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I don't think we will be relegated this season maybe a 6/7th place finish for us. What worries me is what happened next season and beyond. It's so painful to watch the club that I love turn out such rubbish week and and week out. When I started following caley I said I'd follow the club all the way down to league 2 if need be and I stand by that. Win, lose or draw SPL or league 2 it's ICT for me

We have already been stung by the Wasps twice this season. If we are to harbour any lingering Hopes of a play off place we can't afford to let it happen again. Anything less than 3 points would be a near fatal blow to those ambitions.

Just not good enough. Surely we deserve better than that. Five league games so far this season against part time teams with, even in these strange and constrained times, far fewer resources than us and we have one solitary victory to show for it. Our players may not be the best paid in the land, or even the division, but they have the advantage and privilege of being, still relatively well remunerated, full time professional athletes with the advantage of full time training and coaching. This season they have let themselves down, they have let the club giving them the opportunity to play full time down and, most sadly of all, they continue to let the fans down.

A positive thought. We have a 100% record in Saturday games in 2021.

At the Crossroads With our season gradually disintegrating, we head to Recreation Park Alloa to face The Wasps @ the Indodrill Stadium. It's a 3:00pm kick-off on Saturday with both sides lingering at the wrong end of the table, games in hand or not. Our games in hand are dwindling away and there's little improvement in our league position. Four wins from sixteen games is not the form of a team challenging for a play-off slot to the premiership. This is now a crucial game in our season which is at the crossroads. Which way do we turn? Crossroads We have found Alloa difficult to beat recently with no wins in our last four meetings, such is the demise of our club. Financial constraints have seen us unable to attract the quality of player required at this level to sustain a challenge at the top end of the table and we are having to blood youngsters in the Championship. The latest jumping ship is James Keatings who has reportedly signed a pre-contract agreement with Raith Rovers. With little leadership on the park, it's difficult to get any consistency and Premiership football looks unlikely with the prospects of league 1 closer to the mark. It's a tough league to get out of at the right end and there's a fine line between challenging at the top to falling into a relegation battle and that is something we have to get used to pretty quick. We have eleven games left to save our season, which way will we turn? Last 10 Competitive Meetings 2 - 2 (H) 1 - 2 (A) 0 - 2 (A) 1 - 1 (H) 3 - 2 (A) 2 - 0 (A) 2 - 2 (H) 3 - 0 (H) 2 - 1 (A) 3 - 2 (H) Pld W D L F A +/- Pts 1. Hearts 18 12 3 3 44 20 24 39 2. Raith Rovers 16 8 3 5 32 24 8 27 3. Dunfermline 17 7 6 4 26 19 7 27 4. Dundee 16 6 6 4 30 30 0 24 5. Queen of the South 18 7 3 8 26 35 -9 24 6. Arbroath 18 5 6 7 15 20 -5 21 7. Inverness CT 16 4 7 5 24 21 3 19 8. Morton 17 4 7 6 16 22 -6 19 9. Ayr United 16 4 5 7 20 21 -1 17 10. Alloa Athletic 18 3 4 11 20 41 -21 13 All Championship games this weekend Raith v Dundee - Postponed - Covid Alloa v Inverness CT Arbroath v Queen of the South Hearts v Dundee Morton v Ayr United Only eleven games left and we need to start picking up points starting with Alloa away at the weekend, so get behind the guys, for better or for worse. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ OFFICIAL PREVIEW PPV STREAMING £12 FROM ALLOA TV +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Neil McCann pre-match with Alloa... ***Latest Team News*** Anthony McDonald has had an operation on his knee and with only a dozen games left in this season, it is unlikely we will see much, if anything at all from him this campaign. Roddy MacGregor is doubtful after the clattering he took against Hearts from Kingsley. The rest are back in training and will be needed as soon as they are ready for action before our season is beyond repair. It looks as though the best we can do this year is survive and get the youngsters some valuable game time ready for next season. This is not a drill! Alloa will make it difficult and for the first time ever we will probably be regarded as underdogs in this fixture. Their mix of experience, young loanees and dogged journeymen have been good enough to hold the Indian sign over us recently and I see little evidence that will change this weekend. Loan signing Innes Cameron seems to be prospering with game time and Innes Murray likes a free kick, both scoring against us in the last couple of meetings. Here's a wee reminder that not all left feet are just for standing on.... View full article

Understandable given recent events that faith is slipping however despite that it is still possible to change the narrative. It is bound to affect the players- different approaches and tactics. They have enough ability to adapt. But will require to adapt quickly as time and games are now shortening in which to action that. It would be great to see a good performance and result against Morton to set the tone for the remainder of the season.

Neil McCann on Football Focus saying today he hoped to reach the play offs and hand the club back to JR. What play offs was he talking about ?

Just end the season now, please. We are a hundred times more likely to get relegated than promoted.

When you consider they were almost out of contract we did well to get anything at all. County sold a teenager (under contract) who has come through their academy and then played a handful of premier games - to a team who make a lot of money from tv deals. Can't really compare them can we.

Good equaliser. Maybe Toddy should have been starting every gamr!

Yes, very much hoping for a win but my confidence is low. Only the players on the pitch can put that right. Only one point separates the teams over the last six games. This is going to be a very nervous afternoon.

I can assure you, several glasses have been emptied!!

As others have said, let’s focus on surviving and look forward to the season ending. If we can go on a run, great, but it looks unlikely as things stand. The players have had a lot to deal with off the pitch, so let’s cut them a bit of slack.

It has not been what we would call a normal season; some have faired better than others in many different ways. Everyone has a different experience. No reason why the team cannot now push on...

Funny that, because I was just thinking earlier that it would be a nice little earner if I put a fiver on a draw each week for the rest of the season.

We cannot continually complain about our financial situation when for the last 25 years the best income we generated was £500k for Ryan Christie .Other than that I'm struggling, to name any others. That is no way a good return on the top players that have left us over the years. Appreciate good contracts cost money ,but longer term they may have reaped the rewards in a decent transfer fee coming back into the club.

I don’t disagree but there were occasions quick distribution would have been effective or we just needed to clear our lines, but we dithered at the back, struggled to get up the park and lost the ball anyway. Both Dundee and Alloa have pressed us hard early on and other teams will see we struggle when our under pressure. We either need to find a way of keeping the ball when playing it out, or mix things up more.

Simply can't afford decent contracts beyond 2 years. Players now leaving us for Ayr & Raith rather than re-sign. Says a lot about the feeling around the club. I expect this trend to continue in the short term.

Well, once again the part timers have our measure. Proof, if indeed it were needed, that we can forget all about the play offs now, at least the top ones!

Full time Another poor performance

Strange substitution, just when Storey was looking more dangerous!

1-1. Toddy! Picked out by Sutherland and well finished by Toddy.

TODDY!!!!!! GET IN!!!

Shocking defending. 3 of them, tracking back, all followed the ball out to the right leaving Cameron in an ocean of space when the ball was crossed towards him.

Long as we get the 3 points today I don't mind what the score line is

Your glass is full tonight Robert However I am hoping for a win as I am sure we all are

Not disputing this but were things much better earlier in season? Hmmmm

3-0 this afternoon, I feel. Just don't ask me which way! And the 70s have just called, asking to have their Party Hits tape back.