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On what basis ? Barry although a great player has no credentials what so ever in a managerial capacity -stints at Elgin & Wick are testimony to this. One loanee even described him as clueless !!!

Who are the paid full-time coaches of each year group ?

Maybe its not a case of grasping reality , maybe more like not knowing the facts. Does anyone really believe that a club of our size has ever budgeted or even spent 400k per year on youth. Our biggest youth operating costs are the wages of the so called heads of the Youth Development and Academy. Whilst these Heads command a sizable wage the rest of the coaching staff are volunteers and receive token recompense for their efforts. I applaud the business(people) who have recently contributed 10's of thousands £ to our youth initiative. However I very much doubt their donations were for altruistic reasons more so to act as leverage for their imminent re-election to the board and also aid their off-springs progression through the system.

Caley Tennis I think the goalkeeper you are referring to as Jamie is actually named Martin. Has any one heard if Danny Devine is on the way back to ICTFC- a business associated of mine in Fife reckons a deal is close to conclusion ?

Maybe if the dynamic duo Savage and Bennett put their hands in their respective pockets we could have two sugar daddies !! I suspect the latter will only demand a place on the board and then subsequently a wage from the club for the privilege.

Somebody on here recently told me Tremarco was off to Elgin !!!

Technically I think Wes Morgan is still Leicester's official captain. However I am a bit old school and I am not a fan of goalkeepers being captains. A fundamental role of the keeper is to keep the defence in front of them organised, a task in itself. A captain I think should be a centre half / midfielder who can exert influence and organisation all over the pitch.

Absolutely delighted Tremarco has found a club - would have been more delighted if he was still with us for the up and coming season. Why did it have to be Elgin City though - such a small minded club lacking ambition. In fact the signing of Tremarco could be the most ambitious thing they have done in their entire league history. I agree with Rig I think the best Elgin can hope for is the play-offs (preferably relegation) as I think Queens and Edinburgh City will prove to strong for them. They also have a massive void in Shane Sutherland to fill and I doubt very much they will find a replacement of his quality. Shane was definitely far to good for League 2 but not sure about him being Championship quality - lets hope so,

Interesting it certainly is , innovative it most definitely is , and absolutely refreshing it is. A business (which collectively Scottish football is) that stands still is effectively going backwards. The evidence is there just look at our recent pedigree in the Champions League & Europa league and then there's our national team exploits. Change is needed and needed now. I am far from a fan of the Old Firm but what Sevco is proposing right now is by far the best option for Scottish football at this moment in time. Self interest in the SPFL only ring fences the current small financial pot on offer but improvement and innovation will open up more revenue streams and make the business of Scottish football more attractive to the outside world. However the restructuring of the leagues is not the panacea restructuring within clubs is paramount - ineffective vice chairman, costly CEO's, non productive highly paid jobs for the boys need to be irradicated. Lets do it and do it now !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52941423 . Now this is very interesting !

Absolutely. The club had already taken those tentative steps previously with most of the famous Fort William 10 being signed on a part-time basis . I maybe thinking out of the box here but if we cut the budget for the employed Heathmount (non Board)members and the non employed Heathmount (non) Board Members ..maybe we can spend more on those who count - the players .

The only debacle with Marius was when our then Vice Chairman came out in the media to say we could not afford to keep Marius - subsequently his value dropped considerably.

I dont think the Nathan Austin situation had anything to do with location. I think the doubling of wages had everything to do with it !!!!

Andrew had/has the potential to be a good SPL player , a very good Championship player , and an excellent lower league player (which he has proved for the last few seasons - best HL young player of the year x2 and now the HL player of the year) . Probably one of the most technically gifted players to ever come through the ICT youth system and yes we should be reminded why the club saw fit to release such a talented player - maybe a question the Heathmount (Unofficial) Board Members could answer.

Doran stays in Aviemore !

I saw him.

Dont know about Sow but Jai was at the stadium last week kitted out in the training gear - I suppose it doesnt take a genius to work out why he was there.

Rankin v Rangers 2-1 victory I think.

100% certain he has a sell on clause. Im sure this was allluded to @ the AGM

https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/sport/mackay-leg-break-compounds-elgin-defeat-181762/

Definitely agree with room for improvement. However we should be encouraged that we scored 4 and could have scored more. The Raith keeper is (was) first choice - on loan from County. What I've seen of him we definitely have the 2 best young goalkeepers in the North in MacKay and Hoban.

Maybe he did not want to stay in America so I doubt they would have kept him against his will. I dont think he was injury prone if my memory serves me correct he played nearly 70 league games in his first 2 seasons with us and please correct me if Im wrong each team in the Premier League plays 38 games so in 2 seasons he missed 8 games so I dont reallly think that lends itself to injury proneness. In your defence Jordan has done well for us but a standout I'm not to sure about, but has definitely given 110%. But I do question if brain size is proportional to dangerousness.

With reference to this list , what we need to improve this season will ultimately depend on who we can keep and what league we are in. With County promoted and Hamilton likely to remain in the Premiership it is a real possibility that we will lose a few players to both these teams if we dont get promoted. Of those out of contract this season on this list (i'm sure there are players missing) I doubt we will keep any. I think outfield wise the only player that County/Hamilton would be remotely interested in would be Joe Chalmers. Also Scott Fox has reportedly hinted at a move back south which would leave them across the bridge needing essentially two goalkeepers and viola we have two quality keepers they would surely be interested in. Fon Williams they could get for free however Ridgers they would have to part with some cash. Likely candidates from the 2020 list that teams would pay money for excluding Ridgers I think would be Coll Donaldson, Jamie McCart, Aaron Doran & Tom Walsh (maybe even Charlie Trafford) - so potential County targets Donaldson & Doran.

Although made in jest I think at least one mentioned will also be off!!!

Angus Beith has left the Stadium formerly know as the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.