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Add Blackie into that as well methinks.... Not sure about Niculae & Cowie but Niculae gets on very well with Black Hart Hart certainly is the forgotten man at ICT. You have to worry about his future when McBain is played wide right and he's not even in the squad!

Bit disconcerting to hear Brewster speaking to Chick Young before the game and telling him we have no interest in any new players at the moment

He will probably get slaughtered for the miss but if you take that out of the equation he had a good game today

That was the footballing equivalent of a kick in the nuts! It's so bloody frustrating to lose yet another game in the last minute especially when at the very worst you deserved a draw :029: The game was no classic but in no way, shape or form were Rangers the better team on the day and that makes it even more annoying. Perhaps those who saw the 'goals' on TV can enlighten me as to whether they on or offside? I thought the Adams disallowed one was OK and the given one looked questionable. Why McBain started on the right escapes me, why he stayed on the park escapes me as well. We were impotent down both flanks in the first 45 minutes but at least the flying Finn started to show a bit more in the second half especially as he can't be anywhere near match fit yet! Bringing Barry on was the right thing to do but the invisible man should have been off. I thought Niculae put in a very hard shift up front but at times he was left so isolated it was unreal. Cowie hustled and bustled but never really seemed to be in right place at the right time. Another suggestion to the management team would be not to let Duncan take set pieces again. His delivery today was woefull but he did get in amongst the Rangers players. Not sure about Tokely for MOTM? For me Fraser made a couple of cracking saves that kept us in the match. I'm sure Rosscoe will get a hard enough time for that miss :007: Black was absolutely knackered by the 80th minute and should have been subbed. In fact where were Brewster's pointless last minute subs today? The one time we needed the game to be broken up when Rangers were gaining momentum and nothing happened. Anyway I'm probably been overly critical as I'm so bloody fed up right now. Bad luck lads :clapping03:

Wrote off the vehicle and never played for us again! :014:

Nothing about homesick, pregnant girlfriends...? Nope. I'm sure he used the phrase 'rewarded' instead of compensated as well. I think? Wine has been consumed :023:

In the last few weeks we have gone from having a squad that Brewster is happy with , to bringing in 2 or3 players with the Rankin money, especially a pacy forward, to having strength in depth when you consider some of our younger players and then full circle to having a squad he's happy with but will strengthen if the right person becomes available :029:

So did no one else here Brewster speaking on North Tonight this evening? Rankin only made up his mind to leave after being left out of the team for so long :029:

There were a few questionable decisions last night but the think I did notice was the Chelsea-esque hounding of the ref by some Rangers players. Every decision that went against them there were 3 or 4 of them in the ref's face bitching and moaning. No prizes for guessing who the main culprit was :015: Also Naismith seems to have developed an inner ear problem that effects his balance he put Burke to shame last night :023:

I wonder if enough tickets have been sold to activate the 'singing section'? I assume those seats only get used as an overspill??

Let's hope the money is invested wisely. Still it's annoying that Aberdeen got more for a lesser player (Clark) who had only a few months left on his contract :008:

Joining Aberdeen :015: Phew!

Just as long as none of them are Byrne or Duff :020:

This article was on Setanta Sport on November 17th...... Inverness midfielder John Rankin is facing the prospect of having to leave the club when the transfer window re-opens in January in order to revive his ailing career. Rankin?s chances have been limited with The SPL club ever since Craig Brewster returned to manage the Highlanders for a second time back in August. The 24-year-old former Ross County player has appeared just six times this season for the club, all of them from the substitutes? bench. Rankin has held talks with Brewster over his future and it seems the inevitable will happen in January. Rankin said: ?I spoke to the manager four weeks ago as it has been a frustrating spell for me. ?I have hardly played at all since he came to the club and he told me a couple of clubs had been in touch asking if I was able to go on loan, and he asked me if I was interested. ?He feels I need some games and he wants to see me playing so he can have a good look at me,? said Rankin. ?What I wanted to know was what would happen if I did go on loan at another club. ?Would I be in the same position when I came back to Caley Thistle or would the situation change? ?The situation was left as it was and I suppose we will know more when the window opens. I haven't been told I can go or anything like that, but a loan move is looking more likely the longer I go without playing."

I have never seen anything offical from the club, Bennet or Brew saying we have accepted any bid though :024: Of course I may have missed it admist all the conflicting stories in the paper. Top tip. Never, ever, go on E-Bay drunk!! :015:

The 'reserve price' in this case though is our valuation of the player which has not been met

That's only one version of the story though. Of course it might be the correct one but equally he may have sold his house because he was told he could move in January! I suppose that would depend on his character. To me it would make more sense for him to knuckle down and try his hardest till the Summer when more bids would likely come in. Compared to going in a sulk and not trying which might make potential suitors wary of his attitude That is the perfect analogy. Then there is always the possibility of the random bid that pays way over the odds :022:

Says in P&J today that Brew has ruled out a move for Linwood

I'm not sure P&B is the most reliable source of information :023: Perhaps the situation could have been handled better, I'm wondering if we have been surprised by the interest generated in the player? I would hope that we aren't guilty of shifting the goalposts though.

This situation is starting to drag on a bit but then again any transfers involving us always seem to. However, the club have always said they have a valuation of the player and will not let him go for any less than that. If that figure has not been met by any club then they surely haven't done anything wrong. The "what we paid for him" price was used when St Mirren & Falkirk were offering considerably less to us last week.

They were saying on the radio this morning that bads have hit 6 figures with Hibs still in pole position

That would seem the logical choice. McBain certainly isn't up to it and Barry struggles to last 90 minutes these days. Vigurs isn't going to be risked either Anyone know if Ryan Stevenson from Ayr is left footed? You'd better edit that mate. IHE might hurt himself laughing! :015:

I heard we had accepted a bid from Hibs. Maybe it's a swap for Shiels :tic01: Would be a good move for him. Certainly better than St Mirren

I'm pretty sure we were VERY interested in him this time and the player was 'unsettled' by lack of first team opportunities. Too late now of course :014: If the papers are to be believed today it seems to be a 4 way race to sign Rankin with St Mirren, Aberdeen, Hibs & Falkirk. Parkie was saying the player is someone Hibs would be very interested in signing. I suppose that might bump his value up if we can generate a bidding war but we shall miss the player as and when he goes

You only realised that today!! :015: I could have told you that years ago :004: