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Given it seems inevitable that nothing will change behind the scenes this season, is it not better that everyone gets fully behind the players throughout Monday’s game so they know they have our support regardless of what is going on behind the scenes. The management team may not be able to motivate them but a noisy crowd can. If anyone from Section 94 reads this, can they rally the troops and all the better if our drummer is there too.

To summarise - Make a financial repayment deal with Dodds - Sell Robertson to the BBC - bring in somebody already on a wage - snuffle some dough as we have always done - watch the players return and improve as the dressing room damage repairs - be happy with any safe place this season - and regroup.

The Supporters Trust hasn't disappeared, but is alive and kicking. A brief report of the recent AGM was posted in the Supporter's Trust section of this site just a couple of days ago.

You can only engage if both parties are willing? I'm just a member of ST, no more no less, but if the general fan base want a voice they need to be members as member numbers stand for a powerful voice. I fully agree the club should be engaging with trust as they are the custodians of the fans shares which is never less than 10%. Again to have a powerful voice fans need to join......

No. They look uncoached, disjointed and uninterested and that's just what we see for 90min on a Saturday. Who knows the kind of negative malaise behind the scenes. I've never seen an ict team without leadership or drive to this extent on a longterm and repeated basis. Its a case of either players downing tools or the team is significantly sub standard which I don't belive is the case.

Agreed, but missing the point a bit about passion compared to the lack of any interest shown by the current club and management.

Believe they have been recalled now. Elgin announced he had gone back to us.

New loan signing.

Don't think we could afford the disciplinary penalties that kind of idiotic reaction would incur...not to mention the suspensions.

Aye, saw that incident on the box too and couldn't help thinking we could do with some of that passion in our team. Have him sent to ICT on the next coach North.

Probably a case of one player showing more passion and fight I that clip than our whole team combined this season so far.

The Supporters Trust held their AGM on 13th December with members attending both in person and via Zoom. Chair Jennifer Aitchison reported a very significant and welcome increase in membership with nearly twice as many members than a year ago. I (Peter Mutton) had informed colleagues a while ago that in order to focus on other aspects of my life, I needed to step down from the Board, unfortunately, nobody else has come forward to serve on the Board and there are now only 4 members serving on the Board. In addition to Jennifer, the Board members are Laura Grant, Alison McInnes and John West. Jennifer updated members with the latest work of the Board. The Trust continues to try to work with the the club but with limited success. Earlier in the year we had offered to work with the club in raising money for a roof for the West Stand. Requests for a meeting to discuss options went unanswered. More recently the Club has contacted the Trust with non-negotiable plans for a roof over part of the stand and asked us to be part of a fundraising group. Despite having had no opportunity to input into the plans, the Trust again demonstrated its goodwill by agreeing to help. However, after an initial meeting, it appears to have stalled again with meetings being cancelled at short notice. We are also trying to liaise with the Club on a fairly detailed survey we have been working on about the match day experience. We are awaiting feedback from the Club regarding this. The reach of the survey and therefore the quality of the data will be significantly greater if this is a joint effort with the Club and therefore, the Trust Board very much hopes the Club will engage constructively on this. With or without the Club, the Trust will be launching this important survey in the New Year. At a meeting in September, the CEO told Jen and I that the Club were close to appointing 2 new members to the Board and that the AGM would take place soon after that. It has taken a while, but there are now 2 new Club Directors and therefore we can reasonably expect that the Club will hold an AGM soon. Given concerns about the Club's finances in the light of a number of factors, it is important that the Club Directors update shareholders and supporters at a long overdue AGM. The Supporters Trust will continue to push for this. Given the concerns about the Club's finances, it is more important than ever that the supporters of the Club have a strong voice. The Trust has grown in strength in the past year and it now has a far better infrastructure behind it to support a growing membership. Whilst the membership has almost doubled in the past year, it is important that it continues to grow strongly in order that it can be seen to be properly representative of the wider fan base. But a growing membership and a sound infrastructure counts for nothing if there aren't people to do the work. The Supporters Trust Board can have a maximum of 10 elected members and now there are only 4. They need your help. Jen, Laura, Alison and John have been a pleasure to work with and all are passionate about the future of the football club and the need to get the voice of the supporters better embedded in the working of the club. But they all have a range of work, family and other commitments which restricts the time they can spend on work for the Trust. The Trust urgently needs people to help both on the Board and behind the scenes. You can find out more about the Trust on the website, or, if you are interested in helping out one way or another, you can contact the Trust at [email protected]. All best wishes to everyone for a happy and successful New Year. And here's to some genuine togetherness between club and supporters and to success on the pitch.

Well said Oh Wise One Johndo. I totally agree.

I saw the passion at first, then it was all fight I'm afraid. Wrong sport. Quite an unfair statement on the whole team perhaps?