The Mantis
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Cheers, thought so.
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Nae me anyway, I'm in Magdeburg, fecking gutted at missing the game Are we not now safely in top six slot after Hibs being beaten last night? I think we are Mike but Statto will be along in a minute to correct me
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Even in today's Herald Adams was saying we were happy with a point 2 weeks ago. Did he ask us then
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Who were Russell and Mike on MFR?
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Watch this space
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Interesting stuff RIG. I assume it was requested by a Newco supporter but it's a bit confusing working out exactly what was requested and what was clarified, and why there's matches from St Mirren etc.
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Saving money after 2 ICT games up north in a row. Spartans 1 Whitehill 2. South of Scotland Challenge Cup semi - more or less replaces the old Q-Cup. Winners play Dalbeattie Star.
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We heard that he had jacked in the teaching to go full time, so he was probably better than level 5 anyway. We've had plenty of players from levels 4 and even 3 who couldn't hack it in the SPL.
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and what did he say ? will never forget the reaction anyway lol There's been a few variations on this - Scotty and others asked him before. This week he thought it was along the lines of 'don't ask him to spell his name ref'
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not impossible but highly improbable. As Mr Bannerman hinted above, it would probably take a computer to work out the permutations involved since all 9 clubs below us are involved in playing each other. All 9 would have to pass us while at the same time taking points off each other. So my gut feeling is that Mannie is right. Almost as complicated is whether we can be knocked out of the top six by 4 of the teams below us. They only have 4 games left, apart from St Johnstone who have 3. If you make top six you can't be relegated anyway...... I've done it in a spreadsheet, and we can still be relegated. On a more positive note, we can still win the title too. But in reality neither are going to happen. Wow! Most other folk waste their working day on Facebook What odds (or more likely probability) does your spreadsheet give on us making top 6?
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not impossible but highly improbable. As Mr Bannerman hinted above, it would probably take a computer to work out the permutations involved since all 9 clubs below us are involved in playing each other. All 9 would have to pass us while at the same time taking points off each other. So my gut feeling is that Mannie is right. Almost as complicated is whether we can be knocked out of the top six by 4 of the teams below us. They only have 4 games left, apart from St Johnstone who have 3. If you make top six you can't be relegated anyway......
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Dennis Wyness Ross Tokely Charlie Christie Russell Duncan Steve Paterson Will probably change my mind tomorrow. Btw not living in Sneck, finally bumped into 10CC at the C(o)unty game and asked him what he said to Boner.......!
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Feck off back to Canada, aye those were the days.........
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Watching the highlights, County have loads of empty seats in the East Stand, not just at one end as I thought at the game. There was also a section in the West stand right at our end with hardly anybody in it.
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Having seen the highlights, Vigurs could easily have got a red for that. Raven was booked for nowt. Also TB stayed in his tech area. Adams came over. No need. The Meekings claim was never a pen. He turned side on and the ball struck his shoulder. His arm was outstretched though so if it had struck his arm further down it should have been a spot kick. I presume the other claim was the one down the Jailend which they never showed. Definite pen from ShinniestaLite though. Derek the Seethe is truly a horrible, ungracious little man.
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^^^^^^^^^^ What he said
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A lot of fuss was made about selling out the whole library stadium. Both the East and West Stand had empty areas at the corner flags, nearest to us, could easily be 100 seats each. Also the wendy house had a couple of dozen spaces. OK I suppose it's normal for a few people to buy tx then not turn up. Caley100 and i just sat anywhere as we couldn't actually find our seats in row D. Mine was D159 (Caley100 might have had D160) but i sat in D144 in an aisle seat. The last block nearest the wendy house had less than 16 seats in a row (I counted but I forget now) so 159 and 160 couldn't have existed. There was a RCFC fan and his girlfriend on the Innes Bar bus and they said their seats in the East Stand didn't exist either.
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ICT position at the split (33 games)?
The Mantis replied to Tichy_Blacks_Back's topic in Caley Thistle
Ironically it could turn out that the very first time we reach the top six could be the worst time finance-wise (apart from the prize money). Normally you'd expect one of the OF at home, plus possibly Hearts, Aberdeen, Hibs. This year, if the fixtures go to plan, we could be away at Celtic and County, and the home games could be the likes of killie and st. Johnstone. Better secure that second spot then..... -
Rene, I haven't looked at their sleepy wee board for ages. Deleted it from my faves. Back in the day it was good to go there for a bit of banter and a wind up especially since every second thread is about us anyway. A few decent posters but too many bitter wee chippy guys. You know there's a problem when some people seethe too much to even say our name - they call us 'THEM' or 'The Scum' instead! Of course maybe it's just Adams signing up under a dozen usernames......
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We've not been playing well while C(o)unty are on fire. Cownty are much improved since the transfer window and winning is the best cure for anything. But as the home team they never really created much. I thought the first half was a bit like the cup game. We probably shaded it and looked the more composed side. Also like the cup game, Cownty got right in our faces second half from the off. Our defence stood firm and were never really stretched but midfield to front we seemed to think the game only lasts 45 mins. We seemed to sit off them in midfield and Brittain was getting time to spray these passes left and right, although he's not got the class to make killer passes anyway. Graeme handled Sproule well but he never did much against us anyway even in his prime. Pitch was awful, both teams made loads of unforced errors but it seemed to affect our flair players Shinniesta and Doran worse than others. The ball wouldn't run for Jones either. Some people's distribution was even worse - yes that's right Dave the Rave, we mean you! Back in the summer everybody was saying how Cownty's park would be better than ours. I did warn you that Viccy Park would become the Global Energy Library - was I right or was I right? Travelling back over the Kessocko isn't our place a sight to behold? No contest. Bring on the 16th.
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Back in the day they would have given us a more experienced ref - we used to get the likes of Dallas coming up. I'd rather have seen Willie Collum or Calum Murray. I felt McLean was out of his depth. Now we're deprived of Graeme for an important match which could see us make top 6. Devine can play LB can't he?
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Penalty, obviously......
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Unbeaten since 7/11/09 ;@
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Dont know how you will kill time mate, always go a wander about the town... take about 4 minutes, get your fortune told - plenty of choice! or if you had time left visit a pub or someting for a wee pint? sure you will work it out - you can be the advance party! Take a bin liner and fill it with tumbleweed
