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When I heard him say that I just thought 'the saddest thing is you and your fans probably believe it'

But we're only champions of the bottom half . . . . .

Oh..........planking; sorry.

He certainly did where im concerned...i thought he was a superb player for us. All the best Royster..thanx for some great times...you will be missed.

Serves them right coming up to the Highlands in party mode with the arrogant expectation of going top of the league before a ball was kicked,they should have complained to Celtic for not being good enough. I also heard that the royal mail intercepted 2 letters of complaint, which were posted in the Cambuslang area and were addressed to Santa and the Tooth fairy.

is that the same Colchester thats been looking at Adam too? the have a strong back line but are on the market for a 20+ goal scorer.. Back on topic, I have in the pasted had a few bad words to use about this two however.... You dont know what youve got till you lose them

One reason for the split - mentioned on here - is that the SPL dont want a 44 game fixture list ..... I dont see why they dont then work backwards ..... As it stands, SPL teams play 38 fixtures: 3 x 11 + 1 x 5 (split) The League Cup is played over 6 rounds (although some teams do not enter until Rd2 or Rd3) R1 (32) = D3, D2, & D1 teams + 2 x SPL R2 (20) = Winners of R1 + 4 x SPL R3 (16) = Winners of R2 + 6 SPL R4 (08) = Winners of R3 R5 (04) = Winners of R4 R6 (02) = Final The Scottish Cup is played over 8 rounds (although some teams do not enter until Rd3 or Rd4) Prelim = If required R1 (35) = HFL, South and East of Scotland Leagues and Junior winners. (HFL, South and East winners bye to R2) R2 (32) = Winners of R1, HFL, South and East winners, SFL D3 sides R3 (32) = Winners of R2, SFL D2 sides, bottom six from SFL D1 R4 (32) = Winners of R3, SFL D1 top 4 from previous season, 12 SPL sides from previous season R5 (16) = Winners of R4 R6 (08) = Winners of R5 R7 (04) = Winners of R6 R8 (02) = Final So as it stands, a top SPL side who reach the final of both cups might be expected to play 38 + 4 + 5 = 47 games plus a handful in Europe. As neither the Scottish Cup or the League Cup are attractive enough to advertisers to have sponsors, and the league cup doesnt even offer European qualification any more perhaps it is those competitions where reform might assist the league ??? Serious question .... Do we even need the league cup any more? Lower league teams have the ALBA cup, all teams have the Scottish Cup, and the SPL teams are always bitching about fixture congestion. If we stick at 12 teams, get rid of the split, play each other twice at home and away, and allow teams in the SPL to either opt-out of the League Cup or to field a reserve squad then that might be 49 games for a side reaching final of Sc. Cup ... just two more than now! If we increase to 14, and presumably play each other 3 times then that would be 44 games for teams opting out - 3 less than now. However, you still have that uneven number of times playing each team that we have now. If we increase to 16, and presumably play each other twice then that would be only 35 games (or 39 if you stayed in all cups) and you might need to look at beefing up the cup competitions, perhaps with divisional cups or some potentially interesting group stages when it comes to the last 16. I just feel there is way more scope to tinker with the format of un-sponsored cup competitions and make sure the league format is fair and equitable. The biggest problem of course is that the Scottish Cup is SFA controlled, the League Cup is SFL controlled and the SPL is SPL controlled so until those three bodies amalgamate into one governing body for Scotland and make everyone pull in a single direction for the good and benefit of ALL (not just two, or twelve) then we will simply roll from one bad idea to the next to the next ......

These jokes are getting offal

To the lads today who were leading the singing....that's exactly the point I was trying to get across to you on the last thread. Fantastic atmosphere, good craic, no unnecessary songs/chants (well one, but not sure who it was and it was quickly drowned out), no giving the stewards any grief and a credit to yourselves and ICT.

To be fair the only reason there was a good atmosphere and craic was becuase the stewards had some common sense and let it happen. That sort of atmosphere would be reproduced at every away game whether it were Aberdeen three weeks ago or Hibs earlier in the season if stewards had some common sense. I think that is the reason so many get annoyed at games when stewards start interfering and so on. The games this season where people have been thrown out etc, was in my experience for doing exactly what happened on Saturday. When our fans are left to it they're praised for being good banter and craic but when the stewards throw them out for it people start calling them a disgrace? Make your mind up folks?

This is not a laughing matter, the poor lad's career is at steak.

we sing- shoes off if you hate imrie!! accies sing- what the f***ing hell was that? we reply- its a f***ing pair of shoes!! good times

One Dougie Imrie, division one Dougie Imrie

Neil Lennon's aftermatch interview was ridiculous. He reckons that everyone at Celtic FC has acted with total dignity this year

MacDougall and Hastie after him?

source???

I think we have been fortunate and spoilt for a long, long time, fans at a lot of other clubs keep having huge clear outs and all their players are just new faces, where as we have allowed a special bond to flourish between ourselves and the players over the years,we have enjoyed the progression through the leagues,the giant killing cup games, felt the pain of relegation and are currently making the SPL our home. All of which has been a first for the fans. So I would like to say a big thank you to Russell and Grant and also to all the long serving players past and present, that have given us fans such special memories to cherish. (goes away to get a glass of Dalmore 12 yr old) I look forward to you returning to play for an ICT Legends team one day. I wish you both well and hope you settle down soon at your future clubs and good luck.

They should play it when rhe team comes out and when we win!..better than that dull dire p**h local hero tune

Or even better, let me be manager for the last two games! After all, there's nothing to lose!

According to the P & J today, he is off to Peterhead. Good luck to Roy, a great servant and hard worker who never got the credit he deserved!

I'll certainly match or better my contribution.

Can the chanters chant and sit down or will they just annoy the full price paying customers in Section E?. Their language certainly needs to be modified. Do we really want foul mouthed anti-social yobs in our family friendly club?

I came up with an answer to the problem with the split which actually solves another problem...more on the second problem at the end. The problem with the current split is that teams in the bottom half cannot climb any further than 7th and top half drop below 6th. You then have the argument about our situation where our points tally would have taken us to 5th....and the counter argument that it's maybe in part due to "easier" competition in the closing games. So, how do we get a split (to maintain fixture numbers) where teams can still move freely up and down the table without the easier/harder games argument? Well, you don't split it top and bottom..... Instead you take the league places after 33 games and you split into two groups of odd placings and even placings. Those in places 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 & 11 form one group, the rest another group. This means that the level of competition across the remaining 5 fixtures is spread across all levels and as such you can justify allowing teams to move freely up and down the ladder based on the points they earn. The other problem it (likely) solves is that you don't have the worry of an OF title decider (Police don't want it, SPL are scared of it). As they are going to be, more often than not, 1 & 2 after 33 games they will be in different groups. If they are 1 & 3 then someone is splitting them and any OF match isn't likely to be a title decider so a lot less tension involved.

Just up on BBC, Rooney has agreed a 2 year deal - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/9480349.stm