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  1. No they don't. One player has scored 20 league goals in the last few years. Overall number of goals? Name just a few of the 'plenty of strikers' in Scotland' who have done that. If Brophy was perfect he wouldn't be playing for us. As it is, he's the highest Scots born scorer in the league over the last three years except for James Forrest, and he's only two behind him. That's decent.
    8 points
  2. Brilliant. Four players in England's Premier League managed to score 20+ goals last year. Two in the Championship. Kane, Vardy, Ings and Sterling in the EPL. We can't count Sterling as he's a winger, and they're ruled out. Those high scoring lone strikers are ten a penny aren't they? I know - let's see if we can sign Kane or Vardy. Maybe in a swap deal for Brophy. Or if that seems ridiculous, let's stop comparing Brophy with Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy. That would be the sensible thing to do.
    6 points
  3. "We've got Jimmy, Jimmy Cook...on the podcast...on the podcast" Series 3 launches with a 60s fans' favourite! Jimmy gives an insight into the 1972 Scottish Cup semi final, the late 60s as an attacking player (just who were the 'hired assassins'?), the personal highs and lows, and his enduring affection for the club. He also talks about the bonus affair which rocked the club and his career after football. Interview out on Monday on all podcast channels.
    5 points
  4. We're allowed to be nostalgic about the good times
    4 points
  5. 3 58 is usually a popular choice
    3 points
  6. Zeno Rossi admits that playing with someone that has the experience Kirk Broadfoot does is huge for his progression. The on-loan Bournemouth defender has been working closely with veteran Broadfoot, who has racked up over 500 appearances – including a UEFA Cup final. And Rossi says having someone like that beside him at Kilmarnock has been great for his progress. Speaking exclusively to the Kilmarnock Standard, Rossi said: “Working with experienced guys is great, Broadfoot especially. “He has been around, he has been there and done that. “He has been giving me a lot of advice, he talks to me a lot and gives me little tips whether it’s positioning or something. “It’s really helpful having someone with that experience here as he has played hundreds of games.” He added: “The gaffer helps me as well, whenever he sees anything he gives me a word. “To be fair I think he does that with everyone, but he played my position so I know I can ask him anything.” Rossi made his professional debut as he starred for Killie in a 4-0 win over Dundee United two weeks ago. He played out of position as he was used at right-back rather than his preferred centre-back – but he admits he’d play anywhere. He said: “I have settled in well I think. The lads and all of the staff have helped me settle in, I didn’t expect to feel so settled so quickly so I am really happy about that. “I loved making my professional debut, it was a great experience. “I don’t care what position I play, I will play anywhere I am needed, I am just happy to play. “I don’t think you’ll find many taller full-backs than me! “But seriously, it was great to make my debut and it was obviously a great result too. “It doesn’t get any better than starting with a 4-0 win and the clean sheet. “Hopefully now we can kick-on and grab some wins in the next few games.” He added: “Playing games for the Under-23s down in England is nothing compared to what it’s like up here. “Even though there’s cups and competitions, it doesn’t feel as important as the professional games do. “When you are training here all week getting ready for matches you know what’s on the line. “You know how important it is in every training session, and you are fighting to get into the team so that’s a big change and one that’s going to help me a lot and it’s one of the main reasons I came up here.” Lochlin Highet.
    3 points
  7. Good article, thought it worth pasting in full... Boris Johnson's readiness to tear up the UK's reputation for honest dealing by rewriting the EU withdrawal deal has grabbed the headlines. The news, though, is worse. Legislation to create a post-Brexit single market across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland shows equal contempt for the UK's constitutional settlement. By asserting unassailable English supremacy, the prime minister is inviting Scotland to leave the union. There is a burgeoning school of thought, in Whitehall and Westminster as well as Edinburgh, that says Brexit has made Scottish independence inevitable. The sweep of history, the story runs, will conclude that the matter was settled as soon as England voted to leave the EU and Scotland to remain. The frayed bonds of the union were cut beyond repair. There is something to be said for the long view. The Anglo-Scottish union of 1707 was a contingent agreement. Mr Johnson's remark this year that there is “no such thing” as a border between the two nations was a measure of indifference as well as ignorance. Scotland did not give up its border or its nationhood — nor its distinct legal and educational systems. The union was about collaboration abroad. Scotland secured access to the emerging British empire, and England to talented entrepreneurs, engineers and administrators. With empire long gone, Brexit has put an end to any notion of a joint enterprise beyond British shores. Instead, Scotland is presented with a choice: if it sticks with England, it cuts itself off from Europe. The referendum vote to leave the EU was bad enough. The threat to defy international law on the way to a no-deal Brexit risks leaving Scotland isolated on the edge of its own continent. Historical determinists point also to the sharp contrast in political culture and temperament revealed by Covid-19. The performance of the two nations in curbing the spread has not been that different; the styles have been miles apart. The cautious, open approach of Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish National party administration has sat alongside a strategy in Downing Street most kindly described as shambolic bluster. At this point — with Ms Sturgeon demanding a rerun of the 2014 independence poll and the opinion polls showing a solidifying majority of Scots in favour of independence — a reliably pro-union government at Westminster would be declaring that nothing is preordained. England and Scotland have both been enriched by their partnership. History is written by human agency. Brexit, such a government would continue, can be the occasion for a new settlement between the four constituent parts of the union. Power reclaimed from Brussels will be distributed to every corner of the UK. Mr Johnson has taken the opposite course. Publicly he declares himself a unionist; privately, Whitehall officials report, he is heard to scorn Scotland as “too leftwing” — spending money raised from English taxpayers on lavish welfare. The prejudice is reflected in the legislation now before parliament to create a UK single market. Beyond the controversial clauses that would renege on provisions in the withdrawal agreement to keep an open border in Ireland, the essential purpose of the new law is to tighten England’s grip over the rest of the UK. Decisions over food and environment norms, labour law and industrial standards hitherto shared with Brussels will belong solely to Westminster. Powers over health and education held by the Scottish parliament and Northern Ireland and Welsh assemblies will be diluted. Westminster will decide whether to scrap the animal husbandry rules that presently bar imports of American chlorinated chicken. A common set of rules is certainly needed to allow the UK market to operate freely. Yet there is no reason why the other nations of the union should be barred a say in negotiating trade deals and the setting of standards, or that UK-wide norms must exclude a measure of national discretion. But no, English MPs at Westminster will decide what Scotland eats. In truth, the legislation — as bluntly condemned by a pro-union government in Wales as by Ms Sturgeon — is a gift to Scottish nationalism, proof that centrist Scotland is now a prisoner of rightwing English Conservativism. Mr Johnson’s response to criticism of this English-fits-all approach is to insist he will simply block independence. Even if, as the polls suggest, the Scottish Nationalists win a mandate in next year's Edinburgh elections, he will prevent a referendum. If that fails, there is a back-up plan. Scottish voters will again be told that their reliance on fiscal transfers from England mean they cannot afford independence. Both approaches serve the nationalists: the first by legitimising the SNP charge that England is locking Scotland into a state of vassalage; the second by displaying a condescending contempt calculated to energise nationalists. Of course, independence would bring severe economic challenges. But if there was a lesson from the Brexit vote in 2016 it was that identity trumps economics. Whatever the outcome of the present furore over lawbreaking, Brexit has also weakened the bonds between Northern Ireland and mainland Britain. The strains on the union, though, start with the balance between Westminster and Edinburgh. Break-up may not be preordained, but none looks so determined as Mr Johnson to force Scotland’s hand.
    3 points
  8. That doesn’t apply in Scotland though, does it? All the signs are that we will progressively - probably too slowly - return to a lockdown not far short of that in the spring. The return of schools and people to work have seen an earlier than expected autumn spike. We need to modify our behaviour in small ways which too many people have not yet grasped, so we face bigger restrictions. Football will continue until infections in the game get out of hand. Wall-to-wall televised football is a handy way for the government(s) to appease the masses.
    3 points
  9. Brindley looks a decent player. That’s some pass for the second goal.
    3 points
  10. One of my absolute favourites when I first started going... him, McLean and Eddie Eddie
    2 points
  11. As long as we don't call it the Democratic Republic of Scotland or DROS for short!
    2 points
  12. It’s about 7 days since the last 5th under alessio post. i admire your work keeping this gem in peoples minds.
    2 points
  13. Eh cos we've been out that league just a couple of years now. We were 3rd wi SC and 5th wi Alessio and it wasn't good enough but bottom with that win rate is magic!? Eddie Morrison would be binned by now, hero or not.
    2 points
  14. Absolute scum tonight voted with their pals the Tories against the Scottish Government seeking to extend the furlough scheme and protect Jobs. Their duplicity and treachery knows absolutely no bounds. Anything to stick it to the Scots government and stand with their beloved unions parliament. I always thought little of them but now they have no way back for me. Despicable.
    1 point
  15. Wigan stayed up that season
    1 point
  16. Rather like Bachmann he says all the right things and appears to be very very professional both on and off the park. Really hope he makes himself a fixture in the team this season as I think he could have a big future in the game.
    1 point
  17. Every respect to the big man, he says the right things. Good to hear that he is enjoying the experience of being with the mighty Killie.
    1 point
  18. Thanks.Even 10-12 would suit me.
    1 point
  19. If only we took our chance the last time
    1 point
  20. In August it was open 10am to 2pm on matchdays. Killie club was shut.
    1 point
  21. Well there ye go, ye DO learn something every day!
    1 point
  22. . maybe one day I’ll get over the Connah quay result
    1 point
  23. I don't need to wise up you need to get a grip. Why was the 1st division our level then but top 6 is our level now? The truth is you earn the level you're at, nothing more nothing less. But to compare the years we had in the wilderness to now is utter nonsense.
    1 point
  24. imagine the seethe in every OO lodge in the land, I'd pay money to see that unfold. No Union and No Queen, their tiny brained, beer sodden heads would implode with anger and despair.
    1 point
  25. Well done Barbados, a pointless thing for a modern world, where someone whose inbred ancestors were better a fighting than others, is celebrated and treated as if they're inherently better then you.
    1 point
  26. Tell me what my "argument" is? That this virus is deadlier than some are stating and opening the gates to Rugby Park or any other stadium in Scotland is a bad idea due to the thousands of folk who could be infected? I never said I agree with all restrictions. The economy needs to move forward or unemployment, homelessness, suicides etc will increase. This topic is about test events to allow folk back into stadiums. I miss the football as much as anyone and I'm climbing the walls to be back, but the reality is, 60,000 folk in Parkhead is enough to put the full of the country back into a proper lockdown if one or two asymptomatic folk swan into the stadium. Unfortunately mate your argument breaks down when you said people should use common sense. There are literally hundreds of thousands in Scotland without two brain cells to rub together that don't follow guidelines or the rules or even download an app for their phone to track the virus because they don't like a political party. This country is full of absolute weapons and that's why we are still having localised lockdowns... I mean come on to f**k, after match day one we had eight players from a professional football team who went out clubbing when they should have been keeping within a bubble. What chance have we got when a supporters bus is travelling to Ibrox from Alloa and they're all on the orange 20/20 foaming at the mouth about the pope and "Jimmy Krankie"
    1 point
  27. I've seen this sort of thing posted before and it goes no way in explaining why hospitals began to become stretched and death tolls started rocketing to way above normal levels in March time. Especially considering all the big indoor family get togethers around the festive period, you would have thought January would have been a terrible month if this were in circulation at that stage. Seems implausible to me.
    1 point
  28. Pretty sure @mathematics will give you a ban for this suggestion!
    1 point
  29. Came to say this - exactly the type of passes the first team needs....hope its not a one-off.
    0 points
  30. That was our level then though!? It isnt now? Our present run is awful. Our level now should be top 6 not bottom with 4 wins in 20 or something similarly Dyer. Aye much more enjoyable getting humped by big teams we've been regularly beating, wise up, we'll be back playing in that league with this win rate.
    0 points
  31. I desperately want to get back to seeing live football, but at the moment the momentum is growing to allowing fans back whilst ignoring that the figures are heading in the wrong direction. Can't really get my head round the whole situation.
    0 points
  32. So if you had your way the whole of Britain would be stuck in their homes forever in case we spread a virus that so far 99.9% of the population has survived. there is no absolute proof that lockdowns work as there is no real evidence that they don’t. there is a very strong likelihood that this virus was around for a lot longer than first thought.i have family members who were really ill with the flu back in December and looking back had all of the symptoms of COVID. IMO lockdowns etc don’t work as ultimately we need workers out there as society would breakdown otherwise. You could argue that those that advocate lockdowns etc are the ones that are being selfish. Those same folk will still want their Tesco. Com delivery, will still want Scottish gas to come to their house if their boiler breaks down. So it’s ok for some to go out into this dangerous place while others don’t. we were told that lockdown was essential to protect the NHS (who do a fantastic job) well they have coped so far so why continue with restrictions. See if the NHS is under resourced then why not invest the billions wasted on schemes and tests and we could really have something to be proud about. Not just something that has been used to prioritise COVID patients. If we don’t have an economy how long do you think these services will last???? people are getting complete and utterly sick of the measures in place and some can see what lies ahead if we don’t get back to normal. And it’s not just your local fandans.
    -1 points
  33. Not only the football also want to go to the gym, go on a supporters bus, go to Spain , go to the pub. All the things that get the economy booming again. get the red cards going tonto!!!!
    -1 points
  34. Most clubs only deploy one striker these days. Plenty of strikers manage to rack up 20+ goals playing up on their own. I feel for Brophy as he clearly doesn't enjoy playing the lone striker role but he should have been working to develop this side of his game as the last 18 months he has mostly been picked up front on his own. From what I've seen I can't pick a side of his game that has improved, this is worrying in a player so young.
    -1 points
  35. Tory government would be my guess.
    -1 points
  36. I never mentioned Scotland, throughout the world most clubs have moved away from the traditional 4-4-2. In Scotland Celtic and Rangers both only use one up top most games. In England two of the top scorers both play upfront on their own (Kane & Vardy) and still manage to score goals. Personally my issue is that since he has came to us he doesn’t seem to have improved his overall game, he is young and we should see signs of his game improving. Apart from bulking out his physique what has he been working on and why aren’t we seeing signs that his game is improving?
    -1 points
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