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| Arsene Parcelie | 29 Jan 2008, 10:14 AM Post #1 |
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¡ǝʞɐxnɟɹnɟ ɥo
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![]() This is not getting at anyone who enjoys getting stuck in to these threads, you fill your boots. This is a statement about how I feel about the main board at the moment, and how it's overall vibe is beginning to get to me. Right folks, there are enough negative threads going on at the moment, and I, for one am pure dead bored with them. Until something positive happens, there is absolutely NO POINT in dredging up the same old, same old, same old flaws in Strachan's tactics, player's skill, et-bloody-cetera and flogging them to a millimetre of their lives and paralysing by analysis to the nth degree. And then adding another tuppence worth more. And then a bucketful. All the negativity is counter productive and builds up a momentum which apparently has a knock on effect on a lot of people. The amount of threads which are full of polarised opinions constantly sniping and counter-sniping at each other is not what I like(d?) about KDS. I can't believe I'm the only one who is fed up posting a repeat of their opinion in the repeat of every thread about any given situation or player which is repeating itself. (Or possibly I am?) So I've stopped restating my opinion on most subjects, and worse, stopped reading the threads because I can guess roughly what's going on and which poster will be posting which opinion about what detail in the current crisis. It also is having a knock on effect on the other boards. Even they seem less light hearted as usual, and I'd hazard a guess that the overall post count is down in them. So I reckon that a lot of people must be feeling slightly fed up with it all. I propose that this thread becomes a haven for football related japes, jokery and other light hearted nonsense, so that we can remind ourselves that actually, in fact, nae kidding, you can actually enjoy yourself whilst watching or talking about the game. BTW - This is not meant to be an appeal for happy, everything is rosy, BELIEVE type threads, just a bit of light relief to remind ourselves that it is only a game which we should enjoy including the "old bad times" which we laugh about now ("haha"). Down with depression. I'm away to take a pill now. Naturally, if nobody replies, I shall take it that my gut feeling is actually correct, and that everyone has caught the negativity bug, and I shall keep on keeping away just in case I catch it. FFS - there's not even been enough material for a good picture. Anybody fancy a puzzle? I've got one ready. Did anyone get a swatch at Strachan's Tactics board on Sunday? ![]() Feel free to add funny pictures, tales of hilarity, funny travelogues, daft moments during games - anything to avoid another "Killen - How good was he?" thread. Edited by Arsene Parcelie, 5 Sep 2011, 09:30 AM.
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| donkeyradish | 29 Jan 2008, 10:33 AM Post #2 |
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Getting on a bit
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Excellent pic Arsene, I just wish I knew how to do those.
In the interest of staying off topic, here is a rare treat for depressed readers. (You'll all have tae take your fingers out your ears, temporarily) Fields of Athenry - in Russian |
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| Deleted User | 29 Jan 2008, 10:36 AM Post #3 |
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It's the Garvaghy Road version. |
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| tinsoldier | 29 Jan 2008, 10:39 AM Post #4 |
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Older than dirt
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Arsene -
Lest we forget.......this ALWAYS makes me smile. SECRET FEAR THAT DRIVES ME TO WIN; 10 IN A ROW Rangers chairman David Murray opens up on the highs and lows of his decade in charge of Rangers. James Traynor. Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) (Nov 19, 1998) RANGERS owner David Murray doesn't often allow his true feelings to surface, but currently he is finding it difficult to disguise a pain which has been gnawing away inside since the end of last season. After a period of almost total dominance of Scottish football during which Rangers racked up 17 trophies the club met with failure. Celtic won the championship and the League Cup and Hearts beat Rangers in the Tennents Scottish Cup final, leaving Murray with nothing to show for a massive investment in time and money. Even now he winces when he thinks of that season, but it is the vivid memory, and the pain of defeat with which he now suffers, that combine to drive him on. Last night as he looked back on a decade as Rangers' owner - come this Sunday, the 22nd, it will be 10 years since he paid Lawrence Marlborough £6million for the club - Murray's desire to avoid the miseries of another barren season could not be disputed. To hear him speak was to listen to a man who believes himself to be charged with some kind of great and mighty mission. Murray, who chose to talk only to the Record about his dreams and ambitions for Rangers, said: "No one should doubt that Rangers are the biggest club in the country, but I know that talk is cheap in this business and that we will have to prove just how big we are. That doesn't really bother me because as long as I am able to influence this club we will be the biggest and we will be the best. I have spent 10 years of my life, and I know that sometimes I gave up too much of myself to Rangers, but I am not about to give up now. " "Neither am I willing to stand aside and allow another club to overtake Rangers. The failure of last season hurt me a lot and that pain was something I didn't need nor want. It is also a pain which I never want to suffer again, but by God that sort of thing just makes me even more determined to succeed. I am still as driven, still as enthusiastic and I will welcome the challenge of anyone out there." Murray was referring not only to the Kenny Dalglish/Jim Kerr consortium who are stalking Celtic, but also the as yet uncovered groups who are bound to make bids to buy out Fergus McCann. If the past 10 years have taught Murray, who is one of Britain's wealthiest individuals, anything it is how to win and he believes Rangers will continue to grow and prosper. "I look upon these last 10 years as a having been a great era, but it is over and Rangers are about to head on into a new era," he said over a glass of the finest red. He was about to take in another mouthful of the most succulent lamb - anyone who knows Murray shouldn't be surprised to learn he is a full-blooded, unashamed red meat eater - when he put down his knife and fork. It was like a statement of intent and looking directly across the table to make sure I hadn't yet succumbed to the wine, he said: "Bring on the next 10 years, there's more to come for Rangers. Understand that I care passionately about what I'm doing with Rangers and believe that in 10 years time we will still be setting the pace. Too many of us have put too much into this club and we won't let someone come along and take it all away. What I'm saying here is that no matter who buys Celtic from Fergus, they will need to have the deepest of pockets imaginable. "The fresh challenge would be good for the Scottish game and lift the profile, but Celtic's new owners had better be prepared to spend. In the past, Celtic's people maybe just haven't fancied trying to take Rangers on financially, but if I have to go in deeper to keep my club up there then I will. I have done it too many times to be frightened now." From anyone else such talk could be dismissed as no more than empty rhetoric, but with Murray you just feel it is more than bluster and besides, he does have a track record as a spender. There have been times in his 10 years when he has taken Rangers somewhere between £15m and £20m into debt and he knows that if this season goes belly up like the last one he could be looking at a potential debt of £20m. However, having taken the value of Rangers from pounds 6m to approximately £186m in 10 years he knows how far he can gamble in pursuit of success. This season alone he has allowed his new manager Dick Advocaat to spend almost £30m, but he refuses to lose any sleep over it. He said: "I don't because I consider spending as much as pounds 5million on someone like Andrei Kanchelskis as a necessity. If a club like ours doesn't do that then we fall by the wayside. "Look, I have many other businesses so I could find many other things to worry about, but I love sport and I want Rangers to be successful. I know this won't be accepted by some people but this isn't about making money. "£56m has been invested in the stadium and in my time £200m has been turned over and after interest our trading profit is minimal. Perhaps as much as £60m has been spent on players and I have even paid in about pounds 1m in hospitality but never taken a salary from the place. I get six complimentary tickets the same as everyone else and if I want extra I have to pay for them the same as everyone else. There are no free lunches for David Murray at Ibrox and I have never taken part or been at the centre of any of the numerous victory celebrations we have had." Murray disappears to celebrate success with a small group of close friends, leaving the roar of the crowd to wash over the players and management. "Supporters don't want chairmen hanging around, even though they look to people like me to provide some kind of direction and the new ways to keep moving the club on," he said. I hope I can say that in my 10 years so far I've been fairly good at that, but the day I run out of ideas is the day I'll know it's over. I'm sure someone will tell me because I have good people around me, I always have. But I'm not ready yet to step back and I see enough fresh challenges, staying ahead at home and winning a place at the European table, ahead in the next 10 years to keep my own adrenaline flowing." He knows roughly how much it will cost him and he's heard the rumours that ENIC, who have invested pounds 40m in Rangers, are uneasy at the club's spending policies but Murray claims these backers have always been supportive of his methods. He said: "They could kick up a fuss but they don't. Besides, I am the owner of the club and so far most people seem to like what I've done." |
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| grouchoib | 29 Jan 2008, 10:46 AM Post #5 |
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Considering retirement
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I'm with Arsene on this one.Put me down as a member of the Parcelies
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| amychiai | 29 Jan 2008, 10:48 AM Post #6 |
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Auldbhoy KDS Legend
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Thank Christ it wasn't just me who was getting fed up with all the dross
Anyway I cant post fancy pictures or links cos I am too think to know how but I have some good news.... The Badges and Cuff links will finally be on sale this week if my web designer can sort out a wee bit of time in between traveling and his new job. See avatar for this year badge and cuff link are on the design of last years, very discreet and a perfect GIRUY to any monkeys in yer workplace or at social events News to follow soon..
