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In Fairness Mee is onto something there with regards to grudges. Black did have a pretty nasty challenge when he went in two footed and I was surprised to see him walk away without a booking. He has really stepped up with regards to his behaviour on the pitch. A great way to stick 2 fingers back at those who questioned him last season. Well done Ian!

Sadly I'll miss it due to playing in a game myself but hopefully we can give a good account of ourselves. No reason why we can't get a result. St. Mirren did really well yesterday by all accounts so no reason why we can't get at least a draw.

Well done lads. Solid performance indeed. Surprised how well out counter attacking worked at times but then again, by the mid way point of the 2nd half, Hibs had to go for it so they were more open at the back. How many fouls did Hogg get away with by the way? I thought Fraser was good yesterday, kicking spot on bar one iffy clearance. Wasn't helped by some ridiculous back passes from the team. Can't agree with Proctor being as good as some are making out. He seemed to get caught out on a few occasions at the back but on the whole he was good. Other than that I agree with Hislopsoffsideagains ratings. I thought McGuire did well as did Ranking and Black and Niculae took his goals well. Rankin had a cracking shot in the 2nd half that came oh so close to going in and we had other chances to make it 3 or 4 nil though that might have been a bit harsh on Hibs(/Brazil). Lets keep it going for the next few games lads! :003:

But for how long though? Levein wasn't at Raith overly long before he left for United.

:015: Just had a thought, is CCC expecting? Is this why you are doing it Gringo Jnr? :004:

Goneon trial at Saint Johnstone supposedly.

And that itself is a perfectly valid reason for moving on. What are the bets we'll get a penalty and he saves it? :015:

Thing is though, if the new manager doesn't rate, and I'm not saying that is the case, then he would be moved on. Look at Proctor at United. Brought in by Brewster and clearly not fancied by Levein so he was off to Airdrie on loan. True, forgot completely about Wood. I did wonder about not including the likes of him, Sutherland etc. in this but when I included the others I forgot to put him in as well! I agree certainly on the need to bring in central defenders but I wonder how long we can persevere with Watt given his current injury issues. Not much point having him up here if he isn't playing. I wonder if we might just say that we will cut our losses and try and get in a couple of folk who will actually play when our defence gets stretched? I've seen him in a few pre season games the last couple of seasons and he has always impressed me. Hopefully he will make the break through. I forgot about the goalkeepers. When is Zibi here until? End of season? If so then maybe Ridgers will be allowed to leave.

That's by far the worst in a series of typos I've made today! :015:

Rightyo. Well that's the bus sorted. As for buses near the ground with Sky - there are none!

Erm, would this be the same bus that posters on here have been complaining about Away fans getting on and being rowdy?

A good way to stop that from happening is to not post comments that will likely antagonise certain posters into doing just that and simply give your opinion :003: I would hardly call Dargo, Hunt or even Robb flair players. Conway I'll give you but more the fact that he is/was a hairdresser and has eccentric hair. I base it on Brewsters style of play. There is little requirement there for flair players, instead preferring hard working, grafters in the middle of the park and indeed all over the pitch.

Do ICT do weddings on the pitch? Congrats to the pair of you :003:

With the news that Morgan is not being offered a new deal and Caff looking very likely to move on we are now halfway through the number of players we *need* to move on before others can come in. Who do you think will make way and also who would you prefer to make way? Given that we have Niculae, Wyness, Bayne, MacAllister, MacDonald and Brewster all currently at the club and all forwards I wonder if our forward line will be trimmed. I personally don't rate MacAllister but he is getting more of a look in than MacDonald is at the minute so you could argue that Brewster prefers him to Deano. Therefore I wonder if we might see Deano moved on because I don't think we can realistically retain more than 4 strikers at the club. Maybe we might even see both moved on should Brewster feel he can continue to play after his shoulder operation. I wouldn't mind seeing either MacAllister or MacDonald moved on to make space and I would think they are the most likely candidates out of our forward line. Midfield is another area where we have numerous options. The news of Morgans impending departure takes us down in numbers a wee bit leaving Black, Rankin, Duncan, Wilson, McBain, Cowie, Hart, Paatelainen as well as Vigurs and Sutherland. I can't see Cowie, Black, Duncan or Wilson leaving. Rankin has been rumoured to be away but with the news of Morgan departing might just offer a him a chance to get back into Brewsters thinking and hopefully he will do. Xanders contract is up at the end of the season and I would like to see him stay on but he could be a candidate to leave if Brewster doesn't fancy him and we know he isn't a huge fan of flair players (see Juanjo). He might be allowed to join Elgin permanently even though most believe he is too good for SFL3. We all know about the issues surrounding Hart and I'd be surprised to see him at the club next season. He could be a likely candidate for leaving in January if he can get fixed up with a club or the club may decided to release him if they can come to a mutual agreement. Personally, I am not a huge fan of Marcus. I feel we have players who can do what he does better and thus I wouldn't be too surprised to see him go. He is also having horrendous luck with injuries and Brewster might decide to cut any losses and bring in someone who will not be on the treatment table so much. So in midfield I wouldn't be adverse to losing either Hart or Marcus to make some space available. I can't see anyone in our defence making way unless we cannot help it - e.g. McGuire going back to Fife if we can't get him permanently. Indeed this is the area that we might want to bolster so any departures would be unwelcome. That said, Steven Watt has barely featured since arriving and, in a similar manner to Marcus to a certain extent, we might decide to cut our losses with him as well.

Caff has always been like that. I always thought he looked a quiet, almost shy, kind of person but he has some lungs on him!

Bet you thought it was going to take someone longer than 12 minutes? :004:

Can't see him going back to County after his disappointing loan spell last season. Shame to see him leave, he has a great cross on him. I personally would love to be able to keep him but I feel Rankin offers more than him on the left. He was good coming on as a sub but, as previously said, when he started he never made the most of it sadly. Good luck to the guy though. Hope he does well :003:

Hello Sir Alex! *waves to Sir Alex*

What a boo boy you really are! :blah01:

On the ball again Alex - only a week ago those posts were made! :016:

And we certainly don't want another one of those scenarios!

You know, I was just thinking that we haven't had a negative thread regarding Niculae for a while. Thank goodness that this was started.

He had modified his behaviour towards the end of last season!

No I just think you are exaggerating a lot with that hypothetical scenario.

I'm pretty certain he wouldn't. But don't let me stop you being deliberately obtuse if you wish to do so.