This thread is an indirect statement from Iain Vigurs who wishes to thank the fans on the forum who have expressed their support for him. He also states that he loved his time at ICT and felt very much at home in Inverness. Iain also says that his first team experiences under Craig Brewtser was the highlight of his young football career and was looking forward to contributing to Caley's campaign to remain in the SPL and future seasons at the club.

Unfortunatley this was not to be and would now like to wish the fans and the club all the best for the future, especially for next season.

Regards

Iain Vigurs.

Why do you say that?

Ian Vigurs was our most promising youngster and one of a select group of ICT players that can pass the ball.

He arrived at Elgin at 15 y/o played about 20 odd games then signed for ICT and in the 4 years since then has played 20 odd games, which part of promising were you thinking of, 6 years and an everage of 8 starts a season? Everyone has jumped on the band wagon of Vigurs but no one seems to have given a second thought to Zander, same age only been on the pro books 3 years played twice as many times for Elgin and over twice as many for ICT has also chipped in with more goals, and while at Elgin got nominated for 3rd Div Player of Year. He didn't get a chance with Butcher due to injury (think he had an Op) and also released, I think this is who we should be moaning about losing rather than Vigurs or Wood but of course Zander doesn't have his mate on here to push through his personal agenda(CaleyP)!!

yes i am mates with iain but i am also very good mates with the majority of the team including dougie and very good mates with zander too, so if you are trying to use the bias card then sorry that won't work. mike i must ask though, you do realise zander only started once for the club, good argument there mate considering iain is in double figures on that stat. also iain actually scored more goals as well, zander got 1 i think and iain got three. o well maybe next time your argument will be stronger mike but probably not.

There is no bandwagon to be jumped (jamp) on. Vigurs had technique that stood out the few times we saw him. He would have been a lot cheaper to keep than other players as well. Thats what annoys me about him being released AND being picked up by County.

There is no bandwagon to be jumped (jamp) on. Vigurs had technique that stood out the few times we saw him. He would have been a lot cheaper to keep than other players as well. Thats what annoys me about him being released AND being picked up by County.

spot on.

Best of luck Iain, very sorry indeed to see us lose a potentially great creative player.

Guys he didn't want to stay anyway. I heard he said he wanted to leave before he knew if he was being offered a contract from butcher or not. Roy wasn't in favour when butcher arrived but worked his way into the team towards the end of the season. Why was Vigurs not there instead? I think you have to look at the player not the manager. Vigurs was in the squad and came on for butchers first game against celtic but then he doesn't play for the rest of the season. Butcher could obviously see he had something when he first arrived but if the player is not willing to put the effort in or seems not to put the effort in training he has got to go. If he does well at county then great if not then great because he's about the only decent player they have. There is no need for people on here getting wound up about him not being offered a contract when he said he didn't want to stay anyway.

CaleyP I understand that you know Ian but if he was needing to rebuild his confidence why go to county? To be a good player in a poor squad? Why not to one of the other bigger teams in the first division, since he is so admired from so many clubs. Funny how its the club where Brewster is that signed him when no other clubs had been publicly showing interest in him. Surely there would have been more speculation in the papers if there was a fight for his signature and any larger scottish clubs were interested.

Don't get me wrong I am disappointed he isn't here for next season but he was a player with potential nothing more!

Edited June 5, 200916 yr by vinnie87

Why do you say that?

Ian Vigurs was our most promising youngster and one of a select group of ICT players that can pass the ball.

He arrived at Elgin at 15 y/o played about 20 odd games then signed for ICT and in the 4 years since then has played 20 odd games, which part of promising were you thinking of, 6 years and an everage of 8 starts a season? Everyone has jumped on the band wagon of Vigurs but no one seems to have given a second thought to Zander, same age only been on the pro books 3 years played twice as many times for Elgin and over twice as many for ICT has also chipped in with more goals, and while at Elgin got nominated for 3rd Div Player of Year. He didn't get a chance with Butcher due to injury (think he had an Op) and also released, I think this is who we should be moaning about losing rather than Vigurs or Wood but of course Zander doesn't have his mate on here to push through his personal agenda(CaleyP)!!

yes i am mates with iain but i am also very good mates with the majority of the team including dougie and very good mates with zander too, so if you are trying to use the bias card then sorry that won't work. mike i must ask though, you do realise zander only started once for the club, good argument there mate considering iain is in double figures on that stat. also iain actually scored more goals as well, zander got 1 i think and iain got three. o well maybe next time your argument will be stronger mike but probably not.

Iain Vigurs: 15 starts for ICT, sub appearances in a further 10 games, 3 goals, 4 yellows :

http://stats.caleythistleonline.com/player.php?id=83

Zander Sutherland: 2 starts for ICT, sub appearances in a further 7 games, 0 goals, 1 yellow :

http://stats.caleythistleonline.com/player.php?id=37

Question to all:

If there was no 'three players under 21' ruling. How many of those younger players would we have seen?

My apologies, I really should check my facts and also not post after one too many, but I took this as fact and was obviously wrong to do so. So for all you Stato's out their I am humbled and will not post ridiculous statements that have not been vetted by appropriate persons!

As you will see this is where I got my Stats from, (god sometimes I hate the internet!!) :33:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sut...and_(footballer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Vigurs

My apologies, I really should check my facts and also not post after one too many, but I took this as fact and was obviously wrong to do so. So for all you Stato's out their I am humbled and will not post ridiculous statements that have not been vetted by appropriate persons!

As you will see this is where I got my Stats from, (god sometimes I hate the internet!!) :33:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sut...and_(footballer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Vigurs

Don't worry mike wikipedia gets us all mate, fair play though not many people on here admit when they are wrongly informed. i know we have a difference of opinion but all good banter at the end of the day. i did miss the post that apologised for the finger, i've seen it now, easy mistake to make. cheers.

Edited June 7, 200916 yr by CaleyP

CaleyP,

Thanks for that, I would say as a final post on Iain, I spoke to a good friend who is involved with ICT and he thought that Iain was the best prospect they had and did have the talent to do really well, I respect his judgement and would say because of that it could be a costly mistake that we end up paying for in years to come.

Well done iain, your a good player with a great future. All the best!

Read in todays P&J that Iain and his brother have been arrested outside an Aberdeen nightclub on assualt charges. Does this hint at why he was released? Only a thought.

Read in todays P&J that Iain and his brother have been arrested outside an Aberdeen nightclub on assualt charges. Does this hint at why he was released? Only a thought.

Yer a wee bit behind, AM....

This is already being debated on another thread....

See here!

Edited June 19, 200916 yr by Johnboy

Nothing new there then........ :mellow:

I was always a huge fan of vigurs, thought he had huge potential, much more than butcher anyway. Anyway the young lad that didn't cut it for us has just been awarded the SFL young player of the month.

A quality young player...and we let him go. The mind boggles at ICT sometimes.

Good luck to the lad . I fear this was a big mistake by Butcher .

Good to see Vigurs awarded with SFL Young Player of the Month, I think you will all agree. :(

Bet he scores against us in the first fecking Derby...

Any chance of tonight's lotto numbers then Meg?

Notice in the P & J other day, Vigurs says that Butcher told him that he wasn't "his sort of player". Seems a bit weird considering I always thought Vigurs and Black were quite alike, yet Butcher loved Black.

Edited September 5, 200915 yr by Renegade

just a thought on this..... howmany scots did he let you and how many pomps did he take in??

Notice in the P & J other day, Vigurs says that Butcher told him that he wasn't "his sort of player". Seems a bit weird considering I always thought Vigurs and Black were quite alike, yet Butcher loved Black.

I reckon they possibly just had very different personalities. It's such a shame as we could really use a player like vigurs now. Butcher definitely made a mistake there, however, if they didn't see eye to eye it was easier for butcher just to get rid of him which he did, but in fairness if there was tension there maybe it was better to part. I heard from one of the players that butcher used vigurs and woody as motivation before the game against c*unty, saying that they weren't good enough and to go out show them how it's done. You don't get awards for being a poor player do you. vigurs, blackie, cowie and rankin in my eyes will always be the classiest players we've ever had so far. It's such a shame they are no longer here.

I will never get my head round how we could let a classy young player like Vigurs go and at around the same time offer a contract to LDZ the mind boggles

I will never get my head round how we could let a classy young player like Vigurs go and at around the same time offer a contract to LDZ the mind boggles

1st Division player of the month for August!!!!!

I will never get my head round how we could let a classy young player like Vigurs go and at around the same time offer a contract to LDZ the mind boggles

1st Division player of the month for August!!!!!

Harkins is the SFL player of the month , Vigurs won the young player of the month award .