The Caley Thistle Way

Scott Kellacher was buoyed by the feelgood factor this week and was looking to keep the Caley Jags ahead of Annan. For the visitors, with Charlie Mulgrew gone, it was Tam O'Ware that was tasked with getting the wee Hearts back on track or at least halting their freefall on a bright Saturday afternoon in the Highlands.

The game got underway with Inverness shooting towards the North Stand in the first half for a change. It was a largely uneventful opening forty-five and if anything, Kelty created the better of the meagre opportunities with Dibaga making two decent stops. Meanwhile Inverness were mainly restricted to blocked shots and missed headers as we approached the break. We all held our breath before the interval when Dibaga went to collect the ball and crumpled to the turf. He resumed after treatment much to our relief. Gilmour hit the base of the post just on the break as a grateful Adams grabbed the ball after it bounced off the post and then hit him on the arse before he grabbed it. Alas Dibaga was unable to continue in the second period with young Szymon Rebilas taking the gloves.  We still failed to trouble Adams after play resumed and it was no surprise when we went behind with Kelty looking much faster when they broke forward compared to our pedestrian approach. McCarvel raced through to slot home ten minutes from the end before Cole tied up the points with our defence in disarray. A thoroughly disappointing afternoon with little entertainment value. Let's hope Calum Jones puts on a better show in Bar94.

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FULL TIME 0-2

After last weeks win at Cove, this was a massive disappointment. The only thing in our favour was that Annan lost as well and they remain three points behind us.

It's the Caley Thistle Way; one step forward and two steps backward. Another difficult game next week away to Stenhousemuir.

Scott Kellacher lamented: “We didn’t start well, and we didn’t work anywhere near hard enough like we did when we won at Cove last weekend. “This is really frustrating – there are no excuses for that. “We might not play well, or some things don’t come off in play, but we need to work much harder. 

Speaking about Dibaga’s injury, boss Kellacher added afterwards: “Musa has pulled his hamstring – there is no way he could have carried on. “We had to put young Szymon in goals and it was a big ask for the kid. “We will see what the physio says about Musa.”

Smokies up as Champions 

Pos	Team	Pld	Gd	Pts
1	Arbroath	33	23	63
2	Cove	33	16	52
3	Stenny	33	4	49
4	Queen of Sth	33	1	48
5	Alloa Athletic	33	8	47
6	Kelty Hearts	33	-5	40
7	Montrose	33	-6	39
8	Inverness CT	33	2	36
9	Annan Ath	33	-27	33
10	Dumbarton	33	-16	16

Highlights from Kelty Hearts TV

Caley100 said on CTO: We did not deserve anything from that performance... nothing!  Terrible passing, no clue,  no passion, no pace...nothing.    Very sad to have seen this from us. 

Howdenender on CTO: Well, in a season full of poor performances, that just about takes top spot! Against a team who conceded 6 goals to bottom side Dumbarton last week we put them under no pressure, played at a pedestrian pace  and got what we deserved. We are a full time outfit in a league full of part time dross,  you only need to look at how Arbroath have run away with it to see that, and Kelty Hearts are a truly dreadful team, but we seem incapable of putting any distance between us and relegation play off place. 

Alan on CTO: I can't really add to the previous comments as they have described exactly how the team performed today. No idea how to break down a packed defence or how to defend a quick counter attack 

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