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  1. 13 hours ago, Shadow Play said:

    Last figures I am aware of was in 2016 when it was reckoned that 3.6 million households in the UK had total wealth of over £1M.

    Remember it’s not saying £1M sitting in the bank but all assets.  So, any engagement rings, bracelets, watches, cars, pensions, life policies, etc all form part of that.

    Pensions aren't usually included as part of the taxable estate.

  2. On 05/03/2024 at 14:56, Pete the Jakey said:

    Samuel and Turner have both played, so no idea where that is from.

    With Murray being ill, we had two strikers on Saturday.  That would hamstring any manager with regards to what tactics they can employ.  Samuel is a hugely handy sub, especially if we are going to start with 3 forwards.  Turner in my mind has never been given enough game time.

    Samuel played around 3 games worth of minutes in the league this season, with only one start. He's one of those players who appears to have improved every time he didn't play. It is very generous to suggest that him being on the bench on Saturday would have changed how Cowie set up against Hibs. 

    Not going to disagree about Cowie having a raw deal (because the squad is mostly terrible) but, on the other hand, he's got more experience of this squad and time with them then Adams had. 

     

    1 hour ago, Sensible Soccer🏴 said:

    He's a toe-rag imo

    That's presumably why County signed him then. Easier to fit in with the rest of the team.

  3. There's only two actual first team players who have been loaned out, no? And one of them never played. 

    He's worked with a lot of this team for months (some longer) and he was here under Adams too. He's hardly been parachuted into a squad he knows nothing about.

    Although, for balance, a lot of them aren't up to scratch regardless of when they arrived.

  4. It's been several years (I'd say since sometime around 2016/2017) of three or four decent players surrounded by guys who shouldn't be playing above Scottish Championship or English seaside league level. The reaction to Samuel going out on loan is pretty damning and indicative of how poor things are - I'm sure he's a great guy but he's not cut out for the Premiership, yet people are gutted to see him go. 

    Everything just seems so short-term and has done for years. Folk have suggested in the past that Mackay had a vision and a strategy but I don't buy it - signing players onto long-term contracts isn't a strategy when you don't have a clear vision on how you want to play or how you're going to fit them into a functioning team.

    I've not been to a game in almost 4 years now and there's nothing about this season that is enticing me back. 

     

  5. Five albums I've quite enjoyed this year:

    1. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
    2. Young Fathers - Heavy, Heavy
    3. billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
    4. Joanna Sternberg - I've Got Me
    5. boygenius - the record

    Reckon Olivia Rodrigo's "vampire" has probably been my most played 2023 song on Spotify. A 100% certified fresh banger!

  6. 21 hours ago, NorthStand10 said:

    I have been told a fair number of the players don’t like Dodds, with some wanting him gone. This is from a very good source. 

    I was out at an Inverness pub a few months ago and quite a lot of the Caley players were in. They were quite vocal about not liking Dodds and wanting him gone.

    Edit: mind you, who isn't vocal if they don't like their management? 

  7. The relief of avoiding relegation on penalties has definitely influenced how folk view the squad. There's a post a few pages back that mentions a decent core / nucleus in place for next season and I couldn't disagree more. The team were mostly terrible this season and that core / nucleus was mostly the same. I think there's a fair bit of work required if County don't want to finish in the bottom two again next season. 

    The budget under Mackay is probably larger than most people think. I doubt he's on peanuts and I doubt guys like Purrington and Dhanda were leaving the EFL to come up to the Highlands for a poverty wage. 

     

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