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I already avoid home games when the 'only two teams capable of winning it' are in town, but for a different reason. The SPL Split adds a more pointless aspect to proceedings, and is perhaps already 'cheating' it's member teams by paying less to a team in 7th despite having gained more points than the team in 6th, 5th or even 4th... It wouldn't surprise me if any NewCo was welcomed into the SPL, but I would certainly avoid any match involving said team. I'll still follow ICT and support my team though. No amount of cheating/tax dodging from the SPL and other member teams can stop me from doing that!!

It would have been great to walk to/from Easter Road. Fitting as it would be for The Proclaimers favorite team to play host to the Highland Marchers, it's good to know we have a potential new route from Paisley to negotiate. Firstly, 3 points on our final pre-split game would be nice. then another win whilst Dunfirmline lose and I'll be happy. No relegation decider to walk to this year please lads!!!

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I dont think he's been seen to criticise a fellow team mate since his howler(s) against Dundee United at the start of the month I thought he was deserving of a goal against Aberdeen. He commanded the midfield well and assisted the back line when the pressure was on us late on. More of the same Wednesday please, Richie

It was a pleasent surprise to be able to stand and chant for an entire SPL match without a stweard telling us to sit and be quiet I was, however, surprised not to see too many hi-viz jackets floating about, as according to the Daily Record in the week, Aberdeen were looking to have 'nominated personel' who will be issues with 'megaphones' to rally up the fans. I really did enjoy the chanting. Some old ones, some new ones, and even a shout or two for past players as the game went on. Superb...

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Killie - YEAH!!!!! Won me 65p on 10p Bowling that did - Get in!!! Great to see a non-OF side go all the way and win it. How much will Stokes me ruing his early 'gift' though... 50/50 on the penalty. Maybe a little contact but Stokes could have definately stayed on his feet.

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I'd like to once more offer my condolences and hugs to Laura, Lynn and Alan. Echoing the words of CD and TM4TJ here perhaps, but he really was a nice guy and 'gentle giant' and will be sadly missed by many many people. Sleep well Dave

I bet many of you on these very forums think those of us that play '10p Bowling' are out of our minds, and that the game is 'stupid' and 'boring'... Well, Think again... Tonight saw the first ever replay in a FA(kin) Kap tie against Gringo (Seenya) and MrsJnr (Joolya) Check this out for a tie... Steve Taylor Here is your live feed on tonight's exciting FAcking Kap semi-final replay. Joolya lines up with a potential £2.37 but will start the game on zilch at kick off. Al B Seenya, the wise old git from Coventry Nil, having punted a hat trick of draws, will kick off on 96p looking to max out on £2.48. Stay tuned to the 10pB Channel for live score updates with every goal scored. Steve Taylor The teams are in the tunnel, and my word the players do look nervous. Gringo's staring straight ahead, not caring to catch a wee glance at the young wench ogling him from the side... 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor ‎"Keep Right On To The End Of The Road...." 2 hours ago · Like Dave Wilson Dundee OFF. No fecking lights. 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor The two Kaptains are at the centre spot and Al B Seenya has tossed. 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor And we have drama straight away... Dundee-Ayr has been postponed! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Fllodlight failure at Dunce Park means each player gets 10p back to re-invest IN PLAY. 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor To confirm - Joolya's "Dundee to win" and Seenya's Dundee/Ross County double are both void. Both players have 10p returned to re-bet IN PLAY. 2 hours ago · Like Julie Wilson okay ! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Crawley down 0-1 doesn't do Joolya any favours 8 minutes in... 2 hours ago · Like Julie Wilson Aldershot @ 4/6 in play Aldershot 1 up aldershot to win 10 p for 23p 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor ‎10 mins: Al B Seenya 96p Joolya Joonya 2 hours ago · Like Julie Wilson am lost now hows it looking ? 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor ‎4/6 is 16p darlin! 2 hours ago · Like Julie Wilson says 23p on willy hill .... thats cool 16p is fine ! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor B365 has it at 6/4. Maybe that's whaty ewe meant... 2 hours ago · Like Julie Wilson aye prob is ! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Cardiff losing. Joolya's in trouble early doors! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Preston scoring at Tranmere wipes 31p of Seenya's portfolio. 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor ‎65p plays Joonya at the quarter hour mark. 2 hours ago · Like Julie Wilson come on get it together ! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor I'll accept Aldershot @6/4 for 25p 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Tranmere's equaliser takes Seenya back up to 96p 2 hours ago · Like Julie Wilson okay ! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor ‎96p plays 25p (Aldershot) 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Grimsby 0-1 sends Joolya into an even darker place... 96-25 still 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Leicester 0-1 means that Joolya now has FOUR teams tipped to win, losing at home. 96-25. 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Not many goals about and Seenya's two BTTS wagers are looking particularly suspect at this stage... 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Wasst... Reading down 1-0. That screws both players! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Wow... BIG swing. Skanthorpe conceding at Yeovil means its now 62p to 49p. 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Joolya NEEDS sKanthorpe not to score while Seenya deffo needs um to... 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor What a difference a few minutes makes... Wimbledon take a 1-0 lead and Joolya moves ahead 75p to 62p. GAME ON! 2 hours ago · Unlike· 1 Lynne Macdonald Oh the excitement is killing me!!!! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Wrexham are ahead for both players but each has that game doubled up with a team that ain't winning. 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor County ahead brings Joolya another 14p but ominously, Seenya needed that goal for a 20p HT/FT double 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor More drama as Wimbledon concede and it's now Joolya 63p, Seenya 62p. How those pennies count! 2 hours ago · Unlike· 1 Dave Wilson Dundee/Ross double would payout as a single. 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor I'll accept that as your other County match is a HT/FT double. With County up 1-0, that makes the running score Seenya 76 to Joolya's 63. 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Ooh... Man sent off at Wimbledon. And it's a Bradford player! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Small aside... glad I had a punt on Bayern tonight! 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Equaliser at Crawley does Joolya no favours. It's 76-38 approaching HT 2 hours ago · Like Lynne Macdonald Yeh but its a game of two halves lol 2 hours ago · Like Steve Taylor Wrexham 2 up consolidates... er, both players about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Oooh. Goal at Anfield. That's good news for the grumpy old git. about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor County leading at HT means that Seenya's final line is now "in play" and the score is 96-38 at HT. about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Weymouth 1 up takes Gringo further ahead at 124-38. about an hour ago · Like Dave Wilson Get in there Weymouth..:-) about an hour ago · Like Julie Wilson Oppps i am playing panys ! about an hour ago · Like Julie Wilson pants ! about an hour ago · Like Rob Wilson-GringoJnr Yer ****, and ye know ye are!!! about an hour ago via Mobile · Like Steve Taylor Grimsby 2 down. Long way back on that one Joolya about an hour ago · Like Julie Wilson hahahahaha ! about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Right, how could this change in the next half an hour. Well a goal at each of Tranmere and Mansfield would wipe the smile off Al B's faeces. And another goal at Creepy Crawley would guarantee Joolya some cash. The fat lady ain't even picked up the mike, yet campers... about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Equalier fer Reading! about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Oh dear... Equaliser for sKanthorpe. 158-13... about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Correction 158-14 about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Wimbledon 2-1 up. 158-40 about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor County 2 up. Seenya's in the comfy seats. about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Wrexham 3 up and Weymouth 2 up looks like a stick on 28p double for Grumpy. about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Bayern 5-0 anyone? about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Fack me. Northampton 1 up at Dag's means it now 184 plays 40 about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Just realised that sKanthorpe won me some real cash on a 3 game BTTS treble. Ymu! about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Goal at Tranmere. Seenya's back down to 153p about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Goal for Aldershot at Creepy. It's now 153 plays 65 about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Wrexham home and dry at 4-0 about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Fat lady's stood up. Goal at Yeovil and it's 119-89 all of a sudden. GAME ON!! about an hour ago · Like Dave Wilson Yeovil kants..here we go!!! about an hour ago · Like· 1 Steve Taylor Whisper this quietly but... a goal at Mansfield would make it 89-88 to Joolya! about an hour ago · Like· 2 Steve Taylor This ainover kiddoes... about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Oooh.. Grimsby have sprung to life. But is iy too late? about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Mansfield have scored 37 at home and Fleetwodd have scored 42 away. 0-0... Nae chance! about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Seenya's just chomped his middle finger off... about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Dons up 3-1. That's 26p in Joolya's kitty by the looks of it. about an hour ago · Like William McMillan Penalty kicks anyone? about an hour ago via Mobile · Like Steve Taylor Wrexham are taking the ****... about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Seven UP at Bayern... about an hour ago · Like Julie Wilson sorry had to nip out whats happening score ? about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor ‎85 minutes gone and it's 119-89 about an hour ago · Like Julie Wilson oh gosh might pop out for 5 mins !!! about an hour ago · Like Julie Wilson so who do i need toscore ? about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Leicester 2-1 is good for Joolya... about an hour ago · Like Dave Wilson ‎...and me. about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor But only if Reading score (which is also good for Grumpy)... about an hour ago · Like Dave Wilson Everton about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Grimsby 2-2 GAME ON there about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Another goal for Grimsby OR a goal at Mansfield will swing the tie. about an hour ago · Like Julie Wilson oh its all so exciting !! and the commentry is tops ! about an hour ago · Like Lynne Macdonald yeh fab thanks Steve about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor GOAL AT MANSFIELD!!! about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Goal at Cambridge. about an hour ago · Like Julie Wilson as i am a bit docile today that means ? about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor ‎108-88 to Joolya going into Wingery Toim... about an hour ago · Like Dave Wilson I can't watch this. about an hour ago · Like Julie Wilson same here !! about an hour ago · Like Steve Taylor Al B needs a fackin goal from somewhere... about an hour ago · Like William McMillan What a Kap tie this is. 59 minutes ago via Mobile · Like· 1 Steve Taylor An everton consolation would make it 108-107 by the way... (to the daugher in lasw). 59 minutes ago · Like· 1 Steve Taylor STevenage 1 up. Joolya moved further ahead 126-88 56 minutes ago · Like· 1 Steve Taylor Cambridge have won. 56 minutes ago · Like Julie Wilson This is one hell of a replay ! 56 minutes ago · Like· 3 Steve Taylor County's 2-2 FFS 54 minutes ago · Like Dave Wilson **** off Morton you kants 54 minutes ago · Like· 1 Steve Taylor Seenya's just lost 34p. 54 minutes ago · Like Julie Wilson Want a water bottle to kick Seenya ? 53 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor ‎3rd goal for York at Grimsby but I don't thinkl it matters... 53 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor Crawley 2-2 facks up Joolya! 53 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor ‎101 v 54 52 minutes ago · Like Julie Wilson oh feck this is just to exciting ! 52 minutes ago · Like Dave Wilson SKANTHORPE 51 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor sKanthorpe 2-2 at Yeovil!!! 51 minutes ago · Like Dave Wilson MANSFIELD GET IN 51 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor Mansfield 1-1 with Fleetwood FFS 51 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor It's swung right round again... 119-87 to Al B 49 minutes ago · Like Julie Wilson oh nooooooooooooooo !!! 49 minutes ago · Like Lynne Macdonald Oooh not long to go now......... 48 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor What a facking Kap tie!!! That will NEVER be beaten for drama and excitement. Joolya sits on 63p with just Crawley to complete while Gringo says "Al B Seenya" on £1.19 47 minutes ago · Like· 1 William McMillan Bloody hell, whingery time should be called Seenya time now 47 minutes ago via Mobile · Like· 2 Steve Taylor Get this... It was 158-14 to Al B 45 minutes ago but 126-88 to Joolya 10 minutes ago. What a fackin match! 44 minutes ago · Unlike· 1 Iain Lawson FT in crawley 44 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor Who said 10pB was boring...? 41 minutes ago · Unlike· 1 Steve Taylor And at the end of all that, there will be a Kap Final rehearsal on St Patrick's Day! 40 minutes ago · Like Iain Lawson no-one 40 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor Final whistle at Anfield. 119-63 confirmed as the final score. 39 minutes ago · Like· 1 Lynne Macdonald Well done guys! 37 minutes ago · Like Dave Wilson Well i'm frigging knackered after that. What a feckin game. I give full credit to Joolya for picking a great side - i was up against it at one time. Great game. Thanks for the updates Steve - I'd never have kept up. So, declaring on 119. And into Rn 5 of the HJ to. 37 minutes ago · Like· 1 William McMillan This game never ceases to amaze me, it was only a few weeks ago there was a tie we said wouldn't be beaten for entertainment, but this is the Liverpool 4 Newcastle 3, or the Motherwell 6 Hibs 6 of 10pB. OUTSTANDING STUFF 36 minutes ago via Mobile · Unlike· 5 Steve Taylor So if Seenya wins the Kantship, does that mean I'm in the Ewe Rope A League? 36 minutes ago · Like· 1 Julie Wilson well done Seenya good luck in the final, that was one hell of a game !!! xxx Good luck in the final x 35 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor We'll need to pick a convenient date for the foinul. The Schiehallions are in Spain at Easter so it might have to be mid April. 33 minutes ago · Like Dave Wilson The weekend before HM10...you could give me the Kap the following week ;-) 31 minutes ago · Like· 1 William McMillan You're only in the Ewe Rope A League if you can prove you can follow the strict fair play financial rules 27 minutes ago via Mobile · Like· 1 Steve Taylor I've just paid off my mortgage. Does that count? 26 minutes ago · Like Steve Taylor Kap Foinul the week before the HM. Oy loik that oydea. 25 minutes ago · Like Dave Wilson Feck Wemberley...lets play the foynul at Glanford Park, Skanthorpe (right now I have a liking for them..) 20 minutes ago · Like

I think we're only having this discussion because we haven't won a game in our last 6 outings and with it we haven't been entertained as fans. But as I mentioned before earlier in this topic, we've had very difficult opposition and lost some key players to our squad. Players who were ever present and significant to the 7-game unbeaten spell we'd just came off the back off, are now either out injured long-term or have left the club - Davis, Hogg, Hayes, Shinnie, Cox, Piermyar... Forgive me if I am wrong, but were people not calling for Butcher to go earlier on in the season? their reasons being because, although we were entertaining, we weren't getting the results because the team was new and hadn't gelled. We gelled, entertained, got a good wee run together, and then lost the backbone of that squad and thus haven't won since. It's no fault of Butcher that he's had to play people out of position. We simply don't have the depth in squad to be able to swap a Torres for a Drogba or a Welbeck for a Hernandez. What does irk me slightly with Butcher though, is his constant desire to play Foran for a full 90 week in week out. He's simply not the player he was and Monday wasn't the first time he's (Foran) made costly errors this season and proceeded to blame somebody else. You can even look at his spat with Hayes in the cup as an example of this. Yes, start him by all means. We don't have a deep enough squad to drop him completely, but when he makes howlers such as those against Utd on Monday, it would have surely been wise to hook him rather than Nick Ross for Gnakpa for the final 20-25 minutes?

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Hellooooo... Wake up call... Our last 5 matches Celtic Celtic Dunfirmline Rangers Dundee United And you're calling for Butcher to go? May I add to that we had a 7-game un-beaten run prior to those 5-games, including wins over third placed Motherwell and a good Hearts side and our SPL bogie team, Aberdeen. And you're calling for Butcher to go? No midfield... Hayes and Doran are both injured. We lost Davies back to Wolves in January. OTJ isn't fully fit and was probably lucky to make the bench yesterday, not to mention the long-term lay off of Andrew Shinnie. Our only fit midfielders are Tansey, Ross and Foran. And you're calling for Butcher to go? I'm not going to dispute the fact performances and 'entertainment value' this season are anything to shout about. And yes, this is now Butchers team. But stop f***** crying over Grant Munro and Russell Duncan. They're gone. Get Over It. Anyway, who are you going to replace Butcher with? Pele? Robbo now he's free? Or maybe you fancy ABV instead....

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Great thing about this event is, if you're like me and don't tend to know what you're doing until moments before a game, you can just turn up and not worry about pre-booking. In fact, sod it, I'll make the trip to the social and take the wifey and kids too. (But they better no annoy me whilst the games on )

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bout of 'terminal velocity'...

I wonder if the sky-dive will turn out to be a decision taken in haste too kerrrrrr-SPLAT

Only just seen this thread and would like to pass on my sympathies to his family and friends. I'll echo my dad's comment in that I didnt know Gordy personally, but as a regular name appearing on these very forums, I think everyone saw him as a massive part of the ICT family. Sad news indeed. RIP Gordy

