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

The Bino does kind of lead with the shoulder, a bit. A peach!

Things I didn't know about Scottish footballers, pt 2030349: Kieran McAnespie used to be a cameraman on Babestation.

I'm just really laughing at the fact that they need to try and cheat to get a penalty at home to Stirling Albion.

Derek McInnes gets the shepherd gig

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21911117

And Mark Burchill (yes, that Mark Burchill) gets the Livi gig.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21924658

Mark Burchill eh? There's a blast from the past.

I'm off on holiday tomorrow, hope Dunfermline are still around when I get back. Every time* I leave the country a club (or is it a holding company) goes bust.

* OK, once.

This is a decent wee blog from a Dunfermline fan, and approx 10000000000 times more accepting and realistic than any of the guff spouted when Rangers were in a similar situation. Acceptance of their fate, acknowledgement of their club's wrongdoings, and a realistic view of what could and should happen next.

http://www.scotzine.com/2013/03/dunfermline-blog-gavbusters/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21969624

14 years!

That was one hell of a display of crap refereeing at St Mirren Park today.

The penalty? I saw it on highlights, initially looked like it was, but the final replay from an angle wasn't so clear. Viewed from one angle it did look a lot like Emilio had taken him down. I'm no expert though.

Read an interview with Victor Wanyama in Kenya Airways in-flight magazine and in it he says Efe Ambrose is the best footballer from Africa who isn't Drogba. "He is so quick it is amazing and his footballing brain is so far ahead of everyone else it's hard to comprehend."

I'd like to see Ambrose play further forward - his centre hoff displays so far don't convince me of a footballing brain lurking anywhere.

Wanyama has him at centre half in his Africa XI so that US obviously where he thinks he excels.

Wanyama is april fooling us all.

He played right back in the African CoN and made the tournament XI in that position. I'd have him in Wanyama's position - maybe that's why Wanyama has him elsewhere.

I really wish Neil Lennon would buy central defenders to play in central defence instead of trying to make them Mjallby-style.

"I hope the fans remember that if you believe, if you go for it, then everything is possible. You can win the Scottish Cup and become a champion."

Inspirational words from Vlad

I'll miss him :(

I'd have him in Wanyama's position

Halfway out the door? Aye, I'd go with that :)

Surely Vlad's just given us next season's thread title as a parting gift?

Reid out

http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/attachments/fm-stories-archived/143550d1299971309-pride-thistle-scotland-story-phgu.jpg

congas at NDP

He was the longest serving manager in Scottish league football. The average tenure of a manager is now 1 year and 7 months.

New manager of Sevco for next season, you heard it here first (where I just made it up).

New Sevco for next season (while we're speculating).

nah Accies aren't in any debt really. Skint but no debt (much healthier than most clubs)

I'm talking about Sevco becoming New Sevco, if that wasn't clear.

i see

The SFA have issued Neil Lennon with a notice of complaint for using foul language. Seems odd, given that pretty much everyone in the game does it. Maybe it's only an offence when you're near a microphone and end up on YouTube.

*compliance

lol I'm reading two things at once re rules and getting myself confused

*complaint (maybe from the compliance officer, who fucking knows?)

Aye, rumours doing the rounds that workies have downed tools at the Poundland Arena (what happened to the naming rights thing, btw?) due to not being paid. That's what happens when you have a completely ridiculous wage structure in the 3rd division and it turns out that your fans pretty much do do walking away. Assume they haven't found a way of punting Sandaza either, btw?

Assume they haven't found a way of punting Sandaza either, btw?

Oh, they have. Good luck in the presumably-forthcoming unfair dismissal case :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22021733

So that's Sandaza, chief scout Neil Murray, reserve team coach Tommy Wilson and physio Pip Yeats all parting company with Rangers for various reasons in the last fortnight. Meanwhile Neil Alexander asked for a two year contract extension and was instead offered one year with a 65% pay cut.

I'm sure everything's fine.

Pip? Seriously?

Hearing some rumourmongering that Sandaza was told off about angling for a move while still in contract, and went "aye, so? Neil Murray tried to tap me up while I was still under contract to St Johnstone, got yeez, dafties" and they went "oh shit, we'd better bin Murray an' all". Dunno the truth in that, he was only on a one year deal at St Johnstone. Deidco did try to sign him before they went bust, I remember that.

For his part, Goodwin has shrugged off the affair. He said: "McGeouch had just come on, I flew into a tackle with him and Lenny was just protecting his player. He barked a few words at me and I have no problem with that.

"I'm just happy the Sky microphone wasn't close enough to pick up my unprintable reply or else I'd be in trouble myself.

"Lenny probably wouldn't have spoken to me again if he had heard my reply, but it was all a top bit of football banter and I have no problems at all."

Goodwin not facing the SFA for his admittedly worse language. So it's all about microphone placement rather than the rights or wrongs of it.

Unless you are Sevco fans singing, in which case it's not about microphone placement OR the rights or wrongs of it.

Wait, what? I understand Sandaza suing Rangers for unfair dismissal, but considering suing Tommy the taxi driver for being a conduit for his stupidity?!?!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22021733

The Rangers, sorry.

piss-up/brewery

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22072465

The Scottish Premier League is unlikely to be able to announce the five post-split fixtures on schedule.

Presumably Sky want to televise an end-of-season title party and it clashes with a 3rd division game.

Aye, were supposed to be out yesterday afternoon. Just move the fecking 3rd division game, ffs, or ignore them, they all seem to be doing that walking away thing they don't do anyway.

get the fuck on with it - I promised my dad I'd take him to a match, would be nice to know when that might be...

five lunchtime fixtures, four on a Sunday, three away from home, title possibly wrapped up before we kick another ball - good work fixture and telly guys!

v ICT, Sunday, April 21, KO: 12.45pm (Celtic Park)
v Motherwell, Sunday, April 28, KO: 12.45pm (Fir Park)
v Ross County, Sunday, May 5. KO: 12noon (Victoria Park)
v St Johnstone, Saturday, May 11. KO: 12.15pm (Celtic Park)
v Dundee United, Sunday, May 19. KO: 12.45pm (Tannadice)

football without fans is normal

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BHa_SBICQAIQsYX.jpg

Oh jolly good, and fuck all chance of getting my dad down from Inverness for the day for a game. Probably easier for me to get a ticket for Ross County away and take him to a game up there instead :(

Ouch, 15 point deduction for Dunfermline, putting them in the relegation play-off spot.

Ooft.

Good crowd at Firhill - 8,857

Thistle 1-0 Morton after 60 mins - looks like the Ton's promotion push is just about finished :(