Yngwie

Good post, but oops!

I don't think that's actually the case. Ability is only one of the factors taken into account when considering contract extensions.

Would you believe that Raven played for the Liverpool first team under Rafa Benitez? Hard to believe, I know, based on what we have seen from him so far. He then seems to have been a decent player for Carlisle, Shrewsbury and Tranmere, held back by injury problems rather than lack of ability. I'm pretty sure he must be capable of playing much, much better than we have seen, but have no idea why he just hasn't performed yet.

Right, so if he starts again, plays well and we win 3-0, you'll bin your season tickets. Just checking!

and I'll add Pepper to that too. Looks like he'll be getting more game time if Ross is as badly injured as suggested.

For me A Shinnie and Doran get pass marks, with Warren being the best of a bad lot in defence. Nick Ross did OK too - but seems to have disclocated his shoulder :(

I suspect we would have fared better against Celtic's 1st XI.

Can you get to Inverness in time for the second half? Please?

I see that like last week, Oswell isn't even on the bench. Injured, or still too lightweight for the SPL?

I wonder if we are trying to copy last week's masterplan of going 0-2 down and getting a player sent off before starting to play?

Pretty embarrassing :( The crowd or our performance? :(

He was on their books back then but was usually out injured.

Yup, a look at his career history suggests it was almost certainly him.

The excitement over Liverpool visiting Hearts tonight reminded me of the game exactly 4 years ago when they sent their finest (well, finest youth players) up for Barry Wilson's testimonial and were sent homeward with a 5-0 thrashing. I'm sure people have fond memories of that night. ICT were: Fraser (Esson 46), Proctor, Duff, Mann (McGuire 37), Djebi-Zadi, Wilson (Wagaluka 78), Cowie (Black 46, Gillespie 80), McBain (Imrie 46, Sutherland 80), Sheerin (Vigurs 33), Ritchie (McAllister 20, Rooney 60), Bingham (Wood 20, Barrowman 60) Dan Wagaluka was a nippy Ugandan winger who was on trial at the time. At Tynecastle the other day someone suggested that David Raven might have been in that Liverpool team, but a quick bit of research reveals that he had moved on to Carlisle by then. Liverpool were: Bouzanis, Kelly (Mendy 45), Darby (Scott 60), San Jose, Huth (Ayala 45), Spearing (Irwin 60), Flynn ©, Crowther (Lindfield 45), Pacheco (Simon 45), Brouwer, Weijl (Eccleston 45) Not many of them seem have progressed to the first team, but Jay Spearing has done very well, Daniel Ayala got some games and Ronald Huth has been capped by Paraguay. I don't recognise many of the other names but I'm sure others will. Our scorers that night were : McBain (44), OG - San Jose (45), Wood (47), McAllister (59), Proctor (82).

Fenton? Oh Jesus Christ.......!

According to someone on the Weareperth forum, ICT won 1-0 at St Johnstone this afternoon. Full match report: "Was a decent match and the young Saints showed that unlike the first team, they can play the ball on the deck. Sadly lost 1-0 to a goal in the last few minutes but overall it was an enjoyable match to watch. And a wee mention about the ICT physio... She was quite a looker.. "

I noticed that Oswell wasn't even on the bench on Saturday. Injured, or did the manager just prefer Polworth?

Having now seen the red card incident on TV, it was a bit more of an intensional lunge than I had initially thought from the stand, so he does deserve a bit of criticism. However we shouldn't go overboard, as he's only had 1 red card all season......

We go into this match with confidence, knowing that a 6-0 win puts us top of the SPL.

Exactly, it's all part of the package.

Has it crossed anyone's mind that one of the reasons we kept going and got a result yesterday could be because of the total commitment and never say die attitude instilled in the team by the captain? Just a thought.

I just don't get this Richie bashing. He made a mistake. It happens. As fans we expect, and demand, 100% commitment, as well as leadership on the park. We get bagloads of both from Foran. One foolish challenge, perhaps unlucky to be given a straight red from a ref whose competence is highly questionable, and he's getting as much stick on here as OTJ did for an act of mindless aggression.

Esson :lol: Wasn't kept particularly busy for a side with 10 men. Only mistake was to guess the wrong way at the penalty! Raven :lol: OK but I preferred Meekings when he came on King :lol: :lol: Pretty impressed with his defending. Harshly penalised for the penalty. Warren :lol: :lol: Commanding presence. Decides he's going to win the ball and then wins it. My MotM. G Shinnie :lol: Excellent going foward, a real threat with runs and crosses. But beaten too easily in defence a few times, costing him a smiley. Foran :lol: Played well enough in his first game of the season, until he saw red. Draper :lol: :lol: Close runner up for MotM. Solid tackles, good driving forward, tidy passing. Looks like he's going to be a big player for us on this showing. Sutherland :lol: Still not a winger! A frustrating player, who blazes every shooting opportunity high and wide. Did much better defensively than I've seen before. Doran :lol: Bit out of sorts, not really in the game enough. A Shinnie :lol: :lol: Class. Just needed to find the killer final ball (but see Mackay below) Mackay :lol: Sorry, but the more I see, the more convinced I am that he's not good enough for the this level. Please prove me wrong because we don't have many options up front. Tries hard enough, but there was a major lack of intelligent and incisive runs to have any chance of getting the right ball fed through. Subs. 3 very successful changes from Butcher. Ross - very good in the centre, made an impact. MUST start soon, surely. Meekings - surprisingly useful going forward. Pepper - an exciting prospect who brought a bit of pace to our attack and obviously ran into in the right place to slam it home. Yes!

Who got the captain's armband for the second half?

At half time we were obviously pretty despondent, 2-0 down and Foran off, so I jokingly said to the guys "Don't worry, we never lose when we're on Alba......."