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The first of many

It is a bit of a football cliché to refer to the crowd as an extra man but tonight I believe our support could just be the difference between progressing or not. What a magnificent effort by the 'Caley Away' crew who have travelled to Romania in such impressively large numbers. I am certain that the 500 or so will out sing the home crowd and, with this tie firmly in the balance, can inspire the team to victory. Well done to the Highland ambassadors, every single one of you, sing and cheer until you're hoarse and make sure that even more of us can join you at Upton Park for the next instalment of the adventure.....

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That's me home. What we learnt - We badly need a striker who's a good finisher. Does Lopez want to be here? Despite the bite up-front, we've still got the basis of a pretty good team there. Should be top six again and certainly no chance of 'doing a Motherwell'. That was the best game I've seen Nat Wedderburn have yet. Granted, he tired as it went on, but there's a player in there. Think he'll come good. Bucharest is a lovely city.

Hi everybody, I've just got onto this site, me and a few other lads from the caley matches are thinking of starting up a sort of Ultra group, with a bit of noise and loads of colourful displays. What does everyone else think, and who would wanna join in? Just be a few simple flags and stuff for starters, maybe displays at away matches will be better for a start. Like at the stadiums where you can have flags with sticks! No flares or any of that rubbish, just a drum, loads of flags and a mental atmosphere!

Iain Vigurs today was a trialist for Inverurie against Nairn

I actually like the look of Lopez. He seems to have a good touch, and puts himself about a bit. Not too sure he's an out and out striker but with someone playing off him I think he could turn out to be an excellent signing. Not his fault at all, but I think he was too isolated in both games against Astra. The support around him just wasn't there. Hopefully that'll improve when the season gets going.

Agree with the majority of that. To be fair it's not the 1st time our new attackers have been given a rough deal on here. I remember a certain Andrew Shinnie being dismissed as not good enough on this forum after only a few games a few short years ago. Lopez needs to be given a chance, not instantly dismissed as 'rubbish etc.

Hey guys I have a design background and I'm up for making flags/stickers/banners etc, really feel like creating a group like this would be great for the atmosphere and getting a few more people to attend and feel like they are a part of something!

I think Lopez is being given a rough deal here. Ok he has tired in games (I tired just watching in Giurgiu) but to imply a lack of effort is off the mark. his final pass is out because he's getting to know the people around him and he needs to get fitter. Both of these things will improve with time and that's precisely what we didn't have. Lopez is full of praise for the style and quality of the team he's landed with and seems genuinely excited at being here - at least that's what he's told me. I agree with rene about the shape of the team, it looks good for this year and when we gel the goals will come. We need a striker and one of sufficient quality and experience to fit into the team instantly and hit the ground at speed (or at least we did for the Astra games) but they cost amounts of money that we just don't have. Bucharest was quite brilliant, I would have liked more of that but there's always next year and the year after that etc. What a week!

Just wanted to say a massive thank you! This was my first time to a European match and I loved it, from the partying outside old city, best bus 5 and the atmosphere at the ground! Thank you for organising the buses - never had a police escort before! And a massive shout out to everyone who was bus 5! Well done caley ! Love from Birmingham haha :) xx

Hi, I've been involved with the HF05 ultras at crystal palace, and have volunteered for them. Sorry to bring back a 7 year old thread, but has anything come from this??

***** officials no finisher we are in serious trouble what can I say couldn't finish our chances but Astra weren't special as we thought

No LB and no strikers are probs we knew we would have since Jan and no solutions found. This could be a disappointing season ahead.

Find it hard to believe that by the looks of things, we've prioritised another goalkeeper (that we arguably didn't need) over a striker who can finish. Lopez's attitude summed it up for me in the second half where Williams got into the side of the box and drove a low cross in. You'd think most strikers would be desparate to get onto it and tap it home, but Lopez showed no drive at all, keeping at the leisurely one pace he'd shown all game. That's not a 'lack of fitness', that's laziness. That moment has met with a lot of derision from the fans around me and rightly so. He wouldn't have scored if the game was still going on. Also, we need to move Doran back onto the right. He's not a left winger and never will be. No left foot (hence why he pirouettes every time he gets the ball) and his long range shooting isn't that good either. Get him back onto the right where Butcher had him and driving crosses in on his stronger foot.