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I find the basic response of "Support the troops ... not the politics" Seems pretty simple to me.

David Somers, Chairman of the Investment Committee After graduating in Economic Studies David began his investment career with ten years in the investments department of ICI Pension Fund, before becoming the Managing Director and London CIO of Manufacturers Hanover Investment (now part of JPMorgan) and then taking a similar role at Nikko Capital Management. Following two further senior investment roles (as client director for Government, Local Authority and Central bank clients) he has taken on a Non-Executive portfolio.Currently he holds two non-executive director positions for FSA regulated entities (Europe Arab Bank and ACE Europe Life) and is Chairman of Trustees and of the Investment Committee for Doosan Babcock Energy Pension Scheme. In addition, he is the Independent Trustee for Fujitsu Technologies International Pension Fund and Chairman of the Investment Committee. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants and an Associate member of the Society of Investment Professionals. He is married with three daughters. He is a keen yachtsman. ---- 000 ---- BIOGRAPHY David Somers has extensive knowledge of the investment business, having held senior positions in the industry for over 30 years. David began his career with the ICI Pension Fund.In the 1980s he was Managing Director of Manufacturers Hanover Investment Management Ltd and in the 1990s Managing Director of Nikko Capital Management UK Ltd.In 2000 he joined Clerical Medical Investments Group to head up their institutional pension fund business.This company re-branded to become Insight Investment. David is Chairman of the Investment Sub-Committee for the Fujitsu Technologies International Pension Fund.In addition, he is a non-executive director of ACE Europe Life plc and a non-executive director, plus Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee, for Europe Arab Bank plc. He was previously Chairman of Trustees for the Doosan Babcock Energy Pension Scheme. David has an Honours degree in Economic Studies, is a qualified accountant (FCCA) and is a CFA (ASIP) member. EuropeArabBank http://www.eabplc.com,'>http://www.eabplc.com, 10 Feb 2012 [cached] EuropeArabBank Non-Executive Director David Somers was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Europe Arab Bank in 2006.He supports the governance and risk management of the business, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Arab Bank group.David is Chairman of Europe Arab Banks' Audit Committee. David is an experienced professional, with a career of over 25 years at a senior level in institutional investment management.During this time, his roles included the position of Managing Director of a US owned investment house, Manufacturers Hanover Investment Management, and subsequently he held the same role for the Japanese owned, Nikko Capital Management Ltd.In recent years, he was the Director of Pension Funds for Clerical Medical Investment Group responsible for over 340 pension fund clients, with assets of over £8 billion and, after its re branding to Insight Investment, became the Head of Institutional Funds. David graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1970, with a BA Honours in Economic Studies.He qualified as an accountant in the late 70's and is now a Fellow of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants.In addition he is a Member of the CFA Institute (ASIP). David is the FSA approved Chairman of the Shepherds Friendly Life Assurance Group and is Chairman of the Audit Committee for the Commission for Racial Equality.He is also a Director of EPIC Investment Advisers. In the pensions' area, he is an independent trustee for both the Fujitsu Technologies Pension Plan and the Mitusi Babcock Energy Pension Scheme.Since 1999, David has been associated with Hadlow (Agricultural) College as a Governor and Audit Committee member of the College. EuropeArabBank http://www.eabplc.com, 10 Feb 2012 Non-Executive DirectorShepherds Friendly Society - The Board http://www.shepherdsfriendly.co.uk, 10 Mar 2009 David has over 25 years of experience at a senior level in investment management of pension funds and life assurance assets.He is currently an FSA registered Director of EPIC Investment Advisers; Chairman of the Audit Committee for the Commission for Racial Equality and an Independent Trustee of the Mitsui Babcock Energy and Fujitsu Technologies Pension Schemes. ---- 0000 ---- Employment History ■ Chairman of the Investment Sub-Committee Fujitsu Technologies International Pension Fund ■ Non-Executive Director, Plus Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee Europe Arab Bank plc ■ Non Executive Director and Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee Europe Arab Bank plc ■ Managing Director Manufacturers Hanover Investment ■ Chief Information Officer Manufacturers Hanover Investment ■ Chairman The Shepherds Friendly Society Limited ■ Non Executive Director The Shepherds Friendly Society Limited ■ Director of Pension Funds Clerical Medical ■ Non-Executive Director ACE Europe Life plc ■ Non Executive Director ACE Europe Life plc Board Memberships and Affiliations ■ Independent Trustee Fujitsu Technologies International Pension Fund ■ Trustee and Chairman of Investment Committee Fujitsu Technologies International Pension Fund ■ Chairman of the Investment Committee TCF Fund Managers LLP ■ Chairman of the Audit Committee Commission for Racial Equality ■ Board Member Europe Arab Bank plc ■ Board Member The Shepherds Friendly Society Limited Education ■ BA Honours , Economic Studies University of Newcastle upon Tyne All taken from http://www.zoominfo....omers/656138805

Glad I didn't book my day off work, waited to see what would happen with CoS excision today. We now wait and see if the board will procrastinate any further it if they'll call the new AGM on the first available date.

His histrionics are ridiculous. He is quite happy to throw himself into fairly clumsy challenges only to complain when a foul is given against him but someone even looks at him sideways he rolls in the ground like he's trying to put a fire out on his back. I think there is a player in Peralta but only if he concentrates on playing rather than play-acting.

I thought Sevco588 had NO claim to the assets as D&P confirmed that all were sold directly to Sevco Scotland, bypassing 588 entirely?

For me the whole accounts have been just as I expected .... clear as mud !! You have those reporting about the huge director salaries & bonuses, the money that's seems to have used to pay back those who funded the initial takeover etc etc. Then there are those who state that if you look that the figures, taking account of one off costs, increases in revenue over the coming season, the possibility of further cost cutting that the figures aren't that bad. Both of these viewpoints come from people who are knowledgeable in the way of accounts & how they are prepared. Taking all that into account, how are we, the 95% who don't know anything about accountancy, supposed to know what is right or wrong?

I certainly think that you play either Jig or Daly as your powerhouse striker, with either Little, Clark, Templeton or even McKay as a more mobile forward around them.

I think people have looked at my post and and saw the Jig comment without looking at the wider points in the post ie players out of position. Jig should start, my point was he shouldn't start at CH. strikers are form players, when they're hot you play them ergo Jig should start where he is best utilised. Just as McAusland, or Foster should start at RB as that is their slot, not pushing a CH into that position. We have over 30 players, is there ANY reason to play anyone in a position they were bought for? The manager has a formation & style he wants to play, surely you play the players that best fill a particular role.

You look at yesterday's game and see the result and think everything is rosy but the result doesn't, for me, tell the story of the game. While travelling to Ibrox, you find out the starting 11 and I couldn't believe that Ally has switched the back line around so much just to ensure that our captain could be played. Last game we played, Jig score a hat-trick, his first if his entire career and for that he deserved to start but never at CH but as a striker. Because of Ally's apparent loyalty to Jig, he put a player (Faure) who's only solid position is at CH and moved him to RB & then dropped (not even on the bench) McAusland who has been outstanding. He then forced out a striker (Little) to play on the left wing, a position he excelled in in one half of one game previously. I believe that those tactical mistakes were to blame for our very poor 1st half performance. We had lost our width down the right as Faure would hardly cross the halfway live as that's not his style, although Peralta was excellent at right mid. The Arbroath team were very good for much of the game, played football & only lost it as the game wore on the the fitness did tell. So, to sum up ... Yes, we scored 5 goals but as I said, that doesn't tell the whole story.

We were not pursued over our use of the perfectly legal (& still so today btw) EBT scheme, we were pursued over our administration & running of said scheme which, HMRC claimed, made the whole scheme ineligible under the terms they are operated under.

Now that Ally has freedom of choice over picking his best 11 I wondered what is your strongest/preferred first 11 going forward. Mine would be ... Bell McAusland, Faure, Mohsni, Wallace Peralta, Law, Black, McLeod Daly ... Clark I do think there will be quite a bit of squad rotation in the coming season & deciding on my 11 shows how difficult Ally has it. There will be many disappointed players in the coming months.

I understand it was Ladbrokes that revealed his betting patterns but why & how? Why did they decide that Black was the player who they would reveal details of & why only him, surely most of the footballing fraternity has done this too. How were they able to reveal it, if they have linked him to his better patterns then it could only be via an online account, therefore, surely, Data Protection Act comes into play which means Ladbrokes have violated this & that's a very serious offence.

I am glad CG has decided to stand down, he assuredly jumped before he was pushed & now looks to be selling his shares to whomever will buy them ... as is his right. CG had always declared that he was here to make money & I have absolutely no problem with that ... ** He was provided an excellent salary of approx £320k .. a reasonable figure for a CEO of a multi-national company (he was given a ridiculous bonus of 100% for team performance rather than financial) ** He was awarded shares valued at £0.01p/each ... a fair value considering where the company was (he recently demanded £0.70p/each for them .. a 7000% uplift, when shareholders who bought via IPO have lost about 50% value in their holding under his stewardship) ** He helped to raise £22m in a highly successful IPO (he was also in charge when the club has seemingly spent over £30m in a single year) ** He helped defend the club during one of it's most turbulent times in it's history (he brought ridicule to the club by making unsubstantiated claims about Dallas Cowboy linkups, ManUtd wanting in EPL etc and, of course, the now infamous P*k*-gate quote) To sum it all up, while he performed well in his initial time at the club, for me, he has out-stayed his welcome & i'm happy he has gone & looks to be divesting his shares & will have NO links to the club

A strongly worded article & a thinly veiled calling for a boycott of the Daily Record. I would temper my enthusiasm that issuing a threat of legal action is greatly diminished when you never actually carry out that threat ... look at Whyte, ridiculed because he threatened but never followed through with it.

Easdale says that the EGM is a waste of money but supports guys who are happy to sue the club for £3.4m ... it boggles the mind.