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Having made a site inspection today, I am prepared to accept that the Friars' Bridge is actually two bridges and that there are therefore TEN over the Ness. Because that also allows me to proclaim Caley D's genius in the manner in which he has disproved one of the alleged sayings of the Brahan Seer! :021: This cut and paste is a claim on behalf of Mr. MacKenzie (that's Kenny from Brahan not Johndo from Craig Dunain). "When the ninth bridge crosses the Ness, there will be fire, flood and calamity," Bear in mind, that in and around 1675, Inverness was a small village of little importance nestled on the banks of the river Ness. People in that age would not comprehend WHY the river would require 9 bridges. This prediction by the Brahan Seer was made over 300 years ago. A ninth bridge was built in 1987. Only two years later: the Piper Alpha oil rig in the North Sea exploded, killing 167 oil workers (fire); the 127-year-old rail bridge across the Ness was washed away (flood); and the aircraft crashed in flames on Lockerbie, with a loss of 279 lives (calamity). Coincidence, perhaps? However, if we accept what Caley D has come up with, there were NEVER nine bridges over the Ness because with the opening of the Friars' Bridge(s) in 1986 the number went up instantaneously from 8 to 10. So the Brahan Seer is talking bollox and the alleged justification (Lockerbie, Piper Alpha etc) is just the usual mumbo jumbo of the type usually used to justify astrology and similar nonsense. So well done Caley D! Just beware of a woman called MacKenzie with a desire to chuck you headlong into a barrel of boiling tar! :D I did take a walk down the central reservation this afternoon and yes, there is a definite gap of around 1-2cm between the "bridges". They are also incredibly symmetrical with axes of symmetry both parallel and perpendicular to the flow of the river. Even the lamp posts conform and the only thing I could find to contradict this was the odd drain cover a metre or so out of place. Charles please tell me you were not lying under Friars Bridge today to verify this post, and if you were have you got any pictures :021: Edited to say that I have now read that you walked down central reservation rather than go underneath for a look, pity

I would say that the best player is the player we would miss the most if he wasn't here, and for me thats Tokley

classics Some great cars here, if I had the opportunity would far rather have an old classic as my fun car.

What's the fun in keeping it sensible, I remember when I was in Romania the family chipped in to get my old Mam a runaround, I sent my share across and was duly informed her and my sister had gone out and bought a lovely little Fiesta, I came home about a month later and found they had bought an XR2 fully boy racered up. Once I stopped laughing I told my poor Mam who was so mortified that she would never drive it again, we then traded it in for something more sensible but I have a sneaking feeling my Mam always preferred the XR2

Marius side of things Marius interview

Thanks,

Am I going to be sorry I mentioned DVD by the end of the night or what :024:

That is evident - learn yer lesson - never buy dodgy DVD's in Bucharest Market. :024: :D You missed the end of my quote I did say never again :lol:

Agreed I think the return of Imre is key, his along with Tokleys passion are crucial and can hopefully rub off on some of the new arrivals

Well done young man , I am sure his father will keep him grounded and let him know the best place for him to develop his career is ICT

Marius has given his version of the events for the first time to the Daily Record it will be in tomorrows issue

Thanks Stevico. None of my business really, I was just always curious why Romania when we had barely looked in England at the time. Think at the time Alan Savage was looking to broaden the horizions a bit and as he knew of my connections in Romania asked me to see what I could come up with, little would did I know it would lead to this.

I can only tell you my part of this, I through my contacts in Romania, Popescu etc, was asked to find a player in Romania for ICT. I returned with a DVD of Marius and gave it to the club. I then attended the meeting in the stadium between Marius and the DOF when the terms of his contract were agreed, I was in no position to instigate any transfer So are you an agent stevico ? Whats your footballing pedigree ? No not at all , never been involved in Football before Marius and will never be involved again thats for sure, just a friend of Marius

I only said 450k

But Roscoe what has happened to the 475k we recieved from Dinamo for him and the cash we got for him playing in the Euros 40k +

Although he was playing for Mainz 05 in the 1. Bundesliga at the time, so I guess you actually found him in Germany Not that where you found him matters, but he was therefore bound to be more expensive than someone playing domestically in Romania. And if he was going to be expensive, why therefore Romania specifically? Just curious. [Edited multiple time as neurons attempt to connect] No I found him in Romania his contract at Mainz had expired and he was back in Romania Why Romania, because thats the only place that I had contacts if they had asked me to find a player in Poland for example I would not have known where to start. I lived in Romania for the for best part of 10 years was doing Recruitment business for Alan Savage out there so thats why he asked me. Getting someone that played domestically wasn't an option it needed to be somebody with at least international experience to have any chance at getting a work permit.

I can only tell you my part of this, I through my contacts in Romania, Popescu etc, was asked to find a player in Romania for ICT. I returned with a DVD of Marius and gave it to the club. I then attended the meeting in the stadium between Marius and the DOF when the terms of his contract were agreed, I was in no position to instigate any transfer

I know where you are coming from Yngwie , however I was at a function with the owner of Dinamo a good few months after the transfer and he told me he could not believe they got Marius for 500k Euros and were prepared to go up to a million so I think that adding a sell on clause on top of what we received would not have been a huge issue, just my thoughts mind you

oh yes English, that tricky lanuage barrier there, yep the language of business. More than likely they(ICT) cant fecking read or write Marius read out the FIFA letter to him and English sounded fine to me :(

All is not lost though in BBC interview Chairman said it may be down to a misinterpretation of language by FIFA, of course one of the largest sports bodies in the world have dodgy English.

the link dont work? Not sure why working for me ok, but then again I am not very good at those linky things, if you type marius niculae times online in google it comes up first in the search Bit of a damming quote from our DoF in that article!! I don't suppose we have a sell-on clause if Marius is likely to move in January? No and the figures been banded about for his transfer are in excess of 2m Euros

:lol: Surely nobody would do that for a bounce match

the link dont work? Not sure why working for me ok, but then again I am not very good at those linky things, if you type marius niculae times online in google it comes up first in the search

Good article about it in the Times times

One thing that obviously needs made clear to you, when Marius joined ICT he didn't award the contact to himself the club gave it to him