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Blimey! This makes it onto my list of "newspaper stories I never expected to see".

Issuing shares actually has no bearing at all on the reported loss - but it was a vital source of cash that enabled the loss to be accomodated without unpleasant consequences. Sorry, I should have been more specific as I was referring to the overall balance sheet situation and not the P&L account. We seem to be fortunate that we have people willing to invest substantial sums each year to save a crisis. The question is - How long can this continue?

I actually think one of the major elements of what is a multi dimensional problem is the religiously and politically divided nature of society in Scotland's most densely populated west central area. This has created an environment for rival population groups to polarise around two neighbouring clubs which have therefore artificially become large enough to acquire a critical mass which then drags in further fans from right across Scotland. As a result of this unnatural skewing of football support, local clubs such as ICT and many others are under supported within their local areas because of the all too familiar widespread support for the Old Firm, much of it for the reasons stated above. But yes, 40 "senior" football clubs for a population of 5 million is also too many. But then if you further extrapolate that argument, is the location of two top division football clubs within an immediate area which has a population of less than 200,000 also excessive??

Bottom line is that we need more bums on seats, and on Saturday I think anyone could have reasonably expected more to turn up. Smee, the movie analogy doesn't work. Any blockbuster movie (or any globally famous band) has a far greater reach than us, and can set the ticket price knowing that they will get millions buying the product. Comparing a one off ticket price for a concert that would last for an couple of hours to a season or so's worth of football, is curious in its logic. With the greatest of respect to you, for ICT that ain't never going to work. Reduce the prices and the figures just don't stack up. There is a case to say that the match day experience could be better and therefore offer more value, but price deduction, no. There is, by the way, an amazing amount of work going on by the club and others to improve the experience; the football's better, the league is more compeditive, fans are more involved. Maybe you might want to add your ideas.

Why is Scott Mathieson not listed in the poll?

A couple of league positions below where we were aiming for, poor cup performances, vastly increased medical bills, loan players kept on after January and more added to cover injuries....I was expecting loses to be far worse than they were!!! I've not had the opportunity to look at the accounts yet, but I believe that despite the increased losses, the balance sheet is looking healthier and that's the most important thing. Not sure who did the article for the BBC, but they were either trying to sensationalise the story by reporting it the way they did, or they have a complete lack of understanding when it comes to reading a set of accounts and should not be putting pen to paper on topics which they clearly don't fully understand.

Wellllll.........................it says on Wikipedia is a Scottish association football player, who has played either as an attacking midfielder or as a striker.................hmmmnnnn

It's often said that "if" is the football fan's favourite word. But here's something to consider. IF we'd held onto our 1-0 leads in the home draws against Killie, Aberdeen and St Johnstone, all of which we could or should have done.......we'd be top of the SPL.

As I've said many times before. We are a small club in a 'big' league punching above our weight. We don't have the punters through the turnstiles to sustain high SPL wages and will always struggle to make ends meet.

3,000 attendance from a population of 60,000 i.e. 5% isn't actually bad. The overall problem is that Scotland is trying to maintain 40 football teams on a population of 5m ... compare to England where 50m are maintaining (or not) 150 or so including the Conference.

Caley D said it straight. The club cannot afford it. Would it shock you to learn that the club spent 100,000 pounds on hospital operations for players over the last year? This club looks after their players very well indeed and I have no doubt that they use the top surgeons in the land.Mr Hogg went to London for his serious procedure did he not? And that figure is an indisputable fact from highest authority. It's the equivalent of maintenance for you car and an expense that can't be avoided . Do the mathematics. How many fans would need to come through the turnstyles to cover a total annual bill like that over a fiscal year? Truly it is a very vexing situation for the club to be in. If the fans won't support the club in greater numbers then there must be the possibility of lowering standards. And operations ,possibly, in a lower division. And since the club has finally managed to put a very good team on the park, what more can anyone expect from them when the money isn't there to buy high -priced players who may not fit in anyway. I do wonder what the club's loss will be at the end of the current fiscal year? If a fan can't afford to go to every home match then why not every other match-i. eonce per month , but it has to be a commitment.y not go every two weeks-that cuts their annual bill in half and surely makes it afforodable

All the more reason to win on Wednesday and get through to the semi final!

LOL

ICT have one of the busiest and most successful Community Departments in Scotland and our guys are out doing school visits etc most days (including weekends). A survey was done a little while back that compared community effort by clubs and ICT stood out massively in terms of what they were achieving from the budgets available. Despite that I am sure they would love to be doing more....but that would involve spending more and they just don't have it. You talk about the club doing more to "interconnect with the ordinary people of the town".....how about the "ordinary people of the town" stop expecting everything handed to them on a plate and at least try and meet the club half way on stuff. It does my napper in every time I see one of these threads where it's "WE WANT, WE WANT, WE WANT" or "This is so vitally important"....aye, vitally important until someone asks people to volunteer a bit of time or whatever and then silence and nobody to be seen. I'm not religious, but the sentiments of the saying "The Lord helps those who help themselves" I agree with entirely. Inverness has a more successful football team than it deserves based on what they city gives back.....if people want more/better then they need to play their part in providing the help and resources to make that happen.

What about a Raffle on the grand scale of the team over the bridge? First Prize. This is a 7-day cruise (7 days and 6 nights) aboard the brand new Dixie Belle of the Gypsy Queen Line. All flights, transfers, lodging, food and drink (even one dinner at the captains table as his personal guest!) are included in the prize!