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Accies, from the point of view of it being a shorter away trip for those of us based in the west. Mind you, I watched that doc on BBC TalkFunny the other night about United's UEFA Cup run in 1987, beating Borussia Munchengladbach and Barcelona on their way to the final. Remember watching the Barcelona away leg live on telly. What a come-down for them to be trying to overcome Accies to get promotion.
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Agree with those who want Fisher to stay. Has done well recently and would do better a league down. We need somehow 1) To start discovering more Shinnies, Christies and Polworths coming through the system and 2) To have a manager who can look at all the players being released just now from SPL sides who might just be rejuvenated at TCS and rejuvenate them 3) Spot players in the HL and Juniors who are improving and ready to step up. Should be, er, nae bother.
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FORAN OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I see Davie Moyes, the Richie Foran of the English Premier, has walked. Amazing he lasted as long as he did as well. Maybe Richie can be his assistant in his next club job, in Yemen or wherever. -
I've had this earworm since I started reading through this thread so everybody else might as well too...
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Agree with Matt above. We were pretty terrible for most of the game, big long balls. It was a blustery day and a plastic pitch - play it on the deck like Killie are doing! Yes, for the last fifteen minutes there was some urgency and the odd chance might have given us a draw - but why, for much of the previous hour and a bit had many of the players seemed like mildly interested bystanders? Richie in his after-match comments said the only thing he was unhappy about was the 'schoolboy defending' at the second goal. As I saw it, the second goal was terrific play by the Killie lad. The first goal - that was schoolboy defending.
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Also in the striking ranks Clyde have ex-Kirkie Rob Roy David Gormley (who before either club was in the hapless Ayr United team that lost 7-0 to ICT in the Butcher promotion year). I'd rather Clyde filled the bottom spot in a year when the other tenants of Broadwood, Cumbernauld Colts, won the Lowland League. That would be a play-off to savour. Main memories of away games at Clyde - terrific match programme, terrible pies.
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Never been to the new Dumbarton gaff either. Is it really only one visit ever to Nou Bayview? It was a freezing Boxing Day or something like that, iirc. A massive goalscoring spree by Queens Park could still see them make the playoffs, if other results and goalscoring sprees go their way. Hampden would be fun. Especially if we nick Gus McP as manager. Hopefully St Mirren stay up. Only been to the Falkirk Stadium for Scotland U21 & women's games so looking forward to seeing ICT there, too.
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As I recall, he won every post-split bottom-6 fixture 1-0 during his tenure. We'd've settled for that this year. And he left after a bad start to the season, but at a time when we did always start poorly. I don't think he's a shout for manager anyway, but I do wonder why, if he's still at the club, he's not being listened to.
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A fellow-poster has summarised them nicely in the matchday thread.
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Desperately looking for a bright side, there are potentially loads of handy trips for us Central Belters next season. St Mirren, Dumbarton, Falkirk, maybe Alloa, maybe even Hampden if QPFC do the impossible and squeeze up through the play-offs. QotS was always one of my favourite away trips. Livingston probably about the least favourite, excepting Ibrox and Parkhead.
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I hope Mo is the answer. Perhaps he is. I'm not sure to which question, though.
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Not quite sure what happened at Dundee. Hartley did well at first and should really have the players to avoid danger. Same as Richie, I suppose, apart from the doing well at first bit.
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Do I remember us once going through a bottom-six post-split winning every game 1-0, or did I make that up? If I didn't make it up it was during the Charlie C era. Get yer track suit on, Charlie.
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It's a statement that means 'Stop bothering us!' It's a ghastly situation. I'm convinced sacking Richie would solve nothing (who would want to replace him at this stage?) and I don't even think it would help right now for the board to sack themselves. Who needs that disruption when we have a handful of games to stay in Spiffle 1?
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After Yogi went I pointed out that Gus McPherson had managed to get Queens Park into promotion contention in League 2. They got promoted, and they are doing very well in League 1, with an outside chance of the play-offs for the Championship. Remember, he's working with a lower wage bill than Richie - zero, for Queen's are still amateur. I hate the idea of giving Richie the heave, even if we can afford to do it. But if he does go, we could do worse...
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Matchday Thread Inverness CT -V- St Johnstone
KirkieRobRoy replied to Scotty's topic in Caley Thistle
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Not sure about this - look at Saturday's opponents. Not dissimilar size of town, same problem with local Old Firm numpties, difficulty in bringing in supporters. But despite a dodgy recent run they're safely in the top six. Glass-half-empty - look at St Mirren, similar size of town, even bigger problem with local Old Firm numpties, and until recently they were in freefall. Summing up - something gone awry. Agree with those who suggest the journeyman route worked for a while, but isn't working now. Need to develop more players and also rediscover our former trick of acquiring young Scottish players who had underachieved at their first clubs and bring them on (like, say, going way back, Robson and Wyness).
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In fairness, The Rangers have won a Challenge Cup. But then so have we.
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Coming late - but I was delighted with the performance, the attitude, the fight (but 'fight' without the stupid challenges that cost us so badly at Sellick Park). Rode our luck a bit once or twice (some of the Jambo shooting was terrible) but deserved the point, at least. Won't be at the game v the New Club but I consider them a poorer team with poorer players than Hearts. They are also skint, having one of their regular crises, and wobbly away from home. A performance like Saturday should be enough for at least a point.
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At Sellick Park Broon could run amok with a firearm and would be unlucky to get even a yellow. However, today we'd still've been horsed if they'd had 2 or 3 sent off.
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Very grateful to the man-fl that kept me from the game. At least at home you can switch channels when it gets painful. Have tickets for Tynecastle as well. Wonder how long this bug will last...
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He'll be ideal for ship-steadying at Rovers. They were a good side last season but have gone into freefall of late. Oddly Yogi's new appointment is likely to go largely unnoticed given the 'He's gone!/Naw he hasnae!' comedy over at the new club.
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On the 8th I pointed out to a Celticular colleague that it was our Seventeeno Jubileeno. It was not well-received. In all honesty a win - arguably even a result - on Saturday would be a bigger shock than yon game. However, I will be there hopeful and expectant. And expectorant, because I have a cauld.
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Well, ta, Kingsmills, there goes ma wan straw. Whatever the outcome, anyone who feels like more fitba afterwards, why not pop along to this like I will be? A two-pie day.
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Have happy memories of this... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7143483.stm I notice in this report the BBC mentioned Michael Fraser's save, but it rankled that it was missing from their 'highlights' at the time (or was it that STV shambles then?). Recall Strachan being utterly classless in defeat, rather as he is in his 'management' of the national side. Ten years on, Don Cowie is still able to stick it to the Twins of Evil, I note.
