Council Juice

I would take Buckie, home or away. East Stirling, Ayr/Hibs away or Morton/Airdrie.

I think it's a little harsh and early to include Gil right now. He's had to come over and settle in and his injury will not have helped him. If he can stay fit and get into the team in the run in then his ability can be judged. If he doesn't stay fit then it will probably be considered a wasted signing but at least give him a chance to prove his worth. Anything you'll have seen will just be him feeling his way back as he's been out a bit so will probably be rusty. Besides he's this years exotic foreigner. We dont get too many so we better make the most of it!. Judge him at the end of the season though.

Goals to centre mid is pretty much sorted for me - Esson, Duff, Tokely, Munro and Shinnie; Duncan and Cox shoring up the midfield. All depending on whether Hayes is fit, It should be between him, Ross, Sanchez, Foran and Sutherland to fill the supporting roles. If Hayes is fit I'd have him, Sanchez and Foran. Ross has done nothing wrong but could probably do with a rest and he could easily be used off the bench if thinks need changing. Sutherland has looked promising from the opportunities he's been presented however at the moment opportunities from the bench would probably be the best option in my opinion. I'd like to see more of Blumenstein, but having been out a while he's going to be rusty. He needs a few bounce games. He could perhaps feature from the bench but isn't ready to start. Not against a fairly strong Motherwell team anyway. Finally I'd continue with Rooney up front. I think we need to have a look at getting him some competition up front. If one of these rumoured moves for Odhiambo come to fruition then we should take it and bring in a more out and out striker as I think Rooney might struggle with the burden a little. Sutherland could perhaps be the one to take up some slack but I fear it may be a little early. So team for me is - - Esson - - Duff - Tokely - Munro - Shinnie - - Cox - Duncan - - Hayes(if fit*) - Sanchez - Foran - - Rooney - Bench would be Tuffey; Innes, McBain, Golabek(or Morrison), Blumenstein, Ross, Sutherland. *Put in Sutherland or Ross if Hayes doesn't make it.

Jeez this wee plastic flabbytastic has really got some knickers in a twist hasn't he? Got some ego on him though eh. For being known as Jack Tweeds pal. Jack Tweed, who is? oh yeah the widower of a former big brother contestant. No wonder so many people recognised him at the game? Anyway disregarding all this drivel (that he seems to be using as an excuse to get out of some appearance thingy) EVERYONE surely knows there is only one man you get to guest at your nightclub...... Pat Sharpe!

darn clap over head smiley not working ruined that.

Hear hear Terry and Mo we salute you :salute: Glasses raised and applause all round WELL DONE ICT CLASS OF 2010. Unbeaten on the road in a full calender year. Personally I think I've outdone myself with the smileys.

1-1. Jeez what an end! FULL TIME. The away boys march on!

Oh Jeez end to end now. I'm going to have a conery!!

Oh aye, the troosers are gettin broon righ enough. Want these last 3/4 minutes to go very quickly. Chances are they'll be the longest ever.

Chris Innes on for Nick Ross. Shutting up shop it seems.

Red card for Hibs Liam Miller. C.Elliot on for S.Elliot Odhiambo on for Hayes

Been half a centimetre of snow down here in Edinburgh. Dont be shocked if the game is called off.

Fair play to the ref for admitting to an error. That shows the integrity Celtic have found so lacking. Justice was done when Flyin Esson saved the pen. Though I fully expect Murray to give us 3 pens next time he gets us. You know Wiccan rules. Do one bad thing and get 3 in reverse to balance it out? Beattie blatantly dived. Theres no two ways about it. He's always been fairly easy to go to ground in the box and this was another example. The sooner players were retrospectively punished via video for conning refs the better.

Oh come on now Marius, dont you know when your beaten? Kind of figured there would be some scope for appeal. Just want it done and dusted. I hope Marius is able to find himself a new club in the meantime and get back on form. I bare no ill will whatever the eventual outcome just that there is an outcome and a line is drawn under it for good and both paties can move on. Obviously I'd prefer ICT were the ones who the eventual outcome did benefit like :toothy:

I thought Labour did all that and then the ConDems just added to it? Both as bad as each other and neither to blame for any world cup fail bid for Engerlund. Fifa have always stated they want to break down frontiers and as much as I wanted England (proximity), The lowlands (schmoke and a pancake/proximity), or Iberia (sun, sea, sand, football...proximity) to win I understand why they went for the Russki's aside from the money on the side they'll have made. They went for South Africa for the same reason. It was a big publicity stunt. Build stadia, roads, infrastructure. Bring money and glamour to a derilict landscape. Put it this way Sepp has got their vote in the upcoming Fifa elections. Bit of a joke holding it in Qatar though I think. Gonna be mighty hot, even at night and in the morning. Especially in the Summer. Even the kaiser has stated we should hold it in Jan/Feb but that is a little impracticle me thinks. Don't think the Yanks should have it anyway, despite their complaining. (Notice both countries with pre existing infrastucture, and who like invading, failed badly) They had one in 94 and it was pretty dire as far as world cups go. Let them wait. Oz was a fair shout. They should be contenders again soon. As much as I'm not really into the theories of conspiricy it was interesting to see one of Fifa's committee members, who was born in Qatar and supported their bid, earlier this year rule himself out of running for Fifa presidency and deny all rumours of bad blood between him and Sepp. Read into it what you will.

Who's Nick Ross indeed. Where have these fools been?

Wouldn't say he's spot on but I can totally empathise with what he's getting at. Players do have way too much power and it's been a blatant attempt at Rooney (and his agent, who probably orchestrated it) bullying the club for a better deal. Man U gave Rooney the platform to perform and as opposed to making up tosh about the club lacking ambition he should have been honest and went to the board asking for a contract that reflected his need for ladies for hire. Or reflected his status at the club at least. He has every right to ask for an improved contract. No harm there. It is business and to keep the top employees you need to pay the top wages. The age 24 rule is a farce. If a player has been developed up to 23 his club get development compensation but 1 more year and he can just walk away. Where's the logic in that? Holloway is spot on with his stance on making changes. It's a squad game and he has 25 to pick from and he should be able to utilise every member of that. Fair enough if it was all under 19s I'd see it as not respecting the competition (The big guns do THAT in the league and FA cup every season with no complaints) but he used his squad of 25 that the FA blazers brought in only this season.

I dont want to speak prematurely but Hibs seem to be finding a bit of form.

Any hibs fan I've ever spoken too seem to have time for him (I live in Edinburgh) as even when he isn't at his best he still works hard according to them. He might be a bit one dimensional at times but some of his attacking attributes are handy. He's a little like Charlie Adam. Gets in on the goal action. gets around the pitch alot but can be a tad wasteful.

Was just browsing our next couple of game and we have a very tough run coming up. After Hamilton who have been our SPL bogey team, we have Hibs, Celtic, Rangers, Dundee Utd and Hearts all coming up. If we can around 6-8 points from these 6 games I'd be quite happy as this lot would beat most other teams on their day.

There is a fair chance Im in the wrong but I always thought that although the Poppy is an emblem of a charity which collects for British war veterans, It also represents a token of acknowledgement of those injured and dead on all sides of War. Be they soldier or civilian. Do the Green Brigade forget that many Celtic fans have war relations past and present? Do they no also know that soldiers don't pick and chose their wars. That is the politicians, who often needlessly and in some cases illegally send men to death. If you don't agree with war I believe they still (not positive on this) produce white poppies which can be used to commerate the memory and show your contientious objection to war. Dornoch Caley, If men did die during the two World Wars so that people could wear what they wanted (or not) without protest then is it not a little hypocritical of the Green Brigade to protest such? Im quite sure that many of the Celtic players, foreigners included, have no problem wearing a poppy on their top and a good few are probably proud to.

I imagine it shall be an SFA ban so he probably won't be seen in the Easter Rd dug out for a while. Im pretty sure bans transfer over different associations. At least they do for players anyway.

There is nowhere near enough sustainable income from ICT merchandise to keep a shop running all year round. There isn't anywhere near the volume of sales available for such a venture. I think only the OF, the Edinburgh teams and Aberdeen realistically have the fan base for such. It's good that the club are trying to get the online shop sorted. Thats long overdue. I also think it's not beyond the realm of possibility to get a range into a city centre shop but thats not entirely necessary either. Fans looking for strips etc will generally make a little more effort than just buying on a whim. Perhaps an idea would be to get in with a large online company who sell strips all over from clubs world wide. And yeah ok, the stadium portacabin could do with a lick o' paint and a new glade plug in.

Of course, ive got one in my house too. Would that be Derek "Soapy" Souter by any chance. Are you in cherge?

Just in case no one has pointed it out already... The games are both on Tuesday but a whole week apart.