Les Westander of County

Clearly you can't beat the Klok. But these are all Youth teams, so maybe won't be so consistent in the full squad. Looks good all the same (as videos tend to do).

Fozzie needs skilled management to get the best out of him. I find.

Good for Andre & County that he's here at all then

It'll no doubt be easier on the eye than the Wendy House and various gaps, but I wonder how often we will need the extra capacity? Celtic and (one day) Rangers visits are the most likely stadium fillers. Unfortunately I fear that Inverness crowds are falling away a bit now. Maybe there's a grand plan.

Just checking. A-a-a-nd ... YES. It is indeed still good to be a Ross County fan.

On that page, there was a link to another interview with Roy a year ago which is also worth a deek: http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/ross-countys-roy-macgregor-insists-the-problems-of-scottish-clubs-can-be-traced-to-the-degradation-of-links-with-

I said it on OverTheBridge: we should enjoy the Del Days while they last. These. Are. The. Good. Times.

Excellent. Hope there are a good number of courageous ICT fans too to pack the place. I think the more rational of them will be not too confident.

Yippee As influential in SPL as he was last year. Del knows the players he wants and won't want them to slip from his evil grasping tendrils. He already ate Richie Brittain's mojo so won't miss him.

Regarding Forwards and whether we have enough of them, I'd count Sproule as a Forward. In the Second half on Wednesday he was playing alongside or further forward than Fans Favourite Morrow for at least a while (by my watch). He can finish. We have Ross, Glenn, FF Morrow, WoolFart & Sproule. None too shabby. Cooper Vigurs, Quinn and even Brittain are good in Really Quite Forward roles too. If we had any more Forwards, at least 1 or 2 of them would rarely / never get a game. So we're no better off. Players, especially Forwards, need to get a decent run of appearances to be at their best.

I've always liked that Steven Craig fellow. Scoring goals for fun with Partick don't you know.

Thanks Spain & Bunglebonce. Your contributions make me feel slightly less embarrassed about mine.

Importantly, we've already got a song for Evangelos Ikonomou - "What's In Yer Bag Evangelos - Tell Us What's In yer Bag"; and the chorus to Crowded House's tune would do Andre: "Hainault Hainault Don't Dream It's over" Just a thought. What to do with Prefab Sproule though? (To "Feels like Heaven") "Feels like Ivan" Coat.

I was expecting a more influential and creative force from the Fozzmeister. There seemed to be some initial promise but it doesn't appear to have come to much special so far. A longer run in the team might help him reach his potential but the competition for midfield has been tough. Still willing to believe he may step up and regularly make a difference. Oh - Hi Spain!

Had he cut his jib in the first half then? Why did he come off?

We'd be more concerned if Del appeared unaffected. He'll use it to drive himself and the squad forward.

If we get Riordan then Del will concoct a formation that maximises his contribution and that of Quinn and everyone else as far as possible. I agree that Rocco seemed to do really well on the right. I'd also prefer to keep Vigurs busy connecting midfield and forward areas somehow. Riordan can maybe best play more centrally and forwardly. If Del wants to go 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 or 4 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 1 or 4 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 1 (etc) to enable Riordan to play just behind McMen then I hereby give him permission to go nuts.

/\ /\ /\ just jealous that Riordan never comes to watch St Mirren. If true it's a positive sign for me. We could really do with a replacement for Gardyne. So excited I could ... turn up to watch a match. Then I'd be just like Derek Riordan.

as dingdong & forkboy say / imply, if Del is willing to give the man a chance, that's good enough for me. If Mr Riordan signs then it will mean he has made a serious commitment by taking low wages at a provincial low-glamour club. It will mean that he has taken on board what the requirements and expectations are; and convinced the club that he will be a professional and work to the standard needed. If he doesn't sign then that implies it wouldn't have worked out.

I learn some of my best swears from kids.

I'd think Kovacevic knows the difference between Dundee United and Dundee by now, and that he would be comparing to something he knows about = DUFC. But I would certainly like a wee Toke of his pipe too. (Hey kids - Can you make a rude Tokely joke out of that?)

If you asked the Jailender he might say: "A very solid first half display in which we dominated, with Vigurs running the show. Stuart Kettlewell took his goal very well, placing the ball into the left side of the goal from around 20 yards out. Second goal was scored by Sam Morrow when he headed in from around 6 yards out, it looked to be a goal bound shot by Richard Brittain that Morrow just diverted past the keeper. Brora then scored with their only attempt on goal of the first half, a header by their No 13, following a corner. But County restored their two goal lead with another header from Morrow. Second half Brora made more of a game of it, but this was maybe more down to the fact we started with only two recognised defenders - this maybe highlighting the fact we need more cover in defence. Only Boyd and Munro were the familiar defenders, although Archie McPhee was at left back where he has played before, but Paul Lawson was moved to right back for the start of the second half. As is usual with friendlies, there were a lot of substitutions, so the game never really got going, County had several chances but the Brora keeper made a string of good saves. Glenn looked good and he, Craig and McMenamin linked up well together - especially given it's their first game together! A bright start to pre-season I would say!" But I wouldn't say anything as I wasn't there.

what is this "standing" you speak of, grandad?

No lack of thrust in my flanks. thanks. I did see a haiku yesterday at the top of the hill. Moo. Forfinn you might not be doing it right. 1cm water in the pan is enough. Get the water boiling before lowering your loaded pouch in there - and keep it on just enough heat to keep boiling for a 2 minutes or so. Feeling peckish now. Edited to add that Lakeland also do a pouch-lower-in-er tool, so you don't need to worry about steam or bubbles scalding your hands. Personally I think this is taking the piss, and you'd be more likely to tip your precious pouch and its cargo into the water.