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I received my renewal this morning and for the North Stand Adult it's £250 compared to £267 last year if renewed by 1st June.

Players approaching the end of their career, regardless of how the playing career panned out must get worried about how to bring in a wage as they approach their 30s. We have a recruitment problem because of our geographical location. Imagine ICT having a framework agreement with local businesses that looks to offer a re-training option at the end of their career with a 3 year temporary contract in the 'non-football' career. The risk of injury prone players could be mitigated by stipulating conditions in contracts that enable 'early retirement' from football. Benefits for ICT; Higher caliber players with proven football capability are brought in. No obligation to honor long contracts while players are injured. Better on the park performance. Good PR. Enhanced ticket sales. Benefits for employers; Cheaper labor than in the market currently signed up for longer terms (i.e. lower long term salary than recruited in the market, by capping salary for example). PR boost from the name association. Loyalty of ex playing-staff brought on from a 'second chance' after football. Benefits for the community; High caliber individuals moving to Inverness, probably family orientated with stability in mind. Benefits for players; 3 year rolling playing contract with security and re-training, followed by a 3 year deal with a business. That is 6 years of family stability. Surely our board and high-profile associates could set up this initiative? It takes a leading Commercial Manager to establish and enable such means. Try it with one player, why not? This is not a novel idea as it has been proven to work elsewhere...over the bridge for example. Jobs for the boys....

As I recall, the initial reaction here is hugely more positive than it was on a similar thread last year.

Football is a full-time job. Players sre well paid for what they do and have plenty free time to study or train for their future. It is not the clubs job to provide them with work when they retire. They get enough done for them as it is.

Or, as we used to say in my youth, "It's no there noo, it must ae shifted"!

On yonder hill there stands a coo It must have gone, it's no there noo

Could be wrong but didn't Macrae get a few seconds at Dingwall??

To be honest if I invest the club I want to be at least director in since many of things about the club makes no sense to me it's kind like playing very complex Chinese Whispers game since whenever I hear most of the new information I am never any wiser. I think I can answer where the £250K went to my knowledge of it both Yogi and Forum wasted all the money on expensive players for why Caley got demoted but to me if I was director of the club I would had sacked Yogi before these problems happen and for Richie I would not fully sack him what I would do with him is see if he could be trained as a coach instead . I heard from my reliable sources that Forum used to if you like to attack players if they lose a match through his bad management skills.