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I must say I am very disappointed but not surprised that Zaluska has decided to go. It has been alleged that he will be going from 2k a week to 8k a week and as far as we know that is to sit on a bench. I think he has had a better season than Boruc so far but i doubt very much if he will see a run of games when Boruc is available. This is a prime example of why there is a gulf in the SPL Zaluska was one of the better paid players at UTD and he will be paid 4x to be a reserve (AFAIK). Does anyone know what Mark Brown is on at Celtic? he has been mooted as a replacement but I doubt if we could afford him.

I agree with you there which is why the production class or a production +( like Gpa or Gp4) class make the most sense for promoting a car. This formula car class they are going for in 2010 holds no real excitement for me. It just seems another step away from rallying towards racing on dirt. I believe if the top class was production based the benefits trickle down to the customers in the form of the cars that we would want to own. The Impreza is a prime example of that. I hope the WRC will rethink there classes and make the top class less specialised and cheaper.

Agree about the marketing potential being bigger but NOT for cars. It used to be cigarettes and now it is computers and mobile phones is it not? Rallying has always been about the cars. The results prove reliablity and speed over difficult conditions and showcase the road cars.

Ahhh well Zaluska is heading west to Parkhead at the end of the season. I am sorry to see him go and it is irritating after UTD have only had one year out of him due to his long term injury. So does this mean Borat is off? Who would have him?

The thing is Stephen, nobody buys cars because the manufacturer wins F1 do they? I have always had sporting saloon cars from Mk1 Escorts to Subarus (the Alpina was an aberration ). Has anyone ever felt the urge to buy a Renault because they won the F1 championship? Privateers used to be the backbone of the sport before the present bunch started insisting that Joe Bloggs doing is once a year run around the forests of the UK just wasn't good enough if they wanted to charge spectators to be corraled up in temporary stands. I hope this will bring about a return to more grassroots rallying in which I am more interested than WRC tbh.

I seem to remember that only Lancia and Mazda actually had full factory teams the others had limited programs with semi-works and privateers nominated for manufacturers points. It is a long time ago though and at the time I followed the events quite closely. I have been somwhat jaded with the present WRC and the nature of the events.

I feel sorry for the guy who won the 2 days with SWRT at the McRae Gathering auction. The poor guy must be absolutely gutted! I know I would be. (i was prepared to go a grand on that prize as well) Rallying has had 2 team years before (lanciavMazda in the first year of GpA for example) but I do think it is time for a rethink on the rules. I am not convinced by the S2000 rules and I would like to see a return to production plus cars like GpA was but without the 5000 minimum build. I wonder if anyone will be building cars at all in the next few years. There are 1000s stockpiled around the world. I know dealers are looking at some very lean times ahead and both Ford and Citroen shouldn't be considered definites for next year.

As I am offshore England all I had was the BBC text service. (I know you can get the game online but not at the speed of connection we have here). The text service had Utd with a large percentage of possession although no shots on goal. The foul count was easily won by gers as well. Now I have read a few reports which back up with you chaps' assessment. The text service does seem to be quite misleading. Anyway what i meant was that we allowed gers to equalise in the latter stages of the game....AGAIN! Here is a stat for you....UTD have lost twice (in the league) at Tannadice in 2008 and only Falkirk can change that. Its a great home record and a million miles away from the rubbish we had pre-Levein.

Heggy is a legend. He is probably the best header of the ball I have ever seen and one of the best backs ever! hopefully he will keep Livi up. That Div 1 is still so close. I still think Dunfermline will get there at the end. Isn't it nice that there is a bit of competition in the SPL for a change. utd could have had a win yesterday but we let the 'gers off the hook again and the same could be said for Hearts although I didn't particularly want Hearts to beat Celtic (I feel so dirty now ) The BIG game next week is of course at tynecastle which has been a good place for us Arabs in the last couple of seasons. Oh yeah. Dixon and Conway for Scotland BTW! Col 2 places in the EUFA LEAGUE NEXT YEAR.

Well another harum-scarum Terrors v Buns and we still can't win! Have to thank Dundee FC though. 2 of the scorers and 3 of the assists came from ex-Dundee players. Ah well one loss in 15 games is good going whoever you are. EUFA cup here we come.

With due respect to the potential recipients; your views on this are not going to be considered The award is decided by the club members and not by any strange personal ideas of modesty. If you get voted for you accept with good grace and possibly a 10 minute acceptance speech with tears. Savvy?

Don't worry it will be re-established next week. Also keep your hands off Zaluska!

Good win for Levein and the boys up north and really looking forward to the visit of 'gers at Tannadice next week.

...and to show the Dees how much we love them really we are going to lend you Greig Cameron. He was a great prospect but injury did him no favours. Hopefuly he will show Dens how grateful we are for "Judas" and Dixon.

A legend........

Ah those are the udated versions of the ones I used to use. I thoroughly recommend those as a quick jerk on the shoulders locks you in and if you have rear passengers you can quickly detach them as I used to keep the lapstrap still fitted.

Bigger credit card bills!

Yeah. Its a grey area but I was assured that you have to be able to detach your belt one-handed and that harnesses can't be done one handed. This is, of course, crap as any helicopter passenger will tell you. Nevertheless I was told to remove them by a policeman on a dark night in Aberdeen.

YES!!!! Lancaster centre car park! Splitter then fell off on the M6 Don't do it!

I used to do a lot of road-rallying back in the 80s andas such I wanted something more supportive than the standard lap strap. When I used the caged Escort we had no back seats so used a 4 point however this was a pain when reversing (missed slots etc). I got a Mazda 323 and I bought some Schroth harnesses that were perfect. They had front links that you could fit to the standard mounting points and the rear link slotted into the rear seat holder and had an inertia reel just like a standard lap strap. To me these are the best road car harness as you can push the shoulders down just like a lapstrap to lean forward. However I did get stopped by the polis once and told to remove them. AFAIK harnesses are not road legal perhaps some of our police members could advise. Don't know if these are still available.

Want to see Jocky do the business. 3rd would be good and 2nd even better.

I don't think you have chosen the best time mate. We (Halliburton division) are laying off at the moment. think there will be a major downturn next year in drilling activity.

Top Man? From what I have seen it is more like the local charity shop!

Something about pectoral implants?

Absolutely although you could really only go up I think you will have your work cut out to catch the Saintees though and what has happened to Livi Gus? Yeah Killie are our bogey team and did us again. Our away form really hasn't been very good but still happy with 4th for the moment. I hear Scotty ( formerly known as BNB) Robertson has been called up for the Argentina friendly. Well deserved but I doubt he will get a run out.