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Lots of empathy from here Scotty but you've done the right thing, got tested and sounds like you've caught it early enough to make all the difference. I wish you all the very best going forward. For those that haven't been through it the testing sounds daunting and degrading, well man up and go for it, one of the best things you'll ever do for yourself! For me the worst bit was actually the biopsy under general anaesthetic as I reacted badly and was off work for 10 weeks after it instead of the 1 day expected. I'd still go through that again though as the end result is well worth it and I can reassure everyone that my experience was nothing to do with the process or treatment just my body's reaction to an anaesthetic that wasn't expected.

0-0 would look pretty nice at the moment...

Good news that Oakley is fit enough for a bench seat - maybe see him on for young Daniel later in the 2nd half...

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You've found the magic formula Gringo - keep picking ICT to draw!!! ?

Dunfermline v Dundee Utd draw @ 3.40 ta...

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Ah, the good old days of Wyness and Ritchie in their pomp - they were a formidable pairing but the likes of a potent striking duo like that don't come around too often unfortunately.

Hi SP, no direct connection with Sneck - was brought up in Aberdeen but had family in Keith and Glenbarry. Caley was my 'wee' team after seeing them playing at Keith when I was a nipper. That got cemented later in the 1980s when I was stationed at Kinloss (I've moved about a bit!) and then came 1994, the advent of the Internutters and the rest is history ?

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Spot on - that's how I first went to Prenton Park, as a neutral and the experience grew on me...

Back in the 60s I spent most of my teenage years living in Chester - a great area for a footie fan. Tranmere Rovers played all their home games on a Friday night as they couldn't compete with Liverpool and Everton on a Saturday afternoon - and it worked for them. I started going along when I was 13 and it got me hooked, the lack of visiting fans in greater numbers was not thought of as an issue and there was something magical about playing under the floodlights. It freed up Saturday for me giving the choice of whatever game took my fancy at Liverpool, Everton, Chester or Wrexham - you gotta love turning up wherever you like and paying cash at the turnstile! I still follow Tranmere today so that Friday night policy won them a supporter for life. Ok it's a very different scenario these days with so many competing activities and the TV, life was a helluva lot simpler 50 years ago. A benefit of this may be getting supporters of the ugly sisters that head south on a Saturday coming along to TCS on a Friday night. For me now, it's hard enough getting up north for a Saturday game, Friday nights just wouldn't be possible. But on the whole, if it adds numbers to the local support I'd back a proposal for it. Offsetting an expected drop in the numbers of visiting fans with a hopeful rise in local support has got to be a good long term strategy to foster young supporter loyalty and increase the crowd numbers as the years go on. I don't think there's any one strategy going to provide the answer, anything tried has to be done in conjunction with lowering the price of admission as I think that's the biggest single cause of dwindling support. It's not an idea to dismiss out of hand.

He has now turned down the opportunity to sign for Maltese champions Valetta and the Mariners aren't going to offer him a contract - this may be the reason... "The Mariners are said to be waiting for governing body Football Federation Australia to decide whether it will contribute to a potential $3m Aus (£1.63m) offer to the 100m and 200m world record holder." (BBC Sport) Can you imagine the upset in a Brit lower league dressing room (ours included) if a celebrity non-footballer was fast-tracked into your team on that kind of money and you were benched to make room for him? I can't see it happening anywhere anytime soon - the guy is dreaming!

Ayr United @ 4.00 pretty please ?

I'd been wondering what the old General would get up to in his retiring years so I fought against the old Aberdonian bum squeak and forked out £1.99 of my hard earned to find out. Keep going old chap and remember 'Never give up, never ever give up!' ?

Aye but balanced by no clean sheet this week

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If they don't want to move one game to Murrayfield they could always play one of them on Monday evening, but that would mean having to postpone two of the Wednesday evening league fixtures. In that scenario the Tarts-Tic game would be the best option to save the late evening trip back up the road for the Aberdeen fans - of course that thought won't enter into the SPFL thinking! Moving one game to Murrayfield seems such a simple solution...

...and Mrs G wins the bragging rights at Gringo Towers - again!

Well that was a relief at least!

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