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Feck me Lizi - you are a fine feckin bloody bullshittting ******* of a wummin.

Thanks Lizi... I knew someone would say that - I just think that ICT with Butcher/Malpas combination could prove to be a marriage made in heaven.... Don't you want to know who's idea it was? Please try and answer this before IHE comes online... Funnily enuff I actually know the answer - TB approached us - He has been frustrated at being part time with the Scotland squad - He wanted to manage a club (an SPL club) - but stay involved in the Scotland position as well - When the ICT post came along he saw it as the perfect opportunity and sought out George Burley's approval straight away. When he got the go ahead he went into discussion with the muppets. It is the best of both worlds for him and he can keep an eye out fer the Scotland squad by watching SPL games every week and doubling it up whilst spying during the week as well - for Scotland and ICT. As he is a very shrewd individual I have no doubt that he is already contemplating the future and his future at Sneck may be dependent on whether Scotland qualify or not as well as us surviving. If Scotland dont - as unfortunately looks likely - the chances of Burley going are high - reckon Butcher has weighed that up and he may then return to the Setanta work and ICT - again a double whammy. So TB has a lot at stake in keeping us up and that could well be part of his self motivation. But fair dos to the man. And how could he have "lost" out in an Interview scenario - the man is as polished and professional as maself.

Falkirk , Killie or Midden in that order - We need to start getting points on the board but I reckon it will be the five games after the split that will make and break us.

Whatever happened to walkie talkies ?

:015: :thumb04: :018: ;) Well that could take care of Proctor and possibly Maguire as well !!

A football fairytale ... that's life at Caley - courtesy of the Sun By ERIC MACIVER Published: Today CHARLIE CHRISTIE is the poster boy of football in Inverness. He starred in the colours of both Thistle and Caley before their merger. After that he became a linchpin for the newly formed side as they rocketed through the Scottish football ranks. A short spell at Celtic apart, Christie spent his entire career in the Highlands where he played more than 300 top-team games for Caley Thistle. Their rise from non-league football to the SPL is one of Scottish football?s biggest success stories and one Christie admits he is proud to have played his part in. He said: ?I started with Caley in the Highland League and I?m honoured to have played so many games for this club. ?I?ve gone from a part-time player to a professional to coach to first team manager and now to youth coach. ?There have been a lot of changes over the years and Caley have enjoyed tremendous success. To go from non-league to an established SPL club in ten years is fairytale stuff. ?It has been a gradual success and the fact we have been so financially prudent has helped. ?Stevie Paterson deserves great credit for getting us going in the early days and showing us what could be done. We went on and built on it. ?I was very fortunate to stay injury free as I have seen a lot of lads have to give up the game early. The emergence of Caley came at a good time for me and I was fortunate to keep playing until I was almost 38.? After a frustrating year on the Parkhead sidelines Christie had offers in England and abroad but his heart had never left Inverness and he returned to Caley. He is the star character in the Caley fairytale and this week SunSport took the Jags youth coach down memory lane to pick his all-star XI. He added: ?I haven?t selected any players from my days in the Highland League but I want to mention five lads who I always felt had the talent to go on and play at a higher level. ?They were Alastair ?Titch? Black, Billy Urquhart, Davie Milroy, Mike Andrew and Allan Hercher.? JIM CALDER: I played alongside Jim for Inverness Thistle and Caley Thistle. He wasn?t the tallest but he was a great shotstopper and a big character in the dressing room. Jim was a failed centre forward, it turned that out he was better at blocking goals than scoring them. ROSS TOKELY: I had more than one altercation with Ross on the training pitch but he has been a great servant for Caley. He came in at 17 and to make the right-back berth your own for a decade is something to be proud of. BOBBY MANN: He wasn?t the quickest but he more than made up for that with his awareness and superb range of passing. I?m quite sure that if he had been fitter he?d have played more in the SPL. MIKE NOBLE: A great friend from our schooldays, Mike was also captain of the club when we won the Third Division. He was a great reader of the game. PAUL SHEERIN: Peanut was good enough to play anywhere and although he wasn?t a regular full-back I?m putting him at left-back. His use of the ball was so good and he had such a cultured left-foot. BARRY WILSON: A great technical player with bags of pace. I always felt I had a good understanding with him, he was a player who got the crowd on their edge of their seats. CHARLIE CHRISTIE: People said I had a good touch and vision but I always felt I had a huge desire to win. I was a terrible loser and had a winning mentality. PAUL McSTAY: I was lucky to train and play in the Celtic reserves with Paul in the late 80s. For me Paul is one of the finest midfielders this country has produced in the modern era. He was also a real gent off the park. BARRY ROBSON: He was a great capture by Pele for us as he was a matchwinner. He had great strength and I?m delighted to see him doing so well now. He is a player who?s got better and better as he?s matured. DENNIS WYNESS: Denzel?s link play was a joy to behold but he could also score goals and he is still Caley?s record scorer. A quiet guy but popular in the dressing room. FRANK McAVENNIE: I played alongside Frank for Celtic in pre-season games abroad, and saw first hand how terrific he was. He contributed so much to Celtic the year I was there. I must also thank him for introducing me to Page Three girl Jenny Blyth!

Oh fer fecks sake blah,blah,blah,sack the board,blah,blah,blah, Brewster, blah,blah,blah, muppets,blah,blah,blah Influenced by a LongStand down in the dumps :P :thumb04: :018: ;) :015: :D

You may be on a winner Ghostbuster - i have been told that there is no atmosphere.

Lets face it - We had to get some money in to bankroll the new signings - Cowie's dosh may well serve to balance the books.

Hook, line and feckin sinker :thumb04:

:015: Yet another example of a numpty not being able to have a polite debate - and all that he can muster is personal abuse. That heavens I have developed into a more mature and non confrontative poster. And :D where exactly does it say muppets in my opening post - ya feckin muppet :P :D :D :021: :D

No feckin chance - He is just a side attraction.

Feck me - that is the first polite thread in feckin ages - and here am I agreeing with Hairy Chibber - thank feck Brewsters gone.

Like you I didn't know anything about it... until now... :021: it was for season ticket holders tonight JB - maybe that's why you didn't hear.. :thumb04: :018: ;) :015: :D :P Take that ya old git PS - dont forget - car boot sale this weekend too !!!! Do you honestly think that we will get much for Johnboy ? Like 4ize I am not in the least surprised - What a feckin pity the meeting didnt take place on January 3rd.

I can get that drift and despite what some of the numpties on here think - I would agree that there are many more questions to be asked but now is not the time. But I do seriously believe that a brief statement would go a long way to mend some of the broken ties which have developed between the club and the support. Would it not only bring back some "trust" if we enjoyed a wee slice of humble pie. Who knows - we may even be surprised by the rationale offered ? By being silent they are actually promoting their guilt.

Now this is a good question as there may not be an instant answer. Butcher enthused about the Cellic performance and appeared to be suggesting that leading the line may be Dougies' favoured position. He is already a fans fave and has illicited differing reviews on his performances. He is another who has never really enjoyed a run in a specific position and role - and perhaps this may be a major reason for his apparent frustrating inconsistency. Personally I think he should be played in left midfield. He has the energy, the fitness and the committment to play anywhere. He played very well against Cellic but I suspect that Butcher wanted a front runner to constantly harry and hassle the back four - and he did it in style. But I dont think that he has the natural instincts of a goalscorer. I dont think that he has the knack of the movement and positioning of a forward - the latter can be taught but the former cant. I do think that he can better himself in midfield in the sense of positioning and distribution - his crossing also needs work on but he is evidently adapt at dead ball situations. Most of his goals have been scored from a midfield position. I feel that Foran is the natural striker and may be the better partner for Rooney or Morais. So is the wee man a stop gap or a budding striker ?

Especially if it was a peace offer, home made and served by a builder.

:thumb04: :018: ;) Steady on old boy - youll have a feckin coronary. But just for the numpties - Uncle Johndo will try to break this doen into simpler terminology. :015: Lets have another little look at the opening post children: " May I suggest that EXTREME pressure is applied by this forum, Boardroom Banter and the Supporters Trust to request an explanation of the events of the last month and an "apology" to the Supporters Trust and the fans in regard to the suggestion that they were going to stick with Brewster and that the fans were creating problems and were acting in the detrimental interest of the club. " So - Would the Board or a representative care to explain what has happened in January - in regard to the initial support of Mr Brewster and the provision of funds to him to buy new players - and then the decision to part company with him. So - would Mr Sutherland care to return to his statements to the media regarding the Trust and the fans - in the light of the club changing their tact and taking a route which was the one advocated by the fans who he criticised. So children - no mention of sacking the board - no mention of specific individuals - no mention of the signings - no mention of Butcher - no mention of the performance of Brewster. And the second rant was a request to return to a more open and honest communication with the support in a manner that would heal some wounds and go a long way to instilling a "togetherness" factor. Perhaps a banner saying - Admit your mistakes - You are only human - and eat some humble pie - would suffice.

Firstly - I got a feckin 20% warning fer using the term "mercenary" :018: :thumb04: But once again is this not becos Brewster chucked out youngsters into the deep end far too quickly and didnt nourish them. Plus all the latest signings were "panic" buys and most of them are on six month contracts. I suspect that is one of the main reasons that we actually got them here. But if that doesnt add up to the tem of footballing mercenary - then what does - but that unfortunately is just football today.

Well I did but some of your points needed expanding on. 8/10 though.

Is the bottom line no that Butcher had barely a week to fill some holes - He simply had to go for players that he knew would follow him - to Inverness - but also players who had performed for him before. I also feel that Brews buys were brought on by "panic" and the fact that the fans had challenged the Board. Brew didnt always follow this logic but it was how he played them and how he treated them that was flawed not how they responded to him.