Harry Chibber

Still nothing anywhere from Tel???

Aint it interesting that I get slaughtered from some of my suggestions and views on here, but get proven right time and again. I reckon it's time this site started making "Renegade was Right" T-Shirts, they'd be sold out in no time! B) :( I love that you're trying to take credit for this or you believe any of your pre-selections threads have been anywhere near the team that was picked today!!! It was his player selection that was attacking not the formation... remember he was still playing only 1 up front with Foran & Imrie coming from wide. A long way from your 3-1-3-3 or 2-1-3-4!!

Hibs have a very decent team this season... if they can keep Stokes & Miller fit they could be there or there abouts come the end of the season

Agreed, just back from Amsterdam yesterday and this will be a great way to finish off my holiday if we can keep the goals coming Nothing like a bit of window shopping in Amsterdam to get you up for the game Was with the mrs and she couldn't find anything to take her fancy unfortunately :P

Agreed, just back from Amsterdam yesterday and this will be a great way to finish off my holiday if we can keep the goals coming

:lol: Class Now is it too early to shut up shop??

ROONEY! well in son :(

;) :025: :025: :025: :025: Couldn't have put it better........ now I just need to find another IHE post to agree with :016: :024:

get in Proctor.. :015: :D

You think you'd be suprised that our fans would actually buy into it but sadly I'm not

I watched the Scotland .:vs:. N.Ireland game but didn't notice him (certainly didn't mention anyone played for ICT). We were mince.... playing 5-3-2 (Renegade would have loved it!!), 1-0 down in the first half from an amazing strike by Paul George signed to Celtic and then at half time we made 3 substitutes and looked like a different team. The forward that came on for Scotland, Kennedy of Killie, looks like a player scored a minute after coming on and then one of the subs (played centre mid, Polworth???) slid a ball through for Kennedy to get his second. Scotland did look average at best but I think that Northern Ireland had a couple of real stars for the furture.. the boy George was wearing number 7 looks like an exceptional talent Does anyone know when the next Scotland game is on? it was Wales vs England the other night but didn't get a chance to watch it

Grant Munro, best and most important

pre-war?? I think that's the land you're living in mate

When did any team play 2-3-5?

There are rumours from inside TCS that Butcher has noted Renegades 3 - 1 - 3 - 3 formation and is considering trying it out this Saturday. Expect Djebi Zadi to return on the left wing.

4-5-1 isn't a defensive formation, if you leave 1 sitting midfielder to protect the defence the remaining 5 players can all be given a license to attack. With your formation Gibson & Graham would crucify us on the wings and all it would take would be a couple of cross-field passes. I understand your urgency for an attacking team but that doesn't just mean throwing all your players as far forward as you can, even Brazil ain't that stoopid! Melbourne FFS!!! Considering there are so few teams that play such an extravegant formation you must find football very boring.

4-5-1, what evidence have to seen that says that style works at home? Could ask you the same about you're 3-1-3-3?? Infact, can you name a team in the world that plays or has played that formation?

Not when you're at home.... you should be dictating the style, tempo of play when you have the 'so called home advantage'.

To be fair to the guy he gets a fair bit of stick on this forum but at least he had the decency to send a detailed reply to every question I put to him. I disagreed with a lot of his points of view but he had an explanation for his opinions and that's all you can ask.

Also Ferguson was also given time by the club to get things right. A lot of our fans don't want to give Butcher that time but instead want instant results on a meagre budget - something that is highly unlikley to happen at ICT almost regardless of who is in charge! To be honest after the whole Brewster saga I amn't sure of how much time is fair.. I still think Brew was on the right lines with a lot of his decisions regarding the squad and some of his signings were excellent but I had blind faith in the guy and if things had come to a head earlier we might still be in the SPL. I am still unconvinced with Butcher, I don't think for a second that anyone has any creditable arguement that it's his fault we were relegated, although some of his decisions were questionable they weren't the reason we were relegated. I am still very angry that 2 of our younger players have been released only to find them at Ross County and being tutored by Brewster... although he has been working on a very small budget I think he could have shown more faith in the players that were at the club before taking in so many additional players.... (or foreigners as my mate calls them). I have enjoyed some great away games but can't remember the last decent home game I was at at. Perfect senario is we have an EPIC FAIL with Butcher, lose all the sweetie rustlers and rebuild under Robbo

Whilst this is the case I reckon I could go and manage Man United or Real Madrid and get them pretty high up the league simply due to the calibre of players they have. Tactics will get you so far but having a good standard of player helps no end. Sadly that isn't the case at ICT due to a slashed budget. bet you couldn't I think you are forgetting all the hard work that put Sir Alex in that position... remember in his first season they were nearly relegated and he was on the verge of getting the sack. Even now people continually question his tactics, against Sunderland for example.. that was one of the worst performances I've seen from a Man U at old trafford in years yet they still managed to get a draw from the game and the fans.... instead of turning on Sir Alex (like that would ever happen) got behind the team when it looked like the game was all but lost and they came back to get a draw. I think that's one of the things our home fans don't realise, in 1 minute a game can change completely - TCS against Falkirk, last game of the season, 1 point keeps us in the SPL, 5 minutes + injury time and fans start vacating the stands..... that's when I lost faith in our "fans" and realised that a lot of people are there to fill their Saturday afternoons or just so they have a common talking point with friends/colleagues... a lot of them probably don't even like football yet our board seem to be favouring them to the fans who were there when there was no roof over the terracing and still applauded the team through wet and very fecking cold winter days...

Or, and this is totally out of the blue, the Home support actually support the team instead of booing them after one mistake? Getting behind the team can work wonders but unfortunately the Home crowd prefer to chastise and berate our players instead of actually getting behind them. That's one of the things I was trying to highlight in my letter to Mike Smith... there is a severe lack of positivity at TCS and I think a lot of that comes from the way the stewards guard against any movment/squeak from the fans. I am getting sick of travelling to Inverness for games and I never thought I'd say that...

Well I don't think you were at a different game as you were only a couple of rows in front of me, so it must have been your concentration that blocked your hearing. I don't think for a minute it was the people walking out that was the problem, although it may have inflamed it slightly. There are some people who sit around us who moan constantly and shout at Butcher. Get this player off he's Cr*p, put someone else on, come on Butcher sort this out, etc etc etc. As for his outburst, I have mixed feelings. 1. I think that it showed passion and the fact that he cares as the pressure certainly got to him. 2. I think that he should have tried to keep his cool for just a few minutes more and not reacted, but I can understand why he did it. 3. There was a personal retaliation from Butcher towards a specific fan, which was again inappropriate, but how long do you think you can keep niggling someone without getting a reaction. I actually think that his actions will further agrivate the situation, and now that the fans responsible see they can get a reaction I think they may be worse than ever if things don't go our way on Saturday. From another point of view, we have had fans banned from games for less. If it is just 1 fan, can someone not ask/tell him to keep his trap shut? (maybe it was Alex .... just a thought)

Possibly for the rumour mill but why do you think Dods was at the game? Is he still getting a game for United?

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