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Benitez was a good manager. Maybe not quite what’s needed to make Everton serious contenders. Rousseau’s the chap to consult on this.

18 minutes ago, 26th of foot said:

Fellow Gersnetters might be able to help out here. Did ra Sellik play Honda FC on their Big Peter led post-season tour of Japan in 2008? I seem to remember Big Peter smiling during that particular post season

Possibly. If they did, they must have lost because the result has never been revealed.

2 hours ago, Uilleam said:

You are advocating "Punitive Damages", which are problematic under Scots Law.

 

Is he? I didn’t read “penalty” as having a technical meaning, just the highest award possible.

Good news about Defoe.

54 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

It was before Wolffe's turn -the man i/c was Frank Mulholland- although a cursory glance at the file(s), should such remain intact and accessible (not a gimme, nowadays), is all that he would need to identify those responsible for the prosecutions. 

It was indeed before Wolfe’s time but he has access to the files and Mulholland, ignorant or not, has the responsibility.

The whole of the Faculty of Advocates, indeed the entire eastern legal mafia, will ken fine.

1 hour ago, compo said:

Putting innocent people on trial knowing they are innocent I wouldn't tolerate I hope they get a record amount of compensation. 

It wasn’t quite that, though, as Bluedell points out. On the other hand it wasn’t a bungling miscalculation either but a “departure” from normal procedures. So, compo is right. The aggrieved deserve compensation. Gonzo is also right. The rogues deserve not a penny piece.

The ideal solution is for the chap who organised the “departure” to pay compensation out of his own pocket but the cash should be diverted from the spivs to the saviours.

I wonder who is the culprit at COPFS. Wolfe must know. 

Wingers, not just good ones but brilliant ones, were never in short supply at Ibrox. Walters easily took a place among them.

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

Nuno Santo in talks with Everton. Step up?

Yes.

59 minutes ago, Gribz said:

I think sideways at the moment.

No. Up.

1 minute ago, compo said:

The odds for the two top scorers for Scotland are Che Adams and Lyndon Dykes never heard of them first one's name sounds like a porn actor the other like a clothes shop for big Jessie's 

Dykes played for Livi.

You’re in a hell of a mood today, old bean.

Wouldn’t fancy trying that with some of the bamsticks at matches, dB. Maybe it’s different with disciplined Germans. Over here you would want to make sure your dental insurance was adequate.

21 minutes ago, Bill said:

Today it’s no more a “big club” than Wolves or Newcastle or Leicester

Or Arsenal?

56 minutes ago, Bill said:

I’ve never understood the notion that Everton is a “big” club. By what measure?

Currently dormant but fourth in the list of English League Champions after United, Liverpool and Arsenal, with nine wins well ahead of upstart Chelsea and ‘Spurs and in the city of Liverpool at least as many followers as Liverpool.

Never won the league in the guise of the EPL but if you were a Sheik with cash and a long view, you’d be looking at Everton before Leicester or Leeds.

Ancelotti gone, who gets the Goodison gig? 
 

The likes of Dyche would be a step back for Everton but Ancelotti was probably too big a step forward for the level they were at. I’d be trying to get Bielsa.

I’m interested in quite a few English teams but interest is not enough. A team is only yours if victory brings wild exultation of joy, a draw brings sullen discontent and defeat casts you down to the depths of despair and seething rage.

On that measure I have only two teams, in alphabetical order, Elgin City and Rangers.

1 minute ago, Uilleam said:

Spin, deliberate obfuscation, diversion, none of which we should hear from the witness box. 

 

Is that not the usual?

6 hours ago, Uilleam said:

“I also highlighted the risk of HMRC being perceived to be seen as inconsistent as historically it had taken more forceful action in respect of other Scottish football clubs.”

Baird said this, not Uilleam.

Many years ago before Baird went to play school, the Inland Revenue dealt mercilessly with some Highland League clubs for unpaid PAYE on players’ wages. Hapless rustic Club Treasurers had been assuming contributions would be coming off the part-time players’ wages from their main employers.

Baird was probably putting Whyte and Murray on the same scale.

Can’t help. I’ve got a bye to the semis.

Wim Jansen didn’t bother me either.

1 hour ago, compo said:

Never watched the game Mrs compo and I settled for an episode of midsomer murders she had a few gins while I had a bottle of pop

Pity you missed it. It was a real match i.e. each side tried to win the game in 90 minutes in a way that suited their abilities Chelsea’s defending was outstanding without ever losing the chance to go forward as a team. No bus parking and in those classic Scottish managers’ words, “hoping to nick one on the break”.

That’s enough praising Chelsea. Jammy blues.

Correct result unfortunately

Rousseau is right. Chelsea’s defence was brilliant

Bill could have been right. A matter of inches and City could have scored four.  A David Silva would have ensured that the inches were in City’s favour. An Aguero would have ensured the dividend.

Sterling has enhanced his musculature at the expense of pace. Not good for a winger. He must be planning retirement to midfield.

A goal down into the  last half hour, who do you bring on? Fernandhino?

What was Mahrez so agitated about in the tunnel before the second half? 
 

Kante, a superb football player. Stage manager for the artists.

Last game of the season and my pre semi final prediction is correct. More’s the pity.

17 hours ago, 26th of foot said:

"I am hearing what Chris says and it's a good theory".

Other theories are available. One might be a scandal, real not manufactured, tainting his suitors

59 minutes ago, compo said:

Bees swans magpies hornets  and eagles what other kind of nicknames do we have 

Of the animal variety, Foxes, Tigers, Rams, Robins, Lions, Seagulls

3 hours ago, ChelseaBoy said:

how about 2-1 to Chelsea, although not wanting to lose can break at speed to hit the city defence. 

I’ve already forecast Chelsea 2-0.

Check my season’s predictions and be afraid CB.

43 minutes ago, Bill said:

Feels like the day City finally comes of age in European football and I can't see them losing. It should be close but I think Man City go into this wanting to win  while Chelsea want to avoid losing. Man City will dominate the late stages to win 4-1.

 

 

Pace Uilleam and Chelsea Boy, that’s the kind of forecasting I like.

Chelsea’s name’s been on the cup for a couple of months. 2-0.

But when I review my prediction record this season and my inner City man cheers up.