Scarlet Pimple

Would not be prepared to lick his boots? :crap02:

Amazing how United fortunes have taken such an upward turn. Their confidence must now be sky-high. Hopefully ICT's fortunes will rise in tandem with Dundee United as their own confidence grows from this point onwards. Why not? Gretna looks a demoraliseds outfit --Davie Irons will need to have some really good irons in the fire to pull out to make a difference otherwise his problems will not be ironed out effectively. :bomb: Isnt it also eerie how Gretna's progress in the lower divisions mirrored that of ICT even to the promotion -decider being the last game of the season" But at that point their progress seems to be different having ...well..er...slowed up apace.

Two excellent posts Scotty. I particularly liked item number 7 in the first post. Like an arrow going through the centre of the bull. Scotty is right, it's the excitement, fun and atmosphere that counts and you have a hard time achieving that with a half empty, dead quiet stadium. Although sometimes it gets a bit wearing here in North America, all the razz-ma-taz and promotional gimmicks do work and they also do let the fans know that the team needs their money and support and Management is at least trying to get them in the door. Reducing prices should be a priority, if at all possible. 8,000 fans at , say, 15 pounds each is much better all round than 5,000 at 20 pounds each. Who would not rather be in amongst a big crowd than a small one sharing the anticipation and excitement. And even if you do lose at least you feel that you have had a good time and it hasn't cost you an arm and a leg. As Scotty says, the bottom line is a sense of appreciation from Management and a sens eof having received value for money.

:003: I always thought Proctor was a good player. Did he not have a sterling run a year or so ago in the left back positon?. Now he is back good luck to him. He is slimly built but tall is he not?

Because it was the last game of the season and that heightened the atmosphere.As I recall if ICT had lost they would not have been the team to win the League and so the helicopter was hovering above some Sco :002:ttish peak awaiting directions as to which park to fly to...LOL

Going back, texting is fine if :- 1. You are desperate 2. Can get nothing on the radio ; Setanta won't even answer emailed letters to them asking them if you can pay for either online audio or video service . 3. Youv'e got up at 6 or 7 a.m in rainy Vancouver to troll the net and..... you are desperate. Reading between the lines we seem to have never recovered from the loss of Dodds, for a variety of reasons....and....we are just not getting the breaks. That, is if you don't think that "not getting the breaks" is usually because we simply did not do enough to deserve them. If Marius can't get around to plonking them in what are the alternatives? Keep playing him till the cows come home, drop him for a few games or find another "good footballer '' at half his overall wages to scamper around in the forward area. If it is the first option just how long is Senior Management going to be content to pay the top half of his wage packet out of their own (business?) pocket? If NOT indefinitely then does that mean he will be placeed on the transfer list in due course.? Now there's athought... :024:

Dishy? Eliza it's the new haircut then ? :001:

Now isn't that amazing. Charles comes up trumps again. You should be of the Pimple clan , Charles--always, lurking, watching, waiting .What a combo. :cdn: :002:

No problem IHE. As I said, takes all kinds...! If only Caley could give out his telephone number I could have him check the postss for grammirr and punchewashun and speelning too maybe.... :003: He is dead right though.... S.P. is verbose, I keep talking to him about it but, as always, he's got a mind of his own, telling me that KISS means Keep Independently Serene Silly instead of Keep it Simple Sam . Dearie, dearie..as Rank Bajin in the Comic Strip Shuggy used to say..."Life get's tejious, don' it?" or was that Britney Spears...eh? :comp03:

About a year ago I thought about trying to find a proxy since I had read about it. However I did not really know or understand what it meant or how it worked or how to contact one so I just quit thinking about it. I am sure if Scotty can be more successful we all will be the first to hear about it.. :016:

OLd Gits United . LOL Watt a nice thread. All on the same page mostly. Solidarity forever. :028:

Backup, eh? But for whom? Ghosts? :rolleyes02:

4,000 pounds a week ,huh? Hmmmmmm! Let's see--thats about $416,000 Canadian per year --yeah that will be about 80% of the average cost of a 3 bedroom house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Western Canada. So that means that after two or three years in the SPL he can retire to La La Land. See you soon Marius. Have your yacht ready at False Creek Marina . Er--I wonder what that will work out to in dollars per goal: Well, let's see-------- :024:

Aye--I saw that Alex. Well, it takes all kinds....and that's why we have a Pimple on board. Sigh... :016:

IHE--you were pished--and you had your new shades on :015:

There you go IHE, you are referring to the Ides of March, the 7th March, my birthday believe it or not . :022: The Ides can also be the 15th , depending on how the Roman Calendar depicted events I believe--Charles, can we have a formal review of this important date? Probably explains my intense interest in all things football not to mention the history of football in Inverness. S'great, mon. :014: :sillywave:

When I read the Birdog's last post I immediately saw..."legal thighs" and thought ...well, that's O.K. then, that's one drug I can live with. :016: But choking aside, with or without laughter, this thread has now either run out of steam or people are simply grasping at straws to keep it going. Because it has everything..passion, heated debate, hypocrisy in spades, misguided or indecisive thoughts, hyperbole, rife speculation, and...finally...a degeneration into some kind of platform on which we can observe, understand, consider buying or not, using or not, any kind of substance -a new ICT Wikipedia on drug stuff? Such that I have to agree with a poster who said...this thread is hilarious. Also sad . I think it is in fact much ado about nothing and in 6 months' time will be well-nigh forgotten. What RH said to ICT many months ago "in camera" is pure speculation.So only the club knows whether he lied or not.So none of us on here can say "fire him for that". Has he brought the club into disrepute.? If you say yes then please explain why? What he did was personal and no one has suggested that the club condoned clandestinely or openly any of his private actions. The question of whether he did, or did not, is pure speculation and anyway such a condition is invariably dependent upon where the club's interests lie, the interests of sponsors lie and last but no means least where the interests of the fans lie. "When you hear a man speak" the saying goes "consider his interests". If the club fire him out of hand I suggest that it will be on the basis only of their financial interests which they think have been compromised in some way but not necessarily on unimpeachable very high moral grounds supported by what a majority of fans or shareholders consider to be an unforgivable mistake .Because the latter basis would be little more than a hypocritical claim that they are the only ones who are perfect which they cannot claim to be true and retain credibility. And the club would have to prove by reference to the terms of his contract whether he is in breach of same. Does the contract contain a specific reference to possession of a legal substance as grounds for summary dismissal? And, if so, does the alleged possession have to be proved in a Court of Law to carry weight as grounds for dismissal? If this incident is generally known to be an isolated one it would be foolish in my view for ICT to try to take the high moral ground and act accordingly in a punitive way. There can be little doubt that increasing this 26-year old player's misery can serve little useful purpose. What I feel would be the correct course for the club to initiate is to warn the player in writing about future conduct and spell out the consequences of any future similar situations in no uncertain terms. If anything I agree with the suggestion that a public acknowledgement of the indiscretion with an apology would go a long way to pour oil on troubled waters and it could be accompanied by school visits from time to time. The effect of obliging RH to consider these actions will continue to impress on him the perceived seriousness of his "offence" since he is a public figure and remind him of the vulnerability of his future which he himself has brought on himself. Then it is up to him. Taking into account the player's past efforts and promise on the park I feel that an effort should be made to psychologically assist him in every way to rehabilitate his situation and if this occurs what can be gained by not affording him the opportunity to eventually get back into the first team. This is the positive route. Then everybody wins and the Management of ICT look very good indeed as the wise and successful rehabilitators, mentors and smart business people. After all, the years of work, use of physical resources and wage payments invested in the player is a company asset which should not be wasted willy nilly without a positive attempt to turn the situation around first. Unless, of course, ICT has money to burn --in which case they can take the route of negativity, of the cutting of perceived losses whilst they are ahead, of the use of punitive and over-the-top action against the player and the risk of an expensive lawsuit by Mr Hart against ICT for wrongfull dismissal . IMHO the loser's route. :buttkick: Which route would you take ?

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Aw Mee, come back ,allus ist forgiven or summat. ICT is ICT and Smith is only one medium size cog in a wheel which is bigger than its parts. I got that out of Wikipedia so it must be true. :001:

There could not have been a head-butt since Ian Black would have had as serious an injury as Monsieur Lennon which as we all know was a blood-filled horrendous injury reminiscent of Bannockburn. Poor Ian Black hid his discomfort at the horreendous concussion which he suffered very well did he not? A real trooper one might say. LOL :016:

ulp. Now I have tried to advise that Scotland are 3 up. But this post has never materialised on the thread. I am a bit flummoxed by the problems with these posts. And it is telling me that instead of accepting the post and simply embedding it on the thread I should maybe review mine again since another posting has been registered. Like....why? And how do I review it if it won't accept it??????

I started out by being informed that my site username is non-existent, After I had brought my raised eyebrows back down into position and closed my dropping jaw I tried to reply to your post.Well I posted here from vancouver in Western Canada but the post never registered. Oh Dearie, dearie! Then I cheered up when I saw we were 2-1 up ---that is unbelievable. Try BBC Sports--they have a videoprinter that updates every two minutes.And I have already seen a photo of Kenny Miller turning away from the firts goal in joyous mood accessed from one of their links. If you are as flexible as rubber man and can afford to spend enough desperate time trolling through all their myriad of links on BBC Sports you can usually find something . Cheers S.P. :angel: Totally awful I agree.

What I read from these posts is not that he should not lower his play standards, rhythm etc, but that he should up the work rate and and take a higher leadership role -like Brew. If he did , and showed more determination and faster pace. etc, maybe he would look more convincing as a committed player---i.e. in the Don Cowie mould. Aty this stage, however, with ICT delicately balanced between success and failure don't expect Brew to be harsh with him any time soon..... So--just watch and wait. :024:

Wot no Jock for some time? LOL :016:

It's questionable that dropping him will shatter his confidence. Using that logic would result in no-one would being dropped. Then we could get into disagreements about whom we should , or should not, drop on the basis of how much we liked the person. In life if you don't perform you are fired or demoted and if you are lucky you get another chance. Usually you have to leave that employment and get a grip and do better elsewhere and maybe be very successful. In short, getting dropped is not the end of the world.He can prove himself again. Bruce had seven spider failures allegedly before he succeeded .So what it boils down to may be whether M. Fraser has the character to come back from a dropping , whether it be a rain one or a Chinese Kentucky Flied Chickel one? :002: If the argument is that if he is dropped we have nobody better to cover then that is a different ball-game altogether.And that is the responsibility of the Management to decide on that one. :012: Hope I am not dropping the ball here ? :rolleyes02: