I got my blog out of cold storage to write about the Mark Goldbridge, tv rights and what it might eventually mean for Scottish football open.substack.com/pub/scottish...

I got my blog out of cold storage to write about the Mark Goldbridge, tv rights and what it might eventually mean for Scottish football open.substack.com/pub/scottish...

Found this to be a really interesting, thoughtful piece www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

Had to take a step out of my sports writing comfort zone this week to say a thing that needed to be said. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Delighted Andor’s back. Still easily the best thing in the Star Wars universe since Empire.

That’s absolutely brutal.

Colleagues are cancelling their US work trips. I worry that international colleagues in the US are at risk if they collaborate with us on certain topics. I've written a new post about the increasing danger of being a foreign scientist in the US. christinapagel.substack.com/p/trumps-att...

This is wild, dystopian stuff. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

Robson’s figured out a way to keep us from conceding goals or chances. Unfortunately, it’s absolutely brutal going the other way too.

Thistle have been really good at this over the last year, so glad to see it’s paying off.

After the derby defeat could the much-vaunted Tynecastle atmosphere work against Hearts? @andyharrow.bsky.social and @craigcairns.bsky.social preview the four Scottish Cup quarter-finals by debating a key question ahead of each contest. Sub: www.patreon.com/posts/4-big-...

It's time to end the Trump denialism and admit that the US is no longer Europe's ally. Why while Keir Starmer's attempts to be an "honest broker" with Donald Trump have been well-intentioned, it is now clear they are doomed to failure bylinetimes.com/2025/03/04/d...

That second half was abysmal. Never left a game as early as that. We’re a miserable team.

Utterly bleak. Every day there's something to make you more despondent.

That’s the little bubble burst then. Defended ok but we offered *nothing* in attack. Bannon, Mochrie and McStravick were all impressive for Airdrie.

After beating Thistle, the typical thing for this season would have been to drop points today, so that’s a big win.

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This is fascinating. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/m...

Really good performance today. Thistle never seemed to have a sniff and we put the game out of sight pleasantly early. Promotion playoffs suddenly look doable (although we need to solve our inconsistency issues).

Via @mattbelloni.bsky.social:

This has been a good excuse to get away from the kids for a few pints and, well, that’s literally it.

There’s not much I’d pay a ludicrous amount of money for, but the last ever Sabbath show, plus all those other bands, is one.

Nice (for me, if no one else) to be back doing some pods

Thought we were ok first half but that second 45 was chronic. Didn’t remotely look like scoring and another mistake by Dabrowski for their 2nd killed it.

That was really good. Dug in after half time and extra time was pretty even. Easton was brilliant.

Really good performance so far. Don’t remember us pressing from the front as much as this for a long time, but it’s working. Impressed with Marsh too, even if he should have scored that chance.

@dncncmrn.bsky.social your Sportsound call was excellent, was nodding along with all of it

Three managers in this season, it’s probably safe to say it’s our squad that’s the biggest problem.

Can’t remember Rangers handling Celtic this comfortably in a competitive game in years.

Late to the news today so I’m sure this has already been said, but I’m not sure why we ended up employing a guy we knew wanted to go back to America and had a release clause that could be activated this season? As with everything this season, it comes down to the lack of plan after Murray’s sacking.

That was such a bad performance too.

This sounds cool, guys.

A devatasting piece of writing by a journalist who becomes homeless. www.esquire.com/news-politic...

A really good game, draw probably fair, but I love Steve Clarke’s Scotland (outside summer months).

Finding it hard to imagine a season ending in more than mid table nothingness after today. And that’s probably best case scenario. Gibson and David made a difference in the second half today, but not many plus marks amongst the rest.

Ben Doak’s been understandably patchy for us up until this point, but that was a properly exciting performance from him tonight. Really needed it with a few of our best players having an off night too.

I know the international week dead zone is rubbish, but having a double header of Scotland Friday night and Rovers Saturday afternoon is as good as it gets (I reserve the right to change this opinion).