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I find that very strange that the young team felt they were not welcome in the North stand. I sit about half way up section e, a lot of the young team sat in the front few rows of section e right in front of me. Never seen any issues with them being there or saw any issues out with stewards clamping down on them now and again. That wasnt to do with the other supporters around then though! But, if that's how some of them feel then fair enough, go the the west stand. Its actually not a bad place to be watching the game, its where I used to stand back in the day before we got promotion and had to build the North stand seating. As its self funding and not being funded by the club I hope they manage to get the roof but it will take a massive effort from S94 and looking at the crowds that have been in the west stand the last few games and the difficulty there was to get 8 people to shake buckets yesterday I think its a pipe dream that's never going to happen.4 points
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Can all fans who think this way ‘get real’ and wake up. Irrespective of whether Ian McCall would be any good, ICT is not an attractive post for a manager - we have no money, can’t attract good players, terrible reputation with ‘burnt’ local businesses (investment), minute, dwindling and disgruntled support, fall guy to a toxic Board! Players speak to each other and reputations are made! - ICT and Inverness (the highlands) is not an attractive proposition for any ‘outside’ aspiring or established player of reasonable ability. - It’s too far away from the large urban areas. Away from your family and friends the novelty of the A9 and A96 quickly wear off. If you have made the move, once you fall out of favour, your playing career is in stuck in limbo if you have a family, - their is no other team to go to (County - only if you bow to Sir Ian). Ask Kettlewell! Players know ICT ground is a soleless and lonely place with no atmosphere. Throw in no money, ICT is just not a good image or option right now! Sorry to be blunt, but until we start addressing some of these issues we’re just treading water. bc4 points
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Can you supply evidence re this? I sit in middle North stand have not seen anything to back this up3 points
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It's time for Robbo, Gardiner, Dodds, Wilson, Kellacher and Esson to go. All these coaches have been part of the coaching staff under previous managers which haven't gone well either. It's time for change. Fresh ideas and a different direction. Robbo and Gardiner are luxuries we can't justify.3 points
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I'm really glad to have lived through and witnessed the golden era of the Highland League, in my humble opinion, that was the 70's and 80's. I was a Jags supporter, and would go to all home games when I was a boy, my parents wouldn't allow me to go to away games out of Inverness. So, when the Jags were playing away, I used to go to Telford Street or Grant Street if they were playing that day instead, and in the 70's especially, Caley had a great team, Johnstone, Allen, Fyfe and Park to name a few,and Clach had some great players as well, Wizzy Dingwall, Thomson, Giles and Kennedy. Other strong teams at that time were Elgin City and Ross County, so it's no great surprise that the Highland League standard has been diminished since most of these clubs are now in the Scottish League. What a team the Jags had then, I can still remember how great that side was that won the titles in the early 70's. Reilly, R.Fraser, D'Arcy, Cumming, Bremner & Lazenby, T.Faser or Tichy Black, Stephen, Cowie, Duncan & Maclean. The 12th man usually being Peter Corbett, Alan Maclaren or John Morrison. Halcyon days, sadly missed.3 points
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Just move the section into the North Stand behind the goal. Think it use to be section G. Keep the funding page open to pay up Dodds contract3 points
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McCall is available.2 points
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I must admit, on recent home crowd numbers, I thought 2471 was a bit high and doubted whether the cup win last week would have had the effect of enticed an extra 300 folk away from Primark and a Sat afternoon. I'll keep a check on the published number and amend the scores accordingly. So, for the time being anyway, the result stands as per the rules....but....I will have a think about it. If required I'll update the scores when I do the update for the next game. Cheers folks and thanks for playing.2 points
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Time for Dodds to go....awful manager2 points
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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! bc2 points
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Then he will be playing in an empty stadium2 points
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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 !2 points
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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.2 points
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There would be a better way to raise the roof this season2 points
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And me. Back to a 3. 2.5 really but rounded up to a 3. Sort of wonder which play-offs the club is aiming for on that 2nd half performance.1 point
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He needs sacked or the Board/CEO need to make a statement backing him, and explain why.1 point
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Best of luck to them if it's self funded but I think it'll be a challenge if yesterday is anything to go by as there looked to be about 30 folk there.1 point
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There was nothing on show yesterday to suggest we can make play offs. Was last week a fluke? I dunno but it's truly been a one off performance this season1 point
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I’m that depressed reading this I want to move south. Something has changed over the years this was a good place for a young player to come previously. Look at players like Johnny Hayes Andrew and Graeme Shinnie. Marley Watkins and others. Was a stepping stone up to bigger wages etc. We’ve had loads of players coming up over the years. Something has gone far wrong and I agree with you a major shake up is required but how do you do it. Any Sugar daddy’s on here1 point
