tom_widdows

at the risk of even being slightly positive, at least the traditional 'horsing' following a decent run has come this week and not on cup final day.

So the final league standings and actual qualificaiton pots are as follows: (Teams in Bold are host nations and as a result only 2 are allowed per group. Teams in Italics are guaranteed play off semi final spots) Nations League Finals Pot: Top spot in Groups A-D (Max 5 teams in their group) 1. Switzerland 2. Portugal 3. Netherlands 4. England Pot 1: Top Spots in Groups E-J. Group E will only have 5 teams 5. Belgium 6. France 7. Spain 8. Italy 9. Croatia 10. Poland ------------------------------------------------------- Pot 2 11. Germany 12. Iceland 13. Bosnia & Herzegovina 14. Ukraine 15. Denmark 16. Sweden 17. Russia 18. Austria 19. Wales 20. Czech Republic ------------------------------------------------------ Pot 3 21. Slovakia 22. Turkey 23. Republic of Ireland 24. Northern Ireland 25. Scotland 26. Norway 27. Serbia 28. Finland 29. Bulgaria 30. Israel ------------------------------------------------------ Pot 4 31. Hungary 32. Romania 33. Greece 34. Albania 35. Montenegro 36. Cyprus 37. Estonia 38. Slovenia 39. Lithuania 40. Georgia ----------------------------------------------------- Pot 5 41. Macedonia 42. Kosovo 43. Belarus 44. Luxembourg 45. Armenia 46. Azerbaijan 47. Kazakhstan 48. Moldova 49. Gibraltar 50. Faroe Islands ----------------------------------------------------- Pot 6: Last spots in Groups F-J 51. Latvia 52. Liechtenstein 53. Andorra 54. Malta 55. San Marino Ideal Group for Scotland IMO Poland Czech Republic Scotland Estonia Gibraltar San Marino

No one will now the playoff draw until the actual qualification campaigns are completed. If any team that won their nations league group qualifies then their playoff slot is passed to another team which will depend on the overall rankings. Then I think it is a case of there being play off 'semi finals' (8 teams from the nations league playing each other in a 1 off game to get the last 4 playoff spots Draw for actual qualification is on December 2nd Under the Rules because we are a host nation Scotland can only have one of these teams in their main qualifying group Azerbaijan Denmark England Germany Hungary Italy Netherlands Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Spain

A Groups Winners (and potential Nations League Champions): England, Portugal, Switzerland, Netherlands Relagated to B Groups: Croatia, Poland, Iceland, Germany Finals will be held in Portugal next June B Groups Promoted to A Groups: Ukraine, Denmark, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Sweden Relegated to C Groups: Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Turkey, Slovakia C Groups Promoted to B Groups: Finland, Norway, Scotland, Serbia Relegated to D Groups: Slovenia, Lithuania, Estonia, Cyprus D Groups Promoted to C Groups: Georgia, Belarus, Kosovo, Macedonia All promoted teams guaranteed a playoff sport for 2020 finals

https://videos.files.wordpress.com/77ktIgPK/aberdeen-football-club-progress-at-kingsford_hd.mp4 Amazing what you can find when you go digging in 'Greenbelt' land

So with this 'experiment' due to conclude by the end of this week the current state of play is as follows A Groups Winners (and potential Nations League Champions): England, Portugal, Switzerland Relagated to B Groups: Croatia, Poland, Iceland, Germany Dutch will win their group if they don't lose to the Germans (Better Head 2 head record against the French) Finals will be held in Portugal next June B Groups Promoted to A Groups: Ukraine, Denmark, Bosnia-Hercegovina Relegated to C Groups: Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Turkey, Sweden will win their group of they beat the Russians at home Slovakia play the Czechs to decide who gets relegated. C Groups Promoted to B Groups: Finland, and 3 from Scotland, Israel, Norway, Bulgaria, Serbia or Romania Relegated to D Groups: Slovenia, Lithuania, Estonia Albania will avoid relegation if either Montenegro or Cyprus fail to win D Groups Promoted to C Groups: Georgia, Belarus, and 2 from Kosovo, Azerbajin, Macedonia, Armenia

Is it too much to hope this clusterfuck will actually bring about the destruction of the tory party and perhaps even kick out a few keystones in the control the privately educated moron class has on the UK?

