Yngwie

An average player spends around 45 hours a year on the pitch. Many of us do 45 hours a week, for a lot less money.

I think SMEE just wanted a one word answer (but picked the wrong person for that :004: )

Nah, give them Rory.

He's a very "obvious" signing for us to make, given the longstanding tradition of County's best player each season earning a promotion to the sunny side of the bridge. Not convinced he would add much to our squad though. Hissy and Bavidge have also been banging the goals in in Div 2.

I think we've done really well so far, by offloading players early in the window and going into the crucial last day knowing exactly how much we have to spend. Most clubs spend the last day wanting to sign players but can only do so only if they sell/dump existing members of the squad, and they get caught in transfer chains. I would be absolutely certain that we will make signings (plural) but I have no idea who. There are always surprises.

Are you overlooking his season in the wilderness?

Do other Highland league clubs not balance the books, and even make the occasional surplus, with smaller crowds than Clach? Is it just that those clubs own their grounds and don't have a rent bill, or are there other differences?

Is it Benin?

A wasted trip and overnight stay then. It'll cost Motherwell an awful lot more, but I can't have too much sympathy in that respect because they are making big money this season by having tennants and that has contributed to the pitch being in poor condition.

Solution : offer him a cracking contract, but with a ?100 penalty clause for every time he passes to the opposition.

Yeah, I'll be amazed if this one goes ahead. Constant heavy rain onto an already waterlogged pitch.

Vast experience of international football, knows the Scottish game inside out, well respected by players and fans. Excellent choice. I'm more than happy to overlook his one fault.

Caley 0-2 Hibs, 1980 pre-season friendly.

The OF certainly seem more beatable than 5 or 10 years ago when they had much higher calibre players. However, they have been doing very well in Europe despite the deterioration in quality on the pitch. Could this be down to managers more attuned to the needs of European football?

We appointed Jim Chapman as his replacement, but then he got offered the Dumbarton manager's job.

Perhaps he could be another "marketing consultant" like that professional footballer marketing consultant whose goals and assists saved them from relegation a few years ago.

It was about ?50k.

CTU has a nice ring to it, and Ross Tokely could be pur Jack Bauer.........or should that be the other way round?

Banned? :016:

One thing Bennet does surely know is that Eddie Thompson will not simply be sending us the cheque promptly after any sale goes through. In addition to the likelihood of lengthy payment terms, I would expect the Grocer to seek some sort of renegotiation of our sell on clause, along the lines of : "we have received an offer for Barry of ?1m, but by the time we give you your 20% I only get ?800k and it's not worth selling him for that. But if you were willing to reduce your cut to 5% I'd get ?950k and would accept the offer. So you have the choice of getting ?50k or nothing. Which would you prefer? Oh, and I hear that Niculae chap is costing you a lot of money, so being a generous chap I'll take him off your hands on a free transfer."

Just did that and the mistletoe has now disappeared. What did that do? Will it add/remove mistletoe to any website I go to?!

Me too.

Ah, that's interesting. So does your banner not also include mugshots of the folk who cause trouble on the website, with shooting targets superimposed over their faces? :024:

Anyone still got their decorations up? I only ask because the banner at the top of this website still has the mistletoe! Any visitors will (rightly?) think we are a romantic bunch.

That is fantastic news if true. Money for nothing!