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Putting aside he singlehandedly saved England from a certain defeat tonight with two great striker goals (2nd one world class IMO), the art of conning a referee is now part of the ‘craft’ for just about every player without exception. L Sole and big Chanka were at it in just about every game they players last season, so while I would rather it is pulled up by the refs, it is now part and parcel of the game now. Apart from his two goals Kane was a die-vin git and would have been send off had a good upstanding Scottish referee umpired the match! 😃 bc

I know what you mean about Ian Black !!!!! Just seems a bit of an oversight from a club that claims to be family and community minded, that the kids cant wear the same as the players, but your right , no real issue. I like the unbranded shirt better.

We don’t have it on the children’s shirts so I don’t see the issue there. Ian Black would say otherwise on betting…

You can’t say for sure they didn’t eat subway, can you?I can say for sure they can’t bet on football and can’t sell betting sponsor tops to children and players under 18 can’t wear them.

Benni McCarthy? What’s the story here 😂

Who cares, the players can use it to bet on horses if they want to. I’m not sure if they ate Subway when we won the Scottish Cup, maybe someone can confirm.

I think I’m right in saying that players and staff at a football club can’t bet on football, it’s against SFA regulations. Also players under 18 can’t wear a shirt with a gambling company logo on it, and you can’t sell logo,d shirts to children. What idiot at the club thought this was a good idea??? I’m sure there are plenty of companies national & local that would have loved to sponsor ICT and been more in line with the clubs local , family based values!

Not sure why Kane wasn't booked for diving to be honest. Left both his feet together when he could easily have got over the keeper. Why did he do that? Because he was losing the ball.

Get it in the bin.

It looks to me from the photos that the sponsor logo may actually be part of the shirt rather than stuck on. If that is the case then clearly it won't fade, but also probably means that there won't be an option to buy an adult size without it.

One hour after midday, Or maybe an hour before 2pm?

What time is Kick-Off?

Allez les Bleus!! Remind me of Brazil in 1970 finals. still only half time1

When I was helping out Whitehill Welfare back in the day we had Macron which went down well with the players. Coincidentally they play in claret & blue. However I think the sponsor’s transfer was a bit dodgy, as seen here on one of our players whom you may recognise, but I can’t remember if it came from Macron with the logo on or not. I took it myself btw, no AI here 😂

Sorry, didn’t spot that you’d included the kick off time 😂😂

OK I'll change the time on my post!

When West Ham signed Issa Diop he was "French", but then again Declan Rice was "Irish" when he signed, so I guess it cuts both ways.

Ha ha, that was exactly where my mind went when I read it too.

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…”

The kick off time is now 1300.

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.

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.

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 :)

I see Saturday's game with C*unty has been switched to Clach Park to give Sarens PSG pitch more time to grow??? KO 1pm

Struggled through the SA - CAN match last night. Dreadful spectacle but pleased Canada won. South Africa’s tactics appeared to be kill the game (for most of the second half with umpteen pass back to their goalie) and draw CAN towards them, then when the opportunity presented itself attack with speed. The thing for me was SA appeared to be the more skilful and quicker team. If they had simply attacked CDN more then I believe SA would have got through. Glad they didn’t seeing the antics they displayed. No wonder a great number of fans were booing SA! Canada were no great shakes however (reminded me of most Morton teams) and they’ll have to improve if they wish to stay in the tournament. I’m not sure if Oluwaseyi was the Canadian centre forward last night. He had the mobility of a broken washing machine IMO and made Chanka Zimba almost gazelle like. Looking forward to the JPN - BRL being a much needed injection of attacking football. bc