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In the first 45 minutes Vigurs was basically majestic, a class above every other player on the pitch. He faded in the second but when we had to play football against the wind he stood out.

I would not have gone as far as MOM but nobody could dispute his commitment or effort today. He had a very average first 45 mainly because we mainly attacked down the left and the pace of Calder. Polworth improved in the second half as he was given more of a roving role. He has a lovely touch BUT I don't think that you can play Vigurs, Draper and Polworth centrally together. Polworth took over in the second 45 but went a long way to nullifying Vigurs. It looks like a case of picking any 2 from 3 and Polly is in the bronze medal place at the moment. But what about an attacking right wing back ?

I do not wish to be prophetic but I suspect that you will be wrong.

Same match as me apparently - Far from the end product but mega potential. Best pairing we have had in yonks.

Well I suppose that this was practically a pre-season game and that different punters have different perspectives. I thought that Ridgers looked solid - needs to shout more - and I didn't think that he was at fault at the first goal. His distribution was impressive and he is clearly a shot stopper. Again I thought that Raven gave us that bit extra. But he is suspect now to pace. I felt that we practically played 4-3-3 in the first half and Polworth does not exactly provide cover !! I was really looking forward to seeing Seedorf but it sounds like playing him behind Seedorf may work. Not at all impressed by Chalmers. Thought that he was taken to the. Cleaners too often and does not give anything going forward. Elsdon is a traditional centre half but lacks pace to cover. He was never really tested today and neither was Brad McKay but we have Warren to come in and we are sorely missing pace in central defence. Why does Robbo not realise that Polworth is wasted wide right - but there again where does he fit in ? He appeared to be given more of a roving role in the second half but we can do that at Forfar but ?!! i was really impressed by the way that Vigurs and Draper were played in central midfield. I thought that they really complimented each other with Vigurs deep and Draper probing. Vigurs was a class above everybody else in the first half, albeit fading in the second but my MOM by miles. Calder was impressive but NOT a left winger or a finisher. Looks more a polished wing back or deeper wide player - unfortunately much like Mulraney. But Tremarco and Calder really is a juicy prospect. Impressed by Oakley and Baird. They are both pacy and thinkers. They are not on the same wavelength yet but the potential is definitely there. Both took their goals well. Mulraney to me was a breath of fresh air but also a greedy *******. Perhaps trying to impress too much but was more of an individual than a team player to me. Bell did not have much time but looks like the perfect back-up fer Baird. And lastly to FCZ. I think I was initially spooked by the Clach reports. He is gangly and awkward Buthelezi showed signs today that he can hold up and pass. At the moment a good back-up for Oakley. I am really worried about the lack of pace at the back. Seedorf and Calder at full backs may assist. Polworth is wasted and perhaps needs to be an initial back-up for Vigurs and Draper. Or what about Polly at right back and Seedorf forward. The front two picks themselves. Warning - I was stone cold feckin sober !!

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Guess what is going to happen next ?

Yip I have bought a ticket to. I would be happy to incorporate letters from both the previous clubs when I change the name. I will take the CALEDONIAN from Caledonian and had an F for Fistle and a C for *****. We still have fights on the train when the old Caley/Thistle rivalry erupts. Hundreds of refuseniks will love me for this.

By the sound of recent reports FCZ needs to develop BOLS.

Looking like it may be straight to the 1984 bar in the Stand ?

Therefore it is even more realistic than I thought

I am match fit fer Curaçao

Apparently this wee stadium may just sneak into our budget.

It is all ticket Shirley but you and others can meet me in the Plough Inn before the game and tickets will be on sale for £8.00 and a double voddie and coke (Smirnoff NOT house).

And then change the name back to Caledonian FC, move the Stadium back to Telford Street, chuck the thistle off the badge, double the size of the Eagle and welcome back 6,000 pre merger refuseniks to the home crowd

First things first - have to buy this and sponsor the team.

Answers to Lonsana Doumbouya - C/0 SKN St Polten (Julie Andrews Land)

FORFAR 5 EAST FIFE 4 (1964) - BUT THEN - SUPERCALEYGOBALLISTIC (2000) Back in 1964, when I was a mere, pre-Animal, pre Royal Ordnance, Caley whippersnapper - John Alexander Gordon announced the all-time cult score line – probably only surpassed by THE newspaper headline on February 9th 2000 !! I am sure that Mantis will remind me but I am sure that I have been to Station Park as a Howden Ender. Otherwise my only attendance in Loonsland was the last league game played between Forfar and ICT (20/03/1999). We strolled to a 3-0 win that day with a brace from Scott McLean and a Paul Sheerin scorcher. That put us top of the league on goal difference. We partied like it was 1999. Livingston overtook us that season but we went up automatically in second place. Forfar was never a happy hunting ground for us in the lower leagues. Our only other win there was the previous season when we sneaked a 2-1 win. It was Sheerin who grabbed a brace that day before a late Forfar penalty had us holding on. Our only ever Cup encounter at Station Park was in the 2001 Bells Challenge Cup. Goals by Charlie Christie and Martin Bavidge looked like sealing it but Forfar hit back and we went through with a Paul Ritchie clincher in extra time. I can recall being on the terraces (the days when you could change ends at half time) at Forfar in 1999. There will undoubtedly be enough room this week. The average attendance at Forfar last season was 654. That was in a very good season where they gained promotion and demoted Putridheid in the process. They have no chance of progressing after a 1 point draw against local rivals Brechin, a home drubbing by the Binos and an away drubbing at Falkirk. The Loons will pick up the wooden spoon. We are struggling to qualify also but I think that Robbo will demand a performance at Forfar – “There are some players at this club who are still feeling sorry for last season, they had better get over it". On paper we should not have struggled in a group comprising of Bairns, Loons, Binos and Hedgehogs but the finished Robertson Championship masterpiece is a canvas in the making. I am taking my grandson (Leighton) to his first ICT game and then the real brainwashing process commences !! It is a quaint wee ground and has a covered terrace opposite the Main Stand , handy if the heavens open (unless it is driving into yer faces !!). There is a bar in the Main Stand but unsure if it is open to Away supporters – but Palmerston had the only ground based tavern that was any feckin good anyway. I will initially be heading to the Plough Inn on Market Street for the traditional pre-match libation. So back into the here and now and the second John Robertson era. I am looking forward to seeing a number of new faces and they had better be fearful and prepared to face the brutal IHE Smileymometer. (Also spared of wee red dots as well ). Following recent posts I am especially looking forward to seeing Colin Seedorf and FCZ. Hopefully it will also be a reunion with Dave the Rave and Ryan Esson But as Bob Dylan once said to me – “Johndo lad, the times they are a changing” – so I may also get my first peep at Mark Ridgers, Joe Chalmers, Matthew Elsdon, John Baird, George Oakley, Riccardo “Jim” Calder, Alex Cooper, Mitchell Foy and Liam MacDonald. It really hits home what Dylan sang as that is ELEVEN ICT players that I have not seen and those ring the changes since the last game that I attended at Rugby Park on May 13th, a mere 10 weeks ago !! Possible 12 if we play the Buckfast striker Kevin Fraser as a trialist. As for Forfar the names in their squad comprises mostly of unkowns to me – exceptions being Simon Mensing and Eddie Malone, two journeymen defenders. I thought that Mensing was serving pies in the Paisley Alamo. At least they went on a mini-spree against Nairn County, hammering them 6-1 a couple of weeks ago. Perhaps their danger man might be Matthew Aitken who fired in a first half hat-trick. I reckon that John Robertson will be calling the shots during the week and I am very confident that we are going to come away with a confidence building result (Seerless prophecy of course). I know that some will disagree but I think that he has to be feckin brutal to sort out the mess created last season, possibly cultivated over the last two seasons. I also seerlessly think that we will be in a play-off spot at least by the end of next season. If we get there as a form team we will (unfortunately) be back in the top flights. I AM GOING TO CHERISH MY VISIT TO FORFAR AND I AM ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO TRIPS TO A NUMBER OF OLD HAUNTS AS WELL – WITH OLD AND EVER-AGING JUANJO AWAY BUGGERS.

Wow - I expected Serious Discussion at least.

What year was this ??? - Programme cost TWO old pence !!!

- Or does this mean that you can wind people up without rebuke ? How can you now show your displeasure or be a boring old farrt ? Out of a matter of interest what was the league table for Red Dots ?

Lets face it and it is backed up by the majority of predictions. I seerlessly cant see the top five being anything other than us, the Arabs, Stain Midden, Dumbfarmlife and the Westfield Wummin.

Looks like the Plough Inn (Market Street) for the Loons encounter ?