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Yeah I pointed out that myself. A huge amount of Rangers and Boro players in the squad. I can't really argue with any of them mind, except maybe Broadfoot. If Boyd and Thompson hadn't went to Boro there'd be 9 Gers players in the team by my reckoning. Think it's a bit early for Wilson as a centre half. He's just 18 and whilst should be kept under consideration, should be allowed to work on getting into the Liverpool team. If he does that then he'll merit a squad place. I've always been in 2 minds about Riordan. Whilst he is one of the most natural finishers in the country, he has less of a work ethic than Kris Boyd and none of his physical presence either. Wouldn't mind having another look at Snodgrass and George Boyd, hopefully a B international might be arranged at some point.

Wow, poor Allan really upset you boys. Was it getting drunk and giving the fingers to media that upset you so much, or has he messing with your wives? Yawn, so he made a petulant childish mistake. He's apologised and hopefully learnt from it. Think its about time to get over it. If he's the best available and willing to give his all then Im fine so long as he takes his 2nd chance and doesn't make a mistake like that again. The whole LIFE ban was a joke anyway. It was blown way out of proportion by the tabloid media and the mugs who take it all in. If Levein is happy then so am I. We got over the fact that Gary O'Conner missed the trip to Ukraine and never even bothered to apologise because of "family issues" (out on the **** from what I hear) Everyone makes mistakes in life. Some people take things way too much to heart. All this nonsense about insulting and betraying his nation? Oh c'mon really?! Back on business Im quite satisfied with the Squad. Probably as strong as we can hope for. Suprised to maybe not see Conway or Goodwillie there. And O'Conner has had a good pre season thus far. Bit of a Boro/Gers XI. Reckon it'll line up with: - The "Traitor" - - Hutton - Webster - Berra - Wallace - - D. Fletcher - Thompson - - Brown - - Dorrans - McFadden - - Miller* - *reckon he'll get the nod but him or Flecher would do nicely. Half each. Fletcher needs to get some games under his belt. Boyd is best used against weaker teams for goals and at home. Away we need runners and creativity. Be interesting to see what Craig Levien goes with. He's had alot to say over the last year and I wanna see how we crack on from the Czech game.

Touch early to say with pre season not complete yet perhaps but I'd go- -Esson- - McCann - Tokely - Munro - Gillet - - Duncan - Cox - - Hayes - Odhiambo - Foran - - Rooney - Or if Foran and Hayes aint fit yet (given they haven't really played a pre season game yet) then - Esson - - McCann - Tokely - Munro - Gillet - - Proctor - Duncan - - Odhiambo - Cox - Sanchez/Blumshtein - - Rooney - No idea why anyone would contemplate dropping Esson Reckon Tokely will be playing central alot with Munro and Innes backing up that. Think Gillet will be number 1 Left back this season, reading between the lines of what has been said etc. Duncan and Cox are the number 1 pairing in the middle but perhaps against Celtic it might be both them and Proctor with Cox pushing forward more. Extra man in midfield and all that with Proctor anchoring? If Hayes and Foran are available they really have to play but if not, Sanchez and Blumshtein will probably do a job there. And Odhiambo deserves a start after a fairly impressive pre season in front of goal. Rooney picks himself.

Admire the optimism, but we definitely need to keep our feet on the fround this season or risk being brought crashing back down to earth. I am keeping the feet on the ground, i think around 9th place in the league will be avery good result for us but i think a good cup run is very possible and since the bigger teams tend to feild slightly weeker teams in the CIS cup, i think we can give it a good go ICT tend to put out a weaker team in the CIS cup, never mind just the "big" teams. It's clear that he means the SPL title.

Sorry DC- To confirm it is 3-0 Cox 22', Odhiambo 55' and Tokely 57'

Thats 3-0! Rossco gets in on the act. Get in! 56:19 GOAL - Ross Tokely : Inverness CT 3 - 0 Queens Park Goal scored by Ross Tokely from deep inside the penalty area to the top right corner of the goal. Inverness CT 3-0 Queens Park. Now hopefully I wont click "add reply" then another goal.

"# 54:42 GOAL - Eric Odhiambo : Inverness CT 2 - 0 Queens Park Eric Odhiambo gets on the score sheet with a goal from close in low into the middle of the goal. Inverness CT 2-0 Queens Park." "# 53:43 Substitution Eric Odhiambo comes on in place of Gil Blumenshtein." 2-0 Odihiambo. On the pitch for less than a minute and puts us firmly in the driving seat.

Is it 2 nil or are you half an hour after everyone else ? Oh I was a wee bit behind. :oops01: Just thought I'd give the info about the goal supplied by BBC live text. Has Munro been taken of for precautionary reasons I take it? Carrying a knock? Injured? Or are we just treating this as a run out? :_thumbup:

GOAL! Cox assisted by Duncan. We seem to be giving away alot of fouls though according to live text.

