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yeah and thats what is so annoying. As long as the OF have a stranglehold on the SPL then who is gonna challenge managers' comments like these

Just read an article on the beeb website (HERE) with Gordon Strachan moaning about over inflated wages/trasfer fees and how he cant compete in the transfer market with teams like Hull and Stoke despite having the countrys 5th highest wage bill a few years back. Welcome to the real world! I agree with the fact the wages and transfer fees are spiralling out of control and it cannot be sustained but, one comment in particular really puzzled me: Cant quite work out how signing a Spanish midfielder helps Scottish football?!? By signing foreign players surely this could be seen as depriving Scottish players from firstly earning a wage and secondly giving the player exposure to European football which will ultimately benefit his development and subsequently the scottish game. Can anyone see the logic in the quote above?

It isnt a new era as eras last longer than six months - and lets face it this is a temporary fix with the goal of survival - two months in arrears unfortunately. Our board as ever have been short sighted and reactive. They will undoubtedly point the blame at Brewster if all of this goes awry. Butcher may well be a polished speaker - and he has the TV panel experience to come across as he does - but he aint a miracle worker - It really does depend on who he gets in before next week. Lets face it - he may have the passion but if ya dont have at least 11 good men and true then you are going to struggle. But I fer one will be behind him as he really has nothing to lose and everything to gain - and I bet he knows it. And apparently two of the first words that my mole overheard were "Kevin Kyle" - I could live with that. think he's been offered a contract at Killie hasnt he?

agree with that

has a vast network of contacts in the game but has he ever managed? would love to see him as assistant manager if not

Tell them to go out and prove to the SPL that they are not as bad as Brew and Malky has made them look through bizzarre positioning and tactics. or offer them a huge win bonus!

jobs a good un'

How will they approach this one? i expect they'll keep training match preparation pretty much the same until a new boss is appointed Will there be any radical changes by way of personnel or tactics? Personnel - close to usual except i would imagine/hope that midfielders will be on their correct sides i.e. Cowie on the right or Imrie/Vigurs on the left. Will they start with Barrowman up front? I expect they will Might there be a place for Blackie? Yes, he seems eager to get us out of this hole and impress his new boss so expect a good performance. Can anyone see ICT getting some kind of a result at Tynecastle? Yes, i believe we can

he's sitting at 20/1

we've certainly been missing that!

Eric Black, Gary McAllister, Derek McInnes, Robbo or Craig Brown please

have to say im suprised that the board decided to sack him after promising to back him fully in the transfer window but i think it was the right decision to make. Personally i think it was the wrong decision appointing him in the first place but hey ho. Stats dont lie and our record over the past year has been attrocious, that along with bizarre team selections, bizarre tactics, no public relation skills at all and an incredible approach to dealing with players has left the board with no choice. have never felt so low as an ICT suporter as i have done over the last few months. i can see light at the end of the tunnel now. Heres hoping we can get someone on board asap and get the team playing proper football again. 'mon the caley jags

Yes - but Vits Rimkus is yet another short term solution. so is this the striker on trial then? at 35 he is certainly experienced!! looks like he knows the way to goal though, in 143 appearances for FK Ventspils he has scored 81 times, not a bad goal return.

if he gets released from Celtic as the papers are suggesting then he'll have to take what offers are open to him. He was signed on good wages before the credit crunch and i think most players are now aware the wage drops are not uncommon unless your signing for man city! i dont think any SPL club would match his wages currently. His shot stopping was immense when he was here, his only deficiencies when he was he was command of the area and possibly kicking, two areas which can be improved upon. He would still be a valuable asset IMO. with regards to training im sure that we employed a goalkeeping coach after he left so id guess goalkeeper training would have changed anyway looks like Fraser could be off to Motherwell so we'll need a new keeper

Because he is an excellent keeper who according to the tabloids wont be at Celtic much longer. He didnt have a great game today but as we know from his time with us needs a run of games to build confidence. I think he would not necessarily displace Esson just now but would be an asset to any SPL team

Broonie come home

i completely agree with the fact that the same rules should be applied to all supporters and i think this has not been the case at TCS over the past couple of seasons. I have seen on numerous occasions our fans being asked to sit or even ejected for not sitting but have had to endure hundreds of old firm fans stand to sing their songs. Likewise where banners displaying views which are not politicial, racist or prejudiced are removed from the home end, away fans are free to fly what the want. Inconsistency to the extreme here!! i think a lot of the time it comes down to the number of offenders. Its easy for a steward to ask for one flag or banner to be removed or ask one or two people to sit down but its a completely different task asking a hundred celtic fans to remove tricolours or a hundred rangers fans with their union flags. IMO where a steward is unable to handle a large group of fans then this is where police must intervene. edited to correct some dodgy grammar!

By that attitude I suppose you should wear boxer shorts only if you plan on competing in a boxing match that day. :thumb04: :018: lucky i dont wear grandad shirts, would set tongues wagging!!

personally i only wear one to play football in, not much call for it anywhere else IMO

Guy Kerr has left the club by mutual consent, story here didnt see that much of the lad play so cant really comment

nice one, looks like a reasonable uptake so far, hopefully still more to sign up

something different:

anyone heard on the uptake of seats for the free coaches?

another couple of variations, included this one that is close to the current one:

another idea: