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Absolute crap. Should have been ahead at the break. Shaw helped Accies out to create their first. Second goal our defence seemed to part and leave the ball for Accies to score. Welsh sliced a great opportunity wide from a low cross and Fulton pulled off a great save from a header after a corner. I'm not convinced by the penalty but game was gone by then. One step forward and four backwards. Worst result of the season.

For various reasons, I've not been able to get to too many games this season. After the rave reviews from the cup game last week I was rather looking forward to the game today. And we started confidently and brightly with good movement and sharp passing to create chances that should have been put away. We were sharp off the ball too and won possession back well. But after 20-25 mins the confidence seemed to ebb away and bit by bit, Hamilton began to come into the game. By half time they were looking much the better side. A bad error in midfield led to Hamilton taking the lead early in the 2nd half and from then on we seemed to abandon plan A. This was unfortunate because there didn't seem to be a plan B. We never looked remotely like getting back on level rems apart from a good header by Devine which produced a magnificent save from Fulton. With the need for creativity getting more and more urgent, Dodds took off our 2 most creative players and we duly went 2 down. Penalty or no penalty for number 3? I don't know or care. We shouldn't have been in the position for the referee to have to make a decision. Too many players looked to have given up by then. The second half was awful, but the really worrying thing for me was the way the players seemed to lose the confidence and the courage to play the way we know they can. There are no easy teams in this league and if we are to have any chance or reaching the play offs we need to keep the intensity and the courage from the first whistle to the last. Play like we did in the 2nd half for the rest of the season and it would be hard to see where the few points we need to avoid relegation would come from. Just a shout out for young Henderson who was the one player always looking for the ball and always looking to do something with it. His end product wasn't always great, but at least there was an end product. Shaw made the error that led to the opener, but apart from that he looked to be the player most likely to open up the Hamilton defence. On the back of the Livi game, we had a decent crowd today. Sadly many of those who turned up will be reluctant to do so again any time soon.

Every week I think to myself, this is rubbish, it can't get any worse than this, and every week ICT manage to do it. I have watched football in Inverness for around 50 years, and I can honestly say that I've never seen such rubbish. Dodds needs to resign if he has any degree of respect left for the club. To be beaten at home by the bottom club is unexceptable. We started well, first 20 minutes I thought if we keep this up we could win this, then we went to our default position, lose the ball cheaply, can't string passes together, defend badly, don't work their keeper and revert to Hoofball. I really can't wait for this season to be over. We need a total clear out in all departments, starting with Dodds and his coaches.

Absolutely awful display yet again coached by this clown of all clowns . Club slipping further each week from playoffs not helped by a poor inadequate board that seem happy to just sit and watch the backwards transformation of the club . Less placed in the league = less money at the end of the season. Smart move would have been to have got rid long long ago .( writing was n the wall last season ) And people wonder why the club lacks decent support . Numbers are falling rapidly . Fans are so fed up of all this it’s unbelievable. Massive shake up of the club needed and not just coaching staff . What are certain people at this club been paid for ?? Absolutely embarrassing yet again.

For the first 20 mins I was optimistic even positive and impressed.We should have been two up by half time with Billy Mckay missing a sitter. As the half progressed we started to revert to type,gave up playing football and started hoof ball.Shaw,Henderson,Allardyce and Carson looking good with nice touches.Don't know what Shaw took at half time but second half he was all over the place.Carson was my player of the team today with Allardyce and Henderson. However,I cannot understand how for the last two home league games we cannot do basic defending.Shocking final result when you consider how we started the game.Losing 3-0 at home to Hamilton is not acceptable.

Abysmal result. Defeat was fairly predictable as we usually struggle against Hamilton - 3 wins for them in their last 4 trips here - but the margin of this defeat is an absolute shocker.

If he's still in a job come Tuesday then fans NEED to vote with their feet until our incompetent board get it into their thick skulls that this just isn't acceptable!!!!!!! Dudds, GET OUT MY CLUB NOW !

IHE going to have to extend his scale into negative numbers

*adopts Brian Blessed voice* "Samuels' ALIVE???"

I thought Shaw was in the “no 10” role supporting Mckay but also dropping back to bolster the midfield, with Mackay wide left and Henderson wide right. Carson and Henderson tried hard to link up and create down the right, but we struggled down the left. Mackay had a great opportunity one on one but his first touch let him down, whilst Harper was one of many who’s passing was poor. Teams in our league know to press us at goal kicks so we can’t play it out from the back and that when we go long we’ve no height. Early on we were good enough to overcome that, Allardice tending to be the outlet to create space, but then it all went wrong with hoofball or poor distribution. The only saving grace is that our away form is better than our home form (despite some batterings) and we’ve four away league games coming up. I just hope we’ve a big enough buffer from the teams below us…..

Take a bow Jay Henderson never stopped running , looking for the ball and never once hid from his responsibility. The rest were beyond embarrassing, led by the worst management team in our short history. Change has to come the total disconnect between fans and the club gets bigger each week and is well and truly f*****

I would honestly say that is the worst Hamilton team I've ever seen. Our u18s competed better against them and actually created more chances than we did today. I will be amazed if Dodds is still in charge come Monday. Enough is enough

Utter b0ll0cks.

“Austin I love you, but we only have 13 matches left to save our season!”

Well understandably the scores have mainly increased and maintaining the trend at the present time is vital. Nice to note that there has been an enthusiastic response. But let’s remain honest and not get too positive. If we can reach at least 75% of the Livi performance we are in with a shout Look forward to another positive performance and outcome and await your scores and comments later

Six points from the two Hamilton games are vital. Those results would further boost player confidence and fan expectation. Dundee, Ayr and the Spiders away is a big, big ask but as Dodds said earlier in the season the team that goes on a run will win the league. And everybody is taking points off each other. Fraid it is a case of “now or never”.

Looking forward to tomorrow’s game, as long as the right ICT turn up. Let’s hope for a positive performance where we play to our strengths and are on the front foot from the start. We have a poor recent record against Hamilton, but hammered them 4-0 last season: more of that will do nicely tomorrow! Three points please, as on a weekend where the current top 6 are playing each other, it’s our chance to make sure we are in play off contention. After tomorrow, our next four league games are all away, with the next home league game not until 25 March (we would have had Arbroath on 11 March). We have Hamilton, Dundee, Ayr and Queens Park away in that time, adding to the importance of getting three points tomorrow.

... on this site anyway. He scores when he wants 'scored' another one today when I corrected a wrongly input strike against Dundee in season 2016/2017. The 'goal' had been wrongly attributed to Alex Fisher. However the footage clearly shows Billy Mckay scoring. Alex Fisher scored the second goal with a brilliant head down to himself and volley on the turn. So, with that error detected and corrected, Billy is now on 95 goals according to our records and just 7 short of the all time record of Sir Dennis Wyness at 102. Well done Billy Here's the footage

