IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

http://youtu.be/V6GXV0FNEeI This I feel is a very apt song for the in breds from Ross-shire to sing in celebration.

Who said that the Catto contributors werent the Muirfield Mills as well ?

The defence from hell was transformed in to the heavenly rearguard by mere words alone ?

Job done

It is a time to rejoice the redemption brothers - I believe again - hallefeckinlujah. The boys certainly reacted and stuffed Terry's criticism right down his narcissistic throat. Lets just enjoy feckin survival this season. Better change ma signature later.

Is everyone at the game ? Our disciplinary record is shocking - and our substitutions aint much better !!

At the end of the match all of us will have experienced a shared redemption . Butcher (Chapter 4; verse 12)

Butcher hit out at his players over a "crazy 26 minutes" and wants them to put that right at McDiarmid Park on Saturday against St Johnstone, the team that inflicted their previous home loss. "We are making chances and looking hungry but we have to stop that sloppiness and giving opponents easy goals," Butcher said. "That sounds simple but what is required is concentration, work, spirit, togetherness and desire. "You can label these things but you can't physically give them to players. It's in the players' minds. "What they have to do is ram my words down my throat and say 'I can do this'. "If they can do that I'll be the first to hold my hands up and say well done. "I know if a manager of mine had said things like that to me, and they did because I have had a lot more criticism than I give to my players, I wanted to ram it right down his throat. "That included people like Bobby Robson and Bobby Ferguson at Ipswich. "I wanted to make them eat their words and be proud of me, that was my main aim as a player, that gave me more drive than anything else, and that's what I'm looking for from my players this weekend." Will he ever feckin learn ? But does highlight the old fashioned managerial mentality which he appears to have "inherited". In this statement one line does not equate readily to the next.

Lovely lad and will ALWAYS be a worthy squad player as he can drop in to a variety of positions and roles. His main problem is that he is prone to having those 2-3 lapses in concentration during a game and - for whatever reason - he appears to be punished far more than most - and his mistakes are seized on as it has become part of the Proctor profile for a lot of fans. I too agree that his best position would be as a holding central midfielder but - hey ho - he has never been afforded the opportunity to play himself in such a position. It begs the question which I would love to hear his personal response - "Which position to you feel the most confident and comfortable in ?"

I have demanded that the names of the vigilantes has to be declared within 7 days or I will be "outing" them all. Charlie - Aint cahnging ma signature till the fat gypsy sings !! I meant the year book with Football Times and "the PINKY" stuck down with the bottled glue with the big pink rubber, acquired from the art lessons. Caleyboy - I think the figure that you mentioned was a wee bit on the excessive side. The rest is accurate !!

What an excellent post Mary. It should always be about the life long experience and the "ups and downs" along the way. That is what life is all about really. I really do believe that we can/could beat anybody on the day - not expect just belive (hope). Your words have brightened up my day as I believe that things can only get better.

The "problem" is that we never know - literally - what team will turn up. But belief should always persist.

Could the supposed "ex Jeggies" be a Trojan horse for a white elephant ? Can we postulate on the names as long as we dont really know the identities ? Perhaps a look at Charlie's year book will unearth clues to the others who certainly were not all Jeggies !!

Good, thought through blog by an individual who is clearly beginning to look at his life outside of the footballers "bubble". Lets hope that other figures at ICT begin to do likewise. "Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us."

Assertively and appreciatively with a tinge or a "feel" of democracy, coupled with open communication skills.

Good post Chris. The extension of the loan of Golobart is important. Tokely will not last another season and Hogg may never be the same again. We need to try and unearth a more experienced central defender and I would love to see us invest in a more traditional centre forward. In respect of loanees we need a holding midfielder in the same mould as Davis - who wasnt given a decent enuff run with us and now is playing regularly in the EPL. I think that TB has to decide (permanently) on where to consistently play Gillet, the Shinnies, Nick Ross and Tade. We have to create "systems" where players slot in to comfortably. I would hope that Doran may be akin to a new signing next season. Personally I would have loved to see Shane Sutherland get a run at centre forward and that is what I would be experimenting with in the post split games. I agree that he is disappointing but the way that he has been played has simply highlighted his deficits and probably eroded his confidence. I would put him up front and tell him he has to the end of the season to prove himself.

Mr Catto is the most recent in the long list of individuals who have tried to influence change at the club and stated so publically. Would it be so surprising that he is the latest to be ostracised. After all the building belongs to Tullochs !!

Is it fair to assume many turned on TB last summer when Grant left? Perhaps the bigger picture needs looked at and that TB is trying to reinvent a team with more youth to move forward - yes stalwarts have left but these players couldnt go on forever. This is why he needs another season to finish his 'rebuild' if in 12 months we dont see improvements and having the same discussions then call for his head. I suspect that the Granty situation is at the back of the minds of some but, as you stressed, the stalwarts were at the end of their SPL journeys and we have to move on and we have introduced youngsters. The manner of Grant's "disposal" is what irks many and is testimony to TB's "control" and influence. I agree that he is the man fer the job but as I have alluded to before he has to modify his own personna, become more allied to the fans and players but I really do feel that he is lacking in the tactical sense and I would love to have an addition of fresh positive coaching for the first team - preferably in companionship with a more "open" TB. We do have the potential to improve next season - we have had this season - Leadership has been lacking.

"Imperial arrogance" - is that actually a direct quote ?

Perhaps the last 2-3 days again ?!!

I missed that bloody wall on a few urinations.

And I was hoping fer two home games in the final week and the biggest pisss up and the shortest march/crawl ever !!

DOH - Unbeaten away from home for a whole calendar year - Caley Away with Terry and Mo was a mighty fine journey - and when we were playing "football". I hate to say it but Tinkerville in the SPL is exceptional and amazing for Highland football - given the historical and political perspectives.

Dont think that Luke Sywalker will bow out to Mr Vader. I expect the wee man to come back with a Terry Butcher illuminated light sabre and flash it around like Tade at TCS. If my name aint Chewbacca. But as fer wee Princess Leia I am afraid that she has the bravery of a female Wookie so this is a challenge. And they said to Renegade, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And IHE said to them, “Yes; have you never read, “‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”

The positive in all of this is that there is a growing public awareness of the narcisstic aspect of TB's personality and the "blind devotion" of MM. I cannot believe that TB can continue to behave and communicate at the same level for much longer. He simply has to shackle some of the inner defence mechanisms and become a manager who rules the dressing room - and apparently the Board - with respect and not fear. One of the first things that he could do for "self protecton" purposes would be to encourage MM to take on a management position at a lesser club and employ a coach who has a background akin to fitness, training schedules and attack minded - I would love to see us go for a foreign coach. Butcher could then take a step froward in respect of media involvement and leave the tactics to another. From the narcisstic perspective that would allow him some more breathing space and allow him to only minimally restrain his automatic behaviours. I actually do believe that there is a lot of potential in the current crop of players. But many of them are raw and relatively inexperienced at the level that they are now competing at. In many ways the "experience" of this season may actually pay dividends next year as they should be a considerably wiser bunch. BUT they need to be coached positively, some need to get fitter, many need to play for the badge as well as the wage and TB really needs to instill the long missing ingredient of "togetherness" which can only really be accomplished by adhering to a more attack minded "system", start looking at playing the "easy pass" instead of the hoof - players need to learn how to make space when they do not have the ball and TB needs to have his first X1 - on merit - firmly embedded in his head and he needs to have specific personnel who can move comfortably in to that role and/or system. The one "ace" that we may have up our sleeve is that TB evidently enjoys the Highland life style and has a long contract. So what we also needs is an individual with the nous and the strength to take TB aside, give it to him straight in an almost ultimatum "style" and set "targets" for next season now - and I dont mean Top Six - I refer to points at home, points away, goals etc., etc. - and adhere to it. Again I have been waiting all season to see that we shimmer of change in TB's attitude and self rating. The narcssism is firmly embedded and is not aided by what would appear to be gutless line management. I really admire TB in many respects but if I was the Chairman he would'nt be getting off with the control influence that he clearly has at the present time.