madsooz

Great shout Tichy_Blacks_Back!! I thot releasing Sanchez was stupid in the first place but unfortunately isn't he playing in Turkey nw??

1036: FOOTBALL - Hibernian manager Colin Calderwood has confirmed that he expects Wolves striker Leigh Griffiths to join the club on loan. Seems we missed out on him too. Didnt really expect him to join us though.

Well said jaggy.

Its still not the point, we should be beating these type of teams no matter what. This is really not what i expected would happen from us when i bought my season ticket.

Was quite glad to see them win as we could perhaps get them in the next round if we get thru?

I defo hope so!

He did well when he came on on Sat so yeah, give him a start! Dont know why Butcher isn't!

------------------Tuffey--------------- Piermayr--Tokely--Hogg--Shinnie -------Tansey------------Ross------- Sutherland-------------------Doran ------------------Foran--------------- -------------------Tade--------------- Subs: Esson, Aldred, Golobart, Greig, Hayes.

Thought the team selection today bordered on the bizarre. And to throw Golobart straight in like that when he was clearly unfit and just arrived was ridiculous IMO. Even when Shane came on he was played wide right, Tade got all of three minutes. . . . I could go on. Butcher has to shoulder some of the blame for that despite a much improved second half. Worried? Oh yes. Panicking? Not quite yet.

Says on BBC he can play as a centre-forward too so maybe he will be told to play there instead of defence?

I see tht kevin mccann is trying to join morton, wot about offering him a short-term contract to fill in for some of our injuries?? "Former Hibs full-back Kevin McCann hopes to win a deal at First Division Morton. (Daily Record)"

Will be going to this one :biggrin: What are everyone's thoughts about the team on Saturday ? Does anyone think we'll struggle or do well ?

Yupp, another striker would be ideal but dont see it happening.

How about a large inflatable referee???????? :shooting:

Thanks to all for your input - much appreciated. I do my best not to be mad all the time, whether we're talking about mad as in furious or mad as in one flew over the cuckoo's nest, but mad enough sometimes to voice my opinion. If I thought for one minute I could add something constructive to youth training then I would help out, but my work pattern sadly doesn't allow this. My knowledge of football probably wouldn't be good enough either, so I would possibly be more of a hindrance than a help . Anyway, I've said my piece on this topic and am away now to try to think up something else to encourage all the other fruit loops to come out of the woodwork

Oh DoofersDad - I think I love you (only hope you're not 18 or I'm in BIG trouble!) :love03: At times it feels as though a personal opinion is not acceptable to diehard posters on this forum - the way I look at it is that everyone's opinion counts, whether or not everyone agrees or disagrees? Are we not all ICT fans after all?? Right - gurn over!

Wouldnt even consider joining us IMHO.

May I offer my humble apologies to all those I have offended by voicing such ridiculous opinions - you can rest assured I will try my very best not to do so again and I promise to continue to read some of the amazing drivel posted elsewhere on this site by those with greater expertise than I?? Yours truly etc .................

I find it quite amusing that some have assumed (wrongly incidentally) that the parents in question "mumped & moaned" about their kid not getting a piece of paper from the club. This was totally my opinion & not one of anyone else - not being a parent myself I couldn't begin to comment on how they feel about wee Johnny not becoming a semi-professional at the age of 15 or whatever, but I thought that as the club put themselves forward as being a "family" club then it would be good for the kids to have some sort of recognition for their time training with the club. My posting was not for or on behalf of the parents, but for the kids who I think need encouraged with good role models like the club?

Must admit I was rather fond of ICaT

I've got no argument with any of the comments written above - as I said in my initial posting, these boys get invaluable experience during their time with the club, but we need to remember that parents also give up a lot of time & money to-ing & fro-ing kids to the training sessions. I'm quite sure some parents have totally unrealistic exepctations of the capabilities of their kids, and unfortunately the kids bear the brunt of this. That said, I still think it would make good PR sense for the club to issue these lads with some form of official letter after they've left, if only for a keep-sake. The lad I mentioned in my original posting is now playing for another, much smaller team & still loves his football, so it seems like his experience with the club hasn't affected him too much.

Was recently talking to a relative of a youngster who had trained with the club youth scheme for approx 6 years and unfortunately was not kept on as he was apparently not likely to make the grade. Whilst I appreciate that the boy will have had expert coaching & invaluable experience when training with the team, my understanding of the club's ethos regarding it being a "family" club has been somewhat shattered. He had a short meeting with the club's trainers at the end of the training season to be given the news that he would not be kept on, but what I find really pretty shameful is that there was no follow-up letter from the club, ie. thanking him for his dedication in respect of attending training regularly every week, wishing him luck in the future etc. It's very easy to see why young boys give up football if they're not more actively encouraged, even though they don't manage to progress further through the youth ranks. No doubt I'll get pelters for posting this, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one to have this view?

What's the likelihood of the club pulling all the stops out & having some shape or form of a mascot for the next home match & all the subsequent home matches?

Well is any1 goin to TELL us the team line-up then?

Any1 know what the team line-up is??