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Harper, uncharacteristically. He should have done a simple pass back to Ridgers but hesitated and lost possession. That was a very disappointing afternoon. We started fast but from about the fifth minute Queens Park started to dominate possession and just seemed sharper than us. Both teams had chances before we gifted the goal. The early goal in the second half really killed it and we only started showing some urgency after Bray and Hyde replaced Gilmour and Longstaff. Davidson got what turned out to be a consolation. Both ‘keepers had good saves and on another day there would have been more goals. As others have said, Bray was the pick of the players, followed by Shaw, Mckay and Duffy. For me Samuels spent too much time on the deck after contact from QP players and whilst his pace is an asset I don’t think he’s the right option as a starter right now and he should be used as an impact player off the bench. I need to see more of Lodovica before forming an opinion on him. He’s a big lad and deceptively quick but the jury is out. I’m forming the opinion Carson is a better right back than central midfielder but that was maybe as we tended to be outnumbered so he was fighting an uphill battle. QP deserved the win but the ref should have stamped out the time wasting. How many times did they kick the ball away, get a second ball on the park or dawdle at kick outs? It’s not an excuse but the authorities should make refs clamp down on it. Our home form let us down last season and hopefully we don’t repeat that this year. Two big away games now in which we need to pick up points.

Scot Gardiner in giving Dodds a new 2 year deal.

What does Scott Gardiner actually bring to the club ?

Gardiner should call Dodds into his office, sack him, and then resign

I said the same thing to my son, if we score, we will throw the kitchen sink at them in the last ten minutes, why don't we start like that? Dodds couldn't pick his nose, never mind the correct starting eleven. Bray should be a starter every time, he has energy and desire.

Yes - Dodds is still uninjured.

What an abysmal performance, but it's what I expected when I saw the formation and team line up. We were so light in midfield, only Carson and Gilmore in the CM, we really needed another in there, and it just shows how tactically unaware Dodds is, that he never changed a thing at half time. In my opinion we should have started with one up top, Mckay, Samuels is just not cutting it for me, and then one in behind, Doran or Bray, and have another CM in the middle. We don't have Welsh or Allardice now and we get over run by our opponents in there. And there is still far too much of the 'punt the ball anywhere up the park', just hoping that one of our players get onto it, which rarely happens, while our opponents pass the ball through us. Queens Park were by far the better team, and the ref was one of the worst I've seen. I fear that this is going to be a very long hard season, and if we can't win our home matches I dread to think where wins will come from.

Yet again another shambolic display by a team that you Billy Dodds has put together . Time to go ,along with your CEO who between you are making a total mess of the club .

I was assuming that the Ajax coaches were over here to learn from Dodds.

Jackie Sutherland (90) became just the fourth person to be awarded a City of Inverness Medal from Provost Glynis Campbell-Sinclair before taking a half-time bow to warm applause from fans at the Caley Thistle v Queen’s Park match.

Billy Dodds.

Listening to the post match interview, it sounded like Dodds was talking about the team lacking motivation. Unsurprisingly, he didn't seem to have identified it as that and just talked about how disappointed he was and how he was feeling. Yet again, no signs of leadership or accountability, so little wonder he can't motivate the team.

We stayed in Inverness for around 20 years up until 2009 and hardly missed a home match. along with my 3 sons at various times. Since we fell into the Championship for the second time I have rarely been to a decent away match. Last season in particular was pretty awful even though we just missed out on the play offs. When you travel 100/ 150 miles return a midweek evening it would be good to see something decent now and again. For years the team has lacked a leader. shape and anything resembling a winning mentality. The outlook for the season after today and our miserable League Cup exit does not fill me with expectation anything is going to change.

I have my season ticket and will see it out again supporting my team. If the shinty is that good you can always do a report on the game in the Other Sports section on this forum.

What a start to the league . Can't remember us getting more that 2 passes put together and why do we play with more urgency for the last 10 minutes of the match, play like that from the start! The only positive from today's game for me was Keith Bray looks a good prospect for the season.

We were discussing the state of the club during todays debacle, and since we won the Scottish cup, finished 3rd in the league and qualified for Europe, there has been a steady decline in our quality every season, when we should have pushed on and made the most of our golden age, instead, we have gone backwards.

