Irate-Pirate

You wouldn't need a three course lunch at Saporito, you've got enough chips on your shoulder to feed the whole f------g crowd!

Looks great. always thought those grey fences go do with brighting up. well done all.

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

Bring back the Fitba Specials.......Choo,Choo.

Nice to see NSS  babysitting the Young Team.

1,2 and 4 are Yanks while 3 are wanks?

Well... It's great that the BBC is finally publishing stuff in Scotland that has been online for months.
quite a fair explanation of SOME of the problems arising from the Takeover Panel judgement.  Insufficient -of course.
the career criminal King who the SFA would NOT allow to be a director of the The Rangers FC - cos that was too close to home for an acknowledged criminal for one of its clubs - turned a blind eye to him controlling the"holding company" (Rangers International Football Club). that controlled TRFC.  The SFA is guilty of accepting this chancer... In a line of chancers....
Anyway.... RIFC/TRFC.   both utterly new companies btw - no f**kin history!
as well as taking on no f**kin debts from the oldco's creditors.
TRFC owes everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) to the holding company RIFC, of which King Is the high Heid yin.  RIFC seemingly pays all the bills for the fitba club... In soft loans against assets....   Loans that constantly need repayment,  But, of course, there are also "management fees" leaking out all over the place.
 
all under the guidance of Dave King - a known "glib and shameless liar"
Even more than he was before, King has now become a financial pariah.
The takeover Panel sought his compliance with their rules.   He ignored it. In fact, he tried to cover up, dissemble, not tell the truth.... Really some could call it lying....
... so they've hit him with the big guns that have not had to be used before. Ever. For anyone. They're taking it seriously even if he isn't. And they're doing it immediately.
unless he offers to buy all shares at a certain price by a certain time, he is f**ked.  I think that was last Tuesday.  He's f**ked.
i think he thinks they were only kidding.  He thought that about the South African courts who let him off when he paid a 40+ Million pounds in fines for 40+ criminal convictions.
 
WHAT THE BBC DID NOT MENTION....
 
there is this thing called The Cold Shoulder... In which NO FINANCIAL ENTERPRISE will deal with anyone who has been cold-shouldered.
that is what has happened to King.
no banks, no credit companies nor financial institutions such as accountants or auditors will want to play with him..
this could be tricky when paying wages or suppliers or asking for season tickets up front.
Like when asking punters for even more good money to be thrown after daft...  Into any of their supporters clubs, which then might vanish into a spiv's pockets...
I feel sorry for the fans.  Honestly.  They should have learned...
i find this all fascinating.
 
what has this to do with St Mirren?
our club is one of the members of the SFA... Whose management lets this shite happen.  We are paying for and accepting this devious behaviour which allows a club to hire in players - it can't afford - to beat our teams.

Trust you!!!    Huh.
I think you wurnae even on the Hebrides!
sounds more like Ayrshire.  Girvan-ish....
 
The Electric Brae...

Been a while since I shamelessly plugged Bridge of Weir's finest cake and coffee merchant, but as we are now the proud sponsor of Gavin Reilly's home jersey for this season, now is as good a time as any. Douglas Rae will be spitting teeth when he next comes in for an ice cream. Ach well.....[emoji3]
 

Hope you didn't have to go to the centre of Stirling today then or there would be smoke coming out your ears. [emoji2]

Hope you didn't have to go to the centre of Stirling today then or there would be smoke coming out your ears. [emoji2]

Yes, as has been pointed out, booze and posting on forums can be an incompatable combination.
Apologies to Rabinho.

Whether it's Glasgow, Renfrewshire , East Renfrewshire or any other Council, I wish they would fix the Carpetbombed Roads and leave the near perfect ones alone.
Waste of time and money.
 

Just been and voted......Mhairi Black of course as I am not a f**king idiot.
 
Anyway I did notice that the Lib Dem candidate was one Eileen McCartin....anyone remember her?  She is the treacherous boot who tried to undermine the Saint Mirren professional football club pte ltd co when said club were applying for planning permission to build a state of the art training complex at Ralston.
 
A story in the Express whereby a "jog Scotland" representative stood with said boot to complain that the glass and dog shit ridden grass was a huge loss to joggers (failing to mention that the "jog Scotland" representative was really a fellow lib dem candidate).
 
I regret not meeting her during the election camapign as I would have enjoyed the opportunity to regail a story of her dishonesty and absolute unfitfulness for office.  

Watch for motorbikes riding close in front of Nibali today...[emoji19]

Interesting to see Nibali, Pinot & Quintana trying to ride away from Dumoulin in the final climb.................
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1. T. PINOT (81)
2. I. ZAKARIN (151)
3. V. NIBALI (1)
Pinot & Nibali get the bonuses, Quintana 5th on the same time, Dumoulin 15 secs behind on the day 53 secs overall!
Say what you like about Shitegate but it's left the prospect of a brilliant final day!  
Mon the guy in the b&w stripes "Tiny" Tom Dumoulin!

Well I can say for certain that this Jersey Buddie (and I think I can speak for Jimmy H too) will be attending many more games next season than we did this. 
Shame Easyjet don't do gold cards! 
I moved to Jersey 31 years ago. My last game before I left was a 4-1 Scottish Cup defeat at Tynecastle the weekend before. When I came here I vowed that I would make it to at least 6 games a season. I kept this up for about 15 years until about 2001 when I started following Scotland to away games. Something had to give and my visits to watch the Buds dropped to one or two games a season. After the Levein debacle in Prague I vowed that my Scotland away days were over, but to be honest it's been a pretty lean time for being a Buds fan as well (league cup aside of course!) and my visits still didn't increase from the 1 or 2 a season and even then, more through duty than desire.
In all of those 31 years, this season was shaping up to be the first that I hadn't attended a single game. Then Jimmy H and I came up for the Irn Bru cup final. Not only did we have a ball but even though we didn't win I was so impressed by the team and even more so the fans. It was the best atmosphere I had been part of as a St. Mirren fan since 1987. For me it was even better than 2013.
After that day there was no way I was letting the season end without attending another game. I could think of no better game than the last game against Hibs and what a day it was.
I'm now 51 years old and thought I had finally turned into one of those cynical, bitter auld feckers I detested so much when I was a rosy cheeked optimistic teenager.
Thank you to JR and the team for restoring my passion and for ensuring that I will be at the very least reinstating my old vow from when I left all those years ago.

The stage today was a pile of shite !!!

Spat dummy alert in West Calder.
And I may add FFS!

Only 52. I'm gutted I loved soundgarden and Audioslave. The man had one of the best voices in rock. RIP

A standing area?
 
With the amount of goals we will be scoring next season we will need a seat to recuperate between celebrations.
 
 
 

In his first season he scored the goal of the season in Scotland and three others for a relegated side.
 
In his second season he scored 14 goals in a poor side. In his third season he scored 11 goals in an even poorer side.
 
Those numbers are fantastic for a midfielder of any age, never mind a kid who's just turned 21 and has been playing in a succession of poor teams.
 
That's before you even mention his assists. Against Raith last month he scored 3 and set up the other 2 in a 5-0 win. He set up the goal that kept us in the league at Easter Road.
 
For the good of his career it's time for him to move on.
 

There has been ill informed opinion on both sides. Barnsley are one of the few clubs in our division who try to live within their means and are building a reputation for unearthing talent from the lower divisions, improving them and selling for a profit. We too have been criticised by our fans in the past for letting that talent go too cheaply. Having said that, we benefited massively from a sell on clause for Stones (ex Academy) and may do so in the future with Holgate (ex Academy) as well. Mawson (ex Brentford) was also sold for £5M in the August transfer window. The controversial sales of Hourihane (ex Plymouth), Winnall (ex Scunthorpe) and Bree (ex-Academy) in January is perceived to have thrown away a good chance of getting into the play offs. The majority of our fans are excited by the potential signing of Stevie Mallan and are hopeful he is a Marley Watkins, rather than a Kane Hemmings, in terms of making the transition. We are constantly belittled by Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds fans. Don't let our minority of numpties make you think we are the same. 

Sunshine on Leith
Only just recovered from yesterday. What a day. Started off with a tourist pint in Malones. Someone said in an earlier post he couldn’t understand why so many Buds were milling about Waverly station when there were pubs close by. Good Point.
The Cask and Barrel was the second port of Call our Band of Buds joined the rest of the B+W army who had congregated at the HIBS end of the bar. Any Hibs fans had to sit in the Hearts section. Possibly too many cask ales here. No singing allowed or even aloud though. We got a row but more than a few singing Buds left for ER in good spirits.
First half was OK. Didn’t think anything too scary happened around our goal. Our support was immense and our singing voices were better co-ordinated than our more numerous hosts. I think all that practise we’ve had at all our must win games must have paid off.
Few horrible minutes of worry in the second half. Hibs must have made some Zillion passes to set Holt up for their goal but thankfully we had the Power and the Rory to lead us from relegation and the Saints came well and Truly marching in.
The After-match celebrations were Brill but the Hibees couldn’t co-ordinate their singing and I wasn’t that impressed with Sunshine on Leith. Middleton’s pub was heaving after the match. It was like drinking in Paisley town centre. Buds packed in and in very good singing voice. Victory/survival/start of a new Era or just pure relief the Buds were bawling out the full Saints repertoire. We tried to get a Decent sunshine on Leith Going but the handful of Hibees in the bar didn’t know the words. Disappointing.
So out we went into Edinburgh. Quite literally Sunshine on Leith was shining everywhere and the amount of Buds we found at Street tables enjoying a beer was quite overwhelming. I reacquainted myself with Buds I’d met at various locations across the country at, on route to or returning from away games. These likeminded buds who like me, scoot about the country in trains enjoying the odd beer with fellow football fans were all in good voice. A true band of Buddies united by black and white apparel were having a night to remember in the capital.
Over the course of the evening we got talking to a few hibees who invited us to a wee restaurant on Leith Walk for a curry. It was a pokey wee place where you took your own drink but armed with suitable supplies we rocked the place. The food was Brill and after a serious conversation with two swedes about whether Larson or Ibrahimović was the greatest ever Swedish player we all got down to a serious rendition of Sunshine on Leith. Even the swedes joined in. “OH when the Saints” was the follow up and all too soon we said good bye to our new found Hibee and Swedish friends. Not sure if the restaurant is normally as noisy but no problems with singing in there.
I left my Buds who were travelling back to Paisley and went in search of the North Berwick train. Whilst I was standing looking at the departures board two guys who were a bit unsteady on their feet bumped into me. I turned to find Black and white staggering figures who were holding each other up and noting my similar dress sense Shouted “Hey mate you’re a Bud.”
The black and White army bond is truly a magnificent thing and Saturday was one of the reasons I love being a Football Fan. Being a Bud is special and I’m proud to be a Buddy.
This love will last for ever. Come on ye saints.

Was at The Skids gig in the O2 abc last night.
They were absolutely superb.
Even my mate who is more of an SLF man, was mightily impressed.
It was a sell out and the place was rammed, so the atmosphere was great.
Not sure how it will transfer to Paisley Lagoon, but if you're the slightest bit interested in The Skids, then get a ticket.
Was quite envious of the younger set jumping up and down like lunatics at the front, as I stood further back, reminding myself that if I ventured forth, I'd probably do my back or one of my knees in.