a unit. Tho' I think it's too early to get rid of McCall anyway, I certainly believe it's far too premature to judge the squad.
I realise my logic re above can be seen as flawed since both Caldwell & Archie were eventually sacked. I also realise that in a short season we're in effect at game fourteen. I just feel that we need to give McCall a few more league games to prove both he and the squad are up to the task. That said my alarm bells will be ringing loud and clear if fitness/stamina issues are shown to be contributory to a poor start. That clearly would warrant a complete change of management.
Game 14 of the season and we’re only three points off top spot. I feel better about the Clyde game now
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On 9/16/2020 at 4:12 PM, Grant said:
According to the Herald, the Hearts game is on Sat 26th. In Gerry's season ticket update video, he said we were playing Albion Rovers on Sat 19th, and that it might be streamed, but I've not seen any confirmation yet.
I saw that too in Gerry’s vid, but the Albion Rovers site has them playing Caledonian New Braves this Saturday.
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1 minute ago, Woodstock Jag said:
Nothing at all improper about a members’ organisation responding to requests for documents by explaining why they can or will not disclose those documents.
Similarly nothing wrong with them explaining what a member club would need to do to receive those documents.
Also nothing wrong with the SPFL’s legal advisor providing clubs with procedural advice should they wish to participate in the case so as to receive the documents.
None of this constitutes soliciting support in a partial way.
I tend to agree in the main. There’s nothing in the letter that’s factually incorrect.
But as I said I think the letter implies a limited route to getting sight of the documents. If there is another route that does not involve becoming a respondent or allying with the respondents then the letter would be misleading by omission.
Does anyone actually know of such a route?
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We do know the contents now. The letter leaked last night https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hearts-partick-thistle-astonished-leaked-22264335
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The letter advises clubs that if they want to see the details of the case, they have to either tell the court that they’re respondents to the complaint or formally ally themselves with the answers that the league or the 3 promoted clubs have provided to the complaint. It’s very clear that the league are advising this is the only purported route to seeing the documents.
To me, the notable thing in the letter is that it does not advise clubs of any other potential route to seeing the documents - such as the route of formally associating themselves with the Hearts/Thistle position. However I’m not sure if, legally, that’s possible - perhaps some other legal minds can advise?
If it is, then Doncaster’s letter says “if you want to see these documents, you’ll have to ally yourselves with us in the case as a respondent” which is misleading and decidedly fishy. It coerces clubs into getting involved in a certain way just to be informed on the basics of a case that no doubt interests them greatly.
It probably doesn’t make a lot of difference to the case itself but it does seem like an attempt to make it ‘everybody Vs Thistle and Hearts’ and you can see why we’d dislike it.
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I don’t tend to go to many away games so it’s a bit academic for me, but one thing that I haven’t seen mentioned much in this debate is the potential impact on the team. Players thrive on support. A boycott might engender a siege mentality in the team but it’s more likely it will not. Over time, it’d be harder for me to stay away if I felt my team needed me there to help out in my own wee way.
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“Fulton, you’re a waste of two jerseys!”
And more recently in the John Lambie stand from an apoplectic punter: “This is PATHETICAL!”
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Second pitch inspection at 2pm according to the BBC. Passed first inspection at 1pm.
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1 hour ago, Alan Murray said:
There is 6 dots after ChristmasWith and how many words is in the name Doolan?
Just the one
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Change the last line to “we’re Glasgow’s ONLY football team”? Gets the same point across...
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29 minutes ago, Semi Nurainen said:
Any reason why it's the assistant manager trotting out the clichés on PTFC, and not 'Big Bawface' [(C) Mark Roberts]?
According to Jagzone it’s because we won last week and they’re superstitious.
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Not a fan then?
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1 minute ago, thistle4celtic1 said:
On the fritz again?
No audio here
Same here
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15 hours ago, One t in Scotland said:
Maybe the case in the 50s /60s but I think that tag has long since lost any meaning. I can barely think of a match over the last decade where we defied the odds and won.
We defy the odds and lose all the time though!
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Well, things are perking up.
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2 hours ago, thebiglemon said:
You used to be able to block people on here. Can you still do it?
Yes, though it’s unfortunately not very effective because you still see the roasters’ posts when someone else quotes them. Ahem...
Click the three horizontal lines at top of the screen, then go to “account”, then go to “ignored users”.
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Posted · Edited by marcia blaine
Added “for example”
I think the key word is “majority”. Having 3 TJF reps on aboard of 6 (ETA: for example) wouldn’t be a majority but would be in keeping with the 55% stake that’s being proposed.