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It's the latter of the two options if you ask me. Scotland ended up with two full backs playing as centre halfs. Sounds eerily familiar to me.......

I'm maybe stating the obvious but the two Slovakians playing tonight are Jaroslav Machovec (22) who was previously with MKS Odra Wodzislaw in Poland's Ekstraklasa (Premier League) and Robert Ujcik (19) who appears to be a graduate of Derby County's academy and has latterly been with SV Mattersburg in Austria. Neither played regularly for their previous clubs.

I was thinking about this just the other day and it would be great if we could set something up for those of us living outwith the sneck who can't make it to every game. I'm sure there's plenty of folk who'd be glad of the facility and would be willing to make a contribution towards the scheme. I've been a bit slack checking out the matchday chatroom since I moved back to Scotland but there used to be some good banter on there back in the day and a fair few far flung fans who would surely be glad of some division 1 radio coverage.

Had a very interesting conversation this evening with some folk who move in similar circles to the latest Dens Park oligarch. The phrase, "same sh#t, different shovel" springs to mind........apologies if I'm being somewhat cryptic.

As I said previously it's not really the Kerr situation that's the problem but it's certainly symptomatic of the general institutional malaise that got us into this situation in the first place. We embarked on last season with a squad that was considerably weaker than the season before and then we all throw our hands up in horror when we're relegated. It was nailed on from the opening day of the season and the powers that be stood idly by until it was too late to rectify the situation. I'm afraid I don't share the general enthusiasm that many on here seem to have for what is going to undoubtedly be a prolonged period in division one. We seem to have lost any direction and I see nothing to suggest that there is a real desire to get the club back on track. Sutherland is happy enough to make proclamations about an immediate bounce back but I feel that we need some new faces and new ideas behind the scenes to achieve this. Alas, while Sutherland pulls the strings there is very little likelihood of this ever happening.

I'm pretty sure I heard that Brian Kerr has signed for Dundee on Radio Scotland sports round-up this evening. Can't see anything confirming this online yet but seems like a done deal. To be honest I'm not surprised in the slightest that he's gone but this surely confirms that we have neither the inclination nor the wherewithall to mount a serious challenge for promotion. Can't really be bothered commenting on the frankly embarassing honorary president/vice president farce, the pitiful lack of communication from the club, our joke of a Director of Football, Butcher swanning about Sweden, the Vigurs fiasco or the multitude of general cluelessness we have to endure. Suffice to say will the last man to leave please switch off the lights......

Superb result. Sounded like a tremendous performance. Ya dancer. 1 Celtic 28 35 63 2 Rangers 28 37 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Hearts 28 2 48 4 Dundee Utd 28 3 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Aberdeen 28 3 40 6 Hibernian 28 -3 36 7 Motherwell 28 -5 36 8 Hamilton 28 -15 32 9 Kilmarnock 28 -12 29 10 St Mirren 28 -16 29 11 Inverness CT 28 -17 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Falkirk 28 -12 24

Spot on Mantis. Anti-Duncan halfwits GTF! If you don't appreciate the unglamorous job he does so well you simply expose yourself as a clueless beaut. We are very clearly a better side with him than without him. Watching BBC Alba and still can't believe Dougie's howler just before half-time. Too good to go down !

Nothing more to report from my man on the Gatwick flight. Poor Butcher was slumming it on sleazyjet and our roving reporter was too polite to quiz him - polite chit-chat being order of the day. Bit strange him heading home tonight if they're planning an announcement tomorrow.

Mate texted this afternoon to say Butcher was at Dalcross heading back down to London. Just got an update to say he ended up sitting next to him on the flight and the big fella was giving nothing away. More to follow when I get hold of him this evening.

In the name of god will you Ardiles fans get a grip. Ossie seems a genuinely nice bloke and you obviously can't question the guy's track record as a player but his statistics as a manager speak for themselves. I don't want to point out the bleedin' obvious but we're staring relegation and potential oblivion in the face and now is not the time to entertain talk of an appointment which is never going to happen and turns the process into a circus sideshow. Grasser and co. need to issue a polite but firm, "thanks but no thanks", and get on with appointing someone capable of dealing with the blood and snotters of a relegation dogfight.

File under Warnock in the pie in the sky stakes. These guys use these vacancies as opportunities to get their names in the press with a view to getting back on the managerial merry-go-round at somewhere more suitable. Not a snowballs chance in hell of him even making it as far as Dalcross.

Original if you think footbal started with Sky, Chumps League and Soccer AM.

Sorry but this guy is utter sh.ite. Turned to GCB at Pars semi-final and suggested he was possibly the worst player I had ever seen in the flesh. If ever there was a signing which illustrated the cluelessness of Brewster this is it. Post Partick optimism has evaporated....

Fair point Scotty but I would counter your tale with my own experiences: Prior to my moving overseas at the start of the 1999-2000 season myself and my mate attended the majority of games both home and away throughout the division two and three years whilst we were both based in Aberdeen. In my absence my mate carried on clocking up thousands of miles following the club before moving back to Inverness a couple of years back. I think it would be fair to say that only a very small number of people have attended more games or made more of a committment to the ICT cause than he. It made it all the sadder when I spoke to him on Saturday evening when he confirmed that he'd given away his season ticket for the Rangers game as he's simply lost the will to watch the dross being churned out under Brewster. The person in question is not a shareholder nor does he feel the need to come on here and voice his opinions ad nauseam so his point of view goes largely unheard. However, if the club feels it can afford to ignore people like my mate who have invested hugely in this club over the years then we really are in dire straits.

If we go down this season then I fear we may never make it back up. Treading water in the First Division on pitiful attendances and massively reduced revenues would be a major challenge in itself. Looking at the way in which the club is being managed at the moment I feel that relegation and subsequent oblivion is in fact the ulterior motive in certain quarters.

On a purely personal level I've not felt so disenchanted with the club since 1994. It appears blatantly obvious that Brewster is slowly but surely draining the life out of the club. The team spirit and cohesion which got us through the divisions and helped establish us as a credible SPL side appears to be in tatters. I have grave concerns that we may go down and fear this could well herald the start of a terminal decline of the club. Brewster's man mangement skills appear to be non existent. I lost confidence in the guy over his handling of the Rankin debacle and since then we've lurched from one self inflicted public relations gaffe to another. Parkie, Denzil, Marius, Barry Wilson....the list goes on and on. Tactically we seem to be all over the shop and some of the display's I've witnessed this season have been as poor as anything I can ever recall. Meanwhile Sutherland's anonymous puppet regime sit back and await their latest instruction from their master. The deafening silence from the Chairman, Chief Executive, Director of Football et al simply beggars belief in the current climate. I can only speak for myself but I feel very little urge to make the considerable effort and financial outlay involved in following the club around the country whilst Brewster continues in his current role. The opinions aired on this messageboard often drive me nuts but surely the massive groundswell of opinion on numerous related threads cannot be ignored indefinitely by Sutherland and his cronies.

reefinweed - I don't know if you're trying to be funny/ironic with you c18/nazi comments but it aint big or clever and makes you look like a d'ick. I'm not trying to come across as PC for the sake of it but anyone who trots out pro-nazi/fascist pap on here should be banned - end of.

Brewster clearly intent on assembling a side fit to grace the first division. From Niculae to Byrne in six months - words fail me........

Good shout on the Keith's Scotty. I've been over in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland a couple of times this year with my work and can vouch for Keith's - shame about the Staggy logo mind. Newfy beers didn't really impress me (nor St. John's for that matter) but like you say plenty of micro brewery fare available in Canuck-land. I was drinking some IPA type stuff from Quebec last time I was in Halifax which was decent but can't remember the name of the brewery. Will have to re-trace my steps next time I'm over and report back. I'm quite partial to Kronenburg / 1664 and associated Alsacien brews after my time over the channel but the antichirst of French beers are Adelscott (lager infused with whisky) and Desperados (lager infused with Tequilla) which are both pretty prevalent in Parisian boozers and supermarkets. Vile! Peroni, Staropramen and Budvar not unpleasant.

"Arbroath was a great trip....." Must have been the company you were keeping Have to agree though. Gayfield, Cappielow and the like are proper football grounds with proper fans. Gutted to have missed last night but currently confined to barracks waiting for madame ymip to drop the latest of the young stoney under-5s. A bientot gents.

Think the wages issue was probably Bamba. Small mercies I would suggest. Radio Scotland made good point re MaKalamity and Bamba bombscare dream ticket at Easter Road. McPake would have been a decent signing. Hope he enjoys Dingwall in December.

Radio Scotland suggesting we went in strong for Dave MacKay today but Livi were looking for ?200k! The Italians clearly on the peroni early doors today..... Pretty sure BillLeckie said MacKay rather than McPake but Livi site states they knocked back bids for McPake today. I struggle to see even the mad italians quoting ?200k for MacKay.

Mr. Bannerman just on Radio Scotland suggesting no further signings at Le Stade. Also a suggestion that Leeds United came in late for Don Cowie but couldn't get the deal together. Possibility that they'll be back in for Chipper in January.

"Spare me a seat from a no mark who hardly ever watches a game but thinks that he can pass comment - I am my own voice but I have clearly been proved rite this season " :rotflmao: Do keep up Johndo. I was there this afternoon as I've been much of this season. In fact I was ready to ask for my twelve quid back wen I spotted you on the same row as us...... :019: