Stuart M

Whisky connoisseur. World traveller. Published author. Political observer. Football fanatic.
All views expressed are personal only.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@plausibledeneil Lucky we didn't qualify in the play-offs then.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@1967Jjw @GaelicRoadSign McGinn was woeful all tournament. Totally one-paced (and that's "slow"). Huge disappointment.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@BBCSportScot Four-year contract extension for Steve Clarke though.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@Blacfur @SkyNews @skynewsniall @CDEccleshare Kim Clijsters? Won two Grand Slams as a mother.

[Stefan Moore ★ @2StefanMoore]

A final piece of advice from Holly Butcher - written the day before she passed away from cancer at just 27:

“It’s a strange thing knowing you’re going to die young.

At 26, I thought I had time…
To fall in love.
Start a family.
Grow old.

But cancer doesn’t care about plans.

Now, I understand how fragile life really is. Every single day is a gift, not a guarantee.

I’m not writing this to scare you. I’m writing to remind you: really live.

Stop stressing over little things. Be kind to your body- move it, nourish it, stop criticizing it. One day you’ll wish you had appreciated it.

Go outside.
Look at the sky.
Feel the sun.
Just be.

Spend less time chasing “stuff” - more time making memories. Don’t skip moments with people you love.

Laugh more.
Write a note.
Tell someone you love them.

Complain less.
Give more.
Helping others brings more joy than anything you can buy.

Be present.
Put your phone down.
Show up - really show up.

You don’t need to have it all figured out. You don’t need a perfect body, or a perfect life.

Just follow what makes your heart light up. Say no to what drains you. Make changes when you need to.

And please - donate blood. I wouldn’t have had that extra year without it. And that year gave me memories I’ll hold close… forever.

Thank you for reading this.
Live your life well.

And maybe… we’ll meet again someday.”

Holly 🩷

Repost & share Holly’s important advice. ❤️

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@alfish83 @JohnBoyHastings @FootballInT80s And no league extensions granted in these days either.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@HitTheByline Thanks.
Only 5ft 9 though, so maybe vulnerable when having to defend crosses to the back post?

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@HitTheByline Is he a right-back (in a back four) or a right wing-back (in a back 3/5)?

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@unitedfeed__ @aleaguemen Big gamble again.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@shedheds Iain Ferguson dispossessing Sandy Jardine on the half-way line and thumping a 45-yard lob over Henry Smith into the Shed net, versus Hearts in December 1986.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@TheDailyArab83 Charlie Dewar out of contract too, I think, and still not been offered/signed any new deal despite yet another highly successful loan spell and named in SPFL League One team of year.
Lewis O'Donnell also OOC and not being offered new deal.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

This is what Israel’s defence minister says about Lebanon: Israel will destroy all houses and villages in the border region according to the Gaza model.

There is no secret here. The only thing not in plain view is the international outcry

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

This is Apartheid.

It's morally disgusting - and comes at the same time as Israel is committing an ongoing genocide.

To see the Labour Government defend Israel repeatedly will horrify the British public - it cannot go on like this.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@BBCSportScot 👏
Leonard and Maswanhise next please.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@alisonwallis60 @FraserNelson Who has been your favourite female Pope?

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@unitedfeed__ Nailed it with the "type of signing we need to be making regularly" comment. My fear is it's just another example of us losing a battle-hardened leader who we'll try and replace with a young, callow, inexperienced import from Eastern Europe or the A-League.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@Mrcento The frustrating thing is - other than maybe at full-back - we've got the players to play 433 or 4231 but refuse to do so. Goodwin is doing the same as Amorin did at Man U and if we had anyone at CEO/Board/Owner level that knew anything about football, he'd be out at season's end.

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@alanftemple Is Birighitti his goalkeeping coach?

[Stuart M @stu_mac1970]

@Rocky19042009 @TEnglishSport Think he possibly covets the France job even more.