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He also seems to tire extremely quickly. He always looks dead on his feet after about 30 minutes.

Ffs, how often has the lad played 30 minutes, let alone a full SPL match? How exactly is he supposed to be match fit and, more to the point, match sharp when he's not playing matches?

Not singling you out Davie - the bit about 'can't jump to save his life' is bloody laughable too, when you consider that  Bayne couldn't buy a ball in the air until this season - but I must have been watching a different Rory to some folk on this thread. Give him a break...

I'm with the Dons on this one.

If you'd any doubt, have a wee listen to his radio interview - he came to Inverness to resurrect his career (not we gave him a chance), we were struggling in the 1st division when he arrived and now we're doing well so [it's all down to him]. He had to be prompted to give us any positive mention whatsoever and then it was damning with faint praise. Best of luck old big'ead, hope the curse of Caley Thistle gets ya between the eyes.

My favourite bit was when one reporter asked "you left Rangers because you weren't getting first team football - what's different about this?". Get in  :021:

Paul Gerrard has played the last 3 games for SU because Kenny is out for several weeks with a groin strain and he's looked pretty poor

He was an absolutely fantastic stopper and consistent first choice for Oldham Athletic after coming up from the U21s to replace the injured John Hallworth - who then never got a look-in for the next four years till Joe Royle lured Gerrard to Everton for a cool £1M. Very much in command in the box, and a great reflex keeper for those last-gasp fingertip saves. Instrumental in keeping Oldham in the Premiership in - ah, there's the rub, it'd be 1993...

If Mark gets much of a game at Celtic - and that's a pretty big if - it will be interesting to see whether the weak areas in his game improve.  In all his time in Inverness he did not improve at penalties or with the ball at his feet, so if we were to see improvements from Mark in these areas then the coaching he received while with ICT would have to be called into question.

I hear Mark only signed on condition that Les Fridge accompanied him (on the banjo).

Like a lot of folk I can't see much, if any, first team action for him, but I doubt he'll be happy warming the bench so he must believe there's at least a chance there. If it turns out that Boruc stays and doesn't get injured, or he leaves and Marshall takes the top spot, then Mark can always look for something else at the end of his current contract.

For me it'd be - never mind the money (though that's very nice), I don't want to get to the end of my career and be wondering if I could have played in the Champions League, if only I'd taken a fairly insubstantial and lucrative risk (plus a few splinters in the erse).

RiG, it was clear from 15 mins in that their keeper was on the Night Nurse - we just couldn't capitalise on it. It's bad enough the media not giving Charlie & Parky credit without us shaking our heads too. Aye, there have been some dodgy moments but it sounds like they got it spot on last week; they made the changes today, when they needed to be made, and to great effect; and that's six games unbeaten. I reckon they're onto something now and, whilst tactical genius might be a moniker too far, at least they're showing better thinking than Brew's old 'get the ball to me, lads, then run like ****, oh and I'll only sub you if you're bleeding'.

My, that was a long post after all these months - back in ma box  :sleep01:

there's no excuse for people cheering when he was subbed.

Sorry, but that's sanctimonious b0llocks. Neither you nor I would expect the same sort of treatment at work but then we don't have thousands of people paying good money to watch us work. If an actor consistently makes a balls-up of his lines and falls off the stage from time to time he may well come in for some pretty vocal judgements from the audience and some real vitriol from the critics. Why should a footballer, who's an entertainer after all, be exempt from that pact between performer and audience? Besides, all I heard when Golly finally came off was a smattering of applause from around the tunnel.

with a great interest in local sport in general and football in particular

Also in jazz, as will be well known from his time as Arts editor on the Courier. What I hadn't realised, until Jim's illness was diagnosed, is just how highly regarded he was in that sphere. The offers of help and the support that came in from that quarter - and those only the ones I heard of  - were as strong a testament as you could ask for to a man who'd genuinely touched the hearts of others who shared his passion and had earned their affection, admiration and respect. If only Nessie had been so supportive and agreed to give an exclusive all those years ago! Clearly a life well-spent, Jim.

I thought Campbell was excellent in the brief spells he got the ball on Saturday - well done, Proc, for ignoring the guy you'd been warming up with, who was shouting for the ball in acres of space, instead hoofing the ball into a crowded central midfield on at least three occasions. The lad won us two corners, put in at least one fantastic cross (Denzil, moment of brilliance past, stood off and looked at the ball as if a passing ferret had just expounded the Theory of Relativity in Urdu), fought for possession, was found back in defence as well as closing in on goal, and generally showed willing. He even juggled the ball with his knees, though I don't think he knew it was there. Give the boy a year  :003:

He gave us a fairly graphic idea of what Neil Lennon's capable of, for one.

Not wanting to sound too 'Pet Cemetery' but sometimes they come back - maybe he'll go back to Jaen, score a bagful and pine for those marvellous days in the Highlands after some dreadful Spanish summers, returning for season 2009/10. Or perhaps I should increase the dosage.

I'm with Gringo - Mark Brown. I spent ages touching up the red-eye on Grant's presentation last year, don't want to go through that again :roll:

Those were calles precision passes

Bobby's from Buenos Aires? http://www.worldisround.com/articles/10732/photo20.html

Defintely raised hands at Ross, I thought - aye, he made a bit of a meal of it until he realised the cards were staying in, but I guess he's learnt a bit these last two seasons. At least he didn't wait ten seconds before falling over clutching some unrelated bit of himself (Hi Neil!). Ritchie should have been sent off too - the foul about three minutes after his first yellow was twice as bad as the one which earned him the card, but Tumilty bottled it. Back-pass? Mmm, possibly. Near-side linesman was on the mushrooms IMO. If anyone knows which he was please post here so we can all find out where he gets fungi of such a high quality.

Do you remember... (dancing in stilettos in the snow? Don?)

... Tormod, whose screen name was 'Liam Keogh Makes Us Tick'?

Pretty fair assessment at the time, I thought. Plenty of people have forgotten it, blinded by Black's rise and rise, but Liam used to be the beating heart of that midfield. I've said time and again, when the wheels fall off it's in the middle, and having the guy who used to stop that happening back on the pitch can only be a good thing.

Already got it Gabby. Anything else? Guess we're getting toward last chance saloon by now...

and finish ahead of Aberdeen - typically we raise our game against the 'bigger' teams so to finish an unofficial sixth playing games against sides scrapping for survival would be very sweet.

The Highland Region, which can reasonably be considered to be our catchment area has a population of about 250,000. Then there's the Western Isles.

250,000 spread throughout over 10,000 square miles with some pretty dodgy transport links (for instance, there isn't a bus that gets me closer to home than Dingwall after a game). Not really a fair comparison..?

Still saying "no" to contact lenses here 8)

Bit of a no-brainer, but the longer we stay in the SPL the better our chance of establishing ourselves, surely? The fan base has already benefited from SPL status and will probably continue to do so, as top flight football won't do any harm in attracting a new generation of post-merger support and Inverness is growing fast. But if we drop out any time in the next three or four years I think it could be pretty bleak - First Division isn't exactly a walk in the park, if you remember.

File-Save Page As-Web Page. Knock out the ads and other furniture, then upload it to the website of your choice or guard it jealously for your personal gratification 8)

Yup, Don, but mine's on my site and will stay there - the sportnetwork one will disappear. Couldn't bear the thought...

What's all what about Brown?

I really couldn't handle seeing this one pass into the mists of time, so [here ya go], for posterity.

Can we just shave all their heads? Seemed to work for Collina. In fact, can we just shave their heads anyway? At least then the linesmen could claim they were blinded by the sun reflecting off the ref's scalp and we'd have to believe them.

You've probably already been told, Laura, but you do know you're being stalked by a rabbit with a pink rinse, don't you?