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must be the weather we obviusly needed a Toddy

Look on the bright side. They’ll be dancing in the streets of Elgin In the pishing rain till daybreak.

It's just copied from England same as everything wee nik does she just leaves it a week or so wee Charlatan! This season we should as a club bin the lbgt and blm issues and start flying the union jack maybe get a few images of the Queen about the ground get the troops motivated! Think ill email these ideas to Gardner and Coop the dug another idea would be playing motivational tunes before the kick of like dambusters and my favourite god save the queen!

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Agree with Robert's line up save for playing Sutherland ahead of Storey. @Moogthurso I don't think we're good enough to only line up with 10 players

Watched from the A9. Whilst a friendly, it was our last one before competitive action. I was concerned today with our defensive frailties and lack of creativity going forward. Early doors but my observations as I saw it today. Defence. Deas needs to play CH. Toddy is not a CH. Devine was a bit suspect. Fyffe and Harper both did well. Allardice did okay but doesn't offer a lot (Trafford on his bad days). Missed a driving midfielder like Carson today. Welsh was our mom. Magregor is wasted out wide, had a very quiet game. Storey was he usual, 1st half when wide would create space then mess up his shot or cross. When up front, struggled to do much, would lay of when he had time to turn. Keatings had some good turns, passes but doesn't offer enough as a number 10. Think we really miss someone to run beyond the striker and gives us depth/trouble the oppositions centre halfs. Toddy did okay first half up front. Took his goal well. Dan Mackay wide left, came on a fluffed a great chance straight away but thought he looked sharp. Sutherland was pretty anonymous out wide. Brad came on at half time and was solid enough. Poor performance all round, City looked slicker going forwards and organised at the back. Very concerned for Tuesday night. Highlight of the day was a drunk Elgin fan going for a pee in the bushes, slipping, sliding down the hill and ending properly lodged upside down in the bramble bushes. Amazing moment!

It’s hard to tell yet, but if everyone is fit and we make no more signings, I would try: Ridgers Mckay Devine Deas Harper Welsh Carson Doran Keatings Mackay Storey

And so the usual doom and gloom from some posters begins. This is a pre season friendly to build fitness and played in dreadful conditions, the result is largely meaningless.

In a cinema you can't catch covid from the thespians declaiming loudly in front of you 😷

Be interesting to see the line up. Maybe give an indication to his preferred starting line up or at least back 4. Few players haven't featured yet (Carson/Vincent/doran) so presume they will get some game time if injury free.

All about fitness Alan. Doesn't matter who we play. I take your point though but it was never going to happen with the current financial and Covid situation. No point arranging to play a big team if nobody can go and watch it. The Elgins, Nairns and Clachs are fine by me.

ICT FC Team v Clach Cammy Mackay, Brad Mckay, Ryan Fyffe, Harry Nicolson, Lewis Nicolson, Lewis Hyde, Kane Davies, Robbie Thompson, Shane Harkness, Daniel MacKay, Harry Hennem. Subs: Ridgers, MacInnes, Riddle, Boyce, Cairns, Eaglesham, Kerr.

When my son was working and living at home I decided to stop Sky because of the price but he said 'you can't do that I won't get the football' I said you can pay for it then. He did that till he moved out and then it was cancelled!

More specifically the obscene amounts of money poured into the elite leagues by television has ruined the game. I remember the days when a top professional footballer got paid about the same as an experienced hospital consultant. Now the top players earn as much in two months as a doctor could expect to earn in an entire career. An obscene distortion of priorities driven by TV money.

Like you I belong to a generation where you got maybe the cup final and the odd international live, and that was a treat. So I think the televising of league football is a no-no. In fact I think television has ruined the game but that's another argument.