Kirishima

It was good, I'd watch the next one. As IHE said, the pre-match could be scripted more. personally, I'd like to see a regular away club pie feature or rating thingy, a steward rating, etc. I'd already watched the SPL YouTube highlights but I enjoyed listening to the announcer so that was a good idea. Was quite slick and I'm looking forward to see the next one.

Dragan, your anger is not misplaced. Nobody would convince you of otherwise. But who is at fault, the supporters? I don't believe so. They were led by a maniac, had no say, and yes, blindly followed their team. Should they have protested and forced the issue? Yes, I think so. But they are in the infancy, caught up by the new fad of wreckless owners. Fans will become savvy and less naive, but only because of what has happened to Rangers, Hearts, etc. we should be raging against Doncaster and Topping and Regan, they are supposed to enforce the by-laws. They are the enemy, not a madman, for his very definition excludes that, and not the people who trusted someone in good faith. Hindsight is. 20/20.

Clubs seem to pay more to bigger teams, even when it's like for like. I suppose that's similar to paying more for image than substance as many people do in shops and restaurants every day. But I think it would take an offer of 700,000 to get any of the board talking. Minimum entry offer.

I hate the cheating too Dragan, but a lot of my ire is directed towards the SFA and the late SPL. In stark contrast to, say, glasgow amateur football meetings, where any infraction is swiftly dealt with and penalties harsh and unsympathetic, the SFA/SPL have allowed this to happen. They have been so obsessed with competing with the English Premier model that they allowed egomaniacs access to clubs (Di Stefano, Romanov, Murray, Whyte, Flynn, Massone, et al) and have done hee-haw then or since to protect supporters from these madmen. Yes, hearts were cheats but ICT perhaps takes the line of being the bigger man, inspirederhaps by Terry?

I would love to know how your 'current location' is pronounced! I'm assuming It's a real place and you weren't simply annoyed at being asked where you currently reside?! :)Fukuoka: Foo-koo-oh-ka. As an aside, the town/train station is Takeshita. (Ta-kesh-ta)

1 Where were you born? Raigmore 2.Where did you spend your childhood? South Laggan 3 When did you start following football in Inverness? Caledonian in 1990 4 What is you current location? Fukuoka, Japan

This year I don't think there were any panic buys or second-choices, Terry has got who he wanted, when he wanted. I'm looking forward to seeing the Viking actually, I have a feeling he was rated very highly by Poyet and I think we will see a lot of him.

Well, I think my experience tonight summed it up. 15,000 people paying at least 30 quid, witnessed a team of con men . Sagan Tosu v Sydney FC and Sydney (Del Piero, Brett Emerton, and others) decided it would be suffice to kill the game from the get go with back passes and endless passes across their back line. Exasperating doesn't cover it. This was no scrappy game, this was no hit and hope, this was thievery and an insult. And Del Piero. Wow. he did *nothing* at all. had he been a trialist, Fort William wouldn't have touched him. very angry at being taken for a ride.

I am paying £30 to watch Sagan Tosu v Sydney FC here in Japan on Wednesday. Cheapest seats in the main stand. Alessandro Del Piero will be there, albeit not at his peak. But some people paid a lot more to watch Elton John at ICT and he's rubbish at football.

Was perusing for stationery souvenirs for when I am back home, and had a look at the club shop. A pencil case and a calculator/ruler thingy. No pencils, pens, erasers, stickers etc. fair enough. So I thought, have a look at other clubs. Nothing. Then I had a look at the EPL - nothing! Not online anyway. I can have some very swanky looking NBA pencils, NFL too. and don't get me started on those spangly MLS ones. They are all of a kind, which means the governing body must have merchandising rights. I assume that is not the case in blights, where it must be up to each member club. But could clubs make more money by following the American trend of selling merchandising rights across the board? I mean, the whole hog, from shirts to pencils. I know pencils wont exactly be the answer to Hearts' prayers, but from small acorns...

Well, if I think about it, poor kids in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc. often can be seen playing cricket rather than footie. Why is this? cricket has no violence and I haven't heard much about sectarianism or discrimination in cricket. I don't think they are earning 120,000 quid a week either. And not many clubs are tax dodging or setting up again after sacking staff and leaving creditors out of penny Don't get me wrong, I have never even watched 2 mins of it on TV, but each to their own, and they way football is going, we are all living in the preverbial crystal palace.

It is by far the greatest game about.

Aberdeen: 1,000,000 Paul Bernard/1995 Dun. Utd: 750,000/ Steven Pressley/1995 Hearts: 850,000/ Mirsad Bešlija/2006 Hibs: 700,000/ Ulises de la Cruz/2001 Inverness: 65,000/ John Rankin/ 2006 Motherwell: 500,000/ John Spencer/1999 Partick: 85,000/ Andy Murdoch/ 1991 Ross County: 50,000/ Derek Holmes/1999 St Mirren: 400,000/ Thomas Stickroth/ 1990 St Johnstone. 400,000/ Billy Dodds/ 1994 To the best of my/wikipedias knowledge. 1995 was the crazy peak seemingly. I remember Bernard's move, that was before Jess was sold! Will clubs outside the OF ever pay a substantial amount again?

A 10k bonus is a fair whack, 100k is just disgusting. Greed, it pervades every walk of life. Longmuir can kiss goodbye to his job now. ...But was the "bonus" a sly pay-off?? he must have known some things

Flash Bob: "I played 10 mins for Macclesfield" Other Yuppie: "Who?" Flash Bob: Never mind.

I doubt Harper would be keen, I'm sure he'll have a lot more lucrative and local offers. But Marsella appears to be on the road a lot, and so there could be a part-time position, but with the finances as they are, it seems unlikely. Don't have enough keepers to coach! esson could coach himself! it is a slight worry, If Esson gets injured. * I like stating the obvious*

There aren't many players who deserve much stick that have played for ICT. Niculae, Blackman may have some history, Hayes, Reguero, OTJ, Tade all left to rival clubs. Hogg left after injury. Barrowman used to get quite a bit. McGuire too. Is any of it warranted? Certainly, in Roberts case, no. Is there a "boo" ometer we can refer to?

You could be right. Was it the straw that broke the camel's back or something more to it? I'm wondering if it had been ICT would there have been such weight put on it?

Does that also not bring with it a signing ban? I'm not sure.

I wonder how important Inverness Caley Thistle is to the wider economy? How much has the city of Inverness and surrounding areas benefited from the team's existence? Certainly, since the Sun's headline to the long SPL stay, it has done well for the name Inverness. Think of the impetus to have 'Inverness' in the title. HIE and VisitInverness etc. wouldn't admit it, but I bet ICT does more for the national awareness of the city than all their work put together. Such a value, unfortunately, has no financial rewards for the club. However, I think if the club is debt free, and sustainable, then all to the good. My only worry is that the debacle of other clubs may harm SPL income in the future, and ICT's as a result, and that is the only real worry I have.

At the very, very least, administration, -15pts next season and one heck of a battle to stay up. That's the rosy picture.

They need 2000 people to buy season tickets just to keep convulsing until the SPL prize money comes. I have no sympathy. Not for the club, and not for the fans. I'm sorry, Morton, Airdrie, Motherwell, Dundee, Gretna, Rangers, Dunfermline...it's not as if its a first. Added to that, a potato could have seen this coming years ago. They, the fans, had two options. To go along with it, as they did wholeheartedly or make enquiries and push for transparency and assurances. To my knowledge, "hee-haw" springs to mind. It has to stop. And the only way it stops is by fan power...look at Dundee! I'm sure that ICT fans would not stand for someone coming in and running up debt on the club. It's one thing to let a rich man spend his own money, it's another thing to let a rich man take out loan after loan after loan in the club's name for no discernible gain or purpose. They are culpable too. I wouldn't put a half-penny into a collection box for them. Basically, as Edmund Burke said, "The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing"

Capofamiglia: Butcher Capo Bastone: Malpas Consigliere: Marsella Caporegime: Foran A mafia hitman is usually a capo regime (captain, skipper in English) so the real question is "Was Marsella ever captain of a club?"

Yep, but I doubt they'll be cashing in on Wilson or anyone else. That would be kind of like paying for the Metro newspaper. Hearts will get a buyer, but the question is, what kind? I'd imagine Hearts will be bought, put into administration, and will be relegated end of this season, if not a Hearts 2013 scenario...

Daily Record: "Hearts then went on to confirm the signing of Danny Wilson from Liverpool...The club then ended their statement with a further desperate appeal for cash and season ticket money from their fans...“our financial deficit can, in part, be attributed to our worst league finish in over 30 years last season. “This had a significant direct impact on the business. Other factors that hit revenues include the absence of Rangers Football Club from the SPL and significantly increased stadium costs particularly in relation to the Main Stand.” What a load of rubbish. You spent all your money, and then some, on wages. End of.