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and I hope the fans, especially some of the 14,000 who went to the cup final and haven't seen much or anything of the club since, take the opportunity to fill them. Surely we can muster at least 4,000 fans for home play off legs and, should we manage to reach the play off final, closer to 6,000. Time for the fans to rally to the cause whatever issues we have with the running of the club.

Being the boring old fart that I am, I stayed in my seat in the Main Stand applauding politely ?

Half those figures and you’ll be closer to reality, I suspect.

Frankly, I'd be very disappointed if Doran chose to leave ICT for anyone else, after the years we have paid him top money when he was almost permanently injured.

As @ymip says the first half performance was pretty rotten. We tried to force our way through the middle of the pitch a lot of the time which was pointless as Alloa frequently had nine men behind the ball and were very disciplined defensively and broke with real pace whenever our attacks broke down which was quite often. The likes of Polworth and Chalmers tried to force balls through to White or Doran / MacDonald cutting in from the flanks but they never found their man. Our best chance probably came when Doran chipped a ball in from the left flank but it evaded White and MacDonald. Prior to this Alloa had taken the lead from the penalty spot when Donaldson bundled over Zanatta and Trouten easily found the net sending MacKay the wrong way. We were lucky to just be one down at the break but Robbo shuffled the pack taking Polworth and MacDonald off for Austin and McCauley and going two up front with Austin slightly withdrawn off White. With this change we were a lot better and started to find a bit of space in wide areas to send a few decent crosses in which Alloa struggled to deal with at times. A Rooney header at the back post was a sign of things to come as Alloa started to struggle with our balls in from the flanks. Chalmers found himself with a bit of time on the left side to loft the ball into the area which Alloa only partially cleared and Rooney strode on to the loose ball to blast in the equaliser. White almost bagged a second goal moments later but Parry was equal to his effort. However we weren't to be denied with Chalmers again the provider. A low corner was hooked into the box by Chalmers and Trafford arrived at the near post to flick the ball into the net. Alloa nearly drew level late on when MacKay spilled a long range effort but was alert to get up and fist the loose ball away before any of the home teams players could seize on the opportunity. There then came a penalty appeal when Graham (?) fell over under pressure from McCart who was clearly incensed and his anger set off a bit of a stramash between the sides but ended with McCart going into the book. Fortunately we hung on. Not our finest performance of the season but it could be a vital win for us. The extra money from 3rd place would be very welcome as Robbo has said already this week. McCart was an absolute stand out for us and a clear MotM. We'll need to improve a lot if we want to progress through the play offs.

That's the spirit!

There was a Staggie do in Dingwall on Friday. We need to make sure that we have a similar but louder Jaggie do on the 26th of May.

Time for the club to pull a finger out and start advertising the games in the P&J again...

I hope the club see the play-offs as an opportunity to fill at least 2 stands.

Royalty Lover, IHE, just showed his Achilles heel...... Smile. From you I will take admonition at any time even if it's added with munitions to hurt and bring to task. Poor Andrew will lead a very secluded "Royal" life --unless he suddenly stumbles upon this site whereupon he will restart his learning process and find out that the boredom of his daily existence will be leavened by the salt and pepper of the lives of the posters on here. Ha! I sometimes wonder if the reason I really come on here is because (a) I am bored or (b) I need a good laugh or (c) IHE never fails to entertain and amaze me. One trait I see in you, IHE, which I really adore is that you are not a nasty minded person and don't ever seem to go out of your way to deliberately hurt anybody?

Nearly every winger has skinned Rooney this season . We can’t sign them all

Before you criticise someone else's spelling and punctuation, I would suggest sorting your own. Why do you think you are allowed to say who can express an opinion on the forum? The whole point of a forum is for all opinions to be voiced. If you don't agree with it, Fine but to deny someone their opinion is a bit totalitarian.

Were it not for the dire financial implications, I wouldn't mind being in the Championship. Decent football, competitive games where everyone can beat every one else on their day, neither of the ugly sisters and some good away days. Just a pity that we are a long way from breaking even there.