Anyone Who's Good Enough For Middlesbrough Won't Be On Dis Ting: SPL 2010/11

So who went off for Sami? Is James Forrest still there?

Actually, is Scott Brown still on?

Ben Hutchison wtf

Aye I think Forest's on the right, can't really see much through the pixelation. Brown maybe? xpost aye I think so

Oh look, comedy defending :-(

Hey Darren, get the right side of your man for once, eh?

pfft total pish at the back there, you can't even call that defending.

pfft what I just said

This is better than last year when we were romping the Wembley Cup and dreaming of glory though, eh? Least this way we have no expectations to be crapped upon.

^ do not necessarily believe this

Hooray, we're still crap. Bring on teh Portugeezers :-/

+ves: Sami, Forest, Crosas, Ledley, Zaluska (though I think he could maybe have saved the 2nd one)
-ves: Fortune, O'Dea, Fortune, Wilson, Brown, Fortune

Jury out on the rest. Liked what little I saw of Cha and Ki. Where is Morten Rasmussen?

Fortune OK then (two negatives make a positive!)?

Thought Brown did OK first half, but then again, it took about 20 minutes before I noticed he wasn't even there in the second :-o

Think Sami's doing a Donati; as you said, I don't expect him to be there at the end of the window but he's doing everything to make it look like he should be.

Facebook has just suggested Jimmy Bullard to me. "Many who like Jeff Stelling also like Jimmy Bullard". :-(

Fortune OK then (two negatives make a positive!)?

Three negatives make a very negative in my scoring system.

I'd be surprised at the Huns taking Bullard if they can't afford Eagles. Bullard being touted for Celtic and Rangers but no-one in the English Premier makes me think no-one wants to touch him. I think he's averaging about 12 games a season uninjured - can't see anyone taking a £40k a week punt on that.

Where is Morten Rasmussen?

Oh aye, still asleep, didn't see the extra negative Fortune in the middle (lol Fortune in the middle, etc).

Can't see any truth in the Bullard to Huns rumour either, but googling for Bullard Rangers last night brought to light the revelation that the person he turned to for advice* as to whether he should go to Celtic was, um, Lee McCulloch. That's surely on a par with "hey Artur, should I sign for Rangers?"

* talking of which, have we scrapped this Lenny mentor idea now, btw?

Whoo, we have an early contender for false headline of the year:

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/3058288/Neil-offers-MoJo-a-job.html

(Neil Lennon does not meet Maurice Johnston, does not offer him a job)

Still, Dario Franchitti is going to end bigotry by being the 8 zillionth Celtic fan to be on friendly terms with Rangers fans. Clue: it's not these people who are the bigots.

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It's like they don't even know me :-(

I'm being recommended the Liberal Democrats because I like The Thick Of It :/

I've stopped getting football recommendations since I unliked Robbie Keane.

how'd cervi do?

Didn't play. Was at fault for goal against Union iirc.

I'd like to thank Neil Lennon for signing Daryl Murphy. After Keane wouldn't take him to Ipswich, I thought we were never going to get rid of him.

The notion of DM providing a "physical presence" is very funny. For a big bloke, he gets pushed off the ball all the time. He's hopeless in the air, and I've watched him out-jumped and out-muscled by, err, Shaun Wright-Phillips.

He can run, but his control is poor and his vision is woeful, and his crossing (on the rare occasion he beats a full-back) consists of a blind hoof in the vague direction of the penalty spot.

His total ineptitude as both a centre-forward and a winger have seen him recast in the role of a "striker-winger".

He's rubbish.

Aye he's pish. Juarez and ledley signings really pleased me. This has brought me back to earth. Another useless "striker".

as good a player as Juarez seems to be I'd be wary, he must be an idiot to leave behind a club with this kit:

http://www.uksoccershop.com/images/pumas_away_0708.jpg

Banamex: racist.

blind hoof in the vague direction of the penalty spot.

>>>> Lee Naylor then

Forgot about tonight's friendly (not forgot so much as assumed it was going to be on a lot later than it was).

Which means I missed a Paddy McCourt goal, and the WTF sight of Cillian Sheridan at left back. Anyone got Lee Naylor's phone number?

Cervi made an arse of it for their goal apparently. Sammy scored a goal that was chopped off in order to give a penalty and send off the keeper :/ sounds like woeful refereeing.

Yesterday's NOTW had Celtic back in for Bullard and also after Speroni.

No to Bullard and mibbes aye to Speroni.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48402000/jpg/_48402491_miller-alexander_466b.jpg

didn't realise the Nacho Novo to Sporting Gijon move was a straight swap with their home kit going the other way.

Actually, that's an old Rangers change strip from the 60s or 70s

Possibly blue stripes rather than red though

Also heard David James as potential new keeper. Wouldn't say no to Speroni though.

Gordon Strachan's importing of the SPL player-by-player to the Championship continues apace, looks like Craig Conway's going next.

dinnae be mibbying speroni, he's been the top keeper in the championship for a good few years now - flaps like a tart at crosses but his shot-stopping is so unbelievable it hardly matters.

long-term though kieran westwood is really good if you can afford the £2-3m.

flaps like a tart at crosses but his shot-stopping is so unbelievable it hardly matters.

We just got rid of one of them :-)

We're routinely chucking in excess of a million quid at strikers who can't score, so chucking in excess of a million at a keeper who might compensate for their shortcomings sounds like a no-brainer. Unfortunately, no-brainers seem to be running tings at Celtic just now, so we'll probably end up with, I dunno, Jamie Langfield or something.

How old is Speroni now? It seems like a million years since he was at Dundee. I did get a good few points out of him in Fantasy Football when CryPal were Prem, right enough.

He's 31 - another good few years in him.

Cheers - is hard enough sneaking about on interwebs at work without trying to check two pages at a time :-)

Clocked a bloke in town today with a Rangers shirt with "Drogba 9" on the back of it. Quality amounts of wishful thinking going on there.

make a change from the one i saw with
July
12
FTP

on the back

File Transfer Protocol?

One? They're everywhere.

feel the pain

Andy Goram still struggling with his issues, I see, claiming Vile Laughatme can be a 25 goals a season striker. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/8838632.stm

Also nice to see the BBC tradition of illustrating stories mentioning Kris Boyd with really REALLY bad photos of him (even by his standards) continues even though he's away.

Best Celtic shirt I saw was the

Albert Kidd
86

one I saw a few years back.

I've only seen one, was a wee while ago when I was coming out of the chippy, a guy early 20s. Seen plenty of the july 12 tops over the years but not with FTP on it.
I dont suppose the polis would do anything if one of them saw it even if they know fine well what it stands for.
xp

fight the power

fight the police, surely?

fuck tha police was going to be my next effort

(deep) Fry The Pizza is more apt as it's Scotland.

I expect there will be an accies fan somewhere with FTW on it. (fuck the well, incase you need to ask)