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that article, and the related articles are a low budget movie waiting to happen !!!

see this topic :

heres a list of who has played who at home/away by end of 33 fixtures .......have fun working it out !!! spl-ha.xlsx

This is the stupidity of the split !!! We have been fortunate most seasons in getting 19/19, but other teams have not always been lucky and some have had 20/18 or 18/20 - very rarely does everyone have 19/19. If the fixtures don't add up properly, because one or more teams have played each other too many times home or away, or too many teams need to have certain quantities of home or away fixtures to balance things, the SPL try to make sure that over two seasons you have 38/38 ..... This season, that would mean St Johnstone, who had 18/20 last season would get 20/18 if needed while Kilmarnock, who had 20/18 last year would lose out if another team needed to get 20/18 this time round to balance the fixtures ....

Even San Marino, the Faroe Islands, Malta, & Andorra are not mathematically eliminated ..... how embarrassing.

so we have !!! oh, well, thats my theory out of the water

Assuming it finishes: Celtic Motherwell ICT C#unty St Johnstone one of - Hibs/DUFC/Kille/Aberdeen My prediction is that we will be at home to Celtic & Motherwell and away to County & St Johnstone with a 75% chance of being away to the other team in the mix. I further predict that our last game of the season will be an away game as last year we had three home games in the split and both started and ended the split at home. I cannot see the last game being a derby Vs County although that would be great for the Highland Marchers ! Here is my rationale: 1. - We have played Celtic and Well twice away and only once at home 2. - We have played County and St Johnstone twice at home and only once away. 3. - If it is Hibs, it should be 'H', United, Killie or Aberdeen should all be 'A' to balance our fixtures. However, the SPL often throw the rule book out the window, especially when they cant quite get to 2H-2A for each team against all others in the top/bottom halves ..... With ICT, County and St Johnstone finishing in the top half instead of probably Hearts, Aberdeen and United in the SPL's prediction models, it may throw a spanner in the works when trying to balance everyone's fixtures and in that case they try to base it on two years fixtures ....... or in short ...... nobody feckin knows because its the SPL who will decide !!!

Derek McInnes unveiled as new Boss .....

It tends to be once the teams are finalised - if that happens before the final pre-split games - or in the days after fixture 33 if it goes down to last game.

pinned your topic Buffy, but did change font from shocking pink to a more subdued colour - it was hurting my eyes !!! - hopefully some of our fans feel like a day out tomorrow and swell the coffers for you.

Cheer up Derek ... you did manage one accomplishment !!! You made Ian McCall seem likeable !!!

Montreal 2-1 Toronto Indeed dodgy ref, two dodgy penalties (one for each side), but a great day out nonetheless !!! It was a long one though ... left Toronto at 8AM got to Montreal at 3PM. left Montreal after game at about 6:30PM, got back to Toronto at about 1:20AM ...... they reckon there were about 4000 away fans which is an MLS record (breaking the record from 2008 when Toronto took 2500 to Columbus). You can see my recap here if you want: http://tfcpics.com/montreal-v-tfc-youve-just-been-toledo-ed/ Or my pictures here: http://tfcpics.com/gallery/2013-2/201303-montreal-v-tfc/

I think its fair to say he was quite happy about this win. was just about to post the same .... quality !!!! Had to go back and check it wasnt a piss-take and was a genuine/legitimate website ... (albeit the Daily Record). Meanwhile, back at the caravan park ..... "Adams seethed: “You’ve seen the replay as well. It’s not a penalty. It’s another big decision that has gone against us...." I am sorely tempted to take a few words out of the swear filter so we can use the phrase "F*** Off Tw*t" !!!!

seethe is definitely better .... fumes is like anger and goes away quickly ... whilst in this case the seethe is a slow burning permanent condition and feeling of inferiority when placed nearby to anything Caley Thistle related. You can even add extra 'e' s to make it longer seeeeeeeethe

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I am off along the highway early in the morning for the Montreal - Toronto derby today so unless TM4TJ or CaleyD do some of the updates (like POY Poll etc), they will be a bit late .... please bear with us, normal service will be resumed soon !

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CTO Player of the Year standings updated to end of February now ..... tightest I remember it in a good few years .... http://caleythistleonline.com/page/index.html/_/news-2012-13/cto-player-of-the-month-february-r1035

A big game in Inverness this weekend, but its derby day in MLS too ... or what they are calling "rivalry week". Portland head to Seattle for a MLS game that is also classified as a "Cascadia Cup" game. (The Cascadia cup is awarded - by supporters groups of the competing clubs - to the team in the Pacific North West which has the best record against the others that season. Portland/Seattle and Vancouver are the 3 teams that compete for it.) DC United will head up from Washington to play New York in their "Atlantic Cup" derby, New England will head across from Boston to play Philadelphia in the St Paddys Day battle between cities with a heavy Irish ancestry,, and Colorado make the trip to Salt Lake City for the Rocky Mountain derby ... not sure if there is some history behind the other two games on Saturday, but for some bizzaro reason, Columbus will play San Jose while Kansas entertain Chicago so not every game appears to be a derby. on Sunday, its back to derbies as Dallas play Houston whilst LA Galaxy will play against Chivas who share the same stadium as them. But the biggie (for me at least) is Montreal -V- Toronto on Saturday !!!! An early start for me and an estimated (sold out allocation of) 5300 travelling fans .... some are heading there tomorrow, others are already there, and many are making it a full weekend, taking in a UFC event as well as St Patrick's day which is apparently huge in Montreal !!! but in my case, its off to BMO field for 7am Saturday morning and the 6 hour bus journey to Montreal ... watch the game then back to Toronto ..... hopefully with a big smile First home game was last weekend and TFC played in the Rogers Centre (SkyDome) against Kansas. Kansas won the Eastern Division last year, a full 40 points ahead of TFC, but courtesy of a couple of Robbie Earnshaw goals, some nice play from John Bostock and solid defending from Darren O'Dea and Danny Califf, the Reds - and new coach Ryan Nelsen - got all 3 points ..... 3 more this weekend against Montreal would be sweet .....

maybe we should all just put it in perspextive

Its usually doors that come of worst with our Terry !!!! - took the referee's door off its hinges at Pittodrie after a loss to Aberdeen when still a player at Rangers (source). [This was the 'highly charged' game where Durrant was crocked by Simpson] - famously booted the door at Parkhead as Billy McNeill was being interviewed (source) - booted down a dressing room door at Easter Road while manager at Motherwell (source) Personally, I dont really have an issue with any of it. As noted in earlier posts, each individual incident happened in a moment of frustration for various reasons, and whilst there was no intention to cause damage in any of the cases, that was the end result !!! It just so happens they all occurred in an industry where every thing you do is dissected and scrutinised for public consumption ... and where you can get a criminal record for just playing the game !!! (source) Whilst kicking doors or accidentally breaking a perspex screen may be undesirable and not a good example to set for his peers, its definitely not vandalism in my mind as it was not deliberate. I also think the McCall incidents (there was more than one) were also similar in nature. He was frustrated, and because ICT fans already hated him anyway, he was villified, but really, none of it was malicious, just unfortunate. Lets also not forget that while Messrs Butcher and McCall were taking it out on inanimate objects (even if McCall did manage to hit a person with one of them), Mr Ferguson of Manchester was lobbing crockery or football boots at his players and causing lacerations on the bonce of goldenballs Beckham !!! Should he have been charged with assault or ABH ? Who here has not let frustration get the better of them on some occasion? Whether at work, at the football, when driving or travelling, or elsewhere in personal life? I know I punched a few walls in my old house and had to replace plasterboard on the odd occasion ! I also destroyed a few electronic items over the years when they didn't do what they were supposed to !!!! Am I a vandal ? nope, just got frustrated and when the red mist lifted, made amends for my momentary lapses !

I hope they can work things out. have never had any issues with Dunfermline or their supporters.

I would have thought the dummy would have been spat onto the field ........ ohh, you mean the "Brahan Seether", indeed !

Clubs often send bills to each other when damage is done ... the most common is fans breaking or ripping out seats ..... seems fair enough to me.