RicoS321

Nah, you need the big cunt to win headers in the middle, with the other two sweeping up behind when they fuck up. Like Ash Taylor. It's not like the sweeper in a 3-4-3 really, it's almost like you need two to be positionally aware and one to be tackling. Gallagher or McKenna would be good at that (McKenna has played centre of the three for the dons a few times and he was good there, but he had to make way for Ash who couldn't be trusted get forward from a wider role). I'm with you on McTominay, but given him and Gallagher are the only two right sided players he's probably got a slight advantage. I think McTominay on his correct foot is marginally better than the others on their wrong foot. It'll likely be Cooper just to keep us all guessing.

Isn't Tierney playing left of a three for arsenal? Anyway, I think he'll go Tierney, McKenna, Gallagher. As good as Gallagher has performed, he's very weak on one on one's, being extremely slow to turn. We've been quite lucky to have been up against poorer opposition when he's been in, and I think he could easily get caught against a better front line. That said, McTominay is a liability positionally, and McKenna has his weaknesses too so I'm probably being too harsh. I think the pace of Tierney would compliment the bigger defender in the centre quite nicely and I'd probably play Tierney, McKenna, McTominay, although it would be exceptionally harsh on Gallagher.

I was wondering if there was any available AI or machine learning algorithm that could prevent us from playing Ojo against the huns? We've got nearly two weeks.

I didn't think it was meant, in normal time it looked like he was aiming for the other player (Hedges or McRorie I think) who stopped their run. His layoff to Cosgrove for the second was sublime though, definitely meant.

Their election coverage has always been fairly decent, this time no different. It's their general news coverage in the four years that aren't election time that is the issue. Climate change denying paid for con artists. Murdoch's given the message now though, Trump no longer has his support, watch on as all his titles stab him in the back and pretend they never supported him in the first place. Biden isn't a threat to them anyway, a centre right conservative in the mould of Osbourne or May in this country.

Yep. A bit like last week, two early goals and the game was dead. We were just better all over. Wright needs to be contracted for another 8 years.

Great start. Two great finishes. Some terrible defending by them. Cosgrove exactly what we've been missing with that finish, it was like Rooney, just total confidence that he was scoring. However, he looks about 70% fit and is offering very little else. Not showing for Hoban and Considine who've both chipped several balls down the line for him and he's stopped running. Give him another 15 to gain some fitness and get Edmondson on (or Main, for a laugh). Kennedy makring Boyle with ease, and Ferguson and McRorie looking good. Considine not playing well, must be the jitters ahead of the international week and the big 500 coming up. Hedges not doing too much, but a good all round performance so far.

He did change his approach and mentality. We saw it in the 3-3 game and we all talked about it on here. Both performances were night and day compared to the last few seasons. Surely at some point we can accept that a team with good players picked us off twice in quick succession? We've all seen our previous Hampden games where we haven't touched the ball for 20 minutes, with 48 mean behind the ball and then lost 2 goals and we have to get the bus home, but that wasn't what it was like last week and I think we're letting those previous performances - understandably - cloud our judgement. It was an even game before Christie's goal, we'd had a couple of good crosses in the box via Kennedy and we also had the subsequent Hedges chance, with them having not much to write home about.

I think Celtic have had a very good team up until this season, and we've had three seasons of having a fairly pish team. I think we approached the last two games quite differently to prior seasons based on that fact, and I didn't think we played with fear at all in either. We didn't sit back in either, we were organised and created more chances against them than we have in the entirety of the last three years. We simply switched off at Hampden and lost two stupid goals which not only knocked the stuffing and belief (which we definitely had the previous week, it can't be denied) out of us but gave them (the Tims) the confidence to play at the level they're capable of when they're not bottling it. We went into the game believing we could win it and trying to win, but we didn't believe that we could come back from a two goal deficit and they didn't believe they'd lose it. To me it was a prime example of just how easy it is to get picked off against the Tims, who have quality players despite being in poor form. I agree with Tup about Christie, but his goal was a result of sloppy defending that wouldn't have been punished against ten other teams in the league (including us... maybe McGinn?), which is why I get frustrated with "just go for it" comments as if we're playing against cardboard cutouts. Tonight will be a big test again though and I hope we're up for it. McGeouch and Watkins being out hopefully makes team selection easier and I really hope we see Wright and Hedges close to each other through the middle behind the front man (Cosgrove for me, but happy with Edmondson, Main would be shotgun to the head territory).

There's nothing left about Biden. He's a centre right politician with centre right policies. Fox news isn't a news channel. It's a conduit for the beliefs of Rupert. It contains zero fact. Full of bought and paid shysters and charlatans. I would hope that every single source of news had opposing views to fox, unless by coincidence.

