IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

:clapping03: :clapping03: :clapping03: Rite on dude - pass me the spliff. :crazy07:

As my old mucker Aristotle once said "One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy And he has been poor overall this season - especially away from home, has damaged the club spirit and is not worth the wage he is getting.

That actually surprises me as I was sitting almost level with the 18 yard box and I was unsure - in fact I hought that it may have been n the line at the most. And the mjority of the supporters around me were left unsure as well. The ref clearly gave it but the assistant - on the other side of the pitch changed the decision - oh and I was sober. And as is pointed out why did the ref not overrule the assistant ? And a Denzil goal at that stage would have changed it all - if he head scored !! What about the second pen with Imrie ?

OK - try istadia.com - www.athleticinsight.com - www.aaasponline.org/about/about-applied-sport-psych - www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47/ - www.psychwatch.com/sport_psychology.htm

Thanks. Too many links to mention - just read the text and be enlightened,

Sport psychology is the application of psychological knowledge to enhance personal development and performance of individuals within sport. It is distinct from clinical psychology that aims to help individuals overcome serious psychological problems.Most professional and elite amateur athletes acknowledge that psychology has a major impact on sports performance: "If you don't prepare yourself mentally its impossible to maintain consistently high standards"- Oliver Kahn, Bayern Munich & Germany. However, despite a substantial growth in the number of sport psychologists over the past decade, many athletes and coaches remain reluctant to use their services. Research continues to highlight the barriers that exist to the implementation of sport psychology programmes within professional sport. Most research shows that a thorough knowledge of the specific sport is essential for interacting effectively with athletes and coaches. This does not mean that the consultant must have played the game to an elite level- although that may help - but in order to be successful he must have an understanding of the vocabulary, terminology, basic strategies, performance skills, and specific demands that confront the athletes. Research shows that mental training concepts are often not fully accepted or understood by professional sports organisations. Poor communication links between academics, sporting associations and professional clubs may mean that club management is simply unaware of the full range of services that sport psychologists can offer. Furthermore, athletic personnel often do not distinguish between educational and clinical sport psychologists. As such there is an expectation that psychologists will be able to deal with not only mental skills training but also clinical issues such as family problems, addictions and depression. This can lead to a variety of problems including the perceived failure of the consultant and the mistrust of players and staff. Research in Britain and the US reveals that some coaches and athletes perceive sport psychologists as being similar to 'shrinks'. Although perceptions have improved considerably, some findings still suggest that sport psychologists are viewed with a degree of apprehension. Some coaches are not open to the possibility that consultants can help mentally strong athletes become even stronger and more focused. Similarly, some athletes that have never used a psychologist believe that the services provided are primarily for those with psychological problems. A further body of research also shows that athletes who consult a sport psychologist may be perceived negatively by their team-mates. Evidence shows a reluctance for athletic personnel, especially at elite and professional level, to have excessive numbers of people involved with the team. The term 'organisational paranoia' has been used to describe the atmosphere when new staff are introduced to the team environment. In a study with the US Olympic team, both coaches and athletes indicated that 'fitting in with the team' was the lowest rated characteristic of all sport psychology consultants. Issues such as whether the consultant should wear the team training kit, attend games, be allowed in the changing room and actually eat with the players can make the difference between being accepted as part of the team or being perceived as an outsider. Athletes themselves have also indicated that they felt more comfortable dealing with the sport psychologist and coach together than directly with the sport psychologist. Surveys of active sport psychologists and professional sports clubs show that there is often a difficulty in knowing where the sport psychologist should 'fit' within the club. Should he be part of the coaching staff and work solely with the players or does his role also involve liaising with the management team? The decision is not a trivial one and it has been shown to affect relationships within the clubs surveyed. For example, if information from consultations is shared with the management then players often become reluctant to disclose weaknesses for fear of being prejudiced against in team selection. If the consultant shares nothing then the management can feel undermined or even experience animosity towards the psychologist. There is also sometimes a concern amongst players and coaches that the psychologist will fail to maintain the necessary boundaries. The distinction between mental advice and tactical advice is often fuzzy, and if the psychologist is perceived as functioning in the role of the coach he may be resented. Timetabling psychology sessions around physical training sessions, personal commitments, media and promotional activities, team meetings and other activities can be an extremely challenging and frustrating exercise. Athletes often report being dissatisfied if they do not have enough contact time with the sport psychologist. Research has also shown the benefits of integrating mental skills training with the