Scott7

During the international break the brain has processed trillions of stats and form indicators hence the perfect prediction:

Mags 0-2 Chelsea

Villa 1-2 BHA

’Spurs 3-1 City

United 5-0 West Brom

Fulham 2-1 Everton

Blades 1-0 Hammers

Leeds 2-1 Gunners

Brendan’s FP 3-0 New Brendan’s

Burnley 2-2 Palace

Wolves 3-1 So’ton 

4 hours ago, ian1964 said:

Maybe if they had punished the sheep/Separate Entity players harder in the beginning our players might not have done it?

No. Dopes will always be dopes.

Honved were the army team in Budapest. Puskas played with the rank of major. That makes our lads lance corporals notwithstanding their own considerable merits.

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

According to reports, Wolverhampton Wanderers have now agreed a kit deal with Castore.

I hope Castore know what Old Gold looks like. Don’t want to see the Wolves rigged as canaries.

On FF there are more than the occasional pearl cast before the - erm - readers. Here’s one.

“Clerr’s no rerr ony merr” 
 

Can’t remember the author to give him the credit he deserves.

Uruguay 7-0 (World Cup Finals)

England 7-2 Home International 

England 9-3 Home International 

No Rangers involved in the first two and Fred Martin (Aberdeen) ‘keeper in both of them. Not a bad goalkeeper  despite the scores.

Maybe St Cadocs are St Pats lite.

I wonder if Scott Brown will come out of retirement for the finals. Bound to be a mhedia campaign.

Own up. You use bootblack on the snout and pads.

Erra ‘feeshel gersnet mascot. Unless compo nominates his cat.

13 hours ago, gaspard said:

My Sweepie prefers the original tartan. 

I’m Golden Retriever loyal but that Black Lab’s a cracker. 

27 minutes ago, compo said:

Ah the mysterious knife in the back man probably one of our own 

Since you mention an assassin, is your new avatar a distant relation of Tiger Shaw? 

Bewildering.

Pity. Goes to London and learns to speak coarsely. Should have stayed in Errshurr.

It’s a puzzling case. There are many instances of the Police and the Procurator simply getting things wrong. There are a few cases, reportedly, where frustrated bobbies may have gone after an habitual criminal to get him because he got off on something else. (Imperfect justice but the bloke most likely did it anyway and he would have been going to do something else in a day or two) But a malicious prosecution at this level? What’s the motive? It’s not as if COPFS is overrun with vengeful hunns.

“Green Bowls Crown”  -  surpassed yourself there, old bean. But then nobody surpasses Uilleam except Uilleam.

17 minutes ago, 26th of foot said:

University of Strathclyde(Glasgow's premier seat of tertiary education)

That may be true. Not for me to say.

I recall more than five. decades past,  attending, as a guest, a meeting of the Diagnostic Society of the University of Edinburgh. Needless to say the entire proceedings were a mile above my head but I recall a reference to the newly chartered Strathclyde as “Scotland’s only List D university”.
 

If it’s any comfort the effete dilettante who said that also called LSE “a working man’s polytechnic”.  Bit rich considering that in the competition 26th mentions, Edinburgh had just been bested by the cockney sparrers from that very institution.

Anyway: stats: expected goals. Many a time I’ve eagerly ascended the terracing stairs expecting a barrowload and got/sod all.

De Bruyne misses a penalty. McGinns goal for Villa after just two minutes disallowed. Too early in the game though it didn’t matter in the end. 
 

Sheffield United struggling and Wolves seem to have lost something. Jota?

In the FA Cup Sunderland beaten at home by Mansfield, a team near the bottom of a league even lower than the one Sunderland are in. No great surprise to most but still a shock for folk who remember the real Sunderland, a top line club but that was in the days of Roker Park before the “Black Cats” nonsense

Assuming Accies don’t score five, this is a sickener for the tims. They get a good result, nurse a bit of hope for a while before kickoff and it’s gone already. Rangers’ fans have been there often in recent years.

5 hours ago, Rousseau said:

Maybe not...

 

1-1.

Booo

5 hours ago, Rousseau said:

He's fine. 

 

1-2. 

Boooooooo

1-3   Everton revert to type.  Boooo

BHA3-1 Burnley

So’ton 2-0 Magpies

Toffees 2-2 United

Palace 0-2 Leeds

Chelsea 3-0 Blades

Hammers 4-1 Fulham

Baggies 0- 3 Hotspur

Leicester 2-1 Wolves 

City 2-2 Liverpool

Gunners 2-0 Villa

compo declined to forecast Leicester v Wolves. Concealing information from the bookies, I expect.

6 hours ago, ranger_syntax said:

He must think Celtic fans are idiots

Well, to be fair, is he alone in that?

What exactly is a playmaker? A man who can receive the ball at a distance from goal and either by beating an opponent(s) or by releasing a pass creates a chance for another to finish? Who is that in the current team? Hagi? Aribo?

John Greig could win the ball and drive forward scattering a couple of defenders then pass the ball in roughly the direction of Ralph Brand to crack into the net? Was JG a playmaker?

46 minutes ago, compo said:

Half back .

In the old days, one of the half backs or one of the inside forwards, sometimes one of each. Baxter and McMillan.

Mostly inside forwards, when I think about it. Only three half backs, Baxter, Murdoch, Frank Beattie.

1 hour ago, MacK1950 said:

Correct the old mind is getting dim so a shilling would have made us feel rich.?

And half a crown - wealth.

17 hours ago, Uilleam said:

With this and Cadbury, it's 

"Chocs away!!"

These confectionery and airport partnerships are confusing. Why not combine them and call it Aero?