Renegade

I'm delighted Gillet is staying (he's probably my favourite player!) but ANOTHER one year deal. At this rate we'll go through the same limbo every year.

The more this drags the more likely he is to stay IMO.

How much will Neil Lennon get fined for his behaviour last season?

I reckon the best way to play Tade would be as a super sub kind of player. Picture the scene: Johnny Hayes has run amok, and thus tired out the old ramshackled defence of the opposition. Twenty minutes left and on comes big Gregory (how he can run at the speed he does given his build is a mystery!) to finally finish them off. Now THAT sounds like a plan.

Gillet was already quite keen on staying put apparently.

I'm pleased about this. I reckon he could turn out be quite a good signing.

Yes, that's the one I was referring too.

I see Blatter is now bringing in none other than Henry Kissinger to sort things out! The thing is though, unlike Vietnam, this couldn't get much worse!

If McIntyre wants to play Barrowman as a target man then he'll simply fail from the beginning. That was the mistakes Brewster made with him. Barrowman is the kind of guy who works best in a partnership where he can finish off the moves of others - in a sort of creator/finisher kind of role. It should also be noted that when he was scoring for fun for County in Division 2, he regularly played in a 4-3-3, feeding off the work of others. If he is to have any success at Dunfermline, they'll have to play that way. If they don't, he and they will fail once more.

Would it not be logical to arrange the Ross County friendly to the pre-season, even if it was moved to Dingwall.

Niall Calder According to this link, Niall Calder sat on the bench with his dad for a game against Partick in 2002. He was 15 at the time.* * - That also leads me on to mention that a couple of seasons ago, a player (now disappeared by the looks of things) named Connor Rennie was mentioned in the press as the youngest ever player to be part of the ICT squad at 16. If the info about Niall Calder is true, then this accolade is then false.

I'm sure I read somewhere that Jim Calder and his son Nial were both in the same squad once, in fact I think they sat on the same bench.

McAllister?

From what I gather he is more of a central player like Ian Black than a winger like Hayes. Sounds like a good prospect mind.

Unless ICT split the team in half and play two games at once, as they have done before.

Had a look at the list of out of contract players just now and a couple of names stood out. The main one that stood out was the American striker Eddie Johnson. Numerous caps for the USA but seemed a bit in and out at Fulham. I don't know what wages he'd be after but he is a big, fast forward that ICT could do with, especially with Rooney possibly being away. Would he come though, that's the thing. No harm in looking mind. Another one I noticed who'd been released was the big New Zealand striker Rory Fallon. Just been released by Plymouth but I do seem to recollect him being quite good at the last World Cup.

I see Gavin Skelton has been released by Hamilton. Would he be a player worth looking at? Quite experienced in this country but is he a bit past it by now?

And what colour was it?

I was sure he had done something with Latvia. I've just checked his records and apparently he has been capped at U-21 level but it doesn't say when. Don't know how he pulled that off, I thought he was rubbish!

Was Bulvitis not capped while he was here?

Duncan and Duff, your argument there i can understand and i actually agree but McCann and Munro are 2 very different players...i liked McCann though i think he is too injury prone to take a risk on. But you've got to say, who's the better player to have in your team - McCann or Munro? Munro is the handsdown winner. I never really took to McCann at all. He was always injured, slower than a week in jail and couldn't pass the ball to save his life.

How Butcher rates Duff and McCann over Munro and Duncan is beyond me. I don't particularly rate either of them at all.

Grant was 1 of the few who had the balls to stand up to Butcher the bully and Butcher would walk past him and totally ignore him , he hasn't spoke to Grant or Russell for over 2 Months . I think we should ignore what DALNEIGH CALEY says at our peril. Whether he knows something or just making it up, I don't know, but from what I gather, what he says may well be closer to the truth than some would like to believe. .

I see that a number of clubs both here and abroad have already released their kits for next season. As we all know, the way Caley Thistle work is that they rotate a kit each season and this time it is the away kit that is changing. So, does anyone know when the design will be released a what does it look like? And also if anyone wants to stick their own designs up, then stick them up here! Personally I think a red away kit would look quite good.

You wouldn't believe he is a born again Christian would you?