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Kingsmills

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  1. I have enjoyed a brief, single malt themed, island hop stopping off in Skye and Orkney. Time to move to the mainland now with a view to ending my evening with a tour of Speyside but will drop in to Tain en route.
  2. I endorse Robert's thanks to tmftj.Close to a must win game as far as our promotion prospects are concerned. A very happy and healthy new year to one and all when it comes. I am off to uncork the Bruichladdich now. Slaite
  3. I too think that we can achieve a play off spot. However, to have a realistic prospect of promotion, that probably needs to be the top play off spot, the one that we were occupying last season when it was brought to a premature end and, to achieve that, we probably need to be winning our home matches against potential rivals like Dunfermline and Dundee rather than dropping points against them. We are not in a terrible position but certainly need to do better in the final two thirds of the season.
  4. Something on which we can agree.
  5. I have read the research. 57% of people clearly understood the acronym. FACTS. Not ideal but not a minority. The Scottish government have not adopted hands, face, space. They did, I concede, drop their resistance to the UK government advertising, paid for by the UK government, being broadcast in Scotland but only after the latter said they were going ahead anyway. The Scottish government message remains FACTS and appears regularly still in advertising paid for by Holyrood.
  6. To get back on topic, which I have been as guilty as any for straying from, I agree with Robert that we are unlikely to move from level 4 any time soon. Certainly not after the initial 3 week review. However, I am a little more optimistic about the medium term and believe that, unless this damn virus throws us another curve ball which is entirely possible, things me improve by late February/early March with more of the vulnerable vaccinated, more carrying natural antibodies and T cells from infection and the easing of the normal Winter pressures on the health service. I believe that we could see the return of fans, possibly in somewhat greater numbers, for the conclusion of the season. It would be good if ICT were still in contention for play off place and maybe still in the cup by then. Things will, without doubt, get better.
  7. I am not a Nationalist either. Boris Johnston, Bill Cash, Jacob Rees- Mogg and their ilk are Nationalists. I am, by contrast, merely someone who believes that Scotland should be a normal, democratic, independent country pooling sovereignty with other nations where appropriate. I have held this view for the best part of half a century when it was perhaps regarded as a marginal and rather quaint notion. Now, as times have evolved, it appears the majority and mainstream view, particularly among the younger generation. As far as the levels are concerned. The Scottish government were advised that the 3 tiers put in place were not going to offer sufficient flexibility to cope with a likely rapidly changing picture so, instead, adopted a system of 5 levels which has, thus far, stood the test. In contrast, England have had to introduce a tier 4, broadly similar, although not identical, to our level 4. As far as the FACTS campaign is concerned, it has not been withdrawn in it the clearest possible acronym and is well understood. The UK Government now pay for their hands, face, space message which FACTS predates by some time, to be broadcast in the devolved nations too. The latter, of course, omits 2 vital elements of the advice which me, in part at least account for why so relatively few people self isolate when required to do so.
  8. Leaving Dumfries and Galloway for now and returning to the Highlands, I fear that some in the area, like Aberdeenshire a few weeks ago became complacent after so many months of following restrictions, and decided, with a relatively low prevalence locally, to take more risks and take a more casual approach. With this virus, and particularly with this seemingly more virulent strain, that is a recipe for disaster and what can seem to be a situation under control can, within a week or so, rapidly escalate out of control. We all need.to keep doing what most of us have been doing since March and by the Summer, with the vast majority of the most vulnerable vaccinated, we can all return to something much closer to normal with as few more families as possible suffering the heartbreak of bereavement or individuals suffering debilitating illness. The rules are tedious and restrictive but they are not difficult to follow or understand and they are in place for a reason
  9. A point deservedly rescued in the end and it could have, and maybe should have, been more. In a truncated season, we remain only one or two defeats from becoming detached from the battle for promotion. Here's hoping that 2021 brings greater joy on the football pitch as well as on the health and welfare front.
  10. Only if they had somehow dragged the town 20 miles south.
  11. In correcting their first abject 'apology' Queen of the South seem to have forgotten which country they are in by, more than once, referring to Dumfries and Galloway moving from 'Tier1' to Tier4' between the time George Galloway and his family were invited to their actual attendance. The last time I checked, Dumfries was on the Scottish side of the border so, like the rest of mainland Scotland, is in Level 4. Tiers are only applicable in England. If you are going to try to apologise, however insincerity, try to get the basic terminology right.
  12. I can't imagine us taking in anymore unless Celtic sell Ryan Christie.
  13. Bill Cash, John Redwood and the other swivel eyed lunatics of the ERG have given their approval to the trade deal. If anyone was in any doubt about just what an abysmal arrangement it is then surely that removes any semblance of such doubt.
  14. HT; ICT 1, Dunfermline 0 FT; ICT; 2, Dunfermline 1 ICT; Sutherland Dunfermline; O'Hara First Yellow; Sutherland.
  15. It might have been me
  16. I, for one, don't blame Yogi for taking the opportunity to try to revive his career in Dingwall. I also give him credit for overseeing the greatest times in our history and, in particular, one fantastic day out at Hampden in May 2015. However, I won't overlook the fact that he also oversaw the start of our slide and deliberately picked a public fight with the board but only after signing a lucrative new contract. In my view, the ICT report card for Mr Hughes remains a decidedly mixed one.
  17. A hypothetical question which is destined to stay that way, thank goodness. I don't see us ever going 'bust' we could perhaps have to enter administration if the situation got bad enough, we might have to revert to part time football but I am confident that, one way or another, the club would survive.
  18. What a pity there will ge no fans present. A visit to the proper Victoria Park would have been a great day out. It may have changed over the years (decades) but I seem to remember that they had a pretty decent playing surface.
  19. Not the easiest of men but a very fine football coach who, after being sacked by Dundee, moved the couple of hundred yards to Tannadice to turn unheralded Dundee United into a genuine force in European football unbeaten in six competitive matches against Barcelona apart his other remarkable achievements. Scottish football is unlikely ever to see his like again.
  20. Not to mention the Tory voting farmers.
  21. I hope you find the programme but, in my opinion, the trophy should have been withheld that season following the disgraceful behaviour of the Hibs fans at the final whistle. Look at the final of the previous season as an example of how fans can and should behave at such times.
  22. The details are now beginning to emerge. The rabbit may have emerged from the hat but it is riddled with myxomatosis!
  23. A very good and community minded act from the club who also did so much positive work during the original lockdown. This has been a difficult year for most and an absolutely dreadful year for some. However, there have been many positives too so a very merry Chritmas to the entire ICT family and a prosperous, happy and, above all, healthy 2021 to everyone.
  24. and, quite rightly, neither would tell you the agreed figure but it will be a very healthy six figure sum which will help tide us over during these extremely difficult times and might even release a little cash to strengthen during the January window.
  25. Yip. Looks like I got it wrong yet again. Regular listeners will not be surprised to learn that I think that I believe that County have made a mistake in appointing Yogi. He has a decent record after inheriting decent teams but is not the man to arrest a decline as ourselves, Harltlepool, Hibs and Raith can all bear witness too. Look forward to a very divided dressing room in Dingwall within weeks.
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