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Look forward to seeing the Young Team at Motherwell. Always good to have folk who get behind the team

Did Asda send Willie Good-David for work experience to Aldi?

I've read this thread and the Ryan Williams thread and they both have posts complaining that now we have "too many" midfielders. I totally agree that we need players in other positions but who said we didn't try and aren't still trying. What's the point in signing a player if they aren't any good or better than what we have. I am looking at any addition as a positive, especially if they add quality to the squad. I've read this forum for a while and fans on this will find just about anything to complain about and I just don't understand why!

Perhaps he was one of those on the bus who behaved and feels he has been unjustifiably punished for the conduct of others...

Three reasons we are unable to sign up players on long term deals :- Agents, Agents, Agents !

I wonder if anybody will be brave enough to take a smoke bomb to the meeting

As someone who has been travelling to the majority of away games for the last four seasons, most of which have been using the bus provided by CJT I am completely bamboozled as to why they have taken the decision to prevent me from travelling to Motherwell. I have never had any issues with CJT before and am really quite angered after giving my service to them for so long. It is the young fans who kept the bus going at times as we have already seen when we never went to Celtic or Mitherwell earlier this season they failed to even run a bus due to such low numbers. I am now completely discouraged by travelling on this service in future and it seems to me they have really shot themselves in the foot on this matter. I don't know why they think they have the right to prevent fans from travelling to an away game when our numbers are so low.

Agreed, let us all be pleased that he will be with us at least until the next window. The professional way he has conducted himself this week, since the furore, indicates that he is at least content to be still with us. Good news. Hope he celebrates with a trade mark, thunderbolt goal (or more), against 'Well on Saturday.

Think yogi is gradually working his way towards a 1-9-0 formation with the 'keeper being flexible enough to help out the midfield now and again..

At least now we can concentrate on the more important issues like the supporters bus and pyrotechnics.

The Gellions bus - Jut what these youngsters need - Role Models

Hi, Cambridge fan here and just want to say you are getting one heck of a player and a top fella. The press are listing Liam as an attacking midfielder but he has played just about every position for us. I'd say his best position is a deep lying centre mid or centre def. As his record shows he isn't a massive goal scorer but he has great creativity can certainly pick a pass to unlock a defence. Not afraid to get stuck in and mix it when he has to but certainly not dirty in anyway. He's tall and we regularly put him up against tall strikers when defending corners or goal kicks and he won a LOT more than he lost. He's got a good engine and as you've seen from the video has a shot on him like a kicking horse. We really don't understand the logic in letting him go. He's been a stalwart for the last 2-3 years but a new manager has come in and bombed him & a few others straight out of the team without ever looking at them in a game and replaced them with a number of untried premier league youngsters, none of whom are setting the world alight. One thing you really will get from him is a real connection with the fans, he'll always be happy to have photos taken or sign autographs. Any kids that ask him will get asked if they play, what position etc and he gives a real sense of being genuinely interested in their answers. I hope you enjoy him, he will always get a fantastic welcome from us for the opening goal in our playoff final at Wembley in 2014 that ended 9 years of non league wilderness. Keep an eye out for a U's shirt or two popping up as I've already heard of several people planning a weekend away.

Sneckboy is Greg Tanseys agent IMO.

I think the majority on here just don't know what happened and why. Hopefully an ammicable solution can be met when all involved get together. The immature response would be to not bother turning up.

I don't know about you but I would need a bit of convincing to stay where I was rather than move along the road for double my salary. The important point is not that he had to be convinced but that, whether he required convincing or not, he decided to stay.

Two things. "Elected" just means "chose" and it's not Mo Johnstone we're talking about here. Move on.

Whilst we'd all love to believe that he'd rather be here than earning double and potentially challenging for the league title, I can't help thinking that ICT's statement is cleverly worded and somewhat economical with the truth.

Je Suis Greg Tansey.

Without obviously knowing the full extent of what occurred on bus 3 I can only comment based on what has been said so far. First off I find it bizarre that if there was a prior concern about bus 3 being run with 30 'youths' on it, surely someone with a strong personality should be the bus supervisor, or even split them across all three buses? I don't mean to say whoever was supervising the bus done a poor job, but surely if alarm bells were ringing you would think a water tight plan would be created ie. If it was anticipated alcohol was going to be an issue - bag searches were taken as people got on the bus. With the size of our away support already small it amazes me we still try to alienate certain groups of fans instead of encouraging them to return. A ban for one game to me is even more bizarre than a blanket ban. What sort of message does this send out? - the behavior of everyone on the bus wasn't perfect so you miss the next match? Everyone who is in change of Caley Jags Together to a man ( or woman) has done a remarkable job over the last few years with 3 semi finals and 2 finals to arrange transport for - but I do feel that a lack of youth representation within the group could be an issue? Someone with a different view on such issues and dare I say a less 'Politically correct' view would be a great addition. The joint statement regarding the so called Pyro to me was very bizarre and within seconds of reading it I knew exactly the reaction it would create and I can assure you it was not the desired one. As far as running bus's goes, I have run a few in my time.If you can confirm numbers it would be great and I would run a bus/minibus every week - But numbers can fluctuate so much it can often work out at running at a loss As these young boys done, it could be an idea to outsource a bus to groups. But I guess that wouldn't ensure ' responsible behavior' was enforced.

Apologies for sounding like a broken record but why the f'ck do we wait so long to get our players signed up on new deals? Why aren't contract extensions sorted out the summer prior to a players deal expiring? OR at worst, before the transfer window opens when clubs can sign up our out of contract players on a PCA?

Clearly Aberdeen don't feel like they have anything they should be apologising for and reckon it should in fact it should be ICT saying sorry.

Nonsense, Hibs signed about 6 goal keepers one season, they only needed another 4 and could have had the goal mouth completely covered.

Whilst it was funny to chuckle at Ro$$ County defeating Celtic in the League Cup semi final I find it bizarre that some of our fans would want them to actually win the whole thing. So get behind Hibs and cheer them on to victory against the financial might of the wee team from Dingwall.

SP It's Doofer's Dad. I don't know how many Doofers there are out there, but before Doofer's Mum gets the rolling pin out, I can assure you I have only fathered one of them!

Good on ya Greg.

"Hear all, see all and say nowt, uncle Jim?" "Aye, laddie, that's the best policy the noo. We'll hiv tae wait until the smoke clears so, meanwhile, jist haud yer wheesht. Aye! But thon Aiberdeen disnae seem tae be oor freends ony more, wee wullie. What with continually targeting oor players it's like thon dangerous wee fox whose always raiding oor henrun, so it is. You dinnae shoot him out of concern for his welfare in a tight forest but he still disnae understaun the merit of helping ane anither-- jist raid and wreck more like. Aye! Not what you expect from a friendly neighboor, more like a lurking pirate named Long Johhnie Silver 'cos he's got t he siller and we dinnae. Aye! Sic a scunner, no less. But wait, wee Willie, ane day, laddie, ane day we'll see them aff, so we will. That is, if oor herts are nae broken before then. With freens like thaaat who needs enemies, like? Aye!"

Dear defeated DoninPeace. Go have a stiff drink in Peepy Peeps and tell the flock

That account is a good deal more revealing than the newspaper headline Motherwell fan gets five months for setting off smokebomb which looks as if it may have been written by one of the Young Team members banned for "singing" on the Stirling bus?

A facebook group has been set up for the Gelions bus. Join it and all info will go up there or pm me. https://www.facebook.com/#!/GellionsBarICTFCSupportersClub/?fref=ts

Next week the Tansey about turn.

Wifie first right wants to be on the gellions bus!

There will be a meeting tomorrow night (Friday 5th Feb) at the upstairs meeting room of Dows Bar on Balloan Road. This meeting is for the people who travelled on bus 3 to discuss how we can move forward, hopefully in a more positive manner. For anyone else who has any issues they wish to raise we have the AGM coming up in 2 weeks time. We also have some vacancies on the board so you may llike to consider filling out a nomination form and standing for election.

I don't know what on earth is going on here but I can't believe all the outpourings on this site as a result of the initial posting. As a regular on the away buses I have never seen singing being frowned upon. As the members of the board of CJT seem to be well balanced individuals I can't believe that they would place a ban on 30 youngsters from future buses simply for singing. Doesn't make sense. And if it doesn't make sense it's not true. I look forward to hearing the correct story on the bus to Motherwell on Saturday.

If you are one of those who were on bus 3 then you'll also be one of those meeting with CJT tomorrow night. You will also know the reason for the meeting and the banning order on saturday. The meeting will allow you to air your own views and make suggestions.

Great post. why people can't move on from It I don't know...there's always got to be negative posts on this forum! The clubs announcement on GT staying being cleverly worded? I don't think so...he said previously he made a mistake leaving and clearly he doesn't feel like making the same mistake...he's staying, end of!!!

It is because if we sign players in positions where we already have adequate cover, there is less money available to attract players into the positions where we don't have adequate cover.

Or has he? The Courier are suggesting it's not a done deal yet. Bizarre that there's been no announcement, even on Twitter from the club on these/this new signing. They're quick trying to flog mugs and engage in other 'banter' though....

I had the same thought about Robbie Williams singing.

Yeah yeah yeah but where are we going to play him and who will he replace?

The ICT statement doesn't really clear anything up, not that I was expecting it to, in fact it probably raises more questions than people had before. Bit of a shambles all round really.