Injuries -

Ross Draper (ankle)

Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo (Achilles),

Tobi Sho-Silva (hamstring),

Gary Warren (broken leg),

Jordan Roberts (groin),

Aaron Doran, Dean Brill and Richie Foran (all knee) 

Dani Lopez (?)

No current suspensions (this is due to no player being able to accumulate any points due to being injured. And being injured means they can also serve any suspensions)

Last 5 form (all competitions)  W, W, W, L, L.

 

 

Wonder if Jason Brown will be recalled? Back four, in some order, of Tremarco, McCart, Raven, Brown? With young Gilchrist on the bench? 

Or a back 3....worked well yesterday.

Is the club still trying to sign Adam Straith Canadian defender?  I did hear that he was going to be signed but there was some problem with some paperwork.

From Wikipedia 

Full name	John Adam Straith
Date of birth	September 11, 1990 (age 26)
Place of birth	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Problems with his international visa I heard.

thought i'd put this out there - Alex Fisher is fit again and ready to play.   And was last week.  Not featuring in the squad at all....

He was on the bench at Hamilton. But yes, completely dropped on Saturday, with the likes of Boden and Ebbe making the bench ahead of him.

It's only a few weeks since he was given a contract extension.

another victim of King Billy's return? and a move away from the 'hoof it to the target man' approach of play.

i also think he's one of the players that has been allegedly 'lost' in the dressing room....don't like to believe those types of rumours at all though

I don't know if he's been suspended but from what I gather he's essentially been ostracised.  Heard on Saturday he had been holding talks with a club down south over a pre-contract and won't be picked again.

Edited February 6, 20178 yr by Renegade

What are your roles within the club you two?

4 minutes ago, 12th Man said:

What are your roles within the club you two?

I'm superfan no.2. Other than that, no role in the club.

all I'm doing is posting snippets of what I've heard, what I've conjectured from social media postings, coupled with my own opinions. Note my use of vocabulary- "think" "allegedly" for example....

lots of people post on here from "sources within the club" to the extent that they'd have you believe someone in a privileged position within the club is spilling a lot of p&c information.  I don't do that, if that's what you're getting at!

6 hours ago, 12th Man said:

What are your roles within the club you two?

Do you have evidence to the contrary?  I am only passing on information which looks increasingly likely to be true I heard from a good, reliable source.

Edited February 7, 20178 yr by Renegade

No need to get touchy, you might be ICTs version of ISA for all I know.

 

12 hours ago, Renegade said:

Do you have evidence to the contrary?  I am only passing on information which looks increasingly likely to be true I heard from a good, reliable source.

This is rumour and hearsay cannot be a  good reliable source if he / she passed on privileged information to you and do you have evidence to support your claims ?

It is a good source who isn't exactly known to make up stories. Again though, phrases such as 'what I gather...' are used in the English language when one wishes to show that they are not sure if it is 100% accurate but seem to have a reasonable amount of truth to them. 

If you have heard the opposite re - Fisher though, please feel free to share. 

Just to add another tit-bit into the discussion; Fisher played in the Development match today...which confirms he is in fact, fit.

Warren, Mckay (Brad) and Vigurs all suspended for the game at Tynecastle.

http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/documents/Disciplinary/CurrentSuspensions/Season2016/17/PlayerSuspensions/LOS30 (02 FEB 2017) VM.pdf

Absolutely horrendous that we will have no centre halves to play on Sat other than the kid from Celtic.

Needless bookings for mouthing off to the referee probably counts for 2 of the  3 not being available  

The decision to loan out Jason Brown again looks more short sighted by the day. 

On 13/02/2017 at 4:01 PM, Renegade said:

The decision to loan out Jason Brown again looks more short sighted by the day. 

Isa    

On ‎13‎/‎02‎/‎2017 at 4:01 PM, Renegade said:

The decision to loan out Jason Brown again looks more short sighted by the day. 

Not so sure this is the case. Better to get Jason Brown playing competitive games in a competitive league for experience than playing the odd game for us and sitting on the bench. If he progresses and learns during this loan period, he could well claim a starting place next season.

Kevin McNaughton only a couple weeks off being fit.

9 minutes ago, CaleyD said:

Kevin McNaughton only a couple weeks off being fit.

That's a bit of good news he was playing well before injury.

2 hours ago, CaleyD said:

Kevin McNaughton only a couple weeks off being fit.

Nice one I thought Kevin was one of our strongest players early on in the season, and had he not been injured so  early I think he would have commanded that back 4.

Good Luck to KM but he must have injuries on his mind. One more injury and Kevin could be hanging up his boots. and there could be feckin more - "Ryan Esson is currently in Glasgow to see a specialist over his recent injury woes, Richie Foran commented saying that if the results go against Ryan then Richie will sign a new goalkeeper".

Anyone at the under 20 match yesterday can tell us how Kev played/looked.

Any chance if 1st team action this season, or whats left of it anyway?

Played the full 90 minutes and looked sharp....pretty much strolled through the game and I would imagine he's ready for first team football.