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He is taking his time to settle , I admit , but the midfield hasn't clicked with him and Black playing without Russell in there to do some water carrying...I think we'll have a better idea of his true capabilities by the turn of the year - good or bad at least he'll have had a fair crack of the whip.

The Ref for Saturday is........

.........half blind, just per usual. :016:

Hats off to the loon , he has secured the left back spot for ICT after his wilderness years and IMO he has this place on merit....who'd have thought 12 or 18 months ago that Richard Hastings would be one of the solid backline which really picks itself , ****, looking at the tictacs threads everyone has him in there and even when 3/5/2 is mooted he's invariably got a few nods for inclusion on the left.

Who was it famously once said " F**k off back to Canada"????

P.S. note to Dicky...keep yer head out of the clouds and yer feet on the ground and you'll be well remembered in years to come.

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Hehe...

Blooter!

...well used to anyways. :001:

It seems  so long ago we were lauding his tough no quarter given attitude to ball winning combined with some very good displays of driving runs and accurate passing , now the latter qualities are seldom on show and without those he does not bring an awful lot to the team - in fact as it's pointed out when he's on a yellow and is mouthing off incessantly at the officials then he's more of a liability than a help as his agrressive style is leading to an early substitution or the inevitable red caird.

Wtf is up with the boy this season?

Regardless of tictacs and formations - unless the midfield ( whoever they may be ) are going to come and take the ball from Dods/Munro and play some passes through the middle of the park - then CC'd be advised to play 4 - 0 - 6 formation so when we are hoofing the ball up the park at least we have a better chance of finding one of our own men.

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I've always believed Richie should get a start but not on the wing. He's much better in the centre.

..hey thats fine but most of our midfield would prefer to play , and are probably better in the centre - if we had someone offering something different out wide then perhaps the centre wouldn't be requiring tweaked as often as it is...

Just a thought.

Surely now that Tulloch plc are moving their shareholding out of us and in to the general sports trust this doesn't really mean squat to us , does it?

Watched Brick and Adam & Paul the other night, not much to report there I'm afraid - two rambling movies without much cohesion or plot , although they both involve hard drugs Adam & Paul could be forgiven for having no direction as the two leads?! are the wastoid H heads in the title of the film... whereas Brick had a few laughs and one liners I felt there was little else to redeem it.

Pants.

...The Charlatans are up in November.

...aye but to be extra sure you have to actually sit ON your goolies and crank the heat up to full :003: :015:

I too experienced this in C section, which is by my own admission, not one of the noisiest sections of the main stand - unless we aren't doing too well of course which was the case yesterday. I heard  a lot of shouts from the same few individuals I think and it was one of these shouts which provoked a response from CC himself, during a quiet period of play on the field - a response which was a bit x rated and indeed easily audible to the front sections...

Now I can't condone the idiots who don't get vocal unless they're having a go at ICT staff, but CC has to watch how he handles this type of thing in the future or it will further alienate him from some already indifferent sections of the home support.

I thought Bayne ( apart form missing a couple of reasonable chances) had a pretty effective game, he held up or layed the ball off to Dargo on numerous occasions - the trouble being that Dargo was so frustrated at being 25 yards out with the ball and two defenders in front that he was taking pot shots from that distance all afternoon , why wasn't one of our 'class' midfielders running onto the Bayne lay offs and sending Dargo through with a slick pass??

Wilson was pretty woeful today but he has been very good lately so I suppose this one was coming, although his tendency to drift infield didn't help poor Rosscoe who was up against two United players on his side when they were breaking...

Also i thought it was questionable that we finished the game with three natural left sided midfielders , must be rare these days that one team can have so many yet remain so ineffective. Perhaps a slight imbalance ther Mr C.

If Black can perform consistently at the level he has so infrequently been capable of then fair play he can earn us some cash as he moves to  Chelsea or Man U , however if he continues with his unspectacular form of the season so far, and the indisciplined approach to referees decisions continues then I  think he'll be showcasing his talent from the bench, or stand!

...I always give 100% at work...

12% monday

23% tuesday

40% wednesday

20% thursday

5% friday

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The Futureheads - Favours for Favours

Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honour....( kill bill OST )

...my golf has heated seats...even better in the winter. :003:

With my boots on, hopefully.

The Flaming Lips - Plastic Jesus

Soundgarden - Stray Cat Blues

hehe 8^)

Black Sabbath - Into the Void.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - O'Malley's Bar

If they really wanted Dods ( more than puir wee Proc ) I'm sure they could cough up more than 35k...they have got more than that haven't they??

I think ( hope or fear?? ) that this is the first move in a series of actions which will infinitely speed up the process of regionalising the leftover SFL teams and creating a semi-professional second tier in the new 'pyramid' system which has been mooted for a long while now ,  SPL1 and 2 is temporary IMO , we will eventually see an expanded single SPL of 14 or 16 teams ( 18 if they listen to UEFA ) with a more universal two up two down at the end of the season - with a playoff place as well probably.