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:015: :015: not fear .... just being realistic. DUFC are a different beast under CL than they ever were with previous managers

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Falkirk have confirmed that the game on 5th May will be ‘pay at the gate’ and the prices are as follows: Adults - £19.00 Concessions - £13.00 Concessions are those over 60 and under 18. Falkirk do not participate in the Under 12 passport scheme.

Dundee United have confirmed that the game on 28th April will be ‘pay at the gate’ and prices will be as follows: Upper Tier £21.00 – Adults £11.00 – Concessions (under 18 and over 60’s) Lower Tier £19.00 – Adults £9.00 – Concessions (full time students, under 18 and over 60’s) Voucher no 13 can be used when child is accompanied by a full paying adult

ok - instead of getting all off-topic about the original question. here is the ruling. This can stay in the ICT section as it is a question about whether a player currently playing for another team could do the business FOR ICT. This makes it ICT related so its in the correct forum. Any further posts discussing whether it is in the right/wrong forum will be deleted as they have nothing to do with the subject being discussed.

Well, Toronto played its first game in MLS over the weekend .... a 2-0 defeat away to Deportivo Chivas in California. The match was live on TV at 10:30pm (7:30pm in California) and to be honest, wasnt that good. A few phrases to describe the game .... and they seem eerily similar to things that have been said elsewhere about ICT !! "I felt in the first 10-15 minutes we were nervous but we settled down and created a bunch of chances but couldn't score," said Toronto FC coach Mo Johnston. "At times we played well, we moved the ball well and we created problems for them," said Toronto FC captain Jim Brennan. "We had five chances in the first half, they had two chances and two goals." "In the second half, we didn't get anything going and the momentum was flipped over to Chivas," said Johnston. "We sat back too deep and went to the long ball too much, which I didn't want ... and we gave the ball away too much in the midfield and normally that's our strength." "We're still growing as a team and we have a few players out but when they get back we'll be better," said Johnston. "Obviously getting off to a good start, we'd have liked it to have been better but tonight it wasn't to be." Article {LINK} This week Mo Johnston will pit his wits against another Scot when they travel to Boston to face New England Revolution . The manager of the revolution is former Liverpool player, Stevie Nicol. The first home game is on 28th April against Kansas City Wizards and I am looking forward to it.

not sure who moved it, but moving it back as I agree with Alex. The post doesnt say we are signing him, but merely asks could he do a job for us.

W-D-W-W-D ..... 11 points

Intertoto rules state "Only clubs which finish the domestic championship in the four positions directly below the UEFA Cup places will be eligible to take part in the competition." so with 2 CL and 2 UEFA slots available, it means we have always needed to finish no worse than eighth ... I wouldnt get too worked up about it however as Hearts will probably end up in the competition .... thats probably why Charlie has already started looking at Denmark, Italy and other options for pre-season.

Hows this for an idea ......... bear with me as its a work in progress :015: 3 x leagues of 16 with a pyramid system to allow non-league teams a route to senior leagues. You play each team twice (1xH, 1xA) for a total of 30 games. (15 home games). In the SPL this means you are guaranteed one game against each of the OF at home. (1 game less than the current guarantee of 3 games in total V OF if you are in bottom six) Divisional Cup (for each league) seeded in 4 groups of 4 based on final league positions of the previous season. You play each team twice in round robin format. meaning at least two more home games against teams from the top 8 of the previous year. Total games 6. (3 home games) (based on 05/06 season) Seed1 - Celtic, Hearts, Rangers, Hibs Seed2 - Kilmarnock, Aberdeen, ICT, Motherwell Seed3 - Dundee Utd, Falkirk, Dunfermline, Livingston Seed4 - Team 13, Team 14, Team 15, Team 16, Two qualify from each group and play it out on a straight knock-out basis. A UEFA Cup slot is awarded to the winning team. The law of averages says that Rangers / Celtic might be likely to make the last eight so you have a good chance of getting yet another home game against them if you draw them. As its a cup game, you may even prefer to draw them away from home as the revenue would be split. Scottish Cup - no change League Cup - replaced by the divisional league cup (above) Thats 18 home games guaranteed every season with at least two league games at home Vs OF and the potential for a few more depending on the cup draws (keep the club accountants as well as the fans happy hopefully). Come the end of the season the bottom two teams in each division are relegated and the top two in the division below are promoted. If a team doesnt have the stadium criteria for their new division they are given 12 months to complete this or are automatically relegated the following season. the third bottom team in each division plays off against the team in third place in the division below - home and away - winner takes (or keeps) the spot in the higher division.

have added a poll with some of the suggestions I have heard and have also given users the opportunity to change their vote. This will allow users to suggest other options which can be added to the poll if they are sensible. Users could then change their vote if they decided the new option was better than their original choice !!!

According to the P&J, ICT are to vote to block the move towards a 10 team SPL ....... {LINK} Graham Bennett has backed the current 12 team setup saying that a league of 10 would not be good (which is understandable to all teams who usually find themselves mid table or at the lower end), but he also said he was against a league of 16 which seems to be the fans' favourite option. He is against 16 because of the lost revenue for games against Celtic and Rangers ...... Seems quite strange when it was former Caley Thistle chairman David Sutherland who tabled the proposal for a 10 team SPL and 12 team SPL2 ..... Under that proposal, SPL2 would start with 10 teams, and the SPL with 12. For the first two seasons, there would be no promotion from SPL2 but there would be one relegation meaning year 1 would be 12-10, year two 11-11 and year three and thereafter would be 10-12. Cant say I like the 12 team setup as it is at the moment, and I would agree with Grassa that 10 is also not a good number as there is a significantly higher risk of relegation which would probably lead to a far lower quality of football as teams would be content to try and grind out 1-0 wins etc. From my point of view, the whole system needs a shakeup from the ground up but I dont think anyone has the bottle (or the support) to make that happen .... I favour 3 leagues of 16 with a pyramid system below that but clearly (and understandably) clubs will probably never vote for that as it means they lose precious games against the OF ...... so whats the solution ??? discuss ....

Jailender ? Feyenoord ?

Table now updated ........ Barry Wilson is very close to winning. Only Graham Bayne or John Rankin can beat him see HERE

that table is correct up to the turn of the year ...... now that we have reached the split, I will try to update it this week so that the totals go to end of march.

Unfortunately, even though this is an extremely valid subject, this thread, like many before it has degenerated into personal insults and been dragged off-topic and the best thing to do is close it.

It is scary to think that the 'leader' of the western world uses the same avatar as me :015: :015: :015: :015:

Well that's your opinion dude... It certainly is, and I am comfortable with it. so would they make the same comment ?? you didnt answer the question ..... No I would not - JC pays a lot of money to make his skin that colour .... Russell was born into his.

DBS - there is nothing remotely acceptable or 'frivolous' in commenting that you did not see a black person because they werent smiling. End of story. You can call it humorous if you want, I call it racist. If the person meant it as a joke, it was simply not funny and does have racial overtones. Unlike some things that 'suddenly' become unacceptable because of 'political correctness' this old chestnut has been floating around as unacceptable for decades so ignorance is no excuse. Would the same person have made the same comment about another (white) Falkirk player ? If they had, would it have been 'frivolous' ? It is wrong, wrong, wrong and I just cannot believe that anyone can find a way to justify the comment. I dont often agree with Sophia, but on this occasion I do. DBS you mention 'self-policing' as if it were a bad thing. Our support has been largely self policing for years and I have previously witnessed it in action at Love Street where animal noise and comments about a particular fruit were directed towards a certain Mr Quitongo. It happened once in that game, but it did not happen a second time as it had been 'dealt with'. Sophia has only asked that we condemn racism, and no-one should have a problem with that. On this occasions she hasn't even gone as far as I have which is to suggest the culprit is named and shamed .............. which I believe they should be. Passive acceptance of racism will not make it go away.

I will happily condemn this as both moronic and racist behaviour and will go further and challenge those around the person to "name and shame". I would also hope the club take a leaf out of Motherwell's book and take quick and decisive action as it seems there is a cut and dried case here where multiple people heard this comment quite clearly. Given that the club almost barred a lifelong supporter for merely 'suspecting' the use of a racial slur - an accusation that was later confirmed to be false by numerous parties unconnected to the supporter - then I would expect the offender to be identified and dealt with very quickly and very publicly. I thought comments like this had ended with the cancellation of tv programs like "Love Thy Neighbour" back in the 70s !!! There is no room for comments like this at our stadium or within our support and I look forward to seeing our club not bury its head in the sand over this issue

I read the story online and got the impression that it was paid back early to allow the council to consider giving Eden Court the money. Unfortunately, the money the council would be giving Eden Court wouldnt come from the same place (CGF) so nice gesture though it was, it didnt help the theatre. However, I am sure someone else will now benefit from the early repayment of this loan ...... very cynical CD - dont think the new head of HIAL needs to grease palms in that way as he tends to 'do the right thing' quite naturally and has shown this time and time again (sometimes without publicity). Although I am sure he will not object if people have a better opinion of him and therefore give him less grief in the planning department !!!!

just you .... working fine for me go to bbc.co.uk/sportsound and get it from there if you are having trouble with main bbc site. or try this rtsp://rmlive-events.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive-events/ev7/live24/scotland/live/spl4.ra

Captain of the side today ....... GRANT MUNRO :022:

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