Scotty

If there is a problem with an individual then its as simple as it has always been. no-one is (or ever has been) bigger than the team and they have to go unless management can resolve the issue internally. We don't need to know the details, even if we want to, especially if they are salacious, but they need to handle it and communicate that, even if its a simple one line sentence saying its been dealt with internally, or that someone has had a contract terminated by mutual consent etc. We are still right up there in the league and an internal problem festering from within can derail that pretty quickly .... We have seen that before, and I have seen that this year with Toronto FC ... [League runners up last year despite playing all games behind closed doors in Florida, to 2nd bottom of the entire two division table this year ... 2 coaches in a season, 3 designated players who hardly saw any game time together, and the highest payroll in the entire league ... rumours of disfunction in the dressing room after the 1st manager suspended one of the fan favourites and the replacement manager reinstated him after he took over. A season where many of the players just looked like they were going through the motions] .... I dont want that to happen at ICT so whatever the issue is then get it sorted, one way or another and move on.

Scotty: Dunfermline @ 1.95 CDN Girl: Kilmarnock @ 1.85 SOS: ICT/QOS draw @ 3.25

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 0-1 1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Scorer QOS: Paton Crowd: 1314 CDN Girl HT: 1-1 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Walsh 1st Scorer QOS: Connelly Crowd: 1004 SOS HT: 0-1 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Gardyne 1st Scorer QOS: Cameron Crowd: 1201

So the 6 seeded teams are : Portugal, Scotland, Italy, Russia, Sweden and Wales . The 6 unseeded teams are : Ukraine, Turkey, Poland, North Macedonia, Austria and Czech Republic . My prediction for the 3 x 4 team groups .... given that these always seem to have some level of political intrigue and regional bias Portugal / Italy / Turkey / North Macedonia - POR-v-TUR, ITA-v-NMA Scotland / Wales / Austria / Czech Republic - SCO-v-AUS, WAL-v-CZR Russia / Sweden / Ukraine / Poland - RUS-v-UKR, SWE-v-POL Any way you slice and dice it, it will be a hard game or two and other teams may feel they want us as the weakest seed in their group!

Why do I think we draw Portugal if we get through the first seeded round !

Scotty: Edinburgh City @ 1.80 CDN Girl: Kelty @ 1.50 SOS: Kilmarnock @ 1.95

Scotty HT: 1-0 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Scorer Pars: Todorov Crowd: 1655 CDN Girl HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st Scorer ICT: Duku 1st Scorer Pars: O'Hara Crowd: 1746 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 3-2 1st Scorer ICT: Gardyne 1st Scorer Pars: D.Thomas Crowd: 1812

Its nice to see us reaching the Euros and now getting into the playoffs ... its not that long ago that our interest in the qualifiers died completely after 2 or 3 matches when we knew we would finish 3rd at best in a group ... Here's hoping we can do well against the Danes and our eventual playoff opponents. My dream -- for Scotland to qualify for the 2026 World Cup in USA/Canada/Mexico and for them to be based in Canada and facing Canada (or anyone for that matter) at BMO Field in Toronto! [no divided loyalties - Kilt and Scotland top are stored for just such an occasion]

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 0-1 1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Scorer Ayr: Adeloye Crowd: 1746 CDN Girl HT: 1-1 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Doran 1st Scorer Ayr: Afolabi Crowd: 1314 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 2-3 1st Scorer ICT: Gardyne 1st Scorer Ayr: Chalmers Crowd: 1577

Scotty: Edinburgh City @ 1.95 CDN Girl : Dunfermline @ 2.10 SOS: Airdrieonians @ 2.00

Yup, its a big deal over here .... We had literally no-one last year and a big sign on the door saying 'sorry' due to COVID so this year the kids were out in force ... must have been 200+ came to the door in the space of about 90 minutes before we totally ran out of stuff to give out. But we did keep some back for the little guy who didn't want to go out himself. A few photos from this afternoon before it got dark ... and one of the pumpkin i carved earlier which just had the equivalent of a pound store multi-coloured tea light in it. To me it looked more impressive that a couple of animatronic things we had (ghost and spider) but was the cheapest decoration we had !

Yeah it’s on mobile and desktop. It’s what google call auto-ads and they control placement and timing. There are 3 types. The banner (what they call anchor ads), the vignette, and in-page ads. I can only switch them on or off and I did turn the in-page ads off as they were too intrusive. I got an email a couple of days ago noting their optimization test had completed so the timing sounds about right. Let me know if these become too much. I barely notice them to be honest, but we can review if it affects usability. I want to keep the balance between revenue to keep the site ticking over and not pestering folk with too many ads. edit - just read the earlier posts in here and note that I turned off the vignettes previously so going to turn these off again. That should then only leave us with the regular page ads and the anchor ads that can be minimised.

You may be referring to the vignette ads ? These are placed by google and appear on about 1 in 10 transition pages at random .... They will either say close in the body of the ad or have an X in the corner to close ... The banner is also the same and should have a minimise button. I get them and click close but f they are becoming intrusive then i can look to optimise. However, this is our only revenue stream and its how we pay for our VPS hosting, software updates and various costs over the course of a year. Vignette Banner at top or bottom

Scotty: HT: 1-0 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Gardyne 1st Scorer Partick: Rudden Crowd: 2331 CDN Girl HT: 0-0 FT: 0-0 1st Scorer ICT: Doran 1st Scorer Partick: Graham Crowd: 2433 SOS HT: 0-1 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Scorer Partick: Tiffoney Crowd: 2552

Scotty : Raith @ 1.75 CDN Girl : Stenny @ 2.20 SOS : Kelty @ 1.66

should not be any popup ads ... more info required please. mobile/desktop ? browser ? There should be an ad at the top and the bottom and one on the side on most pages. On some pages there may also be an anchored ad on the bottom of screen (can be minimised) and on some pages, google inserts a transition between pages which also has a close button.

If they will not engage with an official supporters body which holds a major shareholding (percentage wise if not quantity) and deems that body as not representative then who DO they see as representative of the fans? For me, it should start with the Trust and engagement should expand from there. IMHO - the club should be engaging with any fans groups ... be that the creators and listeners of the Wyness Shuffle, the Travel Club, the 'CaleyAway' supporters, CTO, or anyone else who emerges and takes the time to contribute to the club in a positive way either online or in person ... currently, all I have heard of the club interacting with is the hand-picked steering committee and that seems to have died a death also - or at least is not being reported. I can only talk to experience with the level of engagement we have had with the club which has varied over 27 years ..... It was pretty good for about 20 years overall ... but Rae and Crook chose to cut ties with this site over a personal beef/vendetta with CaleyD, and although I have spoken to the current chairman a few times about certain things and put them in contact with some individuals when they were looking at how to get rid of debt or get some ideas for income, they don't engage with us either. We remain open to any engagement with the club now that Rae and Crook are long gone and have continued sponsorship (which was going to be dropped under Rae and Crook) as a show of faith. While we may not have thousands of individual posters, we do have thousands of unique users who lurk on a monthly basis along with healthy page views so regardless of what anyone thinks, the posters on here, do represent a portion of the fans. We absolutely do not represent all fans, or even a majority, and have never claimed to do so, but those who come on here are engaged, just like other groups tend to have people who are engaged and interested in the club. Every group can claim to represent a portion (but not all) of the fans and together, I would argue that all the various groups, pages or organisations represent a lot of the fans and should all be encouraged. Over here (at Toronto FC) we have a multitude of supporters groups within the (approx 30K) season ticket holders and the club interact with any and all that are recognised as an established and active group within the supporters section of the stadium. We have supporters group meetings where leadership of each group meet (together) with the club in an open forum to discuss things we can do for the club together and concerns the club may have about things (behaviour, flares/smoke etc.) and on a yearly basis (pre-COVID) there were events at the stadium where its open to all members of these groups and we got to hear club overview and plans and also got to do a Q&A with a few of the players ... that's what got my little guy fully engaged when he met up with a few of the senior players .. and has since cost me thousands in getting him signed up for TFC juniors coaching .. so that little bit of engagement got them revenue in another stream .... Something ICT could and should do ... and to be fair, something it looks like they are trying if little articles here and there about partnerships and sponsorships are ongoing.

Scotty HT: 1-0 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Scorer Arbroath: Dowds Crowd: 1314 CDN Girl HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st Scorer ICT: Duku 1st Scorer Arbroath: Nouble Crowd: 1405 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 3-1 1st Scorer ICT: Doran 1st Scorer Arbroath: Donnelly Crowd: 1234

Problem with googling 'Top 5' of anything like VPN (or hosting) is that the various providers typically setup multiple sites where their product comes out on top ... or at least gets a great review. CNET or other independent sites are a good indicator. For VPN, the ones that work tend to have a cost.

I have used VPNUK before for this site when OAM was on each week. Never had any issues with them. Have not had subscription for 2 or 3 years now so not sure of recent performance : VPNUK : VPN Personal IP Specialists : Welcome to VPNUK . According to reviews IPVANISH is a good option for Scotland because unlike some services whose UK servers are in England, IP Vanish gives you the option to use servers in Glasgow. I have never tried them but would be interested in knowing details if someone has .... Opera browser also has inbuilt VPN which can use 'European' server. Not sure how effective it would be for streaming though as sometimes this only changes the IP address but the underlying info remains the same. Its not good enough to fool the BBC for example.

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Scorer RR: Varian Crowd: 1888 CDN Girl HT: 1-1 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Gardyne 1st Scorer RR: Connolly Crowd: 1755 SOS HT: 0-1 FT: 0-1 1st Scorer ICT: Sutherland 1st Scorer RR: Zanatta Crowd: 1812

Scotty : QOS @ 2.10 CDN Girl : ICT DRAW @ 3.20 SOS : Falkirk @ 1.95

Scotty HT: 1-0 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Duku 1st Scorer Morton: Oliver Crowd: 1778 CDN Girl HT: 0-1 FT: 3-1 1st Scorer ICT: Sutherland 1st Scorer Morton: Reilly Crowd: 1812 SOS HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st Scorer ICT: Doran 1st Scorer Morton: Blues Crowd: 1888

Scotty : Raith @ 2.00 CDN Girl : Alloa @ 1.80 SOS : Falkirk @ 1.95

Scotty HT: 0-1 FT: 1-3 CDN Girl HT: 0-2 FT: 0-4 SOS HT: 0-0 FT: 1-2