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Stocks of the new strip apparently left Italy on Friday and are expected to arrive any day. No idea of how many "stocks" refer to, but if it is anything like the previous fiasco it might be an idea to get in early to secure one for the start of the season.

If you want to put the information together I will happily make the changes on the relevant pages. You can e.mail it to me on [email protected] I know we have a couple of users on here who keep tabs on the ICT section of wikipedia, but there's always room for improvement and given the fact that so many people use wikipedia as a "reliable" source of information, it is only right that where possible we make that information as correct and meaningful as we can, not just for the ICT section, but for the Thistle and Caley sections also.

CC/Park seemed to have a very specific plan for pre-season and apart from the 2nd game in Italy where they had expected a slightly more challenging game it seems to be going well. We already know the players are capable of performing at SPL level so their is little point, IMO, spending on playing "bigger" teams to test yourself. We finished last season on a high and that will have carried with it a fair bit of confidence, so it makes sense to keep that confidence going by having players scoring goals and winning games. Yes, it would be nice for the fans to see us taking on bigger challenges, but we are still a developing club and these "perks" will come with time. Nobody that has moved on, or is likely to be moving on (keep your waffle to your own threads IHE) was a regular first team performer and we have added and are looking to add better quality as replacements. So all-in-all things are moving in the right direction. We were only a bawhair from the top 6 last season and I haven't seen any significant improvements in the teams who were around us come the split to suggest we aren't capable of challenging them for their top 6 spot this season. CC seems to be keen to place his own stamp on the team, both in the players he is showing interest in and the fact he is eager to add pace to the centre of the park. I get the feeling we could be in for more "entertaining" football from ICT this coming season - although saying that, anything has to be better than Brewsters "Get the ball and hoof it up the park to me" tactics. If we can maintain last seasons league position and make more of an impact in the cups then I will be delighted and see that as progression.

Wikipedia is a an open source gathering of information, anyone can edit the information presented and I don't think their would be any harm in you altering the relevant statements to better reflect events.

The way I understand it..... Game was due to kick off at 3pm but team never arrived at stadium till 3:15pm They asked for the match to be put back to 6pm which Falkirk disagreed with and 5pm was agreed. The team then screwed around at 5pm and game never kicked till near 6pm anyway.

The matches against Peterhead and Deveronvale are some kind of mini cup thingymawhatsit so I'd imagine both games are still going ahead. Haven't been informed of anything to the contrary.

You really couldn't make this stuff up.... http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk :015: :015:

If anyone who was at the game wants to right a match report for inclusion on the news section of the site it would be most welcome. Doesn't have to be anything fancy, just team info, who scored and (roughly) when, any "incidents" and a bit of an overal opinion of the game.

Black may be a midget but he plays as if he is 7 feet tall, he certainly gave a few opposing players a bit of a shock last season and many of them didn't seem too keen on coming back for seconds.

We have a few players in midfield who have been attracting attention from elsewhere, some of whom are on the last season of their contracts. I am glad to see CC looking ahead and bringing in players to prime for places that will more than likely be vacated at the end of the coming season, or perhaps even during the January Sales. If we can secure suitable replacements now, then it gives the club the option of selling players in January and getting something for them instead of seeing them walk for free at the end of the season.

Is it just me or does that picture look like CC is holding a cardboard cut-out and someone is kneeling behind holding the shirt? :015:

If this is true, then the officials involved need to hang their heads in shame. The club should name and shame for this IMO. A certain level of etiquette exists in every sport and if the officials don't want to partake in the spirit of a Testimonial then they should simply step aside and make room for someone who is.

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Glad to see it is a 3 year deal which goes some way towards protecting our investment.

Probably more truth in that article than a lot of people will give it credit for.

Decisions Decisions!!! Rumour Mill, Anything Goes or Delete??? :015:

Where is Juanjo??? - he is in there somewhere :015:

Mr A Trialist???

We now have the techology to deal with these things :001:

All we need now is for CC to pull on the boots one more time :001:

Is that what they were on about, I wasn't paying much attention beyond "Rankin looks set to sign in 48 hours" Would make sense considering we have 2 games in 2 days as it will allow us to rest a few players, and it's not uncommon for such things to happen for testimonial matches.

Maybe Black was arguing cause he didn't think the Ref was giving value for money :015:

I have been in that situation (although not on a football pitch) - some cnut is winding you up, you keep your hands down cause you know smacking them is the wrong thing, then something snaps and instinct or whatever you want to call it kicks in and you just go in with the head.

What was incorrect about saying a fee had been agreed with C*unty and they hoped to have it cleared up by the end of the week? Under the current conditions, where a player has more than 6 months remaining on a contract the club have to get permission to talk to a player, if a club says a fee has to be agreed first, then thats the way it is, whether we like it or not. Grassa has said that our basic wage is among the lowest, but bonuses more than make up the gap with many teams. I am perfectly aware of the level of wages our players are on (with and without bonus). OK, so we plough more money in to Youth, where does it come from? Player budget, which means an inferior team on the pitch (on lower wages than they are already on) - result = relegation = even less money. We only have X amount of money to spend, and the books have to be balanced, we can't have everything and concessions need to be made somewhere. I wouldn't argue that our Youth Development is underfunded, I just don't see where we could realistically where (from within the club) we have capacity to raise that funding. I personally know people who regularly dip in their pocket to give 10's of thousands to youth development at ICT, and will continue to do so for as long as it is needed, so I am aware of how things are. My comment about 11 "wet behind the ears" players was an indication of where we would end up if we took money from player budget to fund Youth Coaching, as that would be where we would have to draw our team from cause we wouldn't be able to afford anything else.

Updated for ya Manny - looks like they were fixing matches cause your now 5 points behind the leader.