"Don’t anybody start talking about morals, because we don’t have any in football" - the rolling Scottish football thread, season 2014/15

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It was quite entertaining, I just wasn't quite neutral enough to enjoy it.

ailsa, Saturday, 30 May 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link

Our worldwide scouting network seems to have a thing for Belgian centre hoffs who can't get a game for Man City.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32954918

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Monday, 1 June 2015 08:40 (eight years ago) link

inauspicious first mentions:

James Mitchell wrote this on thread NAMING RIGHTS THREAD: Liverpool really won't win the Premiership 2010-2011 on board I Love Everything on 24-Oct-2010

After four minutes:

Cesc Fabregas slides a lovely pass through to Marouane Chamakh and Dedryck Boyata fouls him - the ref has got no choice but to send him off and it's 10 v 11.
r|t|c wrote this on thread NAMING RIGHTS THREAD: Liverpool really won't win the Premiership 2010-2011 on board I Love Everything on 24-Oct-2010

aw man look at dedryck's sad baby face. heartbreaking :(

didnt he have a earlier appearance that wz similarly calamitous?

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Monday, 1 June 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link

Bleurgh

http://i.imgur.com/hLUo6RL.jpg

ailsa, Friday, 5 June 2015 14:33 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

saw this pop up a few times this week since David Weir went to Ibrox. All time.

https://theclumpany.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/img_2968-0.jpg

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Saturday, 20 June 2015 11:08 (eight years ago) link

Stjarnan, then. I've heard of them, which is more than can be said for Aberdeen's opponents. St Johnstone get a wee trip to Armenia. How can none of us draw nice easy wee trips down to Wales or something?

ailsa, Monday, 22 June 2015 12:50 (eight years ago) link

Better no' be seeing any of these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC8XanuhOss#t=89

ailsa, Monday, 22 June 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link

partick thistle have a new david shrigley-designed mascot:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIGx0GrUYAAR4Mv.jpg

Merdeyeux, Monday, 22 June 2015 13:30 (eight years ago) link

WTactualF is *that*?

ailsa, Monday, 22 June 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link

It's awesome, that's what it is.

the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Monday, 22 June 2015 13:35 (eight years ago) link

A+

Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 22 June 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link

twitter reaction is p good
https://twitter.com/ThistleTweet/status/612966534387007488

Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 22 June 2015 13:52 (eight years ago) link

this is the best

sktsh, Monday, 22 June 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link

Brilliant, though as someone pointed out on Twitter, what'll become of poor old Jaggy MacBee? Or do Partick have a history of cruelly tossing aside mascots as soon as a new sponsor comes along? What a cupboard of horrors that will become.

As for the Europa draw, the plus side of Saints drawing a team in Armenia with the away leg first is that it safely removes any clash with my sister's wedding the next day - had we got UCD I'd have been tempted to go over and risk getting the first flight back in the morning.

Probably time to move onto a new thread for 15/16 soon? Is Partick's mascot to be our naming inspiration?

michaellambert, Monday, 22 June 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link

@jaggymacbee going it alone

is there anything sadder than a mascot available on a bosman?

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Monday, 22 June 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link

"I'm still young, I'm still ambitious and I want to play at as high a level as I possibly can."

Danny Wilson, March 2014.

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Monday, 22 June 2015 20:35 (eight years ago) link

he's since moved from the premier league to the championship twice

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Monday, 22 June 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link

I've warmed to old Kingsley over the course of the day, mostly because of the hilarious twitter reaction of people refusing to take their kids to Firhill because they'll be traumatised for life.

Have you all seen the logo? This is surely not real.

http://ptfc.co.uk/img/2012/spiff/kingsford.jpg

ailsa, Monday, 22 June 2015 22:48 (eight years ago) link

twitter users not alone among the group of people who haven't bothered to look up who david shrigley is and what he's all about, bbc reporters are at it too http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/33223578/partick-thistles-kingsley-will-bring-shame-on-the-good-name-of-mascots

Merdeyeux, Monday, 22 June 2015 23:54 (eight years ago) link

I saw that logo earlier, and it is wonderful. I can see why some Partick fans may not be so enamoured, it's easy for me to be into it given I support a different team. I almost wish it was Saints so I could witness the meltdown on We Are Perth.

I think there's a pretty earnest discussion in the Thistle thread on P&B about the blocked out spelling mistake in the logo. Clearly Shrigley is not as well known as some of us may have thought!

michaellambert, Monday, 22 June 2015 23:59 (eight years ago) link

on the jags forum i read people seem to be enjoying the madness of it all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 00:07 (eight years ago) link

I would *love* to see the meltdown if Celtic did this. It's bad enough when they remove a hoop from the strip.

Basically, I'm not a fan of Shrigley (if my mate who gave me a David Shrigley book for my last birthday there is lurking here, sorry...), but I like the madness of it all without particularly being a fan of the aesthetic. And now I think I've decided I want the entire thing to be a stunt and for Partick to come out next season with a dull old kit with the Kingsford official corporate logo* on their shirt and a bee hugging the kids and doing stupid dances, having owned the internet for a day, just to confuse everyone further.

