Caley Mad In Berks

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.

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.

Kicking back to normal?? I thought it was only fair to middling on Saturday myself, but the rest of his game was spot on. As others have said, three clean sheets speak for themselves.

Just back down south after a week end in Sneck. Fabulous to see Marius's first SPL goals - so nearly a hat trick too with his great shot in last minute. Well deserving of his MoM. Hope that gives him the confidence now to go on and bag a barrowload (as Dargo did in his first season after a slow start). Hope we have enough fit players for Celtic match after all the injuries we picked up. It'll be back to Setanta for me next week end. Thought there was not much life in the Innes pre game. Do most folk go to Social club now?

I don't think any player has a right to walk back into the team after injury, suspension etc. Let Tokeley fight for his place.

Yes, I feel he's had a bit of a bum deal. I know he made a bad error in his one game in first team, but I think to drop him after one game was unfair. If the club felt that Fraser needed a rest, then I think they should have stuck with Zibi for a few games. There are many more high profile keepers than him who have made costly mistakes in recent times, Robinson and Carson for England, to name but two. Having said that, I must admit that Fraser has been good since he came back in.

I see Owen slipped quietly into the Burnley management job a couple of weeks ago, and what a great start he has made, 7 points out of 9 including two away wins. Quite a step up from Scottish League 1 to English Championship. Fair play to him. Makes you wonder what we missed when he was a contender for our job. Not that I voted for him for ICT to be honest, but I didn't vote for Brewster either. However, all things considered I feel Brew is doing OK.

I usually don't get involved in poster/moderator disputes. But, am I missing something here in the Yngwie/Johnboyspat? Is there some history to it which I don't know about? Otherwise, I can't see the need for Scotty, as senior site administrator to leap to Yngwie's defense in his post which included the above forceful quotes. Without taking sides, I thought that Yngwie was quite capable of defending himself, and I certainly didn't interpret Johnboy's post which seemed to kick things off, as unduly 'having a pop at moderators'. Surely your moderators, Scotty, don't need to be wrapped up in cotton wool. I'm sure they can take care of themselves in minor disputes, leaving you to intervene in more serious cases. That's my view on it anyway.

Whoopee. That'll do me. I'm hoping for the same again (or better), when I'm up in Sneck next week end for the Hibs game. Well done lads.

Very good question. I've often wondered the same thing myself. Just what was it that made DP so revered and imune from criticism? I'll be interested to see how his successor does (whoever he may be)

Justice was done in the end. Croatia were miles better than England. I don't think I've ever seen such a soft penalty. I don't think even that many England supporters would think they deserved a draw tonight. They've been poor right through the qualifying stages, hugely flattered by a few 3-0 wins over poor opposition, and finally found out when the chips were down. Bye bye McLaren, and I'm sure not many will miss him.

Yes, best of luck to NI. They've sort of crept up the outside towards qualifying. I hope all the next results fall their way. I've a lot of time for their ex manager, Lawrie Sanchez. I liked him when he was at Wycombe. He did a similar job for NI as Walter Smith did for us, by restoring some pride after a long spell in the doldrums, before moving back to club management. I just hope that McLeish is not similarly tempted before the World Cup.