Nothing has been heard from Muirfield Mills, or the club for that matter regarding the proposed 6 figure investment for quite a while now, and i have been wondering why!

Was all the posturing and so called positive vibes coming from DS just a piece of ' P R ' and did he really encourage new investment? anyway look like the deal is dead and although Orions further sponsorship is welcome it will be used for the day day to day running of the club, not in any way to develop the club from its in reality, poor state.

When i say poor state i can see us no further forward than when we first gained promotion to the SPL and returned to Inverness for our home games, the catering is amateur, the shop is an eyesore, the training ground is a rough field next to the sea 14 miles away from the stadium, whilst it is very prudent to live within our means and not to fall into financial meltdown like some other teams surely we need to create a more professional club and try to increase our fan base.

The crowd on saturday scraped over 3000 which is the lowest league game crowd i have seen there, fair enough the weather played a part in this, and January is always a tough month for most of us, however the trend is decreasing attendances for us and i'm sure the club have seen this.

This season has seen our squad hit by injuries like no other team in the SPL has ever had, long term, short term, recurring injuries its must be so frustrating for the management to plan round this, we will be putting out a pretty makeshift team against Celtic on saturday with Williams not available, Billy Mackay out, Dorran out as well add to this our other players out, Golobart, Shinnie, Hogg, its a crazy situation.

It made me wonder if our poor training set up has anything to do with this problem, we train on a pretty rough field at Fort George with no showering or toilet facilities whatsoever, does this cause an extra strain on the players?

One would think with our chairman being the main land developer in the highlands he might provide some land slightly nearer the stadium to give the team a more professional training set-up, or is the club in the middle of an ego battle and further investment for ICT is not in the plan?

Edited February 2, 201213 yr by caley100

It is going to get jollier soon when we start suggesting some names !!

I have demanded that the names of the vigilantes has to be declared within 7 days or I will be "outing" them all.

Charlie - Aint cahnging ma signature till the fat gypsy sings !!

I meant the year book with Football Times and "the PINKY" stuck down with the bottled glue with the big pink rubber, acquired from the art lessons.

Caleyboy - I think the figure that you mentioned was a wee bit on the excessive side. The rest is accurate !!

7th day IHE - can we look forward to an exclusive later today? WARNING - watch out for incorrect statements or you'll be on yer bike and you could be pedaling up hill!

Edited April 14, 201213 yr by caleyboy

I may have to look at anagrams Ad of course they are not statements of fact they are merely "stabs in the dark" - which sounds a bit savage.

You're nearly as slick as Charlie Bannerman when it comes to avoiding the question

Could that be the Swiss Branch by any chance?

Could that be the Swiss Branch by any chance?

More likely to be the governing body for curling in Scotland

Swiss branch eh

Someone's getting close.......

Yip all I need know his a double MacDonalds, preferably one that was reared beside me in the Howden End, driven by a racing car manufacturer and the gears may then be well enough oiled to slip in an old face to the steering wheel - the stars are the limit !!

Swiss branch eh

Someone's getting close.......

Well the hills are bigger over there.

I wonder if the Muirfield Mills is anywhere Morven's Way !!

C'mon - let's expose these rich CaddyJeggie's once and fer all. :sherlock:

Edited April 15, 201213 yr by caleyboy

They are Paul MacInnes, based in Abu Dhabi; Richard Hillier, Switzerland; Graham Rae, Houston, Texas; and Alan MacPhee, Yemen. All are from Inverness. The fifth member is not on the Trust, but is also from Inverness.

Source:

http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Consortium-quartet-join-ICT-Trust.htm

Wow - they must be important - they are using pseudonyms !!

Which SPL sides do they all support as Dougal would refer to Mr. Smith as an Orc !!

Like the Their consortium, which has injected an initial £250,000 into Caley Thistle last month.

Initial implies there might be more. Doesn't it?

Just to clarify (for those not already aware) the Trust talked about in the article is NOT the Supporters Trust.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

Glad its all finally out. I have known them all for years and they are down to earth, fine men. No need for conspiracy theories!!

Glad its all finally out. I have known them all for years and they are down to earth, fine men. No need for conspiracy theories!!

Right........ and which one of the five are you then?

Glad its all finally out. I have known them all for years and they are down to earth, fine men. No need for conspiracy theories!!

No fun without them, though! Conspiracy theories are the stuff of forums......even football ones...so don't expect them to ameliorate any time soon!

Seems to me that if you are going to have people injecting money into ICT, regardless of whether they get anything out of it for themselves or not, you are much better off with people who have Inverness family connections than with Craig Whyte types.....if only for the fact that it is more likely that they aren't going to take the proverbial....because, while they might be out of the direct firing line, being overseas based....their relations in Inverness won't be.....and relations can kick arse with the best.

If we all had the spare cash wouldn't we all do the same, not specifically for personal aggrandisement, but to help out our team while at the same time protecting our investment. The only time, imo, that people might hand over money without having overview as to how it is used is if they win the Euro Lottery and have money to burn.......if you earn it by the sweat of yours (or your employees') brows....why would you want to hand it over to others to possibly waste?

No idea what the Inverness Caledonian Trust is about tbh...but I don't feel that the first comment on the article in the link provided to the Courier is helpful at all.....and is edging towards a conspiracy theory on the same lines as the Illuminati/Bildenburg/Freemasons/ nine-eleven/the moon landing was a hoax/ New World Order ones, but one with more local impact than world relevance.

Glad its all finally out. I have known them all for years and they are down to earth, fine men. No need for conspiracy theories!!

Right........ and which one of the five are you then?

Wish I had some spare cash myself!

Very interesting to see these people join the "Trust" board.

Is this the "Trust" which took over the stadium/club debt some 10 years ago?

The article makes the objectives of the trust reasonably clear but does anyone know what they have actually done since formation?

Glad its all finally out. I have known them all for years and they are down to earth, fine men. No need for conspiracy theories!!

Right........ and which one of the five are you then?

There we go ... only 4 named ... the 5th still a mystery so that should be enough to keep the conspiracy theorists going .... a couple of the names sound familiar but I cant say I know any of them so will go into it with an open mind, and the benefit of others' opinions who have more knowledge than I .....

Caleyboy - yes I believe it is, but have no idea what the answer is to the other part of your question

Very interesting to see these people join the "Trust" board.

Is this the "Trust" which took over the stadium/club debt some 10 years ago?

The article makes the objectives of the trust reasonably clear but does anyone know what they have actually done since formation?

A subject that's been done to death over the years (largely by myself) but I believe all the question on stadium ownership etc have been answered and there comes a point when going over old ground does nobody any good and you need to draw a line under previous events and look forward. That's not to say we need forget or ignore them, just view them as lessons for the future....be that good or bad, what to do or what not to do.

Yeah, the Trust has been dormant pretty much the entire time it has existed and it was never used as we were previously led to believe it would be, but it looks like there's a desire to breath some life into it now and it's maybe better to judge it, and those involved (especially the new faces), on where it goes from here.