The Mantis

Very shocked to hear this. I think Iain turned up at Ayr and I never got a chance to ask where Ally was. Condolences to Iain, Craig and Lesley.

Au contraire, mon ami, I would say it is you who have dodged it. Surely logic dictates that you have the easy job- proving a positive is far simpler than proving a negative. Just show how he has, quote, "won games for us and scored important goals for us". If you cannot produce such a list, then indeed his contribution to this mighty club has been negligible. Never mind consulting sources, you could do it from memory with other (non-negligible) ICT players such as Denzil or Bobby Mann, so why not with Imrie? Apart from his excellent free kick at Tynecastle, (a game we lost anyway) I cannot think of one thing about Imrie that I will remember in 10 years time, when we're still talking about people like 10cc, Barry Robson, Barry Wilson, Jim Calder, Broonie, etc, etc, etc. Even Alan Hercher gives me more memories of his 2 years or so at this club than Imrie does. Apart from his pace and a strong left foot shot, he is a limited footballer. He runs into blind alleys, has little vision, very little skill and cannot make a pass. I mean when he tries to pass, as opposed to when he's just being greedy. However you seem to think I dislike him personally - not so. I admire how far he has come in the game with so little talent. p.s. I bet you weren't even at the Arbroath game

..... and you know this how? because I know Guy Kerr. Maybe the correct answer though would be "because I know Dougie' I also know Guy reasonably well and if he was wanting to impress me, I don't think he would have namedropped Imrie- I'm sure he could have said he met Lionel Messi for a pint instead :lol:

..... and you know this how?

Well, since you've got a bee in your bonnet about how Imrie appears to be an ICT legend, and you started slinging the mud at me, even though I wasn't the only poster to criticise him, how about you kick it off by listing all his achievements? Or maybe your interest is not 'football based'?

absolute twaddle!! your basing your opinion on a booking and a sending off which while annoying was borne through frustration?? have you never done anything in the heat of the moment? Imrie was not to blame for that defeat in Perth, our second half collapse was. Twaddle yourself! How do you know what my opinion is based on? Do you always reply to posts without reading them properly?

Hamilton weren't my tip for the drop anyway. Reading the papers people seem surprised by their poor start. My tip was always the Midden followed by Killie.

I was speaking to Guy Kerr a couple of weeks back- he's at Berwick now. He is still good mates with Imrie. However I think Imrie's contribution to the ICT cause is pretty negligible, and anybody who saw the sending off at Perth and the booking at Arbroath will be glad he's buggered off.

Who runs it then DC?

We went back to the Elizabethan after that game and I could hardly hold the pool cue, my fingers were like something from Cap'n Birdseye. There, 8 months later and I finally thought of an excuse.

Bollocks. There was feck all craic yesterday except breast pumps.

That's absolute garbage though. Over the years the young lads have come out with one or two shockers but with having a small support there's always one of the older ones such as Kath or Ken MacDonald to have a quick word with them if they're out of order. Since we were sitting in front of them we would have heard it. BTW most of the chants are hilarious- well done lads.

On the highlights you can hear the chants of 'Johndo' at about 4.07 :biggrin:

Donview will tell you I was called The Deerhunter in a previous incarnation...... back in the days when the Jailender forum was worth visiting.....

Yes but nobody has jokes like yours

Yeah that was one hell of a day out, and two contenders for GOTS already. Have to say the Arabs who were left at the end took it well, so many of them said 'well done' and wished us well. P.S. Johndo missed a penalty

It's worth mentioning what happened at Tannadeechay today. You have to pass loads of Arabs on the way up to the main road after the game. You've no idea how many of them stopped to say 'well done' after we'd annihilated their team 4-0. On the other hand, I've twice been at games when we beat Celtic. Both times their fans were gobbing at us after the game, swearing at female car park stewards, etc etc. DC, there's no way I can say this without sounding patronising. As you get older and see more of the world and meet more people who are not 'Celtic minded' and don't share your conspiracy theories, your views will change. Very few people retain these partisan views into middle age. It's the same with the other lot, except we don't seem to have any of them on this forum. Thankfully ICT are most people's big team as opposed to supporters of the wee team OTB where it seems to be quite common to have a big team.

1.16am? Hmm, I hope you can translate it for us when you're sober

Nope, me too. What I was trying to ask, but DC seems to think it's perfectly natural: Why do they need to sing political songs AT ALL? Can they no just sing, eh, football songs?

You've truly surpassed yourself there Charles...... I've just made a bonfire out the back with my anorak. Looking again at the Elgin picture there's hardly any advertising, just the wire mesh Caley used to have. So the other shots must have been taken after the merger when CT sold a lot more ads.

That's OK then, if somebody told you! I think people overuse the word 'sectarian' when really they mean 'political'. Why do your team (the green huns) and the other lot (the blue tims) have to sing political songs at all? BTW 'Boys of the Old Brigade' - if I'm not mistaken, that's the one where this jolly chap asks his pal where he's off to, and he says he's away to join the IRA, n'est-ce pas?

I haven't seen Mike Troughton for a couple of years or I could ask him. I would guess that those photos were all taken on the day we beat Elgin in 1993. Mike and his other half Jess had a habit of being first in the ground so he probably took them on his way to the main stand.

Oh well that was quick. Here's some more old grounds. I suppose I should get around to updating that page, I see it's been 8 years

Free the flag you fish-sh*gg*n-b*st*rds PS There's only one Scotty Davies

Never bothered trying to get pehs yesterday from bitter experience at big games. However if you went out the A9 side of the North stand at time up you could get a peh without queueing. Only Scotch pehs mind, but plenty left. Got a pish nae bother though at the west side during the game.