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The club have been running these courses since I was in school!!! seems like a cheap shot by Cunty more than anything else. also, my daughter got handed two free kids tickets for today's game at her session last week.... #prideofthehighlands #thehighlandsareours #foreverinourshadow

First things first, we didn't deserve anything from that. Foran was right to say we were second best all over the park. Doumbouya was fantastic. He took his goal really well and his link up play was excellent. He was consistently let down by his teammates. OFW was also superb, making several good stops. One save from a Considine header was outrageous. Everyone else was poor at best. Special mentions for King (who kept losing the ball and then falling over) and Vigurs (who let the opposing midfield run past him all day and whose set pieces all went straight to the keeper). That said, the ref was a joke. He let the Aberdeen defenders foul Doumbouya again and again, gave the Dons soft free kicks all day and disgracefully ignored Shinnie's hack on Mckay which should have been a red card. He did also bottle sending Vigurs off. All in all, not a good day.

Things started well with a delightful goal after absorbing some early pressure. Then it all went pear shaped. There is no disputing that Aberdeen were the better side and we were generally below par, but it really is sad to see a side resort to the level of gamesmanship that Aberdeen did today. Of course, teams can only get away with it if the officials let them - and boy did they let them today. I don't usually like to criticise referees because they have a very difficult job to do and have to make difficult decisions in a split second. Clearly they will get things wrong at times. But there really can be no excuses for Clancy today. Apart from his failure to stop Aberdeen's antics, he made the most appalling decisions in relation to two episodes in the 2nd half. In the first of these, Maddison was dispossessed deep in our half. He went down and stayed down. In fact it looked as if he was praying to Mecca. We broke forward with some of our best play of the game. We were heading towards the edge of their box with Aberdeen struggling to cover when Clancy decides to stop the game for Maddison. But although he stopped the game, he didn't call the Aberdeen Physio on. Maddison didn't need any treatment and soon trotted off without any sign of being hurt. If Clancy wasn't going to call the physio on to treat Maddison there was absolutely no reason to stop the game. Just a few minutes later, just inside our own half, Shinnie hacked down Mackay and Clancy didn't even give a foul. He waved play on and then actually ran past a clearly distressed Mackay to keep up with the play. Fortunately Aberdeen's attack came to nothing. OFW then kicked the ball out of play before Clancy took notice of our injured player. Unlike the cheating Maddison, Mackay didn't get up and trot off. Instead he had to be stretchered off. These two incidents are not simple mistakes, instead they represent utter incompetence. It is easy to to fault the players when they have a bit of an off day, but it can't be easy playing when you have such incompetent refereeing. Yes, we were 2nd best today, but it might have been a very different game with a different referee. Rant over

Some absolute telt today from Aberdeen to Inverness. A really comfortable Dons performance and an easy three points heading back along the A96. Decent start from Aberdeen but we took the lead against the run of play when Draper lifted a cute ball into the box and Doumbouya appeared in acres of space to steer a header past Lewis to put us one up. After that it was pretty much all Aberdeen with any chances for ICT at a premium. Hayes turned in an absolutely stunning performance and a lot of the Aberdeen attacks were coming down the ICT right with Hayes linking up well with Shinnie and also Maddison who was always on offer when Aberdeen drove through the middle. After a Maddison free kick was easily repelled by the Inverness wall MacLean had better luck when he curled the ball low round the right edge of the wall and inside the post. A really good free kick and it brought Aberdeen deservedly level. The award of the free kick looked pretty suspect. Maddison seemed to go down very easily, a recurring theme over the course of the game sadly, but disappointing that we didn't defend the resultant strike a bit better. Minutes later Aberdeen were ahead. Hayes scampered into the box and Warren struggled to stay with him and Hayes went down as he collided with Warren. There was certainly contact between the two as Hayes clearly tripped over Warrens outstretched leg but, and this is coming with massive ICT bias, I did wonder if perhaps Warren had just planted his leg slightly ahead of Hayes which the winger then went down over. Regardless, I can probably see why Clancy gave it and again it was poor defending in the first place to let hayes break into the box like that. Rooney had no issues finding the net with the penalty. Sadly, given how little we had threatened since our opening goal even at 2 - 1 down I couldn't see a way back into the game for us. However Tremarco saw an effort go wide and Maclean nearly bagged his second when a shot that looked like it was already going wide was turned around the post by Fon Williams. Into the second half and it was much the same with the Dons dominating proceedings and ICT resorting to lumping long balls in the vague direction of Doumboya. Aberdeen almost went 3 - 1 up when a fine cross from the right found Considine in the box and his downward header was met by Fon Williams who somehow managed to scramble it away. Aberdeen then saw a great chance for Shinnie go begging as he sped down the left and was picked out with a fine pass from Maddison however the former ICT man shot straight at Fon Williams. Maddison then paid the price for some of his earlier antics when he went down in the box under a challenge by Meekings and was booked. It was difficult to tell from the other end of the pitch if this was justified or not but given his previous histrionics and because I'm a seething, bitter mess right now I'm inclined to say yes. Shortly after Maddison nearly made headlines for better reasons as a fine free kick cracked off the base of the post with Fon Williams well beaten. ICT then lost MacKay to injury after a bad challenge from Shinnie which inexplicably went unpunished from Clancy. Aberdeen eventually got their deserved third goal when they seized on ICT losing possession after a corner and Hayes broke rapidly towards goal and he teed up MacLean who drilled the ball past Fon Williams to seal the points. A really good counter attacking goal which triggered a mass exodus from the home support. We seldom had a chance to speak of in the second half. A header from Doumbouya had Lewis scrambling to turn it over the bar, Draper wriggled into the box but his shot wasn't powerful enough to get past Lewis and Tremarco poked a late effort goalwards without really causing any difficulty. If we had got a goal back it would have made the game look a lot closer than it really was. overall there can't be any complaints about the result and having read the comments from Foran it's good to see he's not trying to dress it up as anything other than what it was - a sound beating by a much better team. Clancy was an absolute omnishambles today with some really questionable calls. His decision not to at least give Shinnie a yellow card for his challenge on Mackay was bizarre as was his incredible call to allow Maddison to go down claiming he was injured, wave play on but then halt play as we got to the edge of the Aberdeen penalty area and allow Maddison to get treatment. But he wasn't the reason for our downfall today. There were plenty of errors from ICT that we should look to address before the next run of crucial games coming up against the likes of Dundee, Hamilton and Killie. Granted we were missing important players in Tansey and Polworth but our sole tactic of leathering it towards Doumbouya was easily being snuffed out by Considine and O'Connor yet we still persisted with it. Joe Lewis is enormous yet we played high balls into the six yard box most of the time we got our crosses in. as for our free kicks....Jesus wept. We really lack a striker who can play off the last defender and a midfielder with a real eye for a pass to play that hypothetical striker in. As it stands we are quite direct and rigidly stick to that direct style come what may. It might work well against some teams but it definitely wasn't working today and we didn't really have a clue what to do about it. In summary....

I don't normally respond when the OP is so clearly on the wind up.....but here's a couple of links that immediately dispel the nonsense being talked.... http://ictfc.com/community/community-news2/1809-ictfc-reach-their-heart-healthy-goal http://ictfc.com/community/community-news2/1814-community-cup-visits Also...over 4000 kids took advantage of free tickets last season. This was in addition to those taking up the free U12 ticket offer. As ICTFC have now extended the Free U12 Ticket offer to match tickets as well as season tickets then, if your kid is of that age, you can get a free ticket for them any time you like.

I was at the game today and I just can't believe the way that Richie Foran just spoke about the game on the radio. He sounded like he is feeling very sorry for himself and I think someone needs to give him a good kick up the backside before he drags the whole team into the same state. I thought the game today was fast and furious and would also have been entertaining had it not been for the blatantly biased decisions from the referee and the general cheatery from several of the Aberdire players - Considine was one of several holding and pulling down players and getting away with it (just like he did to Foran in the League Cup Final denying us a winning goal then) and Maddison must be related to the ref I think, as he made an afternoon of conning him. As a spectator this is something that makes me feel like not renewing my season ticket as it is so disheartening that no matter what our boys do, the cheaters seem to be allowed to run rings around them. But then I remember that the Caley Thistle team must feel just as demoralised by decisions from officials and the cheating, and I am so proud of my team that they always come back fighting. I thought you were great today boys and I felt proud to be an ICT fan, which is more than I would have felt if I supported Aberdire.

Don't go. It's a pretty sneaky move by County knowing the kids will have to take an adult to the game and that adult will be charged full price for their ticket. Still trying to claw money from the unsuspecting public. How low will they stoop, remember, that money goes into their pockets.

ICT do amazing work in schools. The community dept travel all over the highlands. I dont know the situation now but County certainly did not provide these sessions to schools free. There was a charge definately. The charge was to the school not the kids. So instead of a rant why not contact the club and ask if it would be possible to arrange a school visit?

The community team at ICT do a really excellent job at schools across the entire region - literally hundreds of schools as far away as Skye. Their Footworx programme is run at P7 level for 4 weeks at all of these schools, which is a monumental effort. My son got interested in football because of a visit to his nursery by ICT community guys and he's been in development squads since he was 10 as a result. He is also a season ticket holder. In addition, school football teams can get hold of free tickets by contacting the club. On top of this, they also do loads of work with adults.... So, for a tiny group, the community team do a great job and shoild be commended. It is unfortunate that County sometimes get in first at some schools, but I'm sure the reverse is true at other schools that County might regard as "their patch".

I will be happy with Richie's selection as long as we skin a few sheep

Aberdire in his head and his long sought destiny in the near future. I have always said that Draper + Tansey = CLASH. Swop him for Storey + cash at New Year.

Williams was decent, but the one in the first half near half time was going a foot wide despite him diving full length to tip it for a corner. Save in second half was brilliant. I'm not big on criticising referees, but here's the opening paragraph from our match report. Aberdeen won convincingly 1-3 with Kevin Clancy instrumental in the first two Dons goals. He was probably man of the match as the Dons won for the first time in five attempts. Lonsana Doumbouya glanced a wonderful opener for Inverness but after that it was Aberdeen that took full advantage of Clancy's assistance. A dubious free kick saw McLean level the scores and after another accidental clash, Clancy saw fit to award a spot kick which Rooney gratefully accepted to slot home. Clancy continued to control the flow of the game as the Aberdeen players threw themselves to the ground at will and it was no surprise (or maybe it was) when Maddison was eventually booked for simulation. They added a third deep into the game when they broke swiftly and McLean completed the scoring. One more assist from Clancy and he would have kept the match ball. Unbelievable Jeff! just to add....... Official ICTFC ‏@ICTFC 6m6 minutes ago For those asking about Brad. Initial indications are nothing broken. We'll know more when it's settled a bit and reassessed at start of week

We offered very little in the final third. Lots of wasted free kicks and slack passes. Dumbos goal was well taken and he seems to be controlling the ball better.

Don't like bad language but the ref is a F%&king disgrace!!!!!!!

dont feed the troll

I may be a mere woman but my three boys all attend ICT games and hell would have frozen over before Id have taken them to any County game except a derby! Oh and I think the club did offer to take the scottish cup to Dingwall and Invergordon schools.

Just playing devil's advocate here fox83 ask to sit in the away end and see what your response is. If you approached your school and you all went as a group to TCS I believe you would get in free too and it wouldn't cost you the extra cash getting to Dingwall.

There's no question that Tansey hasn't hit the same peaks he once did after the sorry transfer saga with Aberdeen in January but I'm still a massive fan of the guy. He's still one of our best players even playing below par and the first name on the team sheet pretty much every week he is available. I feel he's almost become symbolic of ICT since his return such is his importance to the side. Sadly I think his departure is inevitable and whilst he may not have been at his brilliant best over the last few months I would still be very sad to see him go. Patchy form or not if he decided to stay with us even for another season I'd be delighted.

I am actually nowhere near as annoyed as i should be if we we're to lose Greg. For me he has been one of if not the biggest disappointment of this season. Given every start possible never dropped and am really struggling to think of anything great he has done this season that stands out. If he leaves am fine with it, even if it is to Aberdeen.

To get back to the positives Fisher and Tremarco are about to re-sign.

Says a lot about football these days when you include the cost of TV sports packages in calculating how much you will spend following your team. Nothing about number of home / away games you go to, cost of travel etc. Just the cost of a season ticket and how much you spend on Sky / BT

I have removed nine posts that were nothing to do with the topic. Please keep to the subject as this is an informative post. All the rubbish will end up in general nonsense, horsing about. The next posters to stray from the topic on this thread will find themselves unable to post on Team news injuries and suspensions etc

Do the County coaches wear poppies though? That's what really matters.

Nice one pri**

So im currently away working and tonight when i phoned home to see how the kids got on at school my 6 year old son who has been to a few games at caley park told me he received a free ticket for the Ross County game next week,Thinking he won it as a prize or as a reward i said well done but to my amazement he told me it was because of the FREE coaching sessions Ross County put on for the kids in school. Firstly well done to County for actually thinking outside the box & putting on these sessions.secondly why the hell are ICT not doing this scheme ?(yes im aware of the free under 12s ticket) nd why are the club letting County encourage young fans who may now rather go to Dingwall to watch there football than follow there home team. My son has been going to an Inverness primary school for over 2 years nd not once has anyone from ICT visited the school or put on any community coaching initiatives in my opinion that is disgraceful especially from a club who has PRIDE OF THE HIGHLANDS as its unofficial slogan. I do apologise for this rant but im angry as iv now got to take the wee man over to bandit country to watch the game.

So are ICT going to Dingwall or Invergordon primary schools old caley girl ?No the club should cement its hold in its home town surely ? get down from ur high horse woman