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Thanks guys, another year older. Let's hope ICT can give me 3 league points tomorrow as a present.

If you are free why not join us tonight. Should be a laugh. The rounds are varied, so a good chance for everyone. Don't worry if you don't have a team of 4 just pop down and we will make the teams up.

I was told that prior to the pitch inspection, Gordon Chisholm was so confident that the game would be called off that he had already cancelled his teams pre match meal. !!!!!!!

Game reschedules for 9th March

I think that Robbo introduced a clear wage structure for everyone. Not necessarily everyone on the same wage, but all working within a clear structure depending on experience etc I'm glad we have reduced the wage bill by Barrowman and Imrie leaving as they were the highest earners and I believe both received a wage increase in line with relegation as it was written into their contracts that they would receive a pay rise each year. I'm sure we don't have a higher wage bill that last season as we did release some players at the start of the season, but it also hasn't been significantly reduced either. As you say, we survived years with "no stars, but just a solid Team". It was an excellent team who went to Parkhead and beat Celtic (I think most could still do a job for us), but most of all they were a team. Something I think we have been lacking this season. I do think that they are beginning to gel now and that we should offer contracts to Terry & Maurice right now. The same way as it should have worked with relegation can surely work in reverse with a package agreed on a 1st division budget with an enhancement if we were to be promoted. This would get players signed up and act as an added incentive to win the league. I am very concerned that the end of the season is only a few weeks away and we have no management team and only 3 first team players signed.

Joe, I like your optimism, but I'm afraid I believe that there were only 1 or maybe 2 players who had a relegation clause and therefore a pay cut. More than that got a pay rise in line with their SPL contracts. I don't believe ICT considered relegation an option. The players with relegation clauses were the ones who signed during the last half of last season when it was looking like a possibility

See my post on the Where's the money gone thread to avoid me repeating myself, but I will add that the reporting of the situation by Radio Scotland was WRONG. I think you should tune into Radio Scotland tomorrow morning where I'm pretty sure Charlie Bannerman will clarify the situation in the local bulletin. He was at the stadium, so he does have a better idea of what happened than the guys sitting in a studio in Glasgow

I have read this thread and I think this post sums the situation up nicely. The Supporters Trust meet monthly with the club as you know as we are due to meet with them this week. I'm sure this subject will come up and we will ask the questions on your behalf. 2 points though as far as I'm aware 1. If the undersoil heating had been allowed to be switched on a bit earlier than it had been, the pitch could well have been playable by the inspection at 11.30 and I can assure you that Terry Butcher wanted this game played. 2. At 11.30 the decision took a long time to reach as the pitch was nearly there. So if they had given it another hour or so I'm pretty sure the game would have gone ahead. Now I know we hate late call offs, but as the QoS team were already here and the fans well on their way, I'm sure it would have been worth the gamble of another hour to try to get the game on. Heilandee maked a good point, we have one of the best groundsmen in the Country and it's not very often we have call offs, but he can only work with the tools he has and if he's not allowed to turn the undersoil heating on, then that is obvioulsy outwith his control.

GAME OFF!!!!!!!

Okay, that's half an hour. They must be inspecting every blade individually

Unless you are friends with the referee, that can't be true. I believe 11am is the latest time for the inspection. I would assume we are trying our hardest to get the game played. We are on a reasonable run of form, so we don't need a call off. Also Queen of the South will be pretty hacked off if it's postponed and they have to make that journey again

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Delighted to hear the success of the young squad. Hope to see some of these young boys breaking through into the first team before the end of the season

Oh she has a clue, she is just using their hairstyles to identify them

From the home end at Starks

To be fair it doesn't really work that way. It is illegal, there is no defence in the fact that others do it. As I've said I'm pleased with the outcome as I think they were unfairly targeted. Doesn't mean I support any form of sectarian behaviour. If you commit a crime and are caught red handed, you have no defence in the fact many others have done it before you and not got caught or prosecuted.

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I am very happy that this has come to a conslusion and in my oppinion it was the only possible outcome. I believe there was A complaint about the singing and therefore had to be acted upon. I think that picking 3 boys out of the crowd quite randomly and trying to pinpoint it all on them was quite wrong. I was involved in this immediatedly after it happened and the selection of the individuals who were in court was a bit like sticking the tail on the donkey. These boys were not banned for life, but for a few weeks, so they are all free to attend games as they wish. It beggars belief that this even made it into the court room, but the powers that be were obviously keen to be seen to be acting upon something deemed to be sectarian and tried to make an example of these boys. I think that nearly 18 months of waiting for a decision has already potentially had quite an effect on the futures for these boys. Glad common sense prevailed in the end, or was it that there wasn't actually any evidence to convict these boys. A complete waste of police and court time.

Thanks for that Charles. I accept that I may have been a bit over sensitive after some very busy weeks and months of preparations. Your comments re the venue are fair, although I thought that the chunk of beef was almost a meal on it's own. Roast tatties and yorkshires wouldn't have been out of place though.

I actually do agree that the sports dinner format is past it's sell by, but I thought we had something a bit different on Saturday night, which everyone (except Charles) seemed to really enjoy. To accomodate the fans who couldn't afford the dinner, we had a mini event in the Caley Club at only ?5 per head, which included the never seen before, full 90 minutes and MacDougall and Hasties award winning pies at half time. Support for this was poor to say the least. Once we catch our breath we have a couple of other things in the pipeline, but like them or loath them the big dinners are the only way to raise a few quid.

I don't think it will be a male only dinner - I believe these things would be a thing of the past. Currently there is no speaker advertised, so I would want to see who that is before committing myself to attend. Charlie, I, and many others, thought that the meal on Saturday night was one of the best ever. I'm afraid yours was the only negative comment I have heard. I agree with the bar prices, spending ?100 was very easy to do, but then again you are used to Westies Caley Club prices.

Jim Calder's slot wouldn't be out of place on an out take show, could be worth money. lol Really enjoyed all of the interviews and it was great to see the team of 2000 enjoying catching up with each other after 10 years.

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The footage didn't come with commentary, so we have added something which isn't a full commentary but I think you will find it entertaining. I haven't head it myself yet, so I can't comment further. Juat make sure you don't miss out on this very special 10th anniversary edition. The interviews on the night as well as some interviews already recorded will be included on the DVD.

Can I correct you? We decided that it would be too difficult to add a commentary at this stage. Rob MacLean is hosting the evening on Saturday and the interviews will be filmed for the DVD, but he isn't doing a commentary. There is a bit of a surprise on that front though which I think you will enjoy. :D