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Sometimes it's nice to be proved wrong. Unfortunately on this occasion, the outcome is the same as if we'd lost. Playoffs it is then - it's all in our own hands!

Wasn't Airdrie that frcked us. We did a pretty good job of that ourselves over the season.

With 5th place in their own hands but with the possibility of being overtaken by Ayr or Dunfermline if they lose, Morton will be very aware of our home form and what they have to do to win. We on the other hand are staring relegation in the face and will really have to do something different from what we normally do, to win. Even a win for ICT doesn't guarantee avoidance of a play-off. Being a glass-half-full sorta guy, I'm delighted we didn't get automatic relegation. That however is the only plus - my glass is pretty near empty now. Here's my prediction - nothing changes; we're gonna lose at home as usual. Might as well rest some players tonight in preparation for the playoffs.

I agree with your vision and see Div 1 as a great opportunity to blood the youngsters and form a squad of mostly Highlanders, hopefully capable of promotion to the Championship and beyond. Trouble is, for most of them, the Championship is just a level too high so Div 1 is a better opportunity for 1st team football. There's something awfully false about following a team of Englishmen, foreigners and Central-belters, supposedly representing your town, when your own town/area can't produce a team capable of playing at that level. Just look at the cup-winning squad of 2015 - how many Invernessians were in that team? How many Scotsmen?

Quite so. Just grateful we got Mark Ridgers and Cammy Harper as regular first team starters - 2 local lads with an obvious passion for their home-town team. I quite often ask myself, how can I be loyal to a team made up of players who have absolutely no connection to the town they're supposed to represent? Mind you, they seem to manage in Dingwall!

Perhaps a bit obvious what he's trying to do - hope it doesn't backfire on us! Although, to be fair to Dunc, he's put Arbroath in a very awkward position!

The Great Escape???

And with Airdrie's win last night, it's goodbye to our slim chance of making the play-offs at the other end of the table! No promotion this season, sadly.

I like the idea in principle and would be inclined to support it. However I would like to know the club's view on this. Would the club embrace such a proposition or would the Supporters' Trust have to force their way in? Would there be hostility between Club and Trust? If so, I can't see it working very smoothly. An announcement from the Club, if supportive would, I think, sway a lot of supporters towards this proposal.

Different days would be better!

Arbroath never really got a look-in in the first half, but pretty much absorbed all we threw at them. We got a lift from the goal and really piled on the pressure for the remaining few minutes, looking to double the lead. Second half we seemed to sit back and allowed Arbroath the chance to equalise and I really thought "here we go again". Delighted with the result though - did we really win at home!? Reality check though - we struggled to get a home win against the basement team, even when they had a man sent off! Hope we can do better next week.

A spell in Division 1 will be a good opportunity to blood our youngsters and build a team from within our own ranks which will hopefully, within a couple of seasons, challenge for promotion back to the Championship.

Much as I admire your optimism, I just wonder if you've managed to attend a home game recently?

We are where we are, not because we are "excellent" or "brilliant throughout the game", or that we didn't get a penalty. We are where we are because we are consistently sh!te. The table doesn't lie.