Cheeta

Scottie Bowman.  9 Stanley Cup rings, with three different teams, over 3 decades.  NINE.
Exactly 0 NHL games as a player. Allow me to bold that.  ZERO.

RANT ALERT.
If you want to go about ruining 89 minutes of spectacular, awe inspiring football, the sort of physical, technical and tactical contest that converts the non believers into footie fans then there is no better way to undo the efforts of 21 players and 3 officials then rewarding one royal twat for being a royal twat. 
You want to call that "immature" you go right the fu'k ahead.  Load of crap.  I'm going to call it common sense. 
I have to ask what year some of the people on here are living in?  1976?  1986? 
For fu'ks sake, someone, anyone, bring to me a rule change over the last 25 years which wasn't targeted at the time wasters and the divers and all the other fuk-nuts who continue to offend this sport that is God's Gift to human kind.  And why that is?  It isn't because collectively we think it's the thugs who are ruining football. Oh no, we got them sorted out a loooong time ago.  Nah, nah, nah.  It's those other twats we really need to be worried about. 
So here's to those players who, in 2019, go about the business of playing in the Canadian Style.  Not  being a-feared to sell a foul to the ref but also not being ashamed to carry on throught the physical challenges of this sport when the easist answer is to cry and moan and go on about how they were hard done by.  To play for their team mates and their fans and not to the ref.  THAT, is too big of a part of what makes this The Beautiful Game, to dismiss. 
Thanks for reading.  Cheers.     
 
 
 
  
 

If you EVER threaten a Valour player again....

If you EVER threaten a Valour player again....

If you EVER threaten a Valour player again....

Like Law 12, the one that outlaws simulation and other unsportsmanlike conduct? 

Canadian culture, IMO, is built on a foundation of fair play. Faking injuries and diving are antithetical to that general consensus even if a significant minority admires those who cheat in this way.

RANT ALERT.
If you want to go about ruining 89 minutes of spectacular, awe inspiring football, the sort of physical, technical and tactical contest that converts the non believers into footie fans then there is no better way to undo the efforts of 21 players and 3 officials then rewarding one royal twat for being a royal twat. 
You want to call that "immature" you go right the fu'k ahead.  Load of crap.  I'm going to call it common sense. 
I have to ask what year some of the people on here are living in?  1976?  1986? 
For fu'ks sake, someone, anyone, bring to me a rule change over the last 25 years which wasn't targeted at the time wasters and the divers and all the other fuk-nuts who continue to offend this sport that is God's Gift to human kind.  And why that is?  It isn't because collectively we think it's the thugs who are ruining football. Oh no, we got them sorted out a loooong time ago.  Nah, nah, nah.  It's those other twats we really need to be worried about. 
So here's to those players who, in 2019, go about the business of playing in the Canadian Style.  Not  being a-feared to sell a foul to the ref but also not being ashamed to carry on throught the physical challenges of this sport when the easist answer is to cry and moan and go on about how they were hard done by.  To play for their team mates and their fans and not to the ref.  THAT, is too big of a part of what makes this The Beautiful Game, to dismiss. 
Thanks for reading.  Cheers.     
 
 
 
  
 

RANT ALERT.
If you want to go about ruining 89 minutes of spectacular, awe inspiring football, the sort of physical, technical and tactical contest that converts the non believers into footie fans then there is no better way to undo the efforts of 21 players and 3 officials then rewarding one royal twat for being a royal twat. 
You want to call that "immature" you go right the fu'k ahead.  Load of crap.  I'm going to call it common sense. 
I have to ask what year some of the people on here are living in?  1976?  1986? 
For fu'ks sake, someone, anyone, bring to me a rule change over the last 25 years which wasn't targeted at the time wasters and the divers and all the other fuk-nuts who continue to offend this sport that is God's Gift to human kind.  And why that is?  It isn't because collectively we think it's the thugs who are ruining football. Oh no, we got them sorted out a loooong time ago.  Nah, nah, nah.  It's those other twats we really need to be worried about. 
So here's to those players who, in 2019, go about the business of playing in the Canadian Style.  Not  being a-feared to sell a foul to the ref but also not being ashamed to carry on throught the physical challenges of this sport when the easist answer is to cry and moan and go on about how they were hard done by.  To play for their team mates and their fans and not to the ref.  THAT, is too big of a part of what makes this The Beautiful Game, to dismiss. 
Thanks for reading.  Cheers.     
 
 
 
  
 

RANT ALERT.
If you want to go about ruining 89 minutes of spectacular, awe inspiring football, the sort of physical, technical and tactical contest that converts the non believers into footie fans then there is no better way to undo the efforts of 21 players and 3 officials then rewarding one royal twat for being a royal twat. 
You want to call that "immature" you go right the fu'k ahead.  Load of crap.  I'm going to call it common sense. 
I have to ask what year some of the people on here are living in?  1976?  1986? 
For fu'ks sake, someone, anyone, bring to me a rule change over the last 25 years which wasn't targeted at the time wasters and the divers and all the other fuk-nuts who continue to offend this sport that is God's Gift to human kind.  And why that is?  It isn't because collectively we think it's the thugs who are ruining football. Oh no, we got them sorted out a loooong time ago.  Nah, nah, nah.  It's those other twats we really need to be worried about. 
So here's to those players who, in 2019, go about the business of playing in the Canadian Style.  Not  being a-feared to sell a foul to the ref but also not being ashamed to carry on throught the physical challenges of this sport when the easist answer is to cry and moan and go on about how they were hard done by.  To play for their team mates and their fans and not to the ref.  THAT, is too big of a part of what makes this The Beautiful Game, to dismiss. 
Thanks for reading.  Cheers.     
 
 
 
  
 

Scottie Bowman.  9 Stanley Cup rings, with three different teams, over 3 decades.  NINE.
Exactly 0 NHL games as a player. Allow me to bold that.  ZERO.

No, I don't think so.  Not in this context. 
Question raised, as it seemed to me by KW519, was whether Clanahan and his comments were qualified , disqualified, or should be viewed in the context of his personal experience or lack thereof, as a professional player,  As to whether his views of certain matters where informed, or as importantly, realistic, based upon that. 
I, in my response, am suggesting that professional playing experience doesn't necesarrily really matter.  And am using for my argument the greatest coach in the history of the NHL, who seems to have been able to  figure it all out over a period spanning 30+ years during 3 very different and distictive styles of play in North American hockey.  All  that while having not 1 second of pro hockey playing time under his belt. . 
And Bowman isn't the exception proving the rule.  He's just one of many across many sporting fields.  But to be clear I'm not suggesting Clanahan is some footballing idiot savant. Sure, he might be talking shit.  I'm just suggesting that suggesting his opinnions should have less merit because he never played professional football is sorta lazy.   
  

RANT ALERT.
If you want to go about ruining 89 minutes of spectacular, awe inspiring football, the sort of physical, technical and tactical contest that converts the non believers into footie fans then there is no better way to undo the efforts of 21 players and 3 officials then rewarding one royal twat for being a royal twat. 
You want to call that "immature" you go right the fu'k ahead.  Load of crap.  I'm going to call it common sense. 
I have to ask what year some of the people on here are living in?  1976?  1986? 
For fu'ks sake, someone, anyone, bring to me a rule change over the last 25 years which wasn't targeted at the time wasters and the divers and all the other fuk-nuts who continue to offend this sport that is God's Gift to human kind.  And why that is?  It isn't because collectively we think it's the thugs who are ruining football. Oh no, we got them sorted out a loooong time ago.  Nah, nah, nah.  It's those other twats we really need to be worried about. 
So here's to those players who, in 2019, go about the business of playing in the Canadian Style.  Not  being a-feared to sell a foul to the ref but also not being ashamed to carry on throught the physical challenges of this sport when the easist answer is to cry and moan and go on about how they were hard done by.  To play for their team mates and their fans and not to the ref.  THAT, is too big of a part of what makes this The Beautiful Game, to dismiss. 
Thanks for reading.  Cheers.     
 
 
 
  
 

I think he’s more referencing the guy who barely gets touched in the lower body and then rolls around grabbing his face waiting for the penalty.  Then miraculously with some spray he’s 100%.  
That kind of thing grated on a lot of people.  

More Atibas more often.
That's going on a tee shirt.  Or, at least, it should.

Kickoff in 4 hours.  Positive vibes, people.  Positive vibes.
And with that thought in mind, who's started drinking already?
✋

Kickoff in 4 hours.  Positive vibes, people.  Positive vibes.
And with that thought in mind, who's started drinking already?
✋

More Atibas more often.
That's going on a tee shirt.  Or, at least, it should.

More Atibas more often.
That's going on a tee shirt.  Or, at least, it should.

More Atibas more often.
That's going on a tee shirt.  Or, at least, it should.

HOW DARE YOU!
Not aimed at anyone specific, just felt a little left out until I'd displayed some outrage.
Oh, and STFU!!

Point made, clumsily apparently, but still made. 
41 sleeps to kick off!

That's one of my favourite complaints (complaining about someone complaining 😊). 😉

☹️
Ummmm

Suspect it's a requirement written into the base part of their CPL contract, amongst other things.  Pretty routine stuff.
Also quite sure none of the player signings so far announced will be troubled that this will create a conflict with their existing footwear sponsors. 
Because they don't have one.
 

Suspect it's a requirement written into the base part of their CPL contract, amongst other things.  Pretty routine stuff.
Also quite sure none of the player signings so far announced will be troubled that this will create a conflict with their existing footwear sponsors. 
Because they don't have one.