Absolutely dominated by QP , who passed it around us for fun and imo did us a favour by time wasting and not going for a 3rd or 4th goal. Could have been embarrassing today. We really are devoid of any fresh ideas and the opportunity for change in the summer has been a badly missed one. Barely 2000 for an opening day fixture ,sez it all really, nobody gives a toss about the clubs current set up.

Can’t be worse than crying at the the crap on show today!

Ftfy

Two visiting Dutch visitors concluded that the referee was poor. We cannot blame him for our 70 minutes of lacklustre play. However, hopefully that is the end of our pre-season friendlies or else we will be bottom after the next two away games.

Are you aware of the concept of 'coaching'?

They're here to train the cleaning staff.

Let's Do This! The Championship kicks off on Friday night with title favourites Dundee United visiting Arbroath. For the rest of us mere mortals, it all begins on Saturday at 3:00pm and we are at the Caledonian Stadium to host Queens Park, a side we never got the better of last season. Five attempts to beat them on the park and our only 'success' came off the park in the Scottish Cup when Queens were turfed out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player. Thank you Euan Henderson, you saved last season from being a complete failure to just a failure! We start the season with five new players and our major departures were Scott Allardice and Robbie Deas. Loan players Dan Mackay and Jay Henderson were also returned to their parent clubs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket Info Harry Lodovica Mathew Strachan Harry Hennem Ethan Cairns ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last seasons Meetings including 0-2 Cup Loss at Home 1 - 2 (A) 0 - 2 (H) 0 - 0 (H) 1 - 2 (A) 1 - 1 (H) FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST Arbroath v Dundee Utd SATURDAY 5TH AUGUST Dunfermline v Airdrieonians Morton v Ayr Utd. Inverness CT v Queen's Park Partick v Rovers Team News Inverness signed five players during the summer. Defender Jake Davidson, midfielder Charlie Gilmour, forwards Adam Brooks, Luis Longstaff and Harry Lodovica, a work in progress, being the last signing. Unfortunately we have lost young left back Lewis Nicolson to what seems to be a fairly serious knee injury. Promising youngsters Ethan Cairns, Harry Hennem and Mathew Strachan have all been loaned out to Highland League sides until January ahead of the start of the Championship. Roddy MacGregor is going back under surgery for his knee and will be out for possibly three/four months. Lewis Nicolson is out with a knee injury. Danny Devine and Sean Welsh will be touch and go but Adam Brooks should return to the squad. Keith Bray looks likely to be the breakthrough kid this season. He showed up well in pre-season and League Cup encounters. Hear from Dodds ahead of the Queens Park game Where's Harry? Here he is>>> Queens Park are a much changed side from the one that toyed with us last season. New head coach Robin Veldman comes in from Anderlecht. Simon Murray left last January and is now scoring over the Bridge, and the giant defender Stephen Eze is away. In: Sam Kane, goalkeeper (Rangers); Will Tizzard, defender (Southampton); Jack Spong, midfielder (Brighton); Jack Turner, midfielder (Southampton); Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia, forward (Livingston); Ruiri Paton, forward (Queen of the South). Loans in: Barry Hepburn, midfielder (Bayern Munich). Out: Owen Coyle, head coach; Jake Davidson of course who joined ICT, defenders Lee Kilday, Callum Yeats, Stephen Eze, Liam McQuaid and Max Gillies; midfielders Liam Brown, Calum Biggar and Lewis Moore; forward Gregor Nicol, Loan ended: Marcel Oakley, defender (Birmingham City); Malachi Boateng, midfielder (Crystal Palace), Josh McPake, midfielder (Rangers); Connor Shields, forward (Motherwell); Euan Henderson, forward (Hearts). Queens Park lost out 1-2 to Queen of the South in their last League Cup game and like us they failed to progress to the next stage of the competition. They were reduced to ten men when Fox was red carded just after the interval. They did miss a late penalty through Ruari Paton and Aaron Healy scored a last minute consolation for QP who won only 4 points in their group games with one win and a draw. They had scored six goals for the loss of three. Ruari Paton was the top scorer with four goals against Elgin City in a 5-0 thrashing with Charlie Fox scoring the other. Dom Thomas is credited with a couple of assists and he likes to wind us up. A 0-0 draw with East Fife was followed by a narrow 1-0 defeat at Motherwell where QP gave a good account of themselves. Queens Park team v Queen of the South: McKenna Longridge Bannon Fox Robson Thomson (Healy 78) Spong Turner (Tizzard 49) Hepburn (Bruce 64) Paton Thomas (McLeish 78) If you need something to cheer you up, watch all of record breaker Billy Mckay's 102 Inverness CT goals>>>

No! We know what is going on but as long as we have the Chairman and board running the club and there is no sign of any other interested people taking over there is nothing we can do but cross our fingers and hope for the best for our club.

