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I do like the story about Dougie Imrie being refused entry to G's because he was too drunk..... Dougie: Do you know who I am? Bouncer: Aye, your Dougie Imrie, now f*ck off!

In my interview for the Motherwell match day programme 'view from Inverness' page they asked what do I hope for ICT in 2012. My first sentence was simply 'A penalty'.

Let's take care of business at East End Park first before discussing what might be a non topic come this time next week.

Match winner on his day. Just a shame that it was rarely a Saturday

Indeed he was, but they fell out and he instead opted for a career in football. Let's just hope he has chosen the right club.

One word book reviews have always been something that baffled me and seemed rather pointless, something that was done by people who worked for the high brow broadsheets that was designed to make those who hadn't followed a specific education path fell inferior.....until last night (well, the early hours of this morning) when I stumbled upon one of my own. I'd just finished reading Stephen Fry's 'The Liar' when I closed it over and saw the "reviews" on the cover and instantly knew they had all got it wrong......wrong because I knew the word they were looking for was "Unexpected". On reflection I found myself being rather pleased that I was able to sum up the book in one word that I felt covered everything from the story and style to the plot. I think I'll give the one word reviews a little more thought in future before being so quick to dismiss them as pointless....they might be wrong, but the will no longer baffle me or appear pointless. I read a fair bit and will happily flip between most genres depending on my mood and whether I crave knowledge, entertainment or just want to escape the world for a while. As much as I enjoy watching him on TV and listening to him on the Radio, I had never given much thought to reading any of his books as I had this misconception that they would probably make for heavy reading, but I got "The Liar" as a stocking filler and, as I said above, it was "unexpected". It's one of those books that can be read on "different levels", and I don't mean levels of intellect, age (although not recommended for kids) or even class. You can pick it up and read it end to end and thoroughly enjoy the plot which slowly reveals itself throughout the book, but keeps on giving until the end. The individual chapters read as if they are short stories within themselves that could stand alone and leave you quite satisfied. The humour is fantastic and carries throughout the book....in fact it takes the idea of stereotype beyond the ludicrous to the point, well to no point really as it takes you full circle and indulges the predisposition we all have to believing in stereotypes. I believe plans are afoot, and may already be under way for turning this book in to a screenplay or film. I prefer to read the book and then compare it to the on screen interpretation. In most cases it allows you to fill in any gaps in the movie/film/screenplay and enhance the viewing experience. Far better that than already having the plot in your head while reading and knowing what's coming next....for me at least. "Making History" is next on the list of Fry's books for me. It's another stocking filler from a family member who took my love of QI to mean a love of all things Stephen Fry....a bit like a mad aunt or gran takes your love of anything and thinks they should knit you a jumper with it on the front. Many such gifts end up as landfill or charity shop donations...but I struck lucky this time.

According to both BBC and SPL web our game at Motherwell on Saturday is on BBC Alba on Saturday evening at 5.30pm. Here's hoping Ten4's comment above is a good omen.

Aye apart from that one they did win - a sending off which you thought was the correct decision of course despite the referee admitting he was wrong........

We stopped getting penalties in the league when Butcher spoke out against de-construction of the league.

Absolute no brainer, not now, not ever.

Therein lies the problem, but first let me make a couple of comments on Don's last post. I agree completely that it's unlikely that funding like in 1996 - which was made to get national league football initially into Inverness and £900,000 of that was a dire emergency - would materialise again. And the question relating to a relocation of the value of the remaining 81 years of the lease, allied with the added complication of it being owned by the Trust not being owned by the club (I only changed that to avoid Don going off on one of his perorations ) is also an interesting one. But to move on to the question of "where?" regarding any relocation. What you have to remember here is that in the years up to 1993, Caley (sic) tried a whole lot of places including Kinmylies, Canal Field, the Bught and the Carse and they all fell through. In the absence of the Holm Mains - A82 link, the thought of thousands of football fans trying to get across the Ness Bridge at 5pm on a Saturday continues to make the Bught a non starter - assuming a site could even be found because the Bught Stadium and the Queens Park are absolute non starters. Unfortunately I once again have to refer to Against All Odds, Chapter 8 on this occasion, where there is a detailed account of the eleven sites, no less, in Inverness which were looked at on Caley Thistle's behalf in 1993 and all but two were rejected for some reason or another. Apart from East Longman, the only other strong runner was out on the Golden Mile at Stratton Farm and after a titanic battle between the club and INE that also fell by the wayside, leaving the current site. Stratton Farm was still regarded as suitable, it was just that it was too far away from where a lot of fans lived. But whether it would still be available is another matter. But the bottom line here, I might imagine, is that the club's number one financial priority for the foreseeable future might well be keeping the books as close to balanced as possible with respect to keeping a football team on the field and in the SPL, with relocation somewhat further down the list of priorities.

Doesn't matter what the standard is like in general. Southend Reserves isn't a great standard but that's where we got Richie Foran from. We're only trying to see a rough diamond in there, not join the league (which isn't that far off the SPL anyway)

Doesn't count... the referee wasn't from the central belt.

Terry Butcher definately gets my vote at next election...... think he must be a Scottish Nationalist now!

Let's put the subject to bed untill we are playing in European ties regularly and getting the sort of income from T V and attendance that will warrant a move or reconstruction of the ground, 'tll then I'm afraid it is really just pie in the sky. We haven't reached the top six yet, We are not getting enough fans in, concentrate on that please you whizz kids and bring up some realistic ideas on how to get more fans in, more noise and more money. In the meantime accept what we have got as adequate.

It still does not rhyme

two gone hopefully we can get a striker and centre back in with the freed up wages

The red card for Kompany was fully justified. I don't know why it has generated so much debate.