The Mantis

Powering in a header for 3 points and 80 grand will soon clear that question up :015: :015:

Ha ha quality :015: :015: :015: Next time I make a shite post I'll remember that excuse :021:

cheat cheat cheat cheat cheat :015: :015: :015: :015:

Partly that, plus it's hellish getting across Glasgow if Rangers are playing. And the supporters buses get stuck at Cumbernauld with roadworks.

Takes about 250

Feck me, last week it was equations, this week it's grammar. Don't know how you can stay away from this forum birdog :015: :015: :015:

ICT curse strikes again- Charlie takes over as king of the squeakies

Tannadeechay for me too :021:

Charles, I would never have divined from your posts that you harboured any distrust of things south of the Highland Line :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: To be fair, the clubs voting against Highland clubs in the past, in the days of one member, one vote, were doing so for purely selfish, business reasons- minnows like Berwick and Stranraer who would struggle to get the cost of a coach to Inverness when they could play Ferranti instead (and probably win too, thus avoiding a bottom place finish a la Shire). But it would be stretching it to call that a conspiracy, any more than keeping Cove or Wick out of the HL could be. By 1994 the voting system had changed. The Premier division got 4 votes, Div 1 got 2 and div 2 got only 1 vote. So the big clubs could look at it objectively rather than in self-defence. And so we got 68 :021:

OK, I'll bite. (BTW you've just admitted that you CAN'T argue that Utd have more potential so that was very sporting of you :015:) Anyway: DUFC have a bigger PAST. They've won a league championship and a couple of cups and had some European success. This is not potential. This is HISTORY. They haven't won a thing since ICT was formed. Even while progressing up the lower leagues, ICT has done better than DUFC in the Scottish Cup. Both clubs are equal at PRESENT. Despite a chairman who throws money at everything (and has few friends AFAIK), and a bedrock support which is, say, 20% bigger than ICT's, DUFC are ONE point ahead of ICT in the league (which may well change this weekend). Like it or not, the long term picture is of support draining away from the smaller clubs to the large clubs (Man U, Celtic, Barca). It was happening while I was your age but be assured it's a lot worse now. I work beside people who are happy to travel to England to use a season ticket for the Premiership. So arguing about ICT and DUFC as large clubs is like two bald men fighting over a comb. However, if there is one area of the UK where this trend just might be slowed or reversed, it is Inverness, which is a **** of a long way from anywhere else. ICT is still in its first generation of supporters and in such a fast growing city there is a fair chance that these young fans will become parents and bring along their offspring, while a proportion of the incomers will also bring their families out of curiosity. The crowds may eventually reach a critical mass where a bit of atmosphere is generated- at present too many people are bashful about the idea that their local club (which played in the Highland League till recently) is actually as good as any which comes up to visit. Ten years ago this week ICT were on the way to their div 3 title and even then many people could not believe it. I said before that I have seen better players in a United shirt than you will ever see in the future. The reverse is true at ICT. ICT wages have gradually improved as the club has been sensibly run and we are no longer the worst payers in the SPL. Bigger names than Dargo, Brewster etc are still to arrive. Therefore: ICT has the bigger Potential, ie FUTURE.

Problems in that department mun? I'll just set them up, and you tap them in :015: :015:

What, Ross County? Don't make me laugh! Nairn County maybe :015: :015: :015: :015: Don't be silly. Man U are a massive club and everybody hates them. If City were going down like County, the Man U fans would be like us, a few would want them to go. Most folk would either not give a toss, or want them to stay up.

That's the point ymip's making though. We should have more dignity than that.

I'd rather see me stay up, and County nailed to the mast

Downright messy too

:015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: Aye he's a prefect at Dingwall Academy

Hey, MacLeod, get offa my ewe.

I've seen more life in an army blanket.

Course he can. Never seen the sopranos?

I remember Maurice Johnston getting hit with a pie at Ibrox one day. He must have been a good target.

No need to shout, people in the main stand are trying to sleep

Turn your hearing aid up

I agree totally Ross :021: :021: :021: :021:

I'd probably agree with your post but I can't understand it :015:

Victor Meldrew? Moi? It's Clegg I'll have you know :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: