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No link or source but i have heard he is our next signing and could be announced very soon. Dont shoot the messenger just something i have heard(not from Thisis)

Where did you hear it DRS?  I've seen it on the made up football rumours site, but the least said about that the better.

someones already put it on wikipedia...

could do with him not being a defender though!

Would he be related to Elisha Cuthbert in any way?

Cuthberts been mentioned in various places for a couple of months, i certainly saw it on a celtic forum. Would be good if pulled off.

Is he a full back?
Can't say I know anything about him.

He's a centre back who can also play at right back.

I thought he was a left back and centre half?

When I used to play Championship Manager, I would often sign Scott Cuthbert for Swindon.

Within a season he was club captain, within 2 he was being sold for GBP5.0million.

I don't play the game anymore (haven't done for quite some time) as I consider it to be an enormous waste of time.

He played right back last season on loan at St Mirren.

If the Championship Manager database is anything to go by then he is a CB/RB.

Equally strong in both positions.

This was a couple of years ago though so please take that information with a pinch of salt.

Ok ta, must be my alzheimers.

Played fot Scotland at every level bar the first team.

Big lad too at 6 foot 2.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1184354/Celtic-told-double-bid-land-Swindon-striker-Simon-Cox.html

Apparently we bid circa 80K for him a couple of months ago. Assuming the Daily Wank can be believed.

bang on DRS been training with us and will sign soon (if he didnt sign this afternoon that is)

Sounds good. A fee must have been involved though as he was under contract with Celtic I believe?

Is it a fact he's been training here, or just a rumour?

Another centre half...could mean Morrisons going the other way...hope not....good signing though if we get him.

fact

If JPC knows who's training with us, do you have any information on the chap wearing Pat Kanyuka's old kit mystery?

havent seen him, got any pictures?

It's Cherno Samba bitches :D

[url width=640 height=480]http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/javaImages/c4/a8/0,,10341~6400196,00.jpg[/url]

For a "3rd" division club which just escaped relagation we appear to be attaracting some serious players for this level.

If we can pull this one off it would be fantastic!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/scotland/2300950/Scott-Cuthbert-dedicates-Scotland-U21-captaincy-to-Celtics-late-Tommy-Burns.html

St Mirren fans want to sign him permanently to help keep them in the SPL next season.

This geezer would be another major signing, just you mark my words.

fucking hell i dunno, can only see half his face, altho it does look a bit like Samba

Good read.

Get on the phone JPC so you can say "BAM" again :)

haha what a cock i am

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://images.football.co.uk/Dynamic/Players/227x227/players_109882.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.football.co.uk/st_mirren/players/scott_cuthbert_109882.shtml&usg=__PgFJAcXIZKuaCRlc8QGuQ5izSAY=&h=227&w=227&sz=10&hl=en&start=15&um=1&tbnid=0Rir6H2jb_NpoM:&tbnh=108&tbnw=108&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscott%2Bcuthbert%2Bpic%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ADBS_enGB287GB292%26sa%3DX%26um%3D1

JPC has your source been giving you bullshit again? Cuthbert had a double hernia op 3 wks ago. He is unable to run or train at all

Thats because he was trainign so hard with us to get a contract


DUHHH

BBC Radio Wilts have reported that Scott Cuthbert has signe3d a 2 year deal and IS on the Austrian Tour!

please be true

oh yes. Appears a great signing.

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/4488456.Wilson_s_Scott_his_man_/

thats superb news. now just a couple of strikers and you've done good DW

He looks a bit like claridge




http://img200.imageshack.us/i/cuthbert.jpg/

http://img3.imageshack.us/i/claridge.jpg/

Quality signage

We're gonna have more celts in our team than the dirty leeds team of the early 70's

my cousin is celtic mad, season ticket holder etc. he cant believe we have bought him, he thought he would be there left back this year. looks potentially an excellent signing punching way above our weight. congrats mr wilson and fitton.

We seem to really be tightening up the team.

Now for the player or two that we need to put the ball in the onion bag..

Great signing. Was captain of the Scotland under 19s who got to the final of the European under 19s and capped 11 times for the under 21s. After missing out on Charlie Mulgrew last season, this more than makes up for it!

