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7 minutes ago, 26th of foot said:

Gerhardt Neef, one of the continentals that livened up Ibrox life in the late sixties. There was King Kai and Swedish World Cup semi-finalist, Orjan Persson; I'm sure there was another, cannot remember

Another Sorensen, midfielder.

Beck? Is Iceland continental? 
 

If you were a hibbee would you want to go to Covid Park tonight?

The Morn:

Blades 1-0 Newcastle

Burnley 0-3 United

Wolves 2-2 Everton

The day efter:

City 3-1 Brighton

Villa 1-3 ‘Spurs 

Arsenal 2-1 Palace

Fulham v Chelsea is Friday. I need time to think which set of west London fauntleroys will win. Chelsea most likely.

Fixture Changes:

Villa v ‘Spurs postponed and Tottenham to play at Fulham on Wednesday. 1-3.

Fulham v Chelsea postponed to Saturday.

2 minutes ago, Gribz said:

Who was the Danish international we had who barely got a game? Jesper C?

Christiansen.

16 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

Ok @ian1964 please accept my apologies and commence posting as much gossip as possible!

12 minutes ago, stewarty said:

I guess this is as clear a case of "reap what you sow" as you'll find in Scottish fitba

We’ll need a ruling from the Chief Witch Doctor @Rousseauu but is this not a case of nemesis ca’in’ the feet from hubris?

Woods was very, very good. Might put him ahead of Klos who was superb. 
 

Rangers have been lucky with the on-field custodians. Pity some of those off-field were less safe.

I thought Crawley won easily. Shaky start for Crawley then midway through the first half Leeds had a fifteen minutes of domination when it looked as though they were going to score a lot but it didn’t happen. After that you couldn’t tell which side was the Premier League. After the second goal it was a question of how many. 
 

Bielsa out. Pulis is available.

No votin’ ‘cos Billy Ritchie’s no on the Ballot.

He and Niven were the ‘keepers I saw most. Unflappable, reliable, rarely spectacular, never flamboyant. Ritchie especially had tremendous positional sense and ability to anticipate the shot.

OK. That’s enough sulking. Goram. I refer to m’friend Bluedell’s observations above. Says a lot about McGregor that I had to think about it.

Crawley 2-0 Leeds at 55 minutes.

46 minutes ago, buster. said:

Draw has finished

 

Rangers v Cove Rangers 

I hope Rangers wreak havoc on Cove. Never mind the plucky wee club stuff. Rattlesnakes.

Elgin City at Borough Briggs.
 

I’ll know the scores by the roars if there’s a fresh northerly blowing.

34 minutes ago, buster. said:

Must be time for McInnes, surely !

Perhaps. Or Wednesday or Stoke.

McInnes, the Scotch Pulis.

10 hours ago, Gribz said:

WBA are a championship side at best, how on earth is he going to keep them up.

Big Sam out. Big Warnock in.

4 hours ago, Gribz said:

And up front - Lacazette - 50million? Really? Id have Vardy ahead of him all day

Lacazette plays well enough but not at that price. 
 

Vardy I’d have ahead of anyone now that Aguero’s getting on a bit.

2 hours ago, compo said:

Watching Arsenal play Newcastle at the moment a poor match

Very poor. Tierney a standout. Terrific left winger. Not so good at left back.

Everton at home needed extra time to beat Rotherham 2-1. In the old days it would have been the exciting prospect of a replay at Rotherham and a disappointing 1-4 defeat. 
 

Chorley beating Derby 2-0 approaching halftime. 
 

Blackpool must have a chance of beating West Brom but the tie of the round is Arsenal v Newcastle United. Old time FA Cup pedigree, that one.

3 hours ago, buster. said:

I remember Brenden Rogers saying how in England the youngsters at the EPL clubs were on a different level when it came to professionalism and dedicating themselves to the game opposed to the majority in Scotland. Not talent, but an approach that gave them a chance to make the most out of what they had......It reminded me of so many European dissapointments over the years, when you'd hear someone say bigger, faster, stronger, about our opponents.

Correct. I once heard Bob Crampsey say what I had often thought: “They (the Europeans) even run out of the tunnel better than we do.”

Nijinsky. Best player in City’s  best team.

On 31/12/2020 at 08:08, Gribz said:

Man Utd 1-0 Aston Villa (unbelievable Utd could go top).

@Gribz spake and lo, it came to pass.

There’s always a first time.

Repeat of last year’s is it?

£40M goal from Tierney against Albion.

Baggies in big trouble. Their players stand flat-footed in both penalty areas.

BSRT is 100% right in his OP.

One season early in the NIAR Rangers were miles ahead in January but frittered away points for a nervy ending. Might have been 88/89.

13 hours ago, compo said:

Starting to look like big Sam's lost his touch 

Nine conceded in two successive home games. Albion going down unfortunately. 

16 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

Why didn't you watch the game? Were you feart? Surely not.

Aye. I regret to admit I’m in my second infancy. I don’t have the mental resilience to cope. I’ll likely be be same for Pittodrie.

I saw none of the play, heard no commentary and only looked in here when I thought the match must be over so my opinion is based on nothing.  
 

So, from that position of ignorance, the strike pair must be Roofe and Itten.

Hagi must play. He provides ball control and effective passing. He’s not a sprinter. He gets pushed around sometimes. Ian McMillan wasn't Morgan the Mighty but he won games.

Jock Aird left back, Burnley and Scotland “had everything except ability” according to Docherty.

He had a reasonable record as a manager.