Tales Of Insignificance

PAUL HARTLEY AND GRAHAM ALEXANDER AND LEE MCCULLOCH ARE ALL SHIT!

HELLOGOODBYE TIME

Ha! I bet the no one that reads this thought I'd miss the month of April out entirely, but no! :)

P.S Otis Redding and Jawbreaker are amazingggggggggg times infinity.

...that at least 7 of those who started against Italy for Scotland tonight in the national football side are the best possible canditates to fill their respective roles. The 7 I am referring to are Gary Naysmith, Graham Alexander, Davie Weir, Paul Hartley, Lee McCulloch, Gary Teale and Kenny Miller. Even though we only lost 2-0, and didn't play horribly bad, we were still outclassed by a long way and were somewhat lucky to not concede more, thanks to good saves from Craig Gordon in goals. I thought that Craig Gordon played well, obviously, as well as Scott Brown who is a real fighter, and Barry Ferguson controlled the ball well except that one time he turned and ran straight into an Italian player. I also thought Stephen McManus was unlucky to be have so many free kicks given against him, and Italian striker Luca Toni is just a diving bugger. We shouldn't have conceded the first goal either, and wouldn't have if our defense was any better. Anyway, to the reasons why I believe that a whole 7 members of our starting 11 should be replaced :

Gary Naysmith : He doesn't seem to have a great deal of pace, and I never see him doing much, if any, useful defensive or offensive work. I can't really think of any Scottish good left-backs right now, bar Stevie Smith of Rangers who may do the job better, but probably needs more experience first...

Graham Alexander : He's too old, takes too long on the ball, and doesn't do anything with it. I never see him defending well either. I think that Steven Whittaker should be played in this position, but I have the obvious bias of being a Hibs fan. Murty, who's in the squad, should probably get a game ahead of Alexander as he plays for Premiership side Reading, whereas Alexander plays for lowly Championship side Preston North End. Blah.

Davie Weir : Too old and slow. He has good positioning sense I think, and can do his job from time to time, but against more talented and experienced forwards he's left wanting thanks to complete lack of pace. Give Russell Anderson a chance, or put Steven Pressley with Stephen McManus at the back (Pressley and McManus play together at club level too, which is an added bonus as the two will be familiar with each other).

Paul Hartley : He doesn't really do anything. This is most likely down to him being played in a defensive role other than letting him do what he does best with his surging runs into the box, but I think that Darren Fletcher and Barry Ferguson should be paired up in midfield anyway, so there's no room for Hartley in my book.

Gary Teale : Just utter fucking shite. Shouldn't be in the Scotland SQUAD, never mind the starting 11. Useless! Play Scott Brown on the right!

Lee McCulloch : Doesn't do anything except win the ball in the air. He's scored no goals for Scotland and that doesn't really come as a surprise to me. He couldn't even win the ball in the air tonight against an aerially dominant Italian side. I doubt he won it once in the air.

Kenny Miller : He tries hard, but the guy couldn't finish his dinner, and his touch is awful. We need someone to play alongside Kris Boyd who compliments him and is able to get the ball to him to score, as well as being able to score themselves now and again instead of fucking it up royally at every turn. Now I realise that Scotland don't exactly have a wealth of talented strikers, but we have to have someone who can play better than this clown. Gordon Strachan should play Derek Riordan for Celtic, he's better than Miller and a talented Scottish player who's just going to waste.

I know that Scotland didn't play horribly tonight, but still there has to be better players than Alexander and Miller. I think that we should be playing Craig Gordon in goals with Steven Whittaker at right back, with either Russell Anderson or Steven Pressley alongside Stephen McManus in the centre of defense, and maybe Steven Smith at left back. If you know of any better left-backs please let me know. In midfield I'd play Scott Brown on the right with Darren Fletcher and Barry Ferguson in the centre, and Chris Burke on the left, and up front I'd play Kris Boyd with some other striker, maybe Derek Riordan if Strachan ever pulls his finger out his arse and decides to play him for Celtic and get him some first team football. Gary Teale, Davie Weir, Lee McCulloch and Graham Alexander I'd just punt out the squad altogether...

Now I've probably missed some decent players that could do a better job in positions than ones I've mentioned, so feel free to let me know, but still these 7 players shouldn't be starting for Scotland, and some shouldn't even be pulling on the jersey at all.

I think there are some good prospects coming through for Scotland like Chris Burke, Scott Brown, Steven Naismith, Steven Fletcher and Lewis Stevenson, and the sooner we get them through and get rid of some of the old decrepit buggers in the team, the better.