See he has signed now. Quality player

Think that could be a very good signing, defence looks pretty decent now.

just a striker or two to go then... squad's shaping up nicely!

I'd add a creative attacking midfielder to that list and I would be happy. Of course if we can keep up the currrent quality of signings we should be in for a decent season! Perhaps I might see us win this season!

Seems like a great signing, although i've never heard him!

Blimey! Fitton and Wilson weren't messing about when they said the money would be there if the quality was were they? Getting more and more impressed (but please can we sign a striker)

Shows how different things are, in that a couple of years ago we'd have all had raging hard ons at the thought of spending 100k on a player.

The strikers will arrive in time, and then I think we can look forward to a decent season.

Same here. Can anyone actually definitively clear up where he plays? The majority seem to say right back and centre half, but I've seen some say left back - or is that just wishful thinking on the part of our fans?

Primarily a right sided player, but can play left if required.

You got any sauces on strikers though JPC?

99% of people who are saying its a great signing are basing it on the fact we paid for him and that D Wilson says its a great signing,thats fine but stop pretending you have encyclopedic knowledge of Celtic reserves and St Mirren you knob ends.

read my post and publicy admit im in the 1 %

You talked to a Celtic fan,that makes you a cunt. :)

so have you. me. touche

Ive not heard anyone use the term "knob end" for years!  :soapy tit wank:

Ive no arguements with that.

Interview with Scott on the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/8147252.stm

We're not gonna concede any goals even if we don't score any !

Great signing. But please can we sign a quality striker.

Rubbish! I was basing my assessment on what mex and DRS said. They are my footballing gurus

I like this post; it's a bit of a reality check. I was there ranting about how great it is to mates, but the fact is, i haven't got a clue who he is, what he's like or anything. He could be the next Titus Bramble for all i know. So yeah, great signing, but i honestly don't have the slightest idea about the bloke.

i have no idea about any of our signings.i just  hope danny boy knows what he's doing

Titus Bramble would be immense in League One. I'd have him here.

I'm the same. I've been dead chuffed with the Alan O'Brien and Jonathan Douglas signings but I'm basing that purely on the fact they've both played in the Premiership and for Ireland! What have Toon and Hibs fans actually said about Alan???

Leeds fans can't be believed when they slate Douglas because they are just bitter.

Even if we did know about him, it wouldn't mean he was going to be good for us. We were all pretty chuffed when we signed Jamie Cureton were we not, Gareth whalley is another name that springs to mind.
Only one thing matters. How he performs for US

None of the new signings are American, Phil.

I met most of the signings this season with a great big 'meh' and this is no different.

We've seen Greer play so we know what he's all about and I'm happy with that signing.

David Lucas I've seen a few times. He played well against us this season and in fairness probably kept Leeds in that game at one point. Before they scored their free kick we were all over them. Dont think he is any better than Smith.

O'Brien never heard of and never seen play, for some reason I just dont have high hopes of him at all and I think he will be pretty poor. Can see JPM and McNamee being our wingers next season (if we play with wingers)

Douglas again like Lucas seen a few times and has always looked a pretty decent player but if he was that good would Leeds have got rid of him? He's left a promotion chasing L1 club to come to a mid table L1 club. Cant really be a top L1 player can he? Good addition for us but not as good as others seem to be making out.

Cuthbert like O'Brien never seen or heard of him before we were linked with him. Although I do think he will be decent but like O'Brien being poor I'm basing this on gut feeling and nothing more.

I'd like to point out that I was against Thorpe and Cureton from the start. Whalley I was happier with until the horrible realisation he'd got a three year contract, not just a Nalis style year.

I was excited when we signed Tommy Mooney!

:nod:

I'm quite excited by Douglas...a run of the mill L1 midfielder is a step up for us.

My father-in-laws brother is a St Mirren season ticket holder and hes totally bemused why he turned down a chance to play in the Scottish Premier to come down south to league 1 football.

Apparently he was the Buddies best player last season by miles and was likely to be named captain if he signed for them this year.

He rates him as about as good a centre back as he has seen in 40 years of following them which is quite a compliment in my eyes.

I know DW has been after him since March last season so has done his homework, he sounds just the sort of player that could turn into a real gem for us IMO.

I think it's as simple as League 1 being a better shop window than the Scottish Premier.  If you're a Premiership scout, Swindon is a damned sight easier than Paisley to get to on a Tuesday evening.

A rock solid defence.

I can see Ifil and/or Aljofree being loaned out.

I have no idea if this guy is any good or not (although the comments in this thread and elswehere are very encouraging) but a massive well done to Wilson and Fitton for getting their man repeatedly this summer, the lessons of last year have been learnt it seems (Robinson aside, but there's always one)

Unfortunately it's in scottish.

From what I can gather from that interview Wilson told Cuthbert what a Marrow would be.

Vegetable knowledge clearly a key thing for him.

I applaud the signing for no other reason than Cuthbert is an ace name  :)

Also its nice to be signing players now rather than with a couple of weeks before the season starts.

That is tempting the fates Ralphy...what looks good on paper, doesn't always work out that way.  I'm beginning to wonder if Wilson is going to fit in his better players and overcom the shortage of strikers by playing some crazy 3 at the back 1 up front system.

Has anyone encouraged us to sign Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Dibble and Grub yet?

I cannot understand a word he says!

Something about haggis's and kilts i think????

Based on attendances and turn over, we're bigger than 2 or 3 of the SPL teams if not more. Plus if you take away Celtic and Rangers you're pretty much left with a league equivalent to League 1. To put it simply, Scottish football is shit.

Even Celtic and Rangers would be average Premier League teams here. Scottish football is super shit.

To be fair, if Celtic and Rangers did join the League, they'd be mediocre to begin with but they have the support base to out-earn and outspend every team outside the top four and Manchester City when given the Premiership TV money in addition.

Looks certain to play for the National team one day at full level....hope its while with us.

Well I happen to have an encyclopedic knowledge of Celtic reserves and St Mirren (it's going to be my specialist subject on the next series of Mastermind) and I can tell you this is a FANTASTIC signing.

We are getting the ball rolling now. Im sure some of our players will be looking at the standard of the new additions and saying maybe we have a chance this year? The squad lost all belief after the Leeds home game last season, it vanished, and we got some back just in time at the end of the season. Obviously we need to be much better than we were last season, but we need to really believe it too.

As Yeovil says, shouldnt really be wanking about players weve never seen before.

But its brilliant to sign a player at this age with that record of international call ups. Its pretty unprecidented in our history. We dont sign U21 international players just comming into the peak of their careers. Cant wait to see him play. One thing I would say is that he needs to concentrate on being a full back, certainly for this season.

Strikers please!

Shouldn't really be wanking about players at all - isn't it even more worrying once you've seen them? Eeeuuuggghhh

I have to agree - I cannot condone wanking over players whether they be known or unknown.

Anywhoo..I saw this on a St Mirren forum and they seem pretty pissed off that they didn't sign him..some pretty ill-informed comments relating to STFC but that's to be expected I suppose..

http://www.blackandwhitearmy.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=27261&st=0

It always amuses me when people say "why's he joined them? They were shit last season..."

While this is true, doesn't the fact that we're signing players of such potential suggesting that we're trying to improve?

Yeah like the Tranmere Jck who conveniently forgets that Shirtliff made the long trek down to no ware as well.

I think Larwood has the best reasoning to be impressed with the signing  :nod:

Puts me in mind of Walter the Softie for some reason. 8)

Douglas turned down a contract at Leeds and chose to leave, read the below link:

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leedsunited/Leeds-United-Another-year-at.5343336.jp

It's just not possible for us to sign good players...there has to be something wrong with them to want to lower themselves to come to Swindon...apparently ::)

What, like Newcastle.

Lets face it, on the few occasions in the last decade Newcastle haven't been hilariously mismanaged (just Bobby Robson then really) they've been competitive.

To be honest, I think there are only 2 cities in Britain that really live and breath football. Liverpool and Glasgow.

Mark Hateley summed it up well, said it was a place that gets under your skin.

Its not all about money.

They royally fucked up binning Robson. Celtic and Rangers would struggle to survive in the Prem. Even when the money flowed they'd still be uncompetitive. Ten years ago maybe but not now, The Prem has moved on a shitload while Jock football has gone backwards. They'd be competing with the Fulhams and Blackburns not the top 6.  

To be fair, are you suprised? I do believe that Wilson, Fitton et al are doing a superb job in selling the club to the right individuals, but every so often it does cross my mind "I wonder what's wrong with him? What is his dark secret?", in regards to new signings. Will Jonathan Douglas eventually be rumbled as the season goes on for having a wooden knee? Maybe Cuthbert has no little toes and as such, no balance, they just didin't notice in Scotland due to the all-round poor standard of football. My biggest fear is that David Lucas may not have any fingers, just thumbs, and fills his gloves with sausages in the finger holes so as not to be found out.

Which is why he wears his goalie gloves everywhere, even formal events for the club.

I reckon they'd struggle in The Championship to begin with. They wouldn't be used to playing quality opposition week in, week out and they'd pretty much have to rebuild their teams from scratch. Not sure their support would hang around either, would they be happy watching a team that wins nothing and is facing relegation battles?

No. But in time people are going to have to come round to the idea that the club is getting back on its feet again. Diamond Mike has gone. Fitton is in charge. For the first time in the history of the club we are actually being run properly. We have a decent manager. It's a different club now. Good times are ahead. I've started writing. In very short. Sentences for some. Reason.

Newcastle does not 'live and breath football'?  You cannot be serious.

Not really. Look at the attendances in cup competitions.

The drones just love their Premier League season tickets.

Rangers got to the UEFA cup final 14 months ago. Struggle my arse.

Looks like a good signing.  Things are looking pretty good now.  Just a striker or two and we'll be looking good.

I keep thinking you are Dazzza with that avatar.

Exactly Spence some of the comments reference the old firm here are so deluded its unreal.

Both Celtic and Rangers have reached the UEFA cup final in recent years.

With the additional finance from TV etc they would be challenging for top 8 no problems.

Scottish football has not moved backwards at all you just have to look at how the national side ran France and Italy close in the last qualifiers.

Back to the original topic cant some people actually enjoy some optimism for a change instead of anticipating the worst outcome.  Douglas turned down a contract at Leeds and joined us, Greer is solid as we saw last season, O'Brien has been capped 6 times which suggests he has something about him, Cuthbert has captained and represented Scotland at various levels and Lucas is a solid lower league keeper.  For the love of god liven up if we get decent strikers this has been a great summer of transfers.

Middlesborough have also reached a UEFA final. The only reason the Jockos have is thet they were too shit for the grown ups final - they had to take part in the losers cup.

A well thought out response as normal, they put out teams from Germany, Portugal and Italy along the way not bad for a team from a supposed inferior league.

No supposed about it - 100% inferior.

It's all hypothetical isn't it? We can only guess whether The Glasgow 2 would do well or not so in England. European Cup competitions don't truly reflect a teams ability anway, too many clubs field weakened teams nowadays

...However, as C_S says there can be no "supposed" about it, the SPL is far more inferior than the Premiership, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga.....

It is true and entirely logical for a country the size of Scotland should produce a league inferior to the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga.  Celtic and Rangers are an interesting case and have had success in Europe.  The rest of the league is at about the standard you would expect.

The national team have, with the exception of the Vogts period, consistently excelled themselves in my opinion, compared to other nations with similar populations and leagues.  However, I am prepared to be shot down on that - I'm not expert on Scottish football.

At least yours is a fair and reasoned opinion.  I was in no way trying to say Scottish league was on par with premier league or La Liga was just saying it is much better than some people think and I think some people judge it without really watching it or knowing much about it.

I think a lot more people enjoy getting the inevitable bite :)

So true.

I'd agree with that.  I also think that, from what I 've watched, the SPL produces a lot of very entertaining matches.  As a neutral, you can't ask for more than that.

The SPL conjures up some shite - but doesn't every league?

Bolton vs. Wigan anyone? No thanks!

I tried watching some SPL games towards the end of the season. They were all fucking shit. The Conference play off final was more entertaining and had better quality football than the last day SPL relegation battle I watched.

Sure you get shit games in every league but I reckon the SPL has more than their fair share. Which is supported by how much they get for the TV rights, they'll be getting £13m a season in future compared to £88m for the Football League. SPL is shit and no fucker wants to watch it.

How much was it before the setanta collapse

Quite a bit more than Setanta could get back through subscriptions, apparently.

That was a great achievement by them as well.

Get sick of people running down the UEFA cup. Its a great competition for the fans. Not so great for TV, but there you go.

I've got nothing wrong with the competition, but I'm sure fans would enjoy it more if clubs took it more seriously. Ask Aston Villa fans.

I think next season they'd have been getting about £30m a season from Setanta.

One thing that amused me about this signing was that Leeds United, the self appointed 'big' club in League One have also signed a new full back.  They have acquired Jason Crowe, ex-Grimsby & Northampton on a free whilst 'little' Swindon Town, who could never afford Douglas's wages have also signed a Scotland U-21 captain & 'B' international for a £100,000.

Wonder which one is the better player & which club shows the more ambition?

Jason Crowe is pretty good from what I've seen of him.

He was - when he was at Portsmouth he was a very stylish defender.  Not so sure these days, at 29 - 30 I'd say his best years are behind him.  Can't say he made a huge impact at Northampton last year either.  Odd signing for Leeds though, don't you think?

Agreed. I am eagerly anticipating the Europa League draw so I can see if I can get to a Hearts away game this season

I find it hard to judge the quality of Scottish football because all we see down here are highlights of Rangers vs Celtic, usually in a Cup Final or key league game or else 'howlers' by goalkeepers from one of the less prominent sides. About once a decade there is another non 'Old Firm' side that comes good, for example Fergie's Aberdeen or Jim McLean's Dundee United but generally the title is destined for either Rangers or Celtic before the season's even begun.  Mind, the Premiership is going down the same route I reckon.
If Rangers & Celtic did come into the Premiership, they'd take time to adjust to it but I reckon within 3 seasons they'd be challenging for honours.  There is too much passion, pride & popular support for either club to be content just to make the numbers up.

He's looked okay on occasions that I've seen him. But he was the one left pulling his pants up after Cox got his hat-trick last season. He got ran ragged and turned inside out all night.

As someone else pointed out. Exhibit A: Newcastle United. Support and opinion/belief/love amongst supporters does little for winning.

Besides, imo it's not football passion that makes those sides the way they are, it's their passion for cunty sectarian bigotry and religious hatred. For that reason alone, I hate those clubs and hope they NEVER set foot in the premiership (at least until they can grow up and act like adults). There's no place for religion in football.

Passion in north east clubs is a myth Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough have all demonstrated in recent years the fans will not go if the team is doing bad. 

These poor North East clubs ain't half getting picked on at the moment :)

I'm interested to see how their fans react this summer without our assumptions et al - I imagine many Newcastle fans are fully aware that the rest of the nation seem to be watching them and hoping only 20,000 turn up or something like that.

How many would Celtic and Rangers get if they were mid table in The Championship?

Don't know because it'll never happen.

In fairness, my point had nothing to do with the Glasgow clubs.

As I was saying on another thread about Cuthbert, I think he will be great for us. Just had a message from another Scotland fan saying he will be our player of the season next year!

I want 2 strikers and a left back then I will get really excited.

isn't the SPL the equivalent to the championship?

There is though isnt there. End of the day, these two clubs represent their communities. To be honest hey have exagerated a divide, but its nothing to be scared of.

Football clubs should represent sections of society. It gives it the extra edge. Modern football is happy to dumb football down to XI vs XI. Fuck that. I wish all football was as mental as the Old Firm.

Glasgow is different to northern Ireland. There is a lot of respect between the two clubs inspite of all the vitriol.

There are some good video's on youtube about the 96-98 seasons if you dont know a lot about Scottish League football.

i think teams like Falkirk and St Mirren would struggle in League 1, but there's no fact to this opinion

For some reason the name Scott Cuthbert makes me think of Hubert Cumberdale

It will be a struggle to pen a decent terrace chant for Scott Cuthbert.

Having said that ...bert does rhyme with Shirt so there is something for you to work with.

It also rhymes with skirt!

And Scottish men wear skirts don't they.

I think we are on to something here.

How about a Trumpton style roll call with the players names instead, followed by a duh-duh-da-da-da-duh etc?

I tried working it out but couldn't. You need three players with single syllable names and four with two syllables, then you have to hope it sounds ok. Would be useful if we had two players with the same name as well.

Shame we didn't get Charlie Mulgrew as that would fit before Cuthbert perfectly...I'll see what I can do.

This is the best I've come up with, doesn't quite have the same ring to it and I've drawn a blank for the last player:

Smith, Greer, Amank-Ka-Waah, Cuthbert, Timlin ????

You can have it all
the famous red-white shirt
you wont let us down
you are scott cuthbert

to the famous nine-inch-nails song

What a miserable chant that would be... Then again, I'm thinking of the Johnny Cash version.

Your on
The right
You're up against scotty cuthbert
oh shite
you'll never beat scotty cuth ber-er-er-er-ert
er-er-er-er-ert


To the weel know song by we are scientists

The Trumpton roll call always came to mind when I read the starting line-ups in 06/07, as it invariably began 'Smith, Smith, Ifil..." and sort of tailed off from there.

just do a version of the old ifil classic, rehab by amy winehouse.

try to take the ball past cuthbert
he say no no no.

Scott cuthbert
Scott cuthbert
Right wingers have something to be scared off

(Prince charming - adam and the ants)

at the back we've got scott cuthbert
amankwaah and gordon greer
david lucas, johnny douglas
we have got nothing to fear

(bloc party- flux)

gordon
you've stopped them from scoring
and if you keep on tackling like that
its a very good bet
that man of the match will be yours
you keep saying 'scuse me
this is far to easy
as you take the ball from his feet
pass to ant mcnamee
and when he gets it he'll do a step-over or 3 for a while
but thats not your style
to hoof it out, so careless
the back of your heads going hairless
but us swindon town fans we really dont care


(brianstorm - arctic monkeys)

Still on it/just got on it Dave? ;)

blurs parklife

oi
we used to get a little intimidated by other teams,
they loved playing us.

cuthbert!

he feeds midfielders sometimes feeds attackers too
give us an enormous sense of confidence

cuthbert!

then im happy for the rest of the day, safe in the knowledge he will be in the heart of our defence.

cuthbert!

all you strikers
and nippy wingers
you wont get past gordon
hand in hand with scott cuthbert

I think I'd be a little disturbed if I saw Greer and Cuthbert hand in hand, especially during a game

Far from it. If i hear swindon fans singing the gordon greer song only once this season i would die a happy man

Loving Mex's chant, if that ever happens at a home game I will officially buy whoever starts it a pint.

Has any football crowd ever managed to sing to that and manage to keep in time?

Even if it was playing in the background I doubt anyone could manage it.

Plus those lyrics would sound gay.

The best contribution I have seen so far is:

"You'll never beat Scott Cuthbert"

(To the tune of "You'll never beat Des Walker")

For when Wilson subs on Cuthbert during stoppage time to hold onto a lead:

We play Scott Cuthbert....sometimes
And we play Scott Cuthbert, sometimes
So hold on, hold on (repeat until final whistle)

Dont forget half of us on here are old duffers who have haven't a clue what that song is. Would it work to Smoke on the Water?

Who's Brian Storm? Are we signing him from some Alaskan monkey team?

It is the correct name of the track though.

Bah. Like I'd know that

I don't think a song for Cuthbert would work to Brainstorm by Hawkwind

Well apologies that the old farts have no idea about modern moozak. guess its up to the hip young trendy things like myself to get the terraces bouncing

Dave Dave Dave Dave Dave Dave.

Oui

But it would for "Silver Machine" Reg!

im now confused, i know the references to both the old fogies and the young pups, i feel like a lib dem.

I'm sure there are several lib dems who would be happy - they'd even pay you

I can't think of any decent words, but why can't we stick to proper terrace tunes like Tom Hark?

Does anyon know how long Cuthbert is out for? Will he make the start of the season?

He's back in training and doing ball work so shouldn't be too long.

Hey less of the old farts....ime no spring chicken but i consider myself well up on music..got the terraces bouncing last year to a recent song...here we go..Aga Doo Doo Dooo.