Scarlet Pimple

Manfer--"up-to-date"? About what? As fer IHE , you are right , he can joust with the best of them...come to think of it though, it is strange that he does not come to my rescue against your unkind words from time to time sent in my direction. You can have an unprovoked sharp tongue in you on occasion. Oh well, it takes all kinds...... :023: With IHE this is too one -sided so I will have to reflect on that. :029:

WEyness is God--excellent post--sums it all up perfectly. IHE --good wind up. Hope you are enjoying your wee drinkie and pipe with your quavering belly with that look of utter glee on your face? :003: Mercenary? Yer all having a laff--in thi9s day and age it seems that we are all mercenaries of a sort. :012: Hmmmm-why did the "post" buton not send the reply when I pressed it the last time? Hung up for at least 5 minutes and never sent the message at all. Glitch hollow?

Not being broadcast overseas so I found my way to the Hearts site. You can get online video live it seems but at a huge cost for one game. It would be fine if you were a Hearts supporter and purchased this service at the beginning of the season but this late in the day it is not worth it I think. So I tried their live audio but it was blocked too (no surprise there--I suppose you must also purchase that earlier too).Finally I find a blow by blow account on texting being updated by the two minutes on their web site.It reveals an end to end game conveying the impression that there are corners galore at both ends, play is frantic and not one sided as one punter o here says. So texting is the most boring dry way of following a game and apparently it doesn't convey the true run of the game. Oh my ,when will Caley Thistle get their act together and give us some form of match day communication here in the Overseas Department? The Hearts website is absolutely stuffed with match day options, English games online, SPL games online, previews, post-match/pre-match commentaries and videos --very busy site indeed but all available if you are willing to join up and pay. That's fair. Anyway back to our dearly beloved last ditch "Matchday Thread"--always a comforting pick-me-up in the early hours of a bright sunny day in Vancouver with the wind as snell as it was in February and the snow back on the Mountain Peaks that I am looking at from my top floor office to the North. Gonna be a briiiiiight, bright sunny day- as the song warbles , but i can't remember the singer. I know you are just about to tell me ;good. Cheers from the West Coast of Canada where we have just experienced the coldest Winter on record. :cdn: Spying is the name of the game :sherlock:

I feel sorry for Marius in all this. He is simply a professional entertainer doing his best to earn the highest wages he can , put his retirement nest egg on the front burner and look after his own financial interests.He does not appear to be arrogant, is doing better all the time and gets along nicely. What on earth has he to be ashamed of? No different to any other employee. The way he is being referred-to in these statemenmts or alleged statements is sad to say the least and he does not deserve this. What kind of incentive is this for him to go on the park in these last few games and put out? Frankly the whole current charade is disgraceful. The people involved must really be feeling the heat from many quarters to be making such public statements about one single player that should be spoken only in private--like "we can't afford his wages now for next season"--so that's it then, one public statement and his pounds value to the club has gone down immeasureably .When other clubs see this they are going to whet their lips with glee. "Top player goes to so and so club for a song. Manager Sam of so and so F.C. expresses delight at his capture" etc. If I were him I would be thoroughly disenchanted and , although reluctant to go, just decide to get out as soon as possible seeing as he is being treated as a ping pong ball with indifference. Unprofessional all! That's the way I see it. Situation is clear as crystal. Orion plonks money down for shares; capital thus invested is filtered into general revenue and used to top up Marius' wages. Smug officials say nothing allowing gullible fan base to think that Orion is paying Marius directly. The truth comes out when the inside power struggle threatens to disintegrate the club's structure. Folks- I am nervous about this. Is the future of this wonderful club assured in any way or , assuming that this all ends badly, where will Caley Thistle end up? Sutherland quotes 500,000 as a potential needed support figure. Is the club now also 250,000 overdrawn at the bank then? :008:

Once knew a fellow in County Mayo, Ireland ,who declared that a guy named Cunney founded the well known airline Cunney Lingus. Apparently the word Cunney meant "fly-by-night". The Board however later hastily decided to change the name to Aer Lingus when the alleged number of participants in the "Mile High Club" apparently rocketed right from the first take-off . There is no verification to date by Bill Clington that Cunney was his pseudonym. :crazy07:

Eh? I'll send Roscoe 23 over to see you IHE--you have all the answers :022: Roscoe 23 --why are you having a go at Redee?--she is only 15 or 16 fer heaven's sake. That's what we need on here , youngsters who don't swear, can at least show a semblance of grammar and intelligence and are generally positive and upbeat. Keep up the good work Redee and always be ready to say to me............... "redee aye redee, captain". Will bring a smile to Scarlet's face.Aye.

