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I seem to remember reading an article somewhere that following hundreds of complaints at the start of the World Cup that the BBC/ITV did something to the in-stadium and pitch-side microphones where the noise of vuvuzela was toned down? The screech seems a lot less annoying now but i think its to do with technology rather than them being more bearable

Heard he arrives at the club on the 15th July, dont have a name but he is a mate of Butchers? any speculation? Peter Shilton!? Chris Woods?

sounds like a decent player

absolutely

I'd tend to agree with you there, there are 6 players there with at least 5 years SPL experience and others such as Golly, Foran and Rooney who have played in the SPL before. 9 players with SPL experience in itself is a good core of experience IMO While we could maybe do with another experienced player or two i agree that by the looks of the trialists and signings Butcher has made, it could well be upcoming, hungry youngsters that he may be looking to add

The 'establishment' are to blame! :)

Don't think he could be anymore transparant... fair play for keeping the fans in ze loop. I'm a bit worried that he isn't looking at anyone with a bit more experience to help out the first team but experience costs money and we don't seem to have that at the moment. From the sounds of it Heston Blumenthal will be able to cover all 4 positions upfront and at only 20 years of age he could be an absolute steal... or another Behrami but I am hopeful because he wears a head band :P :P :D From P&J article Also looks like weve had two bids for Tuffey knocked back in the last week so there might be some money there, ?5k or something :)

Should we have a seperate thread for trialists? Anyway, bit of info about some the trialists, Andrew Milne is a Scottish defender with 2 U18 caps and whilst never playing for the first team at Leeds, played 14 times for Darlington in two loan spells. From the Newcastle United website:

But not enough, it would appear! Interesting story all the same. Tuffey and Esson? We'd be guaranteed one very unhappy keeper. either not enough or what partick want is too much for what we deem a fair value. we all know how over-inflated tranfer fees can be. Maybe we have funds allocated for another position also. The mention of us paying fees is what intrigues me, i dont think there will be many teams in the SPL splashing out with transfer fees, i reckon most signings will be free transfers or nominal fees

I originally thought about that as well, not sure if Johnson would be eligible for the U19s. I know some of the bigger SPL clubs have three first team keepers, maybe Butcher is thinking the same thing

Just spotted this article on the Sky sports website; linky interesting. looks like there may be money to spend

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confirmed here glad to get the ball rolling ive seen four different spellings of the israeli lads name now, wonder which one is right!

It seems Blumstein played two games for rangers when on trial and scored four from midfield. sounds like he could be a real find

sounds pretty much like it Yngwie, just read this:

just found this snippet taken off a BBC forum from July last year;

yeah, wish they would hurry up!

I think its very difficult to apportion blame to either the manager or the players without knowing the way the club/team operates. Often in football only one side of the story is released to the press and its very easy to incorrectly blame one party based on what the board/chairman/manager/press officer tells the press. Ultimately it is the responsibility of the manger to get results and football as we all know is a results driven business. However footballers nowadays often play only for the pay cheque or big contract rather than the club and this quite often leads to lack of commitment/passion/respect for the team. Football is becoming less of a team sport and more a means to make indivduals rich. Using the world cup as an example, from what we have seen in the media Capello has taken a lot of flak (and rightly so IMO) for some confusing team selections and formations however there has been a lot of rumours about infighting amongst players within the camp which would surely have had an effect on team spirit and moral. In this case it is almost impossible to apportion blame without knowing the full story.

Thats good enough for me Imagine the celtic game with them lot blowing their vuvuzelas and us singing Lady Ga Ga! :024:

he would be my second favourite, he has a good squad there but despite a good start to his career, he seemed to struggle towards the end of the season, if he carries on the poor form then he may well be punted anyone reckon Neil Lennon with be up to the task?

Blatantly half inched from P&B but who do posters think will be first for the chopping block this season. My money is on McGhee Edited for various spelling mistakes and submitting the poll half way through completion. Not having a good day

absolutely, this summer has only been bearable thanks to the world cup, will be glad once pre-season starts again and we start building for the coming season

Its been confirmed here that ICT plans to announce two new signings next week and hope to have several British and European trialists coming over next week for the start of pre-season training.

Article on P&J website here

Yeah, thats the one in the paper :)