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I heard a fan behind me tell the people he was with that he's been attending since 1994 and this is the worst team he's seen. I doubt that's the case given the progression of the club through the leagues but others will be better placed than me to judge. As a new ICT season ticket holder the most disappointing aspect of yesterday was the lack of real grit, urgency and determination in the team until the last ten minutes. We seem to lack proper leaders and although Carson does his best to inspire and ruffle up the opposition, for me he spends too much time and effort focusing on the referee. I'm planning on going to Ayr next week and hope to see Bray and Brooks given a start. Nicolson is real loss as, in my opinion, him and Shaw combined very well in the preseason matches I saw. Here's hoping for a much improved performance next week....

When all said and done perhaps we need a reality check.We remain in the second tier of Scottish football because we are a mediocre team not ready for the top flight.The club has no money and no sugar daddy so we rely on our young up and coming players, which in many ways is good.However,we have to look for buys from the lower English leagues ,or from clubs who are moving on players in their twilight years.Yesterday was a perfect day for the opening game of a new season.2000 turned up.The product on display was much the same as the last few seasons.Some promising,some hard working with a bit of skill and others.The guys on the field do their best I am sure but when confidence is low they need reassurance,encouragement,support and understanding. We need to back the team we have, like it or not.BD has just signed a new deal,he is going nowhere and those around him are happy to be in a job so they are not going anywhere,that means we have to try and influence their(Chair,CEO,Manager and coaches) thinking in other ways by speaking with them,writing to them and by doing what we are doing on this forum and not by sitting around and just putting up with the same old year in year out We need stronger voices within the fan base demanding improvement. The reality is that we are aiming for top half of top half of table.We are not going to get promoted this season,so let's do the best we can with what we have got until a sugar daddy arrives or the club can get itself turned around.

It is hard to know what kind of team we are, apart from an easy to beat one. We aren't a counter attacking team, because our build up play is ponderous and predicable. We don't have a playmaker, and the midfield is too light and doesn't seem to have a game plan. We play with two wingers, but seldom get behind their back four, and if we do and put a cross in, they just get headed out, as our strikers are too small, so if Dodds wants to play that way, he should have started with big Harry. Our opponents know our game plan now, if indeed there is one, and they can counteract it, or change it at halftime if it's not working, something that Dodds seems to be reluctant or incapable of doing. At times yesterday, it looked like most of the players didn't know where they were supposed to be playing, it looked chaotic with players getting in each others way, and not being able to string a few passes together. Queens Parks passing was far superior and they more often than not found a pass and always seemed to have time on the ball to look up and pass to a spare man, while we always looked hurried and just booted it down the field. These things need to be addressed in training, and cut out the silly mistakes in defence of being caught in possession. We were always told, if in doubt, boot it out. I'm not sure if Harper was attempting a Cryuff turn yesterday, but whatever, it cost us big time. Harper is not a left back, he is far more affective playing further forward in the midfield, and if players are fit for the next game, I would have Delaney at left back, Devine in CB with Duffy and have Harper in a midfield five, with Samuels making way. We have to start thinking about not losing games first and foremost, and playing two up top, with only two in CM and two wingers is great if the tactics are right, but if not, we get what we got yesterday, nothing.

I'm going to need a bigger sofa if this continues.

Most games this season will be decided by fine margins. Even though QP might have had a better style of play and more possession (for which the manager and his tactics can be held to account), the result still came down to a small number of key moments, including errors by our players at both ends of the pitch. If a couple of touches had been better for we could be having a completely different kind of post-match discussion.

I think our team is like a bunch of marshmallows with the heart of a cabbage at the moment! BD said it, The fans see it, the board must see it, The team is scared and their lack of confidence in the coaching or tactics is obvious. As for the new signings, very little there to impress me( at the moment) combined with BD's tactical naievity this could be a long painful season.

Week 1 is over and that the end of the NAPs for this season - I'm top after one game so let's stop it now Good to see some additional players in @old caley girl @TheCaleyOne @IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER @The Mantis @WYNESS101 @noho Ony two absentees in @Joonya and @crownjaggie from last season, maybe they can be enticed back for next week. 4/17 correct predictions this week

Shoot me...... But we created enough chances to score five. Individual errors once again our downfall. No, I'm not Billy Dodds.

The season has just started. I’m confident the team will ‘find their game’ and start to turn the results round in the coming two matches. It may be a couple of 0-0 matches and unattractive, however we just have to realise and accept where and what we are as a club and start grinding out some no-loose results. That will settle the team which hopefully they can then build on to add a goal or two in the Sept games. bc

70% possession and they had to be gifted 2 goals. Tough season ahead for QP.

