Renegade

We had him for about three games before he threw the toys out of the pram when was informed he wasn't going to start the next match. This was made even worse when he was then told he was going to travel to Brora to play in a North of Scotland Cup match with the U20 team! He wasn't really missed.

Was there not someone on here for a while who'd written and recorded their own new song? It was called "Coming Home" or something?

Was there not talk a couple of months ago, of Butcher looking to bring in another loan signing from Arsenal towards the end of the transfer window? In saying that, I don't think there's really any need to bring anyone in now to be honest.

Brill Raven Warren Meekings Shinnie Draper Foran Doran Vincent Ross Mckay Subs - Esson, Devine, Watkins, Allen, Adgestein, Polworth, Tremarco/Williams

6 looks like Polworth, 11 is Greenhalgh, 9 is Adgestein, 7 is Evans, 8 is Pepper, 10 is Allen, 2 is Jay Cheyne (I think!)

Away to Dundee!

Against Elfsborg, Celtic defended very poorly against long throws and were almost outdone by them on one occasion. Against Shaktar Karagandy, Celtic again defend long throws poorly and concede their first goal from one. On Saturday, Josh Meekings, who has a long throw, is given the role of throw in taker in the first half and uses the long throw (something we haven't used since Munro in the Christie/Brewster days) and we score the second goal from it. That's good tactics from Butcher and the management team.

Is Allen still injured and is Tremarco still banned? It'd be good if the Hearts v Raith game tonight goes into extra time as well IMO.

Your post lacks cohesion and clarity. What are you trying to say? No matter how much you bleat my opinion will not change. We have great board who apply a great deal of dilligence to the governance of our team. Our role should not be to help finance Heart's successes of the past few years. It is none of our business. Have you conducted due dilligence on this organisation that you are proposing to finance. Do you even know who they are? You clearly have not got any background in business or economics. 1. The offer protects ICT's financial position as income from the average visiting club is ring-fenced. i.e. no split of income will be offered from the first 650 tickets. 2. The club will benefit to the tune of £15 for every additional (full paying) Hearts fan that attends as a result of the offer. 3. Your claims that this somehow supports a corrupt regime are unfounded. 4. Yes, as a matter of fact I did do some due diligence on the 1874 Fighting Fund...maybe you should too before digging yourself a deeper hole. 5. Qualified as a Financial Consultant aged 18, held position as Senior Compliance Auditor, Senior Risk Management Officer, Head Analyst (Change Management), Project Manager (Change Management)...all for a major banking group. Does that count as having a sufficient background in business or economics to allow me to comment on this subject? All for a major banking group? Check you out! All for a major banking group? That instills trust in us all oh wise one. All for a major banking group? I would be keeping that to myself sonny after the recent performance of MAJOR BANKING GROUPS. You could be unemployable with a CV like that my boy. Especially if you are now backing UKIOS Bank Group. Sorry in answer to question number 5 you are probably the last person I would ask on this subject. ALL FOR A MAJOR BANKING GROUP. Who the feck do you think you are? HE SHREDS WHEN HE WANTS HE SHREDS WHEN HE WANTS FRED THE SHRED WORKS FOR THE BANK HE WORKS FOR THE BANK HE WORKS FOR THE BANK TRUST MEEEEEEE I WORK FOR THE BANK GET A GRIP!!!!!!!! Can you give us another verse of that song? It's a cracker!

Just an observation I made at the game, but is the pitch not quite as long this year? I'm sure the byline, corner flags etc. were closer the North Stand in previous seasons?

Inserting your own name at the end of the post eh....Wait a minute....it can't be.... Hello Dougal! *Renegade waves to Dougal!*

I'm sure it was Kilmarnock that Romanov looked at before Hearts, but I might be wrong. Don't recollect talk of him coming here though, unless it is that fellow MacGregor you're think of who looked at taking over Elgin before being linked with us. He was in the adult entertainment business from what I remember.

Oh, they are not out of danger yet. They still have to play us! I think we'll hammer County this year actually. Something reminiscent of their 5-1 win years ago. On the penalty call, going from the highlights it is a penalty, but I do think Doran makes the most of it and everyone knows that unless the result isn't in doubt or it's absolutely blatantly obvious, you'll never get a penalty at Celtic Park. In saying that though, maybe justice has been done. We got a penalty against St Mirren that was never a penalty and we got out of jail with the Raven foul on Vigurs the other week which was a penalty. On that basis, maybe justice has been done.

I'd like to see Watkins involved in some way. He'll turn out to be better than Doran IMO.

Ross County and Dundee United went for it and won 3-0 and 4-0 respectively, and thus got themselves out of danger.

If ICT aren't well ahead by the end of next month, I'm throwing away my season ticket!

Didn't I just say earlier this week that 2-0 is the worst lead to have?! Going by the highlights though, nice to see the long throw in action again, though on first glance, I thought James Vincent was Stuart Duff!

Allan Smart was released by CT (as it was in those days) and later scored for Watford. Aaron Doran had a couple of appearances off the bench for Blackburn as well IIRC. Andy Barrowman played once for Birmingham against Leicester in 2003 as well!

Wasn't at the game today, but I'm hearing reports that the ICT fans bus was hit with a brick chucked by a Celtic fan on the way out of the ground!

Remember, Marius Niculae went for (IIRC) £250,000 and he wasn't that good. Mckay's worth at least £1million, and perhaps much more to us!

The other goalie kit this season is black. We've had a few other colours in recent years as well (red, yellow, green, orange, light blue etc.). There's evidence to suggest red makes a keeper look bigger as well apparently.

It it not the case that players find it harder to spot teammates when they are wearing darker jerseys though? The opposite is also the reason why keepers seldom wear white, due to being more likely to be spotted when they're off their line.

Would it not have been worth the players using it in a pre-season game to get used to it before the season started (unless they wear it in training of course!)? Remember what happened to Scotland in that Georgia match where they wore that horrid rust coloured jersey and got beat 2-0 (which turned out to be of massive importance in the end IIRC).

So they don't support ICT, because the stadium's too far out of the town centre?! That's absolutely pathetic. I have my own theory here and while I can't prove it, it wouldn't surprise me if it was true. I reckon there's quite a few people round here who were quite happy living in their own little world, in their little cosy Highland town, with a little cosy team that normally plays teams from other little cosy places. There'll be people in Inverness who resent the fact that the club has been so successful. There'll be people who were much happier when we were in the lower leagues playing the likes of Arbroath and Forfar, or even more so the likes of Forres, Nairn and Elgin and will resent the fact that we are now mixing it with the big boys and are now better run and have a better side than the likes of Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee United. To be quite honest, such people don't deserve us.

Read somewhere that Watkins was playing tonight.