stevico1

Bit of fun...yes I will be supporting any team that plays England but not because I don't like English people, I do,its a bit of banter and really anyone thats offended by it needs to find a sense of humour.

Happy Birthday LG :026:

The situation I am referring to is where a new party, from those who are, allegedly, being excluded at present, secure a significant enough shareholding to assume control of the club thus becoming the party in control of negotiations with the property owner. No conflict there as I see. At no point have I sought to establish whether there are parties willing to invest i.e. purchase shares as a minority holder, but am keen to establish what obstacles there may/may stopping our plethora of benefactors that are so keen to oust the present regime coming forward. As far as I see it, there are none other than a recognition that our present majority shareholder is not sitting on a pot of gold and a further recognition that all any future purchaser would be acquiring is grief and liability. The pot of gold could well be the stadium and land...without that yes there is probably only grief and liability why would anyone invest in a club that effectively has no assets. The biggest mystery to me is if there is nothing sinister regarding the stadium ownership why doesn't DFS come out clarify it, or if not him one of his many PR people.

I am with you on that one Yngwie.

As the BBC's forecast is obviously rubbish is there a reliable online alternative?

Good post...I also wonder how many local businesses don't get involved in supporting the club due to the way it is currently being run and the way certain major shareholders use bullyboy tactics not only in the club but in Inverness as a whole.

Was there not a bit of boycott of Mars in Scotland last time England were in a major tournament as they sponsored them then as well ?

Alex, not sure about the figure of 10 million but you are right with the principal, even if the figure was 5 million nobody is going invest that, like it or not the club are stuck with Sutherland at the moment.

Does he have permission or is he throwing a sicky?! If I were Dinamo's manager I would rather have him in training than let him disappear for a couple days simply to increase his personal wealth. No he wont be throwing a sicky, wouldn't really be advisable considering some of the Romanian media will be coming across to cover the hearing. As you are not Dinamo's manager I suppose it doesn't really matter what you would rather. :024:

Ok Birddog sorry about that

Yes Marius will be attending the hearing

Don you are right...the one for 100k of the signing fee was not dependant on who did or didn't ask for a transfer and will be heard in court in the beginning of March. This is just a case of the club saying Marius was not due the cash, a case for unlawful deduction of wages will also be heard here.

Sounds very much like he was told he had to move on so he instigated the board of directors at ICT to contact Bucharest in order to facilitate the move knowing that ICT would have to do so in order to remove him from the wage bill after it had been widely publicised that the club could no longer afford him. ICT could easily have sold him on to another club should he have agreed but he refused to accept any other option than his chosen one and in my mind instigating the transaction which was to follow. In one post above this you were telling Don not to believe what he reads in the papers, yet in the very next one you are disputing a FIFA desision by what you have read in the papers....consistent stuff birdog

Longman , I agree that would have been the sensible thing

I think this is probably a good time to point out that Marius did not use lawyers for the FIFA ruling...he felt that as he had all the paperwork in order and things were so clear cut he did not need them so represented himself, he is using lawyers for the appeal and for the case in Inverness in March. I should also point out that the club used lawyers for the Fifa ruling so who is bullying who????

I'm pretty sure at the time, I remember reading along the lines of "the club gave him permission to go to Bucharest..." I don't want to go to much into the debate again, but just to say Jay that you were not the only ones noticed this as Marius lawyers have also noticed. I am a little bit lost as to why if Marius was in such a breach of club rules as they state why was he not disciplined and why were the club prepared to supply his release papers.

I could be wrong but I seem to remember Brewster going on a good run when he took over from Charlie this often happens when new managers take over....what does worry me is that Butcher took us to a position where we should have been safe then we blew it. Like I said on my previous post I think its difficult to judge him but do I think he has done a great job...probably not

Watching Dinamo's first game back after winter break, 2-1 up at moment with Marius getting the second goal.

I think his managerial record is hard to judge given the fact he took over at the club at a time when the whole club appears to be going backwards as opposed to previous years when the club was on the up. Could anyone else have done any better given the current situation, I am not so sure. Also his dealing in the transfer market have been mixed, I still thinking letting Hastings and Vigurs were mistakes along with a few of his signings but then again that could be down to the position the club is in., however he has had some success as well with the likes of Hayes and Foran.

I think it was more like ?50,000 in total, not per day. All been spent on Barrowman's wages. Yes it was a total payment, just under 50k Euro's, I would imagine its gone on lawyer fees

Not sure if I heard right but were they saying that the St Johnstone game off partly due to human error.

Don't think you will get a reply stevico1 cause he doesn't have a clue! First off I dont think there's any need for sarcasm. Second, If you don't know me then don't assume I dont have knowledge. Lets look first at wages. Average U-19 wage ?150 a week (guess) = ?7800 a year x average squad of 18 = ?140k + costs of staging home games + costs of travel + insurance + kit + coaching staff. So we could be talking in excess of ?250k a year to run one team. Players could, of course, be part time in which case they'd need to be holding down other jobs so wouldn't be in a position to train alongside first team squads. Thanks Alex

I am sure there are many that don't realise the cost of running that operation...myself included what are the costs Alex ?

I still wouldn't rule out County..but then again I ruled us out right up until today now I am thinking we just might have a chance :017:

I am not sure if Hayes has improved or was just always good just lacking match practice...for me the most improved is Rooney improving his overall game while banging in a goals at the same time.