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In summary - a comedian is going to come along and see what you guys get up to then put on a show ripping the p!sh out of you for it afterwards??? - and your all excited about the idea??? :029:

Other than the taxman and the lawyers you mean?

Yup - someone is going to be very rich. Even if they were to have someone write an entirely new site from the ground up instead of using existing software (most of which is available free) then your still looking at a salary element in the region of £300k a year going to one or two people (which is all it would take to operate the site). One of these days I'll come up with an idea like that to help bring retirement a bit closer!!!!

The second one shall forevermore be recognised as the "Michael Jackson" smiley then?

Citadel is closed is it not?

I know it's a dog eat dog world, but I can't see the club standing in his way for the sake of a transfer fee - may depend on who it is he is looking to sign for but I'd imagine we'd let him go for free given his service to the club over the years.

I wouldn't say he's been unlucky, he just lacks that final touch or his bottle goes. Both things that will hopefully come with experience. However, at this level time is not a luxury we can afford to give too much of and it may be in his best interests to get a season or half season under his belt elsewhere in order for him to get that aspect of his game sorted. He has the potential IMO, he's just struggling to produce it when it matters - would be annoying to see him shipped out permanently only to see him come good and for us to regret the decision.

The concept of 50,000 people getting together to buy a football club is the easy bit and probably relatively likely to happen IMO. Where the difficulty will occur is in the idea that everyone will be able to vote on team selection, transfers etc etc. I can just envisage a stadium where every seat is fitted with one of those multi-choice answer button things. "MyFootballClub" gets a penalty and it comes up on the big screen telling you to type in the number of the player who you think should take it :D

It doesn't have to be another SPL ground. The only requirement is that they have primacy of fixtures at the ground which they wish to share and that it meets the current SPL Stadia requirements. The most practical solution is sharing another SPL ground, but it could just as easily be a Rugby Stadium, Shinty Stadium, the Grass Area in the centre of an Athletics Track etc provided it meets the requirements or is given special dispensation by the SPL Board. Gretna already have the planning permission for a 6000 all-seater stadium - not sure how many seats they have at present but they should be allowed to use those and any temporary seating they wish to install for next season on the understanding that the new stadium is completed for season 2008/09 - In order to ensure compliance for 2008/09 a financial penalty clause can be included in the agreement. It's crazy that a club in a community of 3000 people is expected to have a 6000 Seater Stadium in the first place. It's not like they will need 6000 seats in the near future and other than the Old Filth not many clubs are going to take more than a few hundred supporters to away games.

St Mirren website states "On the matchday normal gate prices will apply." - this seems to be in contradiction to info from ICT (via LG) that it is an All Ticket match???

Whatever time suits you all.

Mrs PB and Buffy, I can pick you all up as I'll have the Bus and your on route for me anyway.

A quick google search for clock and 1683 kinda gives it away

From memory it's normally priced the same as the North Stand

Maybe I was a bit quick to jump on your comment, but I stand by what I said (in a general sense). To listen to some of our fans talking about Gretna being promoted you'd think we were filling our stadium every fortnight and taking thousands to away games. I'd imagine they will take just as many fans to Inverness as we take to Gretna (with the possible exception of our first visit there where it will have a novelty factor). As for record low attendances, I would disagree. Having a totally new face in the SPL will likely encourage a few more people along to games as it won't be one of the same old teams. It happened at other clubs when we were promoted so I can't see why it won't happen again with Gretna. I also have it on good authority that Gretna (i.e. Mileson) will be laying on free transport for their fans to away games so that should help a bit. I guess only time will tell but I don't think it'll be as bad as some predict, certainly not a **** of a lot worse than our travelling numbers.

Get him back playing if they think he is fit and ready. It's all about building for next year from here on in and a couple of goals to end the season will do his confidence the power of good for the start of the next one.

Would that be the same record low attendane accusations that were being thrown around as a reason why ICT weren't wanted/shouldn't be allowed in to the SPL??? Some people have very short memories :018:

If I was a betting man I'd have a few quid on Pars to beat the drop. I'd sell my sould to see Rossco silence the Midden fans by stepping up to slot home a final seconds penalty on the last game of the season to see them dumped to Div 1.

Think it's more of a case of you being grossly misinformed or ill-educated on the subject being discussed.

Their is a huge difference in growing the team and becoming a "contender" and commiting financial suicide by signing up players you can't afford. I believe ICT are about ready to step things up in terms of signings and the wages they pay but it will be a long time (if ever) before the clubs economic situation could justify the kind of spending it would take to sign the players you are on about.

The pre-season matches with C*unty were nothing to do with competitive training and more to do with generating a bit of money - they'll likely continue in that regard.

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This One (Clicky) always comes to mind when talking about this subject.

Not exactly Trivia questions there Librero. Trivia would be something relating to the club/support which had a definite answer - a "Facts List" would perhaps be a better description. Your questions, although legitimate, are a seperate thing altogether.

Great idea and a worthwhile addition to the site. We'll be doing a bit of work on the website over the closed season so this could be included as one of the projects, and one which everyone could get involved in by providing stuff for inclusion. My only suggestion is that we call it a Trivia Section as we will be introducing and upgrading the FAQ's for using the site and it would save confusion.