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Can someone give the suggestee a skelp round the back of the head? The drum's always been in Section E because it's central and easily heard from either end of the stand. Shifting it to Section A, and in future to the A9 stand, is a quick and easy way to kill off any form of atmosphere, as it'll be too far from the main foothold of the vocal support, and be too quiet to hear decently in the Main Stand end of the North Stand. Daft decision.

https://ictfc.com/drummin-up-support-for-the-team First steps in trying to work with the club in order to encourage youngsters and the young at heart to make a bit more noise in supporting the lads on the pitch. Hopefully a good vocal support against Morton on Saturday.

A chink of light from the club with this idea, only for the darkness to return with banishment to section A or the West terrace... The sparsely populated north stand needs a vocal(focal) point in the heart of it, smack bang in the middle. Drums,big flags etc etc

It seems to me that the club directors want the youngsters to make a lot of noise to support the team but as far away from the rest of us supporters! There are hundreds of empty seats in the centre of the north stand that would be better used than going to more expense of a covered area on the A9 side.

There hasn't been a drum at a home game for some time. I know they are kept up the back of the North Stand but they are seldom used. The young lads have dwindled in number for some reason as well preferring to go to away games which, whether you like it or not, are better for creating an atmosphere than home matches. Recent matches at TCS have been like a morgue and it's getting worse if that is even possible. To be clear this is not a slant on the YT or the support in general. Home supports are almost always quiet and the number of fans attending games continues to dwindle whether it's malaise brough on by remaining in the second tier and / or COVID concerns. I'd like to think the club were in touch with the YT about this move, perhaps to find out why they don't really attend home matches in any great number any more, engaged with them to try and encourage more of them back to games in Inverness and so on. As mentioned above their "home" is the front of Section E and they have generated some great noise in the past but it's not really happening now and no one really helps them out. I feel we (as in ICT) could learn a lot from Motherwell and how they work with the Motherwell Bois. Their little corner of Fir Park is really good and something we should look to emulate. I'm not sure this move is the way to do it however.

A welcome development would be to hire stewards who aren't complete arseholes about what happens, rather than shoving the noise off to the side. On away days, we make a ton of noise, but at home, it's just dead because they know if they try to make the slightest bit of noise, then they'll be booted out by the stewards, then be sent a letter saying how they're no longer welcome. The vocal lads behind the goal used to be a rather large group, taking up the front 4 rows, but now it's only a handful because they've been banned for nonsense reasons or they've been handed a too harsh a sentence and have turned their back on the club. Moving them to the end of the stand isn't a positive development in the slightest, it's a veiled statement which roughly translates to "we don't want you here getting other fans on their feet, sod off to your own part of the ground".

Our drummers provided a great atmosphere during our rise through the divisions two decades or more ago. A new generation not just tolerated but welcomed and encouraged by the club would be a great addition to particularly home games where atmosphere is not always what it might be. A welcome development.