come on the gers

I think we have missed Barry, not the one that played last season through injury, but the one who is still our best player. I just hope it is the latter one that we have from now on, and his 'haters' will have to eat their words.

Just read his article on-line and I would say it is first class, his comments on Reid at the end are very poignant and true. It was a cowardly and spineless decision by both the S.P.L. and Celtic F.C.. :angry2:

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Just ordered a couple, thanks for letting us know about them. Great to see the players with the badges.

He has indeed, and I would be very surprised/unhappy if he was sold.

Flower of Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Flower Of Scotland National Anthem of Scotland Lyrics Roy Williamson, c.1965 Flower of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Flùr na h-Alba) is by tradition the national anthem of Scotland, a role for which it competes against the older Scotland the Brave. In common with England among the Home Nations, Scotland has no official national anthem. Flower of Scotland was written by Roy Williamson of the folk group The Corries and presented in 1967.[1] The song refers to the victory of the Scots, led by King Robert the Bruce over the King of England, Edward II, at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. The song is a particular favourite of Scottish national rugby union team, with the winger Billy Steele encouraging his team-mates to sing it on the Lions victorious tour of South Africa in 1974.[citation needed] The song was first sung as the pre-game anthem during the 1990 Five Nations championship[citation needed] (the forerunner of the Six Nations Championship) which culminated in the deciding match between Scotland and England which Scotland won 13-7 to win the Grand Slam. The last two lines of each verse are generally sung with particular ferocity, especially before games against England. Although not officially part of the anthem, after the line "and stood against him", it is customary to chant "against who?" after which follows the line "Proud Edward's army" in the official part of the anthem. Some singers will also insert a swear word after the line "Proud Edward's Army".[citation needed] The Scottish Football Association adopted "Flower of Scotland" as its official pre-game anthem in 1997[citation needed] although it was first used by them in 1993,[citation needed] following the Scottish Rugby Union's example. Usually only the first and third verses are sung. The introduction of Flower of Scotland was partly due to hostility amongst rugby and football fans toward the British national anthem God Save the Queen being used to represent Scotland, there being no other suitable anthem at the time. The song was popular amongst rugby supporters and was finally brought in as an unofficial anthem in response to God Save the Queen being continually drowned out by the ferocious booing and whistling of some of the Scotland supporters.[citation needed] A public petition was presented to the Scottish Parliament in 2004 calling for another song to be selected instead.[2] One snag with Flower of Scotland is that it is difficult to play on the bagpipes.[citation needed] The third last note is a flattened seventh (or indeed an irregular seventh a blue note), which is not considered to be part of the standard pipe scale. In order to hit the correct note, a 'forked fingering' must be used which less experienced players are unlikely to be familiar with. Most pipe bands play the tune incorrectly.[citation needed] The tune was originally composed on the Northumbrian smallpipes,[citation needed] which play in F and have the benefit of keys on the chanter to achieve a greater range of notes. In July 2006, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted an online poll (publicised by Reporting Scotland) in which voters could choose a national anthem from one of five candidates.[citation needed] 10,000 people took part in the poll in which Flower of Scotland came out a clear winner. The results were as follows: Tune Votes (%) Flower of Scotland 41% Scotland the Brave 29% Highland Cathedral 16% A Man's a Man for A' That 7% Scots Wha Hae 7% The flower of Scotland is not the national anthem. Nowhere there does it sat it is. God Save The Queen was getting sung years ago, that is OUR national anthem and always will be. No, God save the Queen is the BRITISH national amtham, and should only be sung when it is a British occasion sporting or other wise. Trying to put Flower of Scotland together with TFS is just plain stupid, and once again splits our support when we should be sticking together to fight the b******s who are trying to put us down. Lets not allow anyone, be it the SFA or the media to win by dividing us as a support/fans of our great club. I am normally a middle of the road type of guy but getting pissed off with what is happening at the moment.

Hutton has been out injured for a good part of the season and only returned for the last two matches. Don't see how you can claim he is playing poorly. I was just about to say the same, I have watched the last two games and I thought he was better than most, mind you that was not difficult.

Agree.

You got that right, £500.00 fine and slap on the wrist. :angry2:

R.I.P Eddie. What a dreadful week of tragic events for any family to cope with.

Enjoy the day Bluepeter, I was born and lived in Shetland until 10 years ago and know how you feel. I have had a season ticket for the last 5 years, but will miss Saturdays game because my wife and I are away for the weekend.

C'mon NVA, that's ridiculous. It's not 'everyone but Kris Boyd's fault' that he's not getting picked time and time again.I think Polar bear is maybe picking the scotland team. :harhar:I wish he was, after the team that started on Sat.

Best reply so far.

I think Davis is playing well and one of our best players, but he does give the ball away sometimes and his corner kicks are poor most of the time.

I would not have thought Darcheville would have been in the team at the expense of Boyd, but you never know, maybe Walter has got it right ??????????????????????

Swap Lafferty with Beasley and Boyd in with Miller will be the team 2-0 Boyd and Miller I would like to see the same swap as you RFC, we know Lafferty is a centre forward but Beasley is so bad at the moment I hope he is not in the team and I think the big man can do a turn out on the left side.

Camp three for me.

I was wondering the same thing last night and I would add in Davis as well, they are also both poor at free kicks and corners. Only Mendes is equal to Barry when he (Barry) is on his game, if he comes back into the team and does not play well then he should be dropped as anyone should be, but an on-form Barry is a first pick for me.

I thought so as well. When it came on I said to my wife " this is the pictures of the attack on Lenon, he is the one on the left", she said "I think these are the two men the police are looking for". "oh I see, I was sure that was Lenon" I replied

You're probably right WVB. Hopefully this will at least make people think twice about their one-sided campaign in future, as the Rangers fans have done something positive about it. I know lots of people have been involved, but I think Oleg deserves congratulations for taking the lead on this, at least as far as this site is concerned. Well done Oleg

The statement from Martin Bain was very good, and has made me feel a whole lot better. I normally do not get too wound up about what the Tic fans get up to but I was raging when it was the lead story on Reporting Scotland last night, especially when one of our main banks HBOS is in trouble. Well done also to Oleg K. and the other fans on here who have been sending e-mails and letters to anyone they could think of. :beer2:

I personally could not support England at 'tiddly winks', never mind football.