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Just about to leave for the Wick game tonight. Will try and send some updates.

Apparently he'll serve his suspension on Thursday when St Johnstone play Rosenborg.

Can't comment on the incident but whats the problem with a 33 year old having a night out with his colleagues. I'm 56 and I do it. Saturday night was probably the last chance they'll all get for a good night out before the season start.

Has been called up to the Canada U20 squad

RICHIE FORAN IS FECKIN DANGEROUS

What was he doing under a car? Well, being a 33 year old coming out of a night club at 3.30 in the morning I expect it is a simple case of him being exhausted.

Shut up Dougal

Pretty good game. I had expected it to be a mainly under 20 team, but there was a bit of experience in each area. Seemed to be set up similar to the 4-2-1-2-1 from last season, Cheyne, Cooper, Gorman and Tremarco along the back, Draper and Devine in front, Ryan Christie in the A.Shinnie role, Ross and Greenhalgh out wide and Evans up top. We started pretty well and got the early goal, a tap-in for Nick Ross after some good work from Greenhalgh and Christie on the left. I almost missed it, saw some advancing as I was posting the team lines, then looked up and there was Nick 3 feet from an open goal, my brother had to tell me who crossed. At least he was better then the announcer who credited the goal to Greenhalgh. Wick had a decent spell and had a great shot that came of the post/crossbar with the keeper well beaten, and another good chance from some bouncing around the box. Our second from Draper was a good shot from just inside the box after a low pass though the middle from Evans, and the third was a great cross from the left about 10 yards inside the Wick half which Evans dispatched well. Greenhalgh had a good chance from a free kick during this period as well, but it was always curling away but was just a couple of feet wide. Wick came back into it a bit after that and it was pretty even until half time but no great shots of note, although there was a scary moment when a deep cross slipped through MacKay's hands and out for a corner. Half time and a nice pie at a reasonable £1.50. Second half and Sutherland came on at right back and the rest of the defence moved one to the left. Devine seemed to be playing a bit deeper as well and we went more of a 4-1-3-2. Play was pretty even again, maybe Wick having the better of it, but then Sutherland went on a run up the right, and then fed it in to I think Evans who passed to Christie. It was a little behind him and I thought the chance was gone, but he managed to pull it back and get the shot away and in. The fifth came soon after, nice work on the right from Evans chipped into the centre from the corner of the box and put away by Ali Sutherland. All a bit scrappy after that for both sides, Wick got through a few times but couldn't get the shot away in time or on target. There were a couple of fiery moments, first when Pepper and a Wick attacker went down together in the ICT box, the whistle went and I thought Pen to Wick, but it went our way, next Pepper and the Wick guy were tangling and the ref was racing in to split them up, just a talking to for both of them though. The next was with just a couple of minutes to go, Draper went in hard in the midfield and a Wick player ended up needing treatment, no foul but Draper did get some treatment from the home fans as well. By this time Brown and Holwarth came on, direct changes for Cheyne and Gorman respectively. Not long after Wick got their goal, no less than they deserved, they had played well, and Barry should have a good season if he can keep some of the trialists. All in all a decent result, better than this time last year when it was 0-0 in the same game, and we do seem to have some options other than the first choices. Evans seems right up there, looking for a shot and getting the ball in good places, Greenhalgh does have a great delivery, though as some have said for other games, he does sometime look to go on himself when the pass would be better. Christie is doing his dad proud and we look to have some good defensive cover. Tremarco doesn't go forward as much as Shinnie, but then it gives the option of Shinnie being able to cover midfield and we don't have to worry about left back cover. As Lizi said elsewhere, the U-20 games could be very good this year as well.

