Sponsored by the Granville, Toich and William Bell Research Society (GTWB)

The aim of the study is to record the apathy levels amongst supporters of Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club over the period between Saturday 18th February to Monday 13th March. The participants of the study will be the willing supporters of the ICT Online Forum.

The aim is to produce a report which demonstrates any changes in the mood of the support, particularly in regard to the levels of apathy.

The levels should be based on the level of anticipation that the club has the capability of automatic promotion, ability to reach a play off place and taking into account the overall performance of the team i(inclusive of tactics) in each game during the stated collection period.

Following every game participants will be asked to score their levels of apathy following the game, utilising the following scoring criteria - and providing explanations in regard to the reasoning behind their scoring.

1 - Totally devoid of any glimmer of hope.

2 = Just about ready to throw the towel in.

3- Beginning to see a shimmer of light but not overly hopeful that the light will develop.

4- Things are looking slightly better but not exactly giving me too high a level of anticipation.

5 - Signs that things are beginning to improve and an increased confidence that it could be maintained.

6 - We appear to be going in the right direction and the continuing improvement gives definite hope for the future.

7 - We are maintaining the levels of commitment and change of approach which eminated from Livingston and things are looking a lot brighter.

8 - If we go on like this we could make the play offs comfortably

9 - If we go on like this we could make the play offs and reach second place.

10 - If we go on like this we could win the Cup again and make automatic promotion.

PLEASE ADVISE OF YOUR APATHY LEVEL PRIOR TO THE LIVI GAME AND AT THE PRESENT TIME PRIOR TO THE HAMILTON HOME TIE TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE

Thanks to Smirnoff and Coke for their support throughout the Research Process.

On 2/22/2023 at 8:39 AM, RiG said:

Pre Livi - 3
Pre Hamilton - 4
Pre Hamilton (midweek) - 2
Pre Dundee - 1

Pre Killie - 2

Up to 2 now, as we currently have a decent record against Ayrshire teams.

 

I am up to 3 after our win today.

Up to 2 now, let's see what happens on Friday if it will go up again or back down.

From a psychological perspective can it be presumed that the reasons for the majority of scores increasing is linked to improvement in overall performances ON the field?

I would say so, but allied to the feedback on what the CEO said on the radio. 

I now feel that it would be premature to end this piece of research until after the Queens Park league game. 

Staying at 5 but my only comment is "Who looked like the Premiership club tonight??"

2 hours ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Staying at 5 but my only comment is "Who looked like the Premiership club tonight??"

We did!

5 for me but only if we show the same commitment and tactical awareness in the league next week.

If we can maintain this form into the league, I can muster a 5.

I almost went to 6 after listening to the Dodds, McKay and Welsh interviews after the game. Those are not the words of a broken dressing room. 

We've had great expectations before on the back of a flash-in-the-pan sensational result, only to have our hopes dashed.

I'm up to a cautious 4 for now.

On 3/4/2023 at 9:06 PM, RiG said:

Pre Livi - 3
Pre Hamilton - 4
Pre Hamilton (midweek) - 2
Pre Dundee - 1
Pre Killie - 2

Pre Queens Park - 4 

Ill stick at 4........going on 5. We really were very good on Friday; although Killie were nowhere to be seen

I feel a bit better after seeing 2 wins. Full squad now available too. 

Probably between 4 and 5 

That’s me up to 4

will need to close after tomorrow's game. Would appreciate you all posting your initial score, your end score and your reasoning for the decrease or increase.

1 before

1 now

Don't care enough to give any reason 😉

Thank you for your response- I will record the statistic in the sanctimonious section 🙄

I will stay at 4 although I was hoping we would have taken something from Queen's today.

It’s a firm 3 from me! 

Started at 2 and as there is still an extremely slight glimmer of hope of making the play-offs, I'm finishing at 2, having reached the dizzy heights of 4 somewhere in between.

IHE, I look forward to your final analysis and conclusion, should such things emerge!

I'm a 2, the light is rapidly diminishing. 

Started at 3, dipped to 2, got as high as 5 after the Killie game, but ending at 3.

We have the potential, on paper we have the squad, but we are inconsistent and fail to deliver consistently.

This could easily be a season to forget that cements our place in the Championship and is another step towards becoming part time, but we could end up at Hampden twice and be within 90 minutes of an amazing achievement by actually winning the cup and qualifying for Europe (no, I don’t expect that to happen!).

Either way, a big decision looms for the Board and CEO that will determine our short and medium term fortunes. We need financial stability but we also need a competitive product on the pitch that inspires fans and retains and grows the local support.

 

Do people really think Gardiner and Morrison are capable of fixing anything?  If so, on what do you base that opinion?