dead_ball_specialist

He was good when he came on against Utd last week but for me at the pecking order would have to be... 1) Marius 2) Brew 3) Wyness 4) Bayne 5) Paatelinen 6) Deano 7) McAllister 8) Wood I think we're a bit top heavy when it comes to strikers! (Bazza and Hart can also play up there) We need a clear out. :024:

Brewster did the best he could with the time that he had. The prospect of imminent failure to bring in the required players before the transfer window closed was probably one of the factors behind Charlie walking. I'm quite pleased with McGuire, my Uncles an Aberdeen season ticket holder and he rated him very highly before he left. Apparently his departure from Pittodrie was due to off the field issues rather than a lack of quality. I think a move up here could bring out the best in him. :clapping03: Proctor was a gutsy player who never let us down, Bazza and Wyness both did alright when they returned I don't see why he can't carry on where he left off. :clapping03: Malkowsk :017: I'd personally prefer to see Ally Ridgers given a chance.

Ridgers looks sh*t hot in the shot stopping exercises they do before the game, he deserves a chance.

He was top class today in everything he did, when he's fully fit he could well turn out to be the best player in the SPL.

For the penalties he almost seemed to dive before Robson reached the ball. All he had to do was tap the ball the other way, and thats what he did... twice in a row! If he doesn't change his technique he'll probably never save a penalty for the rest of his career!

Today we witnessed one of the the worst 45 minutes in the history of the club. If Charlie hadn't walked before this game he'd certainly have been sacked tonight. Peles third division part timers would have provided more of a challenge to that poor Utd side than we did today. The only players to earn pass marks were Cowie, Niculae, Bayne and the subs. Everyone else was guff. What does Zander Sutherland have to do to get a game???????????????????????????????? He would've torn that dodgey Utd left back to shreds. But the only time he got on the pitch was the half time kick about. Rankin has gone backwards, he's as bad now as when he first arrived. He shouldn't have stayed on the park for 90 minutes, and he DEFINATELY deserves to be dropped next week. He was so positionally inept he had Niculae screaming instructions at him (a guy making his home debut!!!) If our defence can't handle a donkey like Lee Wilkie (he ran rings around them on the ground, never mind in the air!) then we're in trouble. Thats 10 goals conceded already, 7 of them against relegation rivals. Shocking. Munro is a shadow of the player he was last season, he's giving away more penalties than Hugh Dallas. Perhaps the captaincy is affecting him, it's probably time to pass the armband on to someone else. Fraser looked out of his depth today, the first goal was an absolute clanger, and he never looked confortable claiming the ball, or in command of his box at any time. His attempts to save the 2 penalites were laughable. He's one of these keepers who almost dives before the penalty taker even reaches the ball. Robson just passed the ball into exactly the same spot twice, he probably found it hard not to laugh! If he'd have taken 1,000 penalties today, Fraser wouldn't have saved a single one. Brewster almost punted Mark Brown when he first arrived, I can see MF having a struggle on his hands (no pun intended) to stay between the sticks. On a side note, whats the craic with all our quick free kicks??!! We just end up wasting them. I'd rather we actually had some 'set pieces', thats what training is for right? Anyway, I wouldn't even put money on that team out there today to beat Elgin, let alone Arbroath! Brewster has his work cut out for him. Our standards have dropped so far, we're probably worse now than we were in the SFL.

Fraser had a shocker today. He still hasn't proved himself IMHO. He won't get away with performances like that when Brewster arrives.

Remember an easy home win against Arbroath - they had a former County striker playing for them, he was giving Calder lip - he ended up running 30 yards out of his box to confront him and had to be restrained. Another time, in our first season we had a home friendly against Celtic, his ICT debut - Rudi Vata took a long range free kick. Calder didn't dive, he stood and cockily started doing exercises in contempt - but the ball ended up hitting the post! - the hostile Telford street crowd went mental at him.

"I wish I'd stayed at Caley!!!"

"The transition from blades to jags would've been a smoothe one for me, I've got quite a prickley personality. The referees who picked the other bloke are a ******* disgrace to football!! All the decisions went against me today, as ******* usual!!!!!"

YOUTH caps. Most Scotland youth caps end up playing for clubs like Largs Thistle, Athletico Partick and Borussia Bishop Briggs.

Brewster had us on an upward path during his previous tenure, and I don't think anyone would deny that we've been on a downward spiral since he left. Blackie is a good example - under Brewster he was a Scotland future internationalist who looked destined to make it to the top - post Brewster his careers gone off the rails, for the most part he's been a shadow of the player he was. You could say the same about Dargo, Wilson, Tokely, Hastings, Duncan etc etc. At the very least he seemed to be good at getting players fit, aggressive and motivated, although that alone isn't always enough - as his DUFC debacle demonstrated. He needs to be complimented by an assistant manager with tactical nuance and and skills in the transfer market. Does Donald Park fit the bill? I don't know. I still say Pele Paterson is the missing piece of the jigsaw. In years to come we'll probably rue the fact that we overlooked him when he was still available to us.

