Scarlet Pimple

Eh?

Which is?

Slightly harsh isn't the name for it....

What? Dougall on a fishing trip? Why that must be right since bollocks rhymes with rowlocks.... This Board decision could turn out to be the smartest move of the season. Inspired even. It should improve the stability of the club, give confidence to the players and reduce the nervousness of a Management team which some fans have been reviewing in a negative light.With an assured future for the foreseeable time Terry and Mo can calm down and spend their energy on the players and on team strategy/tactics. If it does not bring an upbeat tone to this club I will be very surprised indeed. With George Fraser keeping his very competent eye on what is transpiringanand his elegant finger in the pieto assist the able Kenny Cameron how canm thius club now fail? Great decision . Great future for Inverness Caley Thistle.

Great oaks from little acorns grow chums.

Yes. Please lay off Foran..everything good which has been said about him is true and he is invaluable. He seems to pop up in the right place and can score goals. And if he doesn't score he's still laying off great balls in the box or makes a deft flick here and a defter flick there.So he is a dangerous player and his experience needs to be there to steady the ship. His heading in the box is one of his strongest attributes and a couple of games ago I think it was, he was VERY unlucky not to score when it hit the post because it was a cracking header.Also we should not try to undermine this already developing team by making clucking noises every time he just doesn't quite make it and you can't fault him for effort. Who would replace him I wonder ..eh? Time to say nice things and get off his back I think . Praise where praise is due--that's the best way to get the best out of him.

Sorted C'mon! Who comes on here to be that serious? Life is too short! IHE once said he came on here to relax and the Pimple does the same. Problem is that coming on here can become more than that - when you get the bug, and admire the web site, it's a serious infection. Still, IHE, when you get to be as old as you and me, and maybe retired, it's the mini highlight of the day. Like going into the sauna for 45 minutes when the wife thinks you are out washing the car and she canna find you.

Tokely does seem to be doing the business in the highlights. Some of his last ditch efforts have been very impressive. Dods? Yes he was something else but Tokely s such a great servant of ICT that I do hope his ultimate testimonial will reflect his dedication and efforts , and loyalty, in spades. What a servant!

AAYS A LOT FOR PROCTOR THAT HE HAS KEPT GRITTING IT OUT IN the face of unmitigated negative criticism. In the past he had some very good games for ICT and Terry must find his best position for him to shine. Glad that he had a stuffy and positive game. Deserves it.

IHE - you really are a naughty boy. Personally speaking this one was right over my head, being just a wee Canajin frae the boondocks of Vancouver an' all. You-all are crafty and artful and ah jist cannae keep up. Good wind-up Itchy. :biggrin:

Tade is a hard worker whereas Rooney tended to be a lurker, waiting for the pass. Tade can outstrip virtually anyone with his pace and strength. He is an asset to tht team any which way you look at it. IMHO

Encouraging and positive post from Caley D. Just what the Dr ordered these days. If we can win the next game we will be about back to strength which should allow us to really start getting points on the board.

If Gregory Tade was pulled back into midfield ,then, who would you suggest that Terry puts in his place as a striker? And the same question re Foran? If Tade is not deadly up front, surely he could be pulled back with advantage and this would take the pressure off him to score goals. It does seem odd that a fella who is not a natural goalscorer is obliged to consistently play this role. Removing him would take the pressure off and free up his energy to run ...and run.. . and stride forward and take strikes at goal. The defences would not be able to take their eyes off of him and it would disturb their concentration. If Tade's power lies in his size and strength--then use it Terry. With Hayes and Doran back and foraging on the wings and running at the defence, as often as possible, the opportunities could improve for the two types of strikers that I have mentioned to be more effective . That makes three powerful players running at the defences causing confusion and, hopefully,mistakes in the opposition ranks. Hayes and Doran can get in behind the defences and Tade can LURK.If the oposition tries to man-match all three of them, then they would have to leave gaps in their central defence in all the right places for ICT to exploit. Simple and sorted. You would need two powerful and skilfull strikers up front if Tade was in midfield running at the opposition and keeping them off balance. He certainly doesn't seem to have too much trouble turning defenders and getting in behind them.If used to his maximum potential he could be a more and more important player and able to wear down the other sides and make them very nervous. They would even have to put two men on him eventually which could open up their defences even more and keep them nervous. Just a couple of thoughts..Back to the question then?

TADE -----Totally Awesome Dude, Ectually!

How's Proctor performing?

Hardly any posters on here today. Hope they are at the match.

Looks like Manny wrote the report but, whoever was the scribe --it was gooooood as usual.

Dougal, just to lighten you up a bit here : I have to inform you that you really should go because the highlight of the evening will be the guest appearance of ...."The Bare Naked Ladies" and M/C for the evening will be Caley D in his birthday suit. A big crowd is expected, bar-r-ing any unfortunate occurrence that stops the patrons from arriving--like a sudden blast of very cold air from Siberia; in which case Caley D will have a very serious problem unless he has a warm swaddling cloth for his wee bairney, Willie. And IHE , you be nice to Dougal, now, since he might try to upstage Caley D by coming in from the Willie-derness dressed in spandex with pom-poms in all the right places.

