Uilleam

VL means Vulgar Latin (a stage below proper Latin, between it and Dog Latin). On the Internet, it may mean an impudent Spaniard/Italian/Portuguese/etc. On here, for some, at least, it will just mean a Spaniard/Italian/Portuguese/etc.

And many seem to be vicious and nasty fucked up fantasists.

If he could start, and complete, 25 games per season, he would be able to start and complete over 40 games. And no-one would have a problem.

That's a circumlocution worthy of Sturgeon hersel'. How many matches has he started? How many has he lasted 90 mins? I know he is a good player, but, and it may be just my impression, he starts few games, and often seems to be injured, or coming back from injury. I don't know if the Belgians are prone to sentiment, but even if it is a national trait, I don't think that PC has much room for manoevre, frankly.

How many games has he started?

We only have 3 or 4 outfield players who can return that figure, certainly at the upper end. Jack's not one, And he never will be one.

It must have been his brother. Clearly we signed the wrong Lammers. An easy mistake to make. (Didn't the fhilth make a similar error, some years ago, with an African player from Scandinavian football?)

Seems a bit risky to me, unless there is no alternative. If we may need these guys, why put them into a Boghead lottery?

So, on a shagger of a pitch, in horrible conditions,against a lower division team who will inevitably tire, and whose challenges may get erratic, we bring on guys just back from injury. Is it me?

According to the super soaraway Sun: Sima was an unused sub against Gambia and wasn't even on the bench against Cameroon. And Senegal boss Aliou Cisse has revealed why Sima was sitting in the stand - he has picked up an injury Cisse said: "Abdallah Sima was unavailable because he had some discomfort in the adductor muscles of the hip. "He will be assessed in the coming days." Senegal's win means that Sima will definitely extend his stay in Africa. They need only a point against Guinea on Tuesday to win the group which would mean they face a Round of 16 clash on January 29 in Yamoussoukro. That means he will certainly miss Rangers' match at St Mirren next week and he could miss further home games against Livingston and Aberdeen if Senegal go all the way to the final in Abidjan on February 11. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/11824210/rangers-abdallah-simas-africa-cup-nations-injury-senegal

Blimey, that Henrik Larsson has fair let himself go!

Tell that to a seven foot Samoan Tattoos are acceptable for: soldiers, sailors, and South Sea Islanders. No one else.

If his nickname is 'Vesper', I might just be out. (Ended badly, i I r c)

You really shouldn't try to provoke envy among the rest of us.

That kind of garbage was generally implemented by the Personnel Manager, who was desperate to gain 'Investors in People' status, to add to his/her own CV. Personnel became 'Human Resources', of course, which caused -still causes- me some considerable amusement, as the personnel 'pros' I have encountered generally looked as human as tailors' dummies and displayed similar resourcefulness. As for FC Midtjyland's adventure training, I should recommend it, indeed insist in it, for all SNP elected representatives, MPs, MSPs, and Councillors. They are aye telling us that we can/should be like Denmark, so it seems fair. Perhaps it ain't quite Highland Hygge, but they can't have everything: they think they can, so it would be a short, sharp, salutary lesson. I would, however, allow them all to have rifles, and ammunition. In the Highland fastnesses, they could only harm themselves, or each other. What's not to like?

