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Gandalf the Blue

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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to CR3 in UEFA Nations League   
    Well done NI and Steve Davis in particular.
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Zulu in UEFA Nations League   
    You couldnt fukin make it up
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to OhW in Castore Kit Thread   
    They should probably get rid of this quote from the website tbh. 

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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Clemdog in Castore Kit Thread   
    Unsure mate.
    That's basic Consumer Rights. 
    I'd say, with my fairly decent knowledge of The Consumer Rights Act, it'd be difficult to prove most of them apart from 'Satisfactory Quality'.
    Unless there is an obvious issue with 'quality' (stitching etc) then I think it's quite difficult to prove. However, the sooner you report it the more chance you stand. 
    In saying that our top is a similar price to most other football kits. So it could be argued (unless there there is an obvious flaw) that is is of a satisfactory quality. Despite the discrepancies between Turkish and Chinese kits. 
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Clemdog in Castore Kit Thread   
    Some form of proof of purchase would be required to return it. 
    Plus a suggestion of one reason as to why it was faulty. 
    Either :
    Not fit for purpose As described Satisfactory quality
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Swally in Castore Kit Thread   
    Agreed, that type of thing should be covered under warranty... unless they want to be arseholes about it.
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    Gandalf the Blue got a reaction from Swally in Castore Kit Thread   
    If its faulty, ie the stitching is fucked, then it shouldn't need a receipt or tags i think
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Ger_onimo in Castore Kit Thread   
    Hard for the younger fans to believe, but there was a time when Rangers went up to a week without making an absolute rip roaring cunt of something 
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to mark1963 in Scottish Football   
    Aberdeen to miss out on Ryan Fraser sell on fee 20% ,how sad .
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Laudrup1984 in Scottish Football   
    Following the decision by the 3 man Fast Track Tribunal Panel to dismiss the club appeal against the yellow card awarded to James Keatings by referee Greg Aitken during Sunday’s Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Cup Semi-Final, the club has no option but to speak out publicly on behalf of our player and on behalf of the growing number of Scottish football clubs who believe that the SFA disciplinary process is not fit for purpose.
    In relation to the inexplicable decision to dismiss our appeal this morning, one which will see James miss the Cup Final, we would like to communicate with our support and to the many people who have contacted James and the club since Sunday. 
    Our appeal was submitted on Monday morning with our payment for the right to appeal and video evidence of 3 different angles of the incident, with the most enlightening angle shown at full speed and also in slow motion. The referee also submitted his reply to the appeal and within that, he states that from his angle, he believed there had been no contact made by the defender on James and this led him to believe that James had thrown himself to the ground in an attempt to deceive him, therefore he deemed it to be an act of simulation, hence the decision. 
    We do not want to question anyone’s integrity in this statement and therefore if we set what we do or do not believe aside, it could certainly be argued that this position is plausible.  The video evidence however removes all doubt from the situation and it was this evidence with which we confidently based our case on. As far as we were concerned, once the 3 man panel viewed the video evidence, coupled with the fact that the referee himself was stating that he only made the decision based on his personal view, albeit that he was only a few yards away and not the vastly superior and different video angles, justice and sporting integrity would surely prevail. 
    James Keatings has never been booked for simulation in his entire career and Sunday’s red card was also the first in his career. The player himself was devastated by the decision on Sunday and has been contacted by many players, ex-players, the PFA and multiple journalists and friends, all of whom believed that justice would be done by the panel. This scenario represented the exact situation that these protocols were set up to address. 
    When the club was given the news this morning that the appeal had not only be dismissed but that James had in fact been adjudged to have committed simulation, we were both incredulous and furious in equal measure. We would once again re-iterate that we do not want to call into question anyone’s integrity with this statement but we must call into question the actual football knowledge of those sitting in judgement on all Scottish football players under this current system. If the individuals involved in this morning’s Tribunal can watch the footage we supplied, footage which the whole of Scottish football has now seen and call this simulation, then there can be no other conclusion other than they do not understand football or the rules of the game. As harsh as this sounds, there can be no other conclusion. Fans and officials of all clubs are mystified by this decision. 
    This decision has cost our player the chance to play in a national Cup Final, not something that comes along every week, to the detriment of the player, his team mates, the club and our fans. We believe it also damages the credibility of our governing body and brings the game into disrepute. The decision is plainly wrong and the dogs in the street know this. We have no right to appeal this final decision and it is painful to accept. 
    As a club we have been contacted by Chairmen, Chief Executives, Directors and fans of other clubs today in a completely unique show of support and solidarity with James Keatings and ICTFC. As appreciated as this has been undoubtedly been, it does not change the fact that there is clearly something wrong with the system, if it is not addressed, we are all responsible for the continuing denigration of our standards, our supporters view of the national game and sporting integrity in Scottish football. 
    Scot Gardiner  – Chief Executive Officer
    Ross Morrison – Chairman
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to BLUEDIGNITY in Rangers Picture Thread   
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    Gandalf the Blue got a reaction from ayrshireranger in Scottish Football   
    Motherwell have announced a £436,000 loss for the year to May 2019, having made a £1.7m profit in the previous accounting period.
    The Fir Park club finished eighth in last season's Scottish Premiership - one place lower than in 2017-18, when the club also reached both cup finals.
    Gate receipts were down almost a half to £1.6m and broadcasting rights fell around 25% to £1.4m.
    Revenue of £4.6m included £781,000 of transfer income.
    Player sales were largely made up of the first instalment of the sale of Cedric Kipre, who joined Wigan in August 2018.
    Staff costs rose by around £50,000 to almost £4m - just £600,000 less than the total revenue.
    Prize money, including Uefa solidarity payments, dropped from £750,000 to £160,000.
    The club has liabilities of £80,000 owed to five fans but, as announced last month, Motherwell no longer owe money to former owners John Boyle and Les Hutchison.
    This season Stephen Robinson's side have regularly been in the Premiership's top four as the season's midway point approaches.
     