Indeed however we should not let individual defensive errors hide the bigger picture. The difference in the level of coaching between the two teams was stark with Queens having a clear basis to their play hence the ease they could play out from the back. In addition our press is amateur and you feel for the front two chasing around to find that the defenders always had an easy pass. Again standard of coaching. We had four very good chances to score and executed none. The same lack of cutting edge up front which has affected us for much of the past seasons. Easy game in some ways. Stop the opposition scoring and score at the other end. Too often we create early chances and don’t score only to fall behind and chase the game. Early in the season and form may pick up however……

This could herald the rise of Clachnacuddin FC. As for the shinty I wish people would stop hurling abuse as if they give a puck.

There's always the Highland League. I saw some great games back in those wonderful Caledonian days. ...a place where, on the evidence so far this season, that we are heading back to. Agreed. I said the same thing a few seasons ago. The team (and club) seemed to break up after that magnificent day. Wow! If we can't beat an experienced 16 y.o 'keeper then we do have problems. Well done to the lad though. We are now five 'proper' games in to the season and no clean sheet. We struggled against a 2nd div side for our only win. Yes we can blame the short close season and late finish to last season but DD should have found his best side by now...if there is one. This will be a tough league this season. As mentioned in a previous thread we need a 'Pele' in charge with the attitude and playing style of 'we'll score more than you'. That isn't going to happen I fear. Looking at the next few fixtures I can't see where our first clean sheet will come from....or victory come to that. I just hope something clicks and we go on an unbeaten run. But, honestly, I can't see that happening anytime soon. But, it's football and anything can happen. I/We live in hope.

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.

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.

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.

Week 1 MrCaleyjag - 209.00 CDN Girl - 208.50 Robert - 204.00 Jodie Carnie - 204.00 Old Caley Girl - 190.00 Caleyjag - 190.00 The Caley One - 190.00 Caley Braveheart - 190.00 IHE - 190.00 CaleyCanary - 190.00 Mrs Gringo - 190.00 Gringo - 190.00 The Mantis - 190.00 Wyness101 - 190.00 Noho - 190.00 Scotty - 190.00 SOS - 190.00

Added to his bank balance

And a fitness coach. We have been second best / lacking sharpness from the off this season. Plus he was in place when we had all the injuries last season. Another of Dodds mates and jobs for the boys.

The club has no money as it’s paying highly for unnecessary members of staff .

AI keep seeing folk saying 'we've no money' yet we have money for sporting director and video analysts etc. Have we seen any notable improvements on the pitch since their inception?

Excellent post! The only bit I would take issue with is the bit about promotion. There is always the possibility, admittedly unlikely, that things may pick up and we're up there. Otherwise, spot on!

Just watched highlights as was away for the weekend. That is an incredible score line considering the chances missed - the defending is also quite disastrous!

I think you're caman on this forum to take the pysh.

“Highlights” now online

NPL Review for Game 05 Not the best of starts to the new season and still can’t keep a clean sheet. Ayr up next. Yes, I’m worried already for the new season. Welcome to the NPL noho and welcome back Immortal Howden Ender [IHE] No maximums in any section for this game. Joonya got the only Correct Score [HT] old caley girl got the only points in the First Scorer section (Opp) Robert got the Crowd Section bonus – 15 over. Robert now takes over at number one spot in the table. Total Entries 26 Predicted Match results H – 21 D – 4 A – 1 The Results HT: 0-1 FT: 1-2 1st ICT: Davidson 1st Opp: Thomas Crowd: 2030 Correct Predictions HT: 1 FT: 0 1st ICT: 0 1st Opp: 1 Crowd 5 pts: 12 Crowd 10 pts: 0 Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1 Bragging Rights old caley girl 9 Jokers Played None Your Points old caley girl 9 caleycalum 7 MrCaleyjag 7 Mrs Gringo 7 Robert 7 SOS 7 CaleyCanary 6 Gringo 6 Joonya 6 crownjaggie 5 DoofersDad 5 noho 5 Scotty 5 Caleyjag 2 CDN Girl 2 Agent N 1 Ictross 1 Lmclmm 1 robbo1985 1 Caley Braveheart 0 Doofer 0 IHE 0 Jodie Carnie 0 TABLE - 05 01 - 34 - Robert 02 - 33 - Gringo 02 - 33 - old caley girl 02 - 33 - Scotty 05 - 29 - Joonya 06 - 28 - CaleyCanary 07 - 26 - MrCaleyjag 08 - 24 - DoofersDad 08 - 24 - Mrs Gringo 10 - 23 - Caleyjag 11 - