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In my view our decline started after winning the Scottish Cup. A mass exodus of quality players left us bereft of the talent to sustain our lofty position. Relegation was inevitable. Today's ICT are just not good enough to make a push for promotion. Yes, we've had a wretched amount of luck with injuries etc but surely we have players in the squad who have the pride and determination to at least put in a fighting performance on the park instead of just, what seems like, giving up as the whistle blows for kick off. Our tactics are awful, we have no pace and no 'play maker' to create chances and certainly no one to finish them off when we do. Changes need to happen soonest otherwise we'll be dropping down the leagues and back to our roots.

It’s been a tough year for us Caley Thistle fans, and there is discontent amongst the fans, and quite possibly the players too. This forum gives us an outlet for our views and allows us to discuss and debate what is going on. A massive thank you to Scotty, the mods and all involved in the site: we appreciate what you do. We sadly lost Kingsmills recently, which poignantly reminds us that there are more important things than football. A very Merry Christmas to all and, when it arrives, a Happy New Year (and hopefully one that enthuses us positively about our club and its future). Have a great time all! Cheers!

Happy clappy, sentimental bollocks. If you're not angry at how your club has been mismanaged since 2017, there's something wrong with you. Merry Xmas.

Merry Christmas Robert and all long suffering ICT fans. Have a lovely peaceful day everyone.

Robert, my glass is normally Half full but at the moment it’s empty and that’s nothing to do with drinking too much at Christmas This is the worst since we started as Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the third division Merry Christmas again but I don’t know what will happen next year

3 points out of 24 since mid October. That says it all. This feels much worse than our 11 game winless run last season.

Thanks for doing this Gringo. Merry Christmas to you and yours and a Happy New Year when it comes.

I wasn't at last night's game,but tried to keep up with live score.Times are hard when you turn up for games and a draw is a good result.The majority of real fans are at the stage now where we are not that gutted when we get roasted because we kind of expect it now.We don't play or act as a team.Its not one for all and all for one highlighted last night by the SD going to comment for BBC at another game.The whole set up at Caley is tired. Look at the infrastructure,look at game days we cannot even make sure the towels are there in the toilets.Refreshments are limited and if you queue at half time chances are you miss five or 10 minutes of second half.If you cannot get the basics right off the pitch and your senior management don't even travel to watch the boys play at away games what chance have we and I think this apathy rubs off on the players .This kind of malaise.What we need is energetic driven,ambitious senior executives who would die in a ditch for the club.Finally I think Dodds lost the dressing room when he dropped Ridgers who was the one steady constant in the team.The one person who motivated and organised from the back.The player with real street cred. I was going to stop,but just want to repeat what I have said so many times.If your tactic on game day is to hoof the ball to the smallest player on the park,then we are going nowhere.Where are our wide men can we no play on the deck and pass the ball.

Sitting dreaming of the good old days. What a fantastic journey! We, like most other clubs of limited means, have seen ups and downs.....but many more ups than downs. What we are witnessing is sad and hard to bear but, over a quarter of a century, supporters of most clubs our size will never have experienced the highs we have. Bucharest seems a long way off......but we got there. Most supporters couldnt dream of that. This looks like a potentially terminal decline. We have been spoiled down the years. A lot seem to be voting with their feet and can hardly be blamed for that stance. We are not entitled to success on the field . I am thankful for the joy and many friends that supporting ICT has brought me. Can I take this opportunity to wish all those connected to the club a Happy Christmas and a better 2023. I paid my tenner last night to watch the Partick game and confess to switching off at half time. I said to my wife that I cannot believe its a friday night and my team is playing in Glasgow and Im not there.....didnt even consider it. I am however sure that everyone is trying their best.......its all anyone can do.......but it just aint good enough right now. We are not entitled to success. Our time may come again although this looks unlikely for the foreseeable future. My suggestion is ...ease the pain by remembering some of the good times. You will wake up with a smile on your face. All the best troops!!

Even if Dodds was removed, I don't trust the powers that be to make the next managerial appointment! It would likely be another 'jobs for the boys' recruitment!

Dodds Out....that is all

Yes the only remotely positive thing from that interview was the suggestion of new players coming in. But isn’t is the sporting director rather than Dodds who identifies and secures the targets? Time for Robbo to start proving his worth in that respect. As for how we can fund them - maybe there are players on their way out (Barrett was short term but might there be others?), maybe there are some cheap loan deals on the cards, maybe the new director has put some money in to make signings possible, maybe a combination of these? The line-ups we’ve had recently are not going to win many matches, regardless of who the manager is, so reinforcements would be welcome.

I hear what you're saying Yngwie but Dodds seems to be talking about bringing players into the cub in January. If we assume that these players are not playing for free then presumably we're accounting for salaries as part of this fruitless exercise. If we can afford to do that I would suggest that we can afford to keep paying Dodds' salary. I would imagine that there would be no instant pay-off as we'd surely just keep paying him until his contract expired at was the case with Richie Foran. The bottom line is he needs to go and we somehow need to find the money to change a catastrophically bad set up. I think most would agree that we certainly can't afford to let Dodds loose in another transfer window.

I actually though Dodds had a further year, my mistake, but the point still stands, an unplanned outflow of a five figure sum is money we just don’t have. SG has been very open that the club treads a fine line in terms of cash flow and has relied on a combination of the directors putting more money in and suppliers agreeing to extended credit.

To me, it is completely unacceptable that our director of football is in Dingwall, as a pundit, when his employer is conducting his business the same night in Glasgow. Read the room, Mr Robertson, leave, and give Mr Dodds a lift wherever you go.

I think it is very likely that the contractual compensation payable to Dodds if we sacked him would put us into administration. Anyone who says “I don’t care” isn’t thinking rationally, likewise anyone who thinks Dodds should just resign without the payoff he would be entitled to.

Well that was a dire watch I'm afraid that we will soon be a part time club the standard of players have dropped over the last few seasons unless we get a major investment in the club we can forget any promotion hopes .to be honest I've seen better players in the old welfare league I know there is a lot of injuries but surely we could have put on a better performance than that debacle tonight is there another Steve Patterson out there we all loved that era

It is an embarrassment for the club and us supporters!

It’s a strange position I find myself. Such is the (poor) performance of the team this season I questioned the capability of the manager to affect the performance positively. When it was clear improvement on the field was not going to happen I looked to the Board / CEO to see a route for improvement! They are in full possession on the financial position of the club, so I expect they consider this in any decision as to whether Dodds can change things (the way we all want). Billy Dodds is no monster and wanted to see ICT succeed for sure! It just transpired that he, like 98% of other ex footballers turn out to be unable to translate personal positivity into actual team performance to match the board and fan’s aspirations. Billy Dodds I suspect would have taken an exit card in the past (and right now) but has been asked by the CEO to help steer the club to safety (that is avoid being relegated), this season. BD is a proud man and will I expect agree to this recognising most want him gone! So closing - I will turn up in Jan and try to give my team ICT support! If anything the fans are the club and we stick through the hard times! BD will do his best and ultimately be replaced in due course. Let’s give him and the team our support through to safety from threat of relegation! all the best for the festive season! bc

Oh what a jolly place the forum is today, very seasonal. Anyway my conclusion is we need to break in, kick them all out and change the locks. A wee story first though which tells its own tale.....This morning I had an idea that my team ICT, to which iam a season ticket holder and have been forever, might have a home game today. I then discovered that we played last night and lost. Shows how much I care anymore which I find extremely sad.

Not long ago Celtic signed one of our players. Aberdeen were often pinching our players also. No disrespect to Clach, but even they wouldn't want the likes of Carson, Oakley or Boyd. Wouldn't bet against us being part time and in League One for our 30th anniversary.

Agreed! A lot of worrying stuff on pie and bovril re his history. Not mentioned or addressed in club statement though

Warning bells all over this one!

The language below suggests he has been providing some support presumably as a 3rd party consultant - wonder how much went through that avenue. On paper, its an impressive CV Panos Thomas has irrespective of his history, therefore wouldn't be a cheap day rate that's for sure especially to a club with our limited finances, it'll be interesting what is offered as a package and incentives to change the status quo. Panos has been a season ticket holder in the Miller Suite at Caledonian Stadium since 2012 and has been extremely helpful to the club, particularly in the last 12 months or so. ICTFC Chairman Ross Morrison said on the appointment “We feel that Panos will bring a wide range of skills to the Board as well as to the football club. Living in the Highlands as he does, he has supported the club for a decade now and he understands what we are all about and where we want to go. I am particularly pleased to see him join us formally as he is an extremely dynamic and highly respected individual. Following on from the recent appointment of Graeme Bennett, the new skill sets and fresh points of view can only make us stronger as a club and I look forward to working with Panos.”