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TBH credit must go to Neil McCann who seemed to get the best out of him, previous to that he was in and out of the side ,as was Todorov

Having been reluctant to regularly play more than one academy player in the team at a time over the past decade or so perhaps we should look to blood them more often now we can see their value to a club which (may) be in a position with higher standards of and/or more coaching resources at their disposal. The scouts aren't looking for a finished product 23 year old from a championship club - they see the potential that enhanced facilities and playing level can bring a player on exponentially. They want raw talent that can still be moulded into something that works best their team.

It feels like we only started to see glimpses of what MacKay could do. If you had said to me even back in March that Hibs would be after him there's no way I would have believed you. But whilst it's a shame to see him go after only just getting to see what he could do it's also good in some ways for the club and Robbo to continue to sell us as the kind of side where, if you come up here and do well, you can get a good move after a couple of seasons and hopefully earn us some decent cash as well.

New Contracts Inverness Caledonian Thistle can confirm Harry Nicolson, Ryan Fyffe, Lewis Hyde and Anthony McDonald have signed new contracts with the club.

An updated list after today's news of new contracts and yesterday's news of Daniel Mackay's impending exit. Contract expiry dates: End of 2020/21 season: Cammy Mackay, Kevin McHattie, Brad McKay, Aaron Doran, James Vincent, James Keatings (already signed a PCA with Raith), Miles Storey, Shane Sutherland, Nikolay Todorov End of 2021/22 season: Mark Ridgers, Daniel Devine, Wallace Duffy, Ryan Fyffe, Cameron Harper, Harry Nicolson, Lewis Hyde, Anthony McDonald, Roddy MacGregor, Sean Welsh End of 2022/23 season: Robbie Deas, Scott Allardice End of 2023/24 season: David Carson With Keatings leaving, there are eight players whose status at the club for next season remains up in the air.

A club with the resources that Celtic have should therefore be prepared to pay sums which are closer to the going rate for a player who has had so much invested in them to get where they are. The sell on clause is simply compensation for getting the player cheap in the first place. Imagine said player had come through the ranks at Celtic...would they accept half a mill and a loan back til seasons end?? A bit more savvy on our part was and is required to get the best deal.

I agree entirely, Celtic would be crazy paying any fee to ICT for a player moving out of contract. I feel we have lost out on this one but an out of contract Ryan can negotiate better terms for himself. Pity, but that's the football world

Ryan's situation is a good example. Obviously I don't know what the contract between ICT and Celtic contained, although we have been told there is a sell on clause. It may be that the sell on clause simply says that we receive a set percentage of any fee Celtic get for selling Ryan on. But there is no reason why the contract between ICT and Celtic couldn't have specified that if Ryan moves on without a fee being payed to Celtic from Club 3, a payment would be made by Celtic to ICT. After all, why should ICT lose out just because Celtic fail to get a fee, particularly as sell on clauses will often mean that the initial fee paid is a bit lower?

Well done and good luck Daniel I hope you do well. And well done to all the coaches that have helped him and the other young ones in the team.

Good luck lad

Allan Preston is a massive arsehole. One of the worst pundits on Sportsound and that's saying something.

they kind of remind me of the cricket world cup shirts

Those are terrible.

They are awful.....sorry!

We would need to recruit players with at least 52 inch chests ! Come to think of it, where is Bobby Mann these days?

Over the years I’ve done a few Wikipedia updates, but mainly to County’s page. ?