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I was at the stadium at lunch time and it emerges that the signing of Hogg and Jones (maybe they'll open a city centre pub together :biggrin: ) completes the ICT squad for the moment. I have to say that following the addition of these two and Thomas Piermayr this week, there was a very positive vibe down there today - a feeling that this week's additions have really added a sense of completeness to the squad. Obviously it will take some time for this very new squad to weld together but the appearance is that this has started already and will be ongoing. Longer standing (aged 23+ or so) fans will recollect the time it sometimes took Pele's teams to get going at the start of a season (remember the first season in D2 97-98! ) I really don't expect a return to that kind of scenario and I think this week's developments could be quite significant.

New official website is now in "live development" at http://ictfc.com Why "Live Development"?....well, because we still have a couple of things to switch on and one or two bits of information to add for some areas. The existing site at www.ictfc.co.uk will continue to operate in parallel for a little bit, just until we make sure the platform is holding up as planned/expected. We've calculated for plenty of resources and stuff so we don't predict any issues....but this is the internet we're dealing with Please try not to jump all over us for things straight off the bat...give yourself a few visits to get the feel for the site, then we'll happily listen to any critique you have to offer....and set up a suitable vehicle for that to take place. One of the main projects we're still working on, but hope to complete before the end of the weekend, is the player/match stats. This is a project that has been ongoing for years and we're on the final leg of getting it complete. It's taken (literally) hundreds of hours to input all the data so far and the finish line is in sight. The other item near the top of the list is tidying up and revamping the layout of the online shop....again, should happen within the next couple of days. Scotty is taking a well deserved break this weekend, so I'm on my own and will be busy at game tomorrow....so please take it easy on me!!!

That's pretty much everyone needed to replace the ones that left. Grant Munro - Tom Aldred Russell Duncan - Greg Tansey Max Johnson - Ed Baldy? Chris Innes - Josh Meekings Eric odhiambo - Billy Mckay Stuart Duff - Thomas Piermayr Dani Sanchez - Andrew Shinnie Adam Rooney - Gregory Tade Roy Mcbain - Owain Tudur Jones Chris Hogg - Chris Hogg Aaron Doran - Aaron Doran Stuart Golabek and Gil blumenstein really didn't need replaced but can be replaced by young players such as Andrew Greig and Tom Smith etc. Looking very promising this season...

I was hoping for a um.. what do you call it.... a goalscorer! Happy with the 3 signings made this week but we need 1 more up front and we will be fine I reckon.

I agree with this, I no longer have any fears for the defence and all those worries of us in a relegation dog fight this season are now over. We have actually managed to put together a pretty decent squad this summer. Our only weakness now i would say would be upfront but thats purely down to me not seeing Tade or McKay enough. Roll on saturday!

I know he hasn't played for us, but, if we include managers, Terry Butcher Singapore

With the signings Terry has made this summer, along with his ruthless disposal of our native stalwarts, the outcome of this ethnic cleansing is that we can expect to see ICT lining up with Scottish players very much in the minority. I would say that Esson, Tokely and Ross are the only Scots to have a pretty much guaranteed starting place. This is surely the most international team we have ever had, and a far cry from just a few years ago when non-Scots were a rarity. Is this a sign of progress? (PS There's a red dot coming to anyone who comes out with the entirely predictable "It doesn't matter where they come from, so long as they are good enough" blah blah blah)

CD on the wind up again then. Where are those red dots.