u/Europe_MMA

Having a little vent here, but it's a fair complaint of a lot of people that Outlander leaving Scotland removed a bit of the show's appeal and character. However whenever this gets raised, there is a frequent response;

"After Culloden, there was nothing left for Jamie and Claire".

I find this quite a frustrating response, and a response almost certainly coming from people that aren't Scottish.

Sure, there was a percentage of Scots that moved to other countries following the Battle of Culloden, but that only represented around 6-12% of the country. Highlanders gradually made their way towards central Scotland, which isn't an uncharted area in Outlander either.

There is an argument that Scotland entered a state of terror, and Jamie and Claire would have to leave. Not only does that not really fit with the actual show, as they didn't leave for that reason, but they left Scotland where there was a brutal ongoing fight and suppression by the British to stay in America....where there was a brutal ongoing fight and suppression by the British.

We could have easily seen periods of Outlander cover the fallout of Culloden, the Highland clearances and the heartbreak at how the clans and every day attire get ripped apart. We could have seen Scotland began to rebuild itself in the central belt, with the Scottish industrial revolution taking place in Glasgow, or the Scottish Enlightenment taking place in Edinburgh with the rise of science and philosophy.

My vent is over the, probably American view, that you had to leave Scotland during that time and the show naturally had to go that way. Scotland didn't cease to exist following Culloden. We may have had our culture stripped away from us, but it could also be argued that Scotland has never flourished more than this period, and right after the events of Outlander is when a lot of the restrictions on Scots were repealed, so clearly there was still a cultural fight going on during this period.

It's fine for the writer to make their own decision and for anyone to have their own path, but Scotland didn't stop being Scotland after the Battle of Culloden, and the idea that there was "nothing left" after that battle and that you had to emmigrate to USA to find "something" is just massively incorrect.

Hi folks.

About 14 years ago I had a pretty serious knew injury whilst doing martial arts, which got worse again about 2 years later. This was in Ireland and I was told it was "probably a sprain". Ongoing since then Ive had pains, that knee "slips out" for a split second once in a while, and now most recently under very little pressure its badly damaged again.

I want to go to the doctor to look into long term solutions. MRI, surgery, rehab. Whatever it takes. But I'm afraid the doctor, like my doctor 14 years ago, will just hand me a prescription for pain killers and tell me to rest it.

How do I ensure the conversation is around long term resolution, and not pain management? I feel like every GP visit I go to ends in "call us back if this doesnt resolve it" and I dont really want to play injury tag, especially bexause in 4 weeks I fully expect to have no pain in my knee, but still a lot of damage.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Hi folks,

I currently work as a release manager, managing the end-to-end release of components to production. I've got around 7 years experience and while my LinkedIn presents this more like a continuous release management block, realistically it includes more incident management, development, minor SRE-type work.

I'm considering moving towards a delivery manager role. It seems this area is higher paying, and there is a lot of cross over between elements of release management and delivery management, albeit with higher responsibilities and an increased focus on the fianancial side.

If you know about the delivery manager role, what kind of advice would you have for someone moving into this space? What experience should be gained beforehand, what to watch out for, do you agree this seems like a natural career progression or would you recommend I move to another area?

Like a lot of people, my motivation is to make as much money as possible from my career, so I'm keen to make sure I'm learning everything I can and positioning myself as best I can.

Any guidance would be much appreciated.

I remember on early youtube there was a fat middle eastern guy whod do mean spirited pranks like light a strangers newspaper on fire, putting a pan on someones head and hitting it. Sometimes he'd get attacked for it.

Who was that?

Hi all,

EDIT: While I appreciate the replies, I'm shocked at the number of people who apparently have never played at this level. The solution to the money problems isn't winning the Europa league haha. I'd be happy to win the SPFL Trust Trophy and get 20k in prize money at this level.

I made a thread before but it was removed for having a poor title, so I'll repost with much more specific details.

I started a save with the expanded Scottish tiers database, playing as Clydebank in the West of Scotland Premier Division (tier 6 if I'm correct).

For some reason, we started with way too much money available. I had 1mil transfer budget, like 40k wage budget, and the club had 2mil in the bank. I have no idea why this was, but I was happy to use it.

