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i find not knowing where the next goals going to come from refreshing not the i dont know where its going to come from, as in i think it wont happen, but where will it come from a header, a long range strike, a well worked passing move or a penalty (the latter less likely), but i always feel we have a goal in us.

Agreed it's a dispicable crime but what about the players that spit on opponents ? Maybe a 6 Month ban from football grounds should apply to them also .

To take your list ....... and add the ICT strikers (plus Higdon and Skacel) in the relevant spots .... seems like we arent doing too badly !! I do take your point about St Johnstone, and the impact of Sandaza, but the rest of your argument kind of falls apart due to the bad stats. Something similar will likely happen to St Johnstone when Sandaza leaves !!! 14 - Rangers: Nikica Jelavic (now at Everton) 12 - Celtic: Gary Hooper 11 - Dundee Utd: Jon Daly 11 - St Johnstone: Francisco Sandaza 09 - Rangers: Steven Naismith 09 - Celtic: Anthony Stokes 09 - Aberdeen: Scott Vernon 09 - Hibernian: Garry O'Connor 08 - Inverness CT: - Gregory Tade 08 - Kilmarnock: Paul Heffernan 08 - Motherwell: Michael Higdon 08 - Hearts: Rudi Skacel 07 - Inverness CT: - Andrew Shinnie 07 - Hibernian: Leigh Griffiths of your others who you said have been prolific this season ..... Dundee Utd: John Russell --- 5 goals (same as Jonny Hayes who is 3rd on our SPL scoring list this season) Dunfermline: Andy Kirk --- 6 goals (2 less than Tade!) Hearts: Kevin Kyle --- 0 goals (injured since last season) Motherwell: Henrik Ojamma --- 3 goals (only 1 more than Greg Tansey who is 4th on our SPL scoring list this season) St Johnstone: Cillian Sheridan -- 4 goals (1 less than Jonny Hayes who is 3rd on our SPL scoring list this season) St Mirren: Steven Thompson --- 6 goals (2 less than Tade!)

I think this offends me more than the stabbing !!!! We have had thousands of negative comments about stewards on here over the years, but anyone who spits in the face of one .... or intentionally spits on anyone in any walk of life for that matter .... is the scum of the earth as far as I am concerned. £400 fine and 6 month ban from SPL stadiums .... he got off lightly as far as I am concerned http://www.highland-...an-06022012.htm

The above link was posted on a friend of mine's facebook earlier today after our loss to the tims, and for some reason it's hit a nerve... This is one of the main reasons I don't go to games when the Old Filth are in town. IE Our own supporters get chastised for standing, chanting and having a good time, yet in the South stand the fans can party and no-one bats an eyelid.

Yeah I've seen it done on the continent and it can be quite effective. Although I fear the TCS version would end up as: Number 1, Ryan................................. Number 3, Ross.................................. etc Yup, we just lack that German sense of fun

Yeah I've seen it done on the continent and it can be quite effective. Although I fear the TCS version would end up as: Number 1, Ryan................................. Number 3, Ross.................................. etc

We were incredibly lucky to be able to bounce back the first time - surely you aren't seriously saying that to be in the lower leagues and drawing 1,000 - 1,500 each week (if that) to watch Alloa, Airdrie, Morton et al is the way ahead (or back...)?? Economically the SPL is the only place to be in Scottish Football, relegation again would kill ICT stone dead. How to improve the matchday experience and save Scottish Football? Relatively simply I'd say. Switch to summer football with cheaper ticket prices and suddenly you'd see a lot more positivity around the game. It's hard to be enthused and positive when it's near freezing and you're perched on a cold plastic seat. It's even harder to motivate yourself to go back week after week when you're being skinned so much for the privilege. SKY TV would bite the SPL's hand off to have live football during the summer and if tickets were at a realistic level then there would be much more possibility 'floating fans' would be convinced to take a game in when it is still light and relatively warm. Ideas like Scottys would become feasible as people would want to be out and enjoying the better weather rather than scurrying to and from the stadium to avoid spending any longer than the absolute minimum time outside. It won't happen though and Scottish football will continue losing the next generation of fans and no amount of jovial announcers, Police free games, half time entertainment or whatever is going to stop the slide.

I wish he would start playing the strikers up front though. For the last 2 games in the latter stages of them he has played a midfielder in the centre forward role. It was Nick and against St Mirren and it was Jonny against Celtic. Despite the fact he had Winnall and Sutherland on the pitch at some point they were both dropped back into midfield and Tade is still being punted onto the wing where he is less effective - this needs to change, theyre strikers so play them up front.

