CWC1983

22 minutes ago, Inverurie Ram said:

Aberdeenshire Rams it is then. You lot will just have to come up here, for a change of scenery!

The Aberdeen Dons have at least 4 mascots, Angus The Bull, Ronnie The Ram, Donny The Sheep and Si The Seagul.

And I'm sure they had a mascot for the girls previously, Ewie the Ewe or Dolly The Sheep or something, but she seems to have dissapeared off the internet. Must have been involved in a serious mascot scandal, maybe @CWC1983 can explain.

Nowt to do with me, honest.........pretty sure it was Ewie. 

I'm heading home for a long weekend on Thursday, I'll do some investigating ? while supping some Tennants in town. 

From a Scots point of view the Wales game was a kick in the guts and brought back all the previous insecurities that was carried into the next 3 games. 

There seems to be a power struggle between the senior players and Townsend, cumulating in Hogg / Russell and Price breaking covid curfews and going out on the lash in Edinburgh last Saturday night. 

France and Ireland are a joy to watch in full flow.

England should be doing much better with the players at their disposal. Easy for me to say, but I'm surprised there isnt a louder call for Jones to go.  To be fair, they've show a lot of heart in the last 2 games. 

Wales are in transition, and will be up and down for a few years. 

I thought Italy played well this year. They gave Scotland and Wales a game. 

Couldn't handle Gallagher. 

He bullied every one of that back 5 for 45 mins, and getting stuck into Allsopp straight away set the scene. 

On a positive note, Max Bird is captain matrrial based on tonights performance. He's matured and looks like someone the club can build a team around. 

1 hour ago, Bris Vegas said:

 

Danny Drinkwater had a huge fall. Also what happened to Jon Flanagan? He looked decent in Liverpool’s title challenging season and even played for England.

Flanagan was found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend in 2017. He's not played a lot of 1st team games since. 

Ricketts at Bolton. Didn't he get an England cap? 

Micah Richards as well. He was going to be the next best thing. 

3 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

I'm not exactly a hardcore boxing fan, so I'm wondering:

Why were the judges were so wrong in their scoring? Incompetence? Corruption? If it's the latter, why is nobody attacking Taylor for it?

Perhaps Taylor's a better sell in the US PPV as an undefeated 4 belt champion for Toprank.

He was always heading to America after this fight. 

As everyone has said, shocking decision. 

I follow a Scottish commentator on twitter that lives in the US. He covers American sports for ESPN. Euan Donaldson. 

Anyway, he put up Andre Wards scorecard (he was the expert on espn) at the end of the fight and Ward had it by 2 rounds to Taylor.  He gave him rounds 2 - 5 ?‍♂️. 

The French got the bounce of the ball at crucial times today and once they got in the lead they were clinical. 

Their defence alone was worth 20 points. 

Our play disintegrated into the ludicrous. 

England Wales wasn't the free flowing game I was hoping it was going to be. Wales gave it a go in the 2nd half. 

6 minutes ago, EtoileSportiveDeDerby said:

Not really feeling it against the jocks today

Big blow for us that Watson is out with covid.

I reckon you'll win by 2 tries. 

2 hours ago, David said:

Oh, this is now, would you look at that view ????????

The drive from Glasgow to Oban via Loch Lomond is stunning at any time of the year. 

Enjoy Inverness, its a gem of a place, some lovely restaurants around town and the Black Isle bar is great for a local brew. 

Heineken and Corona?  at least get a Tennant's down your neck ?

11 hours ago, Inverurie Ram said:

I watched Aberdeen v St Johnston Tue 15th Feb and noticed ex ram Jacob Butterfield playing for St Johnston, he was that good, that I fell asleep in the 50th minute and I suprised myself that I lasted that long!

Did you watch it @CWC1983?

 

Listened to it on the radio, turned it off after 50 mins. Disappointing season and no doubt another rebuild with a new manager. 

I saw Butterfield against Celtic last month, he was pretty anonymous. 

On my way back from Cardiff. 

Wales played well, we didn't have the killer instinct and our discipline is becoming a problem. 

Away wins in the 6 nations are becoming harder and harder to come by. 

????????

This Calcutta Cup is getting tiresome holding it up year after year.......?

Bird and Morrison both let the Forest players run past them for the 2nd goal. 

Penalty.

Jolinton should smack the sky interviewer. 

Possibly the most disrespectful interview and questions I've heard. Good on Longstaff for sticking up for him. 

The Villain on Netflix starring Craig Fairbrass. 

Low budget London gangland story.  I was fast forwarding during the last 30 mins, and not in a good way. 

55 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

That's onto the clubs to arrange. I would guess a lottery for games where tickets are already sold then a ballot for tickets for future games. Refunds for everyone who doesn't get to go.

There's going to be a lot of grumbling.

Yeah, pretty pee'd off.  For the 1st time in years we had 2 home games over Christmas, Dundee on Boxing day and Rangers on the 29th.  

I'd plans to go to both since I'm home but today's announcement has ruined that. 

Hopefully they bring the winter shutdown forward and push the games back to the end of Jan.  

Once you get past the first couple of episodes, Park's and Recreation is a nice easy watch. 

Id argue for Josh Taylor,

one of only 6 men to be a unified four belt world champion.

His views on certain topics might not float the BBC boat. 

Well done @RadioactiveWaste , it'll be the full 26 miles next year? ?.

Completely forgot to donate until the day of your run so I'm glad to see all our contributions got you to the target. 

Great cause, you should be proud of yourself. 

4 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

Living in Glasgow, I'd probably think about supporting the Glasgow clan hockey team. Don't want the old firm BS and Partick thistle just doesn't grab me.

But yeah, when I'm back down in the shire I'd go and watch whatever phoenix team was created, but it wouldn't be the same.

Queens Park are making waves. They just head hunted the AZ Alkamaar director of football. 

Filled by this one, which tasted better than it looked. 

Had one of these last night. 

Vault city do some brilliant sour beers. 

This one was pineapple / apricot with habenero chilli.  

It definitely had a kick of heat and worth trying for something different. 

Learn from the good stuff Wigan have done, and learn from the mistakes Sunderland and Sheff Wed have made. 

A good manager and scouting for League 1 players will be crucial.