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Tawdry club
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:02 am
by Bruno
Sunderland have not made a bid for Girondins de Bordeaux's Moroccan forward Marouane Chamakh, according to the French club's president, who has somewhat forcefully wondered why the player would move to the Stadium of Light.
The Black Cats have been reported as making a £13 million offer, according to The Times, but Jean-Louis Triaud has asserted that that is very definitely not the case, telling the English broadsheet newspaper, "We never received an offer.
"What the f*** would he do at Sunderland? You have heard him say he will only sign for a big English club.
"I don’t want to insult Sunderland, but I don’t even know where they finished last season."
Re: Tawdry club
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:47 pm
by Frandsen08
Bruno wrote:Sunderland have not made a bid for Girondins de Bordeaux's Moroccan forward Marouane Chamakh, according to the French club's president, who has somewhat forcefully wondered why the player would move to the Stadium of Light.
The Black Cats have been reported as making a £13 million offer, according to The Times, but Jean-Louis Triaud has asserted that that is very definitely not the case, telling the English broadsheet newspaper, "We never received an offer.
"What the f*** would he do at Sunderland? You have heard him say he will only sign for a big English club.
"I don’t want to insult Sunderland, but I don’t even know where they finished last season."
i know what you mean i just think there a biggish cheque book club, they have to be careful though because they spent a lot last year and nearly got relegated, they could do a newcastle if they buy unproven players
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:48 pm
by TANGODANCER
Brother lives in Spain. Last day of the season he was in a bar there with a load of North easterners, and, when the news that Newcastle were losing came through somebody cheered. Apparently this didn't go down very well and a mass battle ensued with Barcodes and Sunderland fans knocking seven bells out of each other. Unfortunately, he didn't get a video.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:41 pm
by Jakerbeef
Tawdry's where Aberdeen play.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:04 am
by Worthy4England
Jakerbeef wrote:Tawdry's where Aberdeen play.
Thought it was the Pitt's meself...
Fatshaft will be along to shout at us shortly...
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:45 am
by fatshaft
Worthy4England wrote:Jakerbeef wrote:Tawdry's where Aberdeen play.
Thought it was the Pitt's meself...
Fatshaft will be along to shout at us shortly...
I thought it was mildly witty, and showed an unusual awareness of Scottish football grounds
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:57 am
by Little Green Man
Jakerbeef wrote:Tawdry's where Aberdeen play.
Known to some as the 'place of manure'.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... tions.html
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:36 pm
by Hoboh
fatshaft wrote:Worthy4England wrote:Jakerbeef wrote:Tawdry's where Aberdeen play.
Thought it was the Pitt's meself...
Fatshaft will be along to shout at us shortly...
I thought it was mildly witty, and showed an unusual awareness of Scottish football grounds
Is it built on a "Pit site" then? Is Pitlochary a mining village?
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:53 pm
by Montreal Wanderer
hoboh2o wrote:fatshaft wrote:Worthy4England wrote:Jakerbeef wrote:Tawdry's where Aberdeen play.
Thought it was the Pitt's meself...
Fatshaft will be along to shout at us shortly...
I thought it was mildly witty, and showed an unusual awareness of Scottish football grounds
Is it built on a "Pit site" then? Is Pitlochary a mining village?
Pitlochry is a corruption of “ Pit-cloich-aire,” meaning “the place by the sentinel stone,”
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:58 pm
by Hoboh
Montreal Wanderer wrote:hoboh2o wrote:fatshaft wrote:Worthy4England wrote:Jakerbeef wrote:Tawdry's where Aberdeen play.
Thought it was the Pitt's meself...
Fatshaft will be along to shout at us shortly...
I thought it was mildly witty, and showed an unusual awareness of Scottish football grounds
Is it built on a "Pit site" then? Is Pitlochary a mining village?
Pitlochry is a corruption of “ Pit-cloich-aire,” meaning “the place by the sentinel stone,”
Right thanks brains
BTW whats a sentinel stone? a posh name for a urinal?
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:02 pm
by Montreal Wanderer
hoboh2o wrote:Montreal Wanderer wrote:hoboh2o wrote:fatshaft wrote:Worthy4England wrote:
Thought it was the Pitt's meself...
Fatshaft will be along to shout at us shortly...
I thought it was mildly witty, and showed an unusual awareness of Scottish football grounds
Is it built on a "Pit site" then? Is Pitlochary a mining village?
Pitlochry is a corruption of “ Pit-cloich-aire,” meaning “the place by the sentinel stone,”
Right thanks brains
BTW whats a sentinel stone? a posh name for a urinal?
Since you asked:
The name goes back to 208 A.D., when the Roman Emperor, Septimus Severus, led his forces across Scotland to the Moray Firth.
To protect the flank of his army being attacked, he closed up the valleys that opened out on his line of march by constructing a fort in each, one being on the north bank of the Tummel, on what is now the Recreation Ground. The Picts, from the then important town of Moulin, placed a sentinel beside the boulder stone that is still lying above the Pitlochry Smithy, to keep watch on the fort, hence the origin of the place name.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:02 pm
by Little Green Man
Similarly Pittenweem means 'place of the caves'. And Pittodrie means...
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:03 pm
by Bruno
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:10 pm
by Montreal Wanderer
Quod non est in google non est in mundo. He asked a question and I answered it - it's what I do. You do things differently - to each his own.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:15 pm
by Worthy4England
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
Quod non est in google non est in mundo. He asked a question and I answered it - it's what I do. You do things differently - to each his own.
Sorta makes the "art" of discussion redundant if you go look it up anyhow...
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:25 pm
by Montreal Wanderer
Worthy4England wrote:Montreal Wanderer wrote:
Quod non est in google non est in mundo. He asked a question and I answered it - it's what I do. You do things differently - to each his own.
Sorta makes the "art" of discussion redundant if you go look it up anyhow...
Discussion is about opinion, looking it up is about facts. After over four decades of answering questions in my university, I automatically look things up and give the answer when a factual question is posed. If that offends, Worthy, I apologize.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:28 pm
by Worthy4England
Montreal Wanderer wrote:Worthy4England wrote:Montreal Wanderer wrote:
Quod non est in google non est in mundo. He asked a question and I answered it - it's what I do. You do things differently - to each his own.
Sorta makes the "art" of discussion redundant if you go look it up anyhow...
Discussion is about opinion, looking it up is about facts. After over four decades of answering questions in my university, I automatically look things up and give the answer when a factual question is posed. If that offends, Worthy, I apologize.
No not at all Monty. point I was trying to (badly) make is someone could go look it up for themselves and sort of make forum banter redundant - which isn't much fun...
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:09 pm
by fatshaft
hoboh2o wrote:
Is it built on a "Pit site" then? Is Pitlochary a mining village?
Little Green Man wrote:Similarly Pittenweem means 'place of the caves'. And Pittodrie means...
Hills of dung are hardly unknown in football, at least in the metaphorical sense, but Aberdeen fans have a powerful affection for theirs. The name of the club's home at Pittodrie derives, evidently, from a Gaelic term for 'a place of manure'.
Literally Pit-Odour-y
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:28 pm
by Dave Sutton's barnet
Montreal Wanderer wrote:Quod non est in google non est in mundo. He asked a question and I answered it - it's what I do. You do things differently - to each his own.
Is google a Latin word?
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:43 pm
by Montreal Wanderer
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Montreal Wanderer wrote:Quod non est in google non est in mundo. He asked a question and I answered it - it's what I do. You do things differently - to each his own.
Is google a Latin word?
I did tinker with Roman law a trifle to bring it up to date. The original suggested that what is not written does not exist.