Just shows how daft the young team are anyone who indulged in that kind of behaviour on the pitch in full view of live tv cameras have to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic. Wouldn't be surprised if there will be a few banning orders dished out as a result. Having said what I found most amusing were the ones that stood at the half line but refused to cross the line like it was some sort of barrier. Dougal

If there's no football team to occupy it or if they had suitable land elsewhere to relocate it then why would the council object?

Really? If I voted my team out of existence I would but each to their own I guess we all have different perspectives. Dougal

Unfortunately most of Inverness doesn't have a clue who these characters are, or could care less about them. That is a large part of our problem in general - we are hardly known in the 'city', and our internal goings on are pure mystery to the general public.

More importantly than anything to me if you have had the job previously you cannot have it again (before Hughes nominates himself). Not against Tokely, but what managerial experience does he have? Draper hasn't exactly set the heather alight at Elgin.

originally they were called "Stogg" but then reverted to "Satisfaction" in about 1973/4. They played mostly Free / Rolling Stones material (I don't recall Hawkwind or Argent covers but I could be wrong!). George Junor is still in Inverness but I don't think he's gigging currently.

It's fairly standard for managers to have a 6 month pay-off in their contracts, even if they do have multiple year deals. This means the club control the cost of sacking them and they can't walk away early without the club getting whatever transfer valuation is also in the contract. There are those on here who refuse to believe otherwise but this was the same with Yogi and Foran.

Is there a 5-a-side league we can join?

Pretty sure that's a prerequisite trait for almost all managers though especially in football. Ever seen one to admit they were wrong or change tactics? Unfortunately I think there is a reliance that Dunc had the contact to bring in players from elsewhere with Bollan knowing the scottish game especially lower leagues -Unfortunately dunc underestimated the level and type of players and qualities needed and bollan is proven useless at management and coaching below this level.

What happened yesterday was the result of a lethal concoction we've been taking all season. A combination of multiple factors. The board. Not just Gardiner who seemed to be the focal point for the anger. As if he was responsible for it all. He obviously bears responsibility. As does the rest of the board. Up to and including the chairman. The buck stops with him. The fans. We've always been under supported despite punching above our weight. The day trippers that only turn up for the big games. Where would we be if they all turned up every week I wonder? The "City". I don't class this place as a city. It's a town. For multiple reasons. This town doesn't deserve a Scottish cup winning, European side such as ours that brought prestige by carrying the name of this town and many thousands of travelling fans up here spending their money every weekend. The people. It's quite clear to me now that Inverness is the 3rd most supported team in Inverness which is a depressing statement to have to say. Not only do the people that live here stay away from our club. Many actively detest it. Old firm glory hunters born and raised in this town who would like nothing more than to see us fold and Highland football die off. Leaving everyone having to drive 3 hours down the A9 to watch any kind of football. That's if they survive the journey because of the central belt masters they worship refusing to dual the road. The council. What can you do? a 2% loss of green space on an unused golf course that would have netted us £3.5M. Approved. But the two councillors didn't like the way the vote went so did their best to make sure it didn't go through. Very few of them there actually care about the club obviously. But if your own council doesn't give a toss about you. What hope do we have. But we get what we deserve. This same council is the one that turns academy street into a karting track. Turns the ironworks into an empty lot. Builds a bridge to nowhere. And people still vote them in. It's a vicious circle. But we get the politicians we deserve. Luck. I'll end it with this. I've felt the writing was on the wall for a while now. Maybe we just spilt too many salt shakers. Broke too many mirrors. But you see this happen to many other "big clubs" in the championship. Dunfermline, St Mirren, Falkirk and Hamilton to name a few. If you stagnate for too long in the championship. You will face the drop. Yet again we've had a record breaking points total for being relegated. It doesn't feel like we could have done anything to avoid it. It genuinely felt like this was written for us. I've not really talked about the on field matters much. A lot has been said already which I agree with. To be honest I don't know if any manager would have saved us. We were 3 points off 5th. 1 point of safety, If Billy Mckay's penalty went in against Dunfermline? But it didn't. If luck was on our side maybe it would have.

If only Dunclown Ferguson didn't play him in a stupidly abysmal wingback/attacking midfielder/striker role. He is a striker, and that is all, but instead he's being put into a role that would've probably more favoured Samuel. If he stays, he NEEDS to be sat up top, not constantly backtracking, and he should be able to tear League One limb from limb

Well done Gringo and thanks again for running this competition, giving us some light hearted good fun.

For what it's worth! The club didn't have a player of the year so you still have a final chance to vote on this one. Who will it be it's up to you. I will let it run till midweek before doing the totals for the year.

HT 1-0 FT 2-0 ICT HARPER HA OHARA CROWD 2967 YELLOW LONGSTAFF

George Oakley has turned down a new contract with Morton and is reported to have better offers including from Partick.

There was no real desire from the team in first half ,it looked as though they couldn’t care less if we lost or won Hamilton on the other hand were going hell for leather to try and grab the game by the scruff of the neck and succeed in doing so we only started to threaten Hamilton when the subs were brought on if the same attitude exsisting Saturday we will definitely be relegated and how Ferguson thinks one goal will suffice is beyond me

Yes the Crysler V8 a beautiful sound but a bit thirsty

I'll need to make the headings clearer...

NPL Review for Game 47 Flipping heck Caley, you’re not doing my BP any good whatsoever. That was a tough watch. All to play for on Saturday – at least we have a chance. No maximums in any section for this game. Jodie Carnie [FT] and Joonya [HT] were the only correct scores. Scotty got the Crowd Section bonus – 13 over. Gringo tops the table going in to the final game. No Bonus points awarded. Total Entries 19 Predicted Match results H – 5 D – 7 A – 7 The Results HT: 2-0 FT: 2-1 1st ICT: Pepple 1st Opp: O’Hara Crowd: 1389 Bookings: O’Hara (43) and Brooks (84) Correct Predictions HT: 1 FT: 1 1st ICT: 0 1st Opp: 13 Crowd 5 pts: 9 Crowd 10 pts: 0 Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1 Bragging Rights Joonya 14 Jokers Played Lmclmm +0 Your Points Joonya 14 Scotty 11 MrCaleyjag 10 noho 9 Robert 9 CaleyCanary 8 CaleyTennis 7 Doofer 7 Jodie Carnie 7 SOS 6 DoofersDad 5 Ictross 4 caleycalum 3 Caleyjag 3 Gringo 3 old caley girl 3 Mrs Gringo 2 CDN Girl 1 Lmclmm 0 TABLE - 47 01 - 289 - Gringo 02 - 271 - Robert 03 - 270 - old caley girl 04 - 268 - DoofersDad 05 - 267 - MrCaleyjag 05 - 267 - Scotty 07 - 263 - caleycalum 08 - 249 - Mrs Gringo 09 - 246 - Joonya 10 - 244 - CaleyCanary 10 - 244 - Jodie Carnie 12 - 241 - Ictross 13 - 235 - Caleyjag 14 - 233 - robbo1985 15 - 213 - Doofer 16 - 210 - SOS 17 - 207 - CDN Girl 18 - 198 - noho 19 - 174 - Lmclmm 20 - 140 - Caley Braveheart 21 - 71 - bughtmaster 22 - 46 - CaleyTennis 23 - 34 - crownjaggie 24 - 29 - Agent N 25 - 27 - Jock Watt 26 - 12 - Andrew Fraser 27 - 8 - big cherly 28 - 0 - IHE

You have mastered the drone Mantis not scared of it falling into the water

Mrs Gringo HT: 0-0 FT: 1-1 1st ICT: Alex Samuel 1st Ham: Longridge Crowd: 1099 Yellow Card: Devine Gringo HT: 0-0 FT: 1-2 1st ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Ham: O'Hara Crowd: 1111 Yellow Card: Duffy

I find myself more and more comparing ICT with Everton - which may not be a coincidence for evident reasons. Everton in true Dyche style concentrate on tentative defending and much of the play is side to side and backwards. Pinching a one goal win has become the norm. Lack of stimulation and entertainment is also a norm. Survival is the main aim. Everton have played most of the season with one man up front - often not an actual forward - but that person is usually a 6 footer and the only Plan B is the hoof from Pickford. But when you compare Samuel and McKay to Calvert-Lewin, Beto and Doucoure - well ?!! Everton also have the options of McNeil and Harrison. Thats why I would love to see Harper playing higher up and Lawal using his pace out wide.

IHE was asking for the starting 11, the guys above would definitely make the bench.

JOKER Update going in to the last two games. All have ONE remaining CaleyCanary MrCaleyjag bughtmaster crownjaggie Jock Watt Lmclmm CaleyTennis

NPL Review for Game 46 To say we scrapped through that is an understatement. That was the worst performance I’ve seen from an ICT side in all my years of supporting them. Plain awful. Can it get any worse? CaleyTennis, CDN Girl, Ictross and MrCaleyjag got max points in the Correct Score section. DooferDad got the Crowd Section bonus – just 5 under. Gringo heads the table by 19 points going into the last two games. Can he hold on to retain the title? Total Entries 21 Predicted Match results H – 20 D – 1 A – 0 The Results HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Opp: -- Crowd: 2089 [SPFL web site] Correct Predictions HT: 11 FT: 5 1st ICT: 5 1st Opp: -- Crowd 5 pts: 7 Crowd 10 pts: 0 Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1 Bragging Rights CaleyTennis 15 Jokers Played Caleyjag +6 Your Points CaleyTennis 15 Caleyjag 12 CDN Girl 12 Ictross 12 noho 12 robbo1985 11 MrCaleyjag 10 Robert 10 DoofersDad 9 Gringo 8 Scotty 8 caleycalum 7 Jodie Carnie 7 old caley girl 7 CaleyCanary 6 Mrs Gringo 6 Caley Braveheart 4 Doofer 3 Joonya 2 Lmclmm 2 SOS 2 TABLE - 46 01 - 286 - Gringo 02 - 267 - old caley girl 03 - 263 - DoofersDad 04 - 262 - Robert 05 - 260 - caleycalum 06 - 257 - MrCaleyjag 07 - 256 - Scotty 08 - 247 - Mrs Gringo 09 - 237 - Ictross 09 - 237 - Jodie Carnie 11 - 236 - CaleyCanary 12 - 233 - robbo1985 13 - 232 - Caleyjag 13 - 232 - Joonya 15 - 206 - CDN Girl 15 - 206 - Doofer 17 - 204 - SOS 18 - 189 - noho 19 - 174 - Lmclmm 20 - 140 - Caley Braveheart 21 - 71 - bughtmaster 22 - 39 - CaleyTennis 23 - 34 - crownjaggie 24 - 29 - Agent N 25 - 27 - Jock Watt 26 - 12 - Andrew Fraser 27 - 8 - big cherly 28 - 0 - IHE