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.......All of this shouldnt distract from the fact that although both are young players, Fraser and McAllister are both gash at SPL level.

If the right defender was available, we would pay the price for them and offload the loan signings to make way for extra wages, not selling/offloading Rankin has no bearing whatsoever on our ability to bring in a new player. How you could possibly say Markus Paatelainen, who has only ever shown good form at Cowdenbeath and hardly impressed despite scoring two goals in one of his rare fit periods last season, who isnt even in Scotland, is better than a proven goalscorer, playmaker, former under 21 international captain and match winner is ridiculous. How could you then possibly claim that Barry Wilson is MORE valuable to the squad than Rankin? At Rankins age, Wilson was nowhere near the player John is today and at Barrys age he should accept being told we need him to make way to free up wages, should we have to. Roy McBain and Alan Morgan arent in the same league as John Rankin. I'm afraid to say WynessLegend that your posts sound far to 'on message' as Tony Blair would say and difficult to take seriously.

How much do you really think Rankin is worth? Do you honestly believe hes worth more than ICT would already be prepared to pay for a good enough defender? What kind of quality defender can you buy with 30k? In Scotland, to get a decent defender, we'd be looking at 100k minimum, if we werent going for a free transfer. Your entitled to your opinion but I'm also entitled to say its absolute rot big chap.

WynessLegend, not one of those players is better than Rankin on the left hand side or in the middle. I'm disgusted by this decision for too many reasons. I hope Rankin scores a hat trick against us next time hes in Inverness. If the fans views arent being listened to on this site, then make them known at the game, I'd suggest a chorus of 'One John Rankin' and should we go behind to St Mirren a fair ' Brewster, get to f##k' :022:

Doesnt Craig Brown have the best record of any Scotland manager?

It's a sign of the times that when I read that Dean was unwell and never played, I straight away assumed there was something more suspicious and sinister going on... :029: TM4TJ is right, its not the reserve team we should be worrying about just now.

Sounds like a load of pish to me LG. Brewster hasnt got a clue about team structure unless hes playing within it, hes showed us a few times now hes whinging it, theres no evidence to say that him dropping Black, Marius, Rankin, Dean or whoever else is next for the chop being tactical. Rankin is one of our best players, hes one of the 4 players in the team who could leave and be guaranteed at least SPL football, to let him go is pure madness. If Craig Brewster really does believe that Alan Morgan, Roy McBain or Barry Wilson are better options on the left hand side then he is clearly in the wrong job, John Rankin is head and shoulders above all of them. If it is Brews ego and his mandatory pre pubescent feet stomping thats dictating team selection, as others have suggested, then it needs to be checked now, or we'll lose half the bloody team.

Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn

Theres one at the end of the High Street, at the opposite end from the train station, good all round take away place. I used to work in the bookies next door and never had a problem with it. They sell this strange looking pesto lasagne, basically its just a creamy green lasagne, its great.

Met somebody from the flight taking the Italian team north. The good news is BA are on our side and locked all their luggage up and flew it back to London on arrival. We probably shouldnt wind them up.

I had a dream last night//this morning that I owned the club, we played in yellow and only played Scottish Cup games.. we had a B team in the Highland league and the Blue and Red ICT team shared the yellow teams ground in sneck but competed in the English leagues..

Worryingly yes! Prefer the Turnberry boss anyway, wonder if she needs her cat looked after. :023:

`Dont eat it, its a a David Procter..??

IF all else fails we'll get invited back to Japan to win the Kiren Cup again :002: I'm sick of being a disappointed and cynical Scotland fan, its been 10 years, its about time we just went out a bloody did it. We've won big games for years and qualified for dozens of tournaments bigger than feckin Austria 2008 :017: Didnt we try to host the event when the bids were going around? Lets get it up them and qualify, then draw Austria or Switzerland, take over their stadiums and knock them out on their arses.

I can go and play Turnberry TOMORROW if I want :017: My boss is friends with the Turnberry Hotels GM, shes heading down for a day in the leisure/spa bit and a meal, I was invited to go too and was asked if I wanted a round of golf while the boss is being pampered. I dont know anything about golf, we have a home made driving range behind work and thats about it! I dont want to go, I'll embarrass myself.

I havent got a scrappy doo what I want to be doing KingBeastie and thats the problem. A year ago I wouldve bitten somebodies arse off for the job I have now and the opportunities that have already started to come through it, but I'd give it up in a second now (incidentally I'll need to decide that soon!). Cheers for the support

Well.. It's mixed news. I need to find a job or a sponsor as I'm not a University graduate or a medical professional, I also need to prove that I will be able to support myself for the duration of the visa (does that mean I need 2 years worth of cash in the bank?! :017: Or my parents support? It's not a holiday I'm planning and I've now asked these questions to the consulate and embassy). One big plus in my favor is that at no point on the 500 bits of paper I filled in did I mention anything about staying permanently or applying for citizenship (which takes out alot of bureaucracy). Because of this I may be allowed to visit the states to search for work, though I wouldnt be allowed to until everything was cleared in the UK. If I'm doing this I'll need to travel to the London embassy so they can do something with my passport. Theres not a chance in **** I'm posting this as I know UK Passports are worth alot of money to some asylum seekers who could easily use it to forge one for themselves, I'm not so much worried about the cost of getting a new passport but I could see the process of proving I've had it stolen rather than sold being a nightmare! I've made one phone call and sent a couple of questions by post, I'm going to try and arrange an appointment to speak to somebody face to face for the first time in months about it all. The lad I know in Florida has moved with work again, this time permanently, he now lives in New York (a Polish/Irish area of Brooklyn, apparently all the street signs are in Polish and everybody who works there is from Glasgow, Belfast or Dublin) if I do go for it I'll probably end up there. Apparently his doors open and hes waiting.

Agree. Unless its St Mirren who are bottom then I'll have to chop my balls off and eat them. Think theyd let me get away with just one if we avoid relegation?

I think hes saying he agrees we should be playing Marius and Bayne together up front. When ICT players get injured or sent off it usually takes them about 8 matches to return to the side, shame I'll have to wait a few more months...

Nevermind the Nip, the Lochiels a real slice of the Highlands :017:

Cowie, Black and Wilson are stand outs. Wyness has scored 7 times in all competitions.

His name isnt Russeldinho :017: As I've said before (and already once today) his position in the middle is probably the most important in the team, or at least it should be. I think we can do better. Do you think we should let Rankin go?

I think Black is a much better defensive midfielder and is wasted as the 'creative' one, the few times we've played Rankin and Black in the middle theyve been brilliant. I'd move Duncan on and bring in a better player for the position as backup to Black. It's all well holding a position and being available for a pass, but the holding midfilder should be able to make a tackle and win the ball cleanly, Duncan doesnt do that aswell as Black, when he does win the ball it always ends up spinning off for a throw in at best. No. Its an important position, we should be looking to bring in somebody better or play Black in that role.

Roy Macbain - keep Barry Wilson - till end of season Ian Black - keep forever Richie Hart - keep Alan Morgan - keep Russel Duncan - let go Don Cowie - keep John Rankin - KEEP! Zander Sutherland - keep Markus Paatelainen - let go Garry Wood - keep Iain Vigurs - keep Heres my favorite bit of cut and pate material Zibi Roscoe - Munro - Mguire - Hastings Cowei - Black - Rankin - Morgan Bayne - Nicolae We will get there eventually!

Think he'll end up in the Premiership eventually if he doesnt move back to Rangers, probably a middle of the road club like Middelsbrough or Blackburn, Dont think he'll end up at Wigan.