JohnRobertson

certainly have but saves time i will however try and be more eloquent in future :33:

Aye come on Robbo... Try your hardest to give us an unbiased prediction ! Also what's better Barry Wilson's mums cakes or the pies at Victoria Park ?? I can't comment on Jessies cakes, but her scones are to die for. (Off topic, I know, but it's lovely to see Bobby and Jessie and ICT games these days. I hope it's only time before their 'boy' is back with us in some capacity - he's certainly found the back of the net for QoS) ROBBO - I agree totally about the abuse you Kyle has been getting. By all accounts, and what I have seen so far, he's a pretty decent keeper. At his age he can only develop further, so I think we should consider ourselves lucky to have him. Kyle is a good young keeper and will improve his game as he gets more experience as said previously i would urge ALL fans to get behind ALL players regardless of their allegiances in a younger life and he also will have to adapt to some of the more light hearted banter there is nothing wrong with that indeed most players enjoy a bit of banter with the fans when warming up as long as its deemed fun and acceptable

tough to answer that one to be honest as not my team/players etc and not fair to terry or maurice for me to question there team or signings plus whio i might bring in or leave out so although likke you guys/girls out there have your thoughts i do too but not my place to reveal sorry about that but sure you can see where i am coming from

Aye come on Robbo... Try your hardest to give us an unbiased prediction ! Also what's better Barry Wilson's mums cakes or the pies at Victoria Park ?? Hi Jailender As said think Caley will pip this one 2-1 with home advantage helping them just think that there pace up front and wide areas might just give them the edge thought Boyd looked suspect at full back as normally centre half although Gardyne may cause problems in the hole plus wood and vigurs and watt will want to show what they could do as well but caley big and strong at home dont lose many goals and pace up top and wide see me going for home win i sit outside so not given the delights of the food and no way am i going to diss Jessie s cooking superb!!!!

iv seen county couple of times and not bad to be fair bit more direct with gary wood up front and dont play as much football as they used to but still some dangerous players they should have beaten Airdrie more comfortably but missed a few chances against Raith they looked very very tired maybe due to midwek extra time game but not quickest at back could be there weak point it will be tight but reckon caley 2-1 and 8 points from tose 4 games is a decent return i would say

ha ha ha ha as has been said many times by learned football men "all the best players/managers are in the stand" whats it like? its a roller coaster of emotions its amazing experience and no better feeling when you see what you have planned all week come to fruition on a saturday however when it goes wrong it is the lonliest job in the world as you cant do anything about it on the pitch and the fans have a go when it looks like players have never seen each other before or set plays go wrong or look as never been practised plus you have to deal with ALL the players problems and i mean all of them as yo notice when haed is down and they aint focused. you get times like the 1-5 county result and think you are the most hated man in Inverness and i know for that night and prob next few as weell that i was thats when you have to have faith in your own ability and that of the players at that time i was couple of months into job going through messy divorce and only knew abot 3 people and it was tough going but then you bounce back with victory over them 10 days later and then beat celtic and day like winning challenge cup semi s at hampden winning the title etc make up for it trust me when i lose i lose hard takes me whole weekend to get over it but althogh hurting planning ahead on how to improve myself the players and the club for the next game plus you have the long drives to england on wet windy winters nights to see youth reserve and 1st team games checking out players as for football manager problem is its just reality game you fed computer computer plays game unfortunatly yhere is manager and real opponents to deal with and human error impossible to replicate that plus you dont get dodgy decisions from officials despite all that throw me in there again tomorrow

Hi Harry to be honest i think this role is a bit of a poisoned chalice if you get things right its a well he should do as thats what he is paid for attitude and if it goes wrong you get blamed for evverything so as said tough job but think we could as earlier said maybe streamline the 3 associations will it happen?turkeys voting for xmas scenario i would reckon

Well said Excellent point hope these idiots might finally keep their mouths shut now. Don't mind the anti-County songs when he warms up I think that can be seen as light-hearted banter but not the some of the personal abuse he was getting. Following on from TM4TJ's question earlier, as one of the few countries to have a six star rating for our grass roots level football how do we still manage to come up short against teams from countries where very little is spent on this kind of projects. ba we do very well at most youth ages up to and including u19 but then start to struggle from u21 onward as most or at least some of our unger 21 dont play regular first team football celtic res rangers res english team reserve players plus agai facilities you drive through most towns abroead and they have community pitches that would put most spl and certainly all 1st div teamms to shame

Not sure I follow here. Are you including a split after playing each other once home and away as that would leave 26 games and then play each team in the top/bottom 7 home and away once to get 38 games? sorry yes thats what i would do also have bottom down top up and play offs similar to rugby league eg 4th place travel to 3rd winners travel to 2nd winnners travel to 2nd bottom all one off games can you imagine the crod interest and increse last year with Partick Dundee Livi Pars QoS Morton all possible qualifiers for play off spots last seaso would have saw dunfermine v dundee (5-6k crowd) winners to partick(5-6k crowd) winners to st mirren crowd same again? the 4 regional league winners would play off in semi and final with the winner able to challenge for the bottom of division 1 if they coulf fill the full time plus stadium criteria if not bottom woulsd stay in league does not stop ambitious teams from progressing and allows junior clubs etc to join thir regional league and give more than half the first division something to play for

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Hi BIRDOG apologies for being so long in getting back to you as 1 was in Zagreb AND 2 some people dont feel i have a right to answer questions anyway tough a i do never hid from anything in my life!! fans showing displeasure is part and parcel as what is seen as a dissapointing result eg ayr 0-0 and i dont think you would hear any manager saying any different to be honest and pretty sure that without getting to big for their boots and sounding arogant theplayers would also be pretty fed up so would not take the booing from the fans to much to heart.good players will always use as motivitation and stay mentally strong as they realise it was 2 points dropped and it really would not affect them.personal abuse can depending on the players mental strength can get to them at times certainly not one off stick but regular abuse or cat calls will see certain players perhaps go into their shell and not play to the best of their ability the players i can assure you (99%) of them really do hurt and really do feel they have not only let the fans down but also themselves and that is a big let down when you know as a player you had the opportunity to do something about it on the pitch that hurts and it does hurt players when they think that the fans think they dont care or have not tried their best every players tries it sometimes is not your day and every player loves and appreciates as in all walks of life when they are encouraged so please keep encouraging as much as possible especially whe a player is not having a good time of it i have left players out/taken players off when i thought the crowd was affecting him and ultimately the team but they should be strong enough to shrug it off managers are generally perfectionists in that we want like the fans the full package ie play really well make lots of chances score lots of goals and keep clean sheets(though you guys might want a 5-4 now and again it does nothing for the managers heart rate)its about getting the right balance example i know lots of fans hanker for the pele days when Caley swept through the divisions with lots of goals for and against and got to the point where they were established 1st div club when pele left and donald and i came in our thoughts were one on;y premier league!! we worked out that by keepin goals column in high figures but getting goals against down would give us real chance not rocket science i know but we had in our opinion have to change from a back 3 man marking to a back 4 and 4-3-3 formation not as cavalier but effective and ultimatly successful there lies the differfence find the right balance!!! if a player is not playing well the occassional bit of get your finger out is ok and agreed with by manager constant stick the manager will protect his player as valued member of team so dont think by saying that he thinks fans out of order he does not agree with you !! he has to man manage the player and trust me you have to be a mum dad brother sister doctor psychiatrist psychologiist the whole shooting match to keep your players focused so to end that one yes stick whe warranted not a problem constant abuse will see player head drop eventually an d will affect him and team without going to much into it can i just add i feel it is terible the stick that young KYLE ALLISON is receiving no matter what team he supports he give his best for caley and i can assure you if that was me and continued i would be thinking vary seriously about playing for those supporters GET BEHIND HIM PLEASE

Hi M4TJ Scottish football is behind in terms of some things thats for sure and needs plenty of work but to improve cant blame SCOTTISH football in general for thursday as hearts only had 2 scottish players starting the game but here goes SET UP FOR LEAGUE 14 team premier league may mean more meaningless games toward end of season but WOULD allow teams to blood the youngsters and give experience to them wouls also mean 38 games guaranteeing 19 home and 19 away games 10 team 1st div full time then 4 regional leagues(north south etc) if it can work for germany spain italy france regional leagues can work for us improved training facilities for teams lots of clubs still dont have indoor training or even dedicated training facilities relaxation on EU players only i watched Zagreb have team with 3 Brazilans 2 argentinia ns i chilean none internationalists but miles ahead in terms of ability in scotland you can only sign players aho have played around 70% of countries last 2 years of internationals cant be right surely the croatians give them passport after 2 years and bang they end up in germany italy etc if they stay 5 years croatia get an Eduardo reinstate reserve league where are at least a third of all spl players going to play this season? plus get one national body to run game not the three we have at moment

Hi GENTLEMEN and Ladies apologies but was in Zagreb last week with BBC not the best result but very good trip to see how they trained tactics used etc so just catching up with e mails etc now happy enough to answer questions if need be Kind Regards Robbo

no my contract with the bbc means i am unfortunatly unable to attend so i will be covering the county v dundee game but my best wishes go to the players and the coaches and i hope they continue to the final with an old firm double That is a shame. I am quite looking forward to it, and with a lot of the Rangers team out on loan to other clubs (including I think Fleck) then they have a real chance. Hopefully there will be a good crowd for it as well, especially the ICT lot. Another question: What do you think about the MLS? HI ews Sorry for late reply but was down the central belt with Orion yesterday MLS not convinced it is as strong as it should be given the investment ploughed in to it and also given the size of the country and its vision about being the best they can be at any sport i dont think it has really taken off. it will always struggle to push the hugely popular american football basketball and baseball and golf however i do beleive that below the main leagues american soccer league and the regional leagues below that there is a lot on natarul young american talent it is huge at grass roots level with more participating at this than any other sport and ther may well be a few gems to be un earthed given some contacts and scouting network there will always be the work permit problem for the american boys/men however with the huge mix of ex pats and european communities there will be a substantial number that could be obtained through blood line and european passports italian greek spanish portugese etc etc so worth taking a lok but not without its difficulties i would say cheeers robbo

up antil my full time job with orion i was regular attender to reserve games but dont get to many now i was at the last round v celtic and was delighted to se them get through i reckon young shane sutherland looks an exciting prospect and as a former striker i like to see forwards do well have a great weekend everyone and good luck to the caley lads in the cup and scotland v holland and i will be back monday if you need any other questions or anything else for that matter can i thank everyone so far for the questions and for taking the time to be involved robbo x