I alwyas liked Dingwall. Congrats Ross County and good luck next season too.

You have nailed it--Marius' wage depends on the exchange rate then. Redee--if you are referring to Mr Savage is he not a wee bittie old fer ye then? :015:

Jeez IHE I was only kidding. O.T.T was never a consideration. :015: But o.k,then, you have proved your point.. I think CMIB is like me -he needs to retire soon to his hacienda in the sun.Scarlet has passed through all the stages you cite. Road rage has now been supplanted by acting coolly--trading my Chrysler Sebring for a tank!! :002: Gawd I've forgotten what I was trying to say--is that what they call a senior moment IHE? Can I get a senior's discount for a personal consultation? If so can I get the brief, expurgated, version of the head tripping advice instead of the monolithic monotone Montypythonesque monologue? :finger01: :021:

Although Caley D never says he agrees with Scarlet on anything it must be said that since I am older, wiser and more generous than the average poster on here I wish to inform you that Caley D makes sense with his references to lack of dignity and particularly his telling comment that if players are to be judged on only a few recent games then Brewster himself must also be judged by the same yardstick. But this certainly smacks of end-of season stuff and frankly I also think that currently we are scraping the bottom of the barrel for any scraps of real information that can dissipate the groaning ennui of recent events. Do you not agree Caley D? :002: Go on, luv, gladden an old m m m m mmman's heart. Damned alzheimers.! :029:

I once went to Bury on the Northern outskirts of Manchester as I recall/? Geez, I wonder what happened to her? :016:

I got up at 7am to listen to the commentary. Could find nothing.Media Player nor Real player. Obviously the BBC are not broadcasting Overseas but since they are very erratic they forgot to tell us by adding the words "not available to overseas listeners" which appears today under every other SPL game link being allegedly broadcast on the BBC but this one. Oh my . Where is the Club broadcast sytsem for overseas fellas when you need it? Next serason...yes! :018:

Sure IHE, let's just bring it back. It was unique. :003:

Caley Mad in Berks--enjoyed your passionate post but why are you always so intense and ....well..... angry? At your age it's the blood pressure thing that you need to watch don't you know? :002: When you get to my age, luv, it's like water off a duck's back and frankly, it's the only thing that keeps me sane in this jolly old world , coping with the jolly japes and jocular juxtapositrions and.... :003: Look at Johnboy whose ironic posts invariably contain that almost indescernible hint of indifferent go-with-the-flow , laissez-faire , devil-may-care, sometimes insightful posts often with a rather absorbing but always slightly amusing tone to them. And all designed to set off IHE which is meat and tatties fer us all. I think? :crazy06: :blah01:

It must be the bridge over troubled waters, then, as in Simon and Garfunkle, like? :001: And that picture of Billy Connelly brings back memories of when I lived in Blantyre and I met and became friendly with Andy Daisley, the empresario . Andy took me to a smoke -filled dingy little bar in the heart of Glasgow and here was Billy cracking wise and cracking dirty jokes by the second on a wee stage a foot off the floor. I did find him very amusing in a bizarre Pimpillish, energetic, kind of way. Little did I know he would end up in Hollywood and little did I know that my next adventure with Andy would be to drive Stefan Grapelli , complete with violin to an up-country gig somewhere in the heart of Lanarkshire. This was followed by another exciting gig where Andy arranged for a film of a long-lost match between Real Madrid and Inter Milan to be located and projected in a church on Blantyre High Street, a feature which we promoted vigorously with leaflets all over the town.The object being to raise funds for the wee boys football team that I was assisting in running in the Dalcraig housing estate where we stayed. Oh well, we expected maybe to sell tickets to 20 boys, maybe 25, but on the night over 100 boys from all over showed up at the door and we had a complete riot .Every goal was cheered to the rafters and I must admit I enjoyed the gig as much as anyone could. If anyone from that area knew of, or knows of, Andy at all please contact me because I often wondered what happened to him? I suppose he has passed on now but, old chap, if you are looking down on me at this moment then welcome, I thought you were the best, and a truly great guy. Cheers Andy and remember the Lindy Hop? :021:

