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On a (slightly) related topic I found this quite interesting as well: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6380273.stm

I had wondered that myself :015: Nice "We Are The People" shout from him on another thread :017:

Why is it pathetic to dislike a club whose fans seem intent on shaming Scottish football with their disgraceful actions whenever they go into Europe? Your supporters actions in Villareal were disgusting as well and Rangers fans give Scottish Football a bad name. That's why I refuse to support them in Europe. I see also that you have to resort to abuse to try and get your "points" across much like you did in the thread with Charles Bannerman the other day. Now that is really pathetic.

I guess a couple of hundred for the uncovered main stand as those seats will still cost £27 and given the current weather there is a good chance of getting soaked whereas if you don't get a ticket - get a carry out, some food and watch the game from the comfort of your own home.

I am merely putting my opinion across. I don't expect you to agree with it.

I disagree. Look at the elevation of the hand. Clearly at an angle more akin to a Hitler salute than the Red Hand of Ulster. http://img115.imageshack.us/my.php?image=telaviv025mn4.jpg

They have 4 days recovery. I'd imagine that they'll be pretty well rested by Sunday and we won't see too many changes. Would be great if we did though.

Not ideal but realistically it was pretty much the only option open to CC given how short we are on forwards at the minute.

Even ones whose fans perform Hitler salutes while playing a game in Israel?

:015: :015: :015: Aye maybe combined they do!

Looking at the table tonight - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/s...ble/default.stm - you could argue that is how the teams should be split certainly in terms of top half and bottom half teams anyway. Not being a boo boy but being realistic. Until we get a bigger transfer/wage budget then we should be aiming for something like 9th or 10th.

I just think we are a 10th place team to be perfectly honest. We've only won a quarter of our games and that really isn't good enough for a place in the top 6. We are a team that would typically be found around 9th or 10th in the league. If we do better than that - bonus and a nice Cup run would go down well also.

I will be strongly supporting Milan and Tel Aviv over the next couple of days :003:

If you don't get any help from here I recommend giving the stadium a call. 01463 222880 :003:

I'm glad you agree.

I bet it was Scotty who started the rumour! :008: :015:

Caley D - I don't see anyone suggesting that we have a right to win this. I think 4 - 5 - 1 could be a useful formation to employ. It serves Chelsea well in that they play defensive and soak up oressure but just as quickly launch a counter attack with the 2 wide midfielders acting as extra forwards. This is the kind of tactic we seem to use very well - soak up pressure and hit on the break. I think the one key thing we have to do is pass the football and get away from the long ball.

Should be by July/August time :003:

Our best player along with Wilson this season.

I bet Celtic would love him to start to given that he has only played about 2 reserve games in the last 4 months.

What's interesting is that actually compares favourably to Wyness' goals in the past season or so. We seem to have hit quite a lean spell not just in the last couple of weeks but past few months!

I would go with that actually Gaz. I think that is an excellent set up. Use Wilson and Rankin as wide attacking midfielders like we used Bingham and Wilson when Robbo used his front 3 that had Ritchie as the main striker. Of course Bayne would take over this role here. By having Duncan as a sitting midfielder that means we can afford to have Rankin and Wilson push further forward and when they do Black and McBain,when on the defensive, can drop a bit to the right and left respectively to fill out the midfield a bit more when defending.

Back from injury and working up his fitness in the reserves.

I know and that is what annoys me to be honest. Why can we turn up for Celtic but not for other games? Why do we suddenly resort to long ball football against other teams yet play Celtic off the park with some of our play? Frustrating to say the least.

Here is the team that played so well against Celtic. Inverness CT: Fraser, Tokely, Dods, Munro, Hastings, Wilson, McBain, Duncan (Black 74), Rankin, Bayne, Wyness (McAllister 2), McAllister (Paatelainen 84). Subs Not Used: Ridgers, McCaffrey, Morgan, Soane. Here is the team that played so poorly against Hearts. Inverness CT: Fraser, Tokely, Dods, Munro, Hastings, Wilson (McSwegan 85), McBain, Duncan, Rankin (Morgan 63), Bayne, McAllister. Subs Not Used: Ridgers, McCaffrey, Black, Paatelainen, Soane. Here is the team that played so (apparently) poorly against Motherwell. Inverness CT: Fraser, Tokely, Dods, Munro, Hastings, Wilson, Duncan (Black 70), McBain, Rankin (Paatelainen 72), McAllister (McSwegan 75), Bayne. So that's pretty much man for man the exact same team that played so well against Celtic yet has been so poor in the last couple of games.