mcdowell76

I wonder why Froome did absolutely nothing significant in his career until he was 26? Maybe a late bloomer like Mo Farah? [emoji23]

That's nice.

Don't disagree.
The top marathon runners are top pros as well mind. And the top guys are only really capable of running 1 or 2 a year.
I think that a marathon at all out marathon pace takes far more out of you than cycling a stage of the Tour.
As I said though, if there was an equivalent Tour type race in running though, that pace would need to come down substantially. Tour stages aren't all out efforts all the way through, albeit the attacks are probably at a greater effort than marathon pace effort.
That's why I don't really think you can equate tour stages to marathons. Apples and oranges.
 

You need to be a top pro to even enter the Tour and even then many dont make it to the finish because they get ill ,fall off or are time eliminated . Chris Boardman only finished one Tour out of 3 . To do what Froome can do takes super human qualities , some of which he was born with no doubt. .

he's one of those stupid looking mods as well, his hair cut
is feckin horrible, about as stylish as a pie supper.

A coke and a Mars bar typical offshore bet. 

Is that OK dick head. 

wiggins is Belgian born to an Australian dad mind you....

A reliable source informs me that striker Jean Paul Farrugia will be play as a trialist against Partick Thistle on Saturday.
He has recently left his current club Sliema Wanderers in Malta.
I have just literally received this information on a SMS, so will post more information as soon as I have it for you.

Stevie Mallan is going to be a massive loss.....

Stevie Mallan is going to be a massive loss.....

Is this no terrible.
Surely we should have a referendum on every decision?
We all know how much we all love a referendum. 
Who gave this manager guy the right to manage?
 

Who cares ? If it's to the betterment of the club they can us my money , without asking !

I'm outraged.
Oh wait. No I'm not.

And be right back out the building after watching this shite. 

wee stevie scores for Barnsley vs Coventry.
 
 
 

I love my Saints stats...
Back in 1949/50 Saints were drawn in a League Cup group with Celtic, Aberdeen and Rangers (now in liquidation)... Jesus Christ!
We beat Aberdeen 3-1 at Love Street in our first game in front of a crown of a crowd of 30,000
We then lost 5-1 away to Rangers (RIP) at Ibrox
We then beat Celtic 1-0 at Love Street in front of 47,438, our record attendance. Outside of Glasgow & Edinburgh, I believe this is the largest attendance at any football match in Scottish football history.
Following this we lost 1-0 to Aberdeen at Pittodrie 
Then we drew 1-1 with Rangers (dead) at Love Street in front of 40,000
To finish we lost 4-1 to Celtic at Parkhead
 
The group finished:
Rangers (club no longer in existence) 8pts
Celtic 6
Aberdeen 5
St. Mirren 5
 
Of interest here is that the fact that, despite finishing bottom, we took the group to the last game. A draw in the last game would have seen us finish above both Celtic & Aberdeen.
But also, in the space of 17 days, a total of over 117,000 attended 3 St. Mirren matches at Love Street. League Cup sectional matches.
Yikes!
 
Unfortunately, the gate at our first home league game of the season, a 2-0 win over Stirling Albion collapsed.
Only 15,000 turned up....
 
Just looking at our other attendances that season, we had a crowd of 35,000 for a 1-1 draw with Motherwell on 2 Jan at Love Street....
 
 
 

I love my Saints stats...
Back in 1949/50 Saints were drawn in a League Cup group with Celtic, Aberdeen and Rangers (now in liquidation)... Jesus Christ!
We beat Aberdeen 3-1 at Love Street in our first game in front of a crown of a crowd of 30,000
We then lost 5-1 away to Rangers (RIP) at Ibrox
We then beat Celtic 1-0 at Love Street in front of 47,438, our record attendance. Outside of Glasgow & Edinburgh, I believe this is the largest attendance at any football match in Scottish football history.
Following this we lost 1-0 to Aberdeen at Pittodrie 
Then we drew 1-1 with Rangers (dead) at Love Street in front of 40,000
To finish we lost 4-1 to Celtic at Parkhead
 
The group finished:
Rangers (club no longer in existence) 8pts
Celtic 6
Aberdeen 5
St. Mirren 5
 
Of interest here is that the fact that, despite finishing bottom, we took the group to the last game. A draw in the last game would have seen us finish above both Celtic & Aberdeen.
But also, in the space of 17 days, a total of over 117,000 attended 3 St. Mirren matches at Love Street. League Cup sectional matches.
Yikes!
 
Unfortunately, the gate at our first home league game of the season, a 2-0 win over Stirling Albion collapsed.
Only 15,000 turned up....
 
Just looking at our other attendances that season, we had a crowd of 35,000 for a 1-1 draw with Motherwell on 2 Jan at Love Street....
 
 
 

Pretty poor show from the alcoholics on the train down to Stranraer today it seems.
 

I love my Saints stats...
Back in 1949/50 Saints were drawn in a League Cup group with Celtic, Aberdeen and Rangers (now in liquidation)... Jesus Christ!
We beat Aberdeen 3-1 at Love Street in our first game in front of a crown of a crowd of 30,000
We then lost 5-1 away to Rangers (RIP) at Ibrox
We then beat Celtic 1-0 at Love Street in front of 47,438, our record attendance. Outside of Glasgow & Edinburgh, I believe this is the largest attendance at any football match in Scottish football history.
Following this we lost 1-0 to Aberdeen at Pittodrie 
Then we drew 1-1 with Rangers (dead) at Love Street in front of 40,000
To finish we lost 4-1 to Celtic at Parkhead
 
The group finished:
Rangers (club no longer in existence) 8pts
Celtic 6
Aberdeen 5
St. Mirren 5
 
Of interest here is that the fact that, despite finishing bottom, we took the group to the last game. A draw in the last game would have seen us finish above both Celtic & Aberdeen.
But also, in the space of 17 days, a total of over 117,000 attended 3 St. Mirren matches at Love Street. League Cup sectional matches.
Yikes!
 