    Does this mean their wages are 87% of total revenue? Mental. Hurry up and die.
     
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to plymouthranger in Scottish Football   
    Kilmarnock have some pretty mental beliefs about how big a club they are...
    They’ve literally done nothing in history of note barring the odd cup success, have a stadium they can’t even fill 25% of & had 2 good seasons under Clarke.
    (I lived in Ayrshire for 10 years and nobody there gives a shit about them either, it’s either Rangers or juniors)
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    Gandalf the Blue got a reaction from HG5 in Scottish Football   
    Gassed out after their midweek cup final
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to BLUEDIGNITY in Rangers Picture Thread   
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Drumloyal in Scottish Football   
    Being kicked out and down to the 4th tier, bound to confidentiality, transfer ban, transfer fees withheld, player assets lost, robbed by spivs and kicked from pillar to post for the best part of a decade all due to an at the time legal tax scheme that tarriers also used. 
    "Given every help by the authorities."
     
    Commit child rape and cover it up for decades however and you somehow gain a moral highground. 
     
     
    Fuck the sfa and this cuntry. 
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to graeme_4 in PRESS CONFERENCE - Steven Gerrard / Ryan Kent   
    Shot fired today from the gaffer. 
    Everything he says comes with such credibility. 
    Ruining amateurs left, right and centre. 
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Blueteeth in PRESS CONFERENCE - Steven Gerrard / Ryan Kent   
    I don't know of any players in the championship that play for Nigeria 
    Get it up ye Bowyer ya stupid cunt
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Boybluesy in PRESS CONFERENCE - Steven Gerrard / Ryan Kent   
    Rightly so and Clarke can't hide behind any sectarian pish comments this time. Why the fuck he's doing 11k runs when it should have been about tactics and the players getting on the training pitch.  People listen to Gerrard and this is a right kick in the balls for Clarke.
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Courtyard Bear in PRESS CONFERENCE - Steven Gerrard / Ryan Kent   
    Amateur hour from the SFA again, Jack should be running everything he does with them past the fitness team at Rangers. 
    If the fitness team at Rangers have already told the SFA just what Jack can and can’t do when it comes to training and they disregarded that then Stevie needs to be kicking fuck out of Clarke  
     
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Grae in Heard There’s a Party...   
    50 Kent
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to SeparateEntityMyArse in Claudio Marchisio   
    Hate it when a player we're not interested in turns down an offer we never made.
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    Gandalf the Blue got a reaction from Kaydubya11 in Things you hate in football right now   
    Play acting. I had forgotten how bad it was until we played Legia. Constantly holding the back of their heads. 
    Tbf the ref both times didnt fall for it much. On another day though.
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    Gandalf the Blue got a reaction from Blumhoilann in Things you hate in football right now   
    Play acting. I had forgotten how bad it was until we played Legia. Constantly holding the back of their heads. 
    Tbf the ref both times didnt fall for it much. On another day though.
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    Gandalf the Blue reacted to Moody Blue in Joe Dodoo   
    Wonder if he’ll end up at QPR 
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