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Given the speed of your transition from Cheerleader In Chief to Instigator Of Dissent, I would find it very difficult indeed to keep up with you!

At this stage of his career, and given his age, Vigures will be looking for one last big pay day, a good signing on fee and a healthy wage. I would love for him to stay with ICT but it would be no surprise to me if he moves on. We thought we couldn't replace Tansey and Vigures stepped up to the plate, so there will always be a player who will grab his chance when it comes along. I think Robbo will have been thinking that this scenario could occur, given that his contract was running down, and would have been thinking about replacements.

I actually think there's every chance crowd numbers will be considerably higher this season. There was a massive drop off of numbers not just due to relegation itself but fans simply refusing to have any affiliation with the club after the whole Foran fiasco and the shocking way the club was run in the lead up to the end of the season. If you include also the boards ridiculous handling of the season ticket pricing at the start of this season and the subsequent furore that ensued, is it any wonder so many stayed away. From what I've heard and from people I've spoken to, I firmly believe the occasional fans are starting to turn their heads again and giving, even this late run of terrific form, are no longer feeling the embarrassment of being associated with a club that were in a huge mess and the inevitable disengagement that followed, but are now starting to take real pride and interest in the way the players and coaching staff have conducted themselves, especially in the latter half of the season. Finishing on a high on Saturday whatever that is, will give everyone a renewed passion for the club going into next season, and if the board can take the time and really think how best to price and market the season tickets and merchandise for next season, i believe we will have much more passion and willingness from all supporters going into what very well could be a very exciting year for the club

Whatever the result on Saturday, for the lads to keep this alive until the last game is nothing short of miraculous, given where we were in the depths of the winter. Short on confidence, inconsistent and with poor discipline, it looked like the only play-offs in view were for league 1. So while there's a chance, there's a chance. Dunfermline could not deal with the pressure and make a frolicks of it - who knows! In the meantime, we should be thankful that our season has been kept interesting to the end.

A Dunfermline fan on P & B has posted this interview with James Vincent. There's a lengthy discussion of his time at ICT as well which is an interesting read. Have a gander here: https://jordanburtfootball.com/2018/04/20/fortunately-my-gamble-of-having-a-little-run-paid-off-james-vincent-tells-us-what-it-feels-like-to-score-the-winner-in-a-national-cup-final/

lol(a) ?‍♀️

Nor a "dedicated follower of fashion"

Bottom line is that we appear to be sorting the squad out well in preparation for the next season. Presumably this also means that finances and wages etc. are being looked in to as well. IMHO that is a HUGE improvement on the last few seasons.

Please desist from the positivity or add comments to another thread. Can somebody announce that Announcement has gone to General Nonsense ? As for the Kinks - at least CB cant be regarded as "A Well Respected Man". I would have said "Apeman" but I may be threatened with banishment.

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It did go through my mind that perhaps this announcement is in regards to a new signing. With us announcing Rooney and probably soon Beith, could it be someone else coming in that would send fans into hysterics. Someone on another thread mentioned Goodwillie and if he were to sign, I for one would not be pleased if someone as unsavory as him was to sign for us.

Bar me all you like. This has to be the absolute tamest most nanny state moderated football forum I have seen. If I am to be barred I will make it worth my while and publically state that Charles Bannerman is a complete moron Adios

It’s 140 miles away, but if you listen carefully you can hear all those squeaky bums in Dunfermline.

So when is this alleged "announcement" actually going to come? In fact, what's the most likely next announcement? At this time of year, might it not be about 2018-19 season tickets which must surely be due to go on sale within the next two weeks? Maybe the board will even get Gordy Fyfe's uncle to do the official launch? Inevitably, this thread's extremely vague, open ended, unsubstantiated OP was going to kick off speculation, and one form in which this quickly emerged was through "The A-word". So let's look at just how that sinister notion was inserted into this thread. The first to use "The A-word" was Fraz - but only in one of a number of scenarios which were clearly humorous and satirical to the extent that 11 other posts followed in which this idea was not pursued. And THEN we get the first serious and completely unprompted reference to "The A-word"...."Hypothetically speaking" of course - aye, right. And it comes from that one-time Arch Happy Clapper and Cheerleader In Chief for the former board, CALEY D, who not only makes serious reference to the concept but also tells us "it would come as absolutely no surprise" to him. Well of course it wouldn't, given that those he went to such pains for so long to present as The Infallible Ones have vacated the boardroom, to be succeeded by people with whom he no longer has any working relationship. Speculation... destabilising speculation... about Administration is hence the creation of CALEYD and we now await whether this has any more substance than what the rumour machine told us about it some months ago. Donald... it's time you came clean about the nature of your agenda. Some years ago you waged a relentless campaign on here against the administration of the time. Then, by means which remain unclear, you suddenly not only took up the said Arch Happy Clapper and Chief Cheerleader roles, you also waged an equally relentless campaign telling us how absolutely wonderful the whole thing had suddenly become. This also created a conflict of interest, making it impossible to tell whether CaleyD was speaking or whether this was the official view of the club. And now, after you made more departures and comebacks than Frank Sinatra, you seem to have had a second holiday to Damascus, which appears to have prompted the dissolution of your relationship with the current board. And with that, you have reverted to your earlier status of "Caley Thistle BAD". (This may be pure coincidence, of course???) I therefore think it's time you explained to us the agenda motivating the tone and content of many of your comments - on this forum at least.

