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Not really, we are an Inverness team.

Just the three goals? :008: :018: Booooooooooo. Only kidding, excellent stuff from Rory, good on you son.

Agree with Govan Jaggie and Riley's posts 100%, he's been a great servant.

Bamba is rubbish. Scott Wilson is better, I think he's a decent player caught in the rot at East End Park, a change might do him good. Colin Nish will want more than we can give him. Lee Bullen would be a good signing I think. He is experienced and will be a good influence on the side. he is also a leader something our back four badly need. Charlie Mulgrew on loan from Wolves might be a good possibility, his career hasnt' realy got going at Molineux and he worked with Brewster at Tannadice.

I'm pretty sure it was Robbo. No it wasn't. Black's first start was against Kilmarnock in April 9th 2005. He got booked.

Brewster actually signed a few alright players for United. Kalvanes looks a good find, Noel Hunt is doing well for them as is Craig Conway (when he's fit). He also signed Lee Wilkie. I agree with the above post - Hart and Rankin we could cope with but not Black, please! He's the player I'd like to see us base our side around. Brewster gve him his first start and tried to sign him for United, lets hope he's just giving him a short, sharp shock and that the wee man is back in the team for Tannadice.

Good post, especially this bit. Paul Ritchie = goal machine, yet some people hated him! Madness.

Who will be our new assistant manager? Who do you want and who do youthink we will get? Candidates could be Malky Thomson, although Chester will doubtless have a bit of cash and he might not want to pack it in down there. Maybe get Charlie back involved, that would be an interesting one :015: Also, Kevin MacDonald just left the Republic of Ireland job but is still involved at Aston Villa as reserve coach. Would he leave that job to come to the SPL as an assistant? Personally I am sure it will be Hagi. IHE said it and he only speaks the truth.

I think Lee Bullen would be a great signing. Pressley is a bit over-rated I think, certainly shouldn't be near the Scotland squad. If we got a chance to take himn on loan we should jump at it though, he'd do a good job for us. I don't think it'll happen.

11 starts, 38 appearances from the bench. the rest of the post I agree with. Less than ten in the league though, you can't count pishy cups :004:

A great day and the biggest robbery I can recall. Darran Thomson scored the goal as well, how much worse could it get for the Buddies than that? :015:

Is it not the eight best second placed teams go to the play-offs? To calculate which team goes out, results for the other nations against the sixth placed teams are taken out of the equation. So if we win all our home games and avoid any Georgia-style balls ups we should get through to the playoffs.

Rory has made less than ten starts for us, he is 20 years old. Booing him when he COMES ON as a sub is unforgivable. The same people who behave like 13 year old Westlife fans when Dean McDonald / Liam Keogh warms up no doubt :rolleyes02: Having said that I remember Barry Robson being consistently slated when he played for us by some of the intellectuals on the terracing so it's no surprise.

Me too.

Rory came on as a sub after several months out injured - booing a sub as he runs onto the pitch is hardly complaining at not getting value for money. I find it amazing that a young player who hasn't even started ten games gets such abuse, it's an embarrassment.

Draw on Thursday, live on Sky apparently. Teams in the pot: Aberdeen (P) Airdrie (D2)/Queens Park (D2) Brechin (D2)/East Fife (D3) Celtic (P) Cowdenbeath (D2) Clyde (D1) Cove Rangers (H) Dumbarton (D3) Dundee (D1) Dundee Utd (P) Dunfermline (D1) East Stirlingshire (D3) Falkirk (P) Greenock Morton (D1) Gretna (P) Hamilton (D1) Hearts (P) Hibernian (P) Huntly (H) Inverness CT (P) Kilmarnock (P) Linlithgow (J) Livingston (D1) Motherwell (P) Partick Thistle (D1) Queen of the South (D1) Raith Rovers (D2) Rangers (P) Ross County (D2) St Johnstone (D1) St Mirren (P) Stirling (D1) From a selfish point of view, raith Rovers would be an short trip across to Fife. Huntly away would be a beauty though.

Pathetic behaviour again from a section of our support.

Madness not selecting Ian Black. He is our best midfielder. Roy mcBain is a hard-working player but he just isn't up to playing in midfield. Absolutely crazy. Rankin on the bench ahead of Black? I'm flabbergasted. On the plus side, we've got Niculae and Wyness back up front and McGuire is back in defence. I think Rosscoe has been awful thsi season so here's hoping Proctor can take his chance at the back. I was also thinking whilst watching Falkirk v rangers that Alan Hutton is now one of the top players in Scotland but less than a year ago was considered one of rangers worst players. Could a young lad pulling himself up by the bootstrings to make big improvements be something we can look to RoryMcAllister for, obviously not the extent that Hutton has done?

Good post. I think Brewster coming back is a good thing for us, but I agree with you on the selection for Ibrox. I can see why he chose Proctor but it's madness to leave out Cowie, given the way he has been performing. I also think that Marius should have started against Aberdeen and Rangers. As you say he and Wyness have been scoring. Brewster did say that he wanted to give some fringe players a runout against Aberdeen and Graham Bayne has always done well at Ibrox. Perhaps Brewster wanted more of a physical presence/targetman for at the weekend. However, since he came in he's moved us clear of the bottom of the table and got us scoring goals. The shambolic situation that is our defence should have been sorted out long before Brewster came back in. Phil McGuire hasn't done badly - generally we've conceded less when he's played than when he's not. I would have preferred a more dominant, experienced centre half coming in though, there is still time in the window but I've said that elsewhere. If it wasn't for penalties, own goals or goalkeeping errors we would have eight more points and be in the top half of the table, presuming the following results had been the same draws against Motherwell (pen), Hibs (pen) and wins over Killie and Aberdeen. Our defending is what's hurting us at the moment. It's an embarrassment.

Goal on Saturday and then a cheeky Robbie Fowler-esque celebration please Richie. :crazy07:

Discounting subs made in the first half due to injuries, Brewster made 93 substitutes during SPL games in his first stint as manager. The average time at which he made a sub was the 75th minute. During this period three goals were scored by Caley Thistle subs (Bryan Prunty v Rangers 05/03/05; Liam Fox v Dundee 14/05/05; Graham Bayne v Aberdeen 15/10/05). A quick sample of the subs made from SPL clubs this season (in the first four weekends of games) reveals that the average time after which a substitution was made is 66 minutes. Of this sample nine goals were scored - Nacho Novo v ICT; Zemmama x2 and Fletcher v Gretna; Ross McCormack v ICT; Daniel Cousin v St Mirren; Andrew Driver v Gretna; Chris Porter v Gretna and Dean Shiels v Aberdeen. Does this show us that Brewster should make substitutions earlier in the game? Perhaps - eight of the nine goals scored during the sample were scored by players who came on before the 75th minute, Brewsters average time to make a change. However, what I think is important is the type of player you have on the bench. 'Impact' players are key - all the goals scored during the second sample were from attacking players who either have pace, power or the ability to produce skillful moments in order to turn a game. The question shouldn't be - get subs on earlier but get better subs. We have Dean McDonald who has shown promise in the reserves and is skillful and has a wee bit of pace (from what I've heard). We also have Graham bayne who is a powerful target man who can cause problems at set pieces. One of the best uses of substitutes I have seen in recent years is David Moyes employing Duncan Ferguson as a 'wild card' thrown on in the second half of games to make an impact. Could Graham bayne be our Big Dunc? Also, it will be interesting to see if Dean McDonald can continue to develop in the reserves and possibly start to make a difference off the bench.

Who cares if managers talk about their mistakes? Clacher, Brewster signed Morgan, Dargo and Wyness. I do agree that Robbo was a hugely important manager for us though - he built successfully on the foundations left by Pele.

The age of the internet has negated the need for paper fanzines.

He was great for us in the First Division but hasnt' really pulled it off in the SPL. If he hadn't got injured I think he'd have left already. If he does go, we need to get someone in to replace him. I would like to see us go in for Bullen again or even his ex Wednesday team-mate Coughlan.

St Mirren will be a tough game. They are unbeatenin their last three games and are getting results. They have a solid team and even the perpetually ***** Billy Mehmet seems to be producing the goods with a couple of goals and an assist in the last three games.