It's starting to become a genuine alternative to mainstream media...it has news, features, history, comedy etc. I wish/hope RFC improves further its social media and we'd be self sufficient as a support.
Would be lost without some of this stuff on commutes etc
Try Google Maps buddy, never had an issue with it.
Figured it from the app, for anyone else wondering:Can I ask a silly question, what’s the difference between the 1.99 & 3.99 subscription?
Also glad to see there is going to an H&H live in Edinburgh next year.
I'm in! I'm in! Looking forward to the commute tomorrow. Joe Rogan can take a back seat for now...
Is the VAT unavoidable?
The first episode was great. Dispelling some of the rumour and innuendo and stating the facts.
Younger bears will never know what it was like to have to rely on papers and scot sport extra time for your news and transfers stories.
It's been a great listen even though the chat of the failed 10IAR makes my guts ache. We utterly utterly blew it against a very very average Celtic side.
Does anyone remember a game at Killie where Advocaat was in the stand?
(I've not heard the last 10 minutes of the pod so apologies if it comes up but I think they're just at the point of listing the players we signed now so doubt it will)
I'm certain he was there and between them Goram and Bjorklund made a complete arse of a clearance (think Maxwell and McPherson in the 1994 cup final) and Killie scored from it.
I always wondered if it was at that point that Wee Dick stuck the two of them on his "they can go" list?
It was the Hearts 2-2 game where Advocaat was in the stand. Was meant to be all hush hush so they stuck him in a box in the Govan Stand IIRC
And yep, that was one of the three Goram/Bjorklund calamaties that season
It was the Hearts 2-2 game where Advocaat was in the stand. Was meant to be all hush hush so they stuck him in a box in the Govan Stand IIRC
And yep, that was one of the three Goram/Bjorklund calamaties that season
That was the week after Killie eh? Must be that I remember thinking he'd clearly have watched the Killie game before being at Ibrox for the Hearts draw.
Well rememebered.
Was also the same game that Advocaat identified McCann as a player he wanted IIRC.
It was the Hearts 2-2 game where Advocaat was in the stand. Was meant to be all hush hush so they stuck him in a box in the Govan Stand IIRC
And yep, that was one of the three Goram/Bjorklund calamaties that season
With hindsight, I've long though that we should have held onto Gascoigne until the summer. There was always the chance, even if the evidence didn't support it, that that moment of genius could have appeared in the likes of the Killie game at home.
That said, the only other game apart from that where we dropped points after he left was Aberdeen away and with Amo being sent off, maybe he wouldn't have made the difference.
If he was so off the rails, perhaps it was worth taking the cash.
I'm sure Advocaat said he was in amongst the Hearts fans in the Broomloan, Dunc.
Also, and I'm biased, but I thought the chat on Laudrup was slightly skewed.
He may not have hit the heights of previous years by his standards but there were around 10 players in the squad who were in such bad shape physically and mentally that holding the failing against him to such an extent is extreme.
I can't find his stats for the season (and I know he only scored about 5 goals) but it's not just the occasional think like the chip on the goal line against The Sheep that he provided.
I think, due to their being no end of season DVD, a lot of what he did that year is forgotten.
Thought David's point about the "comedy Celtic years" and the Jansen / Venglos point was an interesting parallel too to where we're at.
Ties into something I've been thinking and a few have said it regarding McInnes. He might be "our Tommy Burns" in that we have to have someone to settle things for a spell as any other appointments are just to risky if it's someone without knowledge of the game here.
It might be there are better coaches but given where we're at at exactly things moment in time, this is probably the right appointment. Imagine we tried a Preud'Homme and the wheels came off after six months - folk would be going apoplectic.
Annnnnnnnnnyway, the point I was going to make was that hopefully we got our Jansen / Venglos moment out of the way with Warburton / Caixinha. No sooner had we got past the comedy years of the lower division with a success (promotion) under Warburton then he was gone and we had a "funny" foreigner in the role that no one had known previously just like they did with Venglos.
Laudrup had carried the team in 2 out of the previous 3 seasons. He did an interview in May 1997 where he had a go at Gascoigne and just the general culture of the place. He was then supposed to leave that summer. Mentally, he was gone.
He was substituted in the Strasbourg game at Ibrox and I remember him just sitting on the track next to the dugout looking completely pissed off.
In any workplace, the demotivated end up bringing the motivated down to their level.
Laudrup was promised that we would make a right go of Europe if he stayed one more year. He agreed and we didn't. Gothenburg away(where he was injured) is where we capitulated second half and Albertz and Gazza simply chucked it.
The Strasbourg away game is where Laudrup ran to the touchline and screamed at Walter to change it as we were being overrun in the middle of the park. The first time I had ever saw him do that sort of thing. The second leg he was injured berforehand thanks to a brutal bodycheck by Kevin Christie and flew in his own physio at his own expense to get him fit for it. It's not the sort of thing a guy who doesn't give a shit does.
I'll defend Laudrup to the death over that season. He was the least of our problems
I'll steal Dunc's thunder and say that Marshall was also in goal for Falkirk when they won 2-1 at the Piggery in 1987 allowing us to win the league at Pittodrie. Maybe he'll be a lucky mascot for us after all.
Can we mention Goram in 1997-98 too? If Walter wasn't leaving there's no question Goram would have been transfer listed, as he had been in 1994.
The environment wasn't as professional as it could have been and Walter leaving just exacerbated that. All sorts of stuff was going on - it was like the Beatles tours.
Also, and I'm biased, but I thought the chat on Laudrup was slightly skewed.
He may not have hit the heights of previous years by his standards but there were around 10 players in the squad who were in such bad shape physically and mentally that holding the failing against him to such an extent is extreme.
I can't find his stats for the season (and I know he only scored about 5 goals) but it's not just the occasional think like the chip on the goal line against The Sheep that he provided.
I think, due to their being no end of season DVD, a lot of what he did that year is forgotten.
This sort of thing was still happening...starts at 1.50
...it's never part of the highlight reels as it was from 97-98.
How long was he out injured for? Though that'll go into "he gave up ahead of signing for Chelsea and managed to play in the World Cup very well" territory, I'd guess.
I think his ankle was causing issues from January 98 onwards and was never right at Chelsea either.
Did Laudrup not have problems with his back that season?
Am sure he had a chronic back problem that plagued his last season with us and his time at Chelsea
I'll steal Dunc's thunder and say that Marshall was also in goal for Falkirk when they won 2-1 at the Piggery in 1987 allowing us to win the league at Pittodrie. Maybe he'll be a lucky mascot for us after all.
Yes. Probably stemmed from carrying our squad for a good two years.
He also had an achilles problem which finished his career within 2 years of leaving us.
Goram was an embarrassment that season. You just need to look at pictures of them. At least a stone overweight, missed a third of the season with muscle strains and only 6 clean sheets all season.
There's a reason no club touched him with a bargepole for months after he left us. He was a bloated mess.
The whole setup that season was a joke. There was a story Walter had a testimonial party in Viccy's where our lot demanded a lock in for more bevvying and took the huff when they were told no. I mean, sod the game coming up in five days time...
I find the discussion on this era really quite interesting.
I haven't had a chance to listen to the pod yet, so apologies if this was covered already, but there's a few things below i've wondered about the 97-98 season. I was 9-10 at the time so don't fully remember the year in much detail!
- Gough left at the end of 9iar, why? He came back in, what, October/November time? What was his form like that season? Were his legs still there? He went on to play in England for a couple of seasons after that.
- Negri got injured in early January? Did he play again that season, or was that him?
- Was our recruitment in summer 97 poor? Stensaas was obviously a flop, and Thern was past his best, but was the concensus at the time that we had recruited well and would romp it to 10? When did Amoruso get injured?
- Was there any talk at the time of Smith leaving after the 9iar season?
I find the discussion on this era really quite interesting.
I haven't had a chance to listen to the pod yet, so apologies if this was covered already, but there's a few things below i've wondered about the 97-98 season. I was 9-10 at the time so don't fully remember the year in much detail!
- Gough left at the end of 9iar, why? He came back in, what, October/November time? What was his form like that season? Were his legs still there? He went on to play in England for a couple of seasons after that.
- Negri got injured in early January? Did he play again that season, or was that him?
- Was our recruitment in summer 97 poor? Stensaas was obviously a flop, and Thern was past his best, but was the concensus at the time that we had recruited well and would romp it to 10? When did Amoruso get injured?
- Was there any talk at the time of Smith leaving after the 9iar season?