Scarlet Pimple

Ah Manfer--Still lurking in your little hidey hole I see, always watching for an opportunity to let your deprecating tongue wag ,under the guise of banter of course. One day you will perhaps be able to summon up enough courage to come out in the open and be a real Man-fer--You know, one that can take it on the chin without lurking... Don't look so hurt, Mannie, I am just kidding --it's all banter after all. B)

The tears are still streaming down my cheeks. Best banter ever--who can forget the horse drawing the car cab? Only HMS Sneck came close. Ha! Ha! ha! :( Now all we get for our efforts is misery, no fun , and no really funny banter anymore . Has everyone gone mad these days?

Well reported Caley D. If the word gypsy is banned for ever are there just two options now for the fanbase to follow? All show up at the park with a handkerchief wrapped round their face and nose so that no one could identify that any word came out of their mouths, especially if they kept their lips from moving. And any fan with mal intent who complained about anyone else could equally be accused of the self-same crime. Secondly use the word jopsy instead. A gipppssie with dropsy like. Jopsy is an inoffensive, completely non-racist word and is definitely more of a banter expression than the farcical attributes that the expression of the word gypsy is supposed to denote. And no club or SFA body would dare have anyone arrested OR SENT TO THE COURT for shouting : The County jopsy has a popsie Who is young and fair I can't say ..."whooooosh" to him but I can say --dare the Dingwall Daddy to get her back once mair. He lives in a caravan with only two wheels and his socks are holy 'cos he genuflects before his meals His horse is on his holidays and is currently down the ferry He's gonna have a 'mare today so no doubt he will get merry Oh County, County fan, we all wish you good luck today 'cos your really gonna need it When the match is over and the die is truly cast , You'll find the final scoreline will fairly make you spit and you will be aghast So whether you are hippy, lippy, flippy nippy, grippy or just plain typsy You are, were and always WILL remain nothing but a .................. jopsie. :(

Manfer, dearie I would but I can't since it was my Daddy who posted that last one. Now how can you control a headstrong daddy, mannie?I asked him about it , telling him that I was able to get my posts down to three hundred words so why could he not do so also. He replied, laconically, that he was a senior who could do exactly as he pleased because the worst thing that anybody could do to him now was upbraid him in court--the judges nowadays would only pity him at his age and would never send him to jail. Tell you what though. Just keep your shorts posted ........and I'll work on it. And, forby, keep up the good work on your match previews at which ,I regret to say, you are uncharacteristically interesting and informative. And less instructional and dogmatic.

And who is going to pay for the terminated contracts if the club were even to consider letting either TB or MM, or both, go? They are almost certain to be on very good salaries indeed and the club would have to buy them out. Not on folks, definitely not on; at this stage anyway!

And they are also very unlikely. except in the rarest of cases, to wish that the club drops down .

Well why are the club designating the section as "G" if you cannot use the word Gypsy whilst seated there. Is the expression of delight ,"Golly Gosh" when ICT scores, also regarded as "non-U", or "infra-dig" or not cool or racist or in some way unacceptable . If so then why bother going to a match at all.? The club should just hire zombies or blow-up dolls to sit in the stands instead . Don't allow human beings in at all since they might even become passionate about the football and let something slip such as "ffs Jimmy, keep the ball low the next time". What would the Pimple's reaction be if he went over to Timbuctoo and heard the local yokels referring to him as that Moosehead Canadian or even "Eskimo Nell"? Would he register a "racist" complaint withn the local police ,pray tell? Knowing the demented SP as I do ,I would warrant that he would fall over laughing hysterically and possibly in convulsions also. Having regained a measure of consciousness he would definitely hie-ho down to the local sand-bar in the "TOO" to engage the locals in highly amusing banter about Redskin Rover the imported right back of the local team who heils from Fort Apache Creek in the Great White North of Alberta, whom we know from past experience could not care less if the fans call him "Reddy the Rocket" or "Feather Brain" since they think that his new Mohawk haircut is a mini Headress. And when the other guy is ignorant anyway why disabuse him of his ideas since it might simply make him miserable for goodness sake. And heaven forbid if Andre the Onion Johnny from Brittany , who used to come round the doors selling his onions off the handlebars of his bike in the 1950's here in Inverness, has by now sired grown children who want to play for Caley Thistle instead of their current occupation of selling more onions out of their New Nissan Pathfinder round Culbokie.What will the Management do or say then when the new ICT right back is referred to by the County fans as Froggy Franc or even, shudder, Kermit the Frog....eh? Gentlemen of the Jury I submit to you in all seriousness that , despite your wiggy appendages set upon your August heids making you look like demented sheep, does the Management of the Club not completely understand that they have more things to currently worry about than this paltry and thoroughly ridiculous matter ? And, if their rage at the SFA rules rises when this factor does finally percolate into their minds fully, do you think that it might be a damn good idea if they rose up in rebellion against the fuddy duddy stupid people running the SFA and their politically correct nonsensical "no-common-sense" rules? If not, my dear friends, then the 3000 or so fans that they are lucky to currently have may dwindle to even greater lows. Of course if the SFA can set aside their Martinis long enogh to pay the wages of the likes of the club of ICT then maybe that is what the club should be asking these people to do!!!. This rot started when the SFA and airy fairy Football Bodies took away the terracing from the average fan and tried to solve all the ills of the world by instituting rules and regulations which appear to have taken all the rough and tumble fun out of going to a football match these days, without applying any common sense. to the situation. Frankly speaking the whole thing is unbelievable. So I had better stop whilst I may be ahead, otherwise at my age I might have a serious attack of goitre ,or even gout heaven forbid. Daddy Pimpernel.

Anything else the Western poster wants to say about this Partick-ular subject before we close it.? :(

P.S. I have a few amber pebbles here in the Wild West of Canada from the self-same beach that you inhabit. Is that good? :(

" My Latvian is getting better." I take it you mean your language ---or is it your wife? Or both? :(

IHE--is it Independent, Harmless really and Experienced poster perhaps?

Oh and I totally agree that a true professional player whho has any brains in his head and a love for the club and to do his best for the club would NOT out drinking on a weekly basis. A true dedicated well-paid athlete would be right off all drugs and virtually tee-total. If that is condoned or allowed because it is viewed as a right and really cool, etc ,then heaven help this club.

Has anybody sussed out the similarities between ICT under Brewster and ICT under Terry Butcher. Once again the fans, or at least some of them, are not happy unless they are blaming the Manager. I felt that the players ,for some reason, whether it be personality differences or personal disputes with Brewster--let him down badly in many matches.Personal interactions can be subtle but you always find the smart alecs or stronger individuals in a team who think that enjoying the discomfort of a manager, whose hands may be tied and so forth, is really cool. It's all about their lack of humilty , as some posters on here have suggested may be the case in this season, their basic lack of respect for authority and , by extension, those who pay heir wages, and frankly iot seems to be for them a power stru8ggle to see whao can be top dog. This is not team spirit and how you instil that in modern players is beyond me. I also think that TB has, in some measure at least, been the architect of some of the team's failings. His signing of what are really inexperienced younger players ,and the constant changes in the team to try and find the right blend, must have had a major psychological effect on all of the players. I get the sense of frustration in him and a sense of confusion amongst the players leading to a certain demoralisation all round. What worries me is that Caley Thistle do not seem to have the money to spend in strengtheneing the team in the needed areas right now by the signing of proven, not old but experienced , players and where TB goes from here is anybody's guess. Onet hing seems certain to me and that is that he does not have much room to manouevre here and that he must find a way to get the very best out of the current group or it will end badly this season. The big question is , IMHO, does he have the character and drive to inspire the players to greater heights because the buck unfortunately does stop at his desk......?

Nancy-boy? IHE ...did you hear what he called you.? A man of your intellect and a member of the 6.000+ posts club? This is something up with which one should not put....? Worse than the football results. Pshaw! And from a wee post sprog too!! Er--what is a humpbackruin, IHE ? Is it Inshoch castle? It's not Kasamodo is it?

Scotty The USL have improved greatly in recent years and their pace has quickened. Crowds are quite good (maybe nothing like Toronto and Houston for potential size) and show steady support. Skill levels are also good generally and P .McGuire may have a hard time getting picked up at all since money has also been spent on players already in these teams.The USL season is drawing to a close and he will have to impress in training to be considered a real prospect.

As previously predicted if ICT are not well ahead by Christmas then there wil be no promotion this season. The crowds in Div 1 appear to be so low that financial instability can only be continued aand I fear the worst for this plucky club of our dreams. Things are conspiring against ICT this season and past investments in inexperienced players, and players who have not lived up to their much vaunted potetntial, are not currently paying off in results. The way out of this is to cut players from the roster reuthlessly and try to get back some money for the coffers. Easier said than done? Sure--but what else is on the current agenda. So the only possible way out for ICT may be to raise the spirit within the team markedly and /or get into an enhanced 16 team SPL Division again.

We get your.. point

The whole thing sounds so disjointed and without the framework of knowing where this team is expected by the Manager to be going that the staff At the Hall in Fort George have been talking. I will have to get along soon to calm them all down. And I will let TB know that a wee chat round the Spy ring table will be regarded as both imminent, immanent and expected to take place within days...... :thumb01n: And if Manfer does not like it ,well.."eh don't care"

'Tis the only way to go. I advocate a return to the A Divsion, B Division and the C Division. That way everybody learns their ABC's and everything will settle down nicely with Full Backs, Centre Forwards. Centre Half's , rRght and Left Wing Halfs,Inside Rights and Inside Lefts and Inside knowledge will be more easdily disseminated amongst the fans. There will also be no strikers just Centre Forwards. That way we will not have to put up with lone strikers, especially at Rangers where loan arrangers are a dime a dozen, non-existent formulations of 2 4 4 ,or whatever , which nobody over the age of 70 can possibly understand; no substitutes, thus doing away with the farce of the last sub coming on with one minute to go and, not yet having found his sea (sorry grass ) legs , thusly proceeds to let in the final goal for the opposition leading to unseemly riots ete , etc. The list of improvements is endless but personally speaking I always just went to a match to see goals and since nowadays these appear to be few and far between what is the point of gradual change over the past 40 years if it simply results in that time old adage beeing sung as the modern refrain..."Same old , Same old". Yes , my dears, a return to the good old days at Telford Street and Cathkin Park would be a blessed relief for an older sojer before he finally croaks . Meantime I merely reminisce...... :P

As I have commented before I think it is time for TB to consider where his club future lies. One cannot serve two masters ! :P

Clip did not open up for me? Pity.

Yes, and the Dutch have great flair in their play which indicates to me that they really enjoy their football.And when was the last time you (ever) herad of a Duitch player giving "v " signs to the public. In short ,they have class and discipline. Not a bad idea having a senior Dutch coach over to re-vamp the system from the ground up. Will the SFA and others in Management in Scotland lose face if they do this? Who cares ? Since doing so will evidence the reality of the situation and shows humility..both of which are lacking at the moment but are absolutely necessary attitudes that are required to even think of starting a rebuilding process. Indeed it seems to me that it is these small-time attitudes of complacency , denial and puffed up egos that have done Scotland in over these past few years. Whether it is the training methods applied to the youngsters, or lack of ambition accompanied by complacency, the fact is that we have a small-thinking SFA ---which is the root of the problem. Only a radical change in Scottish Football, i.e. the SPL being upped to at least 16 teams , and a radical change of personnel in the top echelons of power in the SFA will be the least bit effectivein making our small Nation a serious contender in the intertnational arenas around the world and able to compete with the major soccer nations creditably. Will it happen? I don't think that the debacle has yet reached its potentially lowest point yet and the heads will not come out ofthe sand until this happens. Meantime , don't hold your breath..... Another long-winded and breathless post from the Scarlet Pimple. :028:

Disnae matter Doofer. But if Duff needs the full knee operation then he will be off for probably a lonnnggg time. Arthroscopic surgery is only tinkering with ripped ligaments-the surgeon get's in there, looks around, sucks out the debris which gives rise to the inflammation and pain and then a week later you are free of pain but are left with a very weak and loose knee which finishes off any thought of playing any kind of sport ever again, except maybe doing the bike. And if you ever slip and/or twist the knee thereafter ,you will be back to limping for two months.It's not fun...

Bucharest/Dingwall? Difference..simple In Bucharest they read Buchs but in Dingwall they get "arested". :028:

Yes--provided IC T is ready for it the noo. Still blending the team etc.