Scarlet Pimple

Fo once I.m speechless!

Je contient mon silence!

I'm scared to comment.

IHE youse is gonnee have to stop posting such attractive pitchers o' yersel on here. It's attracting the wrong sort methinks. Dates and offers of dates? Streuth. And ah am not referring to Bill Streuth since he was associated with that wee newbie Glesca club--was it Ringers or something they once called themselves.?

Blooter boy, you mean?

Oh My! So glad I cam e on here the nicht!

I was watching that on the TV when , finally, the game actually came alive and that lovely, lofted pass from Alain Rochat (Swiss or French, canna remember) was a thing of languid beauty and 6'2" 200 lb Eric baby showed us how to do it. Good thing too since he had produced little of merit prior to this. He is a big strong player who plays in fits and starts but somehow he manages to pop up at the most unexpected time and "bling", another cracker goes in. After outplaying Toronto in the first half and generally looking like world-beaters,with immaculate passing to delight the purists, Vancouver went in to a purposeless decline in the second, allowing Tarrana to gain in confidence by the minute and , of course they were ahead by the time Hassli scored to send the fans into raptures. After viewing that second half, and watching Toronto growing in confidence and energy, I had my doubts about the outcome in Toronto one week later as being favourable to the Whitecaps. Funny how they can be so dominant in the league and so (dare I say it) ineffective in the Canadian cup. Anyway the fans went wild. So, what did you think of the Canadian soccer, boys? Not bad, eh? Heh, it's all wev'e got so we are learning to love it. As for the Naysayesr on here decrying Canadian football, well, who cares a tuppeny ******,Scotty. We are in the land of the free and thereby hangs a tale....pf two coities. Vancouver and Toronto. Manfer, where did you get all that info from? You are amazing,man.A Guru of genuflection, maybe ? Hoch! Hoch! OOPS, that's the Queen calling . Just asking about Challlles' visit no doubt. Gotta go . Seems to have gone well anyways, and Camilla at least has a ratha nice voice. But really, who gives a tuppeny tos..............

Condiment each other, IHE.? You mean Jekyl and Hide or Salt and Pepper?

And that's why we have to be tolerant of everyone's foibles on here. There's a tramp, a poseur or a nutter in all of us, just one step away from disaster. That's why I love the characters on here because they are just making the most of their hayday. That Rod guy sound a lot like the Pimple fer goodness sake. Charles, goodness, what a relief. I'm warming to you...looks as if you did have a life after all ---as a youngster. A regular Jack of All Trades, forsooth. Derbs--yes I thought that was the correct spelling but "durbs" sounded a lot more exotic. It rolls tound the tongue realllllllly nicely. IHE=--that's a great story about your uncle. Just perfect; has pathos, irony, humour, vision, understanding and resignation. All in one small note. Wow.

Red-- danger. Severely deprived Amber--get ready, you're next. Green--Whoa , sailor.

When the lights changed IHE, what did the colours signify.?

The management of Inverness Caledonian Thistle F C have character. Those at Rangers did not. Slippery, sleazy, money grubbing, shifty, conscienceless opportunitists. But wait, how many of them were there, anyway? One two --or more.? As for Terry--he didn't say too much that was not close to the truth. Their demise will have a large financial impact on the SPL but teams have survived in the past and will continue to do so. But maybe one thought that was flowing through his mind was that after his Caley Thistle career is ended, a job at Rangers might have been an option. Can't really blame him for that but a wiser man would have probably remained silent at this stage of developments.Playing devil's advocate with the majority verdict of the fans that morality in management trumps financial accumulation is a dangerous path to follow. It's not Rangers that keeps ICT in operation it is the fan base, at least as I see it. After Rangers languish in the lower divisions for a few seasons, all fans will realise that they are not needed unlike the presence of the fans at matches in support of their own club which is vital to the ongoing health of the club. Spending more money than they have in income leads to only one thing , red lights and disaster. When will staying in the SPL be the goal instead of just finding their own level and doing their best in that environment. After you have prudently buit up your financial resources, then maybe that's the rime to expand gradually. That's the difference.

Scotty --now that's a thought. Ross to Toronto. I saw a recent Toronto home game and your forwrds huff and puff with little else to offer. Ross might at least instil some confidence in the team and it would be a lovely reward at a higher salary for him to spend at least one more productive season. The only question that I would ask wouldbe..is he be able to stand the pace? Yes! The MLS is certainly coming on strong---19,000 fans in Vancouver last Saturday night and a blistering pace agaisnt the top of the league San Jose Earthquakes. Vancouver won by scoring in the last minute of the game! Great game. The Vancouver Manager is Tom Rennie, a Scotsman, but what team(s) he ever played for I cannot say--Must look him up online. I heard him speak for the first time recently and it clicked --he's a Scotsman! No wonder his team is now playing at a higher level of intensity. Di Rosario--heard that he's now getting a million dollars or close and he is not so energetic these days. EXCEPT that he scored a cracker of a goal to help his team win against you. Are you sorry he has gone, Scotty?

Wine gums? Shoot! You mean 4 icecreams, two lollipos and a PART :love02: RIDGE IN A PEAR TREE. My memory is not what it was , Bughtmaster, but I think it might have been Ms MacDonald. 'cos I came out reeely edicated, like. Truthfully, about the only thing I do remember about that school was playing durbs in the playground at the rear of the school beside the air raid shelters,We used to dig holes in the dirt and play punky with marbles. Then I do remember the heady day when they announced the results of the qualifying exams. Scarlet pimple to the Academy. Was that good or bad I thought? Oh, and I DO remember that first day at school --in the front door and into the classroom left of centre. You'll have to stop whilst you are ahead, B.M .....the Pimple is getting all emotional. And it's contagious.

Right on!

Does Butcher really rate Greg Tansey? In what way? Having moved on I can't see Ian Black doing a pack and coming back. If Tade is going to be a reguar in the team who is going to be given the task of supplying him with passes....eh? Terry, I do fear that you may be able to stave off relegation again with the current squad, but getting into the top six is a figleaf of your imagination,. injuries or no injuries. What you need is players of real experience and proven records. But maybe the budget will not be able to swing it?

Bughtmaster , the Academy wasn't that special. Heck, my brand new blue jumper was stolen out of the cloakroom the first day I put it on to school. In it's place was left a very old, very threadbare one so obviously that lad came from somewhat impoverished circumstances. I thought my mother was going to go ballistic when I walked in with it on but, strangely, she took it all in her stride and never said a word. Can't say there was much obvious snobbishness at all. Never gave the techy school a second thought, to be honest. Hadn't got a clue what went on there from day to day. Did the Tech have teachers in robes--- or in fits?

Dougal you know I'm nice..but this time ..behave yourself. If they stay up it's great for Highland football and will encourage all the youngsters from Portree to Kirkwall to work hard and have something to aspire to. One day, and the Seer can see it coming , ICT and County will merge.....something like inverness County Thistle.

I think Neil Doncaster and a few others , perhaps, are more worried about losing their jobs than Rangers OR the other teams' interests. They're all running around like chickens with therir heads cut off. Off with their heads, egad. Think they will have it all sorted ourt by the beeginning of next season, then? Anyway, the Vancouver Whitecaps had a very good victory agaisnt the MLS top team , San Jose Earthquakes, in Vancouver last Saturday 2-1. Really good and really fast game and the fans , all 19,000 of them ,waving flags and cheering from start to finish, loved it.

If Terry gets rid of Ross then where on earth is he going to get anyone with anything like his experience to have around the team. Sit him on the bench as a landmark if you want but keep him at the club in some capacity I think.If he doesn't, he will be giving out soothers at half time instead of bottles of Gatorade and then ...........

If Rangers went out of business then everyone could make a fresh start with a League coming into balance. It would be very interesting to see what develops and how ICT could survive. If the only thing separating SPL football for Caley Thistle and Div 1 was the existence of Rangers and Celeic then, for sure, we are in a terrible pickle. These two teams, because of their huge and grossly disproportionate financial clout, have distorted the relationships of all the other teams to each other in the SPLfor as long as IHE has been young and virile. This is unhealthy, IMHO, for Inverness, for the Spl and for Scottish football in general. If they go, many good players would want to stay in Scotland and play decent entertaining football for many of the other clubs , such as Caley Thistle. Sorry, I have no sympathy for Rangers at all and it is now up to all the other clubs to support each other by turning up and trying to help all of them to survive and then---CUT THEIR CLOTH ACCORDINGLY. What the heck is this all about anyway? Is it money and glory or a decent game of football which many of us enjoyed in the Highland League and a good day out to boot at a more moderate expense probably. Sounds a smart way to go in today';s economic times . And, for goodness sake, IHE is growing older by the minute so let's cut him some slack and let him enjoy his golden years.......

The names that stuck in my mind from these times were Bunnows, Forty pockets, Pinky and Nugget. And Bughtmaster you must have been at the Central school when I was there.--in the late forties. In 1948 I was ten. How old are you?

At the beginning of the season he cut the team to ribbons , throwing caution and common sense to the four winds. Then he filled it up with a lot of young loan players whose hearts could never be expected to lie with the team or Inverness. Also they are very young and inexperienced so what DO you expect other than for them to do their best. And when things don't turn out well easily, to whom do they have toturn to for guidance and support --more youngsters? A disjointed team with little experience and fragile emotions and maybe they are trying their best . But miskicks, missed goals, lots of injuries and so on and so forth seems to be the order of the day. Terry Butcher will last another season but where he turns from here is anybody's guess. He must IMHO find some experienced players as a priority. But after that I run out of suggestions.

Came on for the first time in 3 days, opened Forum, then opendd 'New Content" and was advised that there was none. EH? I discovered that the shortcut on the desktop led to a non-existent site. No problem--re-created a new one from the existant site and all's well that ends well. Perhaps some site changes lately that ye olde Pimple didn't know about? Change--don't you love it. :love02:

Oh Oh! Apologies in order. I was accessing the site on an alternate expat wavelength and that was the reason for the extreme slowness of the various aspects of the ICT unofficial site. This was done solely to allow me to get the commentary from Tulloch Caledonian stadium of the Aberdeen match today. Having now switched back to normal transmissions, all seem to be just fine and dandy on here.