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I'm supporting the lads with their campaign as they seem to want the West rather than the North? However it just seems wrong timing at moment given all the other stuff hanging over club.1 point
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Shaw's attempted pass was wayward but Hamilton picked the ball up in their own half. There was still plenty of time for Devine, Welsh etc to make a decent challenge. The turning point was Billy missing a sitter and Daniel inability to control a football when one on one.1 point
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Hamilton Hammer Hapless Hackers 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. This game is the first of a double header against Accies with six points up for grabs, but we have found Hamilton difficult to get point from of late. Billy Mckay was in a rich vein of form lately, 8 goals since New Year and just like magic, Austin Samuels appeared on the bench alongside Robbie Deas. Accies had Connor Smith on from the start after he had been cup-tied since his loan deal from Hearts and Rheagan Tumilty started as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Half Inverness started the game on the front foot with Nathan Shaw involved in most things good, however the final ball would be elusive. Unbelievably, Billy Mckay of all people missed an open goal from around six yards after being teed up by Daniel Mackay, his simple roll into the net hit the post when it was easier to score. Accies eventually grew into the game midway through the half without troubling Ridgers. In fairness, Fulton in the Accies goal wasn't over exerted either and it was little surprise that it was goalless at the interval. HALF TIME:0-0 Two minutes after the interval Accies took the lead and once more it was self inflicted. Nathan Shaw who had been prominent in the first half passed the ball to the opposition around the halfway line. Lewis Smith and Jean-Pierre Tiehi burst forward but they were blocked and Lucas De Bolle got the break of the ball after the initial burst forward broke down and he buried the loose ball behind Ridgers. Match Reaction on CTO 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 unacceptable. 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. 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. Pos Team Pld W D L F A Pts TABLE NOT LOOKING SO GOOD FOR US NOW 1. Queens Park 25 13 5 7 49 34 44 2. Dundee 24 12 6 6 40 27 42 3. Ayr United 24 11 6 7 46 32 39 4. Morton 24 10 7 7 35 28 37 5. Partick Thistle 24 11 3 10 43 38 36 6. Raith Rovers 25 9 7 9 33 33 34 7. Inverness CT 24 8 8 8 34 35 32 8. Cove Rangers 25 6 8 11 32 51 26 9. Arbroath 25 4 10 11 24 40 22 10. Hamilton Ac. 24 5 6 13 22 40 21 Date: 18/02/2023 Venue: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2171 Referee: Mathew MacDermid Inverness CT: 0 Manager: Bily Dodds Lineup: Ridgers, Carson, Duffy, Devine, Harper, Henderson, Welsh (Boyd 79), Allardice, Shaw (Cairns 76), D Mackay (Samuels 69), B Mckay Subs (not used): C Mackay; Deas, Thompson, Delaney, Hyde, Doran Scorers: none Booked: Allardice (63) Devine (72) Sent Off: none Hamilton Accies: 3 Manager: John Rankin Lineup: Fulton; Tumilty (Lawson 73), Owens, D McGowan, O'Reilly (McGinn 87), L Smith (Stephenson 58), Shiels, C Smith, Martin, De Bolle (Winter 73), Tiehi (Zanatta 87) Subs (not used): J Smith; Easton, Newbury, Latona Scorers: De Bolle (47), Tiehi (80), C Smith (87 pen) Booked: O'Reilly (13), Tumilty (30) Sent Off: none a1 point -
Thought his contract is up end of this season? If we offer him a new deal what a tinpot club we really are1 point
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One of the few positives today, after around 1520, was hearing the crowd and knowing I was within 100 of it with my prediction of 2087 and in line for a bonus! The BBC have got their figure wrong.1 point
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2171 is, I am sure, what was announced at the game. It was 1852 at the Morton game and with only a handful of Hamilton supporters, I can't see the figure of 2471 being correct.1 point
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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 on1 point
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No need to say "sorry". I wasn't disagreeing - just saying that it wasn't a straight comparison. I never saw much of Titchy, but did see a lot of the Jags a few years earlier, when they had Tony Fraser on the right, Bobby McLean on the left, Chipper Stephen and Johnny Cowie in the middle... and broke all sorts of scoring records.1 point
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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.1 point
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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.1 point
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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.1 point
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Chalk and cheese. Titchy was a winger. Davy Johnston was a compact, fast striker - now that I think about it, he had many similarities with Billy Mckay. His telepathic partnership with Chic Allan was out of this world. Mind you, Ian Stephen and Johnny Cowie were pretty good too1 point
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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*****1 point
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"Ah'm hurtin'; we're all hurtin.'"1 point
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My favourite jags player Everyone always talked about Caley’s Davie Johnstone who was outstanding. I always believe Tichy was right up there as well1 point
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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.1 point
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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 enough1 point
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I stood there for many seasons before we had to go all seated. There was a good crowd in the corner and the weather didn’t bother us much without a roof. Good luck raising the money which won’t be easy in the current climate!1 point
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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!1 point
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Problem is, any money we make in the cup is being blown by dropping places in the league. We've also got a shed load of debt all over the city that needs repaid before a penny can be spent on signings. What I'm saying is, we're broke, and even a cup win isn't going to save our finances.0 points
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Memories: It's all we have left to look forward to.0 points
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