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It seems you are suggesting that those of us who actually sympathise with his situation or are outraged by it in any way shape or form must be Lennon fans ... you may not condone the attacks on him, but unless I am misreading your posts, the inference is that he deserved it in some way or brought it on himself. I have also read a similar type of retort on another Scottish football website. Quite frankly, I think that this line of thinking is bollocks and using his behaviour to excuse or justify criminal and potentially terrorist activity is a rather giant leap! Personally, I am in no way a Lennon fan, but I would not say I hate him. I dislike him over the Juanjo incident and his constant whining about conspiracies from refs etc, but what he has been subjected to this season is for want of a word that will pass the swear filter ... disgusting. Yes, he does himself no favours with his 'style', and yes he has done things this season that have pissed off a lot of fans of quite a few teams for reasons other than sectarianism, but nothing he has done has warranted the campaign of harassment and terror he, his family, and some of his colleagues have been subjected to this season in both their personal and professional lives. As for what other managers or anyone else does on the pitch or at the stadium - it doesnt matter! If it did I would have the perfect yang to the ying that is Neil Lennon ... it would be Graeme Souness! However, one set of actions do not justify or excuse any other set of actions and if any of them step out of line then the football authorities should deal with it not some individual(s) deciding to become a vigilante terrorist. Please bear in mind that our own manager - along with several other players - ended up with a criminal record for his part in an infamous OF derby, and that both Martin O'Neill and Gordon Strachan have also cited certain 'pressures' associated with the job they were in as being reasons for their departure. Happy to hear that arrests have been made. If proven guilty I hope they have the book thrown at them and come to realise the meaning of the words "religious hatred" and/or "terrorism" both of which can add a lot of years to any sentence. As for the dickhead at Hearts ... same for him, punished to the full extent of the law because that one action could, as you say, lead to more sanctions against fans of all teams. This is an excellent post IMHO and if we take Neil Lennon out of the debate as you suggest it does indeed show the cancer of bigotry that has affected our country for a long time is still there and far from being in remission as some would have had us believe in recent years, it seems to have spread somewhat. If this is what Scottish Society has become, and if this is what Scottish Football is prepared to accept then this morning I can easily say that I am embarrassed to be associated with either. Neil Lennon is no angel, but the fact that some people seek to justify the behaviour of others by shifting the entire load of blame onto the victim is cringeworthy.

Sorry - posted that from mobile, meant to expand on it when I got home but forgot ...... Liam Polworth?s 1 ? minutes as a sub in the Hibs game make him the youngest player to appear for ICT ? 16 years 211 days. This beats the previous record of 17 years 94 days set by Richard Hastings 20/8/94.

Sorry, whilst Lennon is no angel and has had his own issues that need (or needed) to be addressed by the football governing body he does not deserve to have bullets or bombs sent to him through the post and certainly does not deserve to be attacked at his 'workplace'. By all means deal with any of the FOOTBALL mayhem he has caused through disciplinary measures (or what would hurt the OF more would be point sanctions) but to suggest that he should be hounded from Scottish Football because on quite a few occasions recently HE has been the victim of CRIMINAL ACTIVITY is ridiculous in the extreme. And lest we forget, it is not just Lennon who has been sent these things, others with a Celtic link, some of which were quite tenuous have been sent things too ! So far from getting rid of Lennon, we should be using this to do some housecleaning. So no, Lennon should not go .... It is the neanderthal pricks who think sending that sort of things through the post or making threats to him because of religion or the team he manages is acceptable behaviour that instead need to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century or thrown in jail for terrorist activities. And before anyone thinks it ... I am not applying this to any one set of fans ... it applies equally if its Celtic fans doing the same to Rangers management or to fans of any other team engaged in this sort of activity. Lennon is not the common denominator here - he is the lightning rod that these pricks feel they can use to get their jollies and somehow justify it because he doesnt always behave himself within the environs of a football stadium !!! Get rid of them, and any others like them. Agree with every word. I can also add a little extra to this debate .... I have a friend over here who I know through going to Toronto FC games. He is Irish, supports Celtic, and gets along with fans of every team - even Rangers ! He also went to school with Neil Lennon and described him in exacly the same way as I have previously heard someone else in Inverness describe him ..... On the field (even at school), or in the stadium (ie. at work) he is so intense and focused on winning that he might come across the way he does to some - arrogant, annoying, whiny, a cheater (in the Juanjo incident), even a crazy nutjob... choose your own description. However, away from the stadium, he is supposedly a decent character and I do know he has done a few charity things up in the Highlands as he has family up there so there are definitely two sides to him and it is that 'normal' side that does not deserve any of the sh1t being thrown at him or his family.

I was thinking about it a little more and definitely think that our main player should be one of the youngsters .... but mine is only 1 vote in amongst everyone elses so when the time comes I suggest we find out who is available and perhaps setup a poll with only those who pony up the cash being eligible to vote (to which we can add the votes of those Innes Bar Fans or other sponsors who are not part of the site) ! Secondly - I was thinking that as we almost always sponsor more than 1 main player, be it an away shirt, boots or something else that it might be a suggestion if the CTO Player of the Year for the previous season was sponsored in some way .... so Ryans gloves or something next season ??

Grant Munro !!!! If Grant does indeed go and there is no manager U-turn then my vote would be for another up and coming youngster who came through the ranks of ICT just like he did. Perhaps Shinnie, Ross, Sutherland, Morrison or Polworth to name but 5

Yes Liam now youngest. Was Hastings

You probably killed it .... can only tweet so many times in an hour you know !!!! you had more updates coming than #superinjunction LOL !

Kris Commons sent off at Tynecastle booked in 76 for diving, scored in 78, sent off in 79 ...... jumped into the Celtic support to celebrate apparently.

Adam Rooney goal now 'corrected' and awarded to Richie Foran.

I believe so .... only other goal was against Morton. its also his 50th appearance. http://stats.caleythistleonline.com/player.php?id=177

CaleyD, tweeting from the TCS says it was credited to Rooney. so long as it was an ICT goal, I do not suppose it matters (although it will earn me a few extra points in Gringo's NPL)

Half Times Hearts 0-1 Celtic ICT 1-0 Hibs Motherwell 1-0 Killie

Rooney according to live text ???

Hearts have David Obua sent off ..... Celtic leading 0-1. In the other game, Motherwell up 1-0 on Killie.

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waves at Dougie Imrie

Well thats that then ...... St Mirren beat Dons 0-1 and St Johnstone beat Hamilton 1-0 so its all done and dusted

You - the site members - voted for him in 2003/04

whats the twitter name ? thats all we need.

You going to be using Twitter during the march ? I am sure we can find a way to display a feed if you want ?

Well, it just shows, that despite all our differences of opinion on here, that the voters (ie. site members) do actually know a good performance when they see it !!! He has been consistent throughout the season and the votes he has received have also been consistent. In many ways, I think this is an even better achievement than some others who have won it previously .... For the last 10 years, we have compiled the results and it is normal to see a lot of votes coming in for the 'glory' positions. Strikers, Wingers or attacking players tend to get a lot more than defenders or defensive midfielders .... and keepers - up until now - have been largely ignored. Delighted that he has won it.

New article up on the main site detailing the results of this year's CTO Player of the Year polls. Although we still have a couple of games to go and have not yet counted the votes from the St Mirren match, Ryan is 20 points ahead with only a maximum of 15 points available for the remainder of this season so he is this year's POY: http://caleythistleonline.com/4098-ryan-esson-cto-player-of-the-year WELL DONE RYAN Nick Ross, Adam Rooney, Richie Foran and Jonny Hayes made up the next 4 places. A big thank you to Hislopsoffsideagain for compiling the weekly scores for us. most appreciated.

I really don't care !!!