Major monetary injection needed then to salvage this club and promote a resurgence of past glories. Right? So maybe at this point in time we should invite Blair to comment upon his ambitions and intentions re bolstering the strength of the club. Since by now he will, no doubt, have generated some definite scenarios in his mind as to the advantages of supporting the club financially. And with what actual goals in mind ? Remember Guys, "the tide, if taken at the flood , leads on to greatness" . It's now or never to take the plunge. The risk may be high but with the right investment accompanied by energetic support in other ways this energy could work wonders for this club. The players have shown their passion and energy and they will continue to do so if a resurgence of support occurs. Continue to inject positive energy into this club and the sky may be the limit. ESPECIALLY if we win our last league match of this season. We have a good Manager now so we have to try to support him. And then figure out what the crowds in Inverness actually want? Find it , work on it, ,try things and see what happens. Could be a real challenge I guess. But nothing ventured , nothing gained. The Yanks know how to get the enthusiasm to fever pitch and, yes they DO use Dancing Girls, pulsating marching bands and a lot of "Hoo-Ra". to get the blood going. And it works and the coffers fill up with spondoolacks . so ....? If you don't want that then what do YOU think the crowds will respond to? Certainly NOT water-logged pitches and frequent postponements, cluttered fixture lists etc. etc. Or of course the complete opposite:- wring our hands and do very little?

This run deserves to continue into play offs. Let's all hope it happens on Saturday. Would fancy our chances in the play offs over Dunfermline. Good luck to the team and come on Dumbarton ?

Well done guys coming back after Saturday's late equaliser. Just a pity Dumbarton are unlikely to do us a good turn. Two months ago who would have predicted an 11 game unbeaten run, cup win and 24 points out of 30 in the league. Just a great shame our slow start and the bad run with the sendings off have done for us, we should have been comfortably in the play offs. At least there is hope for next season. Hopefully we hit form before March next time.... I will definitely be renewing my season ticket.

Most definetly - the numpties who give him (& Polly) dogs abuse need to have a long hard look at themselves

The enigma was the way he was treated...

Oh, poor Charles. Please admin, DON'T ban him. I often think that CaleyThistleOnline can be compared to a pseudohistorical British sitcom....something akin to Blackadder....and where would it be without it's Baldrick!!

To be fair on Robertson to me he done really well with a team of not the best players for a lot of them hoping to get promoted this season was not possible because for most of the season we had no player who was a real striker if we had 1 or 2 of them this league would be fully different story and the defence was for a lot of it very poor which none of these things played out well overall. I could be wrong but I do believe strongly that some of the football refs if you like may prefer St-Mirren I did find when I watched some of the high lights of matches that I felt some of the football refs were if you like against caley. To me it may be better for the short term good of Caley to stay one more season in the Championship so money can go up and other improvements can be made at the club.

"Snidey wee negative". Talk about pots and kettles.

I appear to have got my own wee stalker....how cute!

But, just as you insinuated the Administration Rumour on to the Announcement thread ("hypotherically", of course), you thought you would just insert this snidey wee negative, also with its "save my own backside" qualification, on to this one......

Ched Evans/ Goodwillie double signing imminent.

You'd be well suited to a position in politics with your whataboutery and inability to deal with the point at hand. My post was not about whether or not their was any truth in the rumours....it was debunking the claim that they had no substance, by referencing the irrefutable comments from both chairman and manager. On that basis, there is justification for the fan expectation that the board make some kind of announcement/statement to clarify the situation. In fact, to quote the club board (as I have done previously).....http://ictfc.com/news/club-news/1974-board-statement-14-08-17 So they have identified that there is an ongoing issue about their actions (or inactions) in regards to communication fuelling speculation....and they haven't (yet) moved to dispel it. I've never once claimed the previous board were infallible....find a single instance of me stating that and I will delete my account from CTO and never darken it's door again.

All very presbyterian!

Time to rename this thread. Vigurs is not an enigma, he's our best player.

The target laid down by the board was a return to the premiership...so in that regard the original statement is correct. That's, by no means, an indicator of my thoughts on Robbo and the job he's done/is doing.