Conspiracy theory perhaps, but what are the bets that the club banded about names like Maurice Malpas, Billy Stark and Ian McAll so that when they actually named Brewster we'd all be like, "phew I'm happy with that" Brewster isn't the best and he isn't the worst. He did an excellent job in the months he was here, but his record at Utd was the worst since Terry Wogans 'floral dance'. So which is the true reflection of his managerial skills? We will have to wait and see! Steve Paterson would have been my first choice, hopefully we'll see him back at the club in some capacity (director of football perhaps?) in the future. I was disapointed that his name wasn't even mentioned in the Courier or the Snooze - McAll, Malpas and Stark were - but not the most successful manager in the clubs history. Shocking. I'll reserve judgment for the time being, the onus is now on Brewster to prove that he is the man for the job and that the success he achieved here before wasn't just a flash in the pan.

Pele will be back in the SPL with or without us. Give him a couple of years and he'll have Peterhead in the first division - possibly playing against ICT, then other clubs will start looking at him, although I honestly think he has what it takes to get there even with a club like Peterhead. Has everyone forgotten the fact that the man was nothing short of a football genius??!! A flawed genius perhaps, but a genius none the less. :clapping03:

Don't forget all of his overseas holidays at the clubs (the paying fans) expense!! Didn't he jet out to Italy to 'sort out' the clubs pre season training? I bet he went along with the players for the ride too. And he also jetted around Eastern Europe recently supposedly to hold talks with Hagi and Popescu. Ever heard of telecommunications? How many other overseas jollies has he had??? I'd love to see a full list of his expenses!!! :023: The club needs a clear out. Grassa, Danny MacDonald and all the other 'jobs for the boys' crew aren't up to it if we want to get to the next level. Charlie would be the only one I'd keep.

Paterson was a God in the transfer market, he had an amazing aptitude for plucking players from obscurity (Wyness, Sheerin, Hart, McBain, Ritchie, Robson, Tokely etc etc etc) there were no dressing room splits, he only signed team players - he wasn't afraid to ruffle feathers (Sandy Robertson one of our best players released on a free) and commanded the respect of the dressing room. He was a superb tactician, and had us playing fantasy football (apparently in the 3-1 win at Celtic park the radio commentater said 'and now, Inverness are showboating' lol) Most of all, he knew how to cultivate team spirit, work ethic and confidence. He always managed to get the best out of his players. A few of our boys look a bit lost at the moment, Pele is the man to get us back on track. I honestly believe he would not only save us from relegation, but in time take us to the next level.

So what if Alexander is a confrontational lunatic??? Can you think of a top class manager who ISN'T a confrontational lunatic?? A long shot perhaps, but whatever happened to Wim Jansen??? :024:

Nobody has thought of Rowan Alexander. He did the business at Gretna and was tipped for the top - then for some unknown reason the chairman decided to do the dirty on him. He's as good as any mentioned so far, although Pele and Brew would still be the safest bet to steer us out of trouble IMHO.

mibbe's Niculae mibbe's Niculnaw.

Brewster did a superb job when he was here, he got us within 90 minutes of the top 6 in our first season in charge, amazing considering we were relegation favourites when he took over! I'd much rather see Pele back where he belongs, but if that isn't to be then Brew is my number 2. A Pele (signings, tactics) / Brewster (fanatical fitness, aggression) combo would be a dream ticket!

Steve Paterson got us to where we are today. We're STILL living off his legacy, the backbone of our team is still made up of guys he signed on frees down in the lower divisions! There's nobody better in the transfer market and I'd love to see a return to the gutsy attacking football he had us playing when he left.

Kevin Keegan Quotes: :029: "If I've got a blank piece of paper, there's 2 names on it." "You can't play with a one armed goalkeeper...not at this level" "England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second to none" "I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona" "The tide is very much in our court now" "They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Highway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different" "What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio." "If we played like this every week, we wouldn't be so inconsistant." "He was Liverpool through and through, he had red blood running through his veins." John Motson Quotes : :024: "That's football Mike, Northern Ireland have had several chances and haven't scored but England have had no chances and scored twice." "For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all yellow strip." "Mirandinha will have had more shots this afternoon than both sides put together." "I would also think that the action replay showed it to be worse than it actually was." "They have got their feet on the ground, and if they stay that way they will go places." "He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head." "The crowd think that Todd handled the ball... they must have seen something that nobody else did." "There's no way Ryan Giggs is another George Best, he's another Ryan Giggs." "Ronaldo is always very close to being either onside or offside." "Julian ***** is everywhere, it's like they've got eleven ***** on the field." "What will you do when you leave football Jack... will you stay in football?" "You don't score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals." "You couldn't have counted the number of moves Alan Ball made... I counted 4 and possibly 5!" :33:

On his day he was one of our best players. His goal against Clyde was one of the best moments in ICT history. If he's looking for a full time contract - surely County should be snapping his hand off???

"He's big, he's blue, he hasn't got a clue, Alan Smart, Alan Smart."

He has done well coming off the bench in the past, one thing that no-one has thought of - perhaps his problems have something to do with fitness? It might be a lack of stamina rather than a lack of quality. He certainly looked nackered for most of the Rangers game. This can have all kinds of knock on effects on a players performance.