The age-old dilemma of how to shorten Vennegoor of Hesselink in Edit Mode...

Good luck making it through this! I only managed to make it through while muted 😂

Where was this treatment when we were eliminated?

I believe they laughed at us, now we get the chance to laugh back.

Vamos! 🇦🇷

I hope his next shite is a hedgehog

Behind a paywall ofc however the title is “All 31 dirty tricks Argentina unleashed on England” and proceeds to list all decisions that went against England way.

The English media at it again 😂

Feeling emotional right now. Will miss him. My favourite player of all time.

(Im aware this link shows my personal instagram account btw don’t worry about it)

Pretty solid view of the game. The graphic on Messi's impact post substitutions is incredible.

Where’d they go?

Someone posted a piece earlier today about the initiatives in the MLB and it got me thinking. This is what I would like to see in the Scottish game to improve the product and what is stopping the S.F.A from doing it?

1. Lose the preoccuption with trying to be a 'mini' England - identical league names shows the mindset of those in charge. It's not a fair comparison and we don't need to copy them.

2. Drop the minnows - 42 teams in 4 divisions - for a Country of barely 5 million people. It's too many. Most don't survive on a commercial basis and are staffed by volunteers. I would have a top division of 16 teams and a second tier of 12 teams. The rest drop into a pyramid of part-time regional leagues or merge.

3. Get a sensible fixture list - I would have as many games start at 3pm on a Saturday as possible. I don't want anymore games of Falkirk 'entertaining' St. Mirren at 8pm on a Tuesday night.

4. Slash prices across the board - food, drink, tickets and merch - The product is not value for money. £28 for an adult ticket and £10 for children. That's  £76 for a family of 4 - before buying a match programme, food and drink!

The SPFL just rest on their laurels because it's 'the national sport' - this isn't the 1920s, we live in a time of abundant content where you can watch movies, games, socials - no entertainment has a god-given right to exist, you need to convince people it's worth spending their money on. Flat rate of prices on everything and improve the experience - music, fan zones, kid's footballs, autograph sessions, food trucks the lot.

5. Trial Alcohol - let's see if people can be sensible about it.

6. Introduce Summer Football - We don't have the weather. Fans don't need to freeze on a cold dark February. It will mean better weather, better pitches, better quality football, less money spent on heating and floodlighting and better preparation for European Football.

7. Better socials and engagement - It needs to be a spectacle - I'm not saying cheerleaders and half time shows - but better highlight packages, engagement online. Right now you've got people like Open Goal, PLZ, The Warm-Up all doing their own thing. Bring them into the fold and start promoting our league.

7. Get the TV deals nailed down - The Scottish Government are all about 'standing up for Scotland' - then do it, hold the BBC's feet to the fire. We get under 5% of BBC football rights despite having 10% of the population. Every match should be streamed. There are loads of streaming services in Asia in India, China, South-East Asia that don't get Premier League rights we could be selling to. Centralize all the commercial rights with the SPFL

8. Youth Development - We need a national coaching academy. Partner with a University. We need to modernize tactics and raise standards, technical ability, bringing through players and facilities to do it. England did it with St. Georges and we can have something similar. Mandatory minutes for Scottish under-21 players.

Are the S.F.A going to do any of this? Nah, what's for lunch?