Back to Business After a weekend of Cup action it's back to League duty this weekend as the hunt for points at both ends of the table intensifies. Forget the previous twenty-odd games, the season begins in earnest now with most sides having recruited in the January sales and squads should now be optimised for the last third of the season. For Inverness that's not so much about bringing new players in, it's more about getting injured players back on the park and it was great to see Robbie Deas in the squad at Livingston, a sign that we are slowly getting back to full strength with Scott Allardice and Cammy Harper also having taken part over the last three games. This is a home game on Saturday and is scheduled for a 3:00pm start at the Caledonian Stadium. We then visit Hamilton three days later in a re-arranged fixture from before Xmas on 21st Feb at 19:45. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Info Scottish Cup v Killie Raise the Roof ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venue H2H v Accies Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst + / - Home 16 5 4 7 25 20 +5 Away 12 6 2 4 17 15 +2 Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 28 11 6 11 42 35 +7 Historically we have a decent record against Accies although in recent games when we should have been the dominant force we have struggled to cope having won only one of the last six encounters, and that was an end of season fixture when Accies were winding down and we were gearing up for the play-offs. It's only two wins in ten if you stretch further back. Last 10 Competitive Meetings v Accies 0 - 2 (A) 0 - 1 (H) 4 - 0 (H) 1 - 1 (A) 1 - 2 (H) 1 - 2 (A) 2 - 1 (H) 0 - 3 (A) 1 - 1 (H) 1 - 1 (A) This time last year we played out an entertaining 1 - 1 draw at Hamilton: Accies took an early lead through Josh Mullin after a defensive blunder by Reece McAlear. Great finish from the Accies player though as he arrowed the ball high into the net from twenty yards (Josh Mullin). We levelled when Sam Pearson scored his first goal for the club on the half hour and that's how it stayed at the break, although David Moyo almost got a touch on a low ball fizzed into the box just on the whistle. No further scoring after the break despite plenty of opportunities at both ends and Joe Hardy almost snatched it at the end with the last kick of the ball. Good point, but ten games without a win now Pos Team Pld W D L F A Pts After tonights games 1. Queens Park 25 13 5 7 49 34 44 2. Dundee 24 12 6 6 40 27 42 3. Ayr United 23 11 6 6 46 31 39 4. Morton 24 10 7 7 35 28 37 5. Raith Rovers 25 9 7 9 33 33 34 6. Partick Thistle 23 10 3 10 42 38 33 7. Inverness CT 23 8 8 7 34 32 32 8. Cove Rangers 24 6 7 11 31 50 25 9. Arbroath 24 4 9 11 23 39 21 10. Hamilton Ac. 23 4 6 13 19 40 18 FRIDAY 17TH FEBRUARY (19:45) Morton 1-0 Dundee Queens Park 1-1 Raith Rovers SATURDAY 18TH FEBRUARY (15:00) Ayr United v Partick Thistle Cove Rangers v Arbroath Caley Jags v Hamilton Last Time Out It was cup action for both sides last weekend. Accies acquitted themselves well against Hearts after a shaky start but went down 2-0 with the Jambos scoring in each half through Humphrys and Devlin. In their last Championship fixture Accies drew 1-1 with title candidates Dundee. An early goal from Hearts loanee Connor Smith put Accies ahead only for Jordan McGhee to level before the interval and that's how it stayed as Accies gained a valuable point at the foot of the table. Inverness dumped the Livi Lions out of the Cup with two sensational strikes from on form Billy Mckay and a Sean Welsh header to progress to the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup. That has earned us a home tie against Kilmarnock on March 11th. Our last League game saw us come from behind twice to earn a point at home versus Morton. Second half goals from Billy Mckay and Ethan Cairns saw us grab a late point. That was Billy's 92nd goal for the Caley Jags whilst Ethan has a long way to go after notching his first goal with his first touch after coming on as a substitute. Cup Goals Accies have already beaten us twice this season although one of those games was against a weakened Inverness side in the Challenge Cup where the youngsters performed well despite going down 0 - 2. Great Effort by Young Team: Accies took an early advantage of the young squad Inverness had assembled and opened the scoring after only three minutes through an own goal. The young team responded well when Calum Mackay did brilliantly down the left and his cross made it's way to Keith Bray but his diving header was tipped round the post by Jamie Smith. Minutes later Mackay went through on goal but his shot caught the side netting. Tiehi and One replied for Accies with Ridgers gathering Tiehi's effort and One heading wide before a deflected shot from Winter earned a corner for Accies. Aaron Nicolson shot just wide midway through the half. Accies doubled their lead when Reegan Mimnaugh turned in Andy Winter's low cross. Mackay and Nicolson came close again. Just before the interval Mark Ridgers denied Gabe Forsyth from 25 yards. 2-0 at the interval with the young guys performing brilliantly and Jamie Smith the busier keeper, but Accies with the all important goals. H/T 2-0 Just after the hour Ryan One did well down the Accies left and his shot was parried by Ridgers and Caley Thistle get clear. Inverness made a couple of changes with twenty minutes left. Alistair Nixon & Calum MacLeod on, Ryan Barrett & Duncan Proudfoot off. 83rd minute Daniel MacDougall & Lewis Mackie on, Jack Walker & Aaron Nicolson off. 87th minute Danny Gillan on, Mark Ridgers off. Accies ended the game with ten players that had come through their own Academy as the game ran away from the Inverness XI who had acquitted themselves very well. Latest Team News Probably still too early for Robbie Deas, but great to have him back involved with the squad. Allardice, Harper, Shaw and Welsh have all returned and will be heading towards full fitness. Still some doubts over the whereabouts of our man of mystery, Austin Samuels. Not much information coming from the club surrounding his availability or otherwise. Sutherland, Walsh and MacGregor are still to come so we can maybe look forward to a wee surge towards the end of the season. Here's hoping. Hamilton's January business In: Reghan Tumilty, defender (Hartlepool United). Loan in: Connor Smith, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian); Dylan McGowan, defender (Kilmarnock); Tom Sparrow, midfielder (Stoke City). Out: Miko Virtanen, midfielder (Cove Rangers). Loan out: Michael Doyle, defender (Alloa Athletic). Good bit of business by Accies to bring in Reghan Tumilty on loan. Dario Zanatta is also a handy man to have in your locker and Lewis Smith has caused us problems before. Young Ryan One is developing into a great prospect. Accies are always up for a battle and points are usually difficult to prise away from them. The loans in of Connor Smith and Dylan McGowan will bolster the Accies defence who have conceded forty goals. However it's up front they have really under achieved scoring only nineteen league goals this season compared to our thirty-four goal haul. Billy Mckay has twelve league goals to his name. The prize for beating Livingston>>> After last weeks heroics, we face Kilmarnock on Friday 10th March 7:45pm. This tie will be screened live on BBC Scotland. As well as scoring two peaches against Livi, Billy Mckay was in the team of the week for his performance. That's Billy's 8th goal since the turn of the year.

Part of Shaw developing as player will be to bounce back quickly. Making a mistake from a position he is unused to playing is quite normal. The curse of passing back especially when nobody is there I agree it did seem to knock him but prior to that he was one of our better performers. Head up and crack on

The agony of todays result is why we are addicted to this sport. It’s so unpredictable that we get high when we unexpectedly win well (Livi) and suffer when we fall short (today and more than we wish to admit this season)! I believe we were the better team today for 70% of the game but failed where it matters most (putting the ball in the net). Outcome, Hamilton scored and grew in confidence. Second goal killed the match as a contest. I’m no fan of BD but I’m not convinced he has to carry all the blame for todays result. Truth is our players failed to deliver (again) when required. There was no pressure against Livi (most hoped we wouldn’t be humiliated), but when we were expected to overcome lowly Hamilton the truth hit home (they couldn’t)! We all know scoring goals is the toughest part for all teams. Celtic and Rangers are so endowed that it’s less of a problem for them. When your the likes of ICT and don’t take the opportunities when they come along it influences both sides as the match progresses. We couldn’t handle it and lost our way - Wala 0-3! Had we scored first I personally feel we could have won the game! Outwith not scoring and loosing the two first goals, (don’t believe it was a penalty), my gripe from today’s performance was the reluctance to press up the field when we had the ball. Too many took the easy option to play the ball back - a pattern all to familiar for a lot of this season. I can’t and will not blame the kids if and when they make a mistake, that’s part of the learning and development of their match knowledge and abilities. So for me today’s shortcomings was down to the experienced players. Last week it was different and I believe, (and hope) the next match will also prove likewise. As has been mentioned in numerous notes throughout this forum, we are where we are in ways of money, players, board and manager capabilities and abilities! Our players are the best we can afford or attract to the area. Some will have to move on (age, money or too injury prone) once the season is completed. That’s just the reality we are in! The fan base is fragile however, and this is where I fear the CEO and board may make the biggest mistake by taking them again for granted. The current fan base is the core stock, and they are clearly thinning out as they don’t like the direction or what has happened to their club and state of disrepair to the ground over the past few years. Anyway - whilst no fan of him, for me todays loss is less blame of the manager and more for the players. just my tuppence worth! bc

Thank you for pointing this out. Not too sure who has control of the abacus at the stadium. I've always gone with BBC figure and sometimes double check with the official SPFL site. Both have the crowd as 2471.

I was thinking I am not sure the team was set up right today.Shaw and Henderson seemed to be playing alongside each other on same wing and Harper and D Mackay were on opposite side.I always think Shaw playing out one flank and Henderson way wide on the opposite side pumping balls into Billy is best.Harper and DMackay could have played inside them also on opposite sides. We lacked a cutting edge today same as last home game.We had DMackay one on one with their goalie which came to nothing.Last home game it was Doran one on one with the goalie. Last home game we gave away two goals by silly mistakes today the same.Best hope this season is to beat Killie get Celtic or Rangers in semi,make lots of money and then rebuild the team and change the whole club strategy, vision and mission.

Seems no-one can decide (appreciate you go with the BBC one, unusual to see so many different amounts given!)

@Gringoany idea why the BBC crowd is so wildly different from what the club are saying?

For the first 20 minutes, we looked good, playing to our strengths, getting behind the defence and creating chances. Mckay should have scored and a 2 or 3 goal lead then would have reflected the match to that point. Henderson, Shaw and Allardice were the best in that spell. I did worry that we’d failed to score during the period we were well on top, and we suddenly stopped playing well, and constantly gave the ball away. We gifted the first after a wayward pass by Shaw, which seemed to knock his confidence as he’d being doing well until then. The rest is history although I felt the penalty was very soft. Henderson was the pick for me, and Mckay never stopped trying, at one point even covering left back after Harper lost possession. What worried me most was that Dodds was most animated in stoppage time when Douglas Ross got a throw in call wrong. The game was gone by then, it didn’t matter, and he has much bigger things he should be focussing on. 3-0 was a harsh score but that’s how it ended. We now need a response on Tuesday, although I think our (promotion) play off chances died this afternoon.

Then he will be playing in an empty stadium

Memories: It's all we have left to look forward to.

You have to make allowances for jagster he bought a new red & black hat and scarf today

"Ah'm hurtin'; we're all hurtin.'"

My favourite jags player Everyone always talked about Caley’s Davie Johnstone who was outstanding. I always believe Tichy was right up there as well

Don't recall Ridgers having to do much other than pick the ball out the net. Shaw giving the ball away for them to score at the start of the second half set the tone. Once we were behind Hamilton were always going to be even harder to break down. They are after all fighting relegation. I missed what happened for the second but after that Hamilton could enjoy themselves. Penalty looked a bit soft but the game was done. Duffy lost the ball at the end and Hamilton should have had a fourth; a slightly bizarre scoreline that would have been. It felt like we were forcing it the whole game especially after going behind; that approach ended with no goals and defeat. A rash of subs only confused matters. Hopefully they will learn quick and change the result Tuesday; if they lose 6 points to the bottom team it's not a good look and will make the season finale a tough gig

Decent first 25-30 dissipated into Hamilton ascendancy and hoofball.

If last weeks fantastic result doesn't give the lads a confidence boost then nothing will. Hopefully it will result in another great performance against Hamilton and a much needed three points. On the other hand, will it result in over confidence? Our team is so unpredictable these days but here's hoping we have turned the corner.

3,4. Obviously a great win against Livi, but lose at home to Hamilton and we will be starting to get cut adrift from the play off places. Need a decent win against Hamilton to push the ranking up to 5.

Yeah I agree there’s plenty of space in other parts of the ground if you need a roof. I enjoyed my early days in that corner too and changing ends at half time to see us shooting at the other end. There are plenty of other grounds with uncovered terracing as well. Good luck in getting to their total but I can’t help but feel there could be better things to fund.

The S94 fans have tweeted that the target is £25,000.

Yes, I read this article on Facebook today. What an amazing player he was, one of the best the Highland League ever had. I remember a story that was going around after one game. It was against Dundee, and Tommy Gemmel was the player/manager then, and he tried to kick Tichy up and down the wing, as they were in direct opposition, and after the game was over, Gemmel was so impressed by his skills and bravery, that he tried to buy him! But Tichy was a one club man. Brilliant times in the Highland League. I was in school with his brother Lofty, that's how old I am!

It’s been really refreshing to see your many recent posts. We all need a positivity injection after all the doom and gloom of recent weeks and the Livi result was the first one and hopefully the team kicks on from that.

Make that 2 matches.