IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

Why is that people cannot simply engage in dignified and reasoned debate on this site. The ammount of personalised abuse is ridiculous. I appear to be the main target at the moment and it has brought distress with it - I agree with rosscoe23 - the eejits with the high posts are just sad, stirring bestards and I simply press the ignore button when they start ranting on.

Johnboy

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No - My grudge was that he was played from day one - and I feel he lost us SIX points at Muvversmell and Midden - as you say he should have been brought up to fitness in the reserves - if only fer 2-3 games. No matter what anyone says Marius was the "fall guy" fer CC - again nowt to do with him directly - and I thought Orion had to get pay back from the off but I was evidently mistaken - according to Mr savage :023: I look forward to that - bring the lazy Romanian git with ya as well. :001: When I was told that Marius was only getting 2K a week I knew that was rubbish - If he was only getting 2K a week how could he pay your feckin wages. :rotflmao: I may be in town fer the Midden game - dependent on whether I last the three last days of the Highland March - but if I do make it I bet you I will still be running out of the feckin tunnel faster than Marius. :001: Anyway - that is the "final" dig - anything further this season will be mere smiley observations v Falkirk and Midden - purely football orientated. :023:

What utter feckin garbage. :001: Come on Torquay. :023:

I am reliably informed that it could be NEWCASTLE UNITED. Now I ask the feckin student - is this a bluff or a double bluff :symbol_question: and have I caught you ya fecker, hook line and sinker, oh I love when they bite. By the way it seems that you are a deeply flawed person probably raped by yer Dad when younger. I just love the incessant cut and pasting jobs that I do oh so well, and finally I decree to be the most wisest and bestest poster of them all :001: And as the mercurial EWS once said "Windup? Life is a windup." It would be a boring existence otherwise. Oh and ya forgot the feckin irritating Smileys. :blah01: :023: :rolleyes02: :sillywave: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

That is exactly my point. I have only seen "clips" of Marius but of what I have seen he did have more pace and movement - it is simply my observation. But TBH I often find myself comparing Marius to Bingham and Brew. I put them both in front of him - Bingham by a length and Brewster by a country mile. Bingham was lazy and generally immobile but he had a fantastic first touch and control and he could win a game with a piece of trickery or a sublime through ball. He wasnt in the Marius class but he often had me standing up and applauding a higher level of skill attainment. Brew was the best overall player that has donned an ICT shirt - classier than the Marius of today - he had control, vision, a first touch, movement and was also good in the air. Again pace was never his strength but he made up fer it with movement and positional sense. IMHO Marius has most of those qualities but Brew could drift back and get back up to the attack - Brew also was a constant mover and dragged defences apart and wide. Marius does neither. Brew also scored his fair quota of goals - playing with many of the current players to boot. I would even put Juanjo just in front of Marius - purely fer his entertainment factor. But I look forward to a pre season trained Marius - fit and ready - fersh from the Euros - with a pacy partner and a few experienced squad additions - and then he can cast off his mercenary clothing and be a true Sneck Legend.

I am being jointly sponsored by the Orion Group and Tullochs.

Now - if you are alluding to me - I can assure you that my "mole" is "feeding" me information because he/she is an Inverness fan - born, bred, loyal and with the future of ICT in his/her blood. I summat post what is happening behind the scenes as we are oft kept in the dark - but I also colour it with my own perception and the camouflaged "wind up" and many of my prophecies are a mix of those. Believe it or not I am sometimes intelligent enuff to put 2 and 2 together and make 4 but sometimes I make 5. Fer fecks sake Oats I work ma feckin erse off doen South - this is merely a "hobby" and a cathartic release fer me. Mind you the 3000 Tulloch shares will come in nicely when I retire. :001: And if ya think Savage and Co doesnt like me - well I aint exactly Mr Popular with the other factions either. Knowledge is power.

