Uilleam

Sometimes you have to play a wild card - today for instance.

You sure? Maybe you didn't watch the game.

It's not just you. I would say they are just going through the motions, but Compo declared that they were constipated.

You expect us to Buchan believe that?!?!

I've seen this film before. There were times when I thought I was watching a Gio side. We haven't had a court case for a while, perhaps he could sue for plagiarism

Oooooooh! Anurra wan!

Oooooooh! A shot!

No need - we have šljivovica or raki for that position.

Inspiring bold John Barleycorn! What dangers thou can'st make us scorn! Wi' tippenny we fear nae evil; Wi' usquebae we'll face the devil! That is in the way of being a prescription.

Erratically? I am disinclined to give them the benefit of that doubt: I think they know, and have always known, the whither, and, of course, the why.

It remains to be clearly established what Sima is for..

That'll be a nice surprise. Have you got your annual leave in?

Not smart, and just a bare face.

A worthy ambition, which, is, of course, shared. How long should we be prepared wait for its realisation? For instance, I should like to see it achieved before Scottish independence. Others might not have such patience.

I expect that every man will do his duty. (And that, it goes without saying, to the best of his ability.)

OK, but they can't, and we do nothing about it.

For the first, what 25 mins, say, both teams looked dozy. Unfortunately, the Germans woke up and realised we were there for the taking. And took. Ridvan clearly can't tackle, or even block, so why is he left, on his own, to do so? What we have is full backs who are not, primarily, defenders, and who receive no support from teammates. Remeber when Kent was interested, and tracked up and down, covering, and peressing? And, I hesitate to say, as he seems to have a poor rep, Candeias? Oh, and up front is less than impressive. I wish someone would tell me how a transformation into a CL team, or even an SPL winning team, is going to occur.

So, if Soapy is not injured he's sick?

That's a lot of dough for the many, many, victims of their pederasty to go after. I hope they get the lot.

Wos it the altitude, rather than the aptitude, or, even, the attitude, wot dun for them? Whatever, d'Escaldes were too hot....

I have a horrible feeling that you might be right: the strategy might not be good enough - it gives the appearance of being easy to read, hence easy to counter, and thus is -and may be likely to continue to be- ineffective.

I see, also, the same sluggishness of thought, and of movement, that I have seen too often in the past.

We can talk about shape, formation, grasp of pitch geography, etc. until we are blue (what else?) in the face, but when we give the ball away, consistently, due to poor decision making, poor execution, desperation, or lack of options, does it matter?

What is most concerning is that we can't pass the fucking ball!! Tonight's match was the worst performance of the three games to date, and, thus, there is little or no sign of progress. It's worrying.

It's a reaction to a performance, one tour, and three games in to pre season. When the players can't even pass the ball to each other, then surely we have to be concerned. Let me ask you: Were there any positives? Did any of the new faces look the part? Where does MB go from here? Maybe there will be some magical transformation, before the serious stuff starts, next week, but there seems nothing on which to base such suggestion, and Kilmarnock on a plastic pitch begins to look like a nailer for points dropped.