As I suspected it was a passing phase so I've given up on the control pad malarky However I did pick up an RS-97 handheld with 3000 odd retro games on it (chinese knock off which came with British airways headphones). Cost about £50 and been a decent purchase so far and helped me get over my childhood longing to own a Neo-geo console. Just wish it had an N64 emulator but no doubt there will be a knockoff handheld one of them somewhere down the line

Perhaps I'm weird but everytime these stories about breakaway leagues emerge I wonder what is going through the minds of the creators. It can be tedious going to Kilmarnock, Dundee etc 2-3 times every season but at least there is a decent chance of me going and every so often a 'new' team appears in the league plus the chance each season of a cup trip to a lower league stadium. Should it ever come to pass that the Dons were to only play teams from mainland Europe (no promotion etc) the novelty would wear off very quick for me as essentially away fans would be removed and any sense of 'rivalry' would be fleeting IMO. My delight at seeing the failure of certain scottish teams would never be replicated with scandinavians/ Dutchies etc. I'm pissed off with the current stand off between La Liga and the spanish FA over the prospect of playing actual league games in the USA akin to the showpiece NFL games at Wembley and currenly the NHL games in Finland. Watched the NHL match last night (Florida vs Winnipeg in Helsiniki) and the asmosphere was flat, essentially a preseason friendly crowd compared to the more 'tense' feeling you get when the matches are played in north america. For me, without a decent atmosphere ALL professional sports events may as well be a kids 5 a side football birthday party.

Distinct lack of highlights so far (Sportscene bizarrely missed both semis) so had to make do with this

They havent spoken to the BBC for about 3 seasons now. The BBC also has no access to Ibrox for Home games so when sportsound does provide commentary from Snake mountain Liam Mcleod and co are sat in a studio watching it on monitors

Got your wish

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-46010613 The wonder of 'sunday services' Be interested to know how many tic fans were on the bandwagon slagging off Dons (and initially Hearts) supporters for complaining about poor public transport links to the semi-finals

In my experience there is segregation at Central station with Dons fans put onto trains for Kings Park and the Blue meanies put on trains to Mount Florida. If you get a taxi chances are you will get dropped off at the mount florida (sevco end) and have to walk through them so if you do choose that method ask the driver to take you to the toryglen side of Hampden. Getting back I would go for the Kings park train back to Hampden as taxis, buses etc will be in gridlock

Stage 3 Building Warrant Registered - Timber kit elements (outbuildings etc) Stage 2 warrant still ongoing. I see the Judicial review is due to start on 8th november with the 2nd part kicking off on the 19th December (Bet the council love that last date)

Does anyone use a USB game controller to play games through emulators on their Laptop/PC and if so could you recommend one? I purchased a USB n64 pad from amazon but it was faulty so I had to send it back and since discovered said pad was not the most reliable product but various others don't seem to have the best reviews either. Wandered about pc world today and bizarrely the non x-box/playstation etc pads (logitech etc) don't seem to be set up for windows 10 I'm not really wanting to spend more than £25-30 as this is merely for nostalgia (megadrive, N64, late 80s/90s arcade games) rather than taking getting into the current gaming trends (personally the moment sony and microsoft got involved I started to lose interest)

Bad times at the El Royale Great Stuff (doesnt seem to be getting alot of media coverage for some reason)

Israeli's seem to be playing like Boneti's Dundee team circa 2000/01

Is it possible to go with the 'people make mistakes (see our various referendums) and learn from them' option and get behind him on this one? Or is it like the current tory government - you made the decision and that means you have to stick with it because if you decide something was maybe not the best idea, changing your mind and putting a stop to it, having another go, will undermine democracy blah blah blah. Get sentenced to 18years of hell every time you vote for the people who wear blue......(fuck sake that means Ill be 48 by the time they get booted out! Who knows how old ill be when cockwomble leaves!)

Is this where the wheels fall off the hearts bandwagon?

Strikers: Cosgrove - 2 McLennan - 1 Anderson - 1 May - 1 Wilson - 1 Midfielders: MacKay-Steven - 4 McGinn - 1 Ferguson - 1 Defenders: Lowe - 1 Hoban - 1 Shinnie - 1

Another aspect of football I find frustrating is the sheer number of players who continue to pick up wages at clubs despite spending most of the time on the injury table. I can't think of another career in which you can get quite well paid for up to a decade (perhaps even longer) for not doing the job you are actually being paid for (well apart from politicians)? or to focus on a rumour I heard several years ago about the Aberdeen football club physio/ medical team not being all they are cracked up to be.

Probably a 3-4 game ban given the club had the gaul to appeal

Legacy of the 10000 seat rule brought in by the likes of Doncaster and co to appease the evil hordes. Livi would have been quite happy staying with the original 2 sided almondvale (circa 6000 capacity). Rumour has it they recenlty looked to sell the stadium to a supermarket and move to a smaller ground nearby but nothing came of it.

Anyone recall what happened last time they pulled that shit at pittodrie (robbie winters the victim)? Anyway as they go to Tynecastle next weekend, should that result in another defeat will the media start to turn on young Stevie....or will it depend on their efforts against the Austrians on Thursday night?