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Is the Pendulum Swinging... It's been a long time since Raith became the dominant force in these encounters, but given our less than impressive recent form, it looks like the pendulum will be swinging the other way very soon. Already bowing down to the likes of Arbroath, Morton, Hamilton etc, we need to get our house in order on and off the park and show the desire, passion and commitment to compete at this level. Failure will have massive repercussions which could well signal the demise of the Caley Jags as we know them. Raith Rovers will host Inverness on Saturday with a 3:00pm kick-off. MATCH INFO/TICKETS/SUPPORTERS TRAVEL Venue Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst + / - Home 19 13 4 2 37 14 +23 Away 15 8 4 3 30 19 +11 Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 34 21 8 5 67 33 +34 Last 10 Competitive Meetings 3 - 2 (A) 1 - 1 (H) 0 - 0 (H) 1 - 1 (A) 1 - 0 (H) 1 - 0 (A) 0 - 0 (H) 2 - 0 (H) 3 - 3 (A) 4 - 1 (H) Biggest Victories Jan 12th, 2002 League (H) 5 - 0 Heaviest Defeats Aug 26th, 2000 League (A) 1 - 4 Last League game We slumped to defeat at home to Morton, another side we became accustomed to beating regularly. A Gillespie penalty undoing us in another lack lustre performance, hot on the heels of the 4-1 drubbing at Firhill. Rovers lost out to Partick Thistle 2-1 at Firhill. Tiffoney and Lawless put Partick two ahead but Ethan Ross replied immediately just before the break. That's how it finished. That leaves Rovers one point above Inverness Games this Saturday Arbroath v Partick Cove v Accies Dundee v Queen's Morton v Ayr Utd Raith Rovers v Inverness CT Latest Team News Add Roddy MacGregor to the injury list after the Motherwell game, but George Oakley will rejoin the squad after being suspended in midweek. Usual suspects still out and two or three still carrying injuries. Eric's Stark Revelations Raith have a managerial change since last season with John McGlynn moving to Falkirk, his replacement is Ian Murray who joins after his contract expired at Ardrieonians. The defenders who have left Stark's Park are Kyle Benedictus to Dunfermline, Frankie Musonda now at Ayr United, David Mackay left to join Q.O.S. and Reghan Tumulty transferred to Hartlepool Utd. In addition Seam Mackie's loan spell ended while Greig Young has been sent out on loan to Elgin City. Finally at the age of 37 veteran Christophe Berra has retired. Midfielder Ben Williamson has been recalled to Rangers after his loan Of last seasons forwards Matej Poplatnik loan from Livingston ended and Ethon Varian who was on loan from Stoke U21 is now with Irish side Bohemians. New arrivals at Stark's Park. A fourth goalkeeper has been added to the squad in Andy McNeil from Berwick Rangers. Ryan Nolan an Irish born centre back saw his development with Inter U17 & U19 in Italy and came on a transfer via Northampton Town. Another centre back Connor O'Riordan is on loan from Crewe Alexandra. On loan from Aberdeen FC B is left back Kieran Ngwenya and at right back is Ross Millen transfer from Scunthorpe Utd previously with numerous Scottish clubs such as Dunfermline, Queens Park, Kilmarnock and Clyde FC. Scott Brown a central midfield player joins from Peterhead FC. Up front centre forward Kyle Connell is on loan from Kilmarnock. Long term injuries for Raith are. Tom Lang centre back, cruciate ligament surgery Ross Mathews midfield, sore toe Brad Spencer midfield, foot surgery Lewis Vaughan forward, cruciate ligament rupture. Cheers Eck. Breaking News Due to our inability to hit the target recently, new goalposts have been installed at the Caledonian Stadium to give us a better chance of scoring. A club spokesperson has said "we can't hit a coo in the arse with a banjo, so this should help us to improve our goals scored".

The issues around the Concert Company must be a real concern for everyone linked with the football club. As was pointed out above, the Club stated in its financial statement presented at last September's AGM, that its projections were reliant on income generated by the Concert Company. Clearly that income stream is not going to be available. In addition, the news that the Concert Company is apparently unable to pay its creditors more than 67% of what they are owed has serious implications. Whilst it may be legally a separate company to the Club, its 2 Directors are also Directors of the Club and much of the work done in the name of the Concert Company was done by ICT staff. The reputational damage to the club will be significant and there will be financial implications to this. The ICT Supporters Trust is keeping a close eye on developments and has issued a brief statement on our website and which I have also posted on the Supporters Trust forum on this website. We will be having a meeting at the Club early next week when we will be raising our general concerns on this issue. Many thanks to everyone for their thoughts and information posted on this thread. It has been very helpful to us in developing our understanding of the situation. Please keep discussion going and sharing information. If there is information or particular questions you wish to share but don't want to do so on a public forum, you can contact the Trust at [email protected].

It's not the defeat that was disappointing, it was the manner in which it happened.

Our home game against Partick on 8 October has been moved to Friday 7 October to suit TV. The kick off is at 1945.

The ICT Supporters Trust Board has put the following statement on its website. Inverness Caley Thistle Concert Company The ICT Supporters Trust would like to confirm to supporters that we are aware of the current situation relating to the Inverness Caley Thistle Concert Company CVA and we are keeping an eye on proceedings as they develop. In the meantime we would like to confirm that we will be meeting with the club next week and would welcome any questions or concerns that you have that you would like us to raise on your behalf. If there is anything you wish to raise - please email us at [email protected] or via our contact form and we would love you to join the Trust and be a member. (You can join here)

Is that Slioch by any chance?

Bearing in mind this was a Premier team that's doing well I'm not too annoyed (though what happened to that cup tradition so that Premier teams were petrified if they drew ICT, albeit more in the Big Scottish Cup?) about this one result. Saturday is more important and if we're disjointed and outplayed again, there has to be some change.

I have not lost my optimism I am just sampling reality for three games only. I still believe we have the best squad of the last three years. I love Daniel Mackay, Roddy, Samuel's Deas, Devine , Hyde, Billy, Allardice, Harper, Welsh, Carson, Ridgers. I just think it's only fair for these next three games I feel the reality of the games like the players who must be having a horrific time adjusting expectation to reality. It's much easier to restart your season in football manager then the championship.

If you’ve lost your optimism Moog, it shows how poor we’ve been and the need for something to change before it’s too late for us to be in contention for anything positive this season.