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Might as well start the topic now, save people posting their dismay on the matchday thread about how surprised and aghast they were about the size of the crowd for an Inverness CT home game. Terrible isn't it, where have they all gone, must be the merger and with County doing so well and the referendum and our poor form and John Hughes and the pies and the car park and well just anything really.

My predictions. 15 out of 18 correct

It may not be pretty to watch at times, but whatever we're doing must be effective. Only one defeat in our last 13 home games is a terrific record. As for the crowd, 2,770 isn't good, but it's higher than ANY of Hamilton's 4 home league games this season, and that's a team who've been doing really well and have the novelty of being back in the top-flight to their advantage. I don't think we'll be 'bottom' of the attendances league this season!

Like Kilmarnock before them, St. Johnstone came up with a plan to frustrate us. I think people who are criticizing the first half performance need to remember that. We had all the play and Graham's goal was their first shot on target. We were in control and cruising till that point, and I think the shock of conceding a soft goal, coupled with some weary legs after three games in eight days, was why we were hanging on at the end. I've got to say that I was generally happy with our build-up play. Christie, Doran and Watkins were interchanging very effectively and finding lots of space between defence and midfield. The criticism of Mckay is completely unwarranted - there were several occasions where he made superb runs but the man on the ball made a mess of the final pass (or, on a couple of occasions, didn't even notice him).

There are people out there with no shoes on their feet. They might be homeless or living in overcrowded conditions. They might have limited education, a thing that we often take for granted. They might have limited access to clean water and their electricity gets cut off for no reason. Even their local football team is all alone at the foot of the SPFL without a single point. When things are good spare a thought for those less fortunate in Dingwall.

If we'd started on -15 points, as Hearts did last year, we'd still be ahead of County after 7 games each!