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I think this thread has maybe run its course.

Time to put a lid on it!

Well I agree with IHE and I think his rant was spot-on.

I'd also say that we were playing very entertaining football for about 15 minutes right up to the point when Black came off.

And that was the defining moment. Up till then we looked the more likely team to score - wave upon wave of attacking football but with an unfortunate inability to finish. Suddenly, with the absence of Black we seemed to lose direction and any threat we may have carried. It was all a bit insipid from then on and I noticed we seemed to favour the long ball "tactic".

I also agree about the mature man maintaining his looks. He was ugly back then too. Only, he didn't have a beard.

he looked vaguely familiar from my old IRA days - ugly fellow with a bit of a beard.

That'll be Gerry Adams.

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Well - perhaps he is a right eejit then. :thumb04:

Aye, you could say that.

Funny thing was, he looked vaguely familiar from my old IRA days - ugly fellow with a bit of a beard.

But they didn't have eejits in the IRA in those days, did they?

I really wanted the substitution of Black for Wilson to turn out to be a tactical masterstroke, just to get it right up the eejit sitting behind me who started ranting at Brew as Black came off.

As time wore on, however, I realised the eejit behind me was right, and probably not an eejit at all!

That's right IHE, and if ya fling a barrow-load of darts, yer bound to hit the bull now and again!  :016:

Wasn't in Riga but found myself in Ventspils, which is along the coast a bit, a few years ago.

Met a burd there called Svetlana and it was love at first sight, and lasted most of the night. She introduced me to her flatmate, also called Svetlana and we all agreed to meet in a bar the next night.

As it turned out she was with another friend; amazingly enough she was called Svetlana too. By now I was beginning to see a pattern emerging.

Got my jacket pinched that night too. Or did I trade it - can't remember now. **** - I couldn't even remember the next morning, but the burd I woke up facing looked like a shabby used jacket's worth at the very most.

Happy days!  :015:

How is a town with a population of approx 4000 supposed to sustain an SPL team?

The name is Ross COUNTY - it represents the county of Ross-shire, with a population considerably more than 4000.

Unlike Gretna, Ross County frequently had gates of 2000+ while in the 2nd division. Who's to say they won't draw considerably more, including a fair few from Inverness, should they reach the SPL?

On the other hand, if more of us turned up on matchdays, providing bigger gate receipts, perhaps we'd have the financial clout to build on promotion to the top flight.

As things stand though, we've probably gone as far as is financially viable.

Noticed the 'Sports Comment' column in today's Courier in which it was suggested that County could be serious contenders for this season's 1st Division Championship.

I'm sure we'd all be delighted for our neighbours if this were to happen, especially if we were to survive yet another season in the SPL, but more importantly, how would such a scenario affect us?

I'd always believed that whichever of the 2 teams reached the SPL first would thrive to the detriment of the other, and  this seemed to be the case when County were relegated to Division 2 while we had consolidated our place in the SPL.

But now County are back in Division 1, knocking on the door of the SPL if this article is to be believed. Can the Highlands sustain two SPL teams? Would all the neutrals flock back to Dingwall, given the choice, for SPL football? Would our pitiful home attendances become even more embarrassing as our neighbours report weekly gates of 6,000+, and thrive to our detriment?

Just a thought!  :014:

Whisky

Vodka

Ach, yer arsh!

Haven't really found the transfer activity particularly inspiring - however, we do have the makings of a decent team. I felt what we seemed to be lacking last season was leadership both on and off the park and I don't think we really recovered from the instability caused by losing a manager so early in the season.

I wonder if Brewster has now been able to stamp his authority and mould the team into something approaching cohesion.

Since we entered the SPL, I've been looking forward to the season where we start full of confidence, optimism and expectation, where a cup win or a European place is a realistic possibility. So far I'm still waiting, and I don't have any such optimism for the approaching season. Once again, survival will be the main aim and I think once again we'll be looking at 8th or 9th - pretty sure we'll survive another season, but no spectacular achievements.

Just wondering if anyone has any greater expectations this season?

I hope Runrig are playing.

They're GREAT!!!

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Duncan Fraser's maybe?

Charles, it was where the computer shop now is at!  :003:

Wish I could remember the name though.

I was in the 5th Company and can honestly say I played football in the same team as the legendary Billy Urquhart! Also Jeff and Gordon MacDonald, brothers of Kevin MacDonald, though not actually Kevin - he was too young then.

And of course I remember Scoobies, the legendary captain - more correctly known as Lamont Graham - supplier of fine booze, though I can't remember which offie he was in - I think it was in the market.

There were 3 grocer shops on Greig Street - one was Munro's, there was another next door at the junction with King Street and another at the river corner. I think one was called Tait Grant.

There was also a Co-op where Highland TV is now, if I remember correctly.

I'm sure there was a clothes shop too (Peg Cameron?) and a chemist between the Co-op and the Post Office.

Hill's newsagent!

Got accused of theft there once and being a thoroughly honest 8-year-old, was absolutely mortified. Imagine if that happened nowadays!

I agree with Scarlet Pimple!!!

The trouble is kids get bored awfully easily. They need to see goals and unfortunately they need to see big-name teams i.e Celtic and Rangers.

I took my 9-year-old to the Falkirk game and he was bored to tears after about 20 minutes. Fortunately I didn't take him to yesterday's game, which lacked both of the aforementioned qualities. I just wish I'd taken him to the Gretna game.

Taking young kids to see 0-0 draws or 1-0 scorelines against the likes of St. Mirren or Falkirk may not be the best way to indoctrinate them into the way of supporting their local team - in fact it may have quite the opposite effect.

All kids are different of course, but I know I'm walking a fine line between encouraging mine to support the team and driving him away from it, having to carefully ration our joint visits to TCS. Having said that, he is keen on supporting the team and I think if I'm careful, he'll want to go more often when he's older. And he's got a healthy hatred of BOTH Celtic and Rangers, which is unusual in this north western corner!

I think Brew needs to get off the touchline and up into the stand so he can get a proper overview of the battle. You don't play chess with your chin on the table...

Yes, I've often thought that these folk have a very poor view of proceedings from their "technical area".

Whoever our next manager should be, if he's any good he'll soon get snapped up by a bigger team.

If he's pish we'll be able to hang onto him longer.

Somewhere in between there might be a manager who can keep us in the lower quarter of the spl indefinitely - not good enough to attract the attention of a bigger team but good enough to keep us in the spl.

Sounds familiar?

But I really wish Charlie Christie had made the grade - couldn't see him ever leaving for a bigger team.

Yes, ideally Bristols should come in twos!  :015:

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This is getting ridiculous!

We are in a much better position now than when Brew took over.

Similarly, when he left last time, we were in a much better position than when he first joined us.

Although I don't always agree with how he goes about his business, I am well aware that he is better qualified to manage a football team than I am. And indeed better qualified than everyone else who posts on this forum.

I, personally, am prepared to give him a chance to prove himself and will not fall into the trap of baying for his departure before he's even fully settled into his job. And I would expect the club to have a similar view. He's gotta have a chance to prepare a team for his first full season in charge. Come January next year we'll be in a much better position to judge Brew the manager.