It's always the same. Those who already have fast broadband are the first to get the upgrade. We're in an internet black hole on the Black Isle. We're nominally served by the Dingwall exchange but we simply cannot get broadband through the landline. Instead there is a satelite receiver on the hill behind Dingwall which then sends and receives signals to and from mini satelite type dish on our house. We get 1Mb and pay over £30 a month for the privilege over and above the cost of our landline. Some neighbours have the same whilst other have slightly different solutions with the detail depending on the precise location of the house and whether satelite, phone or landline gives the best signal. The Dingwall exchange is set to be upgraded by December so hopefully we will end up with a much better provision for a lot less money. One of the frustrating thing about this is that there is a fibre optic cable going past the house because the Government decreed that all schools were to have a certain level of broadband provision. So the local Primary School gets a decent broadband signal but domestic customers are not allowed access to the cable. We'll see what comes of this but no doubt the emphasis will be to get the maximum number on the superfast broadband as soon as possible to make the statistics look good. Those in real need of an improved service have never been a priority for BT and I can see the current situation continuing amidst claims of a major improvement in Broadband provision.

Going by the under 20s who have showed up so well already in pre-season, I am looking forward to Tuesday afternoons already!

Premier League (the real one) also has a lion as it's logo. All we need now is for the Highland and Lowland leagues to be renamed the North Conference and South Conference.

1 MacKay 2 Jay Cheyne 3 Carl Tremarco 4 Ross Draper 5 Matthew Cooper 6 Joe Gorman 7 Adam Evans 8 Ryan Christie 9 Ben Greenhalgh 10 Danny Devine 11 Nick Ross Subs 12 Calum Holwarth 14 Jason Brown 15 Ali Sutherland 16 Conor Pepper

Maybe need this for the carpark

The w@nk3r smiley doesn't work as the word gets asterisked out!

Freedom from living under a government that the country did not vote for, that is run by and for an elite that grows richer and more powerful by the day. Freedom from sending our children to wars that mean nothing to us, from spending billions on those wars and the weaponry they require; freedom to decide what your own economic and social priorities are; and the freedom to take responsibility for those decisions. Those kinds of freedoms. At the same token, England has had to put up with Labour when they have been extremely unpopular there - I think they should also be ruled by the party they vote for - again, that would preferably be under federalism but I do think they have every right to complain about the last 15 years of unrepresentative government more than Scotland (80s Thatcherism in reverse). England voted for Labour in those years, if they hadn't done so, there is no way Labour would have been in government. And the version of Labour they and we got was one set up to please the Home counties.

What do you call a footballer under a car ? Jack Foran

First time I've seen him and yes he looked good - nippy and skillful. Williams combining with Shinnie on the left could be a potent weapon for us.

Not really much to add from what Yngwie and RossP have said. Good to see Bayne and Sheerin again. I thanked Bayne for his goals against Aberdeen. He seemed delighted. Nice of the players to acknowledge us at the end of the game as well. An Abroath fan on P & B (smokie bacon crisps) has posted a link to some photos from the game: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/sets/72157634765874233/with/9352936493/

Or was he Brake dancing?

Or just tyred.

Total waste of money. In many ways, playing the small teams is much better preparation. We know from cup results that competitive matches against these sides can be hard even when the team is match fit and has knit together well. Pre-season is about trying different things out and that is best done against a small team who will not hold back and who are anxious to get the kudos of embarrassing the big boys. These friendlies therefore have a much more competitive edge than a glamour tie would. But then it depends on your perspective. No doubt to fans of Arbroath, tonight's match was a glamour match and they'll be talking for years about the night when the great Billy Mackay graced them with his presence and scored 5!

cannot see how anyone can be in the tiniest bit concerned? our squad has lost just 3 players in Andy Shinnie, OTJ and Reguero. Brill has looked solid and dependable in the matches so far and looks a ready made replacement for Toni, James Vincent looks like a quality buy from Tel as unlike Owain he seems to be more forward thinking in his play, and like with Brill seems to have integrated well into the squad. Admittedly I see Shinnie as a big loss, but with Doran playing in a more natural central role with more freedom to express himself and with the promising acquisitions of Williams and Watkins on the wings and Curtis Allen (who looks like he has an eye for the onion bag) I personally still see us as one of the more exciting attacking sides in Scotland. (Cue someone to bump this post come our relegation with 4 points in May).

