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I've not posted in quite a while but that was terrible again. A very slight improvement in the 2nd half but that was solely down to having an extra player within 20 yards of their box when we were shelling it forward. We are utterly rudderless. It's completely shambolic and summed up by Billy Dodds screaming at McAlear for having the audacity to play a 10 yard ball sideways to a teammates feet- he was bawling for him to leather it into the corner. Stoneage football from someone out of his depth.

I don't care about anything else anymore other than results and they just aren't coming. I don't care how we play, I just want a win ............... I don't care who we put out on the pitch, I just want a win .............. I don't care about promise or opportunities or passages of play or formations or pressing well or any other sh#te BD will come out with, I just want a win BD flattered to deceive at the start of the season and is being found out and no one is doing anything about it

Oh.. and Dodds get to feck

1 down. Against the run of play but sums up 2022 so far.

I have been to every home game and two away games this season. I am convinced the players are better than the recent run of results. I think the manager & coaching staff are the biggest factor in not getting the best from this team. Notwithstanding finance, when is enough , enough ?

Post match interview was the usual predictable stuff, same every week. I’d love to see him being asked a difficult question about our dismal run but it never happens.

Not for the first time recently, our shooting is absolutely pathetic.

We should’ve won this

Would you take a draw? I would. Ten matches without a win, key players missing, away to a team who are above us on points per game. Point tonight then start the winning run next match.

Six pointer incoming Another crucial game and this time a big six-pointer as we travel up Byres Road to take on Partick Thistle who still have two games in hand over us and only one point behind. Kick-off is on Friday night at 7:45pm and it's another TV game for us, live on BBC Scotland channel. Match/Ticket/TV/Supporters Bus 07462218717 Venue Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst + / - Home 22 9 6 7 36 33 +3 Away 20 5 6 9 21 28 -7 Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 42 14 12 16 57 61 -4 Last 10 Competitive Meetings 3 - 3 (H) 0 - 0 (A) 3 - 1 (H) 1 - 3 (A) 1 - 3 (H) 2 - 1 (A) 1 - 2 (H) 1 - 0 (A) 3 - 2 (H) 1 - 1 (A) Partick hold a slim advantage overall in the head 2 heads, but over the last ten meetings Inverness have a very slight edge. The first fixture this season resulted in a 3-1 win for Inverness back in September: After a difficult first half, Inverness ran out comfortable winners against Partick Thistle in a second half goal blitz. The visitors dominated the first forty-five and Scott Tiffoney drilled the opener out of nothing as the defence backed off. Manny Duku was denied by a combination of keeper and post but it was Partick that should have scored a second, however Mark Ridgers did well to deny Brian Graham. Harsh talking at the break saw Inverness come out for the second half with the bit between the teeth and Kirk Broadfoot was the unlikely hero as his twenty yard shot evaded the outstretched fingertips of the keeper to level the score. Shane Sutherland did well to drill in the second from an angle after the keeper fluffed his lines allowing Shane to slot in from twenty yards. The third was a peach as Duku stepped over the ball and Aaron Doran fired high into the net for a brilliant goal and game over. That's five wins out of five and the run goes on... The second encounter was 0-0 draw at Firhill at the end of October: Partick Thistle survived to earn a point after the woodwork saved them twice and keeper Jamie Sneddon denied Sean Welsh from the spot after guessing the right way. Inverness were well on top but it's only a point which means Killie pull further away at the top. Performance of the day was from Arbroath who came from two down to beat Dunfermline Athletic 4-2. The last meeting was at the beginning of February, a thrilling 3-3 draw: Partick Thistle struck early to add to our gloom through Brian Graham but Billy Mckay squared the game after twenty minutes with a close range finish from a Carson cross. Graham scored his second with a header soon after, Scott Tiffoney once again the provider and he almost scored one for himself but for a fine save from Ridgers. Shane Sutherland equalised just on the interval with a header from a McAlear corner. With twenty minutes left Deas conceded a stone wall penalty and Graham notched his hat-trick. Substitute Cammy Harper drove into the box but Sneddon blocked his shot and moments later Pearson appeared to hit the bar with an angled drive from twelve yards and Mckay rolled one past the post. We got the draw with the last head of the ball deep into stoppage time when Broadfoot headed in a cross from McAlear. Pos Team Pld W D L F A Pts 1. Arbroath 27 12 12 3 39 19 48 2. Kilmarnock 27 14 5 8 34 19 47 3. Inverness CT 27 10 10 7 35 26 40 4. Partick Thistle 25 10 9 6 38 24 39 5. Raith Rovers 27 9 12 6 34 30 39 6. Morton 27 7 10 10 30 35 31 7. Hamilton Ac. 27 7 10 10 29 41 31 8. Ayr United 27 7 8 12 25 40 29 9. Dunfermline 26 4 12 10 24 40 24 10. Q.O.S. 26 5 8 13 26 40 23 It's getting very tight at the top of the table as the business end of the season gets into full swing. There's a very fine line between remaining in the play off places or dropping into the middle of the table. It's almost as if nobody wants the automatic promotion spot as the top five clubs draw their way towards promotion, not one team taking the bull by the horns, which is just as well as we are on a ten match run without a win, probably the biggest losers in the top five which will drop us out of contention soon if we don't stop the rot. Saturday Fixtures all 3:00pm Arbroath v Dunfermline Killie v Accies Queens v Morton Rovers v Ayr Utd Partick are also back in action against Queen of the South on Tuesday night at Firhill. Last Time Out Inverness drew with a resurgent Hamilton Accies last Friday in an entertaining draw at The Fountain of Youth. Whilst our first two defeats were poor results, given the context of this encounter it could be seen as a decent point away from home had we not been on a run of ten games without a win. Anyway, 1-1 it finished with Josh Mullin arrowing a strike high into the net for Accies and Sam Pearson opening his account for the Caley Jags. Partick were in action in midweek and came from behind to get a point at Gayfield against League Leaders Arbroath. An early strike from Colin Hamilton was not enough for Arbroath as Partick levelled through Ciaran McKenna on the hour. Latest Team News Billy Dodds has the usual suspects out injured plus two or three isolating/covid and Roddy MacGregor abducted by an Alien. Official Preview might reveal all, but somehow I doubt it. Don't know about the Partick players, but I understand their pitch is on the treatment table! Eric the Stat has this info on Parick since the January sales: Outgoings Harry Stone - Goalkeeper recalled to parent club Hearts in the window and subsequently loaned out to Albion Rovers FC Shea Gordon - The central midfield player is on loan to Queen of the South for the rest of the season. Jake Hastie - Attacking Left Wing from Rangers FC recalled and now on loan to Linfield FC. Zak Rudden - The 22 year old Centre Forward is on loan to Dundee FC and is expected to have a permanent move to Dens Park this summer. Incoming Players Andy Firth - A goalkeeper who rose through the Liverpool FC U18, U21 and U23 system, was transferred to Rangers in 2019, now on loan at Firhill until end of season. Robbie Crawford - The Globetrotting versatile Midfield player has transferred to Partick from Motherwell FC. The one time Rangers FC player has had spells in Iceland, Finland and in the USA with USL Championship club Charleston Battery. Kyle McAllister - An Attacking Right Winger on loan from St Mirren until the end of this season. Alex Jakubiak - The Centre Forward is on loan from Dundee FC where he has suffered a number of injuries since joining in August 2020, including a thigh tendon in a game against ICT. (Jakubiak was injured once again in bizarre fashion, suffering a dislocated shoulder during an altercation at a Dundee nightclub..... allegedly)

If that is in deed the thinking behind the scenes, which I would be utterly astonished if it was, then it's a very dangerous road to go down. No company or business, football related or not, should ever look to stand still and in a way that's what you are suggesting. I get the ethos of be happy with what you have got however football and football clubs should never ever fall into that way of thinking, every other club by their very nature is looking to improve so at any time if one club stands still, accepts what's happening and blindly plods on they will be left behind. It's a results business and the results aren't there, certainly not on the pitch right now and in football the only way to improve and grow is for the results on the pitch to improve. Personally I think we need wholesale changes in the backroom staff, certainly the coaching side with the exception of one or two but on the whole this has been a progressive slide and the biggest single factor is the coaching staff. We need new ideas that they cannot bring to the table but that's just my personal opinion

It's hard to tell either way? They are so poorly set up on match days it's pitiful.

Very lucky not to be 2 or 3-0 down at half time. Yes we improved second half........we couldn't be any worse! Created chances to win the game, but made a complete arse of all of them. Then suckered by a simple set piece goal! We all could've written the script before the game. Please just f*** **f Dodds and take the entire "coaching" staff with you!

Our run of 6 points from 11 games is the same as the run that got Peter Grant sacked at Dunfermline. In terms of form we are the worst in the division by a considerable distance. If we hadn't fluked a few 1-0 wins in the first few weeks of the season we'd be in bother.

The club really need to rip up the current script and start thinking about the future. This was our best chance of promotion since we dropped out of the top flight and we are now struggling to make a playoff spot. Big changes required at the club. Too many coaches have been lingering about despite failing under different managers. If managers aren't going to use our youth system why have it?

Unfortunately it's gone way beyond that and the worrying thing is that even if we did practice all week on shooting practice, yes we'd score but we'd conceded three. We can't even get the basics right, the fundamentals of football that you and I could point out and instill in a team without any coaching badges or professional insight. We need a complete and utter reset on so many levels and we just don't have the backroom team to do it.

I can't see us winning another game this season.

A season that promised so much is petering out badly. Chances are we will end up on the bottom half of the table. This was our real chance to gain promotion but we have blown it big style. We have decent players we are not getting the best out of. At times we dominate games, including most of the second half tonight, but we can’t score when on top and we end up chasing games. 11 without a win, with the league leaders next, says it all. I’m not one to call for the heads of Managers, but something has to change or next season could be very painful. 8 games left for Dodds & co to prove us all wrong. Can they?

Pitch played no part, we kept the ball in the sky for the best part of 90minutes.

Mid table and no play offs again for us. Partick are no great shakes and were there for the taking.

Always take a draw from a losing position, but chasing draws isn't the answer to our problems.

Our finishing has been woeful but not as woeful as that playing surface which was not fit to play professional football on. Another year in the Championship surely awaits us but please please please not with the current manager and coaching staff.

Absolutely no idea, no goals and no hope. Just the big hoof up the park is Dodds default position for our tactics. What a shambles of a season .

Fecks sake Doran! took too long too shoot with a great chance and played a shyte ball through...... its coming though!!! have faith

Just as well it’s not raining!

We are living dangerously.Carson on better form so far.Seen more grass on a field of tatties.Looking for midfield to do more.Cannot really expect anything fancy on that surface.

The pitch looks shocking. There could be some funny bounces so they need to be very alert to it.

I am always happy to see him. I was recently thinking "I wonder how long it is till Cammy takes over from Mark?". Checked their ages, and Mark is only 31

And the club is supporting a charity trying to source supplies to help Ukrainians with diabetes: https://ictfc.com/ictfc-supports-lochlans-legacy-ukraine-appeal

There is an interview on BBC with our first manager Sergei Baltacha, who is originally from Mariupol.