tom_widdows

Enlighten me as to how Ireland is 'now' richer than the UK?

Said Whitecaps along with Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton & Ottowa might have had a bit of a problem getting into the MLS if Canada still had its professional football league but that went bust about 10 years ago. Monaco not only doesnt have a professional league but is also not a registered FIFA or UEFA Nation. If they were then there would probably be problems The only reason Wales now has a 'professional' league was that FIFA threatened to remove their world cup spot back in the early 90s because all of their clubs were playing in the English League. Canada are unlikely to have this problem because unlike Wales they don't have a vote in the IFAB. (IFAB voting structure is as follows - FIFA 4 votes, FA 1 Vote, SFA 1 vote, FAW 1 vote, IFA 1 vote. 6-2 majority is required to make any changes. A UK football league/ team would free up 3 votes and Blatter could go hog wild) But enough about football - This independEEEEEEEEEEEEnce malarky then?

I doubt there will even be Radio Coverage given all BBC resources are seemingly being used for the Commonwealth games

1. Scotland no longer part of the UK = FIFA's dream for a UK national football team goes out the window. If there is no 'Union' there is no chance of a UK national Team and SEVCO and partner lose whatever minimal justification they have for saying they have a right to play in the English League. Something that trivial will be enough to get certain folk out to vote and given how many of their hordes there are in voting population it could easily be a major factor come September. Same as if tomorrow FIFA announced the Scotland national team was losing its place in the next world cup in favour of a UK team I reckon a fair few folk would be straight down the council to register to vote YES in September. Voters can be split into so many camps such as 'Those that research and make their decisions based on careful thought' 'Those who will vote the same way every-time no matter what 'Those who have no idea and effectively throw a dart at a notice board filled with names' and of course 'those who will vote based on one populist topic banded about by the media without any thought as to what the other consequences their choice might bring - eg those who voted UKIP in the Euro elections based purely on their Immigration stance. 2. Typos? Really?

I think Salmond is deliberately avoiding any mention of rangers or celtic as scottish independance should finally kill off any thoughts those 2 clubs have of playing in the english premiership. Just watch the no vote go through the roof should that be set in stone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28513536 Whoever thought using the car-park of one of the largest shopping centres in Scotland as a Games Park & Ride needs shooting.

Any chance you were flying long haul on BA? Transformers 4 - Generic by the numbers but passed the time and felt it was better than the first of the new ones (haven't seen the other 2). Still not a patch on the 1986 original Edge of Tomorrow - Didn't want to see it but was pleasantly surprised and felt it was actually very entertaining.

Furthest they ever got in recent times was the playoff round on 2 occasions, 1 of which was after losing a champs league qualifier to Panathanikos. Yet according to UEFA Co-efficient they are 189th while the Dons are 320th which is the lowest rank of all the Scottish clubs in the co-efficient. Fucking Sevco are still down as 95th?! Hearts, Arabs, St Johnstone and Hibs are all ahead of the Dons

Wrong thread but we all like your senitment

David Gonzalez, Bertrand Bossu, Nicky Weaver, Derek Soutar

sooo we won then? Shoot me down if you must but has the dons problems over the last few seasons been mainly the amount of goals they conceded or more the inability to hit a cow's arse with a Banjo? 2012-13 Goals Scored 41 (3rd worst attack only ahead of Hearts & Dundee) Goals Conceded 43 (2nd best defence in league behind Celtic) Finished 8th 2013-14 Goals Scored 53 (4th best attack behind Celtic, Arabs and Motherwell) Goals Conceided 38 (2nd Best defence in league behind Celtic) Finished 3rd Langfield has been consistent yet seems to be the first in the line of fire every season. It would appear this year is going to be the same

hitchhike

Mcghee in the commentary box is really starting to irritate me

Also apparently Barrs are sponsoring the games so its Irn Bru or Barrs cola only at the refreshment stands. No Coca Cola etc I hope they haven't sold seats for the very front row as you wont be able to see over the advertising hoardings plus I wonder how many seats have either been lost or perhaps sold with restricted views because of those extra scoreboards and camera positions

Its the free stuff that concerns me. Free at the moment but will it still be free in an independent Scotland under the current tax levels? I am all for free healthcare and education but only when it isn't impacting on other elements. Does our free prescriptions come at a cost of several nurses, paramedics, hospital equipment, Special treatments etc? Does our free education come at the cost of research facilities, qualified tutors/ guest lecturers or even apprenticeships for those who don't want to go to uni? I keep seeing comparisons to Norway but they never seem to mention the basic income tax rate there is 28% compared to 20% in the UK. If losing another 8% of my income results in a better health, transport, & education systems then I'm all for it but if we are to spend the next X number of years ploughing on with the same system minus whatever money comes from Westminster then no thank you. Of course saying 'we will raise taxes' in your manifesto is up there with saying we 'we will kill your first born child' but a bit of honesty and signs of a thought process would be a nice change.

400 odd miles north to 'another country' for 5 months or 60miles north east to another county for 5 months? If it was a permanent move perhaps but for 5months? I can easily see why he wouldn't come north and labelling him a fud for it is a bit unfair id say. Plus personally unless we take a 4 goal lead back to Holland I'm keeping my mouth shut about the whole 'european football' malarky

Could it perhaps be down to having little or no faith in those who currently 'govern' this country with devolved powers? PS Im still undecided

Have to wonder if theres a Dutch newspaper running a similar article saying how lucky Gronigen are that Vernon, Zola and McGennis have moved on.

Tommy Ramone

BBC saying £75million

Can't help it if the dutch team only allocates 1100 tickets. Interesting to see how many tickets they have been allocated for next Thursday.

tad pissed off the BBC cant send someone on Ryanair out to Riga to at least do text updates and yet they can send an entire film crew and no doubt a full radio commentary team up to Reykjavik. Only radio coverage is apparently 'updates on Radio Scotland news' 530pm uk time KO Jager

Bored of it now. Suspect the tax man will never win in this. Should they appeal and win the murray etc would appeal that and so on and so on. Feel its time to take positives from this debacle Punted them to the lower leagues for a few years Only thing they won is league titles against teams of part timers who got to kick lumps out of them in the process. (Made all the more funny given their fans and the media were talking about winning quadruples) Spectre of administration still hanging over them Fans at war with the people in charge Got a good few years of gentle burning to come too.

Does McInnes have a soft spot for Burton?