Alex MacLeod

?15 + transport, + beer money, + food......................all adds up

What on earth is the world coming to when a computer game generates so much passion.

Breaks my heart to stay at home being so close to Dundee but past experiences at that stadium and not really having spare cash at the minute persuade me to give this one a miss.

I didn't think they dominated anything. The way Athletico were playing I think, had it looked like Celtic had the upper hand, they would have just changed up a gear.

Yep, he's a big highland lad.............................................................from the highlands of Dublin. Maybe somewhere up by the Guiness factory.

Two wins out of two now

The last part is a bit chicken and egg. I asked a footballer about contracts etc. The majority of players, unless they;re of a very high standard, dont want long contracts. They sign short contracts on lower wages knowing they can get a boost to their earnings with more frequent signing on fee's. The one way to make money out of players is to bring them through the youth system and then sell them on. Hibs showed it could be done, however, those players that come through, and are good enough to cash in on, are few and far between. We have brought a few through our ranks but in all seriousness are they good enough to make the big time and earn us money or are they just good enough to play in the SPL. A league of plummeting standards. Outwith what monies come from the league coffers the club has to increase its income. The main part of this comes from advertising and season ticket sales. These are the two areas where increasing revenue doesn't incur an increase in costs. Sadly we are in a time of deep recession and people just dont have the spare cash. Many good ideas have been put forward but these all need to be weighed up against cost. Conferencing and other uses of the facilities all require staff. That adds to wages and liability costs. There's also initial outlay to provide IT equipment and to make the operation attractive. Will the profit margin be enough to cover the costs? We're in a global climate at the moment where money is in short supply and somewhere along the way what is spent on leisure has to be cut back. Football clubs are suffering. Sport in general is suffering. The strong will pull through it and survive for many more years. Others will fold. Lets hope we are the strong. Or that a sugar daddy with millions to burn comes along.

Celtic and Rangers get the lions share of funding in Scottish football. This came about, with the formation of the SPL, so they could build teams that would dominate the domestic league and, thus always have the chance to compete in Europe. Unfortunately the people who agreed to all this didn't look to the future. They didn't see that this sort of setup would penalise all the other clubs to the extent that the quality of football would be affected. Without the quality of domestic competition the two teams carrying all the Scottish hopes dont develop the quality and skills they need to have any success.

Steve Conroy. Disclaimer:- The following stats are facts and do not in any way assume prejudice by the referee against ICT. Conroy has been a league ref since 1993. The stats below are for his career since 04/05 season when ICT came up to SPL Refereed 197 games. Issued 469 yellows and 33 reds. In matches involving ICT he has refereed 15 and awarded 30 yellows and 6 reds. Of these cards ICT players were awarded 16 yellows and 4 reds. Average = 2.38 yellows and 0.17 reds per match ICT game average = 2.0 yellows and 0.4 reds.

Ticket price ?15. Megabus even less

Sounds like a fair result going by the chances both teams had.

Motherwell on the end of an OF hiding again this week 4-0 now

Get in there

Seems to be a fairly even match even though Hearts had a couple of chances . Hopefully that was our bad half and we come out on fire second half

HT 0-0

And Blackie gets one too

Cards for Webster and Foran

Sutton doesn't feature in Hearts plans yet he's on the bench.

Bench:- Tuffey, Gillet, Tansey, Chippendale, McKay, Sutherland

Esson Piermayr, Tokely, Golobart, G. Shinnie Ross, Morrison, Davis, A. Shinnie Tade, Foran

Lol, you mean you dont use both arms, One for the pint, one to hand the cash over

Alex, You might want to rephrase that...............

Normally a bit of right arm exercise followed by a brisk walk

Scotland v Georgia This will be the first ever match between the two nations in a competitive fixture although Georgia have faced Scotland A on two occasions, in 2008 and 2010. Scotland A won 69-3 in 2008, however in 2010 Georgia won 22-21 in the IRB Nations Cup.

Did Scotland win? Yes. Did they score 4 tries? Yes. Did they gain a bonus point? Yes. Will they beat England? True right and they will.