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I think you’ll find that when it comes to killing muslims, other muslims are proficient at it.

Correct. celtic opposed an extension of the season because they claimed to have arranged a tour of Japan early in the close season. “Sporting integrity” they called it. There was no such tour. That’s celtic integrity.

I wonder when Sturgeon, Yousaf, Swinney, McLaren and Aitken will be issuing statements.

I hope you’re right. I was reading the figure as an all claims total. I’ll be glad to be wrong.

All done and dusted nearly, all low-key, no admission, no apology, less than £10M, no need for any fuss, time to move on. Or perhaps a big campaign in print and broadcast media to fully expose the scandal and name guilty parties responsible for the coverup. I wonder which.

I thought so too. Arsenal 4-1 Fulham Wolves 1-2 Hammers Forest 1-2 United Bournemouth 2-0 Ipswich Brighton 1-2 Villa City 3-1 Leicester Newcastle 2-0 Brentford So’ton 0-2 Palace Liverpool 4-2 Everton Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham

Meaningless gibberish from the Record but that’s normal.

When I started going to football there were huge crowds mostly men who made their living woking with their hands and many of them straight from the yard or the factory for a 2pm kickoff. There was constant hubbub augmented by cheers and counter cheers, shouts of abuse, bad language of the worst kind though not chanted in unison and rarely within earshot of a woman, fights, blokes passing out, general disorder and angry demos at the front door (until five o’clock when the pubs opened) What there was not, was any suggestion of politics other than the superficial loyalist/rebel stuff. Political and general social statements are a foreign invention, recently imported, latched onto by the usual suspects and sadly copied by UBs. Rangers are not restricting free speech. Only what people say or do within the curtilage of the stadium.

100% agree Anyone but Palace for me, preferably the Villa whom failing Forest then City.

City were comfortable winners over all but seem to have lost their collective team purpose possibly associated with the decline of de Bruyne. Wonderful player so “decline” is relative. Roy Keane was angered by the City players’ carefree attitude in the first half. “Strolling about smiling”, he said. I think he was right.

For a reason probably.

Brighton out on penalties, thank goodness. Forest ‘keeper saved two.

Forty odd minutes on and you’re still right.

They will.

3-0 Palace. Fulham methodical, well organised but lacking inspiration. Palace inspirational if only three times but that’s enough. Bassey is a hard man to get past but once he’s been passed there’s no recovery.

Half time and Palace rule at the Cottage. 2-0.

I wonder if Cameron will play. Big risk of a career ending injury administered by someone worried about his place next season.

That would suit me fine. I could relax for the semis and the final. Any of that four will do.

Quarter Finals: Fulham 2-1 Palace BHA 2-0 Forest Preston North End 0- Aston Villa 3 (a fallen giant against a revived one) B’mouth 2-1 City I’d like Preston to win the tournament but they won’t so Villa will be fine.

Reading the extract from the Post reminded me of the days when papers actually printed news without hyperbole. I remember McEwan. Good player. (“Fife Ace in big money move to Midlands Giants”)

Pity Rangers hadn’t snapped up Bobby Hope while they were at it..

An Israeli strike force is more than some of the members here will be able to thole. Expect at least one diatribe.

I have no clue whatsoever who should be the new manager. Rangers are long gone from hiring in the Souness/Advocaat Category which means Ancelotti must stay at Real for now and I have no knowledge of the lower levels. Whoever is offered the job should have a consistent record. At the beginning of this season the chap at Aberdeen was a diamond and Gray at Hibs was a laughingstock out of his depth. Now look at them. (NB: This is not an endorsement of either)

Got a bit of a fright there at first glance.

Good idea.