Scarlet Pimple

Jeez , you guys are plumb loco, Festus.

First , you mean ...

12th man--what did you say? :- " If you want to experience relief come sit next to me...etc.....? "

Yep Manfer: P A R T I C K -------- particularly able, really, to incinerate Caley's knacks.

Team tired after the good run to this point? Or .....?

Shifty 6--SFA shiftless.' 'It;s all about money so there....."

You are so lucky to have the opportunity to attend the game regardless of the times set up. You also have T.V.which we don't . "Nuff said.

PerflICT Yes good fella. You never know how wrong you can be until it happens..eh?

"Cos, being a renegade, he's outide the Pale and we have to bring him back in to the fold "cos I miss him..

Looks like it Scotty --this last one doesn't open either. No matter, Uncle Scar can take it on the chin and ....booo hoooooooooo! Whaur's mah hankie when you need it.

So we got him just in the KINK (oops! Sorry I meant KNIK) of time

Nope, Scotty, I have tried all the links and nothing opens. In one case I was told that it can't be seen in "your territiory" so I suppose that's the challenge again. I'll try going to the Raith website and see what I can get going there. The only other option is for one of you lads to open the link, catch the url and send that to me--Might work?

Not to be seen in Canada! Grrrrr

NOR the P ..... IBM.

The Pimple's Kirkcaldy spy reports that the population of that esteemed town is now demanding that their team be renamed : WRAITH ROVERS Citing as evidence that their team were never to be seen except on the odd occasion.

If it's Celtic there will be a big crowd, mostly in green . They will come intrigued to see how well our outfit is dominating Scottish football and nervously wondering how many goals they are likely to lose against the men in blue. S'fact. You can bet on it.

The sad thing is that both Shifty and Scott Brown have talent.....

Scotty--Saw an excerpt of the Vancouver goal in the V Toronto game on the T V and the commentator was warbling on about what a start to the season it was for the home team. Sadly I didn't wait for the end of his spiel. One thing I did note was that speed of the game appears to be faster and quicker than formerly.

Gotta face them sometime so bring it on. As for Brownie and Shifty-- Birds of a feather and all that. But , yes, It's going to be our year .So I hope they beat each other up, frankly. Both deserve it for some of the body checks and bad fouls of the past.

Mr. Brown is no saint so, if he got a sore one, it's frae his brother, and once again we hear the refrain resounding round the park..."birds of a feather flock together." or "like to like". '

Nae, Nae, Naelifts. You are soon going to change yer name to Naysayer perchance? Gotta try something out before you condemn something. If it doesn't work, then back to the doldrums I fear.

The MLS started their first game of the season last week. Vancouver Whitecaps won there 1st game at home in warm and brilliant sunshine. Naturally there was a bumper crowd.... 'nuff said. For those fans who say it is a winter game, what's wrong with change? It's both inevitable and necessary to move along on the ever changing road of life. Otherwise why don't we just just go back to the middle ages. mud huts and leaking straw roofs? And it's been successful in North America. Maybe we do have diehard fans in Scotland who never knew anything else other than wind and rain and huddling on terraces in heavy coats but that doesn't mean that this has to continue just because some folks cling to tradition because it's emotionally comfortable. Why do some monks flagellate themselves on the back with whips ..does it make them any happier and/or more spiritual? It's like saying "We used to ride bicycles to work despite the weather so why should I buy a car just to keep myself and the bairns warm and dry when they hit the road running into the school yard. Much better that they arrive wet and chittering with cold--because it did ME no harm (cough, cough, ) when I was a boy or girl (Wheeze, cough, cough) and it will make strong adults out of them ( Jennie, can you bring my pain medication over, I can't get up 'cos my rheumatics is killing me...") Global warming is having a greater and greater effect on weather patterns. Storms and hurricanes devastating areas all over the world, torrential rain like I have never seen before sweeping in from the Pacific Ocean and one metre of snow overnight in the East of Canada, melting Arctic ice, etc., are alarming occurrences that indicate it 'aint going to get better anytime soon. And IHE's aquifer just can't cope any more......

Summer football would work just fine. The quality of the grass and the way it is maintained is the key. Grass seed grows much quicker in the summer than in the winter--about 100% I reckon. And dryer conditions allows for rolling and raking and better drainage which allows for rolling and....................... And it's a much better and more enjoyable experience for the customer. I am just stating the obvious from personal experience. And once you all convince the beaks to change the season we can then turn our attention to the introduction of cameras above and to the sides of the goal area which will solve another huge lot of challenges.Yep it's the 21st century way and we have to move with the times I think.

IHE, are you sure you drained the aquifer last night? Are you SURE? Remember friends, it's not the cough that carries you OFF it's..... The coughin they carry you OFFF-in.........

I picked up also on the comment, above, that "Their lawyer must have supported them"..i.e. suggested that the club proceed as the club saw fit? But if he, the solicitor, knew full well from the video evidence that the player broke the rules of the SFA isn't that tantamount to breaking the law with which he would be so familiar? Also, it means , surely, that lawyers are not overly scrupulous about going about their business nor the clients they represent and that business and money trumps the processes of law which they are supposed to provide as a matter of course in the community? Do you think I am being too harsh or do you detect lowering standards of integrity and conduct all over the world ? But if the offending player is going to get away with it, it might reasonably be felt that he will continue. So, therefore, other clubs can police him and at the first hint of badness they descend on him and kick him to a quivering pulp--after all, fair's fair since now we appear to know that blatant fouling can be overlooked without penalty? Just a thought or two. ....