athletes' physical training schedule. Not only does this strategy save time, it also facilitates the acceptance of mental skills and enables them to practiced in the absence of the psychologist. Sports organisations often believe that the work of a sport psychologist is lavishly resourced and highly paid. In reality few sports psychologists make a full-time living from consultancy work and the perception that it is an expensive luxury has limited the involvement within many organisations. A recent survey into the use of sport psychology services at top sport universities in the US revealed that the most common reason for not using such services was lack of funding. This finding has been repeated within professional sports clubs There exists the belief that sport psychologists can provide a magical 'quick fix' for individuals and teams. Sport psychologists do have specialised skills that can help athletes overcome problems rapidly. More usually, however, mental skills, like physical skills, need considerable practice before performance improvement is likely to occur. Employing a sport psychologist for a single session in the belief that this can bring about some meaningful change is likely to result in disappointment and doubts about the benefits of sport psychology. Most practicing sport psychologists realise that it is very important to clarify from the outset the range of services that they offer and the outcomes that are realistic within the timeframe available. Sports nutrition is the specialist application of the science of nutrition to performance enhancement in sport. The nutritional demands of training and competition vary according to sporting discipline and the individual requirements of athletes. Accredited sports dieticians are trained in both the science of nutrition and its practical application. Advice given is based on research evidence, and the recommendations are then translated into foods and drinks to be taken in the appropriate amounts at the appropriate times to support training loads, improve recovery and optimise performance during competitions. Optimal hydration is a must for all athletes as progressive dehydration has been shown to affect all aspects of performance ? both physiological, and mental including concentration and skill levels. The promotion of optimal hydration including electrolyte replacement is a major focus over the coming year as athletes prepare for the next Olympic Games taking place in the heat of Athens. Another dietary factor impacting on performance is body fat reduction which benefits both aerobic capacity and power to weight ratios in athletes. Each athlete and each sport has its own set of nutritional requirements, from advising on how to achieve the large intake of carbohydrate necessary to fuel endurance sports to helping weight category athletes make weight prior to competitions. In a sport such as rugby, players need adequate carbohydrate to fuel the demands of training, and depending on both individual and positional requirements may need to either gain lean mass or reduce body fat. Published guidelines form the basis of my recommendations, which are modified to reflect the players? lifestyle and training patterns. It?s a case of getting to know the individual, and then devising dietary strategies to suit their individual food preferences, level of cooking skills, budget and personal lifestyle. Issues such as eating out, take-away and fast food choices are all discussed, to enable the athlete to manage their diet more effectively. Supplements are also discussed and impartial advice is given regarding the appropriateness of products and any risks associated with their use. Traditionally much of the science of nutrition has focused on endurance athletes, however sports nutrition support has now been successfully integrated into a wide range of sporting disciplines including the precision sports such as shooting, bowls and archery, as well as team sports, track and field, gymnastics, rowing, sailing and weight category sports. I believe that sports nutrition has a valuable role to play in all of the above and many more for different reasons. Every performer is looking to improve their performance by whatever margin, and that could be achieved through improving their hydration status, having better glycogen reserves, or changing their body composition. Nutrition has an important part to play in keeping athletes healthy and preventing fatigue and illness associated with poor recovery and under-fuelling. Its essential for athletes to have access to practical advice from sports dieticians to help them make the all important changes to what they eat and drink for better performance. Sports physiotherapy is concerned with the early and accurate diagnosis and treatment of musculo-skeletal injuries. The treatment goal is to rehabilitate the injury as quickly as possible and ensure an early return to functional activity or sport. Sports physiotherapy also has a role in the prevention of injury. Physiotherapists who work in sports physiotherapy prescribe specific exercise programs tailored to the needs of individuals with levels of sports participation ranging from that of the lay person or recreational sports person to the elite athlete. Sports Physiotherapists also provide acute care for sporting injuries as well as full rehabilitation back to competitive sport. They also advise athletes of appropriate warm-ups, stretching and recovery for their individual sport. Sports Physiotherapists screen athletes with the purpose of identifying factors that may predispose the athlete in injury, including any previous injuries which have not been fully rehabilitated. Factors that may also inhibit optimal athletic performance can be identified and corrected, allowing the athlete to achieve their maximum potential in hopefully an injury-free manner. Joints, muscles and neural structures are assessed to identify an predisposition to injury. This takes up to an hour. The assessment is then analysed an any necessary forms of treatment or further investigation will be implemented. Ongoing assessments are generally carried out throughout the year to monitor any changes.