At a stretch for live commentaries I can just about accept that, through gritted teeth - and I think you're right, ICT are not signatories to this - but the blocking of Open All Mics is extremely petty and serves no logical purpose.

Well Charles, they certainly don't find the money or the time to broadcast it overseas to isolated folks like Scotty and I and Ronny C and a good few others that I could mention. No wonder that Scotty's service was all booked when I applied for entry. I have now given up bothering to get up very early on match days since there is absolutely no commentaries at all anywhere on the computer or radio that I know of. How could it possibly hurt either the BBC or the club to allow something, anything, for us? Virtually none of us overseas persons are likely to come over to Tulloch on a Saturday, as Scotty has drily pointed out. The BBC also do not allow access to any post-match interviews at any time via the computer, even long after the match, post match videos...nothing. So, how much money does the club think it may be losing by blocking all access to us overseas listeners? ANYTHING? Probably NONE. I think all this talk of rights, blocking, copyright etc is just adding to the killing of this game. And, boy it sure seems to need a real strong shot in the arm of new spirit to regenerate the old enthusiam and enjoyment that I remember at , for example, Telford Street. The music from the tannoy may have been old fashioned and corny in them thar days but I never heard anybody cmplaining that they did not enjoy the outing to Caledonian F.C. There is precious little left of football watching that is natural anymore. They stopped the enjoyment of standing at games, wringing their hands and saying .."it's dangerous" Well, fix it so that it is not dangerous--put in extra barriers or whatever it takes etc. Then they make rules which are not implemented and allow refs to make decisions that are lambasted by the fans YET refuse to allow modern technology such as video, on the goal line and so on, to be introduced. I get the impression that the game in Scotland at least is run by suited Neanderthals with little purpose, other than to put more money in their pockets, little vision for the future and their minds are moribund of ideas and have no enthusiam for any kind of positive change. They are not even willing to try which is the worst crime of all. So, Charles, have you ever raised the issue of overseas listeners, being TOTALLY excluded from expressing their feelings for Caley Thistle, with the BBC and received any kind of positive response about change. Nobody is asking you to put your job in jeopardy but what the heck is going on here? The whole thing is a piece of stuff and nonsense It certainly does very little to foster loyalty and a desire to promote the image of ICT. It's all about money and, as we know, most of which goes to the already well-heeled and not the little clubs such as ours.So, we overseas listeners or fans are the forgotten few and good old Scottish football keeps on chugging along at a snail's pace of development, getting more behind the times, it seems , by the minute.

this is under a new thread as i could probably tie it into several that are currently running at the moment. if any of the mods want to move this to the thread thet feel most appropriate then please feel free :- i would like to respond to a few things that are running in various threads at the moment and felt this was the most appropriate way, i may even bring up a couple of new points for you all to laugh at me over :) 1. I stayed away from yesterdays came for a few reasons. a) i work 3 weekends a month just now and the wife is understandably a bit annoyed at the prospect of me spending my only saturday off away at the game for a good chunk of the day b) i unfortunately cant run to the half tank of fuel,match ticket,programme pie and drink it would cost to go right now. c) the weather yesterday was dire and i didnt fancy freezing my bits off d) i was working with my father in law on his farm to help him get some jobs done(my daughter and wife helped too before anyone points that bit out) 2. owing to a change in work patterns i have had to surrender my season ticket this year as i can ill afford to spend £300+ on a luxury item that will not get used to maximum benifit 3. i do object to the away fans behaviour and attitudes and would certainly feel that this could be a deciding factor on attending a game or not, particularly as i am looking to a suitable match to take my young daughter to for her first game now you may think that the above comments make me less of a fan than you and if you want to think that then so be it but before you judge let me add this. back in october i worked very hard with the club to conceive and organise the armed forces and veterans appreciation day, i have also been working with the cub to try to arrange a team bonding day. this is a link i am trying to forge for the good of the club and the good of the local forces. the club have been fantastic in respect of helping with this and have bent over backwards to assist. we are still looking to organise some things that will help not only the club but the the locals too. i have often endured a fair amount of **** taking from work colleagues for supporting the guys but have always come back with the same response. YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT YOUR HOME TEAM. i may not be at many matches right now but it does not mean that i am any less of a fan

