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Last season Billy Dodds predicted Rangers and Celtic would win every game and that all the Old Firm games would be draws. He's a trumpet.

Anyone booing him should be shot. Cheering him is a bit much I think. If he gets subbed then maybe give him a clap. Odds on Rosscoe halfing him in the first five minutes?

-------------Fraser-------------- --Tokely--Duff--McGuire-Hastings-- ---Cowie--Black--McBain---Vigurs-- ----------Rooney---Barrowman----

What channel is it on Virgin Media?

Morton fans spouting about crowds? :o

The big question is - how pished will Chic Young be on the BBC scotland Through The Window show?

Bamba is absolutely chronic, an awful player.

I have never been to Cappielow and would very much like to get through to this. Public transport between Edinburgh and Greenock on a weeknight may prove my undoing though.

No-one else remember Imrie blasting the ball at the camera at the end of half-time?

Absolutely brilliant performance from us. We should have won the game comfortably but missed a few chances. We lined up: ------------------------Fraser------------------------- ---Tokely---------Duff---------McGuire-----Hastings--- ---Vigurs--------Mcbain-------Black--------Cowie----- ----------------Rooney---------Wood------------------- We started brightly and had an early opening when Garry Wood made a break into the box but he couldn't convert. Falkirk came at us but we defended very well indeed - the defence handled everything that they were presented with, with Jamie Duff a particular stand out. Duff read the game well, won headers, blocked shots and tackled well. That's the first time I've seen him play and he was excellent. Going forward in the first half, we looked lively, playing some good passing football. Rooney had a couple of great chances, one where the Falkirk defender (Barr I think, having read the Beeb report) cocked up and let him in and another when he was played in by Rosscoe, after a classic ball juggling class from Tokeldinho. The keeper masde a couple of cracking saves to keep us out then. Falkirk carved out one really clear cut chance whena ball over was headed inches wide, if that had been on target there was no way Fraser was getting it. Second half and we carried on pushing on. I thought Vigurs was a bit below-par in the first half but he certainly made up for it in the second period, most breaks seemed to come down the right hand side of the park. We forced a series of corners which Vigurs floated in tot he back post - Blackie got his head to one and caused a bit of consternation in the Bairn rearguard. On the hour mark Wood came off for Barrowman and Falkirk scored just after that. A ball in behind Hastings was cut back and Mark Stewart knocked it home, a poor goal to lose, Dick will be disappointed he let himself be turned like that. Fortunately we rallied and moved forward. Vigurs and Rooney both carved out chances and we seemed to have taken the setback in our stride when a corner wasn't cleared and after some penalty-box pinball Cowie rifled in a low shot to equalise. After that we pushed forward, McGuire had a header cleared off the line and then another just over the bar. Brewster threw on Imrie and Wilson, very attacking, positive play from the gaffer to do that a 1-1 away from home. It paid off hamdsomely when Imrie rattled in a shot to the top corner after Falkirk again couldn't clear their lines. Overall, I thought we were well worth our win, absolutely superb performance. The only downside was the goal but the way we reacted, the way we passed the ball, created chances, fought for each other and pulled the game back was magnificent. Ian Black was great in the centre of the park, Jamie Duff was cool at the back and Vigurs (after a shaky first half in my view as I said aobve) came onto a great game in the secondhalf. What really impressed me about the young lads was the confidence and composure they had - none of them looked nervous, no-one seemed to require any baby-ing through the match. Falkirk are a decent side, they pass the ball well and have some good looking players but we outplayed, outfought and outpassed them. As I said on the way back to the town centre, I've seen us play twice this season and win twice. What are you miserable lot all moaning about? Champions League here we come! :thumb04:

Motherwell are also after him.

How much is it for away fans at Westfield?

He was a regular in a Wycombe team that were pretty decent last season, jsut missing out on the play-offs and having one of the best defences in the division. he was also their captain, so hopefully is capable of taking a lead at the back.

-------------------Fraser------------------- ---Tokely----Duff----McGuire----Hastings-- ---Imrie---Cowie--Duncan--Black--Mcbain-- ------------------Barrowman------------------

Livingston or Dunfermline away please.

They are in the second division. I remember when we were in the SFL and SPL fans would come onto the old Rivals site and come out with this sort of thing. Fact is, in the cup away ties are always difficult.

We win 4-2. Rooney, Tokely, Imrie and Vigurs all score. Tosh misses and Sellars has his saved.

In most cup games we've played against lower league sides since we were promoted to the SPL we have included youngsters. I think that the young players we have at the moment are better than at any point since we got into the SPL - Zander Sutherland and Garry Wood have both shown that they can play in the lower leagues, Rory McAllister has shown flashes of good stuff pre-season (I heard he was great against Liverpool, suggesting he will come into his own when we make the Champions League) and Jamie Duff and Iain Vigurs already have experience in the first team. Don't know much about Arbroath, although they won promotion last time out and have had a decent start in the Second Division.

We didn't really get rid of him though - he left at the end of his contract.

Remember when we signed him and everyone thought it was a terrible move?

I think that attendances are down because prices are too high. A few years ago people would come to the games and pay ?20 because SPL football was exciting and new. Now that we have been here for a few seasons that isn't really the case - SPL football in Inverness is routine. Also, given that we have less money for wages than most of the other clubs in the SPL and the dire financial consequences of being relegated from the SPL, we have to play a different sort of football to what we were used to in the SFL. Thus we have football that, while it's of a decent quality compared to what we used to watch in the SFL, isn't exciting and can be frustrating. I don't think it's surprising that fewer people are willing to pay for that. I think that if we went on a great run and were in the top six crowds would be decent. Perhaps if we were fighting relegation they might also pick up, particularly towards the end of a campaign. If we are going to push into the top six then we'd need to spend money and that would mean either going into debt or attracting investment (which in football terms often mean the same thing, hello Hearts, Gretna, Dundee). Going into debt is not a something that we should follow as a model - we simply aren't a big enough club to countenance 'spending to accumulate'. Few clubs in Scotland are, even Rangers are feeling the financial pinch of having to spend to compete. Attracting investment is difficult as basically you are asking to someone to hand over money and expect no return. There are very few people like that. In most cases it falls flat. Ideas like building a pub at the ground, building a club shop or securing a city centre retail outlet are all well and good but they require big initial investments and we simply aren't in a position to do that. When it comes down to it, can we afford to throw a couple of hundred grand at building a permanent club shop? Wouldn't that money be better spent on players? How much extra value would we get out of a club shop, how long would it take us to get the money back? Are there really lots and lots of potential customers of our club shop who we are missing out on due to it being the way it is? I haven't read all of this thread, so apologies if these points have all been made.

Teams confirmed on BBC Inverness CT 01 Fraser 02 Tokely 24 Duff 05 McGuire 16 Hastings 11 Imrie 15 Cowie 08 Black 06 McBain 09 Rooney 10 Barrowman Substitutes 23 Esson, 03 Djebi-Zadi, 07 Wilson, 13 McAllister, 17 Sutherland, 22 Wood, 27 Vigurs Hibernian 21 McNeil 03 van Zanten 04 Hogg 05 Jones 20 Hanlon 14 Keenan 22 Shiels 18 Rankin 11 O'Brien 09 Fletcher 10 Nish Substitutes 41 Grof, 26 Murray, 12 Morais, 16 Stevenson, 24 Pinao, 28 Campbell, 34 Canning Looks likewe'll be going: -------------------Fraser-------------------- --Tokely---McGuire--Duff---Hastings--- ---Imrie---Cowie---Black---McBain---- ----------Rooney---Barrowman--------

Re-sign Bobby Mann? Stop this madness!

I live just round the corner for Easter Road and if I meet Mixu in the queue for Greggs I'll let everyone know what he says.

Zander has done alright for us and on loan to Hellgin and he gave away a penalty on his first team debut, IIRC.