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| Owenybhoy | 29 Jan 2008, 10:52 AM Post #7 |
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A Devil In God's Country
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Fed up with football, not just the dross. Everywhere is the same. Over-hype, over-analysis, over critical, over subscribed, over-the-score and over-my-head. Can't be bothered with it anymore. Celtic will live on, but all this crap has to end sometime. I pray sooner rather than later. |
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| cartuja | 29 Jan 2008, 10:54 AM Post #8 |
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Working behind enemy lines
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| lenobhoy | 29 Jan 2008, 10:54 AM Post #9 |
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Catch some light and it'll be alright
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I like that, it sounds good, The Parcelies. |
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| huddler | 29 Jan 2008, 10:55 AM Post #10 |
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An Argument on Behalf of
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Reading Diego Maradona's autobiography at the minute and when he was at his first club, Argentinos - the three European Clubs who made an approach to sign him were Napoli, Barcelona and.....Sheffield United. I know the lad was a joy with a football at his feet, but he doesn't half come across as a bit of an arse at times. He's told just about every manager he ever had to shove his training regimes up his jacksie, he was Maradona and he didn't care if the other players had to do what they were told - he was too good (i guess if anyone had a point in this regard though, he did!). In conclusion over his time at Barca he finishes off with "......I was more a Madrid man anyway". What a parting shot! One story that seemed to sum him up was when he was at Barca - he would always request cars that were not available to the public yet. He heard about a new Mercedes and demanded one. A team of German Mercedes bigwigs accompanied the split new model, not for release in Spain down to Maradona mansion in Barcelona. He walks down to meet them all smiles, jumps in, realises that its an automatic - and promptly gets out, tosses the guy the keys back and tells them, he doesn't want it and they should take it away. Gallus wee scrote. Beautiful player though. |
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| pablo5 | 29 Jan 2008, 10:58 AM Post #11 |
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Whatever it is, there's not enough of it
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I'll see your Succulent Lamb and raise you Spikey Golf Shoes. This one always cheers me up.
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| FrJeb | 29 Jan 2008, 11:14 AM Post #12 |
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Club Captain
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Since AP was looking for more pictures thought I would add this. Took the picture outside a newsagents in Dumbarton Road, Glasgow about 3 1/2 years ago now. Still makes me smile. It was even printed in the Herald's diary despite me not sending it in
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| markiebhoy7 | 29 Jan 2008, 11:21 AM Post #13 |
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No' a snider
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How about a few Keevinsisms? (Found on altnation) Artur Jorge will shortly be unveiled as the new Celtic manager. He is currently inside Celtic Park holding talks. Cue ………. The unveiling of Wim Jansen. Mark Viduka will shortly sign for Bayern Munich. I have seen the contract. Cue ………. Viduka signing on the dotted line at Leeds United. I expect Rangers to win the league comfortably, and by quite a considerable margin. Cue ………. Green & white ribbons adorning the trophy, as Rangers finish third in a two-horse race. Old Trafford on Champions League night is no place for Nakamura, and his blend of tippy-tappy football. Cue ………. Absolute bedlam, as Naka flights one of sublime beauty over a £100m wall, and into the back of the Man U net. If Manchester United play their best eleven, and Celtic play their best eleven - Manchester United will beat Celtic. Cue .......... The full-time scoreboard reading : Celtic 1, Manchester United 0. Come 5:00pm, and Celtic's lead being cut to just 11 points - is it now the time for panic at Celtic Park ? Cue ………. Rangers drawing 1-1 with ICT and the day ending as it started - with Celtic enjoying a comfortable 13 point lead. And my absolute favourite: Josef Venglos will live to regret his decision to play this unknown Slovakian ahead of Mark Burchill in such a vital Old Firm Game. Cue ………. Lubomir Moravcik scoring twice as Rangers are molligated 5-1. Cheers Hugh, keep 'em coming |
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| DrWho | 29 Jan 2008, 11:50 AM Post #14 |
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blast off...
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Like you Arsene Im totally fed up of this place and was going to take a break from it just to stop hearing moans all day long. Need some more light heartedness and moonbeam madness.
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| Lubo25 | 29 Jan 2008, 11:53 AM Post #15 |
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Considering retirement
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at last - a little light in the darkness! signmeupfortheparcelies csc no1 |
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| wee_chorley | 29 Jan 2008, 11:53 AM Post #16 |
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Come On !
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| Big_Bobo_Balde | 29 Jan 2008, 11:59 AM Post #17 |
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Lizzie's Lothario
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| Arsene Parcelie | 29 Jan 2008, 12:02 PM Post #18 |
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¡ǝʞɐxnɟɹnɟ ɥo
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Excellent replies so far.
Let's keep it going. |
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| WalfridsDream | 29 Jan 2008, 12:09 PM Post #19 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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Thank you Arsene
The unfortunate thing in life is, we all know the moaners, doom and gloom merchants eventually wear everyone down. The best way to deal with it is to avoid being in their company, but that unfortunately would mean stayong off here and not going to Celtic Park. ThreeInARow CSC
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| StefMcDef | 29 Jan 2008, 12:10 PM Post #20 |
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The joy of six
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Huddleboard poetry thread - inspired by THIS pic from the height (or should that be depths) of the Le Guen experiment :![]() Just about the funniest thread ever on the Huddleboard, which is saying something. |
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