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non-starter !! If I were to pick one from the 3 names I mentioned, I would pick Mixu - he has quietly been learning his trade and may feel ready for a step up. Being a former fan favourite at the club wont hurt him either.... wonder if McLeish's name will be mentioned as a possibility ? Sorry to see Mowbray go as thats another 'decent' man who has left the SPL. Regardless of the teams they previously played for, I always regarded both Mowbray and Butcher as pretty honest gentlemen in comments they made after games or in the press.

The early 'names in the frame' so far are Mixu Paatelainen John ' Yogi' Hughes John Collins

Me too ..... same lack of recollections too - something to do with Jimmy Terris' "Jelly Beans" :drinking07: ... :drunk01: ...

We very seldom do this nowadays but I am closing this thread as we have users of all ages visiting this site and I shudder to think of the damage that might be done to young minds (or old ones come to that) from the responses we might get from some of our users !!!

a late double from McSwegan made it 4-1 ICT final score Official Report

how about expanding this slightly ? ...... (1) ideal squad CURRENT - players who are still playing. (2) ideal squad ALL-TIME - current players AND former players.

Didnt really go to many concerts when in Inverness ...... Echo & the Bunnymen and Siouxsie & the Banshees were ones I did see in my youth and I was a bouncer at the Black Isle show two years running - first year was Deacon Blue and Gail Ann Dorsey, second year was Gun and Goodbye Mr MacKenzie. I also did some concert organising whilst at Uni in Aberdeen and we managed to get Orange Juice, The Bluebells, and Jesse Rae to do our Hillhead Halls 'all night thru do'. The 'bouncing' gigs were great as there was a lot of backstage stuff to do and meant some of us got to chat with the artists. Since I have been over here I have seen Proclaimers at Hard Rock cafe (excellent), Travis at the Koolhaus (excellent), and Billy Idol twice at the Koolhaus (first time excellent, second time was average). We tried to get tickets for 3 other concerts - Madonna, Cher and the Rolling Stones but they sold out in minutes and ticket prices on ebay and from touts were way more than we could afford.

OK - I have to come clean, I did a fair bit of gloating on Saturday .... like everyone else though, I fear the reality check that comes with being a follower of Scotland ... Its similar to the type of reality check we sometimes get as ICT fans after a huge result (how many remember the St Mirren game after that midweek cup game against Celtic ?) Saturday was tremendous ... I met up with a frequent visitor to the TCS on Saturday morning who had just arrived for a family holiday and as his wife and kid went to a place called Canada's Wonderland which is full of roller coasters and such like, we settled down in Scallywags bar at Yonge & St Clair to watch a different type of roller coaster at Walter's Wonderland. The bar has three floors - on the ground floor the England game was being shown, and it was costing them $10 each to get in as the match was on a pay-per-view channel. On the first floor was the Scotland game (free entry) and on the second floor was the Ireland game (also free entry). At half time - as all fans mingled - the Scots fans were the happiest as we were holding the mighty French to a draw and the others were concerned with their team performances. We met quite a few Hibs, Dundee Utd and Aberdeen supporters, even one guy from Elgin (the Dons fan). There were even one or two France supporters sitting quietly. We managed some good debate with the Hibs and Arab fans - mostly centred around our good results against Hibs and how much of an irritating ***** a certain former ICT manager is ... but all the inter-club rivalry was forgotten when the ball hit the back of the net and we were 1-0 up against the French - this should not be happenning. Those last 20 minutes felt like days and at the end, the roar in our bar was loud .... almost as loud as the groans from above and below. After the game, we didnt boast (much), just smiled and acknowledged that it was a good victory whilst sympathising (or so it seemed) with the English fans that they had a ****** result and not only that, that they also had to pay to watch it. and YES it felt really good If Walter can manage to make it 12 points from 12, then that will be amazing. I look forward to it. Regardless of the midweek result though, Walter and his staff are quickly removing the ridicule that came with being a Scotland fan under Berti.

while we can happily gloat JB .... lets just remember that 'pride comes before a fall' .... I'll save my gloating until later in the week ... if we have 12/12 :004:

To be fair to the courier, I think Mark Brown WILL be the first ICT player to be called up to the SCOTLAND international squad but I agree with those that say he is not our first international player. Richard Hastings is the ONLY player that we could claim to be an "ICT" internationalist given that he was at ICT when first called up for Canada. You could argue that Xausa was another "ICT Internationalist" but he was already a Canadian international when he arrived although he did gain a number of international caps when at ICT. All other players at ICT who possessed full international caps had long finished their international careers before arriving at ICT so we cant claim them as 'ICT' internationals (eg. Duncan Shearer, Nicky Walker, Sergei Baltacha, Gary McSwegan etc.). I would also say that U19, U21, 'B' Caps, 'Future Squad' games etc are immaterial when discussing this and 'semi-pro' smacks of straws and clutching :015: :015:.

Marvin Andrews was a great defender in the first division and was decent enough in the SPL until injured. By all accounts he is also a very personable gentleman. If he were fully fit and free of injuries, I would have loved to see him at ICT as a replacement for Bobby Mann or indeed for Darren Dods if he goes. However, the unfortunate truth is that Marvin is never going to be free of injury now and we shouldnt touch him with a ten foot pole.

yup - agree with whats above. 6 points from the games against Falkirk and St Midden should be the aim although I am sure they will think similarly. Taking anything from the Rangers game will be a bonus, so 6 out of 9 is realistic.

Think this list is more up to date ... Bayne - 2007 Black - 2009 Brown - 2007 Dargo - 2007 Dods - 2007 Duncan - 2008 Fraser - 2007 Golabek - 2008 Hart - 2008 Hastings - 2007 Keogh - 2007 Kerr - 2008 McAllister - 2008 McBain - 2007 McCaffrey - 2007 McSwegan - 2007 Morgan - 2007 Munro - 2007 Rankin - 2009 Smith - 2007 Soane - 2007 Sutherland - 2007 Tokely - 2008 Wilson - 2007 Wyness - 2008

The rumour mill is for RUMOURS ... as mentioned above, this came from Grassa. As i mentioned in my post - "the info isnt totally up to date as some have signed new contracts" - The list I had was from part way through last season, so it is entirely possible that some on it have indeed signed new contracts - After posting it, I amended Ian Black for example when I remembered he had signed a new deal - didnt have time to check back the forum threads for other mentions. perhaps others can tidy up my list ??

According to info I had during last season, we have quite a few players out of contract at the end of the season ... the info isnt totally up to date as some have signed new contracts I think but its a fair old list. Bayne Black signed new contract Brown Fraser Hastings Keogh McBain McAllister McCaffrey Morgan Munro Soane Sutherland Wilson

reads like it should be to the tune of Mambo #5

Upset that she was chastised about methadone comments I believe. not banned, and welcome back any time The only person banned from this website has been Caley2005 (and several aliases he tried to register after that). His ban was at the request of his mother. We originally planned to send him to the 'sin bin' for 7 days but his mum asked us to make it permanent. Marty has not been banned. Roughly 200 different registered users log in on most days (about the same as when we were on SN) - we cant force them to post. Maybe its not so much fun for some of those who used to come on trying to bait people now that the site is unofficial again :006:

right next to the statue of FW .... note the lifebelt nearby in case he gets out of his depth :015:

I hope the meetings are in Stockholm ... other wise this is going way off topic and should have a thread of its own :015: :004:

thought the most telling comment from a fan on the JT show was .... "if we want to play sideways, play ferguson"

sounds remarkably similar to what was done with ICT and the formation of the trust.

what the one where Rossco confronts the alien ?? (forgive the low quality of the picture - did it very quickly)

Had my doubts at the time of the DUFC saga based on the fact that he had a few ropy performances to start the season - sounds like he is back to normal now though which is good to hear.

Thats the story that surfaced at the time .... and we all bought into it .... but its amazing how most have only ever heard one side of the story .... a story which allegedly originated from someone who told us he was staying at the club and two days later was paraded as assistant manager at another club.

there is no additional TV money directly to the clubs for each game shown - the increased sponsorship is shared based on the 4% + bonus I mentioned above so the amopunt of money a club gets is entirely within their control - play better, finish higher, earn more money. I do however agree with you about the crowds.