Scarlet Pimple

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37522482 Neil Le-nnon gives his view on the corruption comparison between English and Scottish football. i.e He is saying lean on me for an honest and factual statement. I have never allowed myself to become involved with player negotiations and such and have never been approached to become involved in such arrangements under the table in return for huge bribes.

Yes and the new stand that Aberdeen seem to have decided to start building shortly is certainly not designed to assist in packing in anything like 45,000 into their ground. More like 20,000 or just above it as far as I can remember from a couple of articles I had read. If this is correct it's a realistic commentary on what the situation is in the premiership for the more favoured teams these days, excluding of course the old firm gates.

If general revenue is not high, whereas wages are higher than the club would hope, then the financial situation within the club can't be balanced. And so reducing prices may be a stiff challenge that the prudent Board may be very reluctant to implement but what other course is available to them. All things considered it does seem as if the club in general is trying very hard to promote the club by various means already, so....? Personally, I think that the club has few options other than to reduce prices for a specific period of at least 6 weeks, which will hopefully increase the crowd numbers thus exposing new fans to seeing how interesting the product on the park is. Otherwise, if they don't come to games, how will they ever become dedicated fans? And so, as the rule of business thumb is in similar situations more often than not, reduce prices an/or give incentives to get them in the door otherwise they may not become regular clients. From my pensioners' point of view and converting pounds into Canadian dollars, at this point I could not afford to attend every week because the cost of living is very high as it seems to be in Scotland.. House prices now in Vancouver are utterly ridiculous, groceries going higher and higher every week and so on. Money also has to be set aside monthly to cover such items as insurance for two cars, home insurance again up this year and now $600 extra per year for earthquake insurance which is separate from the home payment with us living in the Pacific North West where the "BIG ONE" is expected any day, and very high property taxes also have to be set aside on a monthly basis. Not to mention this does not cover future expense requirements such as a holiday or roof renewals and general repairs etc. So I sincerely believe it's a money issue as much as anything.

Looks as if the folks will come out to the big matches, such as the Celtic game, but are reluctant to spend the money for the "lesser" matches week in week out? With the team now performing admirably what other reason can there be for not showing up?

I like PerfICT's award of 9 to Richie Foran. Seems that he rarely gets appropiate praise for the taking over of a team in real transition and it could have turned out to be a shambles right from the get-go. Now we are seeing the other side of the coin--stability and success. Despite obviously nervous moments in view of his lack of Managerial experience, he speaks very well and thoughtfully on camera. He may turn out to be an inspired appointment who can really go places as we move right along. .

I am also up early to check out the match. Can't believe the score after I came on some 10 minutes ago.

Row E check you message box. I note you are "south of Vancouver" and have sent you a wee message. Cheers S>P>

Bughtmaster why someone ever gave you a red dot for your post I have no idea. Bias perhaps? But I thought your post was spot-on and no mistake -- and so I gave you a green dot for accuracy and unbiased reporting that basically mirrored my view of the various video reports shown. As Iseen it it, the contact of the foul deffo occurred outside the box. But I was unaware that if he was plunged forward as a result,, and ended up on his nose in the box, then it is a penalty? That seems to be little more than hilarious because in this instance he was fouled outside the penalty box so how far back up the field does one have to be when fouled to NOT make it a penalty? If the point of the incident geographically is not the deciding factor where do we go from here...?

Is one man's meat is another man's poison? .... http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37331430

Re comment about alleged lack of production from Doumboya--what happened there? Just bad luck and not getting the ball..... or just that he was overwhelmed by the occasion and may have frozen a bit?

BDU 98196 or whatever, I'm with you--mainstand, close to centre and the higher the better. If you are a senior and can't see too well, just bring a pair of small binoculars-no problem? I was going to use the abbreviated word "binos" but I knew that IHE would just come in with a monster photo of a rhino and grab the limelight, sooo..........

There you go, Thanks Yngwie. Green dot for you and one for IHE as follows :

Final score was ....? (Please)

CM in Berks--How do you know the score etc? Are you watching it on T.V. perhaps or have radar?

Now the guy who touts Smileys has got it right. It''''''''s IHE . Oh you are awful, you clever man ...but I like you. from Beautiful British Columbia , Canada

Another goal from Ian Vigurs like that last one would be just the ticket. You know, a commentator described it as a blooter. Frankly that was one of the best superbly-controlled balls, hit with just enough speed to enter the met exactly where he wanted it to go, as I have seen. He didn't try to hammer it as hard as he could but approached the ball lovingly and very carefully stroked it at the right spot and with the right flighting. Now that was what I would call a professional beauty. Eh IHE?

Lightwelter--was it a gall or an avoirdupois--the stone I mean?

Well, both are good lads. One needs more experience and the other more games. They will need to work hard on bedding in and we wish both of them well. The lad from England may have some adjusting to do to the pace of the game and understanding the brogues but seems like a good chance for him to do really well. As for Brad there is no point in looking back, just work hard fit in and let it flow and remember real talent will out.

" Theory and the real world are very different." Except ,Wynthank ,that you can continue to build on theory which is the basic building block for starting out but without it I do think that a player or manager must be very intuitive and very intelligent indeed to be able to master the tactics required and in vogue today, employed by both the opposition and our team itself, to win games.

Option 3 --only positive posts. This excludes those who for some reason or another have a compulsive desire to put down other peoples' thoughts. Forces, as a replacement, that they type their thoughts up front and allows the other online posters to decide to answer or not. i.e then we have a real debate in full view and not hidden nastiness like red dotting everything that you dislike, or maybe just to hurt the other guy in an ANONYMOUS way, which will continue to happen if red dotting is allowed to continue. Removes negativity from the site and replaces it by forcing people to think positive and upbeat or just fade away. If I like (or dislike) another poster's thinking then I can still post my thoughts but give a green dot too to show others who don't have the time to read everything that people care about that particular posting a lot.

Now gentlemen, I have just been told-off for allegedly going off topic so youse yins will have to very careful 'cos you are just relative sprogs on here and don't have the time in like IHE and Old Scarlet. In your reply please be nice to your senior citizens, it's a memory thing don't you know?

Wholeheartedly agree--abolish them red dots altogether. and keep this site for the positive and upbeat fans that support ICT. Especially for old fogies that have already posted on here.

Sniff! So what do you think of the over 70's IHE.? I was looking at my neck under my chin in the shaving mirror yesterday and froze--wrinkling up like an old cockerel so it was. Reminds me of grandpa McFlannel of the BBC Home service days. Only those and such as those have the maturity to remember the McFlannels radio show. In them thar days we didn't even have a telephone or a T.V. let alone a cell phone. When are you going to bring back HMS Sneck Itchy?

Richie is known as a never-say-die very hard working player so I think he will have impressed quite a few interesting people in England over the past few years and, yes, he is smart enough and has enough humility to have been able to get along with people and make the right contacts in his past career. Certainly not backward at coming forward and people will trust him as far as his honesty of purpose goes. And he also offers, in return, good training , hard work and valuable experience for the good young prospects too. Engaging in the rough and tumble of Scottish fitba will offer a new dimension to them about getting stuck in and working hard in order to progress.

Well, you can't knock that performance last Saturday . We knew about the possible dangers of hiring on board a new manager without managerial experience so if we don't back him to the hilt ,come what may, we are nuts. What with talk of more transfers, to Aberdeen etc .,I think that Richie needs all the help and support we can muster so the only thing I can say now is;;;; Itttttttttt's Buckett......Back at last.