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Aberdeen are probably the favorites now. If we get them we might be heading to Easter Road again. If we get Hearts we might head to Pittodrie. If we get St Johnstone that might also be Pittodrie. Aberdeen therefore getting ready to emerge from years of not winning a cup?

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In some ways it was good old common sense but regardless of age, it sets a precedence. We should be awarded the points by default to prevent clubs allowing this to happen in future and for supporters, no matter how old, to make goal line clearances.

Can I just say well done to Ross County for beating Aberdeen yesterday. This was much appreciated. We hope we can get motivated to give you a game in a few weeks time and hope last year's pattern of defeats with you and St Johnstone is not replicated.

From the BBC "The sending-off is uncalled for and unnecessary. It's very soft. I have looked at it; if there was any contact it was minimal." No that is not from the archive and no it did not originate from the ICT appeal against the Juanjo sending off. In terms of justice, I hope Celtic appeal the Brown sending off. We won our appeal because it was a blatant injustice. Hopefully last night's subtle trip and blatant kick were really blatant injustices. We all know that Brown gets away with quite a lot in the Scottish game. Interesting also to see the Celtic centre half leaning into a Barca player and then giving him a shove. Sooner or later we might see that being punished in the Scottish game. When Doran was bundled over at Celtic Park in the 2-2 draw it looked like a clear foul.

Nick should be very fresh after his substitution!

After Celtic won 5-2 to take a commanding lead at the top of the league, I rate yesterday's result one of the best in our history. Hibs were in a fine run of form, their front two having scored in all recent games, they had lost the monkey of not winning at the Caley Stadium last year, and were able to play on a top class pitch. ICT deserve a lot of credit for moving on from the Aberdeen defeat, coping with a tough cup tie, and then knowing Celtic had regained top spot so only a 3 goal victory would regain them top spot. Hard work and years of disappointments achieved that result. Having seen Jonny Hayes try and do a Gordon Strachan 'messed up' free kick routine last week, it was actually quite funny seeing Nick hooked yesterday. Steve Marcella was actually mortified. I wonder if Terry apologised especially after this: '' Butcher said: “I was only at Brentford about five minutes and Steve phoned up. I didn’t know him at all but I spoke to one or two people and they said, ‘Take him – he’s an excellent goalkeeper coach and has a great eye for a player as well’. “He travels a lot of miles, he’s an excellent coach and also an excellent scout – and a good friend as well.There have been one or two we haven’t got right but I wouldn’t smack him for being wrong – he’s a big guy and would probably batter me!'' It is always dangerous to receive praise in life!!! Terry probably said to him yesterday ''Hook Ross'' so that is exactly what he did. Terry meant Ross.....Draper so hopefully it ended in smiles for Steve.

Imrie scores..................

Fantastic result!

Once he masters dancing around keepers and slotting the ball in the net he will be worth a fortune. The problem for other clubs is that few play our style of football with such a tiddler up front taking all the stick and running all day. Meantime let us enjoy because he clearly is a top talent which we at least recognise.

Looked like Grant was forever out of position yesterday. Mark bundled over Mackay Steven, then dives the wrong way for the penalty. A very good 6th away win!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsna-lPv7OI Now Terry gets an award!!! Well done. Let's now focus on the Aberdeen game. It will be the toughest yet this season so no resting on laurels. We do not want MacInnes to get the award in September.

Massively difficult game next Saturday, but well done today.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8baqCGD4kr4&feature=youtube_gdata Brilliant news. However, stay focussed on the Killie game, and let someone else from the club win it in September.

A lot depends not just on footballing skills but increasingly on financial skills. Remember the parlous state Dunfermline got themselves into last year during the campaign. Our next game against Killie is very important for both teams. If Killie win, that eases pressure on a pretty inexperienced Manager. Lose and the legs will wobble a bit more and the Killie fans will start getting vociferous again about the Board. Heffernan's transfer was quite interesting. He questioned it himself. The suggestion was it was to free up a high wage. Michael Gardyne is a loannee. So cash saved there. I believe Killie suggested Heffernan could not play alongside Porky the Boxer up front. Killie's finances are probably worse than Dunfermline's and they operate a model very similar I believe with Chairman's guarantee on debt. I could be wrong but even they had issues last year about attendances and cash flow suggesting all was not well behind the scenes. So if we can beat them, they are my tip to go down because in terms of risk under the fair play rules, they are most likely this season to go into administration and be deducted 10 points. We do not know where the Hearts saga will end and whilst they played well against us they have some major financial hurdles to climb. With such a youthful squad, sustaining 34 more league games when the hammerings start to come, as they inevitably will, their great escape will not be easy. They are massively reliant on about 4 experienced players (especially their keeper) some of whom may be subject to bids in the next window. They are ripe for cherry picking. So Hearts remain in a very precarious position.

Paddy Attabookies, the Irish Number Two, is often here watching our Irish lads. On 14 January Djebi-Zadi 2008 made his starting debut for Caley on Terry Butcher's first game against Celtic F.C. creating speculation he could be a big player for the rest of the season. Although Terry convinced Lionel that if he kept playing as he did in his first few games, his National Manager would watch him, I am not sure if Pierre Le Moray-Firth as Terry described the French number two to Lionel, actually entered the Stadium.

Well, the Tommy Chisholm stand sounds good to me. Tommy, you will have studied the finances of Scottish football, noticed the lack of a league sponsor this year, noticed attendances not linked to top of the league expectations, so to suggest you will raise the cash for a fourth stand is honorable. In addition for you then to raise money each year for maintenance is even better. Are you a philanthropist or just a lottery winner looking to put something back into the city?

...Billy is basically worth a hundred thousand fish suppers plus a few pies and drinks. I hope he now gets a game for NI and scores there - he deserves an international goal as a reward for being so unassuming.

Hamill is potentially subject to two appeals - one by Raith that he fell down like Neil Lennon did against Juanjo, and yesterday. He potentially cheated against Raith to get a player sent off and feigned injury yesterday against Aaron who was booked - two incidents potentially of cheating. However, he looks incredibly hard done by from TV evidence. There is a sense of justice in some respects but also one of injustice and an appeal here should be successful in my opinion.

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-united/jon-colman/a-lesson-carlisle-united-s-kids-should-heed-1.1076540# Update on Tom Aldred

Hearts have been incredible so far this season. Even with suspensions and possible injuries their record so far is as Terry says, just below ICT's. The cup win showed how they are refusing to be relegated this season. By definition it is our hardest game of the season and we need last week's starting 11 ready to go. The subs nearly pulled us ahead of Celtic in their short time on the Park last Saturday and I would hope they both get a chance this Saturday. I hope it is not because we are trailling though.

Justice at last - Wilson suspended against ICT!! McHattie appeal likely but the BBC seem to show he got the ball but wrestled the boy over to get to it.

Having just returned from the game, let know one do a disservice to our players by suggesting this was a weak Celtic Team. Certain 'stars' were missing but the credentials of those who took their place were very impressive. Our players worked their socks off and it is an enormous credit to them that they are the first team to take a point off Celtic at Celtic Park after Celtic achieved 13 straight league victories. The previous team to get points at Celtic Park were...........ICT. Now encourage more people to next weeks game against Hearts. That will be a very difficult game.

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