The Telegraph had an article where richie said ICT had one or two "billy big times" earlier in the season but the manager got rid of them. Any ideas who he is talking about? How early in the season....?

regardless. A good article found very prominently on Flipboard app...picture and all...worldwide exposure. Also, without googling it, anyone familiar with what a Stakhanovite work ethic is? I consider myself pretty learned, but...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/inverness/9964117/Inverness-on-the-brink-of-the-big-time-after-culling-Billy-Big-Times-says-Richie-Foran.html

Edited April 1, 201313 yr by Kirishima

An over achiever at work seemingly. Well you learn something new every day.....

Stakanovite comes from Stalinist Russia.  Stakanovic was a RUssian worker who was lionised for his feats of hard work and labour.

It could have been some trialists or perhaps the celtic defender that didn't stay long.

Yeah I reckon it was Andre Blackman he was talking about...

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-bad-boy-andre-blackman-1368378

A quick check of Wikipedia shows he's been released from Celtic and is still a free agent.

In the run up to Christmas, the players on Twitter were talking about collecting the 'fines' imposed to fund the night out and there was a bit of banter about who would go and collect all of the fines Blackman accrued.  I don't think they were keen to try and get him to pay up

Yeah I thought Blackman as well, not sure who the other one is mind.

Who was the other guy we signed that didn't stay long? Was he called Andre Martins? Maybe him?

I can feel a song coming on

 

Hey ho here we go

Blackmans got his head in the bowl 

Aye one is definitely Blackman.  Starting fights in training was a rumour that did the rounds as well.  Quite a good player, but obviously a complete twit of a person.  

 

If you look at who else was punted early on, there was Martins, Brislen-Hall, Oswell.  Don't know about any of them, but I seem to recollect Brislen-Hall being friendly with his team-mates going by their Twitter pages. 

 

I think it could well be just Blackman Foran is referring to.

Edited April 1, 201313 yr by Renegade

Considering  no names have been mentioned in the article, this may end up in general nonsense as its purely speculation as to who it concerns

 

The story is more about the camaraderie and unity of the team and mentions that there are big shots at the club.  Roll on Friday night. 

Who was the other guy we signed that didn't stay long? Was he called Andre Martins? Maybe him?

 

Good call you probably right

I concur...twas Andre Blackman, heard the club had fined him several times during his brief stay here.

I heard it was Richie Foran.

I was thinking that description might well have applied to Foran myself.  Maybe not now but a few years ago?  The archetypal big boots.

Who was the other guy we signed that didn't stay long? Was he called Andre Martins? Maybe him?

 

Marvin Andrews?...

Aw dont start the marvin andrews......:-)

I wonder if Philip Roberts is one of the players Foran is alluding to.  There was talk on hear a while ago that he wasn't very popular with some of the players and his attitude was the reason why.

 

I have also been informed, that he has indeed returned to Arsenal.  Supposedly as well, he was chosen to go to an ICT fans social event a while back and didn't turn up.  This led to him being fined by Butcher.

 

I wonder if Foran's thrown a red herring in there timewise and Roberts (as well as Blackman) is one of the players he's referring to.

Edited April 21, 201313 yr by Renegade

He was talking about Ross Tokely.  Since promotion to the SPL, fame went to the big man's head and he kept missing training after nights out with Paris Hilton and was rumoured to be spending £1000 a night on champagne.

I think you mean Harris from Hilton on cocaine ?

He was talking about Ross Tokely. Since promotion to the SPL, fame went to the big man's head and he kept missing training after nights out with Paris Hilton and was rumoured to be spending £1000 a night on champagne.

What in Brora?????

I wonder if Philip Roberts is one of the players Foran is alluding to.  There was talk on hear a while ago that he wasn't very popular with some of the players and his attitude was the reason why.

 

I have also been informed, that he has indeed returned to Arsenal.  Supposedly as well, he was chosen to go to an ICT fans social event a while back and didn't turn up.  This led to him being fined by Butcher.

 

I wonder if Foran's thrown a red herring in there timewise and Roberts (as well as Blackman) is one of the players he's referring to.

 

Phil Roberts is still at the club....

I have been informed that Roberts has left the building.

I wondered about that ... he was always in the squad for much of the season, started a few games, then appeared as a sub quite a lot .... last game where he featured in the squad was 16th February, but since then he disappeared without a trace.

 

We have played 8 games since then, and with all due respect to the younger players I will mention, I would think he would have got into the squad ahead of Gibbons, Polworth, Laing, Christie etc. He didnt even make the bench when we played St Johnstone at the beginning of this month ... and we only named 5 subs for that game !

 

Seems to me something must have happened around the middle of February? My guess would be on some moaning about being a sub all the time, followed by a request (demand?) to play him or send him back to Arsenal ... with sending back being the option chosen.....

Was thinking much the same thing Scotty. Pity as Roberts was entertaining and, although raw and inexperienced, showed a few touches of class. Who can forget half of the Celtic defence sprawled on the grass at Parkhead.

There's nothing worse than seeing players with ability who just simply can't be bothered.  This was certainly the case with Roberts.  Certainly some nice touches and raw talent, but he simply wasn't interested in the slightest.  I still remember him coming on against St Johnstone at Perth at the end of 2012, where he literally put in the least amount of effort I have ever seen from the professional footballer, and I include the likes of Barrowman, Claude Gnapka and others in that.  He hardly broke walking pace!

 

Despite what Scotty says, Roberts was down as playing in an U20 game against Hearts on March 21st, so he was still here at that time.  Not been heard of since though, and I wonder if his failure to appear at the aforementioned social event and Butcher fining him for it was the straw that broke the camel's back.