Inverness CT * 01 Esson * 03 Tokely * 05 Golabek * 14 Munro * 25 McCann * 06 Cox * 08 Duncan * 18 Blumanshtein * 19 Ross * 10 Rooney * 23 Sanchez Substitutes * 12 Tuffey, * 16 McBain, * 30 Innes, * 07 Odhiambo, * 20 Sutherland Queens Park * 01 Hamilton * 02 Little * 03 Paul Burns * 04 Paul Gallagher * 05 Brough * 06 McBride * 08 Anderson * 09 Eagleshan * 10 Ohara * 07 Watt * 11 Murray Substitutes * 20 Gordon McPherson, * 12 Meggatt, * 16 Smith, * 14 Quinn, * 15 Harkins Ref: McLean

I'd probably go with getting Mackay Steven in on a 6 month deal or something. As back up for Hayes. It's not a nessecity but would add to and enhance the squad. I also think we really need a left back. Shinnie doesn't get used there and is probably seen as more of a left sided provider. Cover in a sense for Foran. Only having an aging Golly, and whilst I do like him and have faith in him, is asking an awful lot and none of the other defenders have ever convinced in that role.

Is that the formere Falkirk player. Did he not go to Burnley or is it a different Kevin McDonald? No its Kevin McDonald the 21 year old that Burnley spent ?500k on when buying him from Dundee . The lure of first team football against the likes of Peterhead , Stenhousemuir , Brechin etc proved to be too tempting and who can blame the lad when you consider he would only be playing against the likes of Leeds , Portsmouth , Cardiff City , Middlesbrough etc . DC is of course having you on. KM is a free from Airdrie. Yeah it was kind of a stupid question. Was just back from work and my head a little hazy and I was like "naw surely not." I dont even think I paid attention to who had just signed him.

Thought I might make it easier for everyone to keep in touch with the several trialists at the club by having one thread as opposed to starting new ones everytime someone comes in. I didn't see a page for this so thought it might help. Im think right in thinking we signed Gil Blumstein and Max Johnson from trial. We have Gary Mackay Stevenson on trial also. Callum Morris and Darren Lough have ended their trial at the club and are heading to Stockport County according to P&J Andrew Milne will stay on with the club as we continue to assess him. I believe we had a defender called Samuel Oji on trial but someone would need to confirm that.

Be ace to get the ties against Antwerp and Valladoid filmed for our viewing pleasure. Take or leave the others. Muchos kudos to anyone involved in giving free time to do this.

If thats the saga over with then Im glad. Lets move on and hopefully learn from this.

Bombscare sums him up fairly well. As far as natural ability goes he has a fair bit. He's also got all the right physical attributes. I just dont think he's all there in the head when it comes to 3pm on a Saturday afternoon.

Not unless ICT change to 4-4-2 with Hayes and Foran on either wing with Blumenshtein partnering Rooney up front. The thought of this turned me on. Surely it would could still be a 4-2-3-1 with Gil playing in the middle of the 3 behind the striker (ie the Odiambho/Sanchez role in da hole) Im all for signing young hungry players. They will be eager to prove themselves and have alot of energy. I'd take Duff back because he works hard and is versatile. I don't want journeymen just because they are experienced. There is a generally a reason why they keep getting moved on.

Well if me Tel and Libero all think it is then it must be the way to go.

To be honest I think we've got a lot of experience as it is. Esson, Proctor, Tokely, Munro, Golabek, Duncan, McBain, Foran are all seasoned pro's and the likes of Hayes, Rooney, Odiambho, Sanchez and Cox will all benefit from having a season or so under their belts. Sure it would do no harm to get an old head in with a bit of experience but I think Butchers philosophy is young hungry pros eager to prove themselves. It worked fairly well for him at Motherwell in dark times and it may be his preferred outlook.

Sounds a bit like Dingwall.... :) Ahhh but those ladies have beards!

Think she should just not have the grimsby top on :P

A pacey full back is what we are crying out for. Particularly if he is left sided. Preferably apt at both. Centre half is another position that needs support. I see Tokely and Munro being the number 1 centre half pairing next season but having a younger lad there would be of glorious benefit ya? Duncan, Proctor, Cox and McBain will fight it out in the middle I guess with Morrison also there so I guess we are covered in that respect. I reckon we need a big bruiser up front and if Ihere is that type who might not score alot but distract defences to the point others score then he might be also worth a look. What position does Warlow play?

I think it does fall on the players or employers to put in their best efforts but undoubtedly people will tend to go that extra mile and be more productive in an enviroment that is both just comfotable and secure enough as well as being just strict enough and a tight ship. There needs to be a balance. Also I can understand tactics are going to have a part to play. Its the same with most high level business. Unless you go about business the right way, you wont get results. And if your in charge of the way the business is being run then the buck stops with you- Especially if you have control over the resources (in this case players and training facilities) It is true that there has to full commitiment from the staff (players and coaches) especially if they're highly paid international football players. But as football is a very expressive profession then it can be hard to perform at the best if something isn't right. In saying most of this, it doesn't make Capello a bad manager - previous results are testament to this. Nor does it suggest the players didn't try. Something however wasn't right and Capello has to find and fix this.

I already had a Germany top bought about a month before the tournament, mainly cos I thought the black one looked pretty sweet. I wore it with pride on Sunday though. Someone in an English top gave me pure evils. Cannae think why. I don't really see how England would "destroy" Scotland. They can't even string 2 passes together and we've faired not too badly against teams of higher stature. We certainly don't have alot to fear. Playing tight and hitting them on the break seems easy as pie because they leave themselves exposed at the back all the time. They also think they've won games before they get on the pitch so that helps even more. I won't be silly and say we'd beat them. They would probably beat us, however I very much doubt they'd get an easy game of it.

How many good goals have England scored? I remember Owens against Argentina being half decent but still find it laughable how it finds it's way into "top 10 goals ever" polls and such like. Though I do remember Maradonna scoring 2 perfectly legitimate stoaters into the 3 tabby cats in one game.