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Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:29 am**

Slick wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:29 am Are we all switching sports tonight?

Depends if they win or not

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:39 am**

Northern Lights wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:29 am
Slick wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:29 am Are we all switching sports tonight?
Depends if they win or not

No way will I reopen that wound, I've enough heartache following rugby as an Edinburgh and Scotland supporter.

I used to be obsessed as a kid, now I can't name one Scotland player.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:43 am**

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:39 am
Northern Lights wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:29 am
Slick wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:29 am Are we all switching sports tonight?
Depends if they win or not

No way will I reopen that wound, I've enough heartache following rugby as an Edinburgh and Scotland supporter.

I used to be obsessed as a kid, now I can't name one Scotland player.

I haven't watched a game in years but quite excited about this. I pulled out of going to France '98 at the last moment consoling myself that I'd go to the next one...

I have a theory anyway. We qualified for everything when the vast majority of the team were Mc's and Mac's but the last couple of decades there have been very few in the team. I was pleased to see this team has a generous sprinking and my theory proven conclusively.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:59 am**

Slick wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:29 am Are we all switching sports tonight?

Come on the elephant polo team, you can do it

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:08 am**

westport wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:59 am
Slick wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:29 am Are we all switching sports tonight?
Come on the elephant polo team, you can do it

I know I shouldn't do it, we've been here before, but this time round...I genuinely think our kabaddi boys have a real chance in Myanmar tonight.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:32 am**

robmatic wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:50 am
Tichtheid wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:48 pm
Yr Alban wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:31 pm Cheers. Aware of Bradbury, obviously, but he’s definitely a 6/8 rather than a specialist. Do like him as a player though. Haven’t seen a lot of Crosbie, though people have always been very positive on here and I’ve been waiting for him to get a chance. I meant more the guys who are just starting to get game time (the Millers, Boyles, Darges and Gordons).
Miller played 8 on Monday and played it very well. He's not quite as big as Crosbie, but has a similar frame, these guys, like Ritchie, are athletic rather than bruisers, their game is about pace rather than hard yards in confined spaces, though they call all do that it's certainly easier if you're coming in at 120kg+

Boyle, Darge and Gordon are similar to Matt Fagerson in height, all around the six foot mark and can play across the back row, Darge played 8 for the U20s as well as 7, but he's listed as a blindside for Edinburgh.
I didn't see much of Monday night's game because of the streaming issues but Miller seems to have bulked up a bit since last season?

That was Cocker's criticism last year was it not, that he hadn't hit his weight target. He was a good U20 player alongside Matt Smith and Jamie Richie but seemed to fall behind. He always seemed on a similar skill level so presumably that was due to his perceived lack of size. If Edinburgh/Cockerill see him as an 8, that might explain why they felt he needed that extra bulk.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:43 am**

Slick wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:29 am Are we all switching sports tonight?

Tried that Tuesday night

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:07 pm**

Jock42 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:43 am
Slick wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:29 am Are we all switching sports tonight?
Tried that Tuesday night

In case any of you missed the news, the match rights are owned by Sky but they've made this game free to view via Sky Pick, which is on Freeview.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:58 pm**

Pitch has been laid at mini Murrayfield and the place is looking good

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:20 pm**

Easy to forget how unrelentingly fucking boring football is.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:35 pm**

Exactly ... so looking forward to the halftime punditry

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:18 pm**

Farking hell this is nerve wracking.... changed my tune

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:19 pm**

Dinnae dae it tae yersel, Slick, it's the hope etc

edit, just checked the score

MON SCOTLAND!!!

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:21 pm**

Slick wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:18 pm Farking hell this is nerve wracking.... changed my tune

I got bored (again) after the goal. Flicking between the match and masterchef

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:32 pm**

every fucking time

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:34 pm**

You just knew it as soon as they got that corner.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:46 pm**

F*cking typical!!

Anyone backing us to win in ET?

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:48 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:19 pm Dinnae dae it tae yersel, Slick, it's the hope etc

edit, just checked the score

MON SCOTLAND!!!

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:48 pm**

I know better than to back Scotland in a must win game of anything.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:48 pm**

It just doesn’t get anymore Scottish

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:57 pm**

it wid bring tears tae a gless ee

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:23 pm**

Great save.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:24 pm**

Ya dancer.

That was tense.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:25 pm**

Just a few months for them to come up with a new way to totally fuck up the group stage of a tournament.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:35 pm**

That was tense but we're back in Euros.

Group is a toughie: Croatia, England and Czech but who cares?!!

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:42 pm**

Blimey...

Group game vs England too.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:44 pm**

That was fun!

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:06 pm**

In a fortnight -

Rugby Team wins in Wales
Trump kicked out of office
Vaccine on the way
Scotland qualify for the Euros.

I'm going to wake up in a bit.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:06 pm**

tc27 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:42 pm Blimey...

Group game vs England too.

The Croatia and Czech games are at Hampden and the England one at Wembley, should be a hell of a few weeks. Hoping these restrictions are lifted by then as I'd love to be back for for an extended holiday to watch these games.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:07 pm**

Biffer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:06 pm In a fortnight -

Rugby Team wins in Wales
Trump kicked out of office
Vaccine on the way
Scotland qualify for the Euros.

I'm going to wake up in a bit.

Aye, as Scotland are sunk in Rome

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:18 pm**

Caley_Red wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:06 pm
tc27 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:42 pm Blimey...

Group game vs England too.
The Croatia and Czech games are at Hampden and the England one at Wembley, should be a hell of a few weeks. Hoping these restrictions are lifted by then as I'd love to be back for for an extended holiday to watch these games.

Every reason to be optimistic for next summer.

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:28 am**

I turned the TV off for the penalties as I was convinced we would lose. Still in a bit of shock that we won.... and beat Wales away at rugby, fuck me this feels great!

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:49 am**

So i take we are now going to be campaigning to ban all spectators from professional sport, we are ace when there is no one watching.

Typical that we could have had 2 events that would have had the pubs absolutely bouncing with the result and we are nae allowed in them.

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:54 am**

Vaccine will definitely happen now. Every wee scrote from John O’Groats to Gretna will be dusting off the school biology books so that he can go to Wembley in June and call Harry Kane a wanker.

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:26 am**

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:54 am Vaccine will definitely happen now. Every wee scrote from John O’Groats to Gretna will be dusting off the school biology books so that he can go to Wembley in June and call Harry Kane a wanker.

Given our ponchance for drinking, injecting, smoking all manners of poison you would have thought there wouldnt be the same barriers to rolling out the vaccine in Scotland, just start spreading the rumour that you get a nice wee buzz from the new jab...

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:32 am**

Caley_Red wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:07 pm
Biffer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:06 pm In a fortnight -

Rugby Team wins in Wales
Trump kicked out of office
Vaccine on the way
Scotland qualify for the Euros.

I'm going to wake up in a bit.
Aye, as Scotland are sunk in Rome

Hopefuly the rugby team celebrated a bit too hard and will be too hungover to play tomorrow

Congrats on the win

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:05 am**

How many thousands do you think will head down to London.

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:19 am**

Slick wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:05 am How many thousands do you think will head down to London.

Hard to tell what the ticket allocation will be. Normally in a championship you’d expect about a third to each team and a third to go elsewhere (neutrals/sponsors/corporate etc) but given the way this tournament is set up I don’t know what they’ve done about hosts getting extra tickets. You’d hope that Scotland would get 20k at least given it’s a 90k stadium.

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:23 am**

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:19 am
Slick wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:05 am How many thousands do you think will head down to London.
Hard to tell what the ticket allocation will be. Normally in a championship you’d expect about a third to each team and a third to go elsewhere (neutrals/sponsors/corporate etc) but given the way this tournament is set up I don’t know what they’ve done about hosts getting extra tickets. You’d hope that Scotland would get 20k at least given it’s a 90k stadium.

I was thinking more about how many will travel down without a ticket to party in London for the weekend - I presume they would set up a fan zone etc. I'm thinking many thousands will go down for the weekend after 22 years!

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:36 am**

MOst tickets already allocated/sold apparently. According to the radio only 10% left to go for the teams that qualify.

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