My first thought was that this is far too sensible a thread fer me to contribute to but, as a true visionary, I had better add my prophecies. :001: The bottom line is that we are situated in the back of beyond and are lacking the sugar type daddy to alter our vision. To be fair - Cowie and Rankin have been two of our best ever signings and Barrowman may well join that "club". It is also satisfying to pisss off the Tinks who, whether they like it or not, are a "feeder club" at the present time. When you talk about generating funds and business with a "swoop" for a name from abroad - we have tried that with Niculae - unsucessfully unless he stays next season - but the signings of Xausa and Hastings to attract the Canadian audience has met with more success - at least five of the feckers. I feel that a lot of people, including our feeble management, have set their sights solidly on achieving 11th spot and SPL survival. We get it rammed down our throats that we are "lucky" to be in the SPL, given the fact that we were a mere Highland League outfit just over a decade ago. I fer one thought that it would be one memorable season in the SPL but ICT have proved me and a lot of other doubters wrong. But I truly thought that we would move forward and we would achieve a Top Six finish or win a Cup (or at least a feckin semi !!) or even get into Europe. To be honest, at times, we have only been two or three classier players short of that vision. In regard to the support - I feel that it is gradually growing - we have suffered from the Highland League days and family allegiances to the Old Filth and Aberdire - In those days there were more footbal buses leaving Inverness on a Saturday - and that takes time to change. But I am heartened that you can walk around Sneck these days and see kids walking about in ICT strips and the likes of Section G shows that more and more of the yoof are being attracted to the Dump. Getting the atmosphere going and getting the stewards to feckin sit down would attract more and more. I would say that Midden and Falkirk are going in the other direction. Their crowds are almost on a par to us these days and they are "family" driven and dependent on the "old ties"and have to fight a lot harder against the Old Filth and the Embra Twins. I have always enjoyed the family "feel" of ICT but we have become insular, incestuous and too fixed in the "old school" ideology. We have maintained many individuals on the basis of loyalty and the fact that they would probably not geta SPL start elsewhere. The "school" needs a lot of new "pupils" and a new Head Teacher and Board. Unless we do we will always be the Bash Street Kids instead of a school of excellence. Sutherland appears to use ICT as a "hobby" - Savage had lots of alledged ideas but no fruition - all talk and no action. They have both used the club as a "power" struggle and we now do not know who, if anyone, was telling the truth. Was Savage "blocked" or was it all psyche ? Irrespective neither of them are up to the Vision task. But we lack ambition and foresight and our PR is ridiculous. Of course we should be attracting the schoolkids with low cost "packages" - how many times does a kid go to their first game and they are hooked ? As Scotty stated we have a very healthy support out of Sneck - mainly in the Central Belt - many individuals who jumed on the wagon as the Cinderella story of Sneck took off and the memorable Giant killing Cup publicity. On our cup days - Midden and Muvversmell fer instance we can easily muster a 1000 + strong away following and the atmosphere is great. I have long advocated the notion of sponsored hotels and sponsored events on friday and Saturday night events - it would bring in regular ammounts of dosh and encourage the "travellers" to attend more often. The admission prices at Sneck are also a put-off - that is why I couldnt understand why they didnt chuck up a Fourt Stand and drop the feckin prices - I know many away fans who dont travel to Sneck becos of the cost. I can travel away a lot becos of cheap fares, cheap hotels AND usually cheaper prices at the turnstiles. I wouldnt start with the Stadium - I would start on the playing field - We could build a team around Niculae or someone of similiar ilk - we are sadly lacking in most departments - that means an influx of funds into the wage bills and the ability to attract a crowd pleaser or two - even on loan. I would even accept being a "feeder" type club for a Prem side - to get us on our feet and up and going. But you have to remember the examples of Liviscum and Dungdee before you ponder that money is the total answer. A "sugar daddy" may well be required if we are to reach the promise land - but a sugar daddy has to spot potential and our management dont portray that or they egotistically want to hold on to the "power" status of ownership. A club should be a vision not a hobby. We should be feckin chasing a multi millionaire with visions of the future with a clear "blueprint" fer the future - even if it is a wish list. Some peple say that some of us talk like managers and chairmen and Chief Executives. Some of us could do a much feckin better job than the diddies we have at the moment. :022:

I am reliably informed that Dean has been contemplating a career move and makes his debut today down South - I will grab last nites Haydock Echo and show yas the piccie.

I suspect Stefan is a bit of a person pleaser cos he told me summat different. :001: I think that you are kidding yourself if you think his mobility has not been affected. IF Stefan told Marius to play in a system - I bet he would bollick him if he didnt. Well - not that far back :017: I suppose you meant the midfield which is fair enuff but then he should be motoring back up front again. This is the SPL not Serie A etc. And remember I am talking about "away" from home and in a 4-5-1 the lone striker is not expected to track back so much. And as fer Libero - it doesnt detract from his playing ability but it does detract from his playing capability and overall performance - as fer comparing Marius to Vieri as "slow, lazy, ball greedy, immobile and couldnt finish a fish supper" - that is just disgraceful. :018: Nice to see the usual suspects back on the thread even though they are not really joining in the debate - still its an improvement on personal insults. Still here is hoping to Marius playing in a system, behaving himself and abiding by the system, receiving support, a pacy partner, more goals, more accolades and more caps - all at ICT 2008/2009. :011:

First of all, the "Newcastle Echo" doesn't exist. Suddenly, I've just searched it into the Google and the closest thing that there is, The Northern Echo. Thirdly, in the Northern Echo, there is nothing about Barry Wilson. First of all, the "Newcastle Echo" doesn't exist. Suddenly, I've just searched it into the Google and the closest thing that there is, The Northern Echo. Thirdly, in the Northern Echo, there is nothing about Barry Wilson. Oooo Burned :rotflmao: :rotflmao: What a waste of energy - This was a Training exercise to try and help the dimwits to suss out when I am being serious or when I am on the wind up - and this one was so obviously a wind up. :rotflmao: But ther is always someone stoopid enuff to google and research and think that they have come out on top. :sillywave: Oh crap, I've been found out, better make up some nonsensical pish like I always do. Nothing like a good wind up to hook all the usual suspects. :rotflmao:

Well we must have a 80-90% chance as I am rarely wrong these days. :001:

Not a "ghost" of a chance. Are you going on the cheap Legion spirits ?

:clapping03: :clapping03: :clapping03: Well spotted.

He quite simply should do as he is told - if the tactics are stay up front on the last man - If he drops back he destroys the system. But he dropped back in games when he had support as well - games such as Tannadice and Falkirk when he had Rankin, Cowie and Black and he still perservered in doing it - and even against Gretna. And when he does drop back he CANNOT get back up in support again - where he should be - which has been a feature of his "away" performances. In some games he has played with Cowie and Wyness who clearly should have been the players dropping back but Marius often ends up playing deep and behind them as well. Personally I think that this had a major effect on Cowie's season as he was being asked to play a role but Marius tried to take it over. And if he could collect the ball and "ghost past" defenders we wouldnt be having this conversation. That may well be the frustration of a seasoned, frustrated player but again it destroys the system. I have slammed Brew from day one (apart from the run in November when he adapted to a 4-5-1 away from home) but I have simply highlighted Marius's deficiencies and encountered the warth of posters who clearly have views which are biased and tunnel visioned.

As I posted in January - this is a replica situation to the John Rankin scenario - ICT wanted him in the transfer window but County clearly didnt want him to leave this season. A "behind the scenes" pre contract gentlemens agreement was made and now they are trying to mke it look totally above board by giving him a trial.

First of all, the "Newcastle Echo" doesn't exist. Suddenly, I've just searched it into the Google and the closest thing that there is, The Northern Echo. Thirdly, in the Northern Echo, there is nothing about Barry Wilson. First of all, the "Newcastle Echo" doesn't exist. Suddenly, I've just searched it into the Google and the closest thing that there is, The Northern Echo. Thirdly, in the Northern Echo, there is nothing about Barry Wilson. Oooo Burned :rotflmao: :rotflmao: What a waste of energy - This was a Training exercise to try and help the dimwits to suss out when I am being serious or when I am on the wind up - and this one was so obviously a wind up. :rotflmao: But ther is always someone stoopid enuff to google and research and think that they have come out on top. :sillywave:

Exactly my point - and at last you are beginning to get my drift. Most of Marius's efforts have been from long range and many of the ones "on target" have not required any significant quota of great saves from the keeper. Just imagine what his on target count and goal count and penalty count would be if he was playing in the last third of the field. He wouldnt need to punt them he could place them. But when he drops deep he either has to shoot from distance or pass and hire a feckin taxi to get there in time for the return pass. :001:

Can ya et 10 pints put on the "tap" fer me. :001:

There is an article in this evenings Newcastle Echo about Barry Wilson.

Man Utd play four teams in pre season friendlies - two with a mix of the first team squad - one Man U X1 and tother a youth team.