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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.

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.

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

"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.

"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:

"Marius is a mercenary who has got what he wanted and now will move on - and I predict that he will fall. Lets not forget that if it wasnt fer Gretna the signing of Niculae and the standard of his play for the majority of the season would possibly have taken us into the SFL." Utter p1sh, as usual. Spare me a seat in earshot of the self proclaimed voice of the fans at Tynecastle tomorrow.

Give it a rest Walter mitty.

Ok, I withdraw my earlier comments. We'd clearly be better off bringing in brainless SPL plodders. Heaven forbid we get ideas above our station...... :029:

Finger on the pulse.......... Hendry....... JJB.............. Aquifer....... etc............ etc........... yawn............. :33:

I hardly ever post on here these days due to the utter garbage posted by the vast majority of posters but it you can't see the class of Niculae then you might be better off watching formation morris dancing on Saturday afternoons. Same mince posted with regards the respective value of Duncan, Rankin, Black, etc., etc. Hang your heads in shame clueless whoppers.

MacGregor's slick site is to web design what Harold Shipman was to geriatric healthcare. File alongside keepy-uppie king Michael Knighton - another walter mitty fruitcake with about as much a grip on reality as your average St. Mirren fan. Shame on the Courier for wasting newsprint on this non story. Re. Buenos - just remind him about his admission back on the rivals site that he wanted to come back to the fold. Cue furious back pedalling when his fellow refuseniks got wind of his "treachery".

Mantis - hope you've survived the manflu. I was looking for you yesterday as The Legend, Kevin Mann and the one and only Wilson Robertson were all sitting together in the away section. Alas, missed photo opportunity....

Fantastic performance today and what a bounce after the winer. Great day out despite mising my stop on the train home :023

Purchased three tickets over the phone earlier today and was advised they'd be posted out first class tonight. The woman on the line reckoned we've sold about a hundred tickets which is pretty poor given Sunday's result. Looking forward to hooking up with a couple of old mates pre and post match for a festive libation.