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Our ore season preparations are always terrible!

Fraser Roscoe mcGuire Munro Hastings Cowie Black Hart Imrie Wlson/Marius Bayne

I've been thinking about this a fair bit over the past week, have to say I side with the bookie more than the punter. Think the punter has a case for bets placed online, ive got multiple accounts with some bookies, its easily done. But what can a bookie do when guys walk into shops with sacks of money? This guy is a chancer IMO, if the judge has any gambling knowledge at all the case will be thrown out with no ruling other than hills having to tighten up on security when new accounts are opened. In the wider world gambling is still frowned upon heavily, with bookmakers seen as thieves and the whole industry as being seedy and morally corrupt, so the lad has more of a chance than most punters would credit him. He could get lucky and find a judge who will have sympathy for him, if he gets another punter then he hasnt a snowballs chance in mull. Any ruling which compensates the punter will only go to serve stupidity and give this Calvert person a big get out of jail free ticket, as its the punter opening the case its upto him to prove if he had won the 30,000 quid bets that he wouldve owned up to excluding himself and given the winnings back ( :015: :015: :015: ). But then is it the bookies responsibility to make sure no bets are taken whatsoever from the lad? After all it was a voluntary self exclusion. Why is he picking on William Hills anyway? Theres hundreds of bookies in this country! Every bet he placed, Hills were liable to pay out on. From Hills terms and conditions- Whilst most customers are able to enjoy their gambling, William Hill recognises that for a very small number of customers gambling ceases to be fun. For those customers who wish to restrict their gambling, William Hill provides a self-exclusion facility enabling customers to close their account or accounts for a minimum period of six months up to five years as requested. Thats exactly what they did, theres problem gambling information posted on every website and available in every shop, I think the bookies are well covered. As above he needs a judge who will have sympathy with him rather than a judge who will see him for what he is, individuals have sued massive organisations before and won, so you never know.

and our 50th goal v St Mirren in about 18 games :015:

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What you talking about Rosco, Bridge End Northside Invincibles is a class name, best name this side of Dublin :017:

Considering it, want to get to a game there before Tesco moves in. It'll have to be next season after tomorrow, their ground wont be ready before it kicks off but they could move mid season.

Congratulations folks. :022: Anyone else worried his site is still struggling to provide us with a new center back :029:

Hes likely to reappear for the odd game in the central belt but he has priorities elsewhere.

Thats a good :015: not a mocking one. I cant deny I enjoyed myself a few seasons back and I hope you can raise the bar set by our now missing ex drummers in getting the team and fans going. Best of luck lads, ENJOY the banter, yer only young enough to enjoy the football with your mates once :011: So whats the final design for the first banner?

Somebody bring a Drum for Bingham Legend at Hibs away just :015: from me.

I'm watching this documentary about racism on google video right now and they actually said 'gay and green' about 20 seconds before I opened this forum! Never heard it before and now twice in a minute. Its kind of sick actually, theyve got all these black kids being given tests, like selecting a white or black doll, then explaining why most went for white. The most common phrase these 7 year old girls were using was 'Gay and Brown' and loads of them already want nose jobs and other cosmetic surgery to look more white. Theyve all been given cameras to record the conversations theyve been having about it, theyre a bunch of racist wee buggers, all hate theyre own race! Theyre talking about the growing CS market in China now, they all want to look more 'attractive' by increasing the size of their eyelids and mouths. BEWARE FOLKS, its a bizarre world out there. ps. Hate to say it but the girls who have had successful surgery do look pretty good :017:

If that was the 4-3 game (3-2 maybe) then I only saw the second half :029: but he didnt look great at all. He has always been disappointing to me, always puts in alot of effort but hardly makes a contribution when on the ball, for an important position like his we could do better. We sold Rankin and have Imrie now, I suspect he'll do alot better than Pat, both are the same age I think?

Was going to go watch Sutherland play fr Elgin v Dumbarton (5 minutes away, may still go) but cant be bothered... Sky Sports news fr me.

It's probably best you dont use this eagle, we might qualify for Europe one day.

Edited due to use of a Nazi Eagle. I forget how impressionable some people can be.

For now it was important that Black, Fraser and I hate to say this but Marius all stayed through the window. Rankin was a big blow but the other players Brew wants rid of and the ones hes looked at to replace them with gives me confidence in his ability. Had we been quicker on Dorrans then it wouldve been a much better window for us, of course he was priced out of our budget so no worries there, forget it and move on. Imrie could turn out to be another solid pro in the Cowie mold and if he is then he is a much needed addition.

I can see Markus moving to a club like Raith Rovers or Partick, a team like that, he will stay in full time football but at a much lower level. I'm not upset by either of those players being let go.

Are these not the players who have provided a storming 2nd 3rd of the season,who have taken us from the depths of relegation, viewing gretna as our only chance of survival to one win of 5th place and within 4 points of 3rd spot (if we win that game) Seems some people have exceptionally high expectations. At this moment in time we'/re having an extremley successful season, so suggesting that the players mentioned above are on their last legs with us confuses me somewhat. I would rather likes of tokely,Mcbain and Duncan continue "on their last legs " with us and not pushing aother team up the spl. As for getting their acts together?, Christ what do some people expect from our players? Time for a reality check methinks. I put our great form pre-christmas down to other members of the squad, but you are right, theyve all played their part. I dont know 'what do some people expect from our players' Bronson, I just know what I expect of them. If Duncan (for example) thinks hes in a position to play hardball over his new contract then I expect him to be able to pass a ball 5 yards in a straight line, without giving away a throw in :017: My mentioning of players to leave has as much to do with their attitudes as ability.

That he did. He gets a pass this time..

I'm not disappointed at this signing but he definitely isnt in Dorrans class, even at the money hes a good option on the left other than McBain. The more I see us linked with new players the more convinced I am we may be in need of a clear-out like we've never seen before. Duncan, Hart, McBain, Tokely, Wilson.. cant think of more names right now who are on their last legs with us but Wyness and my favorite ICT player Bayne could be improved in their position. Caff's been replaced, Rankin was a classy player that was treated like garbage by Brewster for whatever reason and wont be easily replaced. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong, maybe we'll have a storming last third of the season and the players I've mentioned here get their acts together and show us what theyre capable of.?

Well show us some of the goals you scored in Europe and at International level, we'll see if you fit the criteria and maybe we'll take a chance.. This message is also for Wyness, Duncan and Tokely

Aye but is he better than Rory Mac? :029: Sorry Alex :015: At least you might get to join the few people on this thread who have seen the guy play now, we had no chance in the end so fair play to him and I'm glad we didnt miss out because a rival SPL club stepped in. Best of luck Graham :clapping03:

This could be a signing of Dean MacDonald levels, in terms of how crap the player is. Take it we've been priced out of Dorrans then.?

Has anybody on this site ever made a CTonline blog entry then? I must admit that online Blogs are a fad thats been passing me by this past few years (and will likely continue too) and by the looks of things on here, the rest of you. If anybody on here has written a blog entry?