Tweet of the week

THE phrase ‘one-man team’ is often unfairly applied.

Just because one player is enjoying a purple patch it doesn’t mean the rest of the team’s contribution should be ignored.

But it’s hard not to think Lawrence Shankland FC, or Dundee United as they’re sometimes called, are dangerously dependent on one man.

As 10th-placed Partick put up a fight at Tannadice against the league leaders, Jags fan @ Matt24Greer struck the sort of pessimistic note that suggests this isn’t his first season watching Thistle.

With the game goalless at halftime he tweeted: “A promising first half. Lots to like. ‘Dundee United 1-0 Partick Thistle Shankland 80’ written all over it.”

His prediction turned out to be wildly inaccurate, with the match report actually reading ‘Dundee United 1-0 Partick Thistle Shankland 62’.

Almost as chilling as the realisation that you own a Partick Thistle season ticket is Halloween, and on Thursday the stand-up comic @susie_mccabe recalled a chilling memory from her childhood.

She tweeted: “Big shout out to all the kids who don’t have creative parents and put them in any old s**t for Halloween. 8-year-old me had shoulder length hair and my mum fired me in a Celtic tracksuit and said, There you go, you’re Roy Aitken.”

When Rangers’ Supporters Liaison Officer @RangersFCSLO tweeted: “Livingstone emails are out”, he didn’t appear to notice the typo. The official “Livingstone” account (@LiviFCOfficial) wasn’t prepared to let it go unnoticed, however, and they walk away with this week’s Tweet of the Week award for sharing the tweet and adding: “We look forward to welcoming Rangerse for that one…”

Fair play to @RangersFCSLO for taking the slagging in the right spirit and admitting: “I’ve been #spaghettihad.”