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training advice from a man who does his ligaments in 5 minutes after starting a training regime. classic. keep it up Immortal one :rotflmao: PS - on a serious note, I do agree with you about the training though :022:

every football forum does !.

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..... "Mama says they was magic shoes. They could take me anywhere."

and lets not forget that Rankin can score - usually crucial - goals !!! If one of his goals meant we finished the season even one place higher in the table thats worth a six figure sum !!! I can see the arguments for letting him go as we do have too many midfielders and he is one we might get some cash for but when you are talking of selling someone for 20, 30, or 40k but know that they have the potential to earn you two or three times that amount if given the chance then it doesnt make any sense at all. There are at least 4 or 5 people I would let go before him.

nope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_nati...l_team#Managers Based on managers who managed 10 or more games for the national side .... Mcleish (10 games) - 70% winning record McColl (28) - 60.71% Docherty (12) - 58.33% "Selection Committee" (254) - 58.27% Ormond (38) - 47.37% C. Brown (70) - 45.71% Smith (16) - 43.75% Stein (7 + 61) 42.86% + 42.62% McLeod (17) - 41.18% Roxburgh (62) - 37.10% Beattie (11) - 36.36% B. Brown (28) - 32.14% Ferguson (10) - 30.00% Vogts (31) - 23.33%

bad decision IMHO.

Based on the attached document and the rankings released today by FIFA (we slipped 1 place to 14) the 6 pots will be as follows SEED 1 - POT 'A' Italy Spain Germany Czech Republic France Portugal Netherlands Croatia Greece SEED 2 - POT 'B' England Romania Scotland Turkey Bulgaria Russia Poland Sweden Israel SEED 3 - POT 'C' Norway Ukraine Serbia Denmark Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Finland Switzerland Belgium SEED 4 - POT 'D' Slovakia Bosnia-Herzegovina Hungary Moldova Wales FYR Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Cyprus SEED 5 - POT 'E' Georgia Slovenia Albania Latvia Iceland Armenia Austria Kazakhstan Azerbaijan SEED 6 - POT 'F' Liechtenstein Estonia Malta Luxembourg Montenegro Andorra Faroe Islands San Marino Englands defeat this week saw them drop from pot 1 to pot 2 with Greece going up to pot 1 Turkey, Bulgaria and Israel all jumped from pot 3 to pot 2 at the expense of Norway, Ukraine and Serbia DrawRules.pdf

Didnt see this mentioned on the official site but the Highland News is reporting that Brew has brought back Peter Davidson as fitness coach. Brew got a lot of credit for the fitness level of the squad in his first stint here but a lot of that was down to PD ...... this is one signing we can all be happy about ! Brew told the HN that he's brought back his former fitness coach Peter Davidson to Inverness. He said: "I'm delighted to have him back. He worked well with us before and he's here on a part-time basis for a couple of months and then we'll take it from there." Davidson worked with Brew and Malky Thomson, both at Inverness and then at Dundee United. ARTICLE

Levein is one I could live with too ... if and when McLeish decides its time to move on, until then, I am happy with what we have.

we will have to agree to differ on this one .... but I can agree with that last part !!!

Found this little comment on the FIFA website ..... "One bonus for the Scots is that their fine form over the last two years has hoisted them to 13th place in the world rankings which ensures them a second seeding for next week's FIFA World Cup draw in Durban, South Africa." GOOD NEWS

Think we need to add Iran, Peru and Costa Rica to Scotland's group ..... have FIFA declare that the managerial teams will be picked by them and find out that we have been allocated Berti Vogts .... then and only then will we have a realistic chance of qualifying. seriously though - looking forward to seeing the draw on Sunday - havent seen any word on seedings yet though .... If its based on current rankings then we should be OK, but if (like some of the preliminary rounds that have already been played) it is based on previous world cup qualifying performances (ie. 2006 WC) then we might be screwed !

