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It looks like we've got a disagreement over tactics here. I'd prefer to take my seat make my feelings known from there. There are plenty of good suggestions on this forum for ways to get our point across without turning away (chants, demos, e-mails etc.). If we try these things and are ignored then i'll be the first to come on here and tell you that you're right. I'd had a couple meself for the original post - giz a hug

Oooooh! Shake that handbag, sunshine I'm one of the the seven or so people in section B, main stand who, for the last decade, have braved the disapproving glares of the toffee-paper faithful to scream the team on. I've held a season ticket through most of those years, and bought owt the club has to offer in terms of merchandise. I took the time off work to go down to Edinburgh with Exiled ICT and LKMUT to present the Exile's petition when Partick took us to the High Court. And I believe that voting with your feet is the only thing likely to wake this club up. You'll note that another of those folk - Mee - who worked so hard to get that petition organised, printed and delivered, has boycotted games for the last couple of years on principle. Myself, I will sorely miss the odd win at home and the ritual around which I organise my weekends, but I would rather sit and watch County than sit by, doing nothing, while seeing the club I love being buggered up by Craig Brewster, Malky Thompson, Graeme Bennett and those supporters who believe that doing nothing is a mark of pride. An empty seat on match day is a more telling statement than a thousand posts on here. [Edited - Holyrood wasn't commissioned at the time, but I accidentally said '*****' in the Church of Scotland HQ, which was fun]

C'mon Mr P, say what you really mean.

Johndo, you're spot on. Your only mistake was starting this thread and providing a platform for the cultish faction who reckon that anyone who doesn't blindly and slavishly trot along, to watch the destruction of everything this club has been built on, isn't a supporter; what they mean, I think, is that you're not a fan, as in fanatic (and as opposed to fanny) - and that should be a badge of honour for any. I support my kids, but I'm not so fanatical that I can't see when they do wrong. To those people, I say that voting with your feet is the only supporters' protest which will have any positive effect in the long term. And yes, I mean you Stan

With that degree of faith there's no argument likely to sway you from the Church of Brew. Contradictions to your happy comments are already available on this board, if you choose to see them. Can you say 'Gouranga'?

Fully expect to see you stopping the gap at County before crossing the bridge again to kick Greydar firmly up the erse and out of Fortress Tulloch. All the best

That all sounds very reasonable. Unfortunately you don't seem to consider that a. It's his testimonial year. You just don't do stuff like this when you've awarded a player a testimonial. Against Liverpool. It makes you look stupid. b. Barry was told he could have a six month contract to show what he's got, yet he's had next to no first team football and, when he has come on, it's largely been because we're already screwed. Again, looks stupid. c. Brew was a club legend at Dundee United, before doing one to Ionikos. Tripped over his laces to get back there as manager, showed his ineptitude in every department (hatchet-man theorists step back, he was just rubbish) and looked stupid. Eddie Thompson was not. Our board then were, and now look very stupid indeed. From a footballing perspective, anyway.

Aye, I saw that flock of pigs, too Unless they land on Grassa's head ICT will be without my ?700 + next year. I can watch eleven despondent guys run in vain around a near-silent football pitch and lose at home every other week while some muppet who fancies himself as a bit of a talent shouts at them from the touchline for far less money at a variety of grounds across the Highlands. The party is well and truly over. Pass the Alka Seltzer...

"Manager Craig Brewster said "It was obviously a difficult decision to come too, Barry wanted to know as early as possible so that he could get sorted out."" I'd be surprised if Barry isn't completely baffled at being offered a six month contract in which to prove he still has something to offer and then being given beggar all chance on the pitch to show what he has to offer.

KingBeastie, I think you're missing the point - this thread is about change and we already have a Fanny for a manager...

Yes. Great striker, poor coach, suspect man-manager, dire tactician, laughable PR man, dreadful scouting credentials, too delusional to go, must be shown the door. That just fits on one line if you work on the resolution, but I'd not room for Igor

Brewster, Mourinho

I love you Pssst, are you Robbo?

Niculae, who most would agree was a cut above, couldn't do it all on his own. He was also guilty of missing sitters, but then he was touted as the great white hope and had a national call-up in his sights so was clearly trying too hard at times. For me the damning fact is still that a striker like Brew - **** his badges, tactics, subs, and the rest - that the guy as a *coach* cannot instruct or inspire the strikers he's brought in, to score goals. He can't even, after four months, get Barrowman to time his jumps so that he connects with the bloody ball. This idiot, with his able assistant, is going to take the club I love back to the SFL, next season if not this. He has made it feel like a chore rather than a pleasure to take my seat every other Saturday. He practically ran to the club whose team soundly beat ours this afternoon, and Eddie Thompson saw that he was sh!te, and did what was best for the club he loved by getting rid of that same man. Why on earth should we suffer the indignity of being laid low by the same guy, while he blames everyone but himself - including the fans who will be exhilarated or depressed with their side's fortunes years after he's gone - and remains in denial? And we're in contract negotiations with the man, to extend his stay? There are people running this club who know fine how to run a business. Are they trying to run this one into the ground? I really have had enough.

Toothless, gutless, clueless. Must become Brewless.

I don't see where you get the 'moaning' business from - I honestly would take bottom place if it shocked the board into bringing in someone who has the future of the club at heart and can take us forward. You only need to look at Dundee United to see what getting the right guy can achieve; also, what getting the wrong guy can do. If that's moaning or crap, then I'm happy to be known as a crap moaner

Mm, please expand?

Agreed I really cant understand it We set up with one up front against Falkirk - what more can I say? Even when we start with two centre forwards at home it's still the one-up-front mentality, with a target man to lay it off for the 'real' striker. Why? Because that's all the manager knows. It works away from home - with a healthy rub of the green like missed penalties and blinding saves from Esson - but it doesn't work at home. Still, if he makes last orders at the Heathmount, Brew can toast the victory secure in the knowledge that eighth place delays his P45 at least until January. I'd have taken going bottom today if it meant that we could move on from this lunacy. Heigh ho...

Nice one Yngwie, and Mrs. Yngwie, and especially Ms. Yngwie

Agreed, Brewster has his faults, as both you and I would probably acknowledge, but the constant nit-picking by some on here really is getting tedious (spelling?). Oh. Well, that's alright then. Cheers. Can we discuss Barack Obama, Somali pirates and fiscal policy on here, or would those be off-topic? Cos, apart from us languishing in the erse-end of the league, lacking effective strikers in a way we never have since Robbo took charge, seeing dressing-room discord apparently spill out onto the pitch, watching utter pish at home games - and, significantly, trying to identify the cause of it - in football terms there doesn't seem to be a right lot to talk about. We'll just leave it then, eh?

Carlisle's Danny Carlton - on the grounds that we probably could afford him, he's not getting a game and is already out on a short loan spell, and he can jump. 6-month contract to buy out if he wanted to come. Richie was someone who could change a game for you, and we let him go. Keogh, when fit, could change a game for you (and by the way, what are we doing with players on the training pitch that ends up with the likes of Liam and Markus out for a season?) - good luck to him at Borough Briggs. Dargo and Wyness sounded like they changed the game for St. Mirren on Saturday, and I believe Bayne had a wee bit of an impact for the Pars. I think there's a guy called John Rankin doing fairly well at Hibs, too. Who let these people go? A certain Bryan Prunty got a hat trick at the weekend - in the second division, where Barrowman finally made his reputation, having failed to make an impact in the SPL. The future is...

Imrie was superb and clear MoM for me. Tokely the stand-out in the defence and reserve MoM; Proc and Grant very good; don't know what's up with Hastings, looks out of sorts these days. Ross was the only guy who consistently looked like going toe-to-toe with Nade and coming out on top, though Munro had his moments. Russell's passing has improved and he put in a shift, McBain started well but faded - as has been said, Vigurs should have been the replacement for Blackie. Esson played well and should be stuck with, as long as he doesn't make a habit of holding a half-hour debate with the defenders about goals conceded (looking forward to seeing the highlights and whether he could have done better with his positioning). Barry's tendency to fall over looking for free kicks is getting more pronounced and, agreed, he should stay in the super-sub category from now on. Barrowman - apart from the Chelsea Pensioners in front of me, he was the most passive spectator in the stadium. Rooney - needs to learn to time his jumps. Completely toothless attack which couldn't find the back of what was essentially an empty net. Wood worked hard but his touch really let him down several times.

The man is drinking in last chance saloon - he cant be seen to make mistakes - I am sure that he thought that if he changed it again and fecked it up that he himself woule be fecked. Lets face it - Esson was the saviour at Hibs - Brew UNFORTUNATELY got lucky. How long do we have to stand this nonsense. Or fortunately Rooney has something to prove - or was that managerial brilliance ? :thumb04: Look on the bright side, at least we only wasted 45 minutes instead of the usual 88.

You do, I do, Brew do? No can do. 'Mon boys, win another one despite the dugout