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By and large I agree with you, but I think the tactics were decent for today's game. Celtic play a high line, and what we did was to press them right across the midfleld, try to stop them playing and take control of that area, then outpace them when we were in possession. It worked so well that we threw them right off their game and controlled it from about 15 mins in until half time. Warren's glaring chance came from this tactic, as did Roberts' early in the second half. Had Roberts scored that, then I think we'd be talking about a win or at least a draw, as Celtic looked very uncertain until they scored. Unfortunately, once they did, their confidence seemed to grow as rapidly as ours diminished, and they largely strolled the rest of it, although 3-0 wasn't really a fair reflection of the game overall. Long term, though, I think our lack of out-and-out strikers could make the difference between, say, 7th and 4th.

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Fraid not as many stayed at the stadium

Sat 20 Feb 2016 Scot Premier D Imrie (Ross Co 2 - Hamilton 1) EL 1 T Aldred (Swindon 3 - Blackpool 2) Highland League G Wood (Formantine 6 - Fort William 1)

Why is it so difficult for the club to actually tell us what's wrong with our injured players? I have found the silence this season bizarre and a little bit insulting. Do any journalists even ask the question of the manager or do they not even know who any of our players are in the first place! Apart from the infamous diving Draper obviously. I get the whole siege mentally everybody hates us but we are the fans and shouldn't be excluded.

I have posted this in the ICT Forum rather than general football as I am delighted to say that national semi finals have become of increasing direct relevance to us in the past few years and, with any luck, could well be again this season. Whilst generally a traditionalist, I think the time has come to consider the semi finals of both the Scottish Cup and the League Cup being switched to two legged affairs. If it's good enough for the Champions League, The Copa del Rey and the English League Cup it could well be good enough for us. I see a number of advantages; Firstly, there is fairness to the club and supporters. In the last three seasons we have been forced to play cup semi finals against clubs in their home cities. It's to our great credit that we won two out of three of these but the fans were still out of pocket, the team disadvantaged and our numbers reduced to about 3,000 albeit 3,000 who made themselves sound like three times as many. This season already, both St Johnstone and County have been obliged to play semi final opponents at 'neutral' venues in their opponent's back yards. I am sure that there will be revenue advantages too, grounds are likely to be full or at least fuller. I know we struggle with crowds but I have little doubt that we would fill the Main and North stands and maybe even the wee West stand for a semi final on our home turf and whoever we play is likely to cram the South Stand for such an occasion. There would be two extra prestigious games to sell to TV and tournament sponsors and the proceeds could, as now, be pooled between all four participants and both TV and sponsors would much prefer full stadia rather than the sight of Hampden barely half full even when Celtic are involved. The final advantage is that the National Stadium would be kept for finals which would make those occasions even more special and unique than they already are.

Speaking of cup formats, a couple of matters have made the news today. The League Cup final will be held in November from next season. I like the idea of this tournament being done and dusted before the proper Cup starts There is talk of scrapping replays in cups. I'd be against this Thoughts? Personally I like the idea of this tournament being done and dusted before the proper Cup starts. But I think cup replays still have an awful lot of merit, as the home side has already had a clear advantage without extending that for another 30 minutes and denying the visitors any chance to then balance it out with home advantage for themselves. Plus, replays have a fair chance of being televised, bringing much needed income to clubs like ICT.

Thank you! Especially as it was typed one-fingered from the bottom of a deep well of pre- and post-match Guinness,,.

Who are you calling an inuit?

Two Eskimos are paddling their canoes on a freezing cold day. One of them decides to light a small fire on the floor of his canoe to keep himself warm. Of course, the inevitable happens, the fire burns a hole in the canoe and it sinks. Which only goes to show - You can't have your kayak and heat it.

Cringe .

caley thistle playing well watching game online we should win this easy

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