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THIS WAS TYPED BEFORE THE VISIT OF CELTIC IN THE SCOTTISH CUP Well, what a difference a festive break and a little confidence can do to a team, hey? Eight weeks have passed since the last edition of Gringo's Gossip and there's certainly a lot to catch up on. What better place to start than our current form and league standing... Eight weeks ago, our team was sitting in 9th in the league, having previously spent the entire start of the campaign rooted to the bottom. Despite being tenth at the moment, the gap between ourselves and bottom side Dunfermline has grown to 9 points. More importantly, with results continuing to go our way, ICT now sit just 3 points (and 7 goals) of a top 6 place - of which is currently occupied by Aberdeen, who have also played a game more. The festive period had indeed been kind to Caley Thistle, and that 'panic button' which was ever present at the start of the season has since been gathering dust in the ICT boot room. An away day at Ibrox was the last time we suffered defeat, and even then the team was unlucky to end the game without a single point following a late strike by Kyle Lafferty. Since then the team have advanced to the 5th round of the Scottish Cup after a replay with Dunfermline, kept three clean sheets in as many league games, and have also seen their first 0-0 draw since an away day in Motherwell just over 12 month ago. Unfortunately, with the good comes the bad, summed up by the horrific injury that Chris Hogg suffered in our December fixture against the Arabs. Following a challenge with Dundee United's Gary Mackay-Steven and former ICT loanee, David Davis, Chirs Hogg suffered a serious knee injury and was stretchered from the field of play after just 15 minutes of play. Guarenteed to be out for the remainder of the season, Hogg started an online blog called The Fightback, which can be seen here- http://chrishoggthef...k.blogspot.com/ - It's well worth a read, and all credit to Chris for putting his experiences into words as he goes through rehabilitaion. We all wish him well and welcome the fact he has been offered a new contract. The month of January throws up many an issue for clubs as the transfer window begins. Already ICT have lost David Davis; Loaned out to ICT from Wolves in August, Davis made good of his time here after a slow start and was an asset in the midfield, and Aiden Chippendale; A Huddersfield loan signing who rarely featured during his time at the Tulloch Caledonian Staduim, mostly because of injury. Now it looks like Lee Cox, somewhat a fans favorite who signed from Leicester in 2009, seems likely to be heading South to Paulo Di Canio's Swindon Town. (Since inititally typing this out, Cox has indeed signed for Swindon, noted in the Highland News as being a figure in the region of £50,000) Coming up to ply their trade at TCS are two loan signings in the form of Claude Gnakpa (from Walsall) and Sam Winnell (from Wolves). Two strikers who, judging by their debuts against St Mirren recently, could add a little extra spice to our current strike force. With the transfer window comes transfer rumours, and no rumour has been more talked about around Inverness than that of Johnny Hayes to Celtic. It must be something to do with him being Irish? Johnny has been magnificent for Caley Thistle since his return from injury, culminating in gaining the captains armband for our away fixture against Motherwell. A game from which we captured our first clean sheet of the season by securing a 1-0 win thanks to a fantastic Gregory Tade effort. I personally can't see Johnny Hayes going anywhere, and the fact the Terry Butcher has started talks of an extension to his current deal can only suggest Hayes is going nowhere. Let's hope that's the case! Away from the teams highs and lows of the past 2 months, there have been a few happenings off the park that perhaps deserve a mention. Firstly the new look CTO website, which came live shortly after the last edition of Gringos Gossip was published. Credit must go to CaleyD and Scotty for their continuous hard work behind the scenes, and also to the rest of the monderation team for their efforts in keeping the site fresh and well managed. I'd also like to say a well done to my step-son, Marc Hurst, who raffled off his signed Ryan Esson shirt and gloves (given to him by Ryan on the final day of our Chamionship winning season) to raise funds for the Archie Foundation just before Christmas. I know how much I love and enjoy my own memorabilia and how hard it would be to part with it, so credit to Marc for parting with his prized posessions to help a very worth cause. With Caley Thistle having to play Celtic twice in as many weeks, both in the League and the Scottish Cup, as well as Rangers at the back end of February, it'll be very hard to maintain the unbeaten run that we currently see ourselves on. I guess it's probably too soon to be taking about the unbeaten run of 2010, but even so, it's nice to dream. Who know's, with the spirit and momentum the team has at the moment, it's probably a dream that could well become a reality...we'll see

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CaleyD I love this idea... Down at Fir Park, there was a great bit of this exact thing aimed towards Roman Golabart. Whenever the guy made so much as touched the ball, particularly after a good challenge or bit of skill, one section would shout 'Goooolobart', with the other repeating replying 'Goooolobart'. It's much the same as the start of 'Oh Inverness' with someone in effect leading the crowd to be repeated before an all-together rendition...