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Chinese Numerology As Applied to the SPL’s “Radical Changes”
Once again the SPL are meeting to consider a brand new idea that by changing the number of teams in the league, it will dramatically increase the quality of Scottish football. About six months ago they had a similar meeting. Here is what Billy had to say about it then:
October 21, 2010
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Come On Baby, Light My Fire – Five Questions for Craig Levein
Over the years, football has evolved from 2-3-5, through the W-M formation and ‘wingless wonders’ into the 4-4-2 I know and love, with Christmas Trees, 4-5-1-into-4-3-3, and the current trendy 4-1-4-1 also coming into play. But on Friday I witnessed something I honestly never thought I’d see: 4-6-0. It made me want to call 9-9-9.
October 14, 2010
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What We Miss: Memories from Euro 92
Two adult Scotsmen from Renfrew, on a pristine lawn, in the sunshine. One on his hands and knees being dry-humped, doggy-style, by the other. Behind them, valiantly ignoring this advert for the perils of alcohol, a choir of virginal schoolchildren. In a bar up the road, an empty litre-and-a-half bottle of Imperial vodka.
October 7, 2010
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Whatever Happened to… The McLeish Report
Billy is away this week so we are republishing his brilliant analysis of Henry McLeish’s recent report into Scottish football. The report was in development for over a year and was supposed to “send shockwaves through the Scottish game“. But 5 months on, and aside from the SFA getting a Facebook page, has anything changed?
September 30, 2010
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It’s Magic, You Know – Rangers And Scotland Don’t Go
There’s a famous scene from the 1976 movie, “Network”, in which a television newscaster loses his marbles and performs an impassioned rant live on broadcast news, which ends with him urging his viewers to stick their heads out the window and yell (see below). The point he was making was to show everyone they were […]
September 23, 2010
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Champions League? You’re Having A Laugh
Hamilton Academicals home stadium is New Douglas Park, capacity 6000. On Saturday afternoon they hosted the reigning Scottish champions and despite losing an early goal, they rallied to take charge of the game and deservedly scored an equaliser. They came close to scoring a second before losing out to a superb late goal from Kenny […]
September 16, 2010
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Over But Not Out
“It’s over,” said the BBC commentator Liam McLeod in the fourth minute of injury time against Liechtenstein. He was referring to Barry Robson’s free kick but he could just as well have been talking about our campaign: over, before it began.
September 9, 2010
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I Have A Dream
Fox News TV celebrity and all-round fruit loop Glenn Beck held a rally for his followers in Washington DC last Saturday. The date just happened to be August 28, the same date that Martin Luther King held his famous “March on Washington,” the culmination of which was his legendary “I Have A Dream” speech.
September 2, 2010
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From The Sublime to the Ridiculous: Fake Quotes and Financial Facts
Scottish football was rocked to its core on Sunday following the Hibernian-Rangers match at Easter Road – a match which featured two red cards and a blatant act of simulation. One senior figure in Scottish sport, who would only be quoted off-the-record, stated: “There is no place for that type of behaviour in Scotland’s elite […]
August 26, 2010
