Championship

all know that.

I coached you under 16 B Championship with Greg.

People don't

understand that.

That's one of my, the B Championship county medal.

Take that to my grave.

One of the few.

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But it's undeniably true that my mates who live in the States, you know, they kind of get up at six in the morning and watch football all day long.

Not just Premier League, they can watch Championship, they can watch Whatever people put on television, you know, my mate Declan seems to be able to watch all Pompey's games, no problem.

Yes.

Is that dedication or homesickness?

It's just sucked the joy out of when somebody scores a goal.

You never know whether it's going to be a goal.

Even if it's a thunderbolt from 30 yards, is there somebody standing in front of the keeper? Who knows? Which is why it's so great in the Championship and the lower leagues, because you just don't get it.

So I don't think there's any doubt that VAR is... is not doing what it was supposed to do, which was clear and obvious errors.

And what a hurling weekend this weekend.

Senior Championship, two rounds over and is it as we expected it would be in Group A? You have Selbridge and Clayton on top, Johnstone Bridge and Alan Wood bringing up, but big games coming up the next time around in Group B.

B, then you have Maynooth and Sarsfield tied on four points each.

Carberry and Cara yet to open their accounts.

that's the uh that's them so

it is it is interesting to see down the championships

i i did uh because richard was saying earlier like you know it doesn't depend on the quality of defender obviously as well and so if you do get a player that's absolutely lightened up with the junior intermediate you know he wouldn't be meeting the same defenders senior championship but don't take that away from a lad taking a shot from 40 plus yards he still has to put it over the bar Exactly, exactly.

All right, so that's the Joe Malamore Senior Football Championship, our review and look at it.

Like, Stenorsmuir have done a...

the job that Gary Naismith did over the last couple of years to get them into the Championship.

This is a club that had won no league title in I think their entire history, maybe? And then they've bounced up to...

I think you're right.

Playoff wins,

yeah.

And then they've got into the Championship and they have adapted so well.

And obviously under Marvin Bartley now, they've got the co-op agreement with Hearts.

flight.

You see that quite a lot, like, last year, Stevie Robinson, St Mirren to Aberdeen, you know, it's one example, Managers, they seem to do that, and I know it's different, but, like I said, Livingston, Marvin Bartley went to Steney, but both in the Championship, ended up in the Championship.

You know, Gary Nesquik from Steney to Air United.

So, it does happen, doesn't it? I do get what you're saying.

And I get they've brought in a few decent players, but I don't know.

I just think it could be just a wee bit too much too soon type thing.

You know, they kept a core coming from League One up to Championship and then Championship to the SPL.

And I think that worked really well for them.

I think it would be.

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