Libero

Given that UEFA rates the Scottish league 17th out of 53 in their co-efficient system then i would say the SPL is comfotably in the top third of European Leagues. Absolutely no doubt that we as a league should be doing better in Europe though

room

I think after the old firm defeat at the weekend Celtic will be like a wounded beast and there may well be a hiding on the cards here. Not sure if this is my honest footballing prediction or merely an un-biased prediction

Foran an injury 'concern' for Butcher: Limited options for ICT boss Hope that Foran makes it as we need his tenacity and effort up front however if he does not make it then i would not be too dissappointed in playing either Sutherland or McKay up front as it adds another option to our attack. While Sutherland can run at defences he has the power and shot to trouble celtics ropey defence. McKay offers something in different yet again in that he appears to be a box player in the mould of Dargo. Injury concerns mean that we cant change too much at the bak however id like to see the following line up: ESSSON PIERMAYR---TOKELY---GOLOBART---GILLET ---MORRISON---DAVIS--- ROSS------TANSEY------G.SHINNIE TADE or FORAN

HT:0-0 FT:0-1 1st ICT: McKay 1st Opp: Dalle Valle Crowd:5842

Looks like this is almost a done deal Could be a good signing for them, at 6ft 2 he gives them an aerial threat as well as being decent on the deck The Duff situation was a strange one, from what ive gathered in the limited media coverage he was offerred a contract but then went on holiday for 3 weeks, and upon his return said he wanted to sign on again. Then he takes forever to sign and the contract is withdrawn. I would guess he will be regretting his decision now

I think you have a good point there. I watched the Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal game last night and while UEFA insisted that all tickets must be seated for a CL game, Dortmund usually have large standing attendances which are hugely instrumental in making great atmospheres. I know it is impossible to compare ICT to European clubs like Dortmund and Arsenal but i think the standing issue is applicable nonetheless Is it a coincidence that German football enjoys very healthy crowds and great atmospheres in games where standing, low ticket prices and alcohol availability are all common features at stadia? There are also factors at TCS which unfortunately make any noise created whatsoever drown out before it gets twenty feet! The fact that the ground is very open means that it is very succeptible to the elements and with it, the noise is easily drowned out. Also the fact the all three stands are around 10m away from the pitch detracts for the matchday experience IMO because it at times it makes fans feel very detached from the game and players Its no criticism of ICT but in hindsight they are stadium design flaws which no not assist our predicament

I think it was the backdraft from the 'shampoo-advert-stylee-hair-swish' that Juanjo assaulted him with that knocked him over

Lennon

if there was any contact (which i honestly dont think there was) then it was in no way sufficient to knock over the self style hard man that Lennon was. The situation reoccured a few seasons ago when Lafferty went down from Richard Foster's 'headbutt'. Both were equally as shameful however a lot more was made of Laffertys cheating, Lennon definitely got off lighter. Trying to get fellow professionals sent off is inexcusable

tooth

Lennon cheated to get a fellow professional sent off which is quite clearly disgusting behaviour Trying to lie about it and pass the blame just makes the whole thing worse There is clear video evidence to show that he was not touched by Juanjo before going down so how he can now claim there was contact is beyond belief

polyfilla

Hogg is seeing a specialist today about a knee injury quite like the idea of Foran dropping back and McKay coming in now that you mention it

Looks like we have rung the changes in terms of personel, hope it doesnt backfire on us!!

dealer

Seems to be a bizarre decision to me, cant really see this becoming a regular occurance Will be interesting to see how the idea is received

ESSON PIERMAYR----TOKELY----GOLOBART----SHINNIE ROSS----DAVIS----TANSEY----CHIPPENDALE TADE----FORAN SUBS: Whoever is available as we continue to have so many players injured/recovering

Nice to hear that we secured the trophy and also that McKay notched a brace Hopefully he can get up to full fitness and hopefully he can improve our goalscoring exploits in the first team Also glad to hear Sutherland playing and scoring. He took a real nasty one on saturday with Grainger following through with the elbow in a pretty dangerous aerial challenge

first half was pretty tepid and largely uneventful other than the goal line block from G Shinnie Second half was better and we should have really put 2 or 3 away if it werent for some lacklustre finishing and some good goalkeeping not quite sure how Black remained on the park, lots and lots of niggly fouls and while most were not major offences he should have been carded for persistent fouling positive mentions for Davis and Chippendale who i think will be very useful additions to the squad didnt think it was a great game for Morrison, would probably think Tansey and Davis will be used in the middle against Dundee United this weekend came away from the game thinking that normally i would be happy with a point against hearts but that i felt we deserved more

i completely agree, i got it a couple of months ago and it is immense what i do to get quick offline playlists is just access the spotify app on my phone while within range of my wifi and then search for the album/track i want and then sync it from the phone (edit offline playlists then check the album) rather than do it through a PC which takes a bit longer a snippet i noticed which wasnt well advertised was that you are limited to syncing 3,333 offline tracks so that may come into consideration if you are getting a new memory card i got a text saying i was close to my data limit within a few days of getting spotify, woops! :irritated:

HT: 0-0 FT: 1-1 1st ICT: Ross 1st Opp: Templeton Crowd: 4009

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wealthy

That video is incredible