http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20806644

 

It comes as not surprise at all that Terry is not planning any signings in January. We're doing well and don't have any money anyway.

 

But he then caveats that by adding "If someone goes for whatever reason then we can look to replace."

 

Is that a bit ominous, or am I just reading too much into it?

Bringing in new faces would ruin things im sure. ICTs BIGGEST attribute in years gone by, was the fact they kept faith with the players they had, and only tweaked the squad here and there.

There is always the possibility that some club will come in with an offer for one of our players that is simply too good to turn down.  It makes sense to acknowledge the possibility and it may well be that other clubs have been  sniffing around - indeed I would be very surprised if they hadn't.

Interesting that Butcher mentions signing Billy McKay up on a new deal.  I thought he was already signed up for next season.  Positive to see (as was reported in this and one of the newspapers), that Butcher's very confident of signing the Shinnies up for next season and says to expect an announcement in the coming days. 

 

Not too fussed about the possibility of no new signings though really.  The only area I can think of where there's little cover for no is at centre-back.  I know Cooper's on the bench, but he's only young and there seems to be little sign of a return for either Hogg or King.  Bring back Golobart!

Edited December 20, 201213 yr by Renegade

True. We are not in a position to ignore any reasonable offers that may come our way.

True. We are not in a position to ignore any reasonable offers that may come our way.

That sort of mentality is how I ended up getting married. :D

If a club offered half a million pounds for Billy macKay should the club accept it./

 

I think they would be hard pressed to refuse it. When you're in your hay-day that's when you make your moves....eh?

I am very reliably informed that the "togetherness" of this bunch of players WANT to win something at Inverness AND the thinking is that this is the season to do it.

Yip, it's all about the TogetherNess. Stronger together, weaker apart.

Not complaining. No need to change what is already a team that is playing at its best. Most important thing is hanging onto the likes of Billy and The Shinnies. Even try and get them secured for beyond this season. 

If a club offered half a million pounds for Billy macKay should the club accept it./

 

I think they would be hard pressed to refuse it. When you're in your hay-day that's when you make your moves....eh?

No! Since I finished work for Christmas earlier, Mr Glenfiddich has tried to stop me from working with numbers, but I would still think that we'd require more than that for Mr McKay. The way I understand it, 6th place to 2nd is about 7.5% of the SPL fund, or over £1.3M, so if he can make that difference for us, he's worth (at least) that £1.3M by the end of this season alone.

How much could the club make from (potentially) winning the treble?

I kinda did a quick sum up in my head the other night of what I thought a top 3 finish and 2 cup semi finals could be worth in terms of additional revenue to the club and it fell in to the £1 Million mark.  When you then factor in potential future income from europe and the likes, as well as increasing the value of the clubs "stock" in terms of attracting sponsors etc, then it's not beyond the realms of possibility that you could then be looking to at least double, if not treble, that guestimate.

 

Don't think it would be too far off the mark to suggest that the treble would more than double the clubs turnover.

I know financially things are tight so thats probably why there are no plans to bring anyone in. However, I do worry about injuries as we dont have a lot of experience on the bench. Praying that we dont lose MacKay but hopefully the thought of the games to come cups etc will persuade folk to stay.

We've got a few on the verge of coming back, so not overly concerned about cover.  Butchers comments on the winter break being like a new signing, I believe, were in reference to getting some of these guys back.

George Brislen Hall has been released.

That's a shame.  I thought he was quite promising from what I saw of him.

Tyrone Smith ‏@TyroneSTV

George Brislen Hall has been released by #inverness he made no 1st team appearances for the Caley Jags

 

Tyrone Smith ‏@TyroneSTV

#inverness won't be extending George Brislen Hall's contract beyond his current deal which expires at the start of January

He was only on a 6 month contract and, as far as I am aware, we don't know who's decision it was not to extend that.

Was never going to dislodge anyone due to how well we were playing. The boy was needing first team football and as long as we were playing well he was never going to get a chance. 

True. We are not in a position to ignore any reasonable offers that may come our way.

I disagree what with our upcoming European campaign ;-)

The best thing that could happen for us in January is for the likes of the Shinnies, Draper, Warren, Meekings etc to sign two or three year contracts. That'd be a boost that'd be more welcomed for me than new short term signings. This team is special and the sooner they all commit for another couple of years, the better. 

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Got to agree with ferben. We may well need additional cover for our first European games. These will be played before the window opens so it'd be good to have them in place sooner.

Got to agree with ferben. We may well need additional cover for our first European games. These will be played before the window opens so it'd be good to have them in place sooner.

We play Celtic on 9th Feb, that's 3 days before they face Juventis.

 

I doubt if they'll field their best 11 and risk any injuries.

 

Just thinking out loud.