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Bring back Black, put McBain in at L-B. Seriously crazy if one of our best players (and our player of the month for December) can't get a game because he'll be leaving in a few months and he criticised the management that the board sacked. As well as Cowie and Fraser leaving, Morais and Gattheusi are also not going to be here at the end of the season (out of contract), whilst Vigurs has failed to commit to ICT long-term. So they should all not be playing?

Just wondered who you think our biggest rivals are. Ross County and Elgin City are obviously are potential derby teams but are they just little nephews? Not so much rivals as fun games? Is it Aberdeen, who are more our big brothers, or Livi where we came in to existence at the same time, then battled each other for relegation and promotion over the years. Or do we not have one. Just whoever we might be fighting for our league lives against?

I can remember being in a bar in Glasgow (Curlers) a few years ago when a couple of friends walked in wearing ICT tops. The bouncer stopped them saying 'no football tops...what team is it?' 'Inverness' 'aye, well...in you go then' Probably a low potential for Ross County or Elgin City fans

Seem to remember he was a bit of a headcase both on and off the park. Could be wrong mind you.

Great in the first season, not worthy of the jersey in the second just about sums it up. Known to us as an attacking midfielder (centre and right, mainly) but known to Ross County as a defensive midfielder. Could be a bargain but needs to get a bit more focussed than he is right now.

Never been very convinced by 'orbs'. The doorway image looks a bit like the Motorhead symbol! It's a bit Rorscharch.

We didn't even have GBP not EUR in the deal

Butcher was excellent at Motherwell. what are you talking about?! Take a look at his record in the league and the cup, as well as bringing young players on. That's the whole reason we've signed him up? You think ICT looked at his time in Burnley and thought 'raging success'? No, it was because of his record at Motherwell.

Where does it say Hamilton have rejected him? It may just be his closest club. Accies may not be looking for that kind of midfielder or they just may not have the money for any more wages. Or they may consider that they don't need to bring in other players as they are quite a bit ahead of the team at the bottom. I thought he was pretty good at Motherwell. Surprised it didn't work out at Hibs.

I'd be surprised if Craig Dargo wasn't on the radar going by ralphmilne's posts.

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I think that's negative, not a fact (and not likely)

Richard Cadette, Simon Stainrod and Andy Rhodes. They all looked something special. Wasn't it Jim Jefferies' Falkirk?

Butcher did great things with both Coventry and Motherwell. Both had no money, yet with Motherwell he did well both in the league and cup. Coventry he kept in the EPL (as is) despite having to sell players. I remembered the comment at the time was that Butcher and Phil Neal deserved a medal not the sack. Atkinson and Strachan then came in. Spent far more than Coventry ever had with no improvement - even eventual relegation. Can he do it? I think it's possible. I'll certainly not be calling for his head - even if we are relegated. Give him a chance to put his stamp on the club. Much more than he had with Brentford's revolving door policy and the Sydney director calling for his head after a fortnight (yep, a fortnight!). I get the feeling this job could really make or break Butcher. He'll almost certainly have the time to rebuild. He's both succeeded and failed before. This time will be a gargantuan success or abysmal failure. I wonder which?

Yeah, but should he have to learn English first? ...hang on....

Terry Yorath was coaching with Leeds and did brilliantly with Wales.

Malpas could well be a Steve McLaren. World class assistant but clueless manager. Actually that's probably similar to what Brewster would be. I can imagine him a decent coach.

Think I may have been on of the first to tout him on the old board so many moons ago but I can't agree with this decision. Full-time is needed. If doesn't have the confidence to keep us up, DON'T BECOME A MANAGER! No way should it be a case of "well, if all goes wrong, at least I've got something to fall back on".

Knox has so much experience, I would like us to get him. But at the same time, I don't know if he'd want to stay with a Division 1 club, and I think that's where we may be heading. I know people can point to him being an assistant manager but I've heard he did well at Dundee before Fergie snapped him up. Aside from spectacular success with Aberdeen, Rangers and Man U, I don't think he did as bad as people may think at Everton - and they're my English club! At the time, Walter Smith both kept us in the EPL and made a profit. Moyes has done terrificly well but he's had different pressures and I don't think anyone could have made it into Europe whilst having to make a few million at the same time. Also, Knox has been helping out rookie managers since then. He's not really had a long run (especially with Bolton and Blackburn, where he was probably still on emergency tax) but I thought Gough and Knox did well with a mad chairman at Livi. Despite this, I'd be happy with either Knox or Robbo. If Butcher isn't fully committed, at least until the summer, then it's bye-bye (IMHO).

The opposition is harder but the players at their disposal are better.

You could see a situation where Butcher or Knox take it short-term, fail but have no interest in a first division team. Back comes Robbo after the summer with his track record of getting ICT promoted.

"Statistics are just like mini-skirts, they give you good ideas but hide the most important thing." Ebbe Skovdahl

Why was Robbo 'rubbish' when he left? In November 2004 he returned to Hearts as head coach and despite two cup semi-finals and a good season in Europe as well as finishing 5th in the league, he was sacked in May 2005. He was appointed manager of Scottish First Division team Ross County in June 2005, but left by mutual consent after four months, after being asked to sack 8 players immediately despite being told at start of season that clubs finances were fine and not under threat he left rather than having to sack the players as he felt let down by the Ross County chairman. He was appointed manager of Livingston in February 2006,. Robertson was sacked by Livingston in April 2007 after finishing 6th in the First Division. He was appointed by League of Ireland side Derry City in July 2007.He took club out of the relegation battle to a safe mid table position and also won the FAI League Cup and qualified for the prestigous Setanta cup

A friend of mine went for her first job interview: "so what do you know about the company?" "nothing" "why do you want this job?" "to get my foot in the door" Needless to say she didn't get it! CVs - absolute maximum of two pages but the second page should be supplemental info. The first should get the attention. Also, if it's not going to get you the interview, don't put it in (you played volleyball at school, so what?). Don't have unnecessary titles like Name: John Smith, Address: 2 Glebe Street etc. It's pretty obvious what these are. Also, CVs are only there to get you an interview NOT the job. It should be enough info to tempt, not necessarily the whole story. Say what you did, not what you didn't, e.g. "Hmmm, he worked as a senior technician, might get him in for an interview. Oh no, hang on, it says he didn't work on construction projects. What's the next CV say?" "Says she's worked on WordPerfect but not we use MS Word." Word processor will do - packages are pretty much the same. On my CV, I have my contact info large and in bold at the top of the first page. Separate sections entitled 'Key Skills' 'Qualifications' 'Employment History' 'Publications' - my second page is a list of projects (divided into sections) that I have been involved with. Make use of bold and italics to emphasis at a glance. Interviews - bluff confidence. Look at people directly when you talk to them. Don't lie, you'll only get caught out, but don't do yourself down. "So have you worked on construction projects?" "no, but the technical skills I've got are used in construction, so I can easily adapt them" And do your homework obviously. What is the company like? If you've never done the job before, try to find out what exactly is involved by reading the job description and googling for a similar job description.

Think that's why he put it the mis-spelled foreigner in quotes