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The Sevco manager just tried to get in my motor.I politely told him it wasn't his taxi.

Some of the Yes Album Covers are cool....

The reason I'm transferring from analog to digital is a lot of the albums I have are discontinued but the digitised version will depend on the qjalify of the original.
Favourite album cover Electric Ladyland by Hendrix

Many people (myself included) posted their thoughts about the football clubs dealing in the summer transfer window at the time. Many people (perhaps rightly) asked for these signings to be given time to bed in and for them to be reviewed later in the season.
Well here we are, approximately half way through the season and approaching the January window. I think this is as good a time as any to look individually at the players who joined us for the first time in the summer and how they have performed so far:
David Cornell: Joined on a season long loan from Swansea and started the season as our number 1. After several shaky performances he rightly lost the number 1 spot in September, and he never played for the football club again. His loan deal was cancelled in December, half way into it. Rating: FAIL.
Kealan Dillon: 19 year old joined on a free transfer from Premier League Hull City. Started the season on the bench but never made an appearance for the first team. Mutual consented in December, halfway into his contract. Rating: FAIL.
Christopher Dilo: 19 year old (same age as Dillon) keeper joined on a free transfer from Blackburn in the summer. After starting the season as number 2 he won the gloves from Cornell for the trip to Easter Road. He then made a string of impressive performances before getting injured at Tynecastle and has since became number 2 to Kello. Looks like a very good young keeper. Rating: SUCCESS SO FAR.
Stephane Bahoken: The 20 year old joined on loan from Nice at the end of the window and was billed by Danny Lennon as ' the one we've been waiting for '. Hooked at half time in his debut and hooked in his second game, he never started for the football club again. Made a couple of no mark sub appearances before going AWOL during the international break which followed the 3-0 win at Firhill. Hasn't been seen at the club since and likely never will be again. Rating: FAIL.
Danny Grainger: Senior player on senior wages who can't get a game. Started every match in what was the clubs worst start to a league campaign this side of the war. After a shocking performance at Easter Road he was sent off at the end of the game. His suspension resulted in him losing his place. Him being out the side resulted in an immediate up turn in the clubs performance and he's never managed to win his place back; he hasn't started a league game since. Rating: FAIL SO FAR.
Gary Harkins: Senior player on senior wages who can't get a game. Started every match in what was the clubs worst start to a league campaign this side of the war. After a shocking performance at Easter Road he was sent subbed off at the end of the game. He was then finally dropped. Him being out the side resulted in an immediate up turn in the clubs performance and he's never managed to win his place back; he hasn't started a league game since. Rating: FAIL SO FAR.
Jake Caprice: 21 year old wide right player brought in on loan from Blackpool. Despite an injury to our first choice wide right player ( Teale ), the youngster has never managed a start. A few sub appearances hasn't seen him make any impact. I would be surprised if he was still here in February. Rating: FAIL SO FAR.
7 players joined the football club for the first time in the summer, and i make that 3 confirmed failures, 3 failures so far and 1 success so far out of 7. Let's hope we have a far better time in January, we really need it. I'd rate the summer window as an almost unmitigated disaster, what do you think?

My mate has just started a new job in Sakhalin Island, (you can hardly get any further away)[ and is out there doing his courses before going out to the Rig.
He got a bit of time off and went to the local pub in Yuzhno Sakhalin and up on the wall was this Top.
Brilliant.....We have Global Appeal.

Good thread.
One that sticks in the mind for me and hasn't been mentioned was Billy Mehmet's performance and winning goal in the league cup semi final against Hearts.
I think it's one thing doing it in early rounds of cups or league games, and it's quite another doing it on a big stage in a huge match. Gives the performance more gravitas.

Wee thomson n Dorman in the middle of the park 4-0 v celtic

Maybe not the best I've seen but I remember Billy Mehmet being phenomenal in the cup semi the year we lost the final.

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his is what we signed Harkins for, he's no gowser but I'm hoping he can create a bit of chaos.... in the attacking third of the pitch.. c'mon Harko

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his is what we signed Harkins for, he's no gowser but I'm hoping he can create a bit of chaos.... in the attacking third of the pitch.. c'mon Harko

It's relatively unusual. Best seen a lot further north. I've only seen it when up the hills beyond inverness. Now I'm in London and there's no chance.
Caused by solar flare activity interacting with our outer layers like the ozone.
I get emails from Lancaster ( I think) university informing me of when it's likely to be seen. I used to put an alert on here, in the olden days...
Wonder if THAT thread still exists....
My envy is genuine.
My wummin wants to go to an ice palace in northern Finland where you sleep in a glass room and be alerted if it starts up! If suggested a compromise of John o groats.
But Glenburn is starting to sound groovy....
Eta this winter has been forecast as expected to have max solar activity. There are lots of Travel Cos organising trips.

Gowser now speaking himself.
Saying it's a maybe a hairline fracture, but certainly not as bad as out for ten weeks.
Very well spoken for someone previously described as a Ned. He's not.

cricket has got to be better than walking around a garden centre

I'm afraid, Shull, that quite a few who post are nowhere nearly as cultured as you and I who along with a fair number of others love cricket, They just don't understand the finesse of the sport. Don't be tempted to look down on them. They are more to be pitied.

would have been ideal at a tenner across the board but I cannot quibble at what both clubs have come up with.
As a ST holder, I never get upset when other tickets are discounted at the end of the season to try and encourage a crowd.
A number of ST holders did complain... and maybe this just shows that the club now listens to fans?
Not that long ago we were charging wheelchair users AND their carers silly money... fans complained... that was addressed.
Rather than look at what the are charging for a season ticket holder, why not just ask yourself if £15 is acceptable for a game of football and base your decision on that?

I don't know everything that Diko has posted but does make me laugh . Argos along with t'internet was to some extent instrumental in the demise of other companies he loathed , like Dixons and Vomit Comet. Once Argos goes and PC World , he will be pretty much forced to buy their sort of products on line . He will have to rage against the machine , then. .

Whats up Stu ? did they sell the last Malibu Barbie before you got there ?

Good news I'm reliably informed more rumours arriving possibly next next week

Ignore him, he's that stupid he's not even capable of fcuking off after he said he would so he disnae count, apart from being the forum knob. (Oops, I'll get a telling off all the way from Leicester, wherever the fcuk that is)

Going by this, we might as well pack it and sell the club. What's the point..

Come on guys, less than one year ago we went up there and beat them 4-3.
Yes they beat us in the league this year, but it's not as though they are world beaters!

Beat OFF would be better. Better still would be beaten BY.
Save St Mirren, not SAFE.
their not THERE, for your second 'there'.
'rocks off with another fine victory under DL', instread of REAMED AGAIN.
Otherwise... no bad.

Arabs away !
We'll beat them without a replay.

Corner broke to him at the edge and he lashed it. A bit of a deflection but landed sweetly in the bottom corner.
Celtic Park here we come!