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Surely that only applies to non-EU players? Edit: Just read the Home office link on the other thread, it seems this restriction is in place.

Romania is in the European Union so it shouldn't be difficult.

Many people have said that this could denigrate our team spirit. However, I wonder if this is the case. What sort of team spirit do the players have if they are going to let wage differences affect their performances? You would expect that from prima donnas and football brats (your Anelka's, Berkovic', Van Hoojidonks) but surely our players should be able to put this to one side? I have been in the situation where I have earned more money than colleagues who were better at their jobs than me and who were more expeirenced, and I have also been in the situation where I have earned less than just about everyone I have worked with - mature people just get on with things. Hopefully this guy isn't your stereotypical crazy foreigner though. As long as we aren't mortgaging our future on this guy, and from the sounds of it we aren't, I think this is an excellent signing.

Could Charlie be preparing to throw a few of our young players into the first team frame next season? So far in the pre-season games we've seen Guy Kerr, Garry Wood, Zander Sutherland, Ally MacDonald and Rory McAllister given run outs. I read in the paper that the young players did well, perhaps Charlie will take a chance on them rather than bringing in more experienced players. Certainly, Wood, who has been on trial at Sunderland, and Guy Ker, who has played for Scotland U16s, both have good pedigree and we all saw in the St Mirren game that Sutherland can play. Could be an interesting move.

Confirmed as a hoax, the Elgin board said that he didnt' want to communicate other than through email and wouldn't meet soliciters. I have to say I, for one, am hugely shocked that anyone operating in the security and escort industry would display anything other than the highest ethical standards in their business dealings. :014:

According to Alastair Fraser's report in the Sunday Mail Guy Kerr did well in central defence.

Did we not beat some team 20-0 last preseason? I like how McDonald scored a header :015: Who is A. MacDonald btw?

He looks a good player but he was released from his last club when they were relegated and while he played at Sporting he doesn't seem to have been a first choice (60 odd games in four seasons). He does have a good record internationally and in romania, right enough though. Hopefully he is looking for a fresh start to his career, possibly putting himself in the British shop window.

I hope you stood on the nearest bench and shouted "DEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAANNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO"

Aye, I think worrying about the lads difficult second season is getting a bit ahead of ourselves :015:

He's five foot four! Scoring for Ipswich

Good move for him, hope he does well. he deserves to be in the Scotland side ahead of that useless fanny Pressley.

Where have these names come from?

Generally we have relied on three strikers with one back up for the last few seasons. Last season it was Bayne, Dargo and Wyness with Rory as back up, season before Wyness, Brewster and Dargo played most games against with McAllister as back up.

I don't think he needs to sign at least two strikers, we need one striker. We don't need a winger either. I agree with you that we need a defender. I think we were lucky last season to get through with basically five defenders in the squad.

Footballers are wimps nowadays. It used to be that young Scottish laddies would finish work in the pit, cycle to a four hour training session involving nothing but running up and down 5,000 step terraces and playing head tennis with a medicine ball. If they were spotted by a cloth-capped scout, they'd move to some far off English second division side, for a half crown per week with no complaints whatsoever. Now they all have streaked dyed hairdo's and if they aren't filming roasting sessions on their new fangled 'mobiles' they are moaning about being away from their mum and dad. Scotsmen travelled the globe during the halycon days of the Empire, shaping the globe (and killing anyone who didn't want to be shaped) now our young men get to snivelling if they have to spend a couple of weeks in digs in Blackburn.

Hero - Graham Bayne, a fantastic season for him. His performance against Celtic in the cup was one of the best displays from a lone front man you'll ever see. Villian - Mike Smith Could do better - Ian Black. Hasn't been up to earlier standards this season and is now picking upbookings for dissent and stupid gestures rather than meaty tackles. Needs to knuckle down to fulfill his potential. Must do better - Not a criticsm of him, but Stuart McCaffrey will have big boots to step into should he come in for Dods next term - he'll have to be at his best. Hopefully Rory builds on a few decent performances towards the end of the season and pushes on next season. He is still a young player and hopefully this experience will do him good. If Zander Sutherland can regularly play tot he standard he showed against St Mirren, he'll make an impact too.

Well deserved win. Thought Zander Sutherland was excellent.

I will be there.

Just watched that, good direct play from Rory for the goal andhe won the free-kick for the equaliser. Good work from a sub.

The last home game I was at was the Falkirk game before the split and I got warned by a steward for my 'language'. Stewards are obviously not trained how to speak to people or deal with fans as the high-handed demenour I was spoken to was laughable. If I'd been more confrontational or pished I could have easily been thrown out. It doesn't surprise me that this sort of thing has gone on as stewards at our ground seem to be educationally sub-standard drop-outs who have no interest in making things better for fans but rather taking a ridiculously rigid line on what is deemed acceptable. You have to look as well at the people handing out guidelines to them. How hard would it be for someone to say to the stewards in a pre-match meeting "there's a singing section on the go, they might stand up on occasions but take it easy and only do anything if there is an actual evident risk to the health and safety or if people stand up the whole match". If stewards swore at people or threatened them then eventually we're going to get someone giving one of them a smack in the mouth which is a completely unacceptable situation. We want people to come to our games and enjoy themselves rather than have to deal with some trumped up Captain Manwairing.

Average crowd at Caley Stadium this season - 4878 Total number of fans through the gates - 92,697 percentage of capacity - 64.8% Hopefully the freeze in ticket prices will see people renew their season books but I still think our prices are too high to encourage walk-ups, especially for kids. Our average actually fell by about 150 from the previous season, probably as we played Aberdeen on a Monday night which probably cut the crowd by 2,000. Hopefully all these Romanian super-stars will pull the crowds in :001:

I am surprised we haven't seen Guy Kerr promoted to the first team squad yet, he has a lot of experience in the reserves and was involved in the Scotand set up a few years back. Same with Ian Vigurs.

Inverurie is a peculiar place. After the semi-final replay in 2004 we stopped their for a pint and the pub had one-armed man playing darts. You had to walk across the flight of the darts to go for a ****.

Boring end of season pish. What happened to giving the kids a shot in these games?