clacher_holiday2

cant see anybody talking about this today which is a big surprise, considering that the full back page of the daily record was an ict related story for the first time ever (friday, in the glasgow edition at least) id like to apologise for previous comments to our new chief exec if the whole story about our scouting network in eastern europe and new links with manchester united are true! here it is on the front page of the site - http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk ""BY GHEORG! CALEY SIGN WORLD CUP LEGENDS Hagi and Popescu are hired as super scouts By James Traynor INVERNESS CALEY THISTLE are on the verge of signing up World Cup legends Gheorghe Hagi and Gheorghe Popescu. The Romanian heroes are being lined up as super scouts for the Highland club as they try to break into the Eastern European market. And in another astonishing twist it was also revealed that Inverness hope to establish closer links with Manchester United to help boost their summer recruitment drive. Inverness have already forged links with Hagi and Popescu in what is being seen one of the most important developments in the club's 12-year existence. The idea is that this most unlikely of partnerships will help Charlie Christie get his hands on the best of Romania's young talent. Apart from hoping to plunder the Romanian playing fields Caley Thistle have been planning a major scouting drive behind the former Iron Curtain with Poland and even Kazakhstan in their sights. Following talks with Inverness representatives it is understood Hagi and Popescu, who are both coaching in Romania, have agreed to play a major role with Christie's club. The two stars have very close ties with agents who have also agreed to help the Inverness club make the breakthrough. Chairman Alan Savage is using his multi-national firm Orion Engineering, which is already strongly embedded in Eastern Europe, and he revealed: "Our director of football, Graeme Bennett, is going to be going over to Romania sometime soon. Advertisement "Orion Engineering has a setup in that country and he's going to take advantage of that. It's not like we'll be stepping off the plane and asking directions. We have personnel over there and strong contacts. We're going to be seeing Popescu and Hagi to talk about bringing players in from Romania, initially. "We've actually had some information on players from Kazakhstan as well, where the firm also operates. "Also, there are 500 Poles working for the Orion group, so we have strong connections in Poland, where we also intend to tap into the potential for young, top-quality players who can fit very well into our wage structure. We've appointed a Polish scout. "And we will work to strengthen our contacts and links in these countries in the hope of looking at players and recruiting maybe two foreign players next season." Hagi was capped 124 times for Romania and scored 35 goal, starring in the World Cup and European Championship finals while Popescu, one of the best defenders of his day, won 100 caps. The pair have been co-operating closely with Savage's people and all parties expect to make quick progress. Savage, an Old Trafford season ticket-holder who has strong contacts within the Premiership champions, said: "We've very much been talking to Manchester United recently to build what could be a fruitful relationship. "But we've also spoken to Celtic and have been offered players by Rangers as we look to next season. "So, ideally, I think you will see us bring in maybe two loan players, two from Europe and there will be a signing to replace Darren Dods. "We hope to persuade Craig Dargo to stay but funds will be available for his replacement if needed." Christie is excited by the potential to bring in talent at a modest price and said: "You are talking about quality players and it would be great to bring in talent from Romania. "It makes it all much easier if we can liaise with people of the quality of Hagi and Popescu."""

itll all end up in the hands of a lawyer or taxman some way down the line, nobody will get rich from this

adamski?

looking back it does seem like he talked alot of p1sh when he took over. off the park developments look to include little more than a prefab bar, which will be awful (similar setup to club shop and north/south stand catering no doubt) with no prospect of a 4th stand or permanent structures at the stadium of any kind. marketting improvements to get more people to games have extended no further than a couple of posters around town and another free bus, these were in place already and werent exactly earth shattering to begin with. no word on american tours, partnerships or overseas investment coming in over the summer; all of which were widly publicised when he first arrived.. ive actually no problem at all with any of the above, just wish when he arrived he said 'things will carry on as smoothly as they have been and we'll look at other projects in the future'.