Still hoping that we finish 2nd in this group and qualify for Euro 2008, but it's improbable, and if we finish 3rd at least we can move up to 3rd pot and hopefully get drawn into an easier qualification group for upcoming competitions.

Oh, and about comics, I finished one sort of, need to touch it up a bit, probably put it up next week.

Yes! Happy Valentines Day one and all! :) And in honour of this day I shall recommend you some of my favourite songs which have an affinity with LOVE. Yes, it's your lucky day indeed...

Bob Marley - Is This Love
The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
Screeching Weasel - Supermarket Fantasy
The Mr T Experience - ...And I Will Be With You
Jawbreaker - Kiss The Bottle
The Aquabats - Lovers Of Loving Love
blink-182 - Wasting Time
Fenix*TX - Tearjerker
Journey - Faithfully
Morrissey - I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
The Smiths - Unloveable
New Found Glory - Sucker
The Cure - Pictures Of You
The Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
Senses Fail - One Eight Seven
The Vandals - If The Government Could Read My Mind
MxPx - Do Your Feet Hurt?
Weezer - Across The Sea
The Misfits - Last Caress
Meat Loaf - For Crying Out Loud
Johnny Cash - Before My Time
Hot Action Cop - Fever For The Flava
Home Grown - Giving Up
Hellogoodbye - Dear Jamie...Sincerely Me
Feable Weiner - 7th Grade
Descendents - Clean Sheets

That'll probably do for now :P

I'll probably draw something Friday/Saturday night, doubt I'll be doing anything then :)

...I completely missed out the month of December! Feck. Oh well, can't dwell in the past.

Onto the new year then! HAPPY NEW YEAR, ONE AND ALL! Hope you had a good one :)

Christmas was rad, I received a Wii, with Zelda and Wii Play, as well as the packed-in Wii Sports. I've been playing with Wii Sports mostly, and a few hours of Zelda, and it's been really quite enjoyable as I expected it to be. I love the Forecast Channel too, especially the globe function. Can't wait to see the News one.

ALSO, European Wii owners should listen now, I hear that the Stars you can accumulate on Nintendo's VIP 24:7 program (where you get little tickets inside games and consoles which you can redeem online for stars in your account) could be used to buy Wii Points soon. I was really pleased to hear this, as I've got a whole bunch of stars (about eight and a half thousand, to be precise) and I'd love to be able to get a game or two on the Virtual Console with them, and the full version of the Internet Channel too, when that comes.

If you haven't signed up to that yet, not to worry, there's still ample time to do it now. If you have any Nintendo developed Gamecube, Game Boy Advance or DS games, dig them out now and look for a ticket/leaflet with "VIP 24:7" on it, and get them registered. There's one with the Wii worth 500, and one with Wii Sports worth 250 as well.

If you want to help me out click this link, I get some stars if you sign up via this one so it'd be a help :

HERE

If not, just go here

http://www.nintendovip.com

And go nuts.

In regards to the comic : come lazy, lonely days I'll probably end up drawing one or two, so expect at least one more in the future...

In other news, I got a SUPER COOL AWESOME debit card doohicky. It means I can buy tons of CDs from www.amazon.co.uk, essentially :P

I just got it on Saturday and I've already ordered :

Wire - Pink Flag
The Queers - Love Songs For The Retarded
Punchline - Action
Feable Weiner - Dear Hot Chick
The Melvins - Houdini
The Misfits - Walk Among Us
Jawbreaker - Etc.

I also ordered a QI book, and pre-ordered Harry Potter 7 :)

Any recommendations, let me know!

Until next time!

--Graeme.

WOOP, got a comic done :) Expect one Friday too :D

2 weeks since I put up a comic *embarassment*

I'd say I was in a shit-storm of uni work...if that wasn't just a filthy lie. I'm just lazy :( Going to try and get one up tomorrow though, hopefully. My computer has just been reformatted, so I lost the little template things I made and stuff...but I'll get it done somehow!

Also, really excited about the Wii, doesn't come out here til the 8th of December, and I won't get to play mine til Christmas, but it looks AWESOME :D Especially Twilight Princess!

So...readers, if any, I'll be updating SOON. Comment or something, let me know how it's hanging :)

Just on time...it's still Monday for another 30 minutes! :P

Another new one...that no one will see. AGAIN.

ANOTHER NEW ONE