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Didn't see a relevant thread for this (didn't look very hard right enough ). I have read that we stand to earn �£1.6 mil from competing in this torunament? Not bad if true? Neil McCann in the studio with Jeff Stelling today. :spl: Yet to see the line up, will hopefully see it soon. Edit: Emirates cup rules 1 point for each goal scored!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just seen this elsewhere and thought people may be interested to note:

That's what Aberdeen get for chasing out what was a fairly decent management team for them because they have Rangers leanings.

As Barry says, not a patch on Operation Tango. "Nice" try guys, but second best again!

Near shit myself when you text me this today. Good luck to him.

It's not just you Craig. I thought that was a strange way to phrase it considering, as you say, that two months refers to the off- and pre-season.

Never heard of the boy but good luck to him.

When I read the OP my first thoughts were exactly what you wrote in your rant Andy. If you, myself and no doubt hundreds of other fans were aware of this, how can a man who is paid for his knowledge of the game make such a massiver arse of himself. There truly is no excuse.

Yourself and Fraser have made some excellent points on this thread and in reading through it I have to laugh. I am one poster who many will disagree with when it comes to results over performance. I'll take the win and never mind how it's achieved. Many other are more concerned with the performance. And yet Hemdani is lauded as a superstar yet all he has in his locker are so called defensive (or negative in the context of this arguement) attributes. He has good positioning defensively. He will intercept passes and he will rarely/never play a forward pass (despite the Ferguson nicknames). Adam, by contrast, is never afraid to try the difficult ball. He will paly the game the way many profess they wish us to play. He will look for the defence splitting ball. Now if you only ever play the ball sideways or backwards 5 yards, your pass success should be 100%. If you regularly try the defence splitting balls, you will be lucky if your pass completion is about 1/3. I don't think some fans really know what they want tbh!!!

All good points with a certain amount of truth depending on who they are applied to. I just threw in the stories about Bolt, Phelps etc because I think some people worry to much that players shoud live like monks and seeing that the fastest man on the planet on the track and in the water do not follow such stricts diets may help alleviate (sp) such fears). The odd big mac or fish supper will not ruin a football player.

He's always had a heavy set physique, but has never looked fat to me. Like you say about him having powerfully built thighs, some people look at a guy who is "barrel-chested" and might think they're fat, but they're bone structure, natural muscle and other factors combine to make them look "fatter" than others, when in fact they just have a bigger frame. That combined with his lack of pace has confused a lot of casual punters imo.

Perhaps we'll need to start supporting Celtic to get the co-efficient up? Aye, that'll be fucking right. Be happier if we were the only Scottish team flying the flag than having the plastic paddies in there!

The timing is damn inconvenient for Celtic. Could have at least held on until near a difficult fixture for them.

Not sure I remember one individual incident that was a red (watching on a pish strem though). However if he's just jumping at the keepr (note at the keeper, not the ball) in the hope that he doesn;t get penalised one time and they score a goal after a foul on the goalie not penalised, then that is a farce. If it is clear the guy is not playing the ball, and Killen never went for the ball first once, then the ref should be having a word with him.

Much as i'm sure i'd laugh as hard as I ever have, it would take days of scrubbing to get the stench off!

That's fucking brilliant. Who said that? Next time someone's bemoaning Boyd, remember he cost �£400k and then look at what 10x as much gets you.

Classic peice of commentary. On a different note, I hear Monkyheid's European record is played 5 lost 5.

In the first half how many times did you hear: "it's hinkel... needs a good cross here" before a shite cross.

:cheers: My one got password protected as did one Ian sent me.

Ha ha. Never has a typo been more innapropriate.

They are a tedious bunch these days. An all celtic panel talking about Celtic with not so much as an after thought to the rest of the league.

Good summary of the information as I understand it (from reading Bert Kassie's site). However, I thought I had read that the total national coefficient would only be divided by the number of teams who actually qualify for the tournament's proper stages (i.e succesfully navigating the qualifiers)? Or have I imagined that? Think I kind of brought this up with BD before but dont remember what the answer was.

We'll likely be on tv 2 or more times a month on average. Gonna cost you more than �£4.50 for a wee visit to the pub.

:cheers: Some of you will have already seen this, but for those who haven't these links are worth a look. They may suprise a few of you: Olympic Gold medalists fueled by chicken nuggets and fried egg and cheese sandwiches. Phelps' "Olympian" diet. (Can no longer find the link to the original Bolt story). So the fastest man on land and in the water have their success built on a diet of junk food and excess calories. Of course this is an extreme. For those not familiar, swimmers' training (even sprint swimmers) involves an phenomenal volume of exercise and hence energy expenditure. They swim an obscence amount of lengths (combined with weight training) and need a phenomenal amount of calories. Bolt's training will be incredibly intense. Shorter duration, power and strength training. But again he will need the fuel for his body. Earlier this year it was reported that Andy Murray was consuming 6000 calories a day during a December training camp in preparation for the Australian Open. And, in a more relevant story I'm sure we all remember the post match Arsenal - Man U dust up where an Arsenal player (van Persie?) was rumoured to have thrown a slice of pizza at a Man U employee (Fergie?). Sticking with the Man U theme: I think this demonstrates that the modern sports star does not need to live like a monk. In fact, foods such as pizza are often recommended post exercise due to the high number of calories the players can quickly take in to refuel their body. It is unrealistic to expect even elite athletes to abstain completely from "bad" foods. Even top class boyd builders who starve their bodies of calories near to their competitions, will have "cheat" days or meals whereby they can eat some of these so called bad foods. So having a sugary desert or fatty meal. Just like anyone else, athletes will get cravings for their favourite foods and occasionally partaking of them will help them maintain their focus at other times and maintain a healthy diet. Of course nutrition for performance sport is not just about what you eat but when you eat too. As much as possible I imagine Owen (unless we have a nutritionist at the club, I have to admit to being unsure) will have individualised nutrition plans. Perhaps with a nutrition diary, much like a training diary. I think with the internet age and this celebrity obsessed generation people sometimes worry to much about the occasional lapse in "professional behaviour" in terms of eating like a strict vegan. As I say there is nothing wrong with the occasional "bad" food. Sometimes these calorie dense foods may in fact prove beneficial and also help psychologically with maintaining their diet throughout the week/month/season.

"Fat bassa" Charlie Adam. I'd love to see what some of these guys who slag him look like.