Harry Chibber

I find it interesting that on the same thread you completely slate Celtic for beating Man U to qualify for the Champions League and yet congratulate Rangers for getting throught their group for the Uefa cup... :024: TBH I would prefer that both clubs weren't part of our Country but I am happy to see Scottish players like McManus, Maloney, Adam, Boyd, Miller etc. doing well on the european stage and also the extra coefficiants are welcome... but as far as the "which club do you feel is more Scottish" ... couldn't care less they are both just potential notches on the ever growing ICT belt

St Mirren was Duncan's first game for ages. He was fine in the first half. Second half he was knackered. At least he had an excuse, unlike the rest of the side who failed to show up second half. Sure he could have been subbed but I can't see why you think Hart, an attacking right sided midfielder, can do the holding job that Russell does. :025: :025: :025:

It's not hard to see when the team is playing long ball. As I live in Glasgow I cannot get to as many home games as I would like, so I rely on my brother to tell me how the team played at home. But speaking about the long ball. Against Rangers, we used it extensivly. We got lucky that Letizi is such a cack goalkeeper, otherwise that game was ending 0-0 because we were not creating any chances. For 40 minutes against Celtic we passed it, moved a bit, and played along the ground. We had more chances to score in that 40 minutes (against the better team) then we did in the whole match vs Rangers. Guess what we did in the 2nd half? In fact, the best thing about the 2nd half was that Celtic fan being thrown out for hurling abuse at us. See, as a fan, I am allowed to point out what I think is wrong. I make a point of calling things how I see them, and this is exactly how I see it. If you had not been so blinded by the sand clogging up your retinas, then you would see that I was actually happy with the overall performance of Charlie, and these were merely suggestions on how he may improve in the coming seasons. As many have said on here "Imagine what will happen when we click?" But I feel fully justified in what I have said, knowing that I am not the only one to believe this, and that others have pointed out some of the things I have brought up independently of me saying this. Read what I said again, take it in, and tell me that you do not agree with at least a part of it. Or is that sand far too comfortable for you? I think there is a lack of realism at the moment, a lot of supporters with their head in the clowds expecting ultimate football from ICT when they obviously don't realise where we have come from. I don't think any supporter would say we are playing the best football at the moment but as you have pointed out yourself for 40 minutes against Celtic we played some good stuff and passed it about the pitch well but to lose the goal at the end of the first half was obviously going to make it very difficult in the second half.... you also mentioned the game against Rangers that we played rubbish but still won and I mean heaven forbid we didn't score and only managed to get a 0-0 draw at Ibrox :017: get a grip mate You have to put everything in perspective as Charlie has tried to do in his last few interviews, on paper we shouldn't even be in this division and consolidation for another season would be another success until the we catch up with the SPL off the pitch.

Fair play

1) Yes, our subs are better, however it still seems that he uses them far too late in the game. With Caley D's point about "40% of subs are made before 75 minutes" then that is far too little. 15 minutes is not long enough to make an impact in a game, and we should be looking to start to try and change the game around the 70 minute mark. I firmly believe that Caley have the ability to beat any team in the league (with the exception of Celtic) and so if things are not working out, then it should be dealt with early. We should not be playing for a draw...ever. 2) I'll ignore your little typo. But, how many did we win? How many did we draw? And how many did we get lucky with, and were hanging on to the draw? We got caught out against Hibs and again Celtic with this tactic. And if we try it against Hearts, then we will get caught out again. Let's play some better passing football, like the first 40 minutes against Celtic. 3) You know full well that I wasn't alluring that Burke was going to come here. It was a comparison. We need a player like Burke. 4) Did you see the game against St Mirren? I took two of my friends to the game, offering to show them how good Caley were. Duncan was terrible. I was embarrased not only because Caley were awful, but because we had a player like Duncan who looked out of place the whole game. 5) These youngsters are the future. The sooner the better. These players may actually be able to play some **** decent future, and enhance the team. You never know what they are like until you give them a chance. Look at Rooney.... Of course you can pick holes in managers. Doesn't mean you can't point them out. Or would you rather stick your head in the sand and pretend that he doesn't have any faults at all? It's called constructive criticism... I'm not saying it isn't, I'm just poinying out my thought son what you said. In essence I can't really disagree with what you are saying but the thing I like about CC is that you can usually justify his decisions while on previous occasion when Brew or Robbo were in charge, at times I would find myself completely bemused at what they were trying to do. I wasn't taking the pi55 with my point about Burke but just trying to highlight that players like Burke don't grow on trees and it is all very well saying that you want a player like him but I don't see any about our wage price that would happily choose Inverness as their home. I am in no way Duncan's biggest fan but what he does do is sit back and let the attackers attack, while when you have Black in the team Rankin and himself seem to do the same thing .... I obviously meant 8 games unbeaten :016:

Has it not occurred to anyone yet that CC might be keeping Black on the bench to watch from the sidelines so when he does get his chance he does everything in his power to keep his position. I think half the battle with younger players is to keep them keen so that they realise it is not just about having one good performance but being consistantly good throughout the season. If Black can't accept that he is still learning at the moment and is no where near the finished article then he would be aswell playing for another club. I think CC is spot on IMO and Black will get his chance remember he is only 21 so how can anyone possibly think of him as a missed oppertunity when he still has another 15 odd years of football in him

1. He might not have changed every game with the subs he has used but even you must see that his use of subs is 10 times better than Brewster 2. If this is the same strategy that saw us unbeaten in 87 games until we came up against Hibs & Celtic... what a disgrace :014: 3. Can't disagree there but I'm sure CC will have noticed this and will be looking at options if not in the christmas transfer window then definately at the turn of the season. Bazza has argueably been our best player this season and I'm sure since Burke has pulled out of contract talks at Rangers ICT will be his first option :006: 4. What about dropping Black because he wasn't performing to the high standard he set for himself last season, even though we have lost the last 2 games I think we have played better football since Duncan has come into the team. 5. Youngsters will get their chance when they are mature enough (if that makes any sense :017:) if CC thinks they are up to the occasion I'm sure CC wouldn't hesitate to play them but you don't want them to blow their load to early... ease them into things .... my point is you could pick holes out of every manager even the great sir Ferguson but CC has shown that he is more than capable and think absent friends comments are spot on! :025:

:025: :025: I just wonder why Dargo seems to be free from criticism on this board

I don't like the guy but he's got a point :016: Yeh fair play, I unfortunately couldn't make it along to the game today but from what I heard on the Radio Mike more than held his own...... now the question is if Brown will get straight back into the first team????

It was either do that or settle for a 1-0 loss, at least he tried to have a go.... 5hit happens

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Can't believe we lost a goal just before half time.. all to do in the 2nd half. Sounds like Rankin is getting some joy in the centre of the park so just need to get him as far forward as possible.

They could decide not to have a tricolour day :014:

2 Early saves for Fraser :003:

bad one... can't make it

.... it's not exactly discouraging the issue though

Change of plan :008: :008:

And after the media circus over the St Mirren tannoy announcer last week.... you really have to wonder why scotland is riddled with these sectarian idiots when the clubs are promoting it themselves :008: :008:

Think in all honesty we could have a very difficult match tomorrow and I really hope for Mike's sake he does himself justice. As Scotty said on paper we should get our erse's felt but if one thing is for sure, ICT love to swim against the current and if things start to go our way you never know :003:

me + the mrs :003: :003:

The thing that is frustrating about McBain is that IMO when he plays in the centre he is one of our better players but out wide he is no use

Yeh I know... just saying :016: Strange Hart's not in the squad especially since all of the good reports he's had from the reserve match :024:

Munro would be the last person I'd drop from our team....

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