And a partridge in a pear tree? :023:

Me head is spinning--between moving my lips to translate IHE's predeliction for dreams and coffee and reading that Grassa is going to Clach I fear that the world is going round in circles or summat. To CLACH?---WITH ATTENDANCES OF 400?? Best wind-up of the fast-fading season. The only ray of light on the horizon is the fact that I remember now in one of my dreams that I met IHE once at the Court of Louis 14th and we had a lovely conversation.I found him to be a terribly engaging man-- he wooed and won and became engaged to half the ladies of the Court. IHE--" Aha, ze elusive Scarlet Pimpernel ,eh?" S.P. --in disguised French "Ja vohl mein herren", comment allez-vous et qui est tu?" IHE.." Je suis le'homme avec les visages de milles . Aimez-vous moi?" S.P. Pees-off, IHE, je ne pas comme cela. Je suis straight as ze die. N'est ce pas?" (Get the message?) Pass the smelling salts.And hope that Charles does not see this or he will be completely unable to resist another comment I am sure. Eh.....Charles? :015:

So you are just passing it all on then IHE? It's from the All-Bran Seer, then?

What a pity Walter Mitty cannot sing his ditty So he's branched out into other music And now is trying to imitate Conway Twitty. :015: :sillywave:

Taking your advice YMIP I will not comment other than philosophically since I have never seen said player in action.Philanthropically his salary seems to be out of whack with his impact. Philately may be his secret passion (rumour heard in the corridors of the Hall) but he has failed to put his STAMP on the proceedings --generally speaking that is. Based on goals, probably not. Based on general play he seems to have class but whether he is played too far forward or too far back back he appears to have been relatively ineffective for the large part due to the fact that he does not appear to philipping know which part of the park to play in. :002:--generally speaking that is. :023: However, since he has improved of late ,methinks he will be given another season to blossom, don't you think so petal as in F.W. ? :004: And that will allow a lot of face to be saved on a lot of faces. But as the Southern Blues song goes..... " You're having a good time ,but I know these faces and they are watching you; if you don't watch your step you won't be here long!" In short...he had better be outstanding next year in whatever he does or he won't be here long. :buttkick:

Good steady post from Scotty. Yes Brew needs for us to give him some credit and ...dare I say it....a continuance of a really fair chance. And after all the hot air of the last few weeks I DO hope that the players themselves come to the same conclusion. :023:

Geez--so that's why I have to get on the bike every other day and do my mandatory 6 miles to avoid the joints stiffening up. And, sob, you mean my protein powder is not enough to get me from here to there? Woe is me ~!Oh Miserime! :019: Apparently it's good for other types of stiffening up too.. what kinds you say?----.just MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS< NO FURTHER DETAILS , this is boys and girls show and the Gorgie lad is just coming into puberty. Very impressive essay IHE. First time I think I have ever read something as serious and erudite from you. Just goes to show , never judge a man by his clothes or beard. Ha! Ha! :015: Sports psychologist--pshaw!A good kick up the erse that's good enough. And John Hughes is great I agree. :notworthy02:

Sounds like there are too many players with big heads who don't show the respect to the manager that a man in his position should deserve. No humility but lots of self-satisfied actions and feelings. "Can't motivate me "? What the flaming heck does he think he is ?Mr Primadonna. Are the players not supposed to be putting out the energy and effort themselves to play their hearts out for the club and justify the large pay-packet they get? And as for the Manager and the comment by someone that he is the best we can get "for the money"..are you kidding me? I must have been left behind when everybody else moved on but at least I appreciate every penny I earn and was very careful to respect my Managers of the past--except once and the response was so draconian that it forced me out of the Bank in Scotland and off to Canada. Primadonnas eh? A good kick in the rear end every week with their fat pay packet would be a good start. Craig Brewster has more of my sympathy by the minute. :008:

Gorgie lad--you are improving . Now just use the spell checker beside the "Post" and "Preview" buttons at he bottom and we can all try to read your posts. Not being sarcastic, just helpful. :wave01:

You do realise Johnboy that we overseas fellas can not even see the BBC replay to which there is a link on here!. Blocked to all Overseas punters. :008: Can you imagine something so hairbrained as that--days after the event a few -half a dozen of us in far flung parts of the world --cannot even get a sniff of a look. Time to contact Mike Smith again. :029: