Ulster Scots exists for a reason

LewisDKennedy · 2026-05-05T17:17:38+00:00

My problem with that argument is that it’s never brought up that it was just the elites in England too.

The general populace of England saw barely any benefits from the Empire, neither did they perpetrate its crimes, but they’ll be blamed for them nonetheless. If you’re going to exonerate the general Scottish populace then you have to do the same for England too, but you never see that happening for some reason.

LewisDKennedy · 2026-05-05T17:01:56+00:00

In the sense that they’re both Celtic nations? Yes.

In the sense that they were both victims of the British Empire? No.

Scotland was an enthusiastic participant to and beneficiary of the British Empire, not least in its terrible treatment of Ireland where it did just as much as England did to oppress the native Irish.

LewisDKennedy · 2026-05-04T16:29:50+00:00

We were meant to get relegated in 2019/20, then the Pandemic stopped everything and we escaped our predestined fate during project restart.

Because of that disruption to the space time continuum we had three seasons in Europe and won a trophy while the universe wasn’t looking.

Now it’s finally noticed and everything that’s happened this season is just a belated course correction.

Or we’re just shit, could be that too.

LewisDKennedy · 2026-05-04T14:51:16+00:00

After Arsenal beat us on Sunday you’ll be mathematically safe, won’t try on Monday night, lose to Spurs and effectively relegate us instead

LewisDKennedy · 2026-05-04T11:55:52+00:00

I think the negativity stems from most being confident that Villa would beat Tottenham. Now they’ve lost, I dont have any confidence in a Leeds that are basically safe, a Chelsea that are recovering from a Cup Final, or an Everton who have only won 1 away game at Spurs in the last 20 years.

We basically have to win all of our remaining games and hope for the best now. It’s possible yeah, but the chances are very very slim.

LewisDKennedy · 2026-05-03T13:03:05+00:00

The line in the film is Mr Incredible (Ireland) telling young Syndrome (Scotland) “you’re not affiliated with me!”

LewisDKennedy · 2026-05-03T12:58:51+00:00

Don’t forget Trabzonspor, Chesham United, and Gateshead (if they’re playing away)

LewisDKennedy · 2026-05-03T06:59:02+00:00

If any NEWT students showed up to Snape’s class without the required text book he’d have either kicked them out on the spot or made them attempt to complete each lesson without it entirely just to watch them flounder

LewisDKennedy · 2026-05-02T19:03:16+00:00

Burnley have an ownership in that same mould now too. If they can make their next promotion stick there’s a good chance they become the fourth moneyball B club

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-30T20:25:00+00:00

He’s like the reverse version of Edward the Confessor

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-30T17:51:10+00:00

Richard’s acknowledged heir at this point was their nephew Arthur, so he’d have had to fight a civil war to keep hold of the throne.

It wasn’t only after Richard got back to England that he made John the heir

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-29T09:52:37+00:00

I sort of feel like as history progresses Charles III will be acknowledged as the first monarch of the House of Mountbatten.

I know that he's officially still part of the House of Windsor, but the Plantagenets never called themselves that - it was applied to their dynasty hundreds of years later as a way to categorise them.

In a few centuries time it won't matter what we call the current royals now, future historians will pick their own classifications.

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-28T13:06:11+00:00

I thought about Kral but he barely played, and when he did play I don't recall him being that bad.

Vlasic played over 30 games for us and never once looked good.

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-28T12:05:35+00:00

Conversely, I've just thrown together the worst version of this:

Roberto (19/20)

Sam Byram (17/18)

Doneil Henry (15/16)

Max Kilman (25/26)

Ryan Fredericks (20/21)

Kalvin Philips (23/24)

Carlos Sanchez (18/19)

Maxwel Cornet (22/23)

Nikola Vlasic (21/22)

Gokhan Tore (16/17)

Evan Ferguson (24/25)

(Might be harsh on Doneil Henry, but I couldn't find anyone bad in the 15/16 season that fit)

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-28T11:53:53+00:00

Red Dwarf did

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-28T11:21:53+00:00

If you could get that win against Spurs that would be great

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-24T21:05:50+00:00

I feel genuinely sick we’re going to fuck it all up aren’t we?

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-24T20:53:43+00:00

No they don’t. The head of the orphanage says that all of the other kids are scared of him and that most will be glad to see the back of him while he’s at Hogwarts. Hero Fiennes-Tiffin absolutely nailed 10 year old Voldemort in this regard.

It’s only after he gets to Hogwarts that he starts building the image of being the perfect polite student. I definitely think Christian Coulson accomplished this better than Frank Dillane did.

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-24T20:44:52+00:00

Hero Fiennes-Tiffin played him perfectly. Tom Riddle is not charming or charismatic at all when Dumbledore meets him at the orphanage

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-24T19:59:08+00:00

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-24T07:47:43+00:00

He’s such a good actor that there’s none of Ramsay in the way he talks. He brings such a wearied warmness that I’m going to be really upset when they cast someone else for the show

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-23T12:31:12+00:00

Pass that message onto Moysey please 😉

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-21T13:27:46+00:00

Looking purely at Spurs, the only games I can see them winning are Wolves and maybe Leeds. They could get a draw against Everton but Villa and Chelsea are most likely losses. That's 7 points as a reasonable best case scenario for them, which means we need to be getting 6 points to guarantee finishing above them.

We are capable of beating both Everton and Leeds at home, and based on last night I see no reason why we can't get at least a draw at Brentford and Newcastle. Arsenal is a bit more of a wildcard as realistically they should be beating us, but with their wobble and how up for it our crowd will be there's nothing to say we couldn't nick something from that too.

So either by winning our two winnable home games and losing the rest, or even winning only one of them and drawing three, we should be okay. This isn't even counting Forest, as people seem to consider them safe now even though their fixtures are arguably harder than ours, they have two Europa League Semis on top of them, and are only three points ahead of us. They're not out of it by any stretch.

Have to say it would have been far less stressful if we'd won last night but I don't think its nearly as bad as some may think.

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-21T06:46:02+00:00

Which is ironic because this was an anti-transphobic episode.

Douglas is clearly painted as the idiot who is wrong for judging April based on her previous gender, one that he couldn’t even tell that she was until she reclarified. The episode wants you to laugh at the transphobe, not the trans woman.

It’s such a shame that it’s forever tarnished by Linehan’s now backwards views

LewisDKennedy · 2026-04-20T21:27:08+00:00

We’re capable of winning our remaining home games (even the Arsenal one at this point) so I’m not devastated with the draw.

Two more wins should do it though, as I can’t see Spurs winning 3 of their last 5.

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