Inverness CT -V- Ross County - Report

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You would be mistaken for thinking that Inverness Caledonian Thistle had put a different team on the pitch to the one that had travelled to Dundee and battled well to secure a draw with the league favourites.

Ross County left Tulloch Caledonian Stadium with a well deserved 3 points following goals from Di Giacomo, Vigurs and Brittain with Hayes managing, what turned out to be a consolation goal, for the Caley Jags.

What went wrong? Everything for everyone it would seem. The first touch wasn't there and distribution and passing was very poor. We did little to put pressure on the opposition and were punished for giving up possession too easy.

We can but hope that this was nothing more than a 'blip' and with Butcher away on International Duty that Maurice Malpas can get the team sorted out for the trip to face Partick in the next round of the Alba Cup.

29th August 2009 - 3:00PM	Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE	1 - Hayes (61)
Team: Esson, Proctor (Rooney 66), Munro, Bulvitus, Djebi-Zadi (Ross 84), Cox, Eagles, Hayes, Stratford, Foran, Sanchez (McBain 80) Subs: Duncan, Allison
ROSS COUNTY	3 - Di Giacomo (10), Vigurs (54), Brittain (75)
Team: McGovern, Miller, Morrison (Boyd 60), Kettlewell, Keddie, Watt, Gardyne, Lawson, Di Giacomo (Wood 90), Brittain, Vigurs (Scott 67) Subs: Malin, Craig
Referee	Stuart Finnie
Attendance	5846

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That brought back a great memory thanks Mantis - my favourite Tartan Army chant of all time…
“One team in Tallin, there’s only one team in Tallin…”

By CaleyCanary · 4 hours ago4 hr
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The kick off time is now 1300.

By Robert · 6 hours ago6 hr
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cant find the article but think the reverse happened to us recently with a couple of youth players .. they switched allegiance away from Scotland after scoring bucketloads of goals in the youth setup. Unfortunately, a more likely situation given our current (and historical) malaise.
Nevertheless: Always hopeful, Always disappointed, but Always Scotland.

By Scotty · 7 hours ago7 hr
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Maybe we should follow the Morocco “ WAY” to build a squad.
Googled it…………...
The birth-country breakdown of Morocco 26-man World Cup squad includes:
Morocco: 7 players
Spain: 6 players (e.g., Achraf Hakimi and Brahim Díaz)
France: 6 players (e.g., Issa Diop and Ayyoub Bouaddi)
Netherlands: 3 players
Belgium: 3 players
Canada: 1 player
Think I heard that Bouaddi was playing for France U 21 prior to World Cup and changed to Morocco a few weeks before the start of the tournament.

By bishbashbosh · 8 hours ago8 hr
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There were moments for Canada, but your assessment is pretty accurate. Oluwaseyi is not first choice striker. It should be Jonathan David and/or Cyle Larin. JD and CL have 74 goals between them in 174 combined appearances. Much like Scotland however, the striker depth chart is pretty weak ... recent call-ups included former ICT player Aribim Pepple.
What Canada had that Scotland didn't (other than an easier group) however was team spirit and effort. Perhaps I am being a little disingenuous, but too many Scotland players seemed less than interested, jaded after a long season, or simply didn't perform. For Canada, they may not have the skill of the bigger nations, and for sure I think Netherlands or Morocco may put an end to their journey, but in most of their games they battled for every ball.
Manager Jesse Marsch got a lot of criticism south of the border for encouraging his guys to keep going when they were playing Qatar and it was 5-0, then 6-0. He wanted them to compete to the very end and score 7, 8, or 9 if they could. These players would crawl over broken glass to play for him and for their country and that's how we used to be. Heck, look at all the others who overtook us in the hunt for a last 32 slot and almost every one of them took their last game by the scruff of the neck and left nothing out there on the pitch at the end of their respective games. We did not.
Going back to the Canada game, one thing I did notice was that as soon as Alphonso Davies came on in the 75th minute, that lifted Canada immensely and the remaining 15 minutes were spent pretty much camped out in the South African half. He had some nice touches and his presence, even not fully fit gave a lift and some extra energy to all around the team. I think they also knew he only had 20 minutes in him at this stage of his recovery so needed to get it done before it went to extra-time!
Not sure if this was broadcast outside Canada, but at the end, the media here of course stayed with the players and coach as they huddled on the pitch, and he gave them a team-talk. He was calling them "Canadian Heroes" which is true as they have gone further than Canada ever has before, and noting that kids will start playing, or become re-invigorated by the game because of how far they have got so far and the feelgood factor around the team. It was a very inspirational talk and very emotional for many of the players (and the manager). If somehow, they can make it past their next opponents, then that would be amazing, but they would need to lift their game, and Davies would also need to be available for longer than 15 minutes. The manager himself described it as a "free hit" and has come in for some flak for saying that, but I think what he meant in the heat of the moment is that qualifying for the last 32 was the (realistic) goal, and getting to the last 16 or any further is totally and utterly a bonus and most Canadian fans will agree with that realistic assessment - even if hoping for a bit of luck and far more :)

By Scotty · 9 hours ago9 hr

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