I thought we played some okay stuff at times against the Tims with Cosgrove in the team. Especially in the first game. I'd agree, he looked unfit, but I still think he offers more than Edmondson. Again, the key will be keeping Wright and Hedges high up alongside him and not reverting to Hedges out wide. To me, the team picks itself with Hayes and Watkins out, with Kennedy, Ferguson, McRorie and McLennan behind Wright, Cosgrove and Hedges. I'd keep Taylor in because I think Devlin is worse. McRorie had his best game for us against Hibees last time around and I'd say he's not been nearly as good in the last few games, so a goal from him will do the business. Dons 6 - Hibs 2 Cosgrove x 3, McRorie, Hoban, Wright Might put £100 on it, as I'm fairly confident.

Wisconsin democrat. Biden's a shoe in now. Would think Michigan and Nevada will be democrat too. If he can get Pennsylvania and one other too then Trump will make less of a fuss I reckon. I think the Republicans will begin to start ditching him if any three further states go in the next while. They're like the Tories when it comes to moving from pander to ruthless disloyalty, it's impressive.

I've been talking about that for twenty years, it's amazing how many folk either don't know that's what happens or seem to forget about it until the week/month before election day. The republicans have a fine tuned vote purging model that the democrats could only dream of. Trump has basically announced his victory, it will get tasty. They'll get Pennsylvania closed down shortly and call it for the republicans. That should be enough for four more years. Edit: Arizona called for the democrats. Spoke to soon perhaps. How did the republicans let that one slip through the net? That'll be the supreme court on the case. Amy will have to step up.

Hemmin, Jute, far's the squad? Shocking tardiness. Considine's in it. And some other cunts. Including Grant Hanley.

You would take one look at my cheeky grin and your anger would turn to warmth, and it'd end in a bosey. You wouldn't be the first. It was an uncalled for comment. I apologise. I thought you wre being a prick, you probably weren't. Based on the exchange, I'd say that you were more in the right than me.

I thought he had a poor game yesterday. Gave the ball away a couple of times when he'd normally do better. Not great conditions, but no real excuse. Agree with your description of the above, it was like he was caught in two minds, ball watching in the end underneath it. It would have perhaps been difficult to clear with a header though, it did fall at an awkward height - in between head and a comfortable leg height - which perhaps caught him out. As I mentioned in the other thread that the ball should never have got to him in the first place, it was really poor closing down by Hoban, who had plenty of time to get in between man and cross, he should have been ushering Rogic out of the box with ease - he was just too casual. However, a man with 500 games under his belt should see his performance yesterday as below par.

Robert Fisk. Proper journalist and writer.

We're here to discuss fitba you fucking prick.

I wouldn't find it acceptable if that's what happened, but it wasn't. He was hesitant because he was holding the line with the back three, which was probably a couple of yards further back than it should have been. But the blatant error was between McRorie and Kennedy. That type of scenario occurs one hundred times a game, they should know that one stays on the ball, the other goes with the runner. Considine shouldn't have been involved in that move at all, it should have been dealt with. The second is Considine's fault, getting completely caught under it a yard out, but again that ball shouldn't have been anywhere near him. Hoban should never be allowing that ball to be crossed and is probably a better example of someone ambling like a 60 year old. Anyway, we've actually been significantly better than previous encounters against them, we've not exactly sat back. Hedges should be shooting after that great pass from Wright and we've had a lot of possession in good areas. Can't fault McInnes' approach to the game, just they're a good team who'll punish the slightest mistake. I think we've got a goal in us, hopefully it'll come early enough for us to get back in it.

Second maybe, not the first. McRorie and Kennedy got to be sorting that shite between them. That's basic stuff.

Pish. Some goal. Kennedy got to go with the runner there.

It's a big loss. Kennedy will do a job though. Not convinced by the balance of that side though, looks like trying to get everyone in at once. I just think that you need hedges and Wright as close to each other as possible, or you'll nullify them (Wright, mainly). Attacking though, difficult to complain.

The fucking semi was on the BBC today in standard definition. What the fuck is that shite all about? You wouldn't get an English conference game in standard definition these days. They'll have the final on ceefax. Useless cunts.

Aye, but I've been at every one the dons have been in, so fucking premier sports, ken? Fucking BBC. Fuck everyone. But mainly, I've been able to pay for an individual game on sky for many years now. Premier pay monthly bollocks. You can cancel if you phone between 03:00 and 03:10 on a Tuesday if the moon is out and you're prepared to wait on hold for 16 days. Probably.

Fuck knows. The email says "only way to watch it", didn't mention UK. What the fuck is a national semi final doing on fucking subscription telly anyway? It's a fucking joke. They should at least be forcing their hand with a pay per view option.