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Caley Stan there are still a huge amount of people that believe that Marius was on 4k a week, complete rubbish and I will never understand why the club never quashed this early doors

George Fraser was on Stv tonight saying they had been trying to get in contact with Marius, Mr Fraser I find this somewhat surprising as I am sure that most people know that if you wanted to speak to Marius all you needed to do was contact me and I would happily have given you Marius contact details. Fact or the matter is you have never tried to contact Marius since this started, in fact if you had it things would probably not been as bad as they are now.

Spoke to Marius about 10 minutes ago and he has given a full interview to a UK journalist with his side of the story, however I cant tell you which one or even which media as he wasn't sure ;) Anyway you will get his version of events

Sorry I thought he was DOF and negotiated the contracts with players must be my mistake

Also at the same time Bennett was quoted in the paper as saying "It is a straight deal although Marius is entitled to a percentage of the fee agreed" what happened to that

Incorrect the type contract he signed here was the same as he signed at whatever club he has been at in every country. Ok not us but how many overseas players have been signed and sold in Scotland without a problem.

Bottom line is FIFA spent a great deal of time studying the evidence from both parties and each party had ample time to provide their evidence. FIFA looked at this an decided that Niculae was due the money. At present this club is bumbling from one bad managerial decision to the next and they are getting more costly each time.

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Yngwie, I will pass on your request.

If you had a contract that said you were owed a sum of money from your employer and it was not paid would you go after it or just leave it as you would consider it petty?

Marius called me to inform me of the decision this morning but he knows as much as the club as in that the ruling was in his favour which to be honest he fully expected As somebody else stated there is also another claim ongoing for the 100,000 Euros for the part of the signing on fee that is still owed.

Good away win and very welcome 3 points

Yes !!!!!

Have things not turned recently where we give them our best young players and they give us ones that cant get a game for them

At the moment it's a whisper between a few fans on an internet forum... if any article/apology is printed it will become a national issue. While I am not bothered about Butchers outburst there are some that are offended by it, what should we do brush it under the carpet so it doesn't become a national issue. The club are in more danger of letting this happen the longer it drags on. If some have written letters of complaint to the club they will have to deal with it and perhaps a quick apology over the weekend would have put an end to the matter

I am surprised that with Butchers grasp of PR he hasn't come out by now with an apology for the language that he apparently used.

Brilliant, just a bit concerned they will be to thick over the bridge to get it.

How long before Mark Brown, Michael Fraser and Barry Robson are linked with moves back here Mark Brown and Barry Robson are by no stretch of the imagination "local". I am not sure even Tokley is a local lad, he is from Aberdeen is he not.

Don I am not so bothered about his outburst on Sat as I have been known to have my own from time to time so I don't disrespect him for his outburst but do hope he has the decency to apoligise. Also my opinion of how Butcher is not even slightly affected by the boards ill advised bounce back statements as I never thought we would anyway, my opinion is based on the fact that his signings in general have been dreadful, he is tactically inept and plays very unattractive football. I also think more people have been swayed by his PR than any statement made by the club.

My only prediction for the season is the we will once again carry on with a tactically inept manager as the club falls further into the mire, while those upstairs carry on patting themselves on the back telling each other what big important people they are. Then when its all to late the penny will drop that they have fecked up again.

Even if they wanted to they couldn't afford to sack him.

If Butcher had kept us up he would have taken the praise, his mucking about of tactics, dropping key players and playing player out of position did not help our cause so he has to take a part of the blame.

Pass the HP! Na I'm startiing to lose my faith in him as well I just think you're off the mark with your opinion of last season. I'm under no illusions about what happened last season Harry, Brewster dropped us in it but when Butcher came in there was a turnaround but be thought his own ego could win us matches. When the new manager bounce fizzled out we were left with what we now have. Nowt much. He talks the talk but can't walk the walk. Spot on as I said in a previous thread he got the new manager bounce once that left him he was found out, would any other manager have kept us up we will never know.

The board reappointed Brewster who had an appalling spell at Dundee United then replaced him (far to late) with a manager who probably had a worse record so they must shoulder part of the blame

We have been playing with a lone striker since Brewsters time and never had a striker that has been suitable for that role