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I'd rather sign promising players like Rankin and Cowie, than do the Aberdeen routine of plundering Dundee United and Dunfermline squad players :022:

Wish I paid more attention in the Clyde v. Dundee United game on Sky a while back, instead of flicking between games :020: In fairness I hear he's been played as a left winger for Clyde in a lot of games, so goals to game ratio shouldn't be considered to be as an out and out striker.

Fingers crossed the young Celtic player is Jim O'Brien, who was on loan to Dunfermline last season!

Where's my red pen...??

Brian Irvine? :004:

Team news from bbc.co.uk Motherwell striker Chris Porter is ruled out of the visit of Inverness after suffering a knee injury in the Scottish Cup win over Hearts. Jim Paterson is still suspended, but Steven McGarry is expected to return from illness. New signing Luke Daniels could be on the bench after the goalkeeper arrived from West Brom. Defender Phil McGuire, serving the last of a three-match suspension, is the only absentee for Inverness. Glad to see that Chris Porter is out injured :021:

To be honest i'm not bothered if Duncan and Tokely go. Both have been excellent servants for the club and at times produced match winning performances. But they are really not worth paying over the odds for, especially when we have the likes of Dale Gillespie and Ian Vigurs coming through looking for a first team place. I actually think that young defender we have, Kerr (can't remember his first name) would make an excellent defensive midfielder. Good in the tackle and in the air and every game i've seen him in, he has shown excellent distribution. Something definitely lacking in Russel's locker. It's all very well and good breaking up play... but when you give the ball back to the opposition 5 secs later :024:

I just think it's a very closed minded comment. Has the poster seen Dorrans play? I'm guessing not. So it's a snap judgement not only on his value but his ability, based on that he didn't get into an under 21 squad which is full of SPL players? We might as well get rid of Zander Sutherland, because he didn't get in either :014: Also... he may be named in the Under 20 (19s?) squad?

What a stupid comment :018:

Take this with a pince of salt, but I noticed this on the Livi Lions forum dorrans to ICT(dunno fee) Wilson back to livi(either on loan or as player/coach) according to relation of wilson you heard it here first

Despite his injury problems, that lad Conway he signed from Ayr (whilst at Dundee United) was a real find. Quality winger :clapping03:

BBC reporting that 2 bids are rejected from Nottingham and Burnley. From reports in the newspapers the bids were between 750k and 1million. Here's hoping this spurs the likes of Newcastle and Birmingham into action to bid between 1.5 million and 2 million. Although, If Daniel Cousin is worth 3 million.... :024:

From what I've seen of Dale Gillespie in pre season friendlies, I think we'll be fine without Richie Hart. Garry Wood can also play as an attacking center midfielder I think? It really is time we played some youth players :024:

That was the name of my local pub in my first year living in Aberdeen (2000 I think?). It was surprisingly easy to find :rolleyes02:

I got up about about 8am, won a bit of money on the Tennis and now i'm tidying the flat in preparation for about 6 or 7 guys coming round to watch the game. As i'm in Aberdeen, it'll be 1 Caley fan (me), 6 Dons fans and 1 Rangers fan, which should make the match banter interesting... Pies, beer and cava been in the fridge since yesterday. Cava; because I had 2 bottles saved in the fridge for xmas period, which both got drunk at the full time whistle in the Celtic 3-2 win :021: Hope to crack them open today as well! Stuck my tennis winnings on Ajax and PSV wins, which i'll watch before our kick offs.

I'm sure this has been answered somewhere else before, but did we sign that young striker from Wick in the end? Anyone know how he's doing, if we did?

Businessman Behind Football Buyout Exposed As A Pimp A TYCOON trying to buy an SPL football club can today be exposed as a sleazy pimp luring women into prostitution. Neil MacGregor, 35, claims to be a wealthy ex-SAS officer with a bodyguard firm protecting Hollywood stars. Last week he launched a multi-million pound bid for Inverness Caledonian Thistle after a similar approach to Third Division Elgin City flopped. But we can reveal that MacGregor operates an internet escort agency hiring Scots girls to sell sex in the US porn industry. He was snared after trying to groom a Sunday Mail reporter, posing as a recruit, for a life of vice. Our investigator, who provided a fake CV and photo, agreed to meet MacGregor at Crieff Hydro Hotel in Perthshire but he fled after being confronted. Before the meeting, he bombarded our girl with sleazy phone calls and asked if she would perform sex acts with clients. MacGregor also claims to have bedded porn star Jenna Jameson. He said: "We're bodyguards and we got into this because I used to protect Jenna Jameson. She's the most famous porn actress in the world. I worked with her and we had an affair." He boasted that "his girls" drove Porsche Carreras and Ferraris and that many were "heading to be millionaires". MacGregor said: "Do you want to be more than an escort? Do you want to run a department in charge of the girls? "I'm very upfront. Instead of sleeping with guys to earn some money, because basically you are just a prostitute, would you like to be in charge? "I will show you how you can become a young lady with no financial problems at all. If you come with me you can be a millionaire in five years. How do you fancy ?250,000 a year? If you earn that, you will then double it every year. "At one point we had 1000 girls on our books. We now have about 200 but we are looking for about 1000. "I used to be a bodyguard and I said to Jenna when we were in bed together that she could be more. Now she is one of the best porn stars in the world." Rangers fan MacGregor - using the title of doctor - last year approached Elgin City with a ?400,000 takeover bid, ?5million investment and a promise to take them to the SPL. He said: "I want to be the David Murray of Elgin and do what he did for Rangers." Within days, director Graham Tatters said: "I now believe we have been the victims of a hoax." Despite claiming to be a millionaire, MacGregor was traced to a modest block of flats in Crieff. And one of his websites is registered at another rundown flat in Pollokshaws, Glasgow. On Tuesday, it emerged MacGregor had approached Caley Thistle and offered to build a ?10million training facility and 20,000-seater stadium. Last week he criticised Caley chiefs in a local paper and said he could make the club a top-six side in the SPL. He said: "They do not want to lose control but they have no money to do anything with it. Either do something with the club or step aside and let someone else do something." MacGregor agreed to meet our investigator on Friday afternoon at Crieff Hydro after supposedly flying in from America. After being confronted he gave a fake name before threatening to call police, refusing to answer questions then fleeing on foot. MacGregor said: "You can't do this. This is harassment." He said later: "I'm not telling you what I'm worth. What I am doing is not illegal." A senior military source dismissed MacGregor as a fantasist and said there was no record of his army career. He said: "There is nothing on that name or age group. He's nothing to do with the army or the SAS and that includes the Territorials." MacGregor only communicated with Elgin - who play in front of around 500 fans - through email and walked away after the club tried to involve lawyers. Director Tatters, an ex-RAF NCO, said: "The man is a figment of his own imagination. "Each time we tried to tie him down to a formal offer, he wouldn't do it. If it hadn't been so serious, it would have made a great comedy sketch." Tatters was also suspicious of MacGregor's army claims. He said: "He's now removed reference to his army career from the security firm website although it makes a vague reference to special forces." "It didn't take much investigation to raise lots of red flags about him." 'I can make you a young lady with no financial problems at all' NEIL MACGREGOR TO REPORTER SUNDAY MAIL

A rangers fan with a 7 year old daughter.... :024: I'm guessing the mother is in 4th year of secondary school by now? So we could maybe excuse her spelling.... :023:

A choice phrase for our guests on sunday... Any chance we can club together to leave a bar of soap on each away end seat? It'll save a fortune in defumigating the stand after the game :016:

I don't trust him. He's got that shifty eye a bit like the leader of the BNP

Glad to hear it's looking like a sell out :clapping03:

Dorrans heads to Baggies on loan Livingston wing-back and Scotland under-21 Graeme Dorrans is set for a trial with West Brom next week. Dorrans, 20, has 18 months remaining on his current contract, but has attracted interest from Rangers, Middlesbrough, Dundee United and Inverness. He started his career as a youth player with Livingston and has scored nine goals in 25 appearances this season. Livingston's manager Mark Proctor has said he would not stand in the player's way if a suitable offer was made Noticed a few others talking him up in other threads, to which I'll add my praise. Good player, would love to have him at the club but very unlikely he'll join to be honest. Ach well, better get back to work....

It would make my Monday morning absolutely brilliant if I could take the **** out of all the Hun supporting urchins, somewhat akin to the next day after the Celtic win. That was a very hazy night out, followed by an hour so of sleep, then 7 hours of dealing with bratty kids...

Chants of the week "We couldn't sell you on ebay!" Grimsby Town fans to ex-keeper Anthony Williams. Pretty sure the Man Utd fans tried to sell Darren Fletcher on ebay at one point :024:

When he was told he can go by Dundee United I had a bad feeling we'd be linked. He's a terrible defender, but apparently played a blinder for the games when operating in the attacking midfielder role. A poor man's David Proctor