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We're 3 points from safety and performances/results are improving.....others in the mix have diminishing performances. 9 games to go....more than half of them against teams also in the mix. We need to keep our cool and not do anything rash.....including any wholesale changes to our approach to the game.

What complete and utter nonsense! In fact condesending nonsense. I was a Caley fan before the merger. Didnt have a big club! I go to both home and away games. I go to Dev league games. Im not saying Im more or less a fan than anyone else but my boys (brought up solely as ICT fans) will tell you Im just as fanatical as them!

I thought we would have home games against Aberdeen and Celtic

Carl is leading with 7 goals. Given that he and David ar hugging the touchline for much of the match, then they are definitely offering width. David's assist figures during his time at the club show that he's creating (there's your creativity) and whether Carl is fashioning goals from open play or set pieces (and it's about 50/50 from memory) then You might want to see us playing out and out wingers....which is fine, there's an argument to be made for that (or any other) tactic. What's not up for argument, as the facts disprove it, is whether or not...Carl and David offer width & creativity because they clearly do.

Go on the young lads, best time of yer lives boys.

Well this has really kicked off! IMO the Young Boys bring an excellent atmosphere to games (home and away) and they represent the future support to be encouraged. However, as a supporter of another club south of the border in the eighties, where fans were herded into cages and hooliganism was a weekly occurrence, particularly if Chelsea or Millwall were in town, I've seen how this can end. I was 13 at the time and went to the football with a schoolfriend every other week. After a year or so, he sadly chose the hooligan route and I lost contact with him. It turns out that he ended up serving time for football-related crimes and eventually had to emigrate to Australia to build a new life. I know some of the younger supporters in the Young Boys - they are nowhere near being neds (and nor are their parents) but some are easily led and enjoy the posturing and bragging rights....just like my pal 30 years ago. Fingers crossed it doesn't end in tears for any of these guys.

Initially I object to the sheepshagging reference by PumpFace. Secondly I would say that people who have supported Caley or Thistle all of their lives, ignored the hype and chose to change their allegiance to ICT and continue to support their local team are every bit as equal in fervour as those who do not remember the days of the Highland League. But I wonder how CB would compare the antics of today's yoof in comparison with the days of the Ferry, Dalneigh and Hilton gangs who frequently stood and fought on the terraces and joined together in Away Day frolics. There were no "ultras" in the 70's, there were "hooligans". The Young Team are the heart and soul of ICT and without them the atmosphere at the Dump would undoubtedly be crematorium-esque. Perhaps if they were just allowed to Feckin enjoy themselves without the pathetic harassment of the yellow tits and local plods we would not be having that debate. What they decide to after a game is up to them as long as it is enjoyed with the kindred spirits of visiting Ultras and without causing distress to families and innocent others. They are the victims of their own success. Hey boys - this fleece seeking Grandad salutes you

ICTF since 94.......... C.B may be opinionated but "Obnoxious" is flat out personal abuse. But expressing HIS opinion is his right , whether you agree with it or not, and that's the way he expresses himself . So.? He's unlikely to change now, but are you? You were on here only five minutes, literally five minutes, and you referred to S.P., in your opinion, as "being on something". And that is personal abuse also. The only thing that S.P has been on in his entire life is his hobby horse. He's the court jester who tries to liven up a world filled with pain and sorrow, brutality, extensive starvation , murders and rape, chaos and corruption and so forth ad nauseam. In Syria certain factions are continuing to deliberately target and bomb hospitals in order to wipe them out, for goodness sake. Our food is genetically modified, or chemically altered, tasteless rubbish and global warming is a very real threat to our existence, yet countries still ignore it. I go on the BBC website for world news every day and I shudder to think of what is eventually going to happen to this world if this continues. And therefore I come on here to relax and engage in lively, positive discussion, nothing else. And don't forget that in the days of yore, Court Jesters were the link between the powerful kings of the realm and the other ambitious, lower ranking but often dangerous, courtiers. Picked because they were very intelligent and useful tools of state who were often skilled negotiators and knew how to get and disseminate information at Court without causing deep offence to anyone. Don't apply for the position after S.P dies since your comments are impetuous and unwise. And I don't think you have yet paid your dues and acquired the knowledge and right to be that critical and very personal. As for the comments from one of the above members on here about old farts not having the right to their opinion about Caley Thistle, etc., I went to my first game at the age of 11 or 12 in Inverness and have never changed my allegiance to my football team in Scotland, even if I do live about 6,000 miles away. I just found ways to keep into touch about everything. So, IMHO, my opinion is as valid as anybody else's even if old S.P's memory is flagging and boredom is a problem.

Not sure who you saw, but Carl is in Inverness, not on crutches and just heading out to training with the rest of the squad.