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Was I the only ICT fan last season who was more impressed with MacArthur when we played Accies? Not saying that McCarthy isn't good but more that he seems to get all the plaudits for being younger / scandal of him playing for Ireland over Scotland / ginger yet MacArthur seems to get significantly less attention but is just as impressive.

Butcher offering Eagles a contract Eagles to be offered a deal. de Wagt and Holwijn not being offered contracts. Still looking at others.

I think Chris was being ironic.

Couldn't afford him and he feels he needs to be playing at a higher level than SFL1 to stay in the national team. I think.

DaveDargo texted me to say that Barrowman had done his hamstring in. Anyone able to confirm?

I just realised that is our new signing Lee (?) Cox in that photo. I have taken an instant disliking to him because he looks like Gary Caldwell!

Meh. The black one was better. Wish I hadn't given it to the ex now!

Yes. In this thread just a few posts up.

Yeah I know I was lying. I was hoping would say "Is it really?" and I could say "No I was lying. lol"

Apparently that is Massones daughter.

That's awful!

Am I the only one who finds this HMS Sneck a bit cringeworthy?

Slept in and missed the bus through so I ended up not going. Oh well.

Season ticket arrived yesterday. Just a couple of weeks to go now B)

Still waiting on mine but only been waiting about a week or so. Only concern I have is that our postie seemed to dump all the mail at the bottom of the stairs the other day as he / she couldn't be bothered going to the different flats to drop it off. Hope no one has stolen it.* *Admittedly the chances of this are rather thin

I can't be bothered driving through so I might see if I can hop on a bus for the game. Cheaper as well ken. EDIT: Balls to it. I am doing nothing else for most of Saturday so I may as well head through

They have signed last seasons Young Player of the Year, the SFL1s Top Goalscorer (I think or was that Dobbie) and Particks PotY. So not that bad at all really.

I've been old Barrowman has scored all three. Oh well.

Apparently we are two up and Duncan hit the bar with a left foot shot!

Would people who support the biggest team in their area instead of whatever their local team is count as a glory hunter?

And now I am laughing at myself Don't think this is going to be the most successful thread ever.

What's even funnier is that both of you seem to have missed the OP saying "present not past" when it comes to selecting players.

Agree with that. I think we'll be anywhere between 2nd to 4th. Our defence looks very solid and I think it was most important we kept them together although admittedly I have yet to be convinced at all by Djebi Zadi. Foran and Odihambo signing on for another season were both excellent moves and I think Foran will be our main man next season. I am not sure we'll see a better quality of football but I suppose it can't be any worse than last year and some of the guff we had to endure. Certainly the onus will to be to attack more as the team will be expected to win more games than last season so I can see it from that point of view. Just need to wait and see I guess :P

I think they have the best players and have made quality additions to the team both in terms of first team players and those that can come in as a squad performer. Also they have a large bank account to call upon should they require more reinforcements. So have a number of teams that have been relegated, Dunfermline, Saint Johnstone, Livingstone and Partick. This season though they have significant financial muscle to call upon to allow them to be better equipped than ever and also more so than every team in this league. (Some of) The players they have signed are proven at this level and are some of the best in this league. Teams in the SPL have wanted to sign Griffiths (and Harkins) but none could offer the money due to the Setanta fiasco. I believe it was Levein who admitted he wanted to make a move for the Livi boy but admitted he had no cash to spend on transfer fees. Also, those very same teams will be more than likely to take points of ourselves as well. The league will be cut throat (look at last season and see how close it was) but I believe Dundee are currently best placed to win it. I think a lot of fans are in for a shock this season going by these posts. I doubt you will find a single Dunfermline, Partick or Livi fan who thinks that mid table in the SPL with nothing to play for is boring when you look at them now. Ask them how interesting it has been playing for mid table spots in SFL1. You can see how hard it is to get out of this league and how few times teams have successfully returned to the top flight after dropping out of it. And I can't see how dropping down a league will make our footballing style more attractive It will be interesting to see if fans have the same attitude later in the season if (and I stress if!) we don't find ourselves in the title race. I don't think we will win it (based on the current squad) but who knows what will happen if Butcher turns up a couple of quality wingers and we can actually provide some decent ammunition for our strikers.

I don't think even you honestly believe that. The SPL is the only place to be if you are a Scottish club.