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Robbo and his team seem to see things differently from most fans, He persists with Jordan 1/5 when the consensus is that maybe Todorov should get a run, Although he may see things during training that we don't see. Also the complete lack of a plan B is a concern, there is no change of visible tactics to be noticed when we go a goal down! Also, there is no consistency to the team form, We just haven't a clue which team will turn up on game day???

Not for the first time this season there seems to be a collective lack of motivation by the players selected.

Inverness CT manager, John Robertson: "We were horrendous, quite as simple and straightforward as that. From the first whistle we looked lacklustre, didn't have any energy, any zip, didn't move the ball about. It looked like the players thought it's only little old Arbroath - little old Arbroath showed exactly what it takes to be a professional football team."

Who else has been a good boy/girl this year and got ICT stuff from a Santa? Hopefully Bobby got one of these mugs too! ?

Well, what a day of contrasts. I’ve had a great evening watching Tide Lines in the Ironworks after a very nice meal in Blackfriars. Pre match it was a couple of pints and great company in Wetherspoons. Sadly the time in between went totally pear shaped! What I had anticipated as an entertaining match with some decent play turned into a Sunday league kick about with no quality from us. We were deservedly beaten by the hungrier team and lucky to escape with a 1-0 loss. We certainly had a Christmas hangover and I doubt I’ve seen so many misplaced passes in one game. The first half was poor. We came out firing in the second for all of 45 seconds then got caught on the counter attack and that was that. We never looked like getting back in it. Ridgers was deservedly man of the match. Of the others, only Rooney and Trafford in my opinion acquitted themselves well. The subs had no impact and, with apologies for singling him out, MacGregor seemed powder puff any time the ball went near him. A bad day at the office hopefully rather than anything more troubling, but we have Dundee next so need to get a grip fast!

Well Jaggie you watched a crap game and got no macaroni pie. Not such a good birthday!

The run of Games from January to May 2010 was pretty special. The media had already crowned Dundee as league champions...but a 21 game unbeaten (league) run that started in December put pay to that. What's even more incredible than turning over a 15 point deficit to finish 12 points ahead (27 point swing) is that we finished that season with the fixture backlog from hell (7 games in 24 days during March) and the players never let up, even after we'd secured promotion. IMO, that was the season that kick started the 5 year run that culminated in the Scottish Cup victory and our wee European adventure.

I'm finding it hard to understand that a team that has been playing pretty well recently, who could have increased the gap between 2nd & 3rd to 6 points and who should have felt they had a point to prove after a poor 3-0 defeat earlier in the season at Arbroath, can put in such a truly awful performance. They should have been really up for this game. Instead, it looked as if most of them simply couldn't be bothered. And I don't think I can remember a game when possession has been given away so easily so often. It was like watching a 2nd rate pub side at times. It was just dreadful. Storey was probably the pick of the outfield players. He at least put in some decent effort even if the end product left a lot to be desired. The game was rather summed up for me by the incident in the first half when Storey got the ball wide right and ran virtually the width of the pitch with the ball at his feet but couldn't find a team mate to pass it to. I thought taking Doran off was a mistake - not just because I had him down to score our first goal but because he also worked quite hard and was the one player who seemed most likely to unlock the Arbroath defence. I can't criticise the team selection because it was the same players who did well against Dunfermline, but there must be some reason for such collective ineptitude. The last time we had a couple of poor performances was when the sickness bug ran through the club. As far as I know, there are no such problems just now. Let's hope this is just a one off, because unless they get back on track we will quickly slip out of the play-off places. We may be 2nd, but our points total is closer to Morton in the relegation play-off position than to Dundee Utd.

Arbroath in the first half were happy whenever we dispossessed them to track back and sit in and defend. They didn't seem to want to get forward attack. It was our lack of pressure and silly mistakes that gave them the impetus to get their goal.

Question: which spectators sat through both this and the corresponding away defeat? Answer: the ICT outfield!

? That... was... pitiful. Sad when we lose , and Mark Ridgers is man of the match. Says it all. And for those players who are not signing new contracts because they think they're better than us. Get a grip.

Absolute **** fest that. Arbroath didn't win that we lost it. Only player who deserves any credit is Ridgers with that save to keep it one nil.

Well, to be fair, it was probably better than the 2nd half

I'm sure we can rule out today's match from the highlights of this decade.

Just what a large percentage of our remaining support don't care about and have no recollection of - pre merger kits. Sounds like backward thinking to me.? Room 101 for that then. Maybe try selling hot cakes for a tidy profit.?

Here it is...after much effort and realising it's slightly squint...