It is folly to call anyone a better or worse supporter than another in any way shape or form ...... we all support the club as best we can and in whatever way we can based on our own personal circumstances. I have not attended regularly since 2003 as a 7000 mile round trip is not really feasible most weekends, but when planning trips back home - unless its for a specific event/purpose - I have to admit to scanning the fixture list for suitable dates and working towards that. Others may live out of town, may have limited financial means, may have other personal commitments like looking after children, or work commitments, or may be younger supporters who cant get to all games because their parents have commitments (or aren't interested) .... and none of us should look down our noses at anyone for that !!!! I am comfortable with my commitment to ICT, with the work I do behind the scenes assisting ICT, and with the sense of pride I get from being able to be their unofficial PR ambassador in Toronto (along with luvgravy of course) mentioning ICT at every opportunity when I go to TFC games, or just when out and about in the city ..... not to mention the sense of connection I retain from having run this site for the last 18 years !!!! I may not agree with the comments posted by some on here, I may not personally like some who post on here, but for the most part, I would not question anyone who comes on here and shows their support of the club

CaleyD I love this idea... Down at Fir Park, there was a great bit of this exact thing aimed towards Roman Golabart. Whenever the guy made so much as touched the ball, particularly after a good challenge or bit of skill, one section would shout 'Goooolobart', with the other repeating replying 'Goooolobart'. It's much the same as the start of 'Oh Inverness' with someone in effect leading the crowd to be repeated before an all-together rendition...

I was not at the Celtic game but I did do the 6 hour round trip to watch the 0-0 against St.Mirren the previous weekend. Cost of diesel = £50, Cost to park at TCS = £2, Cost for Adult & Concession in the Main Stand = £47, Cost of 2 Scotch Pies (no Steak pies left) = £3.80... ...value of an uninterrupted day out with my 15 year old son = £priceless.

There's a lot of discussion on different threads around much the same theme and it is really summarised by discussion about how to get more people into the grounds. Yesterday's crowd was a bit disappointing although it was not surprising given the fact that it was televised. What I think is of far more significance is that only 17,822 turned up at Ibrox today. OK so this was being televised as well but more ICT fans went to the game yesterday than for a normal league match whilst substantially less than half those who support Rangers in the league turned up today - this on a day when Rangers desparately needed the support of their fans. Whilst this (and the result!) certainly illustrate the level of problems Rangers are now facing, it also illustrates a more general problem in the game which the fans are the victims of and can do little about. It is, of course all about money. The reason why the the gate at Ibrox was so low today is that most who watch them week in and week out are season ticket holders and many of them will have felt that they simply couldn't afford to pay extra to watch a cup game. In other words the financing of the game is driving the fans away. It has long stopped being the people's game and is now the preserve of the middle classes. There is a lot of money in the game but it doesn't get to where it is needed. The top players get far too much money as a result of an unholy alliance with the agents, football authorities, TV companies, sponsors and the clubs which pander to short term finances rather than the long term interests of the game. The agents want the players to be paid as much as possible so that their percentage is as big as possible. The TV companies want to maximise their income from subscribers and advertisers and therefore have to show matches and players that the TV audience wants to watch. In the hope that they can get a decent share of TV revenues, clubs have to invest in the best players they can afford if they are to offer a product the TV companies will buy; this means they have to get as much revenue as they can through the turnstiles. The sponsors and advertisers want a return on their money so will pay the big money when they are guaranteed big audiences, And the authorities go along with this because they want their leagues to attract the best players and the TV money. This means that whilst a lot of money comes into the game, it is not shared in a way which benefits the long term interests of the game. Instead it goes disproportionately to the best players rather than to the clubs further down the pecking order who are nurturing the stars of the future. It even gets to the ludicrous position where some of the top clubs have far more players than they really need but they hang on to them, paying them fabulous wages for not playing on the basis that it is worth paying them not to play rather than having them playing for another team and making it more difficult to maintain a position amongst the elite who get the lions share of the TV and sponsorship money. This means that there are less quality players around for the teams in the lower reaches of the game with the net result that the customer coming through the turnstiles pays more to watch a poorer product whilst there is more top quality product available to watch on TV. The suprising thing is not that attendances have dropped, it is that they have not dropped by more. As long as market forces dictate, we will increasingly have a situation where a bigger and bigger share of the income from the game is shared out by the top players. What we need is international collaboration to cap the wages merry-go-round so that more money is fed back to the grass roots of the game so that smaller clubs can keep the better players and so that admission charges can be reduced to bring the fans back to watch them. Sadly, that just ain't going to happen and the downward spiral of football below the top echelons will continue.

Enjoyed the new look match report. What is it with the Foran bashing? At least he looked like he cared unlike others.