Scarlet Pimple

C'mon, Italian Joe..where are you mate? No gripping updates yet?Ha! :011:

Turf him if he is to blame. No need for swell heads at ICT. :012:

ICT is a teamwork team so any new face will soon understand that it's one for all and all for one. i.e. he has support and therefore , if he is in the first team as a regular, is there any doubt that he will improve continually? Rhetorical question! The fee is not THAT much taking into account that CC needs to spend to strengthen and I agree that the Hart, Morgan, Rankin, Black array looks awfully attractive on paper. CC deserves all the support we can give him--- for a somewhat reluctant Manager at the outset he is actually doing great so far. Brewster?--huh! Fetai was a prima donna bust and his performance was cheesy in the short jaunts on the park that he was allowed--feta cheese no less and it grated on me. :003:

Have you noticed that none have performed in an outstanding manner. Larsson was ineffectve and ultimately was substituted. Zarkewski did a hustle or two but was also largely ineffective. Nakamura did not achieve too much in todays's game etc.There was an Aussie who plays in the Scottish first Division I think whose name escapes me but he was largely unseen for much of the game. Which prompts the question in my mind...The standards here may be too high for the Scottish team to have any real hope of progressing past the first round in 2010 --there just is too much elegance, finesse, pace and class on view every day. And just watching Ghanas first game performance of gleeful abandoned play which they obviously enjoyed so much was for me the best game so far for super football and drama. So over to youse with your views. :004:

I saw some pretty discriminatory refereeing and think that some of the big teams received favourites status with dodgy referees' decisions going their way. In particular one was a penalty which was not one. The other thing that made me cynical is how may players there are who seem to go down at the drop of a hat. Such as...a hard enough shoulder charge ,which nowadays seems to be a foul ,sending them rolling in agony for hours. And the players who also are not actually touched by a hard tackle because they whip their legs up at the last minute but sprawl over and over for yards and bury their head in the turf whilst clutching a leg as if it was torn of at the hip. etc. I have never seen so many halts in the play for minor infractions alleged to be fouls actually incurred as a normal run of play hsustle and bustle. The third thing that seems to be all too frequent is the number of yellow cards handed out, often for seemingly innocuous fouls--some very harsh. Maybe the refs have been told to be harsh to avoid injury or something but I think it just is "over the top" in many cases and all this results in a constant stopping and starting of the game. I think Ghana will be in the final..any takers? Scarlet :010: :012:

One thing you can say , however, is that he played with verve and had some great saves.

Gringo--I read your post with amusement and promptly mused....because I bought my wee business on 15 July 1979 and have been in it (not necessarily willingly, however, especially in the last few years) for nearly 27 years- at times it has been a wild ride just like your experience with fear and loathing intermixed with exhileration..ha! Retirement is now a distinct possibility--any country houses in Berriedale up for sale I wonder.? Would have to have a helicopter pad, though, to assure a comfortable ride to the ICT stadium every other week... :002:

CuteCaley Chick--how about a wee interesting reply to that one then? Ha! :001:

Flattering article, made you feel really good didn't it/ About time we had some fairer press and more insightful and objective appraisal of the progress and goings-on at the Caley Thistle Park. Well, I've now got the fixtures list pinned up to the bookcase in my wee office so we are set for the off very soon guys. :clapping04:

Why are we so pally with Sheffield United all of a sudden? Or has this been the case for several years. Does Sheffield think that our performance in the SPL deserves the nomenclature of "Gay Blades" I wonder? Or do they simply play with such gay abandon that they feel that only ICT of the SPL measures up to their style? Sigh..it's so hard to write stuff when everybody else ins in their bed. :016: Oh Well...." I say, Gaylord, will you bring me another toddy please, that's a good fellow". Sigh..I think I'll keep him on at the Hall, he does a good turn I have to say that and he can liosten very well without giving old Scarlet a lot of cheek which helps I guess in this day and age... :003:

And RIG--I see you are online the noo--What are you doing up at this time of the morgen? ..Eh? :003:

They had better be well into a good training vogue otherwise their wee legas are going to be realllllly sore.. :011: :notworthy01:

Gretna may win the Division next season but it won't be a cakewalk I think. Some of their players are now reaching the veteran satge are they not-in which case they will have to splurge to bring in fresh blood? Mr Milesom is enjoying his success at Gretna so much that investing more cash for him is a no brainer.And he is an enthusiastic genuine punter so good luck to him. Watch Gretna, they are a real dark horse coming up the straight fast .... :006:

Dods is the backbone of the team and should be held onto at any cost. At least until the current team matures a bit. Black and Proctor are young and if ICT can get the money for them that they appear to be asking , can be allowed to leave . These two are not currently leadership material whereas Dods appears to be all that and more. :012:

I take the same view as Kencar--a bird in the hand is worth two in the bushes :015: :015:

Blackie--the weight would probably bury him. Bit young too isn't he for such a responsibility? :006:

Alex--nothing much at all--frankly I can't remember. Just a josh, maybe I felt you were posting a bit too seriously and mentioning your age probably triggered my ...er..."ironic" side. :003:

Let's face it , the guy who cracks negative needs a head review. My first reaction was ''"bah, humbug, ban the post". then I thought, no, just let it run it will draw out the posiutivity in all us fans who appreciate the fantastic efforts of the players ythis season just finished. But I do agree with IHE --we should have won the Champions League and thisa slip up cannot go un-noticed! :016:

County will be lucky to finish next season......let alone place.. :011:

Yup--big splurge on the BBC website about the Italian fiasco. Does not look good based on current statements and evidence. A real disgrace all round. :020:

Hey Alex Welcome to the old boys' club anytime. But the rules for entry have changed--Scarlet has dossiers on all hopeful entrants and a slight honorarium slid in a nespaper to him at the door has gone from non-obligatory to mandatory due to the dearth of good spy jobcommissions since the demise of the cold war. With the war against Iran just over the horizon prospects in my business have looked up but I still needa touch or two- you Do understand. Otherwise...out come the dossiers ....hmmmmmmmm :004:

You got the stats --I completely ageree with you. In fact if the home form hade matched the away form where would ICT be today? Och well we can dream...eh? Its sunny but cold in Vancouver just now --got me a beezer of a sore throat and cold.. Off tae bed- now I am tired of the trollinga round on the site--good fun though. :003:

I join you in not fully understanding this system. More to the point I don't really understand the point of it--of course it probably is designed to make more excitement and money for the top six but tell me somrthing new, eh? But that 58 points opposit ICT look good on the tyable don't they. ? In fact when I heard that Baloney remark on Jim Taylor's show on the ;ast day of the season when he said --"Och Caley are where they are because after the split they are playing the rubbish of the division". Really Jim? Just whupped the Hibees three of four times, Hearts at least once, came awfy close with the "Gers and the Celtic etc etc. C'mon give me a break pal --there is at least a reasonable chance that they would have still garnered more points than the others in the top six had they been allowed to play them---someone tell me I am wrong.... :010:

Absolutely,Caledonian Delight.. :003:

I rep[eat Benchy--I don't think that you have your troubles to seek at D>U> When Brewster the player left some thought ICT woould go down hill a bit--never happened. Five out of five wins at the end. Our team hadss something that perhaps your team has not--honesty of purpose. Good luck with Brew in his third or fourth season --if he survives that long , that is. :017: