Tyrant

Welcome aboard.

I guess they've got something planned with Pep? Although it will never surprise me to see Madrid punt any manager.

It was actually the fallout from particularly cantankerous article from Oor Wullie's own Hunday Post where an SNP member of staff was asked about Andy Murray's omission from the new year honours list. The SNP member was of the opinion that Murray deserved one yet the paper implied (The paper, mind. Not the politician) that Murray's snub was due to his stance on indy. This led to thick unionist cunts foaming at the mouth about how "SNP would seek political gain from anything" and that "Politicians shouldn't give their opinions on these sort of things" and also one particularly spasticated being who reckoned that Murray was undeserving "because how English tennis players had been knighted?". The quotes from the politician had zero political substance to them. Simply talked about sport. But that managed to completely enrage the thicko brit nats.

All of those things are SNP's fault.

Good film. Cleverer that it seems at first glance. Like many Pixar efforts. Can't be properly appreciated by kids or thick adults. Went to see In the Heart of the Sea last night. Nae a bad film. Just a bitty too much animal butchery for my liking. Hard to believe how much more spasticated mankind was just a couple of centuries ago.

Zero alcohol consumed over the festive period and I still feel shite.

Listen to/watch this.. it'll help for about 16 minutes at least. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZDiaRZy0Ak

Quote from moaning wanker behind me last night when Jack pulled up injured: "He's done his hamstring. Good. He deserves that." Utter fucking embarrassment of a man you are you old cretin. Jack is on poor form. No doubt about that. But wishing your own players injuries? Fuck you. You got the result you deserved. Prick. Plenty of others didn't turn up last night either.

Aye the weather up here is fucking miserable. The game will probably go ahead but football won't win tonight.

£17million please Celtic.

Usual protocol then.. the level of panic will depend heavily on remaining length of contract term. I've nae idea how long he has left but I trust the board not to let him or anyone go on the cheap. Especially to the Green Unwashed.

Giving this a wee bump as there's a nice wee selection of kits available from the 90s here: http://www.vintagefootballshirts.com/teams/other-scottish-clubs/38?sort=&page=1 £40 for the infamous Northsound away kit. Bargain. I was hoping for one of the adidas kits from the early 80s but appreciate that they'll be harder to get. Anyone else know of decent (and trustworthy) sites for buying retro tops? I also found: https://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/other-uk-clubs/scottish-clubs/aberdeen.html Does anyone still have a 90s top? I take it they fit looser than modern shirts?

Unless his form picks up he won't be playing too many more!

Just a few weeks ago I was overhearing folk saying that he'd been shite and having a bad season etc. Well done Adam. If this is shite keep being shite!

Obviously I'm quite enjoying seeing the shambles at Man Utd. It cheers me up after Liverpool get pumped by shite like Palace and Newcastle. I honestly think that Man Utd should stick with Van Gaal. Just like I think Swansea should have stuck with Monk and Chelsea should have stuck with Mourinho. Although I don't always think it's best to stick with what you've got. Steve McLaren for example, is a fucking clown. But as Rocket said Van Gaal has pedigree and a hell of a lot of experience. I get that Man Utd fans crave better football but holding up tea towels with poorly spelled slurs against the current management is helping fucking nothing. Like the dicks that site behind me in the South Stand and fucking moan and groan about everything. They're almost gutted when we score because they have to stop fucking moaning for a few seconds. Van Gaal isn't a likeable man but the best managers are often dicks. Sir Alex and Mourinho are further examples.

I went to see Daddy's Home a couple of days ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Plenty of cheap chuckles.

Hope yous all had a good one. Back at work today which is a shame but tbh be honest it's probably a good thing since I was gaining about half a stone a day sitting at hame.

Not sure what there is to debate? Which one of us has the correct or incorrect point of view? Humans are what animals are not. Corrupt. I've had dogs and cats for most of my life and there's a purity to them that you rarely see in humans. In fact we lost or 11 year old rescue greyhound Pearl the other day. Fuck me, that was brutal. I'm of the opinion that all life on this planet has equal right to be here. From spiders and rats to dogs and cats and humans. Most people differentiate. Syrians, for example, are not welcome by many. Why not? They're humans like the rest of us. This point of view has led to me being called all manner of ridiculous things from "Lefty" to "Extremist". How is it extremist to want everyone and everything to live an enjoyable life peacefully? "Strong political views" my arse. Fuck politics. Anyway. I digress.

Again I never said it did. It's something that I'd have in common with him. That's all.

Well I didn't really say or even imply that he's a top man just because he loves animals. I said that was something that made me believe that I'd like him personally. And you're way over-thinking the reasoning. I think the reason is irrelevant. Fact is that not enough people acknowledge or respect other human and non-human being's right to an existence. Andy does. And Andy's tweets about his own pets as well as the charity work he's done for WWF lead me to this conclusion. Andy also does work and fundraising for Unicef. He donated £50 out of his own pocket for every ace he hit this season. Your point about charities being run by uncharitable people is a fair one but a separate discussion.

Jesus Christ min. That's a lot of hate! I don't even hate no voters that much.

No we're not disagreeing. And I didn't intend to imply that so apologies if I did. And I should have been clearer about the pro-indy thing. I meant he didn't care about his stance on independence not winning him more fans. Not that he didn't care about independence. His honesty is something that I've always admired. He's pulled no punches when the truth was required. Despite knowing it'll make him enemies. His comments over the last decade about the LTA for example. But there are other things that I've seen whilst following his career that leave me in little doubt that I'd like him personally. His charity work and his love of animals for example. The fact that he's not a hun or a tim. He's a top tennis player and a top man. Thoroughly deserves his award.

He has more personality in his 2nd serve than Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman put together. I was a fan of and watched both those players in their day too. I didn't dislike them because they seemed boring as fuck. But Andy is anything but. But although he's getting really good at dealing with mics shoved in his face it's still clear he doesn't enjoy that aspect of his fame. So unless you're a Murray fan you're not going to see his personality other than the occasional TV interview. I'm actually glad he doesn't pretend to enjoy it either. There's enough fake shite about. And the stuff about him being pro-indy was never going to win him more fans (although I admit it meant a lot to me) but he doesn't care about that either. And I respect him more for it. And even though he's pro-indy he's played out his skin when representing the UK in the DC Cup and the Olympics. Even sang God Save The Queen ffs (which near killed me to see) so I am still guilty of getting wound up with the pricks that are itching for him to fail. Having said all that the sports personality of the year award isn't awarded based on the sports person's personality. But many are too thick understand that a word can have 2 meanings. In this case the intended definition is, as provided by my mate Google:

I enjoyed The Force Awakens. I admit I fell asleep but that wasn't because of the film! It will undoubtedly prove to be the biggest movie of all time. I don't think it's that good by any means but it is worth watching if you're vaguely a Star Wars fan.

I da ken like. I ended up getting drawn into an argument about this last night (which isn't like me!) There are still some colossal fuds out there that are absolutely gutted that Andy isn't English. Not to mention the Scottish fuds that don't like him for whatever reason. You don't have to like the guy to acknowledge what you correctly pointed out - that he is the greatest sportsman in the history of Scotland and (probably Britain too) by a million miles.