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Zinedine Zidane play for RM aginst Mallorca. Absolute legend.

Such hatred from a middle aged man is not becoming!

If Esson and Pavels have not got some sort of problem, this is the strangest selection I have seen in a long time. If this goes wrong however, i'm sure the blame will lie elsewhere.... Here's hoping it works!

Eh why JB? Expect at least a three page essay answer!!!

Can you have a bombscare that goes off so regularly Harry?

I was actually thinking more of our league poition when JR left to go to Hearts. From my memory we were in pretty bad shape but I could be wrong! My frustration comes from the abuse CB is subjected to on CTO. Anything positive that happened during his reign was a legacy from JR or even Pele, anything negative was entirely his fault. Any positive signings he made were down to someone else's contacts, those that have turned out badly, he's entirely to blame! Pavels for example, is citied on this site as having nothing to do with Brew. This is total tosh. Morais only came here because Brew persuaded him as he said after his departure. Both can be said to have made significant impact to date. What do posters want to focus on.....Andy Barrowman? Even at Utd where he bombed, he signed Noel Hunt for ?50k (with Utd making in excess of ?600k in profit when sold), signed Lee Wilkie for buttons when no one else wanted him, Craig Conway another success and Kristian Kalvenes who is now in the Championship. He has significant limitations as a manager/coach in my opinion but has a decent average on spotting players as well as being a top, top class centre forward. You only need to speak to Hibs, Utd of Dumf fans to see what they think of him. But for some reason the view of many a narrow minded Highlander is at best tainted or worst twisted and warped. Posters are rating guys who scored goals in the Second and Third Divisions as better CFs than CB!!!!! Never disagreed with the call to replace him, needed to happen. Always have been and always will be totally and utterly repulsed by the witchhunt that lead to it and has continued on this site from many, orchestrated by people who have the audacity to call themselves professionals. Positively, think that TB can get more out of the many decent players CB signed as there is no doubt he is much more tactically aware. That said, if it goes wrong for TB at some stage, he will still get my respect for giving it his all, as CB, CC and JR did before him.

If you are unable to look back at our league positions when previous managers departed I am not prepared to do the work for you! Thank you Buckett for some sense. Every boss that has been with ICT has given of their best. They have all had and will continue to have my support wether I agree with the decisions they make as long as they give their all. The level of purile, infantile nonsense that some bampots continue to spout about quite possible the best player to have worn an ICT shirt is laughable! For that alone he deserves respect and I will continue to argue this point for as long as bampots continue to spout their rubbish unchallenged.

FFS give the guy a break! He conned no one. Made a judgement call that playing and managing in the SPL was too much. Probably the wrong call in my mind but a call not a con! Totally do not understand the sad mentality of some of the Brewsters haters on this site. The same guys who fawn over others who left us in a much worse state!!!!!

I note your comments but don't take them personally

Easy one at this stage of the season. It has to be Grant. Would have loved Duffers to have had a loan period in the 1st Division earlier this season. Nothing beats playing for real.

Fair play to CD for taking on the job. Best of luck to you, I'm sure you'll soon master the task. Also credit for saying how much more there is to the role than we all think. This could be true of a number of the roles many of us posters think we could so easily fill at TCS! All the best Don!

Despite lots of noise on this site, Wyness has never haunted anyone in the SPL. Dargs is a different problem all together and worries me.

Rumours are suggesting that the whole team enjoyed a beer or two after the game but the Hun brothers decided to wait until folk were coming down for breakfast before ending their session. Shear stupidity and contempt for punters from MacGregor but perhaps a request to be kicked out and have his international career ended (when did it start some may ask?)by Ferguson. Perhaps Paul Le Guen was right about the culture at Ibrox after all.

No doubt he would have taken it in his stride. Getting "some stick from the visiting fans" would make a pleasant change from getting hit from his own side's fans eh?

Reading this post just made me think back to what a superb finisher Iain was. One of the very few strikers who knew that they could beat the best keeper in the World just by chipping it high enough over his head! A genius, and it's a shame that a lot of posters on here maybe never got the chance to see him play. He would be a sensation at TCS now. We all tend to hark back to players of the past like Stewarty and somehow assume that they would be up to the task of playing in the top flight where we now find ourselves. The reality is of course different. If any of these guys could have made the top league they would have been given the chance by someone. Their performances for the club are legendary but we should always remember in which leagues they were achieved. Even Rory is scoring goals in the lowere leagues!

Good news for Heilandee as I understand Brew is out with a heavy cold. Hope u enjoy ur day!

Cheers Johnboy. Suppose the point I was really hoping to make that it's time to stop the Brewster abuse on CTO. Almost every thread has some snide swipe by someone directed at him. Maybe a trawl through the archives might remind some that it was not always like that!

Not intended to highlight you or anyone in particular Johnboy, just pointing out how things change and maybe putting some of the ridiculous abuse that our ex Manager has received on CTO in perspective. No offence meant and apologise if this is how you see it.

Sure lots of the more experienced posters are frequent visitors but it was a first for me. Slowly learning my way around the site and found my way into the archive section. Spent a fair while laughing as i read some very interesting posts from posters who have certainly changed their tune since then!! Most interesting thread was "The Brewster Effect" started by Johnboy on 16th December 2007. The comments are very similar to those being made in threads about TN/MM and their impact. You can feel the love! Just shows you what a very strange game football is, how fickle we punters are, how short our memories are, how easily punters turn on one time heroes and more worryingly how quickly things can change. Worth a rake through the archives if you have the time.

Your not my wife are you? She always answers her own questions too!!

Why has this just become a discussion about players of 5'5 and under? There is no doubt that there are many guys who have made it despite being small but who in theire right mind starts comparing Zander with Jimmy Johnstone! Bottom line is he does not have the football ability, end of. If he did, there would be a host of clubs trying to sign him during the transfer windows or a number of clubs higher up than Elgin wanting him on loan. It could be that once again, all the guys involved in running football clubs haven't got a clue on how to judge a player and posters do. Size is not the issue, ability is. And before anyone asks, I have seen the wee man play on many occasions for the first team, the reserves and Elgin.

Think it is quite probably the end for Zander as an SPL player. To be honest, it never really began. He'll find his level at Div 2 at best and may surprise in years to come but I don't think so. We all want to see Highland boys do well but we shouldn't be blinded in our view by where they come from. Would there be the same defence of his ability or alleged lack of opportunity if he came from Hamilton? I doubt it. Wish him all the best where ever he ends up but he is not an SPL player.

You need to retrain IHE as your levels of perception have dropped dramatically in this instance. Suggest a refresher is in order, more analysis then a repost with a proper critique. I can sing loudly, often do. Shout abuse too but tend to direct it at the opposition. Find this works best. Come back to me when your ready. I suppose the truth hurts I often find that the erseholes react defensively to direct formulation and use denial and projection - just as you have demonstrated. Tut Tut !! Now now my old pal, when did you ever let the truth interfere with a good yarn! I take no offence at being labelled an ersehole/ in fact find it complimentary that my comments merit a response from one of such stature. The "he doth protesteth too much" line is far too simplistic in this case and it surprises me that a man of such talent adopts this obvoius line of approach. Too close to home me thinks.

Good lad.. Just you get that often changed to an always.. Your right Kev. Will try harder.

You need to retrain IHE as your levels of perception have dropped dramatically in this instance. Suggest a refresher is in order, more analysis then a repost with a proper critique. I can sing loudly, often do. Shout abuse too but tend to direct it at the opposition. Find this works best. Come back to me when your ready.