Caley Mad In Berks

To all you pro boycott advocates, get real for feck sake.

This petition as well as the pro Warnock one is a load of billocks. No signature from me!

Let us suppose that Brewster is not appointed, as it would seem he is really unpopular with the fans (at least most of those on here). Personally, I don't believe we have a cat's chance of getting Warnock, probably largely due to wage demands. Nor would I want him. In my opinion he was a whinging loser with Sheffield Utd. Who does that leave? Owen Coyle? A young, ambitious but largely untried manager. Surely not. Pele and Robertson apparently not in the frame. My own choice, Steve Perryman, not well known enough in Scotland. So where does that leave us? Get over it guys, Brewster will get it. And, although not my choice, I'll get behind him and the team and wish them well.

CaleyD I obviously don't know what our budget for the manager's job is, but I would be amazed if we had paid even ?100k a year to any of our managers up to now. Given how we always made a virtue out of our tightly controlled players wage structure (up until the Nicolae signing that is), I would be surprised if suddenly we were in the ?200k a year bracket for a manager. Thats all I was saying. Maybe you know better

Can't believe we can be serious about Warnock. Nor could we afford him I would guess. If we want to take a successful English manager, then Steve Perryman's the man. And we could afford him, and he could be available. Check him out www.steveperryman.com

You can leave with your head held high, knowing that your successors will have to go some to surpass some of your achievements. For example, 7 points out of 9 against Gers last season, and 5 straight wins with no goals conceded, after the split, the season before. Good luck and thanks

Quite a few for Warnock, I see. Wasn't he on ?400K a year at Sheffield Utd? Can't see him uprooting to Sneck for much less than at least half that amount. Wouldn't have thought we would be in that league!

My nomination would be the same I made before CC was appointed, Steve Perryman MBE, currently Director of Football at Exeter City. Apart from his brilliant footballing career with Spurs, he has managed Brentford and Watford, been assistant to Ossie Ardilles at Spurs, and also managed extremely successfully at the highest level in Japan for 5 years. The fact that he is a personal friend, has of course, nothing to do with it!!

Personally I am disappointed, not so much that he has decided to quit, but with the unending hounding he received from so called fans, many of them on this site, which must have contributed to his decision. Good luck to him in whatever he does next.

IHE I agree about Dods, but you can't say we haven't replaced Dargo. Nicolae ? McDonald ? Anyway, Dargo must have gone at least half a dozen games with us in his first season before he started scoring. I think the goals will come but replacing Dods is the real problem

Tokeley, I'm afraid will always be caught out by small, nippy wingers. I don't think he means to be dirty, its just that he is slow and awkward. He could easily have got a red card on Saturday. Also, when he goes on his forward runs, which can be an asset, he badly misses Dods, who used to cover for him.

Yes, a great player and a great loss. He was a real thorn in the side to Caley over many a year. I've just read(again) Rodwill Clyne's great book about the Highland League ("In a different league"), and I see, unsurprisingly, that Willie Grant was in Rodwill's all time best North Select X1.

Can't make it up to Sneck for this one unfortunately. However, I've been invited to watch it by a friend of mine who subscribes to Setanta. He just happens to be a fanatical Rangers supporter. I just have no pride ! I really hope to spoil his afternoon, not only by spilling beer etc on his carpet, but by cheering on ICT to another fine win over Gers.

Sorry, finger trouble on my last post. I meant to highlight Caley D's first sentence only, and comment how utterly negative I thought it was. Clearly Caley D is a 'glass half empty' character, not 'half full'.

Well said, DavieB, my sentiments exactly. CC and the board should be applauded for showing some ambition.

Spot on Kencar. It's not how much you spend, but how much you care!

I agree with those who think Dargo (or his agent) has taken the P*** over the past few weeks. He could have made it clear he wasn't resigning for us ages ago. On a playing level, I think that if Dargo comes down here to Englandshire, he won't hack it, and will disappear without trace in less than a season. I'm one of the few who thinks that we won't miss him all that much, based on his performance on the season just gone, (not the previous season when he was on fire), especially if Denzil is fully fit and up for it. Anyway, we'll see in due course.

More likely D for Delay day (again).

I totally agree with Smee's comments above. As I have said on other Dargo threads, he has had more than enough time to consider all the offers open to him. Dragging it on this length of time smacks of greed.

Shame. Carlisle would have been like a home game for me, just a mere 300 miles! Seriously, I know it won't happen, but from Gretna's point of view, Carlisle would have been a far better option than Motherwell. I think they would have attracted quite a few Carlisle fans just from the curiosity factor alone

I phoned today. ICT have not yet received any tickets from St Mirren, but they are expecting them. I was told to try again on Friday (11th)

Brilliant. Now all I want is for Man U to clinch the league , and whip Chelsea in FA Cup Final, and then whiner Morhinio can p**s off back to Portugal in the summer.

Signed programme from Feb 8th, 2000!

Can't believe anyone would suggest losing a game for tactical reasons. Don't forget, every place in the SPL is worth money (c£80K?).