Unfortunately, the gate at our first home league game of the season, a 2-0 win over Stirling Albion collapsed.
Only 15,000 turned up....
 
Just looking at our other attendances that season, we had a crowd of 35,000 for a 1-1 draw with Motherwell on 2 Jan at Love Street....
 
 
 

While another defender and a striker would be ideal, I don't see why they should be experienced?
Scott Cuthbert was an excellent signing with no experience. Charlie Adam was 18 with half a season under his belt.
would you really say no to players of that class?

I love my Saints stats...
Back in 1949/50 Saints were drawn in a League Cup group with Celtic, Aberdeen and Rangers (now in liquidation)... Jesus Christ!
We beat Aberdeen 3-1 at Love Street in our first game in front of a crown of a crowd of 30,000
We then lost 5-1 away to Rangers (RIP) at Ibrox
We then beat Celtic 1-0 at Love Street in front of 47,438, our record attendance. Outside of Glasgow & Edinburgh, I believe this is the largest attendance at any football match in Scottish football history.
Following this we lost 1-0 to Aberdeen at Pittodrie 
Then we drew 1-1 with Rangers (dead) at Love Street in front of 40,000
To finish we lost 4-1 to Celtic at Parkhead
 
The group finished:
Rangers (club no longer in existence) 8pts
Celtic 6
Aberdeen 5
St. Mirren 5
 
Of interest here is that the fact that, despite finishing bottom, we took the group to the last game. A draw in the last game would have seen us finish above both Celtic & Aberdeen.
But also, in the space of 17 days, a total of over 117,000 attended 3 St. Mirren matches at Love Street. League Cup sectional matches.
Yikes!
 
Unfortunately, the gate at our first home league game of the season, a 2-0 win over Stirling Albion collapsed.
Only 15,000 turned up....
 
Just looking at our other attendances that season, we had a crowd of 35,000 for a 1-1 draw with Motherwell on 2 Jan at Love Street....
 
 
 

I love my Saints stats...
Back in 1949/50 Saints were drawn in a League Cup group with Celtic, Aberdeen and Rangers (now in liquidation)... Jesus Christ!
We beat Aberdeen 3-1 at Love Street in our first game in front of a crown of a crowd of 30,000
We then lost 5-1 away to Rangers (RIP) at Ibrox
We then beat Celtic 1-0 at Love Street in front of 47,438, our record attendance. Outside of Glasgow & Edinburgh, I believe this is the largest attendance at any football match in Scottish football history.
Following this we lost 1-0 to Aberdeen at Pittodrie 
Then we drew 1-1 with Rangers (dead) at Love Street in front of 40,000
To finish we lost 4-1 to Celtic at Parkhead
 
The group finished:
Rangers (club no longer in existence) 8pts
Celtic 6
Aberdeen 5
St. Mirren 5
 
Of interest here is that the fact that, despite finishing bottom, we took the group to the last game. A draw in the last game would have seen us finish above both Celtic & Aberdeen.
But also, in the space of 17 days, a total of over 117,000 attended 3 St. Mirren matches at Love Street. League Cup sectional matches.
Yikes!
 
Unfortunately, the gate at our first home league game of the season, a 2-0 win over Stirling Albion collapsed.
Only 15,000 turned up....
 
Just looking at our other attendances that season, we had a crowd of 35,000 for a 1-1 draw with Motherwell on 2 Jan at Love Street....
 
 
 

Encouraging
around a third of all goals come from a set play
when we won the league under Tom Hendrie, just over 40% of our goals came directly from set plays and were undoubtedly a major factor in our success
Yardley, Lavety, McLaughlin & Walker caused havoc at set plays with fantastic delivery from Ross & Nicolson.
short passes at set plays are an incredible waste
if you have someone with a decent delivery and you have guys who can get on the end of it, why take a short set play?
you don't get extra points for aesthetics. Cross, bang, goal. It doesn't matter how the ball ends up in the net!

I love my Saints stats...
Back in 1949/50 Saints were drawn in a League Cup group with Celtic, Aberdeen and Rangers (now in liquidation)... Jesus Christ!
We beat Aberdeen 3-1 at Love Street in our first game in front of a crown of a crowd of 30,000
We then lost 5-1 away to Rangers (RIP) at Ibrox
We then beat Celtic 1-0 at Love Street in front of 47,438, our record attendance. Outside of Glasgow & Edinburgh, I believe this is the largest attendance at any football match in Scottish football history.
Following this we lost 1-0 to Aberdeen at Pittodrie 
Then we drew 1-1 with Rangers (dead) at Love Street in front of 40,000
To finish we lost 4-1 to Celtic at Parkhead
 
The group finished:
Rangers (club no longer in existence) 8pts
Celtic 6
Aberdeen 5
St. Mirren 5
 
Of interest here is that the fact that, despite finishing bottom, we took the group to the last game. A draw in the last game would have seen us finish above both Celtic & Aberdeen.
But also, in the space of 17 days, a total of over 117,000 attended 3 St. Mirren matches at Love Street. League Cup sectional matches.
Yikes!
 
Unfortunately, the gate at our first home league game of the season, a 2-0 win over Stirling Albion collapsed.
Only 15,000 turned up....
 
Just looking at our other attendances that season, we had a crowd of 35,000 for a 1-1 draw with Motherwell on 2 Jan at Love Street....