Scarlet Pimple

OWS :015: :015: :015: Disagreeing with all the other opinions is fine on here but there is really no need to give thae folks the bird , mon , especially so orly in the mornin' :021: Hoch! Hoch!

Happy New Year to one and all. A bit late maybe but that's because of the different time zone and on account of the fact that I have to get to the post office with this letter by boat on account of the floods an all in Western Canada. First time I saw a black bear doing the breast stroke fer heaven's sake. Made me shift I can tell you. Anyway there it is -it's off now- ...Slainthe. S.P.

Gordy from Sneck The chap fishing is he a Yank or a Canajin? Must be the latter since it is probably Richard Hastings's dad, is it? Ha! Anyway, happy new year to one and all. Scarlet

Aye, Caradoll uees the sepell checker--I know it is toerft, soryr effort, for youy but once you leave school that usyally si required to be sussecccful. Re Blackie--refer to the last post on Humble Pie Version 2 also-- To recap--why should CC ask the players --if he does do you think he should go to them cap in hand? Hey , this is CC's decision, not theirs. Drop Black and if there is one more spat put him on the transfer market at a high price. Since no Manager will want to pay a high price for a liability he will languish in the reserves until he realises that no one is indispensible.Then he has to go to CC eating humble pie, which will make him swallow hard and will raise CC's profile or his career can finish there. :022:

Caradoll--I think you are on the right track but...this is a modern site and if you use the spell checker before you post it will be easier to understand you. Thank you, young man S.P. :003:

Are you sure it was Falkirk that skinned us or was it just latapy and Stokes---and of course the inimitable John Hughes pulling their strings in the background? :023:

It's time to bring back HMS Sneck, take the covers off the cannons, splice the mainbrace, re-install IHE as Mon Capitaine, scrape off the barnacles and contact Canada Bob for the odds on whether this will turn the tables on the ...er...poor results to date. Harry Chibber for the Crow's Nest-- scanning the horizon for the enemy. :002:

Clacher How dare you knock the Pimple off the "long-posts" perch and left him stumbling in the dirt as an " also ran ". Quite cruel -I no longer admire you for your spirit fer that... but I do admire your perspicaciousness, grasp of facts and knowledge and research capability just to prove a minor point about which , in your opinion , you are right . Very persistent laddie even if you miss the whole point that it doesn't matter a **** if CC has not had many past games etc in the top flight- the football is still the same shape for every game and so are the goal posts. What matters is his intelligence quotient, his capability to instil discipline and respect in his players and his tactics . But if I were CC I would be hindered and vexed and in despair if I was to look to you for succour and support. With a friend like you who needs enemies fer heavens sake? If he is so poor and ineffective in your eyes why don't you support him?? Brewster has had a long and successful playing caraeer and deservedly had an outstanding reputation as a player but as a Manager with D.U he was dismal. Based on results his performance was a complete failure and, although we don't know a great deal about his relations with the players, subsequent events do tend to prove that he was unable to successfully motivate them in the way that Levein seems to have been able to do. Robbo did not fare so well at Hearts either did he since what happened there could easily be looked-upon as his inability to handle the challenge and adversity of Vlad the Lad? Yet he was a former hero at Tynecastle based on his playing career. So maybe he bit off more than he could chew, but he still was unable to achieve the results .. CC talks well in interviews and looks good on camera. He is different from John Hughes of Falkirk whose enthusiasm greatly overshadows his lack of education ("I hink that Latapy played well the day and he played great balls intae the box... etc; ) and is a good ambassador for the club in that regard. Maybe his "inexperience" and nervousness has led to a certain lack of decisiveness in dealing with some players who lack discipline - when Black threw his jersey into the dugout, and talked back in a disrespectful way to Charlie at the same time ,I think he should have been stamped upon and finally made an "example-of" . But if you admire Ferguson's approach of aggressive ruthlessness over the presence of CC I must remind you that you have said in your soliloquey that Ferguson had several contretemps with Management and failures before hitting the jackpot so who is to say that such an approach would have brought a greater number of wins to ICT? That is...if you consider wins to be the only measure of success at the club ....? Personally I think that ICT have done exceptionally well under CC , all things considered, and it can only get better. C'mon , get with the programme.. :019:

Like the spell checker .... :006:

Agree completely with Caley D. The club can only be faced with the stark choice now of coming down on him hard, even going so far as to take him right out of the first team. If he can't handle that the club should transfer list him at the inflated price of $150,000 which the player probably thinks he is worth and when he finds out that ...(a) the price is too rich for most other clubs to hire him in view of..... (b) his reputation for lack of control etc, he will really find out the hard way that nobody is indispensable. I agree with IHE up to a point that his "indiscretion" after play at half-time in kicking the ball away was probably harsh since this was surely frustration rather than dissent but he also probably got booked for that first offence due to his past reputation as much as anything . However he then deliberately provoked the ref by doing it againand frankly6 got what he deserved. The club has to view him now as a loose canon and deal with him decisively. And, as someone else put it, to show the other players that discipline and character are attributes as important to the success of this team and their reputation as a high quality professional entity in Inverness. :024:

All about a knee by Caley Dee :015: And I agree with Kingsmills you see. Unlike some posters on here he is at least positive. P.S.S. S.P.-P ... :023:Singularly Pernicious Person

So the consensus then is : ???? The edge is off the verve. Enthusiam to run other teams off the park is no longer at a premium. Complacency is in to a degree. The players are not as fit as they were under Brewster. Some players are not getting intae it and helping out others as much as they could. Some players are on junk food and pop ---and just don't get it. Charlie's changes on the park are , well, always a shade too late . We have to Bring back Brewster because he was at least a good player on the park. (That will never happen--mostly because he is too old and in any event could hardly be expected to show his face at Tulloch C. S without the booing affecting his performance. Eh?) Three players at least will be gone at the end of the Season so that supposition justifies blooding several new reserves into the first team as soon as possible. The lack of success is contributing to the players' wilting and general Brewer's Droop. It's all the Manager's fault and generally speaking all the players, apart from maybe some sterling members of the defence, are running around without direction or not seemingly knowing their role. The old SPIRIT is sagging and may soon be gone. I could go on but I'm almost there. All of the above may be true or not and I don't know what the root of the problem is but I am listening to the radio every week and I think that there appears to be a grain of truth in all of it EXCEPT I think it is unfair to blame all on the Manager--frankly ridiculous as well. The players are professionals and must take responsibility for the action or lack of it on the park. At a crucial time in the game today a player takes a penalty , does not even get it on target and belts it a yard or so above the bar--SURELY a little bit of composure could have been used to keep the ball at least on target, score or no score--that's called professionalism from highly skilled and trained players...c,mon. ICT seem to me to be at a bit of a crossroads and relegation battles are a possibility without a change in heart and spirit all round. If Dundee United can do it why cannot ICT? Apparently DUFC are playing some terrific football these days whilst only a few weeks ago their team was a shambles of disconcerted ,dispirited , disorganised, players looking more and more like relegation fodder. It is certainly not too late for the needed changes to take place but decisive decisions and leadership appear to be needed immediately--mostly relating to the fitness and grit department without which the ordinary team cannot play consistently at a higher level than their alleged abilities would otherwise permit. And whatever happens Mr Christie deserves to be given the support of all the fans andthe benefit of the doubt at least until the end of this season. :024:

And a guid New Year to you all from Vancouver, Canada, where the floods are still ten feet deep and the rain is still coming down in sheets at -18 degrees ( with the windshield factor, only -15 degrees without) and we have only had one burst pipe so far. Great skiing though just up the road in Whistler. :016:

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Well, it looks like CC is, unlike Brew at Tannadice , a bit of a very determined thrawn b..ger with an iron fist in a velvet glove. So, he likes to win does he?...hmmmm--sounds to me as if C.C .is IN CHARGE at the Tulloch Stadium.................... C'mon the Caley thistle :022: :025:

Right on.......! Paul--maybe you should visit your travel agent soon--- Auxerre may be interested.... :016:

BBC Sportsound comment --"Brilliant organisation in the ranks of Caley Thistle" i.e Magnificent win for...CHARLIE CHRISTIE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :011: :notworthy01: :clapping04:

De temps en temps tout va bien pour le Rangerrrrs. N'est ce pas? I zink that ze Caleeeeeee will get ze roasting eeef my playerrrs do as they are telt ....and melt them.. On ze other hand, de temps en temps je ne sais quoi--c'est un sine qua non, oui? :016 :012: C'mon Caley Thistle.......yesss! :016: :clapping04:

FW --on his list your'e rankin(e). :clapping04:

As I look at you lot owlishly I am reminded that I don't have tu-wit-towoo. FW ---We must meet. Innuendo is King- Buit I keep it clean , I am very shy ... :002:

East Indian vibe -rock-- BBC digital radio from central Midlands and Glasgow has a vibrant scene too.. Great stuff. :006:

Well Caley D--you are too clever a man to worry about why you are unappreciated. Just continue to keep on keeping on, doing your thing to the high standards you always seem to aspire to and let us all other muckers continue be thankful for it. Oh, and that includes Scotty also as the second member of the dynamic duo who know what they are actually doing in their field of competence. The irony of my life is a similar tale of demonstrated excellence without appreciation and the secret that I found to the matter is ....ignore it, set your own standards and goals and ultimately reap the rewards in other ways ...i.e. in heaven if you can hang on long enough to get there.. :005: S.P. :011:

Sounds like a good suggestion to me. Typical positive, common-sense view from the weedy man.... There is nothing like learning how to pay a back-handed compliment my dears---stay tuned... :016:

Watching D.U continue to unravel has allowed him to realise that the grass is always greener over the fence. Hopefully, he will now appreciate the finer qualities of Inverness Caledonian F.C. , gird his loins, put on his buckler and buckle to... Oh My --where is the F.W when you need her... the Queen of subtle humour. Aye it's a lonely road at the top, isn't it F.W.? :016: