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Very petty and immature Alex Dougal Not too sure how that's petty and/or immature, Dougal... The way it reads to me is that until Saturday's match is over, DD is still a caley thistle player, so why wish him all the best before he's played his last game...?? He's fishing. Ignore him.

Leave any farewell messages you like for David Davis on this thread because I know for a fact he reads it!

I don't know if all the praise he was getting has gone to his head, but he's coming across as a right big-time Charlie on Twitter mow. Seems to think he's too good for ICT these days. He's done a good turn for us but I think he should GTF today and not be considered for Saturday's game.

Well they won't be using the "high tide" excuse this time as low tide was at 11:07am! Don't really see the point in calling it off at 11:30 as a lot of Saints fans would either be here or close enough. I know their supporters buses had already arrived. Couldn't they have given the pitch more time to see if it would drain? Or is our pitch drainage so bad that there would be no point? This is getting quire embarrassing!

Right now I'd be more concerned about getting Hayes to sign a new deal. IIRC he is out of contract at the end of this season and could sign a pre-contract with another club any time soon.

What I was referring to was using the West Terrace again, which had a capacity of about 1500, split 50/50. That's where the 750 extra OF fans figure comes from. For OF games the South Stand is always full with demand for tickets such that some OF fans choose to sit in the home end. I don't think selling 750 extra tickets would be a problem for these games. The average 100 extra for other games was just a guess, but I'm sure we would get more away fans if they could stand up watching the game. I would leave the other 3 stands as they are. The West Terrace is only a few steps high, so why not propose this as our "safe standing" pilot? It is an intrinsically safe place to stand and watch football because it is so low. These expensive safe standing systems are intended for much larger structures. Doncaster said they would look at each individual case on its merits, so why not give it a go? Wouldn't really cost anything to put the proposal to the SPL.

In a scenario where we were the only club to do this for next season, I can see us attracting a lot more away fans to experience standing at a SPL match again as most of these fans have been watching football sitting down for a decade or more. Plus we would also be looking at an extra 750 or so OF fans 3 or 4 times a season. If the non-OF games brought an extra 100 fans on average for the "standing at a match" experience then that's almost 4000 extra away fans over the season @ ?20 average price = nearly ?80000. We'd be daft not to do this.

County's plans are to build a 2500 seat stand in the jubilee "away end" which will take 10-12 weeks to build, so probably the same as the ones we have behind our goals. They also plan to put about 1500 seats in the existing jail end.

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I think this will be the set-up and team with the exception of McKay for Tade. Tade to come on with 15 mins to go if needs be.

There would be little point in Davis returning to Wolves if McCarthy's bid to take Emmanuel Frimpong & Francis Coquelin on loan from Arsenal is successful. Even if it isn't, moves for other midfielders are likely. The other option for David would be a loan move elsewhere, but if he's enjoying his football here, and Wolves are paying his wages anyway, his preferred option will be to stay here I think.

Some great memories there Bridge_Ender. I was at Ochilview that day in 1996, we took a hell of a pounding from Stenny in the first half. Thommo's screamer in the second secured us a place in the next round...Rangers at home (played at Tannadice). The goal that will stay with me forever is Iain Stewart's outrageous chip over the County keeper in our second ever match at TCS. Dunno if anyone still has a copy of it but it was captured on TV.

Hayes' goal on YouTube here. Better look quick before it gets pulled for copyright reasons blah blah blah.

This is definitely the best start we've ever had to an SPL season. Our all-time record in the SPL after 14 games is: 2004/05 Points 12, GD -9; 2005/06 Points 17, GD -2; 2006/07 Points 19, GD 0; 2007/08 Points 13, GD -12; 2008/09 Points 14, GD -6; 2010/11 Points 24, GD +8; In the past 6 seasons the teams who were in 6th place after the 33-game split were: 2004/05 Motherwell, 43 points; 2005/06 Aberdeen, 48 points; 2006/07 Hibs, 44 points; 2007/08 Aberdeen, 44 points; 2008/09 Hibs, 42 points; 2009/10 Hearts, 44 points; So 44 points seems to be the target to aim for. 1 win in 3 between now and the split would give us about 42 points and if you toss in a few draws then a top 6 finish is very achievable this season. I think we'll do it. Any doubters?

4 days younger...

I hope he didn't dive. I would rather not cheat and we draw/lose than cheat and we win.

It doesn't take the brains of Albert Einstein to work out that either Dougal is clueless Dougal is a merger refusenik who is passing himself off as a poor English sod who thinks he can do a better job than the yokels, whilst attempting to wind up said yokels as much as possible.

You can download the podcast here. The bit you want starts at 23:20.

100-200 for each half of the old firm would be my guess, but only when we're winning. 10-20 otherwise.

The great thing about this fixture is that I don't really care if we got horsed. 14 points from 9 games is a brilliant start to our season and anything we get from the Rangers game is a bonus. Pressure is all on them for this one.

What was this all about? Yes spill the beans. ICT for me. Yes AD, remind us about "pengate". Reading this thread again, it seems obvious now that the OP is on a fishing trip. "Dougal" to "Douglas" is not a massive leap of faith.

Buenos of That Ilk. A "prominent" Caley Rebel who posted on here for some time under that name. A "life long" Caley fan who, when taken to task for throwing the Chic Allan Trophy into the river, was alleged to have asked "So who was Chic Allan anyway?" You have to give him some credit for LSM though, Charles. Some of that was brilliant. A flawed genius?

This is dreadful. Not a single attempt on goal so far. Second best all over the pitch.

Dec. 9th 1995 - Humping County 5-2 in the Inverness Cup Final at Grant St. I remember Bobby Wilson shaking his head in despair as Stewarty slammed in a hat-trick. Mikey Teasdale and Thommo made their debuts and Daisy Ross tore the County full back a new one. A very noisy crowd of 3000, the vast majority of which were in the covered enclosure behind the goal, made it a fantastic atmosphere. Great days.

?10 actually and ?5 for concessions. Dad and 2 kids = ?20 entry as stated in my original post.