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Another fantastic piece by John Pilger: http://johnpilger.com/articles/provoking-nuclear-war-by-media

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It's the statistic I have issue with. It's a ridiculous stat, which does nothing to help those with mental health issues, just belittles the issue. Just tell us the stat of how many players have suffered, that's the only thing relevant here. They're trying to sell a cause (an admirable one probably) here rather than give people honest facts. I'll explain. If I ask "do you know someone with depression" to five Aberdeen players, when I know that one Aberdeen player is suffering from depression, then I'm highly likely to get 60% + players who respond "Yes". Football teams are close knit, so if I have depression and confide in a team mate there's a fair chance he'll tell - in confidence - a few others (not through being vindictive, more just saying: be careful when ye spik to player X, he's got depression). It's a stupid stat. It's the sort of thing you'd expect to see from a consultancy firm who specialise in - in this case - mental health, who want to sell a service to - in this case - our governing body. Or maybe I have trust issues...

Presumably because it was entirely made up on the hat, as admitted by the starter of said rumour. Nice to see the verification of stories by "journalists".

Surely a lower excitement threshold is better for me? Generally happier, and able to jizz quicker, fit could be better? Edit: Aye, I'm nae talking semen-velocity here, which is not affected by excitement threshold. More the time it takes to produce, meaning I can fit in a quick chuffter atween the office and the car park, the car park and the traffic lights, the traffic lights and the next traffic lights, and so on.

Loirston was further. It was agreed subject to purchase of a piece of land. There was also Bellfield, which I think went to planning too. Not to mention Balgownie for the training complex. At least if a random hitch occurs after planning, the land will be opened up for a housing development. I do actually believe that this project will at least start though. I also believe that the fundamental issues of parking will not be addressed and the novelty of the walk, or shuttling, from the park and ride will wear off pretty quickly. I'm thinking that self-driving cars may save the day though. Genuinely.

^^^This. It wasn't the decision to sit back at the start, it was the extent to which we did it. 90% possession or something in the first half. It was unacceptable, and a little embarrassing. It sent out a loser message to the players and fans. There was no way they were going to have the belief to win that game.

Ex-hun. One of the leavers when they went bust, so they hate him, which makes him a'rite.

Can't wait to get stuck at those traffic lights, pictured, with no other cars within a 2 mile radius.

It could be argued that it's irrelevant to us now we're leaving Europe! Coverage absent from the Guardian too, which is surprising, although the announcement isn't anything more than an opinion. Will be interesting to see what deal a Conservative led UK tries to agree with the US post-brexit. The notion that we even need a deal is strange to me. We clearly don't.

Pfft, sound shite to me. Born in Kirkcaldy it seems, so hope we do the decent thing and cap him against Malta.

Yep, it's going to be an interesting few days. We must have been looking at a centre mid, we can't possibly not have been. At the moment, I'd settle for one good quality central midfielder, box to box type. It'll be really interesting to see what we do in the next game if we don't get a midfielder in. With Jack and Hayes probably still out and Reynolds suspended, we're an Anthony O'Connor short because unfortunately he can't play in two positions at once (although that seems to have been the plan at the weekend). I don't know how we address the more permanent flaws of McInnes' caution, at times poor tactics, and serious issue with trust in his squad and therefore substitutions. Is it something that changes in a manager over time? Do we give him the benefit of the doubt because of his excellent win record? I think managers, in general, suffer from a lack of accountability. Their rarely asked good questions surrounding their tactics and approach to games (as a result of shite reporters/interviewers), which leaves them to make the same mistakes until they eventually get sacked. McInnes needs to recognise his flaws, discuss them internally and work on them. Do we have a role at the club for questioning the manager?

To be fair, Scott Brown barely kicked anyone. Bitton should have been booked, as should Toure, but the ref was quite lenient. Never a penalty, but it's easy to give those at Celtic park. Had to be a sending off once he'd given it. Once we only ten men, we sacrificed a man in the wall - couldn't have had an easier free-kick, I could have scored it. Poor subs again from McInnes. McLean should have been off early on in the second half (like Pawlett would have been, around 65-70th minute). He wasn't terrible, but didn't offer much. I'd have had Stockley on for McGinn around 75th, and played two up front, Rooney for Storey if he was tiring. The predictability of our subs is galling. Anyway, not the worst performance, and certainly didn't deserve a 4-1 despite our atrocious start to the game.

Not a bad half, the Tims were all over us for most of it and an unstoppable goal from Griffiths. Good play by McGinn and great finish from Rooney. Reynolds should have been through that pass to Forest, but a good finish fae no-neck. McLean been average, and Burns has been poor at tracking, but with some good runs. Difficult to know what to do to change it to be honest, but they look ropey at the back if we can run at them.

Interesting comment in the BBC match report: Hopefully they'll continually highlight this. Although, it was Tom English reporting, I suspect he's the only one who'd bring it up. It really is every game. They should ask Warburton his opinion on it, just to rile the cunts.

I'm assuming the Jack thing is just McInnes doing his usual bluff of the opponent, trying to make them second guess. Having just had a cartilage op myself, I know his pain!

