Blastronaut

FYP. I follow part-timers up here and can guarantee you anytime we've got old firm or even a Hearts or Hibs we're not bouncing off the walls celebrating the draw like we've just won a cup final. Just a collective nod around the pub and small chorus of "Nice one. Could be really good for the club, that." before chat turned to whether Celtic -4 would be a fair handicap.

If Howe knows what need to be done in the short term, I really don't get the panic to get a DoF in before January. Two or three decent signings in the right positions should see you through. Granted you don't want Charnley or anyone else from the old regime overseeing contract negotiations, but for January you surely just get Howe to name his shortlist on what areas need to be strengthened and then just go fucking buy them.

Fucks wrong with folk that see this and think "better film it and upload it to social media".

I'm not trying to say I don't think getting someone in is a priority, just wondering if it's really a huge priority for January. If we're all agreed that Howe is likely a short term appointment to dig you out the trenches I'm not sure I'm not sure how much sense it makes to appoint someone above him to oversee transfers until that job has been done. If it's not one of his own men, surely rushing to appoint someone in advance of the January windows leaves him a bit gimped if it's expected they'll outlast him at the club.

I've thought that, but more as a long term prospect like. Probably our most promising national talent behind Gilmour. Gerrard has weirdly only played him about half a dozen times. Think Rafa tried to bring him in for about £5 million at Everton and was laughed out the door.

Gerrard's time in Scotland was honestly a bit underwhelming if you ask me. When it was announced I really thoughtit could be great for Scottish football as a whole, mainly in terms of the calibre of player he might attract and the additional interest he might generate in the game up here. He has managed to bring in players that Rangers arguably wouldn't have secured without his presence, done well enough in Europe to help our co-efficient a bit and went a season unbeaten domestically but that's about it. One trophy from nine in a league that's traditionally a two-horse race against a relatively weak Celtic. Fucking St. Johnstone won more domestic silverware last season than Gerrard managed in his whole time at Rangers. And on the subject of attracting better players and generating interest in the SPL, you could probably argue that the mad Aussie guy that just arrived at Celtic has already outperformed Gerrard on both those fronts already.

In his fucking bedroom, no less. Seems there was more than just a few:

The phone-in on superscoreboard yesterday was hilarious. First caller "Sick to my stomach I've got a cardboard cut-out of him in my house, I've had to turn it to face the wall. And for him to this to us on REMEMBRANCE DAY! Unforgivable." A full hour and a half of stuff like that.

Granted, Edwards isn't going anywhere until summer from what he has said, but is looking for a new challenge and wants to stay close to his family. Have the new owners actually said anything to indicate that getting in a director is a priority in advance of the January window?

Edwards is surely fucking nailed on as a frontrunner. He's already announced he's leaving Liverpool at the end of the season to take on new challenges. Anyone who thinks it would be an underwhelming appointment: a lot of Liverpool fans think FSG don't spend enough yet this cunt has facilitated the signing of Alisson, Van Dijk, Fabinho, Mane, Salah etc. Getting him in and giving him a blank chequebook might not be the worst of ideas.

I know far too many folk that go into smack through prescribed codeine and benzos. I mind being on fucktons of dihydrocodeine for about 3 months after a lung op and thinking fuck all of it, living my best life and happy as a pig in shit, until they pulled the prescription and I realised I'd been on a different fucking planet.

They should do a spin off, "Farage at Largs" where they just dump him in Largs and see how long it takes for the locals to drown him in the Clyde firth. I'd well watch that.

My Da used to pull shit like this. Turn up out the blue on a Sunday and declare whatever we were watching on telly was shite. Then he'd turn it off and demand we put the kettle on. Dunno if he ever noticed the connection between him acting the prick and his cup of tea tasting a bit like fairy liquid.

Fyp

Hope he's getting torn into them behind the scenes. "professional athletes my arse. I'll give you a week and anycunt that loses to me in a bleep test is out the door"

A little bit of gravy.... https://youtu.be/fQv1aiZzYWo

From what little I've heard of Athletico Mince it's alright. A third wheel in the vein of Partridge doing the horse racing commentary wouldn't go a miss though.

Definitely. His approach to the interviews is fantastic and (almost) always makes for great listening. His interludes and daft songs probably put a lot of folk off, but that's no bad thing and really helps offset the whole awkwardness of the whole format. Plus that level of daftness doesn't really creep into the conversations much unless he's chatting with people he already knows really well. Even the not-so-good ones are better than most postcast I've heard. Not taking a dig a Fish here as I've never heard his podcast but I've never found a footie podcast that could hold my attention for more than a few minutes. They usually just invoke that sense of being trapped in a room with the type of folk that phone into talksport or Clyde superscoreboard.

That's hilarious, I had no idea. That might be what scuppered the Celtic deal. "My brother played for Dundee" "Really? That's great news, just sign here, Eddie" "Aye, you'll have heard of him he was shagging that Amy McDonald for a while..."

Same..after I'd read that I realised it still makes sense and maybe I was being needlessly pedantic. Howe is experienced enough to find a use for Jones, no doubt.

Assuming you meant Jones, but aye. Plus its probably sensible to have some sort of continuity between regimes. Howe or (or anyone else for that matter) arrivingwith an entire new coaching staff would be fucking hugely disruptive mid-season. Akin to asking a fucking supply teacher stepping into school class with noone to ask "this skinhead cunt looks like a liability, is he for real with this alopecia claim?"

I don't doubt that if its true Howe has agreed a deal in principle and the pif want him then will get done, there's just some big ifs there. Celtic fans spent five months making these same conflicted arguments. "John Kennedy is out of his fucking depth, Howe can't come in soon enough. But at the same time it makes no sense to announce him yet, might as well let Kennedy take the next game". Week after week.

It is a bit weird like. Again the deal with Howe agreed in principle and dragging on thanks to his staff. Celtic not wanting to cough up whatever his backroom team were asking for is fair enough like - the board there are notorious penny pinching cunts - but if the richest club in football are struggling to get it over the line you've got to wonder that the actual fuck they're demanding.

That's one way to look at it. Nobody besides the "small town team supporters" will ever give a shit until there's an unexpected cup run or a big money takeover.

Now I'm offended like. Who the fuck do you think you are? Edit: That maybe came off a bit strong. Dunno where the fuck Blyth is tbh and the last time i met a Carlisle fan up here someone shouted across the bar "never heard of you cunts until you signed Robbie Fowler".