* which I can't find. They're not very internetty, from what I can see.

ailsa, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 00:34 (eight years ago) link

tbf the discounted-from-fopp david shrigley book is the quick-fix gift that every kinda cool kinda young person from in or around glasgow has both purchased and received

Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 00:43 (eight years ago) link

Ha, I am neither young nor cool, but I suspect my friend has more than a passing knowledge of the Fopp discount shelves.

ailsa, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 00:52 (eight years ago) link

Kingsford official logo is dull, two lion heads with a crown above them.

the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 06:51 (eight years ago) link

Hotel wifi giving me as much as "wardrobe injury setback for Commons" but not letting me get details. Presumably up there with the decorating incident that cost Dean Sheils an eye.

I see we not only took over St Midden tonight but even replaced the club signage outside the "stadium".

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link

He dropped a wardrobe on his foot.

I'm going to the game against Real Sociedad at the fake Celtic Park in Paisley. Shall Report Back.

ailsa, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link

We signed a right back. Exactly what we need as we only had Lustig, Matthews, Fisher and Ambrose to cover that position.

How are we for left backs again?
*counts fingers on one finger*

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Thursday, 2 July 2015 11:08 (eight years ago) link

I'm not convinced Kris Commons could lift a wardrobe.

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Thursday, 2 July 2015 11:09 (eight years ago) link

Maybe he was hiding in it from Steven Gerrard.

arbiter of sorrow (aldo), Thursday, 2 July 2015 11:33 (eight years ago) link

Correction: it was a wardrobe door, not the full wardrobe.

How's his missus's doing-a-job-for-£300 charity drive coming along? Maybe she could play at left back?

ailsa, Thursday, 2 July 2015 12:04 (eight years ago) link

Adam Matthews away to Sunderland, apparently. Which leaves us with with only four right backs.

ailsa, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link

So long AM! Usually excellent at right back and also memorably good one time at left back. Chipped in with a couple of stunning goals too.
Also well done for mostly staggering your injuries with Lustig so at least one of you was available to keep Efe out of the way of the buses.

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Thursday, 2 July 2015 20:55 (eight years ago) link

That wee run of swapping-a-right-back-for-a-right-back worked well with two half-fit candidates for the role.

ailsa, Thursday, 2 July 2015 20:57 (eight years ago) link

Also, should we start a new thread now that Aberdeen and St Johnstone have kicked the season off already?

ailsa, Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:00 (eight years ago) link

Indeed, though I'd like a do-over please!

michaellambert, Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link

Yeah, not the best of starts, was it? Tried to watch a bit of it, but Armenian telly stream wasn't playing.

ailsa, Thursday, 2 July 2015 23:11 (eight years ago) link

Another potentially major injury for Davidson not great either.

Given the heat and how little was known about the opposition (and the likelihood that they were going to be reasonable opposition) i'd not been expecting much - a draw or a narrow win, so it's not the end of the world. Not higely confident we'll turn them over next week, though.

michaellambert, Friday, 3 July 2015 07:49 (eight years ago) link

something something Nadir of our scouting strategy

gonnae stick my big challopy neck out and say he won't cut it in Europe any better than whoever he's supposed to replace.

There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Thursday, 9 July 2015 15:21 (eight years ago) link

was it well known that van hooijdonk is an agent now? I had no idea

(commiserations on the euro tie michael)

sktsh, Friday, 10 July 2015 11:12 (eight years ago) link

Yeah, what a bummer.

holger sharkey (Tom D.), Friday, 10 July 2015 11:42 (eight years ago) link

I am almost out of the deep pit of despondency that followed my attendance at the game.

Wasn't much of a game, they were happy to foul and break things down, we toiled. Some bizarre decisions. Couldn't make numerical advantage count. They score from a long overhead ball. Had to field a makeshift midfield through injuries, then lost both central defenders due to injury during the game.

All excuses though. Just wasn't good enough over the two legs.

The blessing is we don't have to go through to the next round missing something like seven starting first team players.

michaellambert, Friday, 10 July 2015 12:07 (eight years ago) link

Wow, that was some result from Aberdeen the night.

ailsa, Thursday, 16 July 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link

hey we won a CL tie
vs a terrible team
on a shite pitch
and lost a goal

so much to look forward to!

wtf @ SPFL scheduling SIX Celtic games in 28 days during the fucking CL qualifiers?! Arseholes.

Shall we have a new thread and what shall we call it?

(non-ILF got a bit clusterfucky lately eh?)

a foe who is impervious to their strongest weapon, seduction (onimo), Thursday, 23 July 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link

I think we should have a new thread. Did anyone say anything silly recently?

Well done us, and well done sheep. Mon the coefficient!

ailsa, Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link

Aye well done Aberdeen (so far, no jinxing!) and nae luck StJ and good luck ICT. Let's get a coefficient that starts future seasons in August!

#justanirreverentcivilrightshashtagletsbecool (onimo), Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link

Surprisingly I don't think anyone's said anything all that stupid lately, or not of the quotable variety.

michaellambert, Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:32 (eight years ago) link

Ann Budge is no Mad Vlad

#justanirreverentcivilrightshashtagletsbecool (onimo), Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:39 (eight years ago) link

Those were second legs - sheep through, ICT are out.

ailsa, Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link


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