Although the team is beginning to gel together it is still young and inexperienced. So it is probably going to be a slow process to say the least. If we avoid relegation this season I will heave a sigh of relief. I also happen to think that the next goal that ICT scores is going to give the team a big lift and could result in a surge of confidence throughout the team. It would be nice if Gregory scored it since he does his share of work and then some. If he had a bit more composure and a wee bit more skill he would be a crcaker. It is a bit of a puzzle why he didn't try to loft the ball over the Celtic goalie last Saturday but he is no Messi so lety's concentrate on what he does right. Foran was very unlucky not to score with that header and he deserved it .Caley are just not getting the bounce of the ball just now but truth to tell class acts and class teams tend to make their own breaks I suppose. I can't wait for all the injuries to clear up because then we should look for a better team altogether and Terry can try to mould a team for the future. The one last concern that I do have, however, is the presence of so many loanees in the team --as someone said above he should be trying to get in players for the future and not just for stopgaps. All that is doing is playing at little Dutch boys pushing their fist into the seawall to stop the ocean breaking open the hole.

Dougal, Stop being contro-introverted-sial will you? Be nice to Charles --he was not referring to himself when he said "not a toff in sight". Or, as he would say in his local vernacularian way, " notta toffeen sight." But toffy-noses aplenty; and all in keelts...eh?

You could be on to something there. Low balls to the corners seem to be his nemesis. Tade--when he gets the ball and starts to run at goal do you get a twinge of a feeling that he just will be unlikely to score. If so then why not use him ( as someone just said)as a feeder to a more determined and more likely lad up front. Maybe one of the newbies could Chip-pendale it in with aplomb. And, no, aplomb is not an apple bomb. It's a nonchalant , confident attitude. With a smile , of course.

Pull Mt Finger. The stuff never gets that far. It's snapped up in a frenzy of buying by--wait for it--the Great Unwashed Public comprising.... pensioners, down-and-outs, single Moms , laggards who sleep under Maple trees, ex-employees of the Royal Bank of Scotland, bairns on mini-bikes,people who are here on a holiday from the humidity of Toronto, welfare recipients,societal loafers who clearly have never worked a day in their lives and send a clear message that they have no intention of ever breaking the mould, Realtors who are looking for a deal on a gift to give their clients who have just stuffed $10,000 into their pocket,drug addicts and persons from Britain who came across here hidden in the baggage compartment of David Cameron's 747 and who have heard of the stunning food price reductions available here..and...pensioners. Welcome to La La Land in the rain. Now that out\r ten days of sunny Summer have passed we welcome all visitors who want to spend their money here but will not be encouraged to stay since there are only so many half-price items to go around.

In British Columbia,Canada, the Liqor stores are run by, and under the control of, the Provincial Government. That mean that they fix the price and if any store wants to sell cheaper drink then they have to buy it in from local breweries like Bowen Island Brewery (a small brewery on a very small island just off the West Coast here.) Nice spot, idyllic really, get to it by B.C. Ferries which is a nice ride and their beer is tasty too. Caley D is right. The stores will undoubtedly pass on any increases to the great unwashed public. Anyone who thinks otherwise has a superhuman faith in the generosity of the store owners and should see a Doctor. LOL

Alex Food prices have gone up over the last year here in Canada by something like 25 % to, in some cases, 50%. The local major Superstore has found that they have reached the limit of what people ARE WILLING TO PAY AND NOW HAVE RESORTED TO THE LATEST DODGE. lAST YEAR YOU WOULD BUY A I KILOGRAM OF FROZEN PEAS FOR SAY "X" DOLLARS. THIS YEAR (AT LEAST IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR SO) THE PRICE HAS REMAINED THE SAME BUT THE WEIGHT HAS SURREPTITIOUSLY CHANGED TO 0.75 KILOGRAM. That's a 25% increase overnight and probably most shoppers are unaware of this. But wait (as they say in all the T V ads)there's more. In addition, there are several other products which have had their weights adjusted in a similar way but NO reduction of price follows. Specifically cheese, which is so expensive here now that only the wealthy can buy it. My wife has taken to visiting the 50% off tray on a regular basis . But wait. The sticker on the tray on wheels shows that you have arrived at the 50% off stand but when you check the price on the food ticket it says it's only 25% off!!! So I com plained to the Superstore Manager and he got flustered. " Oh, he said, it still will be charged at the till as 50% off." Really? REALLY, I said ,then why is there not a sticker on the product in bright, brilliant pink to the effect that this is a 50% off item. More comfusion, more red faces and placating promises . oH Dear. "Oh what a tangled web we weave others to deceive" and the more wealthy these people are the more they want. Why? Because greed dictates that enough is never enough.The wealthy on this planet operate on an entirely different plane of thought than you and I do. They don't understand your life at all. Nor do theycare !! So what my wife now does is wait until the product doesn't sell at 25% off (my, isn't that sign of the financial times)and then they have to reduce it to 50% off otherwise it goes bad and they don't even get their cost back. Hoch.Hoch. The food is still eatable and the cost is now affordable. You would be surprised at what bargoons one can get if one has patience. Bottom line is that this Superstore--so big that you literally can't see the far end of it.. is just like yours . Making so much money that one million dollars to them is no more than the cost of a foreign holiday. CHARGE THE BAR STEWARDS I say, whilst jolly old Cameron is over here enjoying the fleshpots with Stevie Harper (our glorious Prime Minister). aND A VERY GOOD WEEK-END'S SHOPPING TO YOU AND YOURS .