Alex MacLeod

CC is, apparantly looking into taking the squad to Italy. Has any of you well informed persons heard anything on this. Dates etc so we can plan a wee trip.

Sdaly I'll just have to wait for Peter Pauls camera work to see this one. See you all in the new season

Agree with what your saying chemist and I wasn't trying to knock your figures. I do however disagree that you can realistically use the population of Eire as a Celtic catchment. For one thing the predominant sports in Cork, Kerry, Mayo etc. are certainly not soccer and the people I've met in those areas wouldn't give a monkeys for any glasgow soccer team. I use the population of highland region, that part that once was Inverness shire because we are the only professional team in the region.

We are all good at debating the reasons why Caff hasn't played but none of us know the real facts. Remember Caff was sidelined with back problems. He rested and had physio for a few weeks then came back to training. He then had a recurrance of his problem and was sent to a specialist where he was discovered to have a stress fracture of a vertebrae. These things take a long time to come right and perhaps Caff and the club were being over cautious and giving him plenty time to get to full fitness. None of us are privy to the discussions that go on behind closed doors but CC has said that Caff features in the future plans of the club so lets all wait and see.

Not quite sure how the figures came about for Celtic and Rangers. The latest census's for Greater Glasgow give a population of 1,100,000, for Ulster 1,800,000 and for Republic of Ireland 3,500,000 Population of Highland Region is approx 208,000 Population of Dundee is 142,000 Population of Edinburgh is 440,000 And Aberdeenshire is 232,000 Using those figures and chemists crowd estimates I recalculate the %ages as Celtic 1.25% Rangers 1.65% Dundee U 4.22% Aberdeen 4.3% Hibs 2.84% Hearts 3.86% Inverness 1.92% Cant be bothered working out the rest. Using these results Dundee and Aberdeen are the footballing cities

Count me in Guzz. Wont see you before start of next season so PM your address and I'll send a cheque

He turned around so the sunlight could reflect of his hair casting spears of light into the eyes of the unsuspecting.

In order to make a judgement dont we need to consider every aspect of the stadia. Pitch condition, facilities, catering, entertainment value, customer service, unrestricted views, carparking, etc. etc. Taking acount of everything I would nominate Hampden

I would imagine the system to work much like electronic barriers at tube stations. You will buy a ticket that has a magnetic strip on it. This will then be inserted into a slot to release the barrier. The technology has been around for years. Its also used for prepay electricity and gas meters. It will do away with employing people at turnstiles but you will need to purchase a ticket. That could be done, either by the traditional ticket office or by vending machines that take cash or credit card. Like the machines in some carparks. In response to Sams point about banned persons. Everyone of us who enter a stadium is filmed and checked by the match command centre as it is. Hence all the cctv at stadia.

Some people keep making reference to tv causing diminishing crowds. Fact is that regardless of tv coverage crowd numbers are on the up and will continue to rise. People will always want to be a part of the action.

Agree with all said and I'd also like to congratulate Livingston FC on gaining entry to the Scottish Football League.

Getting back to the original topic. (and sorry for the delay in replying to this but I've been away from PC all week) Blackieforce, if your mate seen those people then he would have seen me, and maybe even Caley100. Point 1. Craig Brewster does not get 'well gone'. He's a guy who has a couple of beers and no more. Yes he was in the Heathmount, he had a meal there. His house is in Inverness so why shouldn't he be out for a bite and a drink. What he actually said was " I feel like I may have made a mistake leaving a successful club but I have a job to do and I will do it". Point 2. Also in the Heathmount that night were Grassa, CC, Mark Brown and his woman, Me and my wife, Caley100 and many other people who like to have a good time on a saturday night. The one thing we have in common is that we dont make stories out of what we may have heard. I note that your post never got much attention, which says to me that the majority of ICT fans are not interested in the 'gutter press' type of post.

Young lads have been given a chance and a contract. If they dont give 100% workrate in return then they dont deserve to stay. Thats what our youth policy does. We give them the chance then its up to them. Theres every chance that lads like Chris will accept the proverbial 'kick up the bum' and shine elswhere. I hope so.

In my opinion, Inverness is not yet a 'FOOTBALL' CITY. We've only been a city for six years. We have had football for many years but only recently have we had ambition. Prior to 94 we were happy to stick in in our wee highland league. Although football was played in the highlands a hundred years ago it was never seen as our main source of entertainment. Shinty, Rugby and Curling were the dominant sports. Now we have a chance to establish ourselves as a football city lets grasp it and show the world who we are.

That must have been one of Barry's best free kicks. Watching it it was like in slow motion. The ball just drifted over everyone and into the net. Their keeper stood on the line dumbfounded. He hadn't even realised the kick had been taken. IT WAS SWEET. The rest of the game wasn't very exciting though.

Fox and Parratt will be staying. The ones Charlie is looking at are the ones who were signed from the young team last year who have put no effort into being a squad player. One of those is Finnigan.

For me there is one player who gives his heart and soul to this club. He's had his off days but he's tried his best. He endeavours to keep the team in shape on the pitch and of it and he appreciates every last one of us fans. My vote is for Barry Wilson.

I see young Craig McMillen has also made the squad. Another product of ICT who didn,t quite make the grade

From the article, which is now on official site,: ............ and there will be stronger supportive links with the recently formed Supporters' Trust. That, to me, does not say DS is ignoring the fans.

I and Mrs will be there for our last home game of the season. And we'll likely visit the Innes as well.

David Sutherland has stated on teletext that he is sick of our players being linked with DU. He has issued a warning to Brew not to come hunting and has said he will move heaven and earth to get our players on extended contracts. As all our squad are contracted till at least summer 07 I think the key players will be in talks just now and I also think the price will be set too high for Brew and the grocer to afford.

Why not find out who this years visiting pre-season team will be and have the party on that night

To further prevent any confusion in this politically correct world of ours Bimbo is an italian word and means CHILD. Bambino means BABY

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Whatever happens DU are safe. It'll be close between bottom three