Seaons

1. No promotion
2. Promotion to Scottish Lowland League (Tier 5)
3. No promotion
4. Promotion to Scottish League Two (Tier 4)
5. Promotion to Scottish League One (Tier 3)
6. Promotion to Scottish Championship (Tier 2)

Now that the bragging is done, here is the problem. From the beginning, we were losing money badly.

https://preview.redd.it/jw86677eg89h1.png?width=1320&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd8378e36796847b583a4e049a271a9013193797

You can see the small up tickets. Those were because in 2025 we got a new owner, who constantly made investments into the club. At the start of the 2028 season, we were 2 million in debt. The owner made a loan (not an investment this time) of 2million, but I also got the message that funding was being stopped. Since then, we continuously lose money. My transfer budget is gone, and I have a lower wage budget than when I first started, with it now sitting at 35k. Regardless, we still continuously lose money.

So, first looking at what you are likely to reply;

1. Release players to have a smaller wage - I have 22 players in the first team squad, and no players in reserves or under 18s. 5 of those players are high earners at 2000 - 4000, and everyone else makes less than 1000. 10 of the players make less than 600.
2. Sell players to generate income - My highest value player is 50 - 100k. Almost everyone else is under 50k, and most are on 1 year contracts anyways. I could sell my entire team, not make a dent in the overall balance, and not have any players left.
3. Arrange friendlies - So I've just started doing this to create SOME offset. However I only actually make a few thousand from each of my biggest available friendlies.

https://preview.redd.it/iibgw1nlh89h1.png?width=666&format=png&auto=webp&s=eaa1acc328495840f9913872480af42b4f8465df

Here are my expenses and income for last month;

EXPENSES

• Loan Repayments and Interest - 30k
• Other - 18k
• Match Day Expenses - 4k
• Tax - 10k
• Scouting - 300
• Youth Setup - 600
• Travel Costs - 3k
• Loyalty Bonus - 5k
• Player Wages - 133k
• Staff Wages - 22k
• Non-Football Costs - 15k
• Director Emoluments - 1k
• Bonuses - 22k

INCOME

• Gate Receipts - 17k
• Match Day Income - 5k
• Corporate Facilities Income - 700
• Other - 12k
• Merch - 600
• Investments - 450k (The thing keeping us alive currently, random investments from board)
• Grants - 400
• Fund Raising - 22k

As you can see, there's a hell of a lot more going out than coming in. So that leads to the question, wtf do I do? haha. I spend a fair bit more on wages than the team below me (Alloa Atheltic) but much less than the team above me (Dunfermline).

Do I just have to accept that, for now, my club isn't "big enough" to play at this level? That even if we have success on the pitch, it's unsustainable until we build a bigger fanbase to make more on match days?

Any dark magic strategies? I feel like I've just made a post for r/UKPersonalFinance haha

EDIT: I'll add that before the 2mil loan, I did get a message about potential administration. I've had constant messages about rumoured takeovers, one by a tycoon foreigner of mystery, but they all go away ultimately.

Watching Johnny Kenny can be frustrating as he misses so many sitters. He's getting a toe on a low cross or one on one with the keeper and it never ends up in the net. Its infuriating when you need a goal, but the thing not to lose sight og is he's getting into those positions in in the first place. Maeda used to be the same. A lot.of the criticism stems from missing chances they made themselves available for. Its much easier to work on closing the deal than getring into that opportunity in the first place, and I think Kenny could come good. We still need a #1 striker in front of him though.

There's a tonne of negativity about everything, and of course some wee fandan will say "birthdah caird pish" cause being original is boring, but good luck today Hearts. There are so many stories entwined here. McInnes always being linked to Rangers but never getting the chance. Shankland being linked to both Glasgow teams, not getting a chance, having a terrible season to kill all rumours, only to now be in this position to win the league.

Of course I want Celtic to win, but yous have done amazing to get here and every time Ive checked the scores and seen you pulled off a late winner, Im in awe of the fighting spirit (this also extends to Mortherwell too).

Selfishly every Celtic fan wants Celtic to win, but if we did happen to lose I think after a brief bit of disappointment we'll be able to take in just how amazing an accomlishment this is for Hearts. Win or lose, the big thing everyone in Scotland wants is more competition at the top.