"The monkeys start to squeal, lie and create conspiracy plots" - Scottish Football 2012/13

Utd seem to be a bit good now that McNamara's in charge. Apart from getting shellacked by Celtic of course

Standard late season surge? Would love to see both Dundee sides end up bottom 6 post split but that's highly unlikely.

Dundee have just sacked Barry Smith.

Clyde 1 reported in their sports bulletin this morning that nuRangers won the SFL reserve league. I cannot recall the SFL reserve league ever being mentioned on radio before in my life.

Anyway, congratulations to nuRangers on the first trophy in their short history. That's them got something other than a carpet to put in their proposed museum.

So they beat a load of these fabled brickies and shelfstackers and farmers and whatever else patronising guff commentators come out with, but versions of which that can't even get a game for the first team of a lower league club then? Well done them.

You know the Rangers stance about how "the COMPANY went into liquidation but the CLUB lives on"? Their own lawyers disagree:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BDiITKSCcAAJX6n.png

Eddiek62 Eddie Keane 5 hrs
It was Rangers lawyers that submitted to the enquiry that Rangers ceased to be a club!! pic.twitter.com/XTm92Dad

Amazing.

Not sure what else Barry Smith could have achieved with Dundee, having done really well in the 1st Division with the financial restrictions placed on him and then catapulted unexpectedly into the SPL with next to no preparation. Is Steven Pressley the expected replacement, he seems the obvious candidate?

because he obviously can't make any progress with Falkirk?

Just mean in the modern-day-Stuart-Baxter linked-to-every-minor-step-up-job-going way.

Would have thought it would be the wrong move for Elvis, though I get what context you meant it in!

Evening Telegraph reporting Calderwood and Jody Morris as front runners - they play in blue so that might be enough for Jody, I really wanted him to take over from McInnes but he didn't want to give up playing and the board didn't want a player/manager.

Ah bloody hell Jody Morris being linked with management jobs makes me feel old because I remember him coming through as a youngster. Saw him score for Chelsea years ago

Also is a Dundee club ready for a manager called Jody?

He's still only 34 - I'm 30 and I always thought he was much older than me.

Everything to do with football and football management makes me feel old these days :-/

i got seriously depressed the day i realised that the ref was younger than me :(

My "Jody Morris is only 34 wtf?" moment came when I realised I was older than Chris Sutton.

re Calderwood linked to Dundee job - Jimmy or Colin?

Jimmy.

I'm very slightly older than Henrik Larsson and he was on telly last week punditing about with GREY HAIR.

Dunno if football management is ready for someone who calls himself "morriskid".

Ah well, if Jimmy C gets back into management, it'll legitimise his continued appearances in Only an Excuse, I guess.

Steven Anderson's has been at Saints since 2004 with hair thinning much faster than mine and he's still only 27.

Kris Boyd back at Kilmarnock? That's what the internet says.

Wow! I've no idea if he's fit or not, but could be a great signing for them..

"Having been inundated by high-calibre candidates, one man stood out as perfect for the position," said a Dundee statement.

what did they do what was worse than normal? Or was it because it was done in England?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21559512

I watched the first five minutes and it was all fenian blood and fenian bastards, I assume it continued in a similar manner after I switched off to go out for lunch in disgust.

Speaking to ESPN, club manager Ally McCoist said: "I didn't know anything about it until I came in after the game."

Speaking to ESPN, club manager Ally McCoist said: "I am completely deaf. WHAT?"

STV Sport ‏@STVSport
Despite rumours to the contrary John Brown has not resigned as interim manager of Dundee.

(Apparently radio scotland saying he has)

Fuck me Dundee are a circus. Bomber Brown an exceptional candidate? Gift that keeps on giving.

In fun news, Steven Anderson nearly scored a goal today and if the linesman had done his job properly on Tue night we'd be second (in pub now).

Chris Harvey ‏@ChristopherHarv

Unconfirmed reports that acrimonius Dundee FC Fans & BoD Q&A session has finished with two board members tendering their resignation. stv.tv

I was at the Berwick game today and once again I'm gutted that we've been over by dodgy refeering decisions, taking the lead then turned over by a soft penalty and then a stonewaller not given for us. Not complaining that Rangers probably deserved to win but 3-1 flatters them big style.

In fairness to fat Sally I was about 50 feet from him and couldn't make out any of the chants. Outside the ground there was definitely some sectarian songs sung, so no surprise if that happened inside the ground too.

Ally McCoist on the news saying "tell us what we can't sing and we won't sing it". Lady, if you have to ask...

Hahahahaha, I'd never seen this before. Ahahahahaha.

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/2819085/Kris-a-big-miss-Rafa.html

amazing

" Liverpool would be the ideal fit because Fernando Torres is in and out of the Reds side with injury and when he’s missing they have no one to fill his boots. "

these people are out there

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BD-tF4xCcAAxLgk.jpg

Wowzers.

Hey, this is good too: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/4810831/Bomber-a-flop-at-Clyde-Jose-wouldve-been-a-loser-there.html

(apologies for repeated linkage to the Sun)

Seriously, nothwithstanding his pishness at Clyde, did you not SEE him rambling away outside Ibrox? And you wonder why everyone sees his appointment as a joke?

It's not just that it clearly isn't true that he was the "stand out" from several "high-calibre candidates" - it's that it's really obvious Gardiner has thought "Fuck it we're relegated anyway, I may as well give my mate a job for a few months."

I do love how he's couching it in terms of John Brown being a Dundee legned, when everyone else just sees rambling mad ex-Deidco nutter who was a bit pish at managing at lower levels. Who the fuck does he think's buying it? Isn't it great for a bit of variety when Vlad's nowhere near the maddest delusionalest spokesbod for a team in Scotland any more?

"To keep Dundee up this season would be the best achievement of my career."

He's right there. Given that every team above them is likely to pick up another two or three wins in the remaining games I reckon Dundee need at least 7 wins from their remaining 11 games. They've managed 3 from 27 so far and have a goal difference of minus millions.

Ross County can go joint second if they beat Aberdeen tonight o_O

2.15 for ridic Leigh Griffiths goal.

Hibees should stop watching before the shite penalty call at 4:13.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f__5zImdcM4

race for 2nd is nuts

 	Team 		P 	GD 	Pts
2 	Inverness CT 	27 	7 	41
3 	Ross County 	28 	2 	41
4 	Motherwell 	27 	5 	40
5 	St Johnstone 	28 	1 	40
6 	Hibernian 	28 	0 	38
7 	Kilmarnock 	28 	6 	37
8 	Aberdeen 	29 	-3 	37
9 	Dundee Utd 	28 	-5 	37

Anybody but Motherwell please.

Anyone but Caley Thistle. I have a grudging respect for what Butcher's done with them, but they're still born of total cuntery.

Smashing point for 3rd division strugglers Stirling Albion tonight :)

James McFadden at Fir Park, hello ten years ago!

Shocking from us tonight.

Absolutely rubbish. I'm all for competitiveness in the league, but I'm more for us not being shite.

The only way it can be competitive is for Celtic to get worse - the gap in investment is too big for other clubs to bridge in the other direction.

John McGlynn mutually consented out of Tynecastle...

Not before time - I know they've fallen on hard times but that squad should be nowhere near the foot of the table. I'm predicting the return of the prodigal Elvis.

Yeah, seems likely. Barry Smith to Falkirk to replace him, maybe?