gordyfromsneck

Agreed, Robertson was excellent. Yes, he is refreshing! He is treating it as an extended job in terview. All in vain I fear. He was also apparently disappointed to leave here.

Gosh it is strange reading this, as I am still listening to it live! Great result, but it sounds like we could have got more - sounds like Cowie and others have got into good attacking positions. Certainly didnt expect the penalty save, either. Jump 2 teams in the league! Brewster must stay!

My thoughts exactly! FACT: Many Asian and Chinese military personnel died in the service of the UK in the Great War, both as active fighter, but most likely in the case of the Chinese as engineers. Whilst the Remembrance process had a strongly national ideology at first, it has, since after WW2 become to be for those who die in smaller conflicts internationally. Germany has long since had an official presnece at the National ceremony at the Cenotaph, and whilst the Japan government has been a bit ambiguous in its attitude to WW2, it is certainly not unusual to see representatives from that country at these ceremonies. I have a great deal of difficulty however with the idea of military heroism. From my reading it had much more to do with social and culural coercion rather than what we might today call bravery. The rhetoric is insidious and is still around today, in claims about terrorism, illegal immigrants and axis of evil. The need still exists to demonise those whose ideals are different from our own. And anyone who has ever been sneered at in a Moslem country knows it cuts both ways. War is the enemy and only through cultural and sporting links can we achieve brotherhood. The politicians serve the ends of big business and are not to be trusted. Only the groundsman knows the true story and he aint telling.

From GEOs excellent report..."...Rooney had a good penalty claim turned down..." This is happening quite often now. Perhaps he shoud take some diving lessons from Bazza and CC. Good news too about Bazza at RB, perhaps hat will be a good halfway house for when he tires of doing all that running. This may be what he needs to justif a contract extension. And also managerial kudos to whoever thought of trying it...

Glad I clicked the link there, I really thought you meant something else and was going to complain to the mods about taste and all that!! *ahem*

I was in the mistaken impression that he was on a three-year. Shorter the better, obviously as that puts the club in the driving seat. I cant see any club rushing for him this time. He has got it all to prove this time, as it may be his last chance. Better get the finger out then, CB.

I believe you are right. At the end of the year, innit? Will he get an extension? Is he worth it? Brew decide!

Traynor was fairly despatching to our callers - patronise then show them the door - his gist was that we would not be going down, even under CB, but predictably didnt follow that up with any analysis. Which is really the whole BBC game for ICT. Of course CB saw Arabs as a step up, and yes, if you want to move that metaphor on, returning to ICT would have been a step down, but with, and this is crucial, the chance to build and imprint his own personality onto a still young club as opposed to one with a great history. Many are still reeling about this departure like wee Heelan bairnies, losing their toffee to a big boy. Get over it. These things happen in the big boys league. Traynor correctly pulled that sh1te apart. He is here now, and has a big contract. The question is Has he got anything to offer? For the answer see a gazillion other threads....

That tube on the radio, Jim Thing, doesn't give a sh1te about the two ICT callers, just wants to usher them off and get on with talking about the OF. If it was 5-0 against Hamilton, then I would be calling for Brews head,but today was out of the ordinary. As the Mannie said, we are no worse than 8 or so other teams. Bit of tightening up to do, though.

I remember getting beaten 5-0 by Clyde when we were in Div 1, the season we won it. These things happen. Clean sheet for the next game. Good post by me, not even a word about Craig Brewster. There is a broken pane of glass in the shed, I am going to go and clean it out and see if there is anything to put in its place. Goodbye.

That's 5. These things happen. Its important to not let a habit start though, as my Mrs said.

I am glad I am a season ticket holder and pay by direct debit in the payment scheme. One signature and I can forget about it. I am certain that if I had to dig into my pocket and pull out two tenners and a fiver for some of the half-@rsed sh1te we have been watching recently, I would be a lot less regular. I tip my hat to those that loyally do, especially those that take kids along. You deserve better. "Theatre of dreams" indeed.

To paraphrase Dougal Haston, or somebody. "There is no such thing as bad weather, only boring football". When we are challenging for a European place we will get half the town along.

This poster is correct. The reason there is so much animosity is that Brew is not liked. If he was a "man of the people", like Pele eg, it would be "good times round the corner", "just a few wee tweaks" and so on. But no, flashy dresser, unorthodox football history, and of course, The Betrayal, and the blood gets bayed for. He may seem like a slow learner at times, but he is with us now, and he will be here for a while yet. And we will be staying up.

The whole show went tiss-up when Blackie left. It was heedless chicken time all round. NO structure, formation, ideas. Though Rooney took his goal well, the attack is a toochless dog, lotsa bark, no bite. The young lads need to learn how to shoot ON SIGHT. Several times in goalmouth scrambles, Wood, especially wanted to trap and kick, a luxury that is rarely granted in the SPL. Wallop the fecker! Hopeully Barrowman will come back as first choice, but we need an old head. And yes, letting all our strikers go at once was a bad idea, but of the three the most missed is Dennis. Money needs spent here. No we didnt play badly, but were outthought by McGhee. I still dont think we are relegation fodder, but most of the teams in the league are only two games away from bottom. I think we well may be at the foot by next Saturday at 5.

On the contrary, unless he starts banging in a serious number of goals, I see a lot to worry about! It seems like a lose/lose here. Can we get any official clarification? Boardroom Banter perhaps?

As everybody, except WGS, says it was a great game today. Very excitingstuff and some good footbal on display. For me the only difference was that if Barrowman was playing wemight have got a couple of these chances. Wood's first touch needs lots of work, but he is young and offers much more than Rory. However, we still need a striker, in the January sales - though all are talented, none are capable of carrying our seasons amibitions. Imrie was MOM by a mile, top workrate, vision and skills. Purchase of the year, even this early. Black's second tackle was mistimed rather than aggressive and kudos to the ref for noticing that. The ref generally had a good game, today, against all odds, and may even have been a homer. Nice to see Robson getting kicked from a'hole to breakfast. He was a fan's fave when he did his diving for us. Much promise here. We will put a barrowload past M'well if we play like that, but then again, the cameras wont be there, at least not the big ones. Talking of cameras, this shot from the BBC website of Loovens goal makes interesting viewing. Looking at the angles, I would suggest that Rosco was trying to defend from a kneeling position. He is becoming a luxury player. Get Proctor back! Maybe the sun was in his eyes.

Great to see Granty get a big feature on the Scottish news last night. "Playing football in yer home town at the top level. What could be better than that?" What indeed. A fine advert that says that lifestyle is much more important than hard cash, though I am sure Granty gets enough to save for his post-playing days. A fine exemplar to all young Heelanders, footballers or not. Brew seemed genuinely appreciative to have him commit. He finished with..."And I still go to my Mam's for tea on a Sunday." (Made up bit)

We are about where I thought. Just to be contrary, I predict that this will be our best season ever. It will be far from pretty, but we will be Top 6, after bobbling about a bit. Thereafter we will pick up at least one other place. This is the season when the Brewster plan begins to click into shape.

Billy Bremner? No thanks. Jimmy Johnstone? No thanks. Willie Henderson? No thanks. The multiple clubs is probably more an African thing. Folk can take a while to get acclimatised.

Yes, indeedy, Jnr/Snr, to these tired eyes focussing blearily on the BBC website it seemed that Hastings was waaay out of position, hence a rather panic stricken run back to launch a tackle that would have been too late anyway. But generally, we should be kinder, the goal was good, no-one is going to outjump Wilkie and it really is pretty much a no-blame game. The question is...can we take that???

Hahaha. Stunning work! I guess I will have to put my money where my mouth is now! I'll get one for my Dad too.

Slick as heck, CaleyD, you are to be commended on your enterprise. A few ideas... * "Sweetie rustler" with an image of a delicious Werther's original, all shiny and waiting to be unwrapped! The reverse could read "Keep the noise down, please." * The pint glass image could be modified to be half drunk, and then text with "Glass half-full type." or "Glass half-empty type" * An image of CB with a text saying "Brewster must stay" on one side and "Brewster must go" on the other side. Possibly also "Pasta and Olive oil" Might have a go for Christmas.

To paraphrase Shakespeare, "The bad that men do lives after them, the good is often interred with their bones." Not sure if it can be called wrong, but in many cases necessary. People are not always free agents to make rational choices. Ask anyone who lived through those crazy happy days, Pele was, and is still family, thats why we still get these "SP is coming back!" rumours and pleas. I think this puts the nail in that coffin for a long time.

Like alcoholism these are illneses that interfere with having a healthy ans sutainable life. Like a sheep, I too wish him all the best.