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11 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I too hope Chelsea get through and go on to beat the plastics. 

I believe the trophy is bound for the Bridge but if the definition of plasticity is massive injection of spurious foreign money, Chelsea is the founding member of that society.

I’ve never been keen on Chelsea since the Kings Road/Celebrity culture that surrounded the club in the sixties so I prefer Plastic City to Plastic Chelsea despite Mourhino 1 having produced one of the best sides I’ve ever seen.

31 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Nathan Nnamdi Ugochukwu Benjamin Asigboro Ofoborh.

 

That is all.

That’s plenty.

A childish, petulant reaction by Thistle which will no doubt have repercussions.

I would have done the same.

Aguero scored the first. Change you mind, Pep or make sure he goes abroad. He could damage you nex season.

Your post above @der Berliner is learned and in its terms no doubt accurate readily understood by well educated Germans. In Scotland, however, the word has been repurposed over many decadesto mean Catholic in a pejorative sense. 

2 hours ago, Bluedell said:

The "Why don't you go home" chant could be levelled against us, but it's not been sung for many years as far as I'm aware, and it seems to me that it was sarcasm and aimed at Scots who pretend to be Irish, rather than Irish people themselves.

That’s always been my view. If someone’s forever blabbering on about “their dear land across the sea” what’s wrong with asking the question?

Easy this week.

So’ton 0-2 Leicester 

Palace 1-2 City

BHA 0-2 Leeds

Chelsea 3-0 Fulham

Toffees 2-1 Villa

Mags 2-0 Gunners

United 3-1 Liverpool

Hotspur 1-2 Blades

Throstles 2-2 Wolves (Hell Derby)

Burnley 2-1 Hammers

25 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

I think to many of us look to Aribo, Kent and Hagi to provide the spark and inventiveness that wins those types of games. 

Is that not why they’re in the team?

2 hours ago, the gunslinger said:

71 years since we have had Scottish cup semi finals without the old firm 

 1951/52 Dundee v Thirds and Motherwell v Hearts.  No recollection whatsoever of the Cup that season apart from Rangers 6-1 Elgin City in the second round. Don’t even remember Rangers going out to Motherwell the eventual winners beating Dundee.

Play two strikers. Morelos and one from Defoe, Roofe, Itten. I’d start Defoe hoping his speed of thought will let him take advantage of Morelos knocking the defenders about a bit.

The opposition will have geared themselves for one man up.

55 years ago tonight the First Prince of Denmark banged one in to keep the spalpeens’ hands off the Scottish Cup. Residual traces of that evening’s delirium can still be found in my brain.

10 hours ago, der Berliner said:

To me, he showed some of the professionalism that others lacked

There seems to be some of the Negri diffidence about Roofe but it could be because of a professional attitude - it’s a job, get on with it.

Hibs, Hearts, Dundee were the teams that could compete with and indeed beat Rangers when I was a lad more so than celtic who were pretty average post-war. For the sake of the game, it’s a pity they weren’t able to keep it up past the 1960sI would miss playing against them and Aberdeen because in my sub-conscious, I still think they are big teams even when they are not.

Villa, Everton, Newcastle and Wolves would be more interesting. I’ll be in a minority with this but Porto, Brugge and the rest of the “Atlantic League” do not excite me at all, except Ajax.

Again I will be a minority but I don’t care if Rangers never play celtic again due to the ridiculous posturings and rancid behaviour of so many of their adherents whom the club itself seems unable to bring itself to eradicate..

56 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

Defoe v 6.3" Clark?

Just has to get in his way, not out-jump him.

32 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

You have to ask who should have been marking him; can't be our back four as they had already earmarked their men. Just who exactly is meant to mark a keeper?

The centre forward. You don’t need a man up at that stage of the gsme.

20 minutes ago, MacK1950 said:

Remember it,was my first cup final  as an awestruck 14year old.

I was a bit older and it wasn’t my first but I was awestruck too.

Fifty seven years ago yesterday sixty thousand blue scarved fanatics, the Daily Telegraph subsequently reported, attended the Scottish Cup Final, myself and @compo among them. There was also a big number of Dundonians and a fair few non-aligned. All witnessed an entertaining spectacle with both teams studded with household names attacking to win the game. 
 

Yesterday I tholed ninety minutes of turgidity and gave up. In a cup tie at home against what the league table tells you is less competent opposition, a fast tempo must be set from the start. No point in daundering about with the ball and then studiously passing it backwards in relays to the goalkeeper to carefully resume the sorry process all over again. The other team gets the chance to settle in, line up the defence boxes and let time go by. I thought St Johnstone played the modern containing, frustrating game very well laced with some thuggery but not the extremes we’ve seen from dome other teams. They deserved their victory but it wasn’t worth watching and Rangers players have the talent to overcome blanket defence. They just didn’t deploy it.

The 1964 final was in my mind unbidden on several occasions last week. The euphoria had continued on the train back to Edinburgh and it was only well past Linlithgow that a wee thought occurred to me. Supposing this is the culmination of success and not the beginning of a surge to greater heights. The malign thought was quelled by hubris but we all know what happened over the next ten years. 
 

Is Gerrard the man to prevent something similar with his ream? Of course he is. But the players have got to play.

12 hours ago, Biblio said:

True to form some idiot on FF is moaning that one trophy from nine is not good enough

That’s why we’re all here, old bean.

If I were Guardiola I’d be telling Aguero I’d changed my mind and could he stay after all. No tracking back required, no linking play, just bang the ball in the net.

1 hour ago, rbr said:

they give not a jot about the fans , this was about the other 14 losing out , end off

Well said. 

12 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Man City 6 - 0 Tottenham

What manner of ju-ju is this?

7 minutes ago, Gribz said:

Forgot to predict the League Cup final

So did I. Should be a good match which means it will turn out to be dire. If Foden plays from the start and City don’t get into crab-dance mode they should win 3-1. If they play the way they did last week ‘Spurs have a chance.

Even if both teams play to their best it wouldn’t be as good a game as 1960 ‘Spurs against 1968 City. @compo will tell you the same.

Gunners 2-2 Toffees

Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle

Hammers 1-3 Chelsea

Blades 2-0 BHA

Wolves 2-0 Burnley

Leeds 1-3 United

Villa 2-0 WBA

Leicester 2-0 Palace

17 minutes ago, Devil's advocaat said:

Nope, not for this Bear, the EPL leaves me cold, the idea is no better than that ESL nonsense.

I sort of know what you mean but then I wonder which fixture would be more attractive, Livingston v Rangers on the plastic macaroni or Aston Villa v Rangers at Villa Park?

But wait, I say to myself. Livingston and the Villa are not good comparisons. Swap Villa for Hearts and Southampton for Livingston and I might say stay where we are. On the other hand Everton, Newcastle, Leeds, Wolves. Hmmmm.

4 hours ago, Gribz said:

Im just catching up on this Super League stuff - I still think it will happen.

It’s already crashed and burned.