Libero

had only just come into the thread to see the starting line ups! 1-0 up already?? Get in!! :)

fantastic!!!!

Hayes signing a new contract would be a huge boost for us for next year Hopefully we can secure the nucleus of the squad for next year and add some strength in depth. We definately need to tie the shamrock trio to contracts as soon as we can

Good luck to everyone involved

back where we belong!!! YYYAAASSS!!!

Brilliant!! :D

Ha ha, brilliant!!!!! Feckin teckle!!

WHAT A GREAT FEELING TO KNOW THAT WERE BACK!!! YYYYYYAAAASSSSSS!!!! :021:

hurry up and blow the whistle!!!!

Gettttttt iiiiinnnnn!!!!!! YYYYYAAAAASSSSS!!!

didnt think about that. good shout

the sooner we get the title sorted the better in my opinion, regardless of the manner we secure it. It means we can start looking at next year and securing vital players on longer contracts and looking at strenthening. Mon the rovers!

Feel free to correct me but I'm pretty certain Rankin had a year left on his current contract and Gardyne currently has 2. That's the point I was trying to make, obviously not very well. A player on a longer contract usually commands a higher fee. My point about them being different players stands however. At the end of the day if he does move, whether its ?10, ?1mil or ?10mil he is a good player which i reckon could fit into our team well in behind rooney. Whether he is sold remains to be seen and we'll just have to wait and see Back to the topic, I think we could do with someone like Gardyne, a centre half, a right mid and cover at left back if Golly gets injured or suspended

Feel free to correct me but I'm pretty certain Rankin had a year left on his current contract and Gardyne currently has 2. That's the point I was trying to make, obviously not very well. A player on a longer contract usually commands a higher fee. My point about them being different players stands however. They may have had differing time left on their contract but the fact remains that they were under contract and at SFL level i dont think this would affect transfer value too drastically. They may be different players in terms of ability/personalities/hair-cuts etc but there are a lot of similarities between them, position, history, potential, ambition etc. I believe that theire transfer fees would be around the same if Gardyne was to leave this season. IMO if he moves it would be for no more than ?100k

Rankin, when he was sold, was under contract and Gardyne is currently under contract, dont see how their contract situations are in anyway different. In an ideal world they would hold out for ?250k but i dont think that he would go for as much as that if he was sold. Bare in mind he was signed on a free so any money they make will be a nice profit. I honestly dont think any player in the SFL would command a fee of ?250k, especially when the likes of Griffiths and Harkins (also both nominated for player of the year) cost ?125k and ?150k respectively while both under contract.

250k for Gardyne your having a feckin laugh surely. Absolutely cal234ey!! John Rankin only cost us ?65k from county while he was under contract so there is no way they would get ?250k for Gardyne. Rankin not only came through the youth system at Man Utd but also was IMO a better player than Gardyne. I reckon County would be lucky to get up ?75k for one of there players

What about a song which will relate to title party like "I've got a feeling, that tonights going to be a good, good night"? Jocky disnae like black eyed peas though?? Thon beastie boys are teckle 'Fight for your right to paaaarrrtttyyy!!' would fit in though? :(

teckle idea harry beastie boys over the tannoy too??

well said

Brilliant!!

and score a bundle against us!! I know this is off topic but has any player who has left ICT ever came back and scored a bundle against us? i was getting at the fact Lovell has a bad habit of scoring against us, particualrly from his Aberdeen days

and score a bundle against us!!

My assumption is that Butcher does not want a central defender being pulled out of position to take the throw in. If we lose possession directly from the throw in then we have a central defender effectively taken out of defensive duties. Personally i much rather wide defenders taking the throws. The throw-ins last night were a vast improvement upon our last home game although by no means good. Still too many time possession was lost.

pretty much agree with the ratings above Duncan was immense and without him in the team then i truly believe we may have lost that game Bulvitis was correctly hooked at HT as in my opinion he was being dispossessed too easily and was not winning enough 50/50s, Barrowman even won a couple of headers against him!! I think the score being level at half-time was more to do with good goalkeeping and questionable finishing rather than good defensive work. Tokely provided much more strength in the middle after the break.

completely agree with that