Scott7

Uilleam has already advised that it’s the Greeks.

Either or both?

To cheer for your home town team against the Herri-Rotters? From Riccarton to the San Siro - great. I wouldn’t mind doing that. To Hell with Vegas, Bali and other such boring places. We’ll be needing a critique of the pies on sale at the respective grounds.

‘s boring innit? Not always so. It used to be like going to see Rangers with star guest performers. Since the war fifteen players have captained Scotland while on Rangers’ books. Four of the Iron Curtain did it, Jock Shaw, Geordie Young, Willie Woodburn and Sammy Cox. The ‘keeper Bobby Brown and surprisingly, Ian McColl didn’t. Both made up for that omission by later successfully managing the National side. Eric Caldow and John Greig were each fifteen times captain. Jim Baxter, Sandy Jardine, Tam Forsyth, Graeme Souness, Richard Gough, Colin Hendry, Super, Barry Ferguson and Kenny Miller all got at least one shot at it though Souness’ last match as Scotland captain occurred when he had signed for the Famous but hadn’t actually played in a club game. Stephen Presslie, Christian Dailly and Davie Weir were Scotland Captains but not as Rangers players. Gary McAllister also did the job. Never a Rangers player, of course but he did a bit of assistant-managing. The greatest captain of them all was George Young on no less than forty eight occasions. There’s a photo of Young and England’s redoubtable Billy Wright leading the teams out. Wright was no skelf but Young towers over him. Having looked all this up, I’m now fired with enthusiasm to the extent that I might possibly try to find out against whom Scotland are playing. If the weather’s bad and there’s nothing else on the telly, I might even watch them. But only if Ryan Jack plays.

I laughed at that but it’s probably right.

Who’ll be going to ‘Spurs? The Angel of the East? Tuchel?

Palace? Or Chelsea, or ‘Spurs?

Correct in every word. Is that a job application?

I didn’t see the game but because Cantwell has become a media target, he must have been MoTM.

By God, yes.

3-2 Blades with the usual last minute winner. I was sort of hoping Rovers would win but I’m reasonably happy with the result. Best match I’ve seen for a long time. Plenty of good football. Not much sophisticated football. If I want that I’ll watch a boring CL match.

Cracking quarter-final at Bramall Lane. Two proper clubs, two proper strips and two terrific saves from the United ‘keeper, chap called Foderingham. Should we be looking at him?

I thought his name was Notgoodenuff?

You can do that? How?

Maybe Robertson is very good at the back of house admin drudgery but I agree a new front man is needed. The problem is, we would never get one acceptable to all the tribes of Rangers. Returning to today’s game, though not the actual football, I see reports that Motherwell ultras have decided to do something else this afternoon rather than attend the match - pictures, messages, winching, who knows? Part of the current fashion to wave your arms about something probably.

The bloke on the tram was probably off to a cost of living protest.

We’ll just have to disagree. No heid bilin’.

Wearing pretendy uniforms - timmish. Wearing full face balaclavas - timmish. Taking a non-football political grievance to the match - timmish. Not entering the ground to watch your team play - timmish. Criticising the Board isn’t timmish. That’s universal. You’re well entitled to your opinion, CF. I wouldn’t try to change it but there is a different perception of UB activity.

Remember the old days when there was constant hubbub rising into wild cheers and falling into despairing groans and songs were sung instead of yapped? I don’t hold with this Continental chanting.

Fair enough, CF. Heid duly biled. I still think it’s timmish.

Don’t you mean “scores one of the goals in a comfortable victory”?

What are they going to do? Stop watching their favourite team? I don’t like this timmish conduct.

Best to play them now. A semi-final defeat is never as sickening as losing in the final. With a change of luck, Rangers beat them and we can all relax at the Cup Final and cheer the team to a comfortable victory over Falkirk. (Ancient tribalism demands that the jammy caley creep no further in this competition)

If the poor lad’s got a heart condition, I hope he’s being looked after by specialists and not by a football club’s medical department.

Pathetic and immature not to turn up to cheer for your team, surely?