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Unless we go on a good run "It's all over now baby blue"

They do I expect them I just think people forget about all the injuries we've had, the budget (or lack of it) we have and just how tight the Championship is, but I BELIEVE.

Let’s come down to earth and consider the rubbish talked in the post match TV interviews. Dodds talking garbage again - He actually thinks that injuries to important players has ruined our season. The need to playing reserves has affected tactics and led to vital mistakes being made. He then suggests that the spirit is still there- well listening to and simply looking at the non verbal presentations of McKay and Welsh it is clear that the dressing room is lost and there is no togetherness. Last night was simply a fluke and a total one off. I am sure that many others will concur with my views. I also feel that the players were hoodwinked into playing better purely because it was the CEO’s birthday and there was a threat to cancel Doran’s testimonial dinner. REAL fans will not be taken in 🙄

You start with this... ictfccustomercharter2020.pdf

Don’t leave me this way ??

Always look on the bright side of life ??

Heaven knows I,m miserable now?

Careful with the Jackson Browne songs. Next week we might be back to "Here come those tears again", or "Running on Empty".

The litmuss test now will be whether we can beat Queens Park next Saturday. We have successfully avoided playing Hamilton on the 29th April following last night's performance so also need to work out how to beat them when it is re-arranged.

With five games in February and only one win and two draws there was not a lot of votes. The winner for February is Billy Mckay Off to a better start this month and its still close at the top so keep your votes coming in

I don’t understand the premise of your point here. Most comments, I believe, of the people that contribute to the forum are ICT fans, turn up and pay their money. From the comments I have read, the bulk appear sincere in the support for the team, but want to be able to comment (for good or bad) on what they see, hear or read regarding the club/match performance and experience. That’s a healthy position I would suggest!! Maybe you don’t and you’re entitled to your view! Just to cemented my point, I have attended all the home matches this season and with few exceptions the team performance has been a hard watch to say the least! I wrote previously in this forum prior to the Killie match, that to date, I saw no evidence on past performances to see how we could prevail, however we knew on football there was always a chance. (Which we took on the night). So unlike a few on this topic, I attending on what was a bitterly cold night to support my team. I was delighted and cheering with the rest of the die-hard fans as we matched Killie in energy, effort and no small bit of guile. We should have secured a 3-1 victory but I don’t loose sight of a fantastic result! - Just wish we had applied some of the same attitude in the past games. Spare me trotting out the tired old injuries excuse!! Just to pare back a little of the good feel of last nights result, this was at best an average Killie team. The good thing for me was our boys didn’t shrink back to believe they were inferior to a top league team and went on the attack. Dare I suggest the reduction in our usual habit of playing the ball backward from an attacking position helped!! Anyway - out with the team and manager on the night, credit from me goes to :- # the young team - awakened and stirred the corpses in the north stand. More flares, tapes upsetting the gentry and general mischief (great), - crucial on the night I suspect. # Killie fans - announcer says 2950ish attendance for the match. They brought up over 600 fans in my opinion. (Where were our faithful)? On one of Scotland’s coldest days they travelled in numbers at a rotten time, watched and noisily supported their team in defeat to then travel another 3 hours to arrive in Ayrshire around 01:00 Here’s to you Killie fans. So in conclusion - I turned up and supported and cheered my team onto a fine result! Well done. I will continue however to express my views on where and when I consider the team, manager, CEO, board or facilities fall short! Unless of course that type of criticism is not allowed here??

Yesterday's game is a stark reminder of how important it is to get clarity on what the Club's financial plans are. We have a squad of players who have shown they are good enough to compete in the Premiership if we can be reasonably injury free. But bear in mind that the latest accounts (on which the club has not commented) state that the financial projections are reliant on uncertain sources of income and operational cost savings, and that new auditors have "material concerns" about the club preparing the accounts on a going concern basis. It would appear that cutting operational costs is inevitable and the biggest part of operational costs is presumably the player budget. With other costs rising (such as energy costs as highlighted in IBM's post above), it seems likely that there will be significant pressure on the player budget. Whilst it is still possible to gain promotion this season, we have to assume that we won't. Therefore unless we get clarity soon about a viable financial plan for next season, many of the players who performed so well last night on national TV will be off elsewhere when their contracts come to an end at the end of the season, or they will be sold for less than they are worth in order to reduce the wage bill. If that happens, we will do well next season not to exit the Championship through the back door. In other words, if we don't win promotion this year, we are highly unlikely to do so next year. We need to get right behind the team for the rest of the season and hope we get the major financial boost promotion would bring.

He used to be alright, but now he’s shite?