Barty1884

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    Barty1884 reacted to Aitchy in John Sutton ?   
    Motherwell fans dont seem that upset that he is leaving.
     
    I understand that every squad needs experience and that John Sutton is a proven goalscorer at the top level in Scotland, however I just worry that by bringing in the likes of Sutton, Faddy etc, we are stunting the development of the likes of Chris Kane. Sure he will learn from them in training, but the place where Chris Kane will really learn is being on the pitch.
     
    Motherwell are getting rid of Sutton as they are putting their faith in their young striker Lee Erwin who looks a great prospect and is scoring goals. Look at Dundee, Hartley has put his faith in Greg Stewart and he was nominated for Player of the Year. Likewise, Dundee United have put their faith in numerous young lads (Roberston, Gauld,GMS) in recent seasons and these guys have stepped up to the plate and moved onto greater things.
     
    Im not criticising the possible signing of John Sutton. The fact he is a proven goalscorer in Scotland is a major plus, however I just worry that despite Tommy Wright and Steve Brown making big noises last summer about putting our faith in youth, that hasnt really happened. Sure Scott Brown, Chris Kane and Liam Caddis have played a few games, but they have not consistently been selected. I understand Tommy Wright is in a results industry and if results are not favourable, then he will lose his job, but Tommy and the Chairman cant make noises about putting their faith in youth one year, then go against that statement a few months later. Look at last week against ICT, James McFadden was brough on instead of Chris Kane. McFadden has offerred very little since joining the club and is most likely to be binned at the end of the season, where as Kane has shown real potential both during his loan spells at Dumbarton and the games he has played for us. I found that really bizarre.
     
    In summary, the club has got to be clear on what their strategy is going forward. Personally I would rather see us putting our faith in our younger players and trying to sign younger players from other clubs, who would view St Johnstone as stepping stone and who we would hopefully be able to sell on for a decent profit after a few years, than bringing in the likes of McFadden and Sutton, who are the wrong side of 30, injury prone and who ultimately will only take a wage out of the club and will have no resale value.
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    Barty1884 reacted to saintscotty in Martin Hardie   
    If that doesn't put you off your stroke, nothing will.
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    Barty1884 reacted to Hubands House in Largest Selection Of Hot Toasties In Dumfries   
    Any chance of Elk AND Maple syrup.. ?
     
    Please. 
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    Barty1884 reacted to bankfoot saint in Danny Swanson   
    About 3 pages
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    Barty1884 reacted to john.w in It Is No Longer A Man's World.   
    Jeez page three even made the news over here
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    Barty1884 reacted to Abernethy Saint in General Manager   
    He's managing, in general.
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    Barty1884 reacted to Nuggets in Enjoy Betting Responsibly   
    Had a nice wee win on saturday from ladbrokes, 12 team accumulator, for a £2 stake and won £985.48 
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    Barty1884 reacted to PerthSeany in Ched Evans   
    He was convicted of rape, not of being a paedophile.
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    Barty1884 reacted to AthensSaint in Turkey Or Something Else For Christmas Day ?   
    What I would do for a Lindsay's Steak Pie.
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    Barty1884 reacted to deej in Jan 15 Transfer Window Discussion - Rumours Allowed!   
    And here was me thinking Graham was our loan striker   
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    Barty1884 reacted to rik2304 in How Long Before We Have It On Our Streets Again?   
    I think in this instance he may have been a nutter who was a muslim tbh.
     
    There are around 1.6 billion muslims in the world. I would argue that there is a very small radical minority.
     
    Put it this way. Were all Germans Nazi's? Were all Irish people in the IRA? Are all Basques in ETA?
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    Barty1884 reacted to dave mc in Believe (Part 2)   
    Who are we playing tomorrow?
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    Barty1884 reacted to Al C in Faddy   
    The players he tried it with were hardly the most enlightened of individuals. Barry Ferguson and Kris Boyd led a dressing room revolt after he suggested monster munch were probably not the most nutritional of foodstuffs for a professional footballer.
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    Barty1884 got a reaction from Fair Maid in Perth Paedophile’S Home Overlooks North Muirton Primary School   
    It's happened numerous times in the past.
    There was one housed on Bute Drive, about an even distance between NM Primary school & the grammar.
    Before that, there was one put up on Struan Road, pretty much directly across from Letham Primary 
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    Barty1884 reacted to Ali91 in Defence Of The Scottish Cup   
    I prefer edited to add, gets people like me who constantly make an arse of it off the hook.
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    Barty1884 reacted to garydavidson in Premier League Player Allegedly Arrested   
    21 October - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29712016 - Paton and Rankin set example to Dundee United, says manager
    23 October - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29734001 - Paton and Wilson not available due to inquiry
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    Barty1884 reacted to Jamie_Beatson in James Mcfadden Anyone?   
    It's unlikely we'll get someone with his pedigree anywhere else at this stage. He scored a few for Motherwell last season and we all know what he's capable of on his day. I think some people are assuming he's well over the hill too-he's actually a year younger than Steven Maclean. I'd far rather have him in than continue with what we've got just now.

    Might also attract some local tartan army types along to a game given his hero status!
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    Barty1884 reacted to rik2304 in Sylvan Ebanks-Blake   
    http://s28.postimg.org/l3uigqpnx/Thats_plenty.jpg
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    Barty1884 got a reaction from Born2Bru in Riot Police   
    United Nations:
    "The United Nations Statistics Division developed a selection of geographical regions and groupings of countries and areas, which are or may be used in compilation of statistics. In this collection, the following ten countries were classified as Eastern Europe:[10][13] Belarus, Bulgaria,Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine."
     
    European Union:
    The Multilingual Thesaurus of the European Union[9] defines the following countries as Eastern Europe: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.
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    Barty1884 reacted to fazman1977 in Words That Make You Laugh   
    jizm.
     
    actually, it's more when someone's surname is Chisholm that I find it funny.
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    Barty1884 reacted to andy rhodes fancy watch in Player contracts and transfers   
    He had 2 targeted for before August . Means diddly squat if SB wants new carpets .
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    Barty1884 reacted to rik2304 in Time To Spend Steve   
    Ooooft. Just think about all the wallpaper and carpets that could buy.
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    Barty1884 reacted to The Real Saints in Stevie May   
    Our former receptionist would probably allegedly disagree.