It's got some interesting parts, don't get me wrong, but when within 3 minutes they have introduced Jabba as one of their main commenters, you know that its going to pander. The hibs, hearts bits are interesting too as are the dundee merger bits. I hope the next part is a little more in depth though. It seems its just another presentation of the facts, with a few token gestures from the usual suspects, rather than an investigation - which is what's required. That doesn't seem to happen these days.

Just watched it. A show about Celtic and Rangers, with some token acknowledgements here and there. Sums up the period perfectly.

I suspect that there's an element of both, but if you look back to the last couple of teams to produce some half decent youngsters, Utd and Hibs, 50% of them were snapped up by the scum. I suppose you could argue that if we all produced great young players then the difference between our young players and the imported youth of the Tims would mean we wouldn't have to spend to bride the gap, but that ignores the fact that the overwhelming financial gap would result in the Tims or Huns just buying up the best young players as they always did in the past (Dariusz Adamczuk anyone?). So I'd agree, our kids not playing football causes an issue, but addressing that would still leave a massive gap, which widens every year Celtic get into the champions league (coupled with the fact that media attention is reserved solely for the scum). I also agree about the administrators ignoring the signs, but think that is only half the issue. To me the issue stretches much further than the SFA and requires government - Scottish and UK - involvement (or let's say, it's the government's fault). The design of every new housing development ensures absolute housing coverage, with no room for kids outwith their own gardens, or the hanging around in front of the few shops that were required as part of the planning process. Traditional working class areas, which might have spawned the best in fitba talent, are now massive housing sinks, designed specifically for folk to drive to their front door, watch TV, and drive back to work again. Any fun (i.e. a kick about at fitba) has been entirely commoditised in the form of a Goals, Stikers etc., with even the skills and training side of these things being paid for often. That puts it in direct competition with other stuff that was always traditionally paid for, such as tennis, golf and so forth. It's no longer that easy to just go for a kick about with yer mates (kids near me would have to walk about two miles, through a myriad of paedophiles - probably). You have to assume that yer average fitba administrator isnae very bright, nor dis he have much influence (Doncaster, Regan, Mitchell, Smith etc.) outwith being a yes man for a handful of fitba team chairmen, so he's probably not going to persuade a cooncillor or government official in the pocket of a large hoosebuilder to give up six plots in order to build a park with room for a fitba game. Anyway, we probably agree in the main.

But they're not spending outwith their means. They'll be making a significant profit this season, which will backfill any losses in the last few years. It's just that their means are unfair and reduce football to a non-sport. As Jute says, the money (all European money) should go to the league. I said when the huns went bust that I'd happily have them allowed back in to the 1st division if it meant we moved to a 16 team league, with all euro and league prize money (less travel expenses) being split evenly between the teams. Everyone starts with the same budget other than gate receipts. A proper level playing field. Everyone gets stronger together, or not at all. The reason I said 16 teams also, was that if we had split the revenues from the previous season that year, every single team bar one would have been better off than they were, from 2nd to 16th. But, more importantly, it would have put an end to the 4 scum games, and the weight that other clubs put on the regular visits of the cheeks, which allowed them to even consider allowing the huns to re-emerge unpunished. I also said that if we didn't change things, we'd be back to the pre-Sevco status quo within 5 years, with no leverage and no further opportunity for change. Our game is now hinging on the huns going bust again. It can't be understated how bad it is for Scottish football that the tims qualify and the huns re-build. It'll ruin the game. Maybe not this season, or next, but in a few years time we'll feel it.

There's nothing particularly controversial in those questions. Some such as light and noise pollution are easily mitigated (or soft issues), but the parking and transport is a fucking ridiculous situation. It isn't workable.

Last time we played at Parkhead Shinnie had to be removed from left back and replaced by Considine as Shinnie was really struggling there, and we played better as a result. I think McInnes will hope for that type of outcome rather than Considine's prior performances. I think there was more to the Aucho deal than is being said. I suspect we got him here with a real view to signing him but the terms of the deal were changed after he arrived. Although perhaps we're being harsh and we have a player lined up but due to the nuance of the transfer window we can't sign him until later in that window. I'd have thought any loan deals must be happening soon if there were to be also, as Engurland have been back for a couple of weeks now.

This. A real blow to have Jack out. A midfielder should have been sorted out weeks ago. A chance for Storie to step up in place of Jack with McLean instead of Pawlett at the weekend perhaps.

Not massively. I went to a couple of the games in the last campaign, but won't bother with this one at all. The only thing that does annoy is that I expect(ed) better of Strachan. He left Middlesborough and criticised his own performance and didn't take a pay off to which he was entitled. I assumed he'd be the type to learn from his mistakes and seek to improve himself. He must've learned at Georgia away that "picking the players that haven't let me down" isn't pertinent to International football. There should be a core team who you rely on of 4-6 players, who are too good to drop, but the rest should be open season. Guys who have been under-performing for months at club level are instantly expected to transform into confident and competent performers the minute they turn out for Scotland. He effectively ignores form. It's a sign of weakness and stubbornness. I'd expect it of McGhee, but I genuinely didn't mind Strachan before he got the Scotland gig, now I think he's just a cock. His comments about the game in this country should be sackable offence also.

Who the fuck is Oliver Burke? And why is he, hun boy or bannan better than Fraser, or Arfield, or Rhodes, or McCormack, or Shinnie, or Jack? And Jack fuckin Hamilton? The boy looked average at best. Fit aboot young Neil Alexander?