Caley Mad In Berks

I just hate dead hair, don't you?

Don't know when the cut off point is, but if it goes as far as 26th, Manager of Month must now be a straight fight between Brew and Yogi.

Ya beauty! That was some last 5 mins!

midsummer night

sparsely attended

I would think so. So that would be 3 out. How many in? McGuire's loan made permanent, I expect and one other good one I hope.

I'll drink to that!

I walked back to the town centre with a Hibs supporter after the game a couple of weeks ago. He was seriously moaning about Collins, saying he never knew what his best team was and was for ever chopping and changing. He won't be sorry to see him go. Personally, I hope he doesn't get the Scotland job.

on heat

lob wedge

I agree, and there are rumours Borac is leaving, so Mark had the opportunity to have the no. 1 shirt, but I feel he hasn't taken it.

Serves him right. Too mouthy by half, with a nasty streak in him I thought.

She must have been some teacher.... Isn't "with" a preposition..? :024: She also had a sense of humour, and recognised irony!

".... to which you subjected us all"! Yes Charles, as Miss Cuthbert always used to tell us, "A preposition is a bad thing to end a sentence with".

I said that on another thread. When I saw the penalty I wondered how on earth Brown didn't save it to be honest! Likewise. I felt Brown should have stopped it! It wasn't a well taken kick. But I'm firmly in the 'who cares?' camp re the decision. We were overdue a good break on the refereeing front. To get two good calls (what with the offside goal) on one day was a real bonus.

I said on my matchday thread reply that all those 3 far outclassed Scott Brown today. Surely a Scotland cap can't be long in coming for one (oe more) of them.

Me too. He has taken a while to come good, but I too think he is a class act for the reasons mentioned. Hard to pick a MOM for me today. Anyone of Black, Rankin, Cowie , Fraser, Marius. No failures at all.

Brewster will be getting mentioned soon if his current run continues!!

Absolutely right. As I said on the matchday thread, he missed a couple of decent chances, but he 'won' us the penalty (well done ref!), and this I think was his best match for us, let alone him scoring 2 goals last week.

Your spot on there Alex, today was THE performance of the season so far. I quite agree. If we can maintain, or even come close to today's 2nd half performance, then we have nothing to fear from any of the next 5 matches. Bring them on!

I'll go along with that. As I said on the matchday thread, it was a truly world class save, worthy indeed of the great GB. His great save against Pele was more instinctive, wheareas Fraser was initially going the wrong way, before climing to the corner to get a vital hand to it. Save of the season without a doubt. Well done Mike.

Just home after watching the match on Setanta with a rabid Gers fan. I'd say he is as happy as I am. For once we got the rub of the green with refereeing decisions. A dodgy penalty -- thank goodness it was against Mark Brown with his record at saving penalties. I think he should have stopped what was in all fairness a poorly taken kick. Then the Tics had a decent goal chalked off for offside. Give that linesman a bottle of champagne. Not to mention Celtic hitting the post!. Still, the second half performance was immense. We created lots of chances and thoroughly deserved the odd bit of good luck. Cowie, Black and Rankin were top class. If one of them doesn't play for Scotland soon there's no justice. They far outclassed Scott Brown. Marius missed some good chances but his ball holding and distribution as a lone striker were teriffic. Mike Fraser's save near the end was world class. No failures today on a day which in its own way comes close to the immortal 3-1 victory over the Tic.

No, it got there eventually!

Sacked, unsurprisingly, after only a few unsuccessful months at Brentford. Wouldn't be surprised to see him looking north of the border again, especially if an SPL manager gets the Scotland job. Good luck to him anyway. Always had a bit of time for him, both as player and manager.

I've just spent 3 days in Sneck. On previous visits to watch matches I've just stayed one night and never gone near the town centre. This time I did and was sadenned to see so many empty shops and so many charity shops and 'cheap' shops (?1 and 99p stores etc). I really felt it was run down. To answer my own question, I assume the advent of the Eastgate mall and other out of town retail parks have taken their toll. Nevertheless, I was amazed. Badly in need of regeneration. Views?