I thought that was in, as did most fans and even the stand side linesman who was setting off to the halfway line. No surprise the linesman got it wrong as he missed almost all the shirt pulling that QP indulged in. The chance came just before we went two behind.

It's quite embarrassing when you hear them trying to convince themselves and others that there's nothing to worry about, and it's early days, they've been saying it for three seasons now, and we are getting very worried.

Not just them, still some real hardcore fan boys within our support who still can't see the decline before their eyes.

He is the manager FFS!! What hope have we with his and Gardiner's love in???

I have a little good news for fans who couldn't make the game - Iain Auld was covering the game on Sportsound, hopefully this carries on throughout the season.

It wasn't. I enjoyed the shinty. Refreshing afternoon and positive. Can't say I'm in any rush to waste my money watching ICT, with a crap head coach, narcissistic CEO and feeling peed off at 4.45pm. Plenty more to do on a Saturday afternoon folks. Give it a try.

Unfortunately missed this game as on holiday. Can anyone confirm if we have an injury crisis yet please?

I really really am not looking forward to the coming season, certain of more of this sort of results. Sorry for raising my voice.

Yeah the way Dodds instructs the defenders to make basic errors is something that he needs to change. A better manager would ask them to defend properly instead!

Same old I'm afraid, although we had nice touches in first half and were unlucky twice to Billy Mackay shots.Defensive error cost us a goal yet again and thank goodness for Billy Mackay,Shaw and Davidson and young Bray in second half.We will have to sharpen up if we are going to make anything of this season with Dundee U,Queens, Partick and Dunfermiline all pushing for for top.Not a lot else you can say other that Queens were running rings round us for most of second half.Standside linesman had a poor game missing too many incidents.

up the creek it seems

Giving it a miss today. Watching shinty instead. The Arnie line of 'I'll be back' may not be the case for me. Wish the team well though. But can't abide by someone like Gardiner in charge rolling out the red carpet for his mates.

Hoping to see some of the intensity & sharpness that Dundee United showed last night, although with the quality of players they have added maybe wishful thinking. From the clips I've seen of us so far we haven't been close to the levels I'd expect, even with our shortened / hybrid preseason. 3 points today, regardless of how we get them, worry about the style later.

Thought I’d try with my mobile phone instead of iPad and - success. Very interesting reading indeed, thank you.

It has been running, driven by a season ticket holder who parks it up during the game.

Myself and some other members of the Suppoertrs Trust Board will be in the Sports Bar pre match tomorrow. Why not pop in for a chat where we will be happy to answer your questions.

Lizi check your private messages

I have hope, but no expectation. Regardless of any thoughts on squad strength, I have no faith that Dodds has the tactical wherewithal to get the best out of them, nevermind any ability to outsmart the opposition and have us punching above our weight. Not once have I ever seen him take responsibility as leader, and there's already signs in post match interviews this season that he is, once again, willing to throw others to the wolves to deflect from his own deficiencies as a manager and coach. The important question is "What is acceptable?" and if the clubs ambition is to be in the Premiership, then anything less than promotion is not. This ongoing lowering of fan expectations is a sign that the club's only success is dumbing us down and convincing us to keep on paying for a sub standard product while manager/coaches, DoF and CEO continue to pocket a wage they're not deserving of.

Is that a marker laid down by the Arabs. 4-0 up at half time against Arbroath............. oooft!

Would be good if the support takes note of it too, and perhaps recognise the work that's gone into it on their behalf, whether they are interested in the supporters trust or not.

The decline set in under Foran and has gradually gone downhill..

@Robert has a list, but not the time to share it

It looks like Nicolson out for season, and Roddy Macgregor is having an operation on is ankle on Monday so I believe, don't know what's the story with Welsh, but he's missed the last couple of games.

Shinty Jeezo

First time In 10 years I am not a season ticket holder. Might go to the game, but as it stands probably won't. Never felt so detached from ICT as I do now.