IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

Well - I am deffo going to make a trip to Palmerston this season My favourite and closest ground - I will have to ask the Duke fer an escort ? But what the feck am I going to do without my inside info ? :thumb04: :018: ;) But - I reckon Bazza knows that he will be back at the TCS in 2009 - all going well.

From a psychological perspective that has pleased me becos that stuttering performance is the tone of a doomed man. And if he sticks by his words Proctor can NOT be picked against the Huns and Maguire is second fer the chop as well - but will he do that ? Will he feck. We need a freshness - a change - a lift - Absolutely agree - so GTF. What ??!! They simply did not have a clue - they were all over the place. Have to agree with midfield but did you not see the Well midfield playing most of their football to feet and mainly in the gap between Duncan and Royster. We were overrun cos we played far too deep - full stop. What tactic - if it is called playing on the break - stems from having 11 players in yer own penalty box when you are 2-1 down ?

Stick with me son and we can have many happy Saturdays away.

Hairy - Robbo is waiting in the wings and has been fer months - if it wasnt fer the Orion v Tulloch power struggle this would have been a done deal in November. Sutherland would view Robbo as a back down - even if he doesnt have a direct link to Savage Wht do you think that they are so desperate to hang on to Brewster - What is frustrating me is that they are just delaying the inevitable - they cant afford a decent manager without a bit of help from Orion - Shearer as No 2 is their means of maintaining a piece of control - until Round 2 and the return of Park of course.

In regard to emotion George Gissing once said to me ?It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.[?/b] Reading yer post and countless others - he may be wrong ? But an anonymous piece of wisdom states Relationships-of all kinds-are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost.? - There is a beach as big as Nairn at Brewsters feet. Perhaps it will turn into quicksand ? But I fear your grand sentiment, in the current climate, is pie in the sky.

I am more interested in our last 14 games: Played 14 Won 2 Drew 1 Lost 11 For 11 Against 29

0% from fans not strictly true. There were 4 ladies, of various ages, behind me on saturday, who tried to get a chorus of "there's only one craig Brewster" going after Tokley scored with no success or support from anyone else. These were the only fans supporting Brewster at the game on saturday Think you missed the end of the song - Theres only one Craig Brewster ---- He a feckin clown, hes taking us down - were walking in a Brewster blunderland.

One question - would you prefer Bayne to Wood, Rooney, Rory or Barrowman. And just think about playing Cowie just off him.

Yip - give him an old head to patner up front and he will shine - but Brew clearly favours Wood so it doesnt really matter how well Rooney performs. As I have said before one of them needs a run away from home and two of them at home - just look at how our forward line has chopped and changed this season.

So do I - but if we concede early I really do hope that we get slaughtered - The Board have as much to answer for as Brewster. I watch expecting a win - I watch expecting a hammering on Sunday - and that is not out of disloyalty but the fact that Walter Smith has sussed us fer the last couple of seasons and he must be rubbing his hands - Brew simply hasnt got a clue tactically. I do care who is in charge - it is now the difference between staying up or going down. The Board are as clueless as Brew - the only thing that will make them notice is a drubbing. More reason to give Brew and the Board the message - if we go 2 behind - sorry when - if we let those clowns spend the money we will be rite up **** creek. The only thing crazy about ICT at the moment is the actions of the gutless board.

Yes Proctor did well in the last 15-20 when he was more or less in the right back position. But I think he was given the role of marking Porter - and it is sad to say that even that isnt clear given the positioning of the rest of the defence.

Having just wtched the highlights it feels even worse - just look at where our back five positioned themselves for the three goals. The third one has four of them in the goal area but only Proctor apparently marking. It now looks evident that Brew gave Proctor the role of marking Porter - that was even ridiculous to consider in the first instance - that should have been Munro's job - but to carry on into the second half is tactically inane. And where exactly was Maguire fer the goals - surely he should have been central and supporting Proctor - and look at Tokely's positioning and movement fer the first and third goals. Tactically an absolute shambles - AGAIN - ABSOLUTELY !!

Absolutely spot on - have a look at where Tokely, Maguire and Granty were fer the first two goals. Proctor has been played consistently in a position that he clearly is not suited too. I simply could not believe that they left him marking Porter - but as said before where were the rest of them - they were marking shadows. And it was a delight to watch our subs at half time - they were either standing about having a chat or enjoying a game of crossbar challenge. And when the defence was all at sea - why did Brew send Esson back on to the pitch and miss the half time talk ??!!

Fair comment but there was a fair degree of passion and committment being showed yesterday.

Now ya feckin tell me.

Unfortunately I cant see Brew allow a "freed" Black to "comment" on his way forward - I reckon Brew and Bennett will tell Hearts to take him now. ABSOLUTELY

Absolutely spot on. But this is the decision of the Board - and surely we must all be asking the question as to why they are continuing to back him ? Perhaps they are confident that he has already lured the players necessary to save us. Brew may be the catalyst but it is the Board who should take FULL responsibility for the decision making in the next month - and nice to see that our Director of Football relaxed yesterday by watching the OF game in the Supporters Club Bar. evidently he must feel that Brew has it all under control.

I am afraid that there was little to look forward to. Changing the manager may give a lot a lift but he is making that difficult by making his chosen few the starters at the moment. Esson is a bonus - but gawd to we need a pacy and/or experienced central defender. Cowie may be the surprise package if Brew goes as I would love to see him been given a consistent role and how he performs without Brew on his back. If Black stays he may also keep us up. We also need a couple of strikers - preferably on loan. This season is now all about survival - the longer Brew stays the harder it is going to be to achieve. The players he has jettisoned is coming back to haunt him. I would seriously think about reinstating Bazza and Bayne. Then we can start looking at building a team around Duff, Vigurs, Zander etc. Is it Brew or the SFL - ABSOLUTELY.

I actually went yesterday hoping to see Black and Cowie shine and the team to show desire and passion. Well I saw some players clearly dying fer the cause and I applaud them for it. Stand up Ross Tokely, Richard Hastings, Russell Duncan and Roy McBain. But just when I thought that the tactics could only improve I witnessed the worst display of tactics ever. Brew evidently picked a team to play for him and the club - understandable - he picks his signings, his favourites and the players most likely to die for the shirt - again fair enuff. And then he crucifies them by playing a formation and a system which looked to be a reactive choice, clearly not honed on the training ground and gave Well the game from the kick off. It was embarrasing - a total farce. What the actual formation was supposed to be is anybodys guess !! They lined up as it was a 4-4-2 with Tokely wide right and Cowie just off Wood. Was Brew actually giving Rosscoe a Bazza type role. Within minutes it had changed to a 5-1-3-1 as Russell dropped into the hole and Cowie dropped back as well. But Royster was practically the furthest forward with a huge hole in between him and Cowie - which Well poured into. I suspect that Proctor was supposed to move rite to cover Rosscoe going forward but then the other three stayed left !! It was evidently clear to the most amateurish of observers that we simply did not have a clue what we were doing at the back. We appeared to play a straight line zone defence when defending crosses and dead balls - and look what happened. And who was covering Hastings and where was Imrie supposed to be !! The order of the day appeared to be hoof it up to Wood who either lost it, was beat to the ball (most times) or when he did hold it up his only pass was to go back - with no runners. The second half was even worse - the first 15 minutes was like watching a game of goals and byes - we had 10 men defending and 11 at corners or dead ball kicks. We just simply crowded the box and were content at throwing ourselves into blocks and tackles. We improved markedly in the last 15 minutes but - to be fair - by that time the Phil O'Donnell emotion had taken over, Well had hooked their forwards and they had eased up. And Brew states that he can ABSOLUTELY turn this around - lets hope he has his lobotomy as soon as possible. And what does he play next week - does he change it again ? If he doesnt play his favoured five at the back - who is he going to drop - I can see Granty getting the benching as he evidently didnt like what was going on around him

Fer once I will attempt to put a few positives into this - for the sake of the players. ESSON :D :thumb04: Well he kept us in the game in the first half - he must have been so frustrated that every time he speeded out to the 18 yard line to start off a quick attack all he saw was Gary Wood trying to get back up front. Have to say that his distribution in the second half was terrible - and why was he sent on to the pitch EIGHT minutes before the rest of the team at the half time break. TOKELY :018: :D :D Well passion and desire will never be faulted but his passing yesterday was terrible, as was his crossing. In many ways I actually think that he was trying too hard. PROCTOR ;) When oh when will Brewster concede that he is NOT a central defender. To be fair he looked totally lost for the first half hour - along with his four defending peers - trying to play a system where nobody knew what they were doing. Although Well had taken their foot of the pedal he looked quite tidy when he moved into a more right back position fer the last 20. And at least he didnt continually hoof it. GRANTY :015: :D What has happened to him ? He has lost all the command and control - but then again Maguire has evidently been given the reins. MAGUIRE :P Lets punt him out with Brewster - he went into a sweeper type role (I think) yesterday and he did sweet feck all. He totally depended on Proctor and Munro and was marking space most of the time. HASTINGS :021: :D :D st have been totally confused - as nobody appeared to understand who was covering Dick and he got caught out of position regularly. And his hoofing was so annoying but at least the passion was clearly there. COWIE :D :D Where was Brew playing him - he just drifted all over the place throughout the game. To be fair to him he made 3-4 really good off the ball runs in the second half but wasnt spotted. DUNCAN :D :D :D Like Rosscoe excels in the passion stakes and ran himself into the ground - but playing him as the hole and the playmaker - give me a feckin break. ROYSTER :D :D Where the feck was he playing ? - started off ten yards in front of Duncan - in No Mans Land - why ? Ran his socks off but did a headless chicken impersonation throughout. IMRIE :D Inconsistent - got fed up and practically gave up - simply not good enuff. WOOD :D :D :D To give him his due he was playing 20-30 yards in front of everybody else and Cowie and Royster were his only allies - but sorry but when he did have a chance he again showed that he does not have the pace, the movement, the awareness or the balance to do damage at this level. ROONEY AND BARROWMAN - Why when Vigurs was warming the bench. MOM - Ian Vigurs

It now all depends on how long our gutless Board will continue to support Brew.

In all fairness a feckin numpty could have typed that - it is pathetic and yet another two fingers to the fans.

He certainly gained the applause of the Hull following. A bit off the thread but a brilliant comment today on the transfer window - Discussing potential signings and it came along to Man Utd - Mike Parry said that Alex Ferguson was looking for two new faces - one for Rooney and the other for Tevez. :018: :thumb04:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CBQ3t6ezh2I

Look carefully and weep - GTF