Johnboy

Think this link will be the same as all the others : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/s...rem/6407137.stm Time to cast caution to the wind now and throw Lionel up front.

Well so far, so good... 0-0 and a penalty shoot out would do me nicely. :)

It's working for me....

Oh well.... As TM4TJ says in his preview it will be one less competition to worry about at the end of the night.

Is Rosscoe suspended for this tie?

Fair enough... but the management team signed/brought in and picked the team that faced Airdrie and presumably instructed them on how they should have approached this game.... The buck has to finish up with TB and MM - or with those who appointed them.

It was a pretty boring topic to start with... The further off topic it went, the more interesting it got.... :cute01:

I don't know how you managed to sneak that in without me seeing it.... You are right in what you're saying though.... younger fans like me are finding it hard to come to terms with this apparent downward spiral. The auld yins are seemingly content to spend eternity playing against the likes of Rosss County and err, Dundee.

So what about your "mature acceptance" of your team's performances? I never thought I'd ever see the words Heilandee and mature in the same sentence.

Or this classic from Van the Man... backed by just about the best band in the world : Caravan

Yeap... Very good. And then there was this one from The Messiah

I loved all that anti vietnam war stuff... Another classic here

I love that... We shood ol be maid to spel lyk that. Although, shouldn't you have said tie a knot in your laces?

If you're "tought" to spell words as they sound shouldn't "tought" be spelt T.O.T?

For some reason that early Quo put me in the mood for this classic :

The story doing the rounds at the time was there had been a major training ground bust up between Esson and TB. If that had been the case would it not have been more appropriate for TB to fine Esson - rather than drop him for 5 very important games? Ok... It's all in the past now and we are where we are... The only problem for me is that looks very much like we'll be staying where we are.

So now we are managed by a fecking legend - So what? - Who cares? - Who gives a feck? I'd much rather have had an unknown numpty in charge who might have had what it takes to get us back into to the SPL. I know we can't afford to get rid of him now thanks to his lucrative contract... I just wish I could see a wee bit of hope on the horizon.

I just wonder how much time TB spent studying videos of matches, and compiling dossiers for George Burley on Scotland's world cup qualifying opponents. Some of that time might have been better spent trying to get more info on our SFL opponents. As IHE said at the top of the thread we took on Airdrie playing to their strengths, rather than trying to exploit their weaknesses.

Yeap... two stupid Michael Fraser goals which turned out to be very costly indeed...

I'm not sure if anyone is calling for his head.... He is contracted till the end of the season - it is doubtful if the club could afford to get rid of him now. I don't think we've got too many options... I'll carry on supporting the club and hope everyone else will - but that's not to say I think TB's appointment was a very wise one.

Who took us out of the SFL last time we were here?

I don't, not anymore. I was actually quite keen on bringing Butcher in before and when his name was being touted both before and when Brew was booted out, but now I wish someone else had gotten the job. If Butcher was the man for the job, he'd have kept ICT in the SPL. Did he do that? No. If Butcher was the man for the job, he would've tried to keep the best players, especially the best younger ones that ICT had. Did he do that? No. Vigurs played about 10 minutes during Butcher's first game and then disappeared. Duff seems to be another one who was one for the future and a decent player just now but seems to have disappeared under Butcher. He now has a bad injury and I won't be at all surprised if he's the next one out the door, with this injury possibly being the excuse. If Butcher was the man for the job, he would've made some decent signings. Has he done that? No. If Butcher was the man for the job, he would've offered a very capable player a contract. Did he do that? No. Pavels Mihadjuks was a very capable centre-half from the little I saw of him and was very highly thought of by the fans. He was also a capable player in a position where ICT had desperately needed a capable player in that position, since the departure of Darren Dods. Whether he would've signed it or not is one thing, but not to even offer him one was madness. If Butcher was the man for the job he'd have a proven record at other clubs showing how good he can be. Did/Does he have a capable record? No. Observe - Sunderland - SACKED. Coventry City - SACKED. Motherwell - Finished bottom in his first season, and was only saved by Brockville. He may have finished 6th and 8th in the coming seasons ahead, but would he have kept his job had Falkirk had the capablities to replace Motherwell, the team that should have been relelgated? Perhaps not. Sydney FC - SACKED. Brentford - SACKED. Do you see a pattern arising here? Doesn't even look like a mediocre record to me, rather a pretty poor one. And last and certainy not least, if Butcher was the man for the job he would've gone into the final game of the season, the relegation decider and the most important game in ICT history, playing a simple and steady formation and team selection. Did he do that? No. He played Tokely out of position at centre-half, and played Mihadjuks, a very capable centre-half at right back, a position he had never played before. Utter madness. One things almost certain in my mind now though, and that's that ICT will probably not be in the SPL next season and should that be the case, I highly doubt that Butcher will not be here next season, should ICT not be promoted. You forgot to mention dropping Ryan Esson for the last 5 (vital) matches of last season which was probably not one of his better decisions.

Was this one of them, DC?

Renegade's hilarious :P Although not always intentionally :sleep01:

Totally agree Dude.... You've really got to feel for Mark Hughes... he and his team were mugged - the ref was just going to carry on with this game until Utd got took the lead. I haven't heard his post match comments yet, but he'll probably be fined and banned from the touch line - assuming he speaks his mind.