Scarlet Pimple

Gotta blood a few of the newbies--just in case......! This will fine-tune the team as well.

And....if you look closely at the bottom of the photo you will see what appears to be his real name which was Andre--so that's him all right. Tanned as a Western cowboy no less. My goodness, where on earth did you get his face to put on the kilted outfit IHE?

That's Onion Johnny. I remember his face. Mind you that was before most of your posters were even a twinkle in their mother's eye. Always a smile on his face and onions on his bike. How strange is that picture too when I hark back. I once had a pen pal who came over to Inverness whose name was Christian Lochon and I still remember his address, IHE, when all other memories have faded badly. - It was 7 Rue de Gustave Courbet, in Paris. When you are over there would you mind dropping by to see if he still lives there? When he came over I took him and his well-dressed mother (she wore soft suede bootees) up the castle grounds , the day was sunny and clear and the view was awesome. She remarked about me to him : "He is speaking French and English"--I was flattered that she even recognised my pigeon French at all, so a good outing was enjoyed by all.

Well, I do admit but your progress since then does seem to be fair to middling.

Relax! Terry will not leave until he wins the League. Why? Because the challenge to win big is so tempting and so magnetic that he will never be able to resist it.Being a big fish in a smaller pond is very attractive ..he has never been feted in the way that his present position offers. And,imagine his worth in the marketplace if we win the league and progress dynamically through Europe. And, if we ever get a sniff in the champion's League you will be sure that half the Premiership Managers will be shaking in their boots in case their bosses want to approach Terry the Terror. Manchester United?..Maybe? Why not? That team is slipping and simply does not have the roster now to compete. Rooney will be off within another season since his play is now required to keep this team's head above water, let alone win the league. Or so it seems. David Moyes looks so despondent and is putting on a brave face but, let's face it, if he doesn't start winning, then Alec Ferguson's opinion or not, his job will be in jeopardy by half-way through this season. He looks like a man who feels he has not assessed the job correctly based on the criteria of the present circumstance he now has to face. And, yes, maybe the shoes he filled are too big or he has bitten off more than he can currently chew. But the fans there are so used to being top of the heap etc. that their patience mightalready be wearing thin? As Scotty says, his hacienda above Loch Ness offers tranquility, peace and a retreat from stress and an ideal way to recharge his batteries every day. How envious of him are you? And if he can guide our heroes to the League Title, a cup win and an entry to Europe then he will achieve that emotional high that all winners crave and rightly so. Forget the negative ideas and attitudes from some of the posters on here; I think we are on a winner and so does Terry. I have waited a very long time for this..only 60 years or more so I intend to enjoy it.. POSITIVE, Positive, POSITIVE.

Oh, and, by the way, there is a hyphen between "middle" and "aged". It's always good to keep them apart lest some bright spark on here thinks that you are referring to my middle-aged spread.

Yes! That's what I mean--currently, the world is our oyster. Remember, chums, what Stevenson said about his steam engine..."there is no limit to the speed we could achieve if the engine can be made to stand it..." Yep- onward and upward.

If you researched all that, then you have my admiration, Sneckboy. A really right-down, regular Caley Thistle fan.

How dare you speak about the S.P, like that. IHE?

Believe this--I had a mini dream the other night of Caley Thistle being in the Champions League.

At least, if you are standing there you get the South Westerly gusts on your backs. And if you want I can send you a Canadian Eskimo jacket with the fur on top to protect your neck and head area. Very warm I believe. But it will cost you.

Greenhalgh looks like he will be a real winner as he develops. Lukemackay--your post is thoughtful but a bit over the top so I am going to give it the... bird. Sorry, that suggestion won't... fly.

Nets-like. Crowd- Like. Now that they have seen what they have been missing, hopefully the fans will continue to come to the park and the crowd figures will grow. That way the club will grow.

Caley Thistle will win this game. Yep. You can bet on it.

Well, we are not sure Tichy. But, one thing is sure, the tradesmen who built it certainly did.. asbestos.. they could. And the walls beside the bridge were also well built, Straight as a die.

Very satisfying win. Got over the defeat then. Pipped Celtic again at the top and took advantage , apparently, of a lack-lustre Hibs team to score more goals. At the end of the season all these goals will count. And another big plus for me is the upward trending crowd figure. AT LAST! C'mon in folks. All welcome.

Oh My ! And I always thought that you didn't care.

What a relief it is to not have to contend with the two top teams and all the related prejudices and stifling monopoly of the media by them talking about them as if it is a foregone conclusion that one of them will win. But ICT wi8ll have to work very hard to succeed now.

Should take no chances with this one. We need the money in the club and so advancing in this tourney is vita at this stage. Go furrit Terry.

Caley Stand burnt down in ? Thank you, Charles, for reminding me of that date because now I know I was 12 years old as I looked out the back upper windows of my former home at 46 Dunain Road and looked across Howden's nursery, wondering what on earth was going on there as the smoke billowed up and over the stand. Bobby Bolt-- Ah! Toothless Bobby , tanned to the max with sweat pouring down his bronzed face. His son, Bobby I think, also played a couple of games for the Caley but never seemed to make it big. And Rangers' Willie Woodburn, probably regarded as one of the dirtiest players in the League at that time. Eventually he was suspended Sine Die (for life) for a particularly vicious foul I suppose. I did see him once playing at Ibrox in the flesh so to speak and, yes, he did go for the man and most seemed to just crumple in a writhing heap because it was usually not expected. Aye, IHE , them were the days .Fond enough memories of a wee boy advancing into his teens and beyond. Left Inverness at about age 18 to do 2 years National Service and never returned to stay there. Never know what's ahead of you, do you?

That's it and he's hotfoot into the fray . Just remember every dog has it's day. .................... and There but for the grace of Gawd go I.

Scarlet Pimple has a dimple On his derrierre But it's nothing like the pimples under his brass..... Neck.

YEP! THEIR DEFENCE IS BETTER SO LESS GOALS SCORED AGAINST THEM

Yep, like Ronaldo in the match yesterday, Real Madrid's 5-2 victory . His last goal was sheer wizardry--beats three men in the penalty box and cracks a thunderbolt into the top of the net, from an acute angle, over the bewildered goalie. Breathtaking skill.