"Winter Training Camp"? In the south of Spain? Pah!! "FC Midtjylland players tackle endurance test in the Cairngorms The footballers, in the middle of their league’s winter break, had to make their own fires and were given rifles to hunt deer for food," "The idea to expose the team and management to punishing conditions came from FC Midtjylland’s “mentality coach” Bjarne Slot Christiansen, a former soldier with the Danish special forces." I think that @compo might approve of this, unless, of course, shelters and sleeping bags are a bit girly. FC Midtjylland players tackle endurance test in the Cairngorms The footballers, in the middle of their league’s winter break, had to make their own fires and were given rifles to hunt deer for food Michael Grant, Mark Walker Thursday January 18 2024, 12.01am, The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/danish-giants-fc-midtjylland-face-endurance-test-cairngorms-scotland-wwqzmjq5r One of Denmark’s leading football teams made a three-day visit to the Highlands, where players had to endure freezing temperatures and hunt for their own food in an extreme team-bonding exercise. While clubs from other European leagues usually head to the sun during their winter break, FC Midtjylland, who sit top of the Danish Superliga, sent their footballers on a gruelling trip to the Cairngorms. The squad were based near Inverness and stayed on the Glenfeshie estate, owned by Anders Holch Povlsen, the Danish billionaire who owns the clothing chains Jack & Jones and Vero Moda and is the largest shareholder in Asos. Povlsen also owns FC Midtjylland, as well as tens of thousands of acres in the Scotland countryside. The idea to expose the team and management to punishing conditions came from FC Midtjylland’s “mentality coach” Bjarne Slot Christiansen, a former soldier with the Danish special forces. Players had to make their own fires and were given rifles to shoot deer, otherwise they would have had almost no food. The club’s social media channels show footage of the players walking on snow-capped mountains, braving sub-zero temperatures and heating oatmeal. They were collected and brought back from one summit by helicopter. Povlsen, known as the richest man in Scotland, owns about 220,000 acres of land. The businessman is embarking on one of the largest rewilding projects, which could take at least 200 years. Sites owned by Povlsen and his wife, Anne, in the Cairngorms were used last autumn to rewild beavers in the area for the first time in 400 years. Christiansen admitted he pushed the football team to the limit but had ensured the players all returned safely to their home city of Herning in the Jutland peninsula. “There are some who are tired, and there have also been some who have burned out completely,” he said. “But of course they come home. It is extremely hard. When we are under the most pressure, we find out that we can do more than we really think.” Head coach Thomas Thomasberg said: “It was so cold that we couldn’t feel our hands and feet.” Kristoffer Olsson, the club’s former Arsenal midfielder, said the players had been left entirely to their own devices in the wild and they had been too cold to enjoy the scenery. “It’s an experience we won’t forget any time soon. We were out on long hikes in Scotland and we had to find our own food, where to sleep, water, everything,” Olsson said. “For me the worst thing is that you didn’t get anything to eat. We got some food one day and that was it. It was truly a test, both mentally and physically. We slept in a shelter in sleeping bags, but it wasn’t so easy to fall asleep because it was really cold. “It was so beautiful with the mountains and hills. But honestly, we didn’t have the energy to enjoy it. We were worn out and it was just about survival. It was nice to come back and get some warmth and food. Then you started to feel like a person again.” The team’s experience was filmed for a three-part documentary with the Danish broadcaster TV Midtvest. Whether the extreme approach will do them any good will become clear on Friday, when the team play a friendly match against their rivals Aalborg. Midtjylland are nicknamed The Wolves and have been the champions of Denmark three times, most recently in 2020. They lost to Rangers in the 2019-20 Europa League qualifiers and beat Celtic in a Champions League qualifier in 2021-22. Scottish Championship side Partick Thistle attracted ridicule in 2018 when their manager at the time, Gary Caldwell, arranged for players to spend a day with the Parachute Regiment. The exercise got out of hand as players were subjected to a mock “kidnapping”, with one running away only to be hauled back by four soldiers, while another broke down in tears. Players were forced to wear ear muffs and blindfolds and were placed in head-locks by soldiers.

In 2024, surely just calling them names, or even threatening to call them names, should be enough. Club Statement and Trigger Warning: We will be delighted to welcome you to Ibrox Stadium. Please be aware that you will be subject to invective, which, while unerringly accurate, will be unpleasant for you to hear. We are unable to provide a 'safe space' for those who cannot deal with the truth.

Time for the judicious hamstring pull?

A Bulat Doiged, then.

But I shot a man in Brugge, just to watch him die

Either she has legs like flexible stilts, or her dress is way too long.

Has anyone 'learned' anything, so far, apart from the fact that we could do with a man like Rod Wallace up front?