Alex MacLeod

Very tactful Dan. You may tell people things so long as you dont post links. 12th No matter how many turn up we wont make very much if anything. Rangers will fiddle the system to show reduced gate. 30,000 complimentaries. Thats how bitter they are. Cut of nose to spite face syndrome

I've followed football for a good number of years now and I've come through more than one recession in that time. I dont think it would take too much research to see that in times of recession football crowds go down. I also talk to many people from many areas of the country about this very subject and many do not attend games any more because, to use the words of one person, the game here is run by a duo-dictatorship who have the officials of all the governing bodies in their pockets. Many are sickened by the general product on offer and by the media bias towards Glasgow. Many choose instead to go play a game of golf, a sport that costs a deal more than a season ticket, or watch a different sport. Many people just aren't interested in football so perhaps we have levelled out at what is our realistic share of the population. Looking at the catchment area of our club we have to compete with shinty and rugby both of which are quite well supported. The way to increase attendances is not to cut prices, thats been tried and failed, its to nurture the fans of the future. That is being done but it takes a generation or two to reap the benifits of the current investment. Not only must you get the kids supporting the club but you have to break the bond, brought about by the influx of imigrants from the overspilling city to the west of Stirling, that is Celtic and Rangers. Many people will have many excuses for not attending. Those unemployed and/or on low incomes will always blame cost. Those who can afford the cost will blame the product and those who can afford but cant blame the product will always have a prior engagement. At the end of the day this debate will go on and on.

Maybe Brewster could go for the job.

Got his first win yesterday 0-3 away to Fort Bill. Must be something big going on at WA. Second in league. They'll get dizzy being that high up.

Never say never. Nobody knows what may come about in january. This lad is only seventeen and sounds like he has a bright future ahead of him. As an aside Dinnington have a goalie called Luke Hands

Won 8-0 in the Scottish Youth cup. Youth cup is u-19s as opposed to u-20s, isn't it? There's a report on that game with squad lists here. http://www.ngrfounda...=27629&Itemid=1 See that new lad with the unpronounceable (for me) name was playing. D aa ch ee. Coot sish vill ee

Did we ever get the random picker thingy going for last seasons kit?

Who? You mean that wee team we've drawn in the cup.

Think we've already seen some of the signs of what he can bring to the club and far as improving the customer care aspect goes.

5 in a row gives every time.

It disnae hurt either. Trust me I know. In fact I feel so good I've come out of retirement to work in foriegn climes. Happy Birthday mate.

Don't mind him... he's mad. Note also how he sweetens Scotty with a link to InTorNet before he plugs his womans book.

Being two hundred miles of the west coast of Africa with no newspapers, no UK TV and no Alba I'm not in a position to counter the comments the missus made. She did, however, think that there were times when Dundee had the upper hand and that he should have been puting a little more effort into helping out the defence. Why was he subbed so early?

Two defeats in twelve games at the start of an SPL season is, I think, our best start ever. It has taken time to build a team that can play the way Tel wants and he's been seen by many as having been very ruthless in the way he does it but it is a results sport and I believe we will see that progress we've all desired over this coming season.

My wifes impression of him, from the Dundee game, is that he has promise and quality but is a lazy player who doesn't track back or attempt to help out the defence. She thinks he shows a bit of a big ego. Something that Tel may be able to knock out of him. I only ever seen him in the County game so haven't formed a proper opinion.

No chance. They'll be froze to the tractors they travel up in. I wouldn't get carried away but I do think we've come on a lot and having only been beat twice in twelve games is an excellent feat. We may not have beat teams on form but to come back from 2 down against the second team in the league and to gain a point at Hearts shows we will be a force to reckon with this season.

They maybe thought the guy meant Henry

They are old enough to marry and have a family yet not old enough to buy Mayfair. Personally I think many of the 16 and 17 year olds, who would vote, are also very clued up on politics and know and understand as much as the rest of us.

Oh yee of little faith!!!

Came across this article http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f340caae-47cd-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0.html#axzz29enTyb8m and wondered. Luggy has been fairly successful anywhere he's been albeit mainly lower league England.

Souness is on record as saying he will never go back to management at any level. He does alright as a pundit for tv companies and also works, along with his daughter, for al Jazeera.

Where do they get their figures? 50p programme??

I dont think Levien was ever the great white hope as you put it. He was given a chance though and has shown himself up to be not the man for the job. He has won three games since taking charge, two of them against Lichtenstien, and has never attempted to win games. His philosophy has always been to defend and hope for the best. Scotlands past successes, much like ICT's, have come when we've been attack minded.

Didn't realise asking questions wasn't allowed. Only chose Pearce as an example. Remember when Craig Brown took over his only club experience was with Clyde and his International experience was with Scotland Youth and U-21's.

Not an easy one to do for away games unless one of the coaching team were willing to write it.