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Tactics from the Terrace

The first in a brand new and (hopefully) weekly feature as Craig Cairns looks at some of the more interesting tactical decisions from the Scottish Premiership weekend.

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Eight great moments from the Scottish football weekend

Among our favourites moments this week are the feisty, cross-loving County, football being the international language of friendship/tolerance, and why Motherwell is just a smashing place to be.

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Scott Allan during his unveiling at Celtic Park

Winners & Losers

Craig Fowler is back with our weekly feature Winners & Losers. The transfer saga of the summer dominates what follows. First of all, I would like to make everyone aware that this week’s Winners and Losers (the first of the current campaign) is shorter than was originally intended. This was because after I had written […]

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Show: Only in Scotland

Monday’s podcast sees Craig Fowler, Craig Cairns and Joel Sked discuss the Scott Allan transfer before recapping the Scottish Premiership weekend. This includes concern about Celtic’s lack of concentration, praise for the in-game management of Hearts, and yet more negativity surrounding Dundee United. There’s also a look at Rangers’ victory at Alloa, and a quick […]

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Martin Canning scores a header versus Dundee

2015/2016 Season Preview: Hamilton Academical

Hamilton’s opening 0-0 draw at home to Partick Thistle didn’t reveal much about whether or not Hamilton deserve their relegation favourites tag. Craig Cairns evaluates the mixture of youth, lower league experience and foreign unknowns at New Douglas Park. Last Season Alex Neil’s rise from rookie Scottish Championship manager to English Premiership manager in a […]

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Alex Neil ruined my season

There is one manager in the UK at the moment who has done more to upset me this season than any other as his teams have caused severe damage to the teams I support on both sides of the border – Alex Neil, firstly at Hamilton then at Norwich City. As a Motherwell fan I […]

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The Football Critic: Martin Canning v St Johnstone (04.04.15)

Martin Canning 33-years old Centre back/beleaguered boss v St Johnstone * Let’s say I went to a gig and two-thirds of the way through the show the guitarist decided to put down his guitar, get his tadger out and start pissing on the amp. And let’s say that he continued pissing until the amp blew […]

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Ross County names & Tony’s bowel movements

January 8, 2015

Craig Fowler, in his last show for over a month, leads Tony Anderson and Craig Cairns on a discussion through the 134 out of contract players in the SPFL Premiership this summer. Who needs to keep what? What players would other teams like to poach? And how many will end up at Ross County? Prior […]

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Has the Accies bubble burst?

Hamilton Accies arrived in the SPFL Premiership as one of the favourites for relegation. In part this was down to their struggle to ensure promotion, having lost to Dumbarton on the penultimate week of the season they slipped into the play off places. Despite beating Morton 10-2 in the last game of the season they […]

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Scottish Football Weekend: The Losers

Craig Fowler: I nominate Scottish football fans who don’t support either Rangers or Celtic. Months, LITERALLY MONTHS, of build up for one game that we weren’t overly bothered about two years ago. I understand why it’s a big story, and the media’s job is to either sell papers, attract listeners or get website hits, but […]

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