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My colleague read this out to me but I had to check that it was true. So once I stopped laughing I checked it. From today's Daily Record, Hib's skip Rob Jones talks about the quality to be found in the SPL. "Every team has quality players - not just ourselves, Hearts, Aberdeen and the Old Firm. Falkirk, Motherwell, Kilmarnock, Dundee United and St Mirren have all impressed me this season" Check that list - the only ommission amongst the contenders is ICT! Yes, Rob, the ICT that put 3 past your defence without breaking sweat. Sour grapes or short memory? You decide! May not even be Welsh... PS Sorry to any Welsh fans, about the crude nationalist stereotyping. It's myself that should be knowing better, the noo.

I think **** - whom we all love - has improved greatly since he went away. He has tasted both Ross-shire and Champions league footy, but has decided that his best interests lie with the club that brought him on. We have not seen the best of him yet. Great news.

mmmm Absence of Blackie. Co-incidence? I think not!

2nded. You hardly knew he was there. Which is more than could be said for the standside linesman, who was sleeping of his roast dinner.

Big ICT Fan.

Derived from Hibs song when Mixu P, arrived we could start singing to the tune of "Everybody Salsa" Marcus Paatalainen What a fekkin signing Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na etc Or to the tune of the first line of "Imagine" Imagine no Neil Lennon rpt Never forget he is a diving corrupt whining cheat, that tries to damage the career of other professionals.

One or two of Fraser's early kickouts looked weak, but he picked up on that. Hastings was worth 5. Wilson had some quiet spells before he scored. Agree about Duncan, he put a few passes awry, but moved froward a bit more than we are used to seeing. Rankin and Hastings are working well together and he was worth more than 3. Wyness was shot shy and seemed to get pushed off the ball too easily. There were genuine penalty opportunities going begging if he hd carried on his solo runs. Best trapper of the ball since Robson. Crect about Dargo, saw some brilliant flourishes right in front of the stand. Sad, sad loss. Hibs were pretty good to watch in midfield, as always, just grand that none of the other bits work!

He seems to be a bit of a "character". We took particular delight in his cocking things up after that. Also amusing was his antics in the televised match v Aberdeen, the 2-2, he was fouled and was acreaming and rolling about on the deck as if in agony. His teammates tried to get him up and he was hitting them, quite hard to get away. He then popped up and scampered off. Must be cultural.

Whaaat? CaleyD is really Barry Wilson!?!!?

It was a great team performance. We nearly had 2 before Dargos strike, before the lads realised it was going to be that easy! Done at walking pace. Collins' HT reshuffle seemed to ge them closer to goal, but I think Fraser had lierally two saves to make. There was some dirty stuff going on in th Hibs midfield, but the team, yes even Blackie, seemed to rise above it. Markus got a run, and Duncan was good today as well. Ranking looked very at home on the left wing, but Rossco seems to have to do a lot of work on the other side, due, I think to Bazzas roving remit. Hastings to was excellent. Wyness could do with getting a bit more steel in his game. Notes too how well Roy McBain recovers and tracks back when he ***** up, which wasn't often today. Blooming great. We should be gearing up to climb a few places, lets hope this result acts as a launch pad. Well done the boys.

I think there may be a case for playing a holding defence with Duncan in the middle, not least to protect Fraser at first. I recall the 3-0 game, they ran and ran at us all night and got no change whatsoever, cos we made the breaks count. I predict a 1-0 for us. Uptown top Rankin a bullet from the LHS of the box, 51st minute. I thank you.

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That will do nicely.

I started laughing at the line about captaincy maturing Barry Robson, and have just stopped now. Granty - too young/quiet Black - too angry Tokely - too unfit Dods - too going to Arabs Hastings - too one sided Wilson - too unpredictable The answer is Russell Duncan.

*gulp* Even though he is from that famous and celebrated footballing nation, Finland, I welcome this signing. Hurrah for spending money! Hurrah for buying from lower league clubs! Hurrah for a thorough scouting policy! Europe here we come.

I would dearly dearly love to get Partick and whup their ***** big time!

Welcome.

To rerun the old cliche, this was a game of two halves. First fluid passing football and clinical finishing, second - half finshed passes, long punts, no urgency. Why? Yes, Mirren were poor, but came out a different team. Why do we seem to have demotivational half-time talks? Good play from Bayne and Wyness who are, I can say without any fear of contradiction our first choice strikers. NIce to see the strikers on the scoresheet. Rankin had an erratic time, and though Wilson worked hard, not much worked for him. McBain had one of his best for a while. Hastings was grand and Dods and Munro, solid, mostly. Something just ain't right with Rosco just now though. And yes it was great to see a game without Black getting booked, even once... Nice to get the 3, but we will need to perform better than this to pick up points from teams above us. A guarded hurrah.

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Waste of a talented footballer. I say send him to Boot Camp at Peterhead for a short sharp shock under SP. He will give him neurolinguistic programming, aversion therapy and a good kicking. Blackie will return next season, as a respectful, skilled and valued member of the ICT playing community.

Done. Fair amount of vocal knuckledragging being done in Wetherspoons prior to the primates being ejected.

I spent a wee bit of time in Dundee, penniless, in the early 1990's and recall the way the kebabs near Tannadice had a curry flavour to them, unlike the Embra ones which were plainer. You could smell it all along the road. mmmm kebabs... Big laffs on Arnies T-shirt!!

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No surprise that. Until the 91st minute it was going to be a shock draw.

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