Gribz

Why is it your a West Ham fan mate? The reason for me is I moved down south when I was 9 and my old man asked who I wanted to go and watch on a saturday. My inital thoughts were Arsenal and Chelsea as they were in the top league (never thought about Spurs or QPR who were doing well also), but he liked West Ham who were in the old 2nd division so he took me along there. First game I went to was home to West Brom and we got beat 3-2 but I was hooked with the atmoshphere and never looked back since. Used to stand in the old North Bank most of the time but sat in the main and east stand sometimes. I often wonder what would it have been like if my old man never took me that day and we went to Stamford bridge or Highbury instead.

Thats where some footballers can be naive, and i cant stand the way they all say you dont really understand things in the game unless you have played - bullshit. They use that as an excuse towards ref's. Have to say I like Andy Townsend though, im a fan of his weekend talksport show.

Thats a good bit further than Fir Park, Im sure the 34 fans arent going to travel there either.

It really depending on how i got to the game be it train, car or supporters bus. But I preferred the train and took it the most on a saturday and left the driving to midweek games. Id get up at 6am have a quick bit of toast and a shower then my mate would come get me at 6:45 and hand me the first cold one of the day. we'd head to the train station with a carry out and either get the 7am train or the 8:30 and drink beer all the way. We'd hit Dow's bar acorss from Queen St for a good few hours then catch the underground to Ibrox. Have a quick pint in either stadium bar or grapes bar then a bite to eat and head to the ground. Majik stuff!! If we got the car it was a case of sitting on our asses for 3 hours then entering the stadium for the game then back in the car for 3 hours again.

A great big chorus of "F*** All, your gonna win F*** all, your gonna win F*** all......." may also be a kick in the nads for them followed by "We shall not be moved..."

The 'Appy 'Ammers

No mate, i had a wee look in the door but there wasnt anything going on at the time.

Yip cheers Gav, i rate him and thats my opinion and if others cant let that register then they have a brain issue.

I fancied Aberdeen to get through after the first leg. Celtic are pish. Its beginning to feel like the 90s all over again, us dominating and winning with them slipping up to often. An OF cup final might have a nice way to get the treble but we'll take this result :cheers: As Craig says - what a chance to get the treble now. Al due respect to Partick and St Johnstone but we surely must get to the final of this cup aswell. How huge is the OF game going to be next Saturday!!! If we can win that......

I suspect that could be europe only. I cant believe Fat Frank is number 3.

Im sure ive missed out a few but: Ibrox Pittodrie Hampden Tannadice Dens Pk Montrose Arbroath Firhill Upton Pk St James' Pk Old Trafford Reebok Villa Pk Vicarage Road - Watford Oxford Kennilworth Rd - Luton Leceister - Filbert St Darlington Swindon West Brom - Hawthorns Old Wembley Murrayfield Nou Camp Skydome - Toronto Blue Jays Rich Stadium - Buffalo Bills Jack Murphy Stadium - San Diego Chargers

Id prefer to wait for Frasers preview but: ________________Alexander______________ Whittaker_____Dailly_____Webster?_____Smith Novo_______Buffel______Thomson______Gow ____________Boyd_____Naismith___________

Its good to have these 3 fresh for the game. Its all about getting through in this round and it would be nice to leave a few players out. These 3 will have had the best part of a week without a game. Id play Novo and Naismith from the start for sure but possibly look at Gow ahead of Adam.

Yeah, Ive always liked the idea of the Atlantic league. A bit of fairness needs to come in it though with maybe the lowest 2 teams from each country being relegated back to the top division in there country. Im against the likes of the Premier League down south playing matches abroad but that is totally different to leagues merging and I personally would find an Atlantic league with such teams as Calscot has put above far more interesting than the SPL.

Id also ask the question why fix whats not broken? The team has been a success this season so we should only be looking to improve certain areas and areas that are forced upon us. There is nothing we can do about Weir and Dailly ageing and players who accept large offers but as things stand no of this is definate as of yet.

We could go into a different topic altogether with this one and MP's and how much money they waste and use on themselves. But i dont think they need to get involved to revamp the league system, thats up to the footballing bodies. Where governments come into it is what Pete says - the grass roots - but that means encouraging youngsters to get off the couch and put the playstation remote down and stop playing virtual games with there hero's and start playing the game outdoors an pretend to be there hero's. Again summer football would help this, not much youngsters are going to head out after school in November when its raining, windy, cold and will be dark by 4pm.

Super Ally alone won it 9 times as a player. 1983/84 1984/85 1986/87 1987/88 1988/89 1990/91 1992/93 1993/94 1996/97

This is actually quite concerning. We have another thread about possibly departures which has a list of around 8 first team players, yet we can only name 2 strikers and Dod McCartney. What about the other striker from Burnley? Not exactly appealing.

Well worked out Stewarty. Agree with Juff about Dallas, he was by far the best ref we had. Its a shame the way he was treated and practically forced out of the game. Its actually the likes of Dallas who should now be involved with the running of the game due to his experience and knowledge. I dont agree with Ref's being made to retire at a certain age, Collina should still be running games all over Europe.

Great chance for him to re-charge his batteries. Hopefully he sits out the Scotland v Croatia game and is fresh for the OF game. How silly are the SFA once again scheduling a Scotland friendly 3 days before an OF game that can decide the title. Idiots.

Are Steven and Darren Fletcher brothers BTW?

Banker draw in the end Still does no favours for either club, brings Newcastle up a place in the league and may give them a bit of confidence that they came from behind. They have Fulham at St James' this weekend which is another massive game, it may actually be make or break for them. If they lose they are in the shit, if they win they may have some breathing space. Bad result for Birmingham though, they should be looking to win these games. They have a few tough but massive games coming up, with trips to relegation strugglers Reading and Wigan either side of Man City.

Kenny Miller

HUGE game tonight, i may even get up to watch it. I fancy Newcastle to finally get a win under Keegan.

Who do you mean when you say this? The national team or our top flight clubs? The national team arent that far off but on a one game (that internationals mainly are) then there are so many countries who can beat there opposition on there day. Most countries are always going to gather 11 good players. However you dont see England playing many players who are eligible through grandmothers etc. But out top flight clubs are nowhere near Englands. Can you imagine St Mirren playing Everton 4 times a season or Kilmarnock against Tottenham?