Cup Action

 

Its a break from the rigours of the Championship this weekend as Morton head North looking to progress in the Scottish Cup. The game kicks-off at 3:00pm and for those unable to get to the Caledonian Stadium, ICTV will be streaming the match for a tenner.

Not a big change for either side though as these two Championship sides clash in the 3rd round. They have met in the Scottish Cup twice before with Inverness dishing out heavy defeats of 4-0 and 5-1. In other knockout competitions there has been two meetings with the Caley Jags winning them both.

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Venue Head 2 Head

Pld

Won

Drn

Lst

For

Agst

+ / -

Home	17	12	3	2	45	15	+30
Away	14	8	2	4	27	17	+10
Neutral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	31	20	5	6	72	32	+40

Last 10 Competitive Meetings

2 - 0 (H)

4 - 1 (A)

0 - 1 (H)

2 - 2 (A)

3 - 2 (H)

1 - 2 (A)

3 - 1 (H)

5 - 0 (H)

2 - 2 (A)

1 - 0 (H)

 

In this season's encounter Inverness won 2-0 recently on league duty and will play Morton away in another couple of weeks at Cappielow. We have a great overall record against Morton with only two defeats in seventeen games, however, that defeat came as recently as March of this year and here is our match overview. Abysmal, a new low! A stormy evening saw no goals at the break. Todorov came closest when he hit the post just before the interval. Could it get worse? The answer was yes when Aidan Nesbitt drilled a low shot into the net from the edge of the box with Inverness unable to make any headway. With twenty minutes left you could see the game slowly drifting away from the hosts. Sutherland hit the woodwork again and Todorov's follow up 'goal' was ruled out.

Last time out Inverness dominated Queen of the South and came away from Palmerston with all three points thanks to a Billy Mckay brace in a 2-1 win. That was our first win in six games, so nothing to crow about really, but the performance was much easier on the eye than recent offerings.

Morton went down 2-1 at Starks Park after taking the lead through Ledger in the fifth minute but Raith took the points as Morton ended the game with ten men when Lithgow was sent off with 15 minutes remaining. Morton remain in the bottom two after some indifferent performances.

 

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The mystery and intrigue surrounding our squad is coming to a head and our injury list has never been forthcoming. Look out for either Carson or Gardyne starting and hopefully our other 'niggles' will start clearing up soon. Sean Welsh, Tom Walsh, Wallace Duffy and Michael Gardyne were missing against Queen of the South but Shane Sutherland and Roddy MacGregor made a welcome return to the starting XI

Here's Morton's squad from the 2-1 defeat at Starks Park last week where they ended the game with ten men after Lithgow was red carded.

 

Power and the ability to communicate with the outside world finally resored to Chez Kingsmills after what seems like a, bitterly cold, eternity.

What's being going on? Is there still a suggestion that Sergei Baltcacha is about to be replaced by young Steve Paterson?

Yes Robert, he features heavily in our own report. Poor defending and rightly criticised.

 

Morton have sacked Gus MacPherson (on the back of draws against us and Ayr). Not sure if this is good or bad for us ahead of the replay on Tuesday. 

It will depend if they have someone in to replace him lined up.  I hope we can get two wins before they get sorted!

2 hours ago, IBM said:

It will depend if they have someone in to replace him lined up.  I hope we can get two wins before they get sorted!

Two wins would be great but the important one is the league fixture on Saturday with a win in the cup being a less vital but welcome bonus.

25 minutes ago, Kingsmills said:

Two wins would be great but the important one is the league fixture on Saturday with a win in the cup being a less vital but welcome bonus.

Have you got that right this time Kingsmills 

If Morton wish to stick with msnagerial dinosaurs after parting with Gus Macpherson, I'm sure someone must have Jimmy Calderwood's mobile number.

Just wondering, has there been an increase of interest for Tuesday's game following last (last) nights victory over Killie, or would it be too late to book the coach on such short notice?

On 12/5/2021 at 12:10 AM, Jack Waddington said:

Just wondering, has there been an increase of interest for Tuesday's game following last (last) nights victory over Killie, or would it be too late to book the coach on such short notice?

Never too late but bus costs £750

1 hour ago, lizi said:

Never too late but bus costs £750

Cheaper than the train TBF.

Replay

 

It's a Scottish Cup replay at Cappielow on Tuesday night as Inverness take on Morton to see who travels to Motherwell in the next round. The first game ended at 1-1 in the Highlands with strikes from Billy Mckay and Gavin Reilly taking the game to a replay, probably something neither club will relish.

Since then an Inverness XI went out of the Challenge Cup to Raith Rovers on penalties. That was largely a squad littered with fringe players ahead of the big fish which was played out on Friday night. That game went well when Sean Welsh scored a screamer as Inverness beat Kilmarnock in a televised game to go to the top of the table.

Whilst Inverness were slinking out of the Challenge Cup, Morton were also departing that competition as they went down 2-1 to Queen of the South at Palmerston. On Saturday, Morton drew 2-2 with Ayr United with Reilly and Oksanen scoring to tie the game.

League form indicates that Inverness should be favourites to go into the next round, but on the evidence of the original tie, Morton were the ones forcing the pace of the game and deserved a second bite at the cherry.

This is the first of a double header against the 'Ton as we play them again on Saturday in the Championship. That is surely more important for both clubs, especially given our good result against Killie, and for different reasons given Morton's result against Ayr in the bottom half of the table.

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Reading between the lines, I think it's fair to say that Mr Gardyne has probably left the building. His footballing skills will be missed, but his team bonding efforts were uncalled for and disruptive. Would be good if we could draw a line under this and a statement from the club would be appreciated.

Hopefully we have no more niggles to worry about although Manny Duku and Wallace Duffy were not in the squad for the Killie game. However, will we be putting all our eggs in one basket, or will we put our fingers in more than one pie. That my friends is the burning question.

Morton; well we should not be too concerned by what they do, but what we do ourselves, so let's not get too hung up about them.

 

 

 

Spoilsport....

For those south of the border, the livestream is available. The cost is £10. 

1 hour ago, Robert said:

For those south of the border, the livestream is available. The cost is £10. 

And North of the Border ?

Ha ha!! £10. 

12 hours ago, lizi said:

And North of the Border ?

Ten poonds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

So what's the weather like in Greenock?   Is the game sure to go ahead?

Suspect it will be wet and windy, and the pitch can be muddy at the best of times.

Hopefully it is on, as another midweek away trip will not be welcomed by the players.

I’ve just purchased the livestream. 

On 12/6/2021 at 6:12 PM, Robert said:

For those south of the border, the livestream is available.

Despite them saying that, after I have bought a ticket and tried to view it (to check), it says that it is not available in my region.

Will check again later, but may need to make a quick dash across to the Netherlands, where I have just confirmed that I CAN see it 

Same has happened to me  Paid, and now told match is not available in my area (south of England).I guess I'll struggle to get my tenner back now.

An unchanged team from Friday. Duku on the bench, so only Duffy missing (assuming Gardyne “has left the building”):

https://mobile.twitter.com/ICTFC/status/1468291010446962693/photo/1 

I’m on the stream now. That’s a disgrace that they promoted it being available in England but are not allowing access. 

Edited December 7, 20213 yr by Robert

53 minutes ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Despite them saying that, after I have bought a ticket and tried to view it (to check), it says that it is not available in my region.

Will check again later, but may need to make a quick dash across to the Netherlands, where I have just confirmed that I CAN see it 

That's me paid with 'Scottish Pounds' and logged in no problem 

7 minutes ago, Caley Mad In Berks said:

Same has happened to me  Paid, and now told match is not available in my area (south of England).I guess I'll struggle to get my tenner back now.

If you are confident making changes to your system, download and install this - https://protonvpn.com/  .  It looks as though it's available for Windows, Apple, Android and Linux.   You'll have to set up an account, which takes seconds.  Then simply run it (the free version) and decide whether you are going to connect via the Netherlands, Japan or USA.  Connection is instant, and you then look to the outside world as though you are located in wherever you have chosen.  It works a treat.

You have time to do it before kick-off! 

3 minutes ago, IBM said:

That's me paid with 'Scottish Pounds' and logged in no problem 

Sorry, mate, not legal tender