Kingsmills

I was brought up in Ardersier. I possess no class ?

Well done. We all get it wrong sometimes. A sincere apology always goes a very long way to putting things right.

and thank you for correcting my slip which indeed must have been Freudian!

I think that that too is a valid argument. What would happen in the event that the Westminster Parliament can't agree on any course of action is uncharted territory but, in my view, in that event logic should dictate that the status quo should prevail.

That is, in my view, an obvious solution. This mess the United Kingdom has unnecessarily found itself in against the express wishes of almost two thirds of the Scottish people has, without doubt, strengthened the case for independence and brought that day closer. Not much that is positive has emerged from this chaotic shambles but that is one beacon of light shining through the Brexit darkness.

I have no doubt that the EU would have no difficulty in a United Kingdom volte face. They didn't want it to happen in the first place. I think that is now a distinct possibility although very far from an inevitability. However, even as an ardent remainer who believes strongly in the European Union, I do have a difficulty with that from a democratic point of view given that a majority voted to remain in 2016. I believe now as I did then that they were thoroughly misguided in doing so but vote to leave they did and that was their democratic right. While I still think that remaining in the European Union Is far better from almost every point of view, it would leave millions of people, especially in post industrial towns in the English Midlands, The North of England and South Wales feeling effectively even more abandoned and disenfranchised which was a big motivation for them to shaft the establishment in the first place. A very dangerous state of affairs and all because David Cameron wanted to try to face down the right wing nutters in his own party.

As snorbens caleyman says, nothing is concluded yet and everything is still in play. Well; almost everything, ironically, the one option is that is utterly unlikely to prevail is the Prime Minister's so called 'deal'. As for Elizabeth May, I see no harm in giving her a chance, she is unlikely to do any worse than her pathetically ineffective and feeble sister Theresa.

Wholly agree. If a post bores you it's a simple matter merely to ignore it.

and, why is it not about winning ?

Scarlet, a midweek replay against Edinburgh City where we have to split the gate money will not generate any money for the club. It may well end up costing us money.

Two ways of looking at it. Most optimistically, an upset and embarrassment avoided with an opportunity to rectify things the week after next. A warning but not a disaster.

One contributor has been banned from posting on this thread for inflammatory and inappropriate language. Can we keep it on topic please.

Well, the relief is that we are still in the competition and have a second bite at the cherry. I know that the league is, as it should be, priority. However, it will be hugely dispiriting and confidence sapping for fans and players alike to go out of all three cup tournaments at the first hurdle. We really really need to make sure that doesn't happen. That said, well done to the part timers for forcing a replay. By the look of the stats late in the game, they deserved it.

Scottish Cup day has arrived. Maybe a bit earlier in the season than we are used to but always different and exciting no matter the stage in the competition or the opponents. Let's hope we can manage a few more of them than we did last season.

I see that our 2015 Cup Final opponents have gone out of this year's tournament at the first time of asking against lower league opponents. With the prospect of a winnable home tie in prospect, we need to make sure we don't follow suit. We need to bear in mind that a home tie against East Kilbride will be as much of an incentive to Edinburgh City as it is to us.

HT; Edinburgh City 0, ICT 1 FT; Edinburgh City 1, ICT 3 ICT: D McKay Edinburgh City; Henderson Crowd;556

and, with the greatest respect to our welcome visitor, do all in our power to prevent that potential upset becoming reality.

Very well done. I, like a number of others, have been critical of much that has been done, or not done, of late but this is deserving of nothing but praise and respect.

A perfectly reasonable question in my view. If you don't know the answer there is seldom anything wrong in asking.

Final score 3-2 to us. Well done to the youngsters for racing into a remarkable lead and then holding on against a club with a reputation for having one of the best youth systems in the land. They deserve a good turn out in the next round against Celtic. The future looks bright and promising.

We will never have a huge fan base but I agree with you that some public demonstration of faith and commitment on the part of the board would entice some, perhaps a few hundred, fans back and that could make a difference not only financially but in terms of atmosphere to encourage the team at home games.

Much as he went down in my estimation for his flat cap and flasher coat antics at Easter Road, one advantage we had last time in attracting more fans through the gate the last time we were vying for promotion was the much higher profile we had with Terry Butcher cheerleading very loudly which also helped with attracting lower league players from South of the border. That is not a criticism of Robbo who is a very competent manager and coach.

I should have added that perhaps Scotland's greatest potential asset is a whole generation of young people who, if the polls are to be believed, have the confidence and willingness, unlike the majority of my contemporaries, to grasp the opportunities and deal with the challenges of independence and build a bright future for themselves and further generations to come.

Scarlet, Scotland's population is at a record high level and still growing, there is plenty of coal still under the ground and under the sea, enough to last more than a century if we were to want to continue to ruin the planet, fortunately we don't and choose to generate our electricity by greener means of which we are world leaders, we have the largest and most sustainable wild fish stock in Europe as well as the second most successful farmed fish industry in the word and Scotch whisky sales do not generate millions of pounds of income, they generate multiple billions of pounds. Scotland is on the cutting edge of developing wave and tidal energy and has an almost perfect coastline to generate and export it. We are world leaders in online and video game technology, have a healthy financial sector, are home to leading biomedical companies and have a very healthy and growing tourist industry which consists of just a little more than skiing in the Cairngorms for six weeks in a year. That is to name but a few of the advantages and potential advantages at our disposal. If you think that being governed by a far more populous Southern neighbour with increasingly different values, standards and ambitions to your own is the way forward then perhaps Canada should give it a try.

I would be in favour of extending the pyramid system but, for economic and practical reasons, I would prefer below League Two to be tegiinalised perhaps with second divisions for both the Highland and Lowland Leagues. Not in favour of colt teams at all. It won't happen for reasons of insularity and self interest but I would prefer two national divisions if 18 with each team playing each other twice with below that being regionalised.