There is no anti Laurence baton. You need to realise though that many of us on here are not as young as you seem to think and we do have a lot of years of life experiences. You have a very bad habit of talking down to people because you think you are always right. Incidently I also trained at Moreton as well as Montrose and Teeside and its not the number of fires you tackle that matter. Its the nature of the fire and the way its dealt with. Try three days fighting a major refinery blaze. Try fighting a blaze offshore where theres nowhere to retreat to. I also think you'd find that the modern station has a totally different command regime and general ethos to what you were used to.

Official ICTFC ‏@ICTFC ICT- Brill Raven Warren Meekings Shinnie Doran Vincent polworth Williams Foran Mckay Subs- Devine, Tremarco, Ross, Christie, Greenhalgh, Cooper, MacKay (gk) Andrew Sutherland ‏@ASutherland1983 31m Paul Sheerin is playing as well. Turns out this is ICT Legends v ICT. Richard Brittain sent off for Ross County. 4- Meekings from 25 yards with the shot , well saved by Scott Morrison 8- some finish from McKay, cross in from doran, keeper flaffs at it and it drops to McKay who on the turn smashes it in. 10- it's McKay again, Foran's header loops onto the bar, down to doran who dinks it back in and McKay was there to head home. Andrew Sutherland ‏@ASutherland1983 4m 30- GOAL: McKay hat trick. Ball in behind the defence releases Shinnie who hits the post. Rebound falls to McKay who finishes from close range. Aberdeen FC ‏@AberdeenFC 1m 1-0 Peterhead, McAllister (pen) 24 mins Aberdeen FC ‏@AberdeenFC 11s 2-0, Brown, 33 mins Two quick goals at Balmoor, Brown scores again for Peterhead before Barry Robson gets one back for the Dons on 40 mins. Peterhead 3 Dons 1 Aberdeen FC ‏@AberdeenFC 48s HALF TIME | Peterhead 3 Aberdeen 1 17- should be 4, Williams this time with the effort which smacks the inside of the post. 23- Polworth narrowly over from the edge of the area Ross County FC ‏@TheStaggies 32s So FT tonight Den Bosch 1 County 0, with a reportedly very harsh red card for Brittain. Next up PEC Zwolle on Friday Andrew Sutherland ‏@ASutherland1983 40s GOAL: Another goal for McKay. Meekings plays it wide to Doran who crosses it in for McKay to crash in another header. 4-0 to ICT. 32-Vincent heads just wide from Doran's cross. HT: Arbroath 0-4 Billy McKay No changes at half time, a local close by utters "when will they take that McKay boy off, he's quite good" yes..yes he is. 5-0 Meekings, Andrew Sutherland ‏@ASutherland1983 30s GOAL: Meekings scores a pwaper naughty headed goal from a corner. 5-0 now to ICT See the goal here:- bev_see ‏@Bev_See 0-5 Josh Meekings pic.twitter.com/ah3Ts6kh5T Andrew Sutherland ‏@ASutherland1983 5m Great build up play between Williams and Vincent ending with the latter crashing an effort off the bar. Andrew Sutherland ‏@ASutherland1983 2m GOAL: Liam Polworth with a fantastic long effort to make it 6-0. Nearly another for ICT but Sheerin clears off the line. GOAL: Smith scores for Arbroath. Looked a rasper but I was bust looking at the fishing boats. It's some finish to be fair by Smith, edge of the area, catches it on the volley. Brill with no chance Williams off Ross on Aberdeen FC ‏@AberdeenFC 10m GOAL! | Peterhead 3 Aberdeen 2 (McGinn PEN 73mins), FT Peterhead 3 Aberdeen 2 1-7 McKay Andrew Sutherland ‏@ASutherland1983 GOAL: Another goal for McKay who makes it 7-1. Cross from Ross on the right finds McKay in space and he taps home. Doran off for Greenhalgh. Andrew Sutherland ‏@ASutherland1983 3m Foran cracks an effort in on goal but the Smokies keeper tips it wide. Official ICTFC ‏@ICTFC FT: Arbroath 1 ICT 7 Andrew Sutherland ‏@ASutherland1983 18s F/T: 7-1 to #ICTFC 5 for McKay 1 each for Polworth and Meekings. Thanks for the tweets guys and girls

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