Kingsmills

Donaldson has been linked with County for months by many people. Frankly, I don't care how many people link him with County as long as he doesn't actually leave and go there.

What he says.

I wonder whether the pitch relaying might be an opportunity to strip out the USH since it is no longer a requirement. We had a wonderful playing surface prior to fitting it and, largely due to our seafront location, only had one game postponed due to a frozen surface. Since it was fitted and destroyed the drainage we have had a poorer and poorer playing surface despite Tommy's valiant efforts and have had umpteen mstches called off due to waterlogging.

Glad to hear that the Trawler is still going. Not been for years but I remember it for one of the finest fish suppers to be had in the Highlands.

Good call. I am not surprised by the decision of the Highland League. Although it may have suited us, to have a Colts team from a higher tier would have compromised the integrity of their competition just in the same way as having Old Firm Colts teams in League 1 or 2 would compromise the integrity of the SPFL. Playing the idle Highland League team on an informal basis worked for us before and there's no reason why it couldn't work now.

Entirely agree. It will be a tough league next season and to have any chance of winning it we need to get off to a consistently good start. We have finished very well in the last two seasons but that has not been enough and won't be again next season.

You better lie down for a while to get over that !

Nobody disagrees that we need to improve the squad. It was the rest of your post that exception was taken to. Three red dots now.

The sort of complacency that the manager and the players certainly won't share. Nor will most sensible and realistic fans.

Tough group with no easy games but no reason why we can't progress.

I think he has tested their patience by effectively downing tools after losing out on the opportunity to play full time football again. That said, they paid a fee for him and would want to recover at least that fee. Are we in a position right now to pay a fee for anyone ?

It's the third most important tournament in the country and very worth doing well in for all sorts of reasons not least early season momentum and confidence building. I didn't regard it as a Mickey Mouse competition when I was sitting at Parkhead with my head in my hands after losing out on penalties to Aberdeen and I don't regard it as a Mickey Mouse competition now.

Surprised as he may be to hear it, I agree with Bughtmaster.

...and end the season demonstrating that that belief was not misplaced.

No point in being defeatest. We need to start the season believing that we can.

Have the Arabs established a record in failing to convert a single penalty in a shoot out?

Inverness would be better off with a decent castle and bouncy pies.

To be fair to the referees, the standard of football is an even more serious problem.

Maybe we should hold back on the County jokes for now....

Fear not. There will be something ?

The more I learn about this new CEO the more I like. Looking like, for the first time in a while, we have competent management both on and off the pitch.

We seemed to have turned a corner. Very encouraging developments in the last wee while.

They have been for years. Not entirely sure, as yet, how much credit Brian Rice can take for that. What they do have is an excellent record of developing their own players and cashing in on them which we would do well to try to emulate.

This from the poster that spent years referring to the board who kept us in the Premiership as "The Muppets".

More good news. The pitch has been an issue for at least three seasons now. Hopefully, we will have the players to take advantage of the better playing surface and improve on our thoroughly mediocre home form.