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Was glancing at a Scottish Cup preview of the Wick v Linlithgow Rose game and discovered that Ryan Baptie is now on their (Linlithgow's) books! He came to us from Hibs on a one-year-deal at the beginning of last season - and was considered a promising player, predominantly a left-back. It was even thought that he could eventually be the successor to Shinnie. He did well in pre-season but didn't threaten our first-team and was subsequently released at the end of the season. Peterhead then snapped him up - but it seems he's now back 'home' now playing in the Juniors.

No Charles, instead we'll all whinge about the means of paying for the Tory U-turn. 5% cut in Scotlands funding and this http://www.thenational.scot/politics/axing-1bn-carbon-capture-contest-threat-to-600-jobs-and-environment.10468 Isn't it also strange that the claimed billions in losses from North Sea revenues would have had such drastic effects on Scotlands wealth if independent yet have no effect, and are never mentioned, in UK budgets?

Hi, I'll only post this link once but if anyone is interested here is a Inverness Caledonian Thistle page I've just built: http://footballclubforums.com/spremier/inverness/

Getting back to the "Performance of SNP MPs in Westminster", I note that the SNP's foreign affairs spokesman didn't attend today's debate on the case for UK military action in Syria because he was instead occupied with important constituency business attending the unveiling of a portrait of himself. You couldn't make it up!

I'll put this down to Alex suffering one of these Freudian states of denial where he can't even admit to himself that the obvious answer to his question actually lies in one of the fundamental reasons for Scotland needing to remain within the Union. In view of what the size of the Scottish economy would have been post-nightmare scenario, the disappearance down the toilet of North Sea oil revenues which we are now seeing would have been a pretty well mortal blow. On the other hand the UK economy is around 12 time bigger so can stand this and other similar changes a whole, whole lot better - which is just one reason why we are far better sticking where we are. Could you imagine the scenes of panic and angst if there had been a yes vote and then a few short months later the oil bubble had been shown to burst, despite the "second oil boom" and $103 a barrel predicted by Salmond? Well I suppose there's always Grand Theft Auto....... Everybody's funding is being cut, but Scotland's remains significantly above everybody else's because of that other benefit of the Union, the Barnett Formula. If the Nats want to provide services over and above what can be funded by current revenues, then why don't they use their powers to increase income tax and also scrap the Council Tax freeze, hence also releasing the partial compensation for that offered by Holyrood for other things? Intriguing that the link in the quoted passage should be to that unquestioning SNP soapbox The National. The other day when most front pages were reflecting on the likelihood that the 55 would become the 54, what does that National have? "It's our first birthday!!!!" Cracking stuff.

Lopez must first have a fair hearing Then the club cam make their decision. I remember seeing a movie long ago named "Waterloo." A corporal was caught in the act of stealing a pig from a peasant in France which, in these times of war, was a capital offence. When Christopher Plummer, playing the British general, Wellington, rode up on his hoss and asked what all the fuss was about, he demanded that the Corporal explain his action. The corporal replied.. "Deeply sorry, sir, it was an impetuous act, instantly regretted." Wellington, always a brutal realist and knowing that he needed every experienced man in the ranks, paused for a minute and ordered. "Subaltern, promote that man to Sergeant... he knows how to get out of a tricky situation!" Maybe Senor Lopez should reply at his hearing. "I suffer from asthma, Senors, and I was choking and needed to make this play to save my life. It was an act of impetuosity, instantly regretted and I am black affronted not to mention deeply ashamed. ............."

Yes, but we were two goals up at the time. We were also hanging on for the last 10 minutes. My concern would be that if we allow Celtic to come at us, then we will concede and lose.

....just bring back LG full stop.....

Both clubs need to sort this out pdq. I'm travelling down on the Thursday before and need to know by then. Bring back LG.