Stevie

Thankfully the team's fortunes seem to have changed over the last few games. Personally I thought it was little more than a run of bad luck more than anything. I didn't at anytime start to think it was the beginning of the end or join in the C.C. bashing (he says smuggly :003:) However I do feel that a small part of the turnaround could be down to the Bayne/Wyness pairing. They appear to compliment each other pretty well. Against Rangers in particular I thought they were superb. I've not got it in for Craig Dargo, genuinly think he's a good player, he certainly scored plenty of goals for us last season, for which I will be eternely grateful. In fairness he developed a good partnership with Denzil for a spell last term but they haven't looked so good since that spell. I'll no' be happy if either Bayne or Wyness is dropped for Dargo, this pair deserve a decent run (I doubt they've partnered each other more than 2 or 3 times since they've arrived at the club)

Aye I know, Falkirk in particular, but at least Hibs seem to be out the equation

Good news on the Mark Brown front, Hibs have centred their attentions on Chelsea goalie Makalamby. They've taken the Belgian on a 7 day trial.

Aye you're right enough. Whilst I don't like to see neddy behaviour, I thought IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER summed up the Black saga beautifully "feck sake he only kicked a feckin ball away" :015:

Hi Brimsie, welcome to the board. I appreciate what your saying re-Sutherland, most fans would probably like to see a wee bit more of him. In Christie's defence though he could qoute the Killie game last month, delicately poised and Sutherland comes on and almost immediatly gives away what turned out to be the deciding penalty. Personally I want too see more of Zander but I'm happy to wait until the time is right, I'm not sure the time was right on Monday.

Happy New Year from the Stevie family in Argyll All the best in 2007 to all members Slainte mhath A few drams tonight made all the more enjoyable with todays result !

After watching the incident on Setanta last night (I wasn't at the game) I feel the whole thing has been blown out of proportion, I appreciate that it's very annoying when you've spent all the money, time and effort going to the match,and that Black has a duty to behave. I can't believe he'll be sacked for this. I'd like him to be heavily fined and Christie to tell him that this behaviour at Inverness will not be tolerated. Blackie is young and a great talent, hopefully the management can give him a bit of guidence, begfore any thoughts of booting him. You know what will happen if he were released...he end up being a thorn in our flesh playing for some other club.

I see where the problem is here IHE. You've been at the American stuff. :018: You should stick with the uisge-beatha. :005: :021:

I hadn't noticed that but there was a sketch about Mark BROON.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Gretna are tightening the purse strings as we all know. If the guy is out of contract and he wanted to go, there isn't much they can do about it if he wants to go

IHE, I think you'll be okay after a few drams tonight :001:

Sunday Post (it was my dad's copy honest) says we're interested in the Gretna striker. They also confirm Hibs interest in Brown, no shock there.

Aye I know RiG, I wasn't being totally serious. Having said that, a day extra recovery time for an athlete, does make a fair difference.

...The players were b u g g e r e d after the superhuman effort they put in, in the Rangers match on Wednesday. Falkirk, on the other hand, had an extra day's rest, having played and been beaten by StMirren on Tuesday. Och I don't know, maybe I'm just looking for excuses, but it must genuinly be difficult to raise your game again so soon after a great night. Tell you what, though, we can test out the theory again at the St Mirren match. By all accounts they've ran their heart out at Ibrox today in their 1-1 draw, whilst we've had our wee rest in Falkirk !!

I'm with you here DavieB. It would be a great shame to lose such a promising talent. Surely something can be done. Talent like Blackie doesn't come along too often. I'm just hoping C.C. can work a bit of man management on the wee b u g g e r and sort him out. I assume C.C. will make him watch the St.Mirren game and no' let him head for Edinburgh for New Year !

I think it would be highly likely that Liam Buchanan (Cowdenbeath) will join soon. Apparantly his trial period went well, the fact that he went back to his club the following week and scored a hat trick tends to make you think CC will take him. Unless of course some club nicks him at the last minute. I would assume the other two "identified" would be cover that will only be aquired should Brown or Dods leave. All guesswork mind.

After Zibby's howler on boxing day, the Hibs rumour will be gathering momentum. :007:

More comedy from the Daily Record in the player ratings:- Wyness 5 (out of 10) Unbelievable !!!

Phenominal night. That really was fantastic. Some great performances out there. Bayne and Wyness up front were great. Blackie and John Rankin were top drawer. In fact everyone of the boys deserves a mention. Delighted for CC, hopefully he'll get a bit of piece now :001:

Dean Shiels would be a superb addition. I can't see Hibs parting with him though, he's been outstanding in his last couple of games. Showed plenty of fighting spirit yesterday too ! :015:

Have a look at the Falkirk predicition :004: B l o o d y h e l l ! What's happening the team have totally collapsed. Och well let's look on the bright side, nobody will be coming in for Darren Dodds, with him being part of a defence that's shipping goals at this rate !

I've just seen on Gringo's prediction column that you're going for 8-0 Rangers Bonzo. That's unbelievable, a better joke than the one you made earlier about CC learning Italian being helpful for an Ice cream van business venture with his redundency :015:

Well said Jake. Five more games? I hope we're looking at replacements now, possibly eating a bit of humble pie and talking to our best ever manager, Robbo. I'm very much afraid that the next few days will see some ICT records smashed. New record defeat tonight. New record low crowd on Monday. Bonzo do you really think we're heading for a record defeat tonight ? You think Rangers will take 6 off us tonight ?

I think the "we're lucky" or "we're unlucky" thing is just simply down to the way you feel. Like wether you're pessimistic about the club or optimistic. Some folk say that a hole-in-one (i'm talking golf here!) is lucky, it could be argued though that, that is what you were going for and in fact anything other than a hole-in-one is unlucky !

I.H.E............. I tread very warily here 'cause I know you're hurtin' and at this time of year I don't want to be on the end of a IHE wrath rant, but surely all will be well when Pressley takes up his coaching role.