DOH - I suppose the irony was lost on ones with lesser intelligence - Yogi Bear is renowned fer his fitness, his diet and his general lifestyle. Brewster needs a psychologist and then perhaps he would be more adept at management. Shurely the common denominator to Brew and Malky is clear ?

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Completely agree, Alex, changing things around a bit is a good idea AND - in the spirit of staying on topic for CaleyD!! - might do wonders for team morale and ours if it works out. It's certainly something I'd like to see Brew try out. Brewsters job should be on the line - if he plays them then he survives !!

For playing his best game fer the club at Aberdire and fer sticking up fer Ian Black. :clapping03: :clapping03: :clapping03:

May I conjecture as to who the player was who reported Blackie to the manager for talking out of turn ? :023: I also have to say that we would be playing Munro and Duncan in the Under 19's if discipline was such an issue. :018: As I have said MANY times before - If you dont give a proper explanation it is open to interpretation and rumour. IF Blackie did what he did why not feckin say it. And Black was sorely missed at Gretna and the club suffered as a result - they have not sorted out their problems - that will only be sorted when one goes - guess who?

We went through the stories of Brews arrogance before - He has lost the feckin dressing room fer fecks sake - ad to be honest - given his tactics at Killie and at Gretna - I think that a few armchair managers could have done a better job.

Head **** is his unofficial title. :023: But seriously Brew and Juanjo is just another fan appeasing tactic - Juanjo was one of my faves - Brew and Juanjo were at each others throats long before the injury. Juanjo was as outspoken and arrogant as Blackie.

Feckin Yogi Bear and Brewtser have more in common - Boo BOO.

Yes - I got my cut price ?19.00 a room offer at the Livi Travel Lodge and I decided to keep it. Gets there at 12.30 and get straight into the room - 3rd floor and the lift was working - in fact everything was working - I looked out the window and could see one of the goals at Almondvale - 400 yards away with the pub rite across the feckin road - so I drops off Mrs Ihe at the Designer shops and makes ma feckin way to Muvversmell. :019: :019: :019: And there followed one of the most surreal football matches I have ever been at - and possibly the most dire (could even says it beat Hearts 0-3 but then again I was pished then !!). Into the empty Supporters Club - I have never seen it so dead - and mostly inhabited by ICT fans - and the bestards hiked the price of a drink :32: No programme but a sheet of photocopied A4 paper with both the teams on it. :017: ?26 feckin kid for a parent and child - and the turnstile operator was counting people in with a pen and paper. :rotflmao: TBH it looked a shade more than 431 - at first when they said 4-3-1 I thought Brewster had changed the system again !! Must have been 200 odd from Sneck - and a few us had a go at a few sing songs and the stewards never bovvered us all day. Even Dorseboy was there - think he had a tag restricting him travelling past the Slochd. And to the game - unfortunately again - but to be honest apart from playing Imrie up front and sticking to Maguire I thought fair enuff - at least we will be passing the ball and attacking - was I feckin wrong. :018: So we go 4-4-2 - another change of system - and stick with it. :029: And we have tons of time to set up play from the back and have Bazza and Cowie in midfield. So what does Brew play. Mikey Fraser to hoof the ball as far up the pitch he can - every feckin time - to the heads of Imrie and Wyness !! that was absolutely ridiculous and I can tell you that Proctor, Rosscoe and Hastings were "open" to throw outs nearly every time. What was the point of playing Bazza and Cowie ? :029: To be fair we should have been in cruise control and 3-0 up within 10 minutes and 5 or 6 up at half time - but mainly due to woeful finishing by Denzil, Patti and Maguire we didnt. To be fair to Patti I think Denzil should have and did shoot fer goal and it wasnt a cutback but a sliced shot. Gretna probably had the majority of the possession, made the most passes and looked the less nervous outfit - but apart from the goal and a smashing effort that crashed off our crossbar they rarely settled. At 70 minutes you began to get this feeling off 0-0 but then we hit them twice in a minute. The first goal was comical as McBain completely ersed up a pass which hit the Gretna player, ricocheted to Imrie who fed McBain who actually tucked it away sweetly again in the bottom corner. Cowie's persistence got the second. Suddenly we started pasing the ball but the nerves came again when Barr brought one back. Brew puts on the subs - too late as ever - and it sums up the performance that we are on the rack and desperately hold the ball at their corner flag waiting fer time. :029: The first half hand ball was clearly out of the area and where I was sitting it was difficult to judge the Imrie incident - will have to wait fer setanta. This game cried out fer Ian Black but instead we got the very entertaining John Paul Kissock - remember the name. :022: In August - at Fir Park - I first commented on a lack of togetherness - that ws clearly there again yesterday - I have to say that I have rarely seeen Brew and Malky so animated on a touch line - but I call that dressing things up. Brew HAS lost the dressing room - no doubt about it. FRASER :001: :001: Rarely troubled but shades of the past - His handling of crosses was shocking - he looked very nervous - should have stopped the goal as well. TOKELY :001: :001: I have rarely seen Rosscoe so lacklustre - despite being the captain he looked miserable - pissed off - and rarely ventured forward - silly, silly booking as well. PROCTOR :001: :001: I have never rated him as a central defender and was looking forward to see how he played - may have to wait but he still doesnt look the part but why wasnt he allowed to play the ball out of defenec - the hoofing looked tactical. MAGUIRE :001: He may only be getting a game now cos he is a buddy of Brewster. Looked nervy and ragged and miskicked several times. Two decent headers in the first half but one should have resulted in a goal. HASTINGS :001: :001: Defensively OK but dire again going forward - I would love to see him at centre back. BAZZA :001: :001: What the feck is Brew's thinking - He practically shuns Bazza and shows him the door and then he gives him 90 feckin minutes - he sticks him wide on the right but rarely gets the ball. :029: And Bazza has put on at least 1/2 stone and that must be obvious - another Brew attempt at appeasing the masses - well it feckin misfired. COWIE :001: :001: What the feck has happened to Don Cowie ?? He looked lacklustre apart from a 10 minute spell in the second half. Tactically this was the game to play him wide on the rite with Black in the middle. Bazza had Skelton on his own but didnt have the pace to trouble him - Cowie would have. MCBAIN :001: :001: :001: :001: Ran his feckin guts off and got into some good positions - took the goal well too. Won most of the balls back when Fraser hoofed it and the Grtnea defence beat Imrie and Wyness in the air. PATTI :001: :001: Sorry but he just doesnt have the pace to be a wide midfielder - attacker maybe. Excellent attempt hit the post after he cut inside and curled a shot - and I think Wyness went fer goal although Patti was stuck at the back post. Rarely got into positions to hurt the opposition. IMRIE :001: :001: :001: Played totally out of position and again would have been far better playing wide left - but 110% effort and really got stuck in. Had a part to play in both goals and was evidently playing fer his future. WYNESS :001: Oh Denzil - did you miss a chance to deliver a two fingered salute - could have easily had a nap hand and the Denzil of old would have. Bye Dennis and thanks fer the memories. :clapping03: :clapping03: RORY :001: :001: :001: Actually did well when he came on - and in the absence of Niculae and any height up front he should have been started. HART :001: Why ? :024: Although there was one segment of grass that looked lush and inviting - and Richie spent most of the match on it - there must be a feckin joke in there somewhere. :023: So three points but a miserable game - but it could have been a feckin rugby score. And if I was a coach I would be doing two things - Firstly I would be on the phone to Davy Moyes to pick up Kissock on loan fer next season - the boy oozes class and would be the answer to our long term creative left footed player - and the portly young Shirley Temple lookalike has evidently been scrounging too many Scouse bins but fitness training t ICT would improve him even further. And then I would be signing up Greg Fleming - another star in the making. So it was back to Livi and a very enjoyable, restful evening with three of the things Mrs Ihe loves the most - shopping, snow and me. :014: BREWSTER MUST GO. :020:

Unbelievable - some people will just go too far to impress their manager:

Big Stu is this feckin big

Insults :017: The cnuts in somebodys house using their PC - or do Dungwall caravans have connections these days?

Savage and Smith left so early ?

This is no tea lady - hope this goes off. :021:

How the feck did you manage to get a place on the Board ?

Feck Off Elmer and get back to yer caravan - a mature. :029:

Just hope that you are not as tough as they say. :023: I am C&R Home Office trained you know. Lg and Maimie gave me this phottie so I could recognise you. :023:

This is not analysis - it is unfortunately spot on reality. :009: