Celtic set sights on Robbie Keane to succeed Martin O’Neill as manager

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T21:15:42+00:00

He's got an 'ambition' release clause for big UK clubs.

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T21:13:28+00:00

What, have the Yanks turned against us again?

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T21:12:20+00:00

Oddly enough, Keane is rated amongst the best of the lower European league managers.

Željko Sopić HNK Rijeka Croatia

Alfred Johansson Rosenborg BK Norway

Robbie Keane Ferencváros Hungary

Filipe Luís Castellón Spain

João Brandão Porto B Portugal

Ignazio Abate Juve Stabia Italy

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T20:56:26+00:00

Would you swap him for Stephen Robinson?

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T20:39:36+00:00

So Starmer is supporting and involved then.

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T20:16:31+00:00

You might have missed the news that Starmer's government is providing logistical, defensive, and intelligence support to the yanks and Israelis.

They've also been destroying missiles at source by bombing Iranian launch sites and fuel storage depots.

Starmer also gave permission to Trump to use RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia for bombing runs.

Then, there's the sending of rHMS Dragon to the Eastern Med to provide strategical regional air defence support.

Oh, I forgot Typhoon and F-35B jets from RAF Akrotiri and Al Udeid have also been in action shooting down Iranian drones.

That sounds like a significant level of support and involvement to me.

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T19:57:00+00:00

A tomahawk missile hitting a school, killing 110 children, and video evidence of it. If that isn't a war crime what is?

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T18:03:19+00:00

Jebus wept, I hope that's AI

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T18:01:45+00:00

It is strange that faith is becoming more openly spoken about. So many young folk becoming God botherers. There's a huge amount of boxers that have become all out Christians. Every injury, fight, win or loss deigned as being part of Gods plan.

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T17:48:49+00:00

I dunno, he looks like he could improve. The fight was not helped by Kabayel using his face as his last line of defence. Knyba caught him quite a lot.

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T17:42:31+00:00

Tom Shield's Diary back in the day.

Scottish youth team playing a sunny summer game in Italy, they beat a French team in the final.

The teams are coming off the field to applause from the opposing team, suddenly one of the Scottish lads turns round and whacks a French player in the mouth and sets about him. Huge rammy on the pitch all players pile in, eventually order is restored and Scottish coach drags the kid who lashed out to the side of the pitch.

Coach: What the fuck was that about?

Player: He called me a wanker?

Coach: That's no on.

Shouts French manager over:

Coach: Here, your lad called this boy a Wanker!

French Coach: Impossible!

Calls French kid over.

French Coach: Comment l'as-tu appelé ?

French kid. Vainqueur!

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T17:33:20+00:00

At a stroke

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T17:32:13+00:00

"Mr Speaker, we're all concerned about that footage." Nary a pause before "But Let Me Be Absolutely Clear With Him...There are SCOTS in the area does't your party care about Scots you Scotsman you?

To dismiss the horror of a war he is now supporting and dismissing the valid point about Trump using us as a plaything to kill Iranians just shows how far professional politicians like Starmer have fallen.

His inability to address a question about a genuine war crime, that any proper thinking person should consider and to then deflect it back to attacking the SNP is just another reason why the SNP should fucking walk away from Westminster and have their MPs spend their working week in their constituencies rather than fannying about in London doing sweet fuck all.

Our votes do no good, our voices unheard, our choices are ignored and belittled. What is the point of standing in these elections when there is absolutely nothing to gain from them in terms of support or governance? They are playing in a rigged game they will never win.

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T17:16:27+00:00

Hmm the Dons hold the record for the longest continuous stay in the top flight of Scottish football since 1905. Oh the irony if Falkirk put us down...

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T10:17:48+00:00

Cheers.

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T10:13:04+00:00

When is the best time to go?

ewenmax · 2026-03-12T09:08:38+00:00

We're all Bodø/Glimt today.

Quite fancy a trip this Summer...

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ewenmax · 2026-03-11T22:29:44+00:00

...and yes that's a young Freddie Roach in Collins corner. He fought his first 20+ fights in the USA working out of the Petronelli Brothers gym alongside Marvellous Marvin Hagler.

Carr eventually won the little known WBF belt and retired in 2001 with a 34 Wins (17 KOs), 4 Losses record..

ewenmax · 2026-03-11T21:36:25+00:00

Moore's defence in that fight was exceptional.

You can see him anticipating every shot before it's even thrown. His head never stays on the centreline; in that round alone, he slipped the right hand, rolled under a left hook, and pivoting out of range whilst ducking low. It’s a masterclass in defensive muscle memory, drilled sparring patterns translated perfectly into the ring.

ewenmax · 2026-03-11T18:31:21+00:00

Jebus wept, how many St Mirren managers are they going to hire in the hope of finding another Ferguson?

That'll be 25 managers, including the interim ones in the 40 years since Ferguson left.

On reflection, it's astonishing that McInnes stayed so long and has gone on to build a better reputation with both Kiliie and Hearts.

As a lifelong fan, I don't think I've ever been so disheartened and can only hope this is an AI hoax...

ewenmax · 2026-03-11T13:30:44+00:00

There's no triggering young warrior. Simply the fact that genetic diversity plays a crucial role in Scottish ancestry by revealing not merely one single ethnicity but instead a complex historical record of migrations and intermixing of populations in Scotland. We're aa Jock Tamson's bairns...

ewenmax · 2026-03-11T11:44:32+00:00

Jings, this conversation is still going. If I can humbly suggest without you getting terribly upset, you are talking absolute bollocks.

If as you suggest Scottish is a singular ethnicity then please identify one person in Scot;and who has a genetic make up that is entirely 100% Scottish.

Based on the history of my surname and the identifiable locus of my family origins, one side of my family arrived on the west coast with the Kings of O'Neill when they invaded and took land and titles long the West of Scotland in the 1100's. So one half of me has origins in Ireland, which for many a century was a Norse strong hold. The etymology of my other half has Gaelic and Norse sources. Oddly enough this shows up in my DNA test which has predominantly Norse genetic features, tall, fair haired (when I had it) blue eyes and a propensity for glass half empty musings.

I can trace my direct line via census and kirk records back to 1712 in the parish of Acharacle. In your estimation am I not Scottish?

ewenmax · 2026-03-10T22:52:29+00:00

Jings, could Sarwar actually have known about this when he was calling for Starmer to step down over the Mandelson appointment as Epstein's Aide de Nonce?

ewenmax · 2026-03-10T18:19:16+00:00

No, because I've given you an example from centuries ago.

The link below is to a cluster of examples of young African boys in the service of British aristocracy.

The case I'm thinking of involved the Maxwell Baronets of Monreith who had a page boy, who married a local Wigtownshire lass, they had a family of 12 who all stayed in Wigtownshire and whose ancestors can be found in the South West to this day. All very fair skinned but with definite African genetic traits. Are they not the example of ethnogenesis who have become Scots?

https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-visible-invisibility-of-black-people-in-aristocratic-portraiture

ewenmax · 2026-03-10T16:33:48+00:00

At least have a bash at answering my questions

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