Alex MacLeod

Spam is Spam and its very unlikely that it actually came from David Davies. Twitter, like Facebook, Bebo and all the other social networking sites, is open house to spammers. People unwittingly click on something and the next thing their account is hijacked and messages go out to all their contacts. Thats the world of modern communications. Spammers, virus writers etc. find us all to be easy targets simply because we're all curious about the message we don't know the origin of.

Just bear in mind though that if its a large amount then the recipient could be liable for taxes unless they are a registered charity

The pheonix was a mythical bird (as opposed to OCG who's a real one) Scottish football is a mythical entity.

Splitting hairs a bit CD but the CPS have no jurisdiction in Scots Law. The Crown Prosecution Service is south of the border. The Procurator Fiscal north. Which brings me to the one part of this debate that is being missed. This guy has not been found guilty of the charge but neither has his innocence been proven. There are times, in Scots Law, when a jury cannot come to agreement on all the facts before them so choose to use the great 'get out' of Not Proven. A finding totally unique to our legal system but one that has freed people for far greater crimes in our history. The PF, for some unknown reason, believed he or she could get the first conviction of religiously aggravated assault, under recent changes to the law, in Scotland yet the balance of proof was against him. He would have based his reasoning on the police investigation and should have realised that a conviction on this charge was not possible. Only one witness, out of all those around, could catagorically state exactly what the defendant had said during his attack. Others heard something totally different. Some could not say one way or the other what was said. All that would have been reflected in the police witness statements and passed on to the PF. Did this person then base his/her judgement on the integrity of a 'former police officer' or did he become blinded by the government crackdown on such crime. I, dont know but one thing is for sure and that is that his judgement could not have been based on the full police enquiry findings. Either that or the police did not carry out the level of investigation that should have been carried out. Had a charge of common assault been proffered in the first instance then I'm sure a conviction would have been forthcoming.

He's got a cousin in the Vinnie Jones mould...................El Bowen d' Bols

A good chairman needs to have a good business sense and even better management skills.

Pele's assistant at Formartine

Source - Chairman's Report Translation : if we hadn't sold the Social Club, and if the directors hadn't put more money in, we wouldn't have had enough money to pay the bills. It's nothing to panic about, but highlights that the club will not be sustainable in its current form without regular injections of cash, significantly increased prize money, or a drastically reduced wage bill. One thing we have done is reduced the wage bill. Those who were released were on big wages, hence the reason for letting them go. Butcher made no secret of the fact that he could get players from south of the border for a lot less than home grown demand. The club no longer has the overheads and running costs of the social club to contend with. Just a shame we cant build on our support.

When I cant get to game I try and judge things from the POY and the comments on here as well as the press. This week Gollie and Shinnie stood out in the Sun and both made this weeks dream team. There are times though when the press reports bear absolutely no resemblance to whats indicated on here and that can be confusing.

Dont want to clutter the POY thread with debate so started new thread. Haven't been at a game since dunfermline so cant comment on performances but all the reports I've read so far suggest that Golobart should be leading this week by a country mile. I know Tade and Shinnie both scored but my question is, is scoring the criterea that decides who people choose or does it come down to total performance? The reason i ask is that I remember, not so long ago, a player coming off the bench, doing nothing for most of his time on the park except be in the right place at the right time and scoring a winner. he got loads of votes.

Just a p!sser they lost a goal in 91st minute though. That equaliser cost me

If somebody threw something then it will definately be on cctv because to be able to provide the force required to cover the distance the person would need to stand up and launch a throw like a javelin chucker.

You were meant to catch the bloody thing

Pity about the two week gap between games though.

I'm sure every one of those mentioned bar Grieg, when they've been fit, have been on all the team lists.

Proc the neck??

Is this the guy

Prunty had a hat-trick today

Dean MacDonald had Arsenal on his CV.

I think it can be easilly seen that we have a very good youth development system in place. Guys like Shinnie, Ross, Morrison and Sutherland are testiment to that. like you say though, unless the asses in power get their acts together and realise that there is a gap, bring back reserve league, bring back U-21 league, then football in Scotland is in freefall. We are already being compared to the standards of the Faroes. Even the League of Ireland have overtaken us in quality. Many teams need to bring players through but many of those players with skill get fed up with the lack of competition and match time that they lose interest in the game. One day the powers that be will remove the blinkers and rose tinted specs and see the real world for what it is.

The youngsters who will be playing are considered good enough to be in squad of an SPL side. If that option was not open to them there would be a queue of Highland League clubs waiting to sign them up. First team players or not, I would expect that whatever side is fielded should beat Forres. No pressure, lads! Isn't that because the rules of the SPL dictate that we must compete in U-19 league. The reason for mentioning them was not to reduce their worth but more to highlight that I boubt any of the first team squad will be playing the day after playing Hearts.

Its not our first team who'll be playing this game.

Ok so of all seasons in the SPL this is how our first 5 matches have went. 2004-2005 - with 3 points. P5 W1 D0 L4 Beat Ross County in League Cup Finished 8th 2005-2006 - with 8 Points P5 W2 D2 L1 Beat Alloa in the League Cup Finished 7th 2006-2007 - with 3 points P5 W0 D3 L2 Beat Dumbarton in the League Cup Finished 8th 2007-2008 - with 0 points P5 W0 D0 L5 Beat Arbroath in the League Cup Finished 9th 2008-2009 - with 7 points P5 W2 D1 L2 Beat Arbroath in the League Cup Finished 12th and relegated 2010-2011 - with 4 points P5 W1 D1 L3 Beat Queens Park and Peterhead in the League Cup Finished 7th THIS SEASON 2011-2012 - 1 point P5 W0 D1 L4 LOST to Ayr in the League Cup Finished ?? In 04/05 season we actually lost 8 out of the first 11 league games. We won 1 and drew 2. We still managed to finish 8th on 44 pts. In 07/08 we lost our first 6 league games and finished 9th on 43 pts. theres plenty to hope for.

It never ceases to amaze me how dougal comes on, starts a thread full of negativity then f's off again. One day he'll stay and actually argue his point.

1st, 2nd and 3rd division clubs + 2 HL? Incidently Harry has nothing to do with this cup. It comes gold plated not battered.