yeah i know itll change in time and it has a better chance of taking off in toronto than i nalot of the other mls cities, im just taking a rare chance to be a snob about scottish football! 90% games played in this country mean nothing for the most part and have no atmosphere at all, the rest (such as the saints v dung relegation scrap) are in the 10% that no franchised league or new clubs could ever recreate in terms of emotion and atmosphere. good luck with toronto

would it be easier for me to get somebody up north to buy my ticket for me than to pay for it myself and have it sent down here? this isnt a dig at the club but ive never had confidence in that system! so i dont normally buy them myself over the phone but im not sure who is and who isnt coming down. anybody want to help me out? nod? rig? frasers? etc

fair enough then ill meet you off it. staying in town to watch the fa cup final after the game

thats an insane time to trek all the way down for a st mirren game

can you get your ticket refunded :017:

assume form that we'll be bringing in a new young forward, defender and keeper. maybe ridgers will stay now?

when do you leave?! nutter

the same record low attendance accusations? we did record the lowest attendance ever though and we did get to join the league, wheres your problem gretna are allowed to join the spl (should motherwell not finish last) and they will break the lowest league attendance record, not accusing anybody of being a diddy team or unwelcome in saying that

yeah no problem at all, its easy enough for me. maybe we'll have time to go hang around magaluf for an hour if you get through early enough http://www.flickr.com/photos/tale_swapper/31955802/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/hodgers/158653991/ :017:

aye the guy was class and a good captain when on song but as has been said he was never likely to return <- heres his goal for livi against clyde. shame theres none of him for ict on there

all seems pretty similar to the other mls franchises. ive no idea what will happen with toronto fc, read alot online regarding footballs development in north america and although the will is definitely there in the cities that have teams it doesnt necessarily mean theres a future in it. many people say that the leagues clubs arent ready to go it independently and trade openly on the international player markets, the biggest fear being that every team will eventually be bought by foreign clubs or businessman who have no interest in football whatsoever. though it has and will again hold the league back from attracting the right players and investment, i think the people who say that are probably right! i dont like watching mls games because i dont like american commentators, the games are often boring and the fans/stadiums all seem a bit legoland to me. the 'atmosphere' created tends to come more from peer pressure and a collective feeling fan groups need to put on a show because thats whats supposed to happen at football games, rather than there being genuine passion for the team. that probably sounds like a pretty negative and whingin partypooper of a thought but im allowed an opinion though i could see why most mls fans dont give a crap what somebody from outwith their league has to say about it, as im probably not saying anything that hasnt been said a million times over or fans there dont already know. last game of football i attended was the st mirren v dunfermline game on monday night, there were only half the number of people in love street than in tornoto but the pre-match tension was something no amount of scarf waving or organised singing sections could ever recreate despite the quality of football, the stadium, the league etc.. there was still atmosphere even though hardly anyone made an attempt to sing, they were too nervous! itll take generations before a sh1te match like the one i was at on monday could ever be played out in north america from a supporters stand point, which is what football is all about the point to all of this..? ive seen enough of major league football to know i dont want any part of it, which im sure will leave the new league and myself happy :014:

wasnt the debt split into lots of smaller debts, some of which has been paid back we shouldve done a motherwell and paid 7p per pound of debt!

was there on monday and i have to say both teams have great support, its a shame either has to be replaced by gretna would love to see them both stay up at motherwells expense

milan! no mistakes in the final please, get the job done by half time like tonight and remember what happened 2 years ago!

ill have to go to this

aye why not

shame. maybe next year

think its worth a tidy up of all the ross county related topics floating around this weekend into what should be the most important one to all of us (theres a **** of alot of places on the internet if you want to go and simply laugh your nads off at them) how does ross county going down and potentially part time affect us? ill wait until somebody writes a big list of creditable cons before i react, otherwise ill be here all night. i suspect there wont be too many anyhoo and overall there wont be much lost or gained would like to hear some reasoning behind the highland flag waving, anything beyond archaic/parochial 'every-inelsh in scotlan hinks we're cabbageshaggin cave-mun, so should support eatch-uher lyke' attitude

i dont think you did enough od these faces :crazy07: at the end of that post

superb news, hastings expecially, vital cog in the system. any of the others are easily replaced if pushed, hastings gives us balance :clapping03:

i might be working in inverness again that weekend LG dunno if i can handle the pool tables at rollerbowl but thanks for the invite, if theres an afterparty in town for the grown ups ill support the trust by buying people alcohol