Forget his spell at Aberdeen as an inexperienced manager - a job that also made the man that most ICT fans think was our best ever manager - look bad .... and instead look around at some of the message boards for other clubs he was at since then ... like Villa, where the fans are very positive about his influence and impact. one quote (from a profile of him on the VillaTalk website) .... "David O'Leary sees Aitken as a key reason for Villa's rise up the table with minimum resources! It is certainly clear that the Scot is very much now tied up in Villa and every ounce of passion goes into his match day work and work behind the scenes. He is very much a catalyst on the European march. When O’Leary took on the job as Villa manager he insisted that Aiken would join him – despite talk that it would be Brian Kidd joining the Irishman at Villa Park and not the fiery Scotsman. His worth to a management team is clear to see – and Leeds fans’ blamed a lot of O’Leary’s last season at Elland Road, where the team failed to produce the football it could on Aiken’s ‘demotion’ after Brian Kidd was employed." I remember going to Scotland games in the era both before he was captain of the national side and somewhat of a backup player, and also when he was captain of both his club and his country. The "Bear" was one of those players who was never the most skillful of players but his leadership qualities have never been in doubt and he captained the nation in 26 of his 57 international games. I think he would do better as national manager than he would as a team manager primarily because he has a record of getting the best out of players whereas some managers at club level (Souness?) rely on buying their way out of trouble. Incidentally, to bring it back to a (very loose) ICT connection .... his solitary international goal came from a header in the match that marked Kenny Dalglish's 100th cap ... a 3-0 victory over Romania in 1986, and his final game was against the same country in 1991 (which we lost 1-0). I dont think Marius Niculae played in either though ;) Having said that - I am more than happy with McLeish as manager and Watson and Aitken as his assistants

... really dont care one way or the other :012:

Must be a problem at PTV then as the source code indicates it was published on 21 Nov 2007 at 09:53:00 GMT However, I do sympathise with Fiona as its not always easy to get something up on a site in a timely fashion as myself and Donald both know ....... and if your website supplier has a proprietary publishing system which you have very little control over that can make it even harder. (trust me ... after a few years with Rivals, SportNetwork and now controlling all aspects of our own site, we know all about the foibles of third party suppliers !)

stupid story from a stupid man in what i always thought was a half decent newspaper ! If McLeish does decide to drop the Scotland job (which I dont think he will), then Souness is the last man I would want to see it given to. You cannot buy new players in the transfer market at international level, you have to work with what you have and get the best out of them ..... The draw for the world cup qualifiers is this weekend and while we may not have a WCQ fixture until September 2008 at the earliest, once we know what opposition we are up against it should be easy enough to organise a few friendlies against relevant (similar) opposition sides .... 10 months of preparation for a campaign that most fans are now looking forward to with interest ..... If McLeish does go, then continuity would be the watchword for me and that would make Roy Aitken my choice as next manager. A man who captained club and country (just like Souness) and who was renowned for urging his club side on to victory for the full 90 minutes of a game. Given the club affiliations however, it would be interesting to see if gordon Smith would agree :004:

I was talking about the backroom "dream team" ...... when Brew was fired, Malky was also fired, but the others he took with him stayed. Also CB's clearout at DUFC had a lot more to do with the grocer's wishes than his own .... the whole DUFC environment at the time was very messy and not comparable to ICT (i hope).

not sure who CB's dream team would be any more ... considering that Levein retained most of them !!!

nahh, all contents of this site become the property of caleythistleonline.com when you post ..... unless of course its dodgy, then its still yours :015: :015: :015:

There seems to be a lot of names getting thrown around with no rhyme nor reason ....... half the names mentioned in this and a couple of other threads probably havent even heard of ICT let alone be willing to come here !!! lets get real. If we can find a player who will improve the squad then fair enough, but lets not base that on the fact they seemed quite good in Football Manager ! The players need to be better than what we have, willing to commit to ICT for more than 5 minutes, and be within our price range both in terms of contract and possible transfer fees ..... those conditions will put a lot of players out of our reach and lets hope that CB can pick through whats left and find a gem or two ....

That petition is an embarrassment. Badly worded and badly spelled it would get laughed at if it ever reached anyone of power. As angry as I am, I cant put my name to that piece of nonsense .... now if someone wants to word one properly and put the text through a spell checker first ...........

Ahh, the good old "family reasons" excuse that is trotted out by many clubs/players [delete as appropriate] to disguise other reasons. If he does go I will be disappointed as he is a skillful midfielder who should be making regular appearances either from the bench or in the starting lineup. We have a squad that has too many midfield players but he would not be one of the ones I would be sacrificing to reduce the numbers.

dont get the problem myself ..... can you try the following. 1. logout via the front page of the main site and log back in again 2. Try to view gallery again 3. If problem still happens, send me and Don either a screenshot or the exact (and complete) text of the error so we can troubleshoot.

Much as 5pm works for me on this side of the pond, and moreso for the likes of Scarlet Pimple I would imagine, I would agree that 3PM Saturday is when it should be ...... give Feb8 less time to blow that fiver kitty on babychams :004: