caleyboy

true .... but its way better for our egos to wear some quality and spacious 2XL Adidas gear than some form fitting Italian stuff in 5 or 6XL :021: Seriously though - I bought a TFC top in the first season, and will buy the white one this season and the quality of the thing is light years ahead of any of the (Errea) ICT tops I have. I have no worries about the sizing of TFC tops as they are always the same ... a fact that cannot be said for ICT tops where they can vary from batch to batch and do vary between the home and away kits ! The point about other manufacturers is fairly moot though as we are obligated to Errea for a while yet (not sure how long we renewed for but CaleyD will likely confirm). However, when it comes to the next renewal, I would like to see us at least look around and see if any other manufacturer is interested in supplying our kit or not and what else they could bring to the table that might be better than our current supplier. Don't see any reason why we can't deal with Addidas or Nike or Umbro etc. The Staggies seem to be attractive enough to Addidas!

I like that idea. Cant see it happening unfortunately. Would love to be proved wrong though This idea was suggested years ago but was never taken up.

John Robertson & Danny MacDonald

I disagree. Kenny has been appointed onto the board IHE. If you read the club website you would have seen the following from the Chairman: "We see Kenny as having a link role between the board and supporters' organisations to further understanding and mutual development." I think that we can expect a lot more communication from now on. It is very clear that the club have come out and said they are going to liaise with the supporters trust and the fans and communicate. Don't be fooled by this blurb. He will only tell what he is told to tell - FULL STOP!

From memory he was skipper of the U19's during our first season in the SPL but he went to uni in 2007. Don't remember him being skipper of Reserves but having said that, the U19's filled in for some reserve league fixtures in those days. Big and strong so should do ok for you guys.

St J chairman has said he would vote against the change.

A few members of the general public were interviewed on TV last night and were asked if Bridge did the right thing in blanking Terry on Sat. The vast majority said he should have sorted out the problem before the game and he was rather small minded. What a load of BOLLLOCKS! He should have kneed him in the b...s and stuck a right on his nose on the way down. Terry should be axed from the SQUAD never mind the captaincy - he's is obviosly a prat not to be trusted. On second thoughts, leave him in the squad and maybe they will all have a rteally poor WC!

I'm not so sure about that, from what I gather, quite a few of the players don't like him. Don't know about that but I did hear that there is no love lost between TB and our DoF. Has GB been overruled I wonder?

Maybe he is a local born and bred Invernessian - so what! Yes we always hear that he (Tullochs) has "ploughed a significant amount of cash into the club" but I'm sure we will never know exactly how much or how little! One thing is for sure, every penny is an investment so don't be fooled into thinking it is a donation. He (Tullochs) will receive very significant returns on the investment at some time in the future. He is a very good businessman and he recognises oppportunities. I have absolutely no problems with people making money from investment in our club but ONLY if our club does likewise and doesn't suffer. When things are rosey, nobody asks the questions but when they turn a wee bit sour the guns come out. It seems to be popular opinion that we are now in trouble and events during 2009 to date seem to indicate this is the case. Maybe the honeymoon is now over and some searching questions become an irritation to those in power. It may be time to change the power brokers and replace them with some serious new money but I don't see this coming whilst our present controller is in power. As Mr Sutherland said himself - it is not good to have people in place too long - maybe they have all been here too long!

Maybe someone had a word with the reporter or maybe even the editor or maybe even the owners. :001:

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. :huh: Oh Alex - you always rise to the bait. I think you have been listening to the spin doctors at TCS - they always talk the costs up. When we were in the SPL we received massive financial support for the young pro squad from grants and sponsorship deals but most of the kids got ?90 per week. Danny Macdonald did bring in a lot of money on the youth side but he also spent a lot on salaries for himself and others. I'm sure that a great deal of this money is no longer available now that we are out of the top league. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise Alex - this club has NEVER spent a lot of money on its youth development - FACT. For all the cost, we could have a team in the SFL U19 league and the squad could easily be made up of full-time and part-time players. I think the truth of it all is that we just couldn't be bothered trying to get this together! I think you may find the truth is we kept a squad of players on SPL wages with a first division budget so some things had to go. I would hope that was a temporary decision. Aye you may be right - and who's fault would that be then?

I doubt it but they might feel they should show their gratitude to our major shareholder for keeping Asda out Aye but only if Asda don't build on his land or he gets the contract!

Very nice indeed but I hope our commercial dept can think outside the box and get a valuable sponsor other than our "beloved builder".

Agreed but those who go out on loan to SHFL teams probably won't make it full-time and won't travel to the east coast lower league teams. Elgin is the only team reasonably local but Ross Jack can't fill his team with youngsters. There is still some good part-time money to be made in the SHFL - just ask the likes of Zander, Craig MacMillan, Dave MacRae, Tony Low, David Hinds, Syd MacKay, Craig Campbell, Stuart Soane, Ally Ridgers - ALL very good SHFL players who just didn't cut it full-time - whatever the reason.

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. Oh Alex - you always rise to the bait. I think you have been listening to the spin doctors at TCS - they always talk the costs up. When we were in the SPL we received massive financial support for the young pro squad from grants and sponsorship deals but most of the kids got ?90 per week. Danny Macdonald did bring in a lot of money on the youth side but he also spent a lot on salaries for himself and others. I'm sure that a great deal of this money is no longer available now that we are out of the top league. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise Alex - this club has NEVER spent a lot of money on its youth development - FACT. For all the cost, we could have a team in the SFL U19 league and the squad could easily be made up of full-time and part-time players. I think the truth of it all is that we just couldn't be bothered trying to get this together!

Don't think you will get a reply stevico1 cause he doesn't have a clue!

We had a better youth structure the last time we were in the 1st division than we do now. Sorry but there is no path for those good enough to progress past U17's so just watch these boys move away (that is if they get the right advice). Unfortunate but until we get our U19 squad back there is no future.

Sorry, but to say the members club should have fought harder is out of order. The members club were given no option but to surrender by the dear Mr Sutherland. Either the MC goes or no new money comes in. YES just another idle threat to get the "old guard" out of the way so he didn't have too many questions being asked. Alos please don't forget his promise to transfer Tulloch's shares (after 5 years) to the Supporters Trust - aye - that will be right! :(

:blah01: Na, not entirely won over but you have to give the man some credit... we asked for a responce and he's given one. There are still a lot of unanswered questions but unless he is bare faced lying (always a possibility)... 2 very important facts to pick out from his statement: 1) There is no debt 2) There is money in the bank Yeh There is no debt because we have no assets The money in the bank is to pay MK

Interesting, he says he has invested ?5m of his own money with no return! :blah01:

If he did, I wouldn't be surprised if a certain individual arranged for some CaleyD treatment - namely his P45!

I don't think u are far off the mark Yngwie

A nice gesture by the ST but yet again the club looks second rate having to accept donations for what should be a normal expense. IMO the ST should receive shares for any money given to the club. BTW did the ST ever receive the shares the builder promised to transfer to them?

He's back and is playing against PT. Good on ya boys - we must have found some money!

Why invest ina business that doesn't make any money? ONLY if there is an ultimate return!!!! Sutherland/Tullochs do not throw money away.