Scarlet Pimple

Better get into them from the get-go. Build up a few goals if at all possible. Hamilton have had their ups and downs but if they score early it could be a hard road for us to get back on top. Our defense must be solid right from the off. Anyway, it looks as if this will be another good game for the spectators.

Great video and it looks as if it was a good weather night too. Thanks for that. Tremarco seems like a strong and very determined player and coming on with determination. Boy, there is confidence and verve in this team ICT and they look hungry. I love the colours and professional look of the team strip. Now they are looking like an up and coming, top class, well managed outfit. This team seems as if it is developing well and is becoming stronger and stronger by the minute. I am very glad for John Hughes. This type of performance and attitude vindicates his being hired and also his style of football.

When are you coming over to Canada IHE? If you think a Moose is big (about 1500 lbs) wait till you see the birds. The Robins are about 3-4 times the size of yours. The Eagles are magnificent and the salmon that come up the Fraser rive,r and The Adams river up North, in their millions are sometimes as large as, I dunno, 30-40 lbs. If you see a well-fed brown (or black) bear feeding herself up for the winter and she does not have her cubs with her this means she is alone and has got rid of them. That's why she is feeding hard on blackberries and some bears are biggggg!. Grizzlies can reach 12 feet in height and you just prepare yourself before you enter the forested area and you should have a gun with you . No use climbing a tree either because they will get you as sure as guns are guns. No use running either because they will overtake you pronto quick. The coyotes are sleek, move in packs, and are as bold as brass. They won't hesitate to stop and give you a baleful look as they pass below you as you watch them from your back deck. If they were in a pack I would not go near them. A single coyote would probably run if you ran at him. The wolves are not huge but large enough to suggest that you had better walk softly and carry a big blunderbuss. Invariably they hunt in packs. The Huskies that pull the Arctic sleds are brave and hard working and frankly lovable since they have big hearts and a never-say-die spirit. In a bad winter they wear little boots...smile. The guys who live up there drill a large hole in the ice with a very large , machine- driven augur then sink a board down under the ice to which is attached big nets and then set the nets and drag out the board. Fascinating to watch on the T .V. Oh Well ..

No!!!!!!!!!

Of course it is a success. Absolutely, because it was a positive initiative that attracted a very respectable crowd who showed willing. Fantastic event and result. Yogi will be very pleased.

Not to be too money orientated but has anyone got an idea as to how much came the way of the club? Sounds like a great game. Faaaaantastic stuff.

And you think I lead a dull life in me slippers by the fireside?

Reminds me of my most recent brush with the Municipality within which we reside. There is a triangular patch between our neighbour's and our 3 adjacent houses which belongs to the Municipality. We kept our lawns and strips tidy and cut, but the Muni did nothing about their strip which soon began to look like a field . So we complained and behind our back they sent over an uppity lady chief Inspector from the Department of Flowers and Hedgerow Hybrids in Municipal potties, carrying a measuring stick and wearing a NODDY hat. She huffily then wrote to us to say that this postage stamp of a supposed grassy knoll will not get the attention of their maintenance department because the grass did not exceed 4-5 mms. Presumably meaning that she spent a significant part of her day in going round the town measuring leaves of grass. Stone the blinking crows!. This was like a red rag to a bull and I wrote back stating something along the lines of .."Madam, this is not about measuring sticks which you carry in your pocket and the length of blades of grass, but about the quality of the service this Municipality gives to the residents being the taxpayers who pay your salary, to increase the amenity and quality of our lives. Later, the Operations department chief came over and we got it cut, raked, sprayed with grass, two trees planted and it looks 100% better. Now we are willing to cut the grass! The motto is:- fools and their measuring sticks are soon parted when the squeaky wheel gets the oil. ...Eh?

The Angles and Saxons are now aroused. A lot of argumentative men who are worse than the more articulate Scotsmen who are confidently ambling along and hopeful of getting into the game with eager anticipation. The Saxons will calculate the angle to fire their deadly arrows with great artifice. The Angles will ruminate as to how long it will take before they get the arrows in their ...rses, in executing their ruse of trying to make the Saxons think they are running away. And the Irish are standing on top of the hill, amply supplied with whusky and watching and waiting to articulate their decision in their capacity as the arbitrators of this atrocious anti-peace event.--for an appropriate, awfully large fee.....aye! Whilst the Welsh are coming up fast on the lee of yonder hill to collect their share of the booty in the form of the ample and buxom camp-followers of both anbelievably drink-sodden armies, thankful that they are not this day fighting the Germans advancing through the Ardennes with attitude. Actually their leader on this day of anger is one Rhuaridh Mackenzie, the resident Seer who is totally to blame for trying to phase both armies by mentioning the future earth-shaking world event of the 2nd World War with the goal of scaring both sets of antagonists into making a settlement. Knowing full well that a celebration would immediately follow with copious more drinking and the rancorous lads would fall down in a stupor allowing him to collect all their weapons, high-tail it off the field and sell the lot to the French bivouacked only 50 leagues away and waiting in ships with sails set on a course to France. He also knew that his reputation as a trusted and jolly Seer and companion to both armies would then be in tatters but it mattered not, i'faith, since he would thereafter live in the lap of luxury in his French Villa on the River Era, surrounded by doting maidens fair beyond compare. Sun all day and fun at night until he was very tight was bound to beat Munlochy in the frost and cold which he didnae like since he wisnae awfy bold.

Atlantic squalls imminent unless we 'ave Summer Footie soon.

Well, summer football might just bring short-lived torrential thunderstorms, occasional lightning, brighter conditions, no playing under expensive lights and bigger energy bills, probably no postponements , refs not getting chapped lips from blowing their whistle repeatedly, better visibility, no players' broken legs or ice related injuries, no need for scarves or overcoats and no need for old guys over 70 to wear long johns and, and... Let's have a vote --it's a no brainer. Look, this is Scotland and winter has always been the traditional time of year for football and if it aint broke why fix it.? And while we are examining the matter we should not consider such unnecessary things as goal-line videos, warmer and more relaxed spectators, a better match-day experience, less risk of old Johnnie and his older wife falling down and breaking their brittle legs on their first visit to Tulloch Stadium and, and...

I'd give you an A, IHE, for that last post you made , but you never give me a " like" so eat yer heart out, buddy. Methinks you Are An Attention - getter but not An Attention giver, "Aye."

Go on Yogi--continue to speak out. You arte dead right. Summer football is the only way to bring back the fans.

Good point Gordie--I came over the last time in August and nearly froze to death, got the flue and was miserable. That's one reason why I did not show up at the Innes that and the fact that I don't drink much at all.

Ach! Addendum:- absolutely. Actually, you guys are quite accurate and, additionally, app-friendly. Absentee-ism at this match will not be tolerated because it will be the antithesis of good form. Aye! C'mon. attend and help us to accrete more points. And, for good measure, work on your attention span which must not be allowed to slip. And, IHE, bring your pet Moose --in all his 7-point ANTLER glory. Good afternoon,

And if the leagues go over to Summer football how will removing the grass and replacing it with this type of pitch be a good thing?

Don't jump until you check your R I G G I N G , Rig!

And Aberdeen are getting much, much larger crowds than us. So,if that kind of interest from the Aberdonian fans continues then they are also likely to continue to be successful. Which will make our own continued success as being all the more remarkable won't it? Actually, our success in the face of our minimalistic crowd base is incredible. And a great tribute to the management and the new manager and , not to mention, the spirit of the players and the club. What teamwork is that?.. FANTASTIC. Nevertheless, if they were to win rather than Celtic, I would be quietly pleased. Not overjoyed but Q.P.

Juanjo for sheer entertainment and skill. Pity he didn't stay the course..? And that bust up with Neil Lennon--priceless.

Looks like Raven was not ravin'. As previously remarked, he has also found that the "grass is always greener over the fence. But stability is underrated. It can lead to greater forward movement when a player's reputation grows by sticking by what works for him and his club and this is clear evidence that he can be relied upon as a "stayer". That's not to say that moving on to try to improve your life's position is a negative thing--far from it. If your career and yourself has become stifled, and seems to have few opportunities open for future progression to a more challenging job or situation, then moving on is a very good move to carefully consider. It opens up fresh pastures and opportunities for growth, leads to the possibility of the making of new contacts which can benefit you in may ways and allows you to put past mistakes behind you, thus encouraging you to make different choices. IMHO, It's all about growth and self fulfillment and there's no doubt, as seen from my personal standpoint, that moving when it is time to is not just an optional way to go but is imperative to future mental, physical health an spiritual health growth. Staying put can lead to negative consequences in your life which may be hard to recover from. A very wise person once said to me that if I got into a situation where the other party or parties did not think the same way as I did then that was the time to move on -i.e away from them.

Well, as has been said before .."The grass is always greener over the fence". From a club's point of view, it's far better for them to simply do the best deal for their own players and then also do their best to further their training and knowledge. Then, when the player thinks it is time to leave, continue to try to maintain the best of relations by assisting them in their new adventure. That way, if things don't work out at that player's new club and, like Tansey, they decide to come back they know that they are always welcome and should be motivated to try harder. Not to mention that ,when they leave, they are far more likely to speak well of their old club as they move around in other clubs and leagues. Which does ICT no harm whatsoever and might encourage a very good player to consider ICT as worth a try in the future .

Re the OP-large oak trees grow from little acorns. He will stay and develop into a long time regular poster probably.

Caley D ...Hoch! Hoch!

Och! Wha's like you mon capitaine.