Rumour Mongers

[Heffing Psycho!]

Not sure why Will Unwin is where he is on the list. He gets plenty right about us and I'm pretty sure he gets info from Dane considering he started reporting a lot more on us right around the same time that Dane started here.

 

[RedRobbo]

My knowledge of hard drinking Aberdonians would put a serious dent in your hypothesis captain.

 

[Strummer]

Turkish? Iranians are also mega, mega hospitable.

Yes, the Turks are a good bunch (I am working on a major project with a Turkish team at the moment and am off there in September).

Iran is complicated because of US sanctions; I have only met a couple of Iranians but they seemed absolutely sound.

 

[YellowBelly Red]

When I was a callow youth, a gang of us were watching a boxing match being broadcast in a city centre Glasgow. pub. We were (mistakenly) cheering on the English lad who was battering an Irish lad.
Landlord wanders over and informs us that we had thirty seconds to sup up and f*** off, as the locals were steadying themselves to fill us in!

 

[Otis Redding]

When I was a callow youth, a gang of us were watching a boxing match being broadcast in a city centre Glasgow. pub. We were (mistakenly) cheering on the English lad who was battering an Irish lad.
Landlord wanders over and informs us that we had thirty seconds to sup up and f*** off, as the locals were steadying themselves to fill us in!

It obviously wasn't a Rangers-affiliated pub then.

 

[YellowBelly Red]

It obviously wasn't a Rangers-affiliated pub then.

It was a quick, and nearly brutal introduction , to Scottish sectarianism!

 

[RedRobbo]

Four of us - two couples - minding our own business in a Gairloch pub ( NW Scotland coast ) a few years ago. We’d had a couple & I tried to buy another round but was advised by the landlord that we should drink up & leave. And that was just a quiet local pub.

 

[Bonalair]

As an East Coaster I'd say you've obviously never been here. We are for the most part drunken godless heathens. I would say that it takes a lot to impress us.

I would also say that I have an English accent and am probably often mistaken for English, but have never had a problem with Glaswegians at all. As long as you're up for a party or a riot they will be your best friends.

Having drunk in the Drum in Ninja’s (former) village (as well as many many pubs in Aberdeen, Stonehaven, Brechin, and the surrounding villages) I will attest. Also having lived in Edinburgh from the age of 18 to 26 I didn’t meet many dour religious types!

Off to Glasgow tomorrow. Well staying in Hamilton night 1 for a boring work night, then beers in Lenzie Wednesday night.

 

[Captain Sinister]

I didn’t even put a worm on the hook and caught a net full!
Clue was the final “some of my best friends…”.

 

[Caveman Ninja]

Having drunk in the Drum in Ninja’s (former) village (as well as many many pubs in Aberdeen, Stonehaven, Brechin, and the surrounding villages) I will attest. Also having lived in Edinburgh from the age of 18 to 26 I didn’t meet many dour religious types!

Off to Glasgow tomorrow. Well staying in Hamilton night 1 for a boring work night, then beers in Lenzie Wednesday night.

The Drum no longer exists, having been destroyed in a gas explosion a few years ago. We wrote this tasteful lament all about it...

 

[valspoodle]

Four of us - two couples - minding our own business in a Gairloch pub ( NW Scotland coast ) a few years ago. We’d had a couple & I tried to buy another round but was advised by the landlord that we should drink up & leave. And that was just a quiet local pub.

Once had a night out in Ayr. The publican advised us not to go to the bar upstairs. At chucking out time, that's exactly what they did, piles of bodies flying and crashing down the stairs, then rising, unsteadily, and making their way out into the night. Great entertainment.

 

[Cortez the Killer]

Never heard of this Mongers lad but if Dane and Coops believe in him I trust them

Since this comment, Harvey, Everton have registered their interest and Richard Keys has condemned Mongers' greed for listening to offers rather than signing instantly for West Ham.

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[JohhnyM]

It obviously wasn't a Rangers-affiliated pub then.

I went to an Old Firm game and we went in a Rangers pub. I ordered a Guinness and nearly got my head kicked in on the spot.

 

[valspoodle]

Mentioned this before, but I once had to take a taxi ride from Prestwick airport to Abbotsinch, Glasgow to go back down to London.

The taxi driver was so broad Scots that I really had a job understanding him. I realised at one point that he had mentioned football, but had no idea if he was Rangers or Celtic, so we had the oddest conversation during the rest of the trip as I tried not to annoy him.

 

[Heffing Psycho!]

Out of interest, from the spreadsheet I kept through the window, here are some of the winners and losers:

-Florian Plettenberg linked two players, two correct (100%)
- Alan Nixon 3/4 (75%)
- John Percy 2/4 (50%)
- Daniel Taylor 1/2 (50%)
- Dharmesh Sheth 1/2 (50%)
- Fabrizio Romano 3/7 (43%)
- Graeme Baily 1/5 (20%)
- Simon Jones 1/9 (11%)

 

[Haych]

Nixon’s redemption arc is in full swing.

 

[Heffing Psycho!]

Nixon’s redemption arc is in full swing.

Probably argue he had the best window out of every journo who linked us to players, him and Fabrizio are the only two who got exclusives on three players we signed and Nixon only got Pope wrong.

 

[REDDERS78]

I went to an Old Firm game and we went in a Rangers pub. I ordered a Guinness and nearly got my head kicked in on the spot.

Makes you wonder why they actually sold it in the first place

 

[Canadian_red]

Who linked Moreno? That was a bit unfortunate.

 

[JohhnyM]

Makes you wonder why they actually sold it in the first place

That's exactly what I said to my Glaswegian mate who took me in there It was the Louden near the ground. Some of the songs they were singing made Billy Boys sound like a nursery rhyme in comparison.

 

[Bonfy177]

Nixon’s redemption arc is in full swing.

@Heffing Psycho! have you got the BLOCKED statistics for the same period ?
I‘m betting old Blocko done the bizzo

 

[Red bandit]

Makes you wonder why they actually sold it in the first place

True. I remember when I first went to Belfast as a student I was taken to a pub in Sandy Row ( a strong loyalist area).

What struck was the oul fellas lined up at the bar and each one had a Guinness in front of him.

Mind you they did then and do now have a bottling facility in Belfast so they may have considered it one of their own.

 

[Heffing Psycho!]

@Heffing Psycho! have you got the BLOCKED statistics for the same period ?
I‘m betting old Blocko done the bizzo

I haven't

 

[Omar Devone Little]

Mate, delete that post.

LevyMarks9 is an utter bollocks merchant.

Here's the accounts I block on twitter

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Fair enough

 

[Morpeth]

Bump.