DUNDEE UNITED began the season as firm favourites for promotion from the Championship. The biggest club and the biggest budget in Scotland’s second tier, the aim is simple for The Terrors in that they end a two year absence from the Premiership. Ten games into the season, things are not going according to plan! United [Read more]
Laurie returns to the podcast to join me and Krys. Greig is missing, which is unusual timing considering his side got their arguably their biggest win of the season. I suppose it’s only Hamilton. John has homework due for tomorrow. Hearts sealed the Championship title at the weekend, so it’s perfect timing to get Laurie [Read more]
It’s transfer deadline day and Greig is missing, presumably in talks with another podcast. 1-1 draws, transfers, semi finals, naughty songs, crap pitches, bawbags, cola, Prem predictions and of course the charity bet, all feature. Declan McManus is our pick for the first scorer charity bet this weekend. We have also went for a treble of [Read more]
It turns out Scottish football couldn’t hold on to ‘Baby Messi’ for long. Ryan Gauld was snapped up by Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon for £3 million in July and with a release clause of €60 million in his contract it is clear he is held in the highest regard by his new club. Sporting have [Read more]
Being given the tag as the ‘Baby Messi’ may place considerable pressure and expectation on a player who may struggle with the spotlight placed directly on them, but Ryan Gauld has taken it all in his stride. The 18-year-old starlet has shown maturity beyond his years to deal with the inflated hype surrounding his wonderful [Read more]
12 months ago, a 17-year old Ryan Gauld was just coming to the end of a promising season as a Dundee United player. The midfielder made his full debut in April 2013, scoring in a 1-1 draw with St Johnstone and he finished the campaign with a reputation as one of the brightest young prospects [Read more]
This week sees the debut of Nicky, who joins Krys, Laurie and I to discuss the previous 7 days in Scottish football. Nicky is a Dundee United fan, so we hear his views on the appointment of Jackie McNamara as Dundee United manager. Dundee United despatched Rangers with ease in the Scottish Cup, which leads [Read more]
We don’t spend too long discussing the weekend’s SPL games, because frankly, they weren’t the matches weren’t very good. The league cup was where it’s at and Laurie and Krys have very different reactions to their games. We won the charity bet last week, and I take great delight in announcing our big win. Dumbarton [Read more]