maverick sheep

phoney mk pretendy dons mugged wimbledon in injury time. really would have like to see them lose that

der hun 1-0 up. really need elgin to win today because the "sevco out the cup before turriff" chat would last a lifetime

the glasgow and edinburgh players are centally contracted to the sru, so they couldn't afford a third team. and they'd never allow an external franchise to come about because any profits made wouldn't go to the sru, and any success would show the sru to be utterly incompetent - which they are. aside from that, the independent franchise wouldn't be admitted to play in any of the professional leagues because the sru would threaten to quit. the reason they went with this clusterfuck of a situation was the formation of the heineken cup making the sru think scots teams couldn't compete against the french/ english. other than a very rare occasion they very probably couldn't, but they'd still have a meaningful existence and a domestic product, with families and communities and grassroots development as a part of the fabric of the clubs. the franchises offer nothing, and after more than a decade, they still can't compete in europe - can't even win the celtic/italian league. there is no alternative to the current scotland squad because since this system was put in place we've produced no talent bar maybe 2 or 3 players. even before, the clubs' young players were always overlooked by international scouts because it was easier to take the players their friends at the private schools sent them, but there was at least an alternative route to the top. now there's not so we're reaping what the sru have sown. andy robinson did a far better job than i expected him to to be fair to him. but with scotland there's a massive handicap against progress. sean lineen might get us punching above our weight for a bit.

is there no commentary?

Aberdeen has this afternoon recalled Mitch Megginson from his loan deal at Alloa. His loan spell was intended to run out on Sunday but with the injury crisis he will return to Pittodrie and go straight into the squad for tomorrow's Scottish Cup tie against Motherwell. Unlike Nicky Low Mitch did not play in Alloa's cup game against Rangers and is therefore not cup tied.

two wins at home is a shambles.

The teams abroad are generally much more respectful of it. Madrid was absolutely heaving when Athletico won it. Super Cup too.

agree with bringing back the cup winners cup as well as or instead of having the old style UEFA knock out comp absolutely 100%. Thing is though, they'll not go back to anything they've scrapped because they're far too arrogant to admit they fucked it up and are essentially ruining football for all but the top handful of rich clubs

GS, i fear this thread may have Jonah-ed us.

i'd be amazed if we can keep pace while we have so many injuries. really fucking annoying that we didn't pick up the points we should have in the first set of games, or we'd have a cushion. Only positive seems to be that magennis is proving pretty useful.

unlikely to be dandies in unless it's a tv game or pre-matcher, but it's a decent enough pub where you'll not get hassled. On a non-dandies day there's much better pubs if you head over towards the strectch between kelvingrove and charing x.

ya fucking dancer!!!! magennis really is the new cafu after all!

Hearts defender Andy Webster says some of the Tynecastle players have bought shares in the club. (Daily Express)

Might have a flutter on Ennis.

tbh it's a pretty pointless stat which positions goalscorers play in. i'd like to see info on who's getting the assists, and compare to last season to see what kind of delivery worked for Vernon. get to it young mizer.

Depresses the shit outta me tbh. It's like OF mentality in the extreme (without the religious hatred and brain damage).

Sean Lineen given time would be a good appointment. We're never going to be competitive again though. 2 professional teams with no grassroots is a joke. we're now seeing the long-term effects of that restructuring. Bizarrely the Welsh are thinking about going the same way. It's a shite sport now anyway. it's not rugby it's just kicking practice for toffs.

@arild_stavrum "Delighted. Aberdeen pushing for the title. Great weekend!"

too long to cut and paste http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/why-its-nonsense-to-say-rangers-won-the-tax-case-so-the-spl-should-drop-its-witch-hunt/

injuries is the key. really hope ozzie isn't out for long!

sex

Sounds like a good lad

queues for Scotland? Nae chunce.

Sevco's title rivals about to be deducted points...not so funny. Sevco's title rivals should be, but aren't deducted points...arse-shatteringly hilarious.

Neale Cooper to County as assistant. Not a bad appointment!