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5 Votes for Brewster....I really should contact him and tell him it's only one account/vote per person :015:

Wife??? - Better not tell his fiance about the that :015:

Now thought to be linked to Diabetes

Maybe I should come in disguise? :023:

I think the "revealing" interview he gave during the summer was more a cry for help than anything else.

What makes you think ?200k is outwith our budget for the managerial position?

Due to allegations of things disappearing in the past we do have a system in place that logs all moderator activity (editing, deleting of posts etc) and the post was not removed by us. The only explanation that remains is that the original poster decided themselves to remove the topic having had second thoughts.

I think you should make that your signature. I've read it on about 4 different threads today and initially thought I had a bad case of DeJaVu :015:

I think you should make that your signature. I've read it on about 4 different threads today and initially thought I had a bad case of DeJaVu :015:

- A class act as a player both with ICT and Caley and Thistle before hand. - A guiding hand and regular point of call for advice to those Managers that came before him. - An inspiration to many of those he worked with, both on and off the pitch. - The hand that steered the ship to some great results during his time in charge. Total Respect to a man who has given so much of himself to the cause. For the memories you've left us with and to your future success :drinking08:

DBS, CC has just stepped down due to pressure of the job and you are talking about replacing him with a man who was put on gardening leave due to stress of the job!!!

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Large dram on IHE if any of these make it to print tomorrow :015:

I don't mind being quoted or summarised but I made no allegation that anyone acted without having Caley Thistle at Heart. Also, as Scotty says, Mike Smith has nothing to do with the playing side of the club. Mike Smith may have had the finger pointed at him for many a thing and upset more than his fair share of people, some may like to know what he does to justify his position and salary, but I think this is taking it too far.

Crowley...nice bloke, just very misunderstood :024:

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IMO, the re-appointment of Brewster or the promotion of Park would not be healthy for the club as they have previously allowed themselves to be swayed by other powers at the club. We need a Manager who is their own man, and for that to happen other people at the club need to be removed or put firmly in their place.

I know many find it hard to take IHE seriously, or indeed understand where he is coming from or what he is rabbiting on about half the time but you'd do well to listen to him in this case as his "insights" are spot on. Here is my take on things........ The only thing Charlie is guilty of is being ICT through and through and this has clouded his judgment of what was best for the team and even more so what was best for him. There's no secret in the fact that he was persuaded and pushed into taking the Managers job full-time when Brewster left. He has allowed far too many things to happen because the club have insisted it was "for the good of the team". He was pressured into the signing of Niculae which blew his budget despite knowing deep down that we needed to be spending to strengthen in other areas. At the end of last season he wanted to move a couple of players on, he was not allowed to do so. After the Rangers game, he stated that he had shown too much loyalty to some players, then only a few days later he said he would be giving these players another chance....did nobody find that all a bit suspect and do you all think it was really CC showing these players too much loyalty or indeed was it the club showing these players too much loyalty? Do you not see that Charlie had his hand forced and had to do a u-turn on his statement made after the Rangers game? As to dressing room unrest, yes it exists, many people (including myself) predicted it would be the case this season, but they predicted it for all the wrong reasons. It has very little to do with Niculae other than him being the catalyst. There is unrest because Charlie is not being allowed to play the team he wants, the way he wants. He has lost the confidence of half of the squad because he has not stood up to the bullies behind the scenes and it is the players who are suffering. There are certain people at the club who think they are playing a game of Championship Manager, sitting on their erse behind the scenes pulling the strings and for the sake of the club it has to stop and it has to stop now. Charlie is a beaten man, not beaten by the team, the results or our league position, but beaten by those he thought were friends, colleagues and counterparts. If they haven't totally destroyed his will and his passion for this club then I hope he uses some of the energy he has left to come out and tell the whole truth before this club is dragged to the wall. As for Donald Park, I fully expect his resignation to be forthcoming in the very near future. Unfortunately I do not expect to see the resignation of those who have created this situation, those who have worked (intentionally or otherwise) to tear the heart from the ICT Legend that is Charlie Christie. Regardless of whether you ever thought he was the right man for the job, he did not deserve this. Don't expect to see any experienced managers coming our way, those on the power trip would not allow in the same manner as they have prevented it previously as it would threaten their own position. I've said it on here before that the problems at ICT were coming from further up the line and been ignored, perhaps now people will start to see the truth. Charlie has ample managerial ability, I do not expect him to take any other position at the club (especially long term) and foresee him taking a step back, perhaps managing at a lower level. That is where we will see the true Charlie Christie thrive - in an environment where he can be his own man, make his own decisions and rise and fall by his own hand. SOmething which he should have been allowed to do with us.

Very wise words indeed as there's a lot more to the situation at TCS than people currently know or may ever know.

Think your confusing the Admin with Granny Weatherwax.

When we introduced the site changes at the start of the season it included a forum software update which meant that all users have to manually reinstate their Avatars - some people haven't got around to doing that yet.

TM4TJ, I've added a link to the "Last Match" module on the right forum column which will take you to the polls page. Hopefully that should help when the dementia kicks in next time :016:

I once toyed with the idea of a move to the US of A, although my vision was slightly clouded by a woman at the time. I had even gone so far as to start looking at the possibilities of work and what I'd be able to do when I got there. Like you, I had this vision of ending up washing dishes or serving in some greasy diner just to survive but it seems I had been watching too many American movies. You don't have to go over there blind, there are agencies just like we have here that will find you work in just about any sector. A quick online search will give you an idea of what you could be doing. I had sent my CV to a couple of agencies and the response was huge. I could have stepped off the plane into a short term contract paying in 6 months what I was earning here in a year and in any one of a number of industries, not just those I had direct experience in. The other thing I noticed was that you truly get rewarded for the effort you put in. Unless your working in some kind of customer facing roll then they don't seem to have the "you must be at your desk from 9 till 5 regardless" attitude. Your employed to do a job, if you can do that in 4 hours a day then the rest of the time is yours, if it takes you 12 then in your in the wrong job. My circumstances changed and my move never happened. I don't regret it, but if circumstances were to change again I would be off like a shot (although having seen Canada I'd probably be more likely to look there instead).

THat's your excuse and your sticking to it eh?

They seem to have no trouble ignoring Clach when it comes to financial assistance, don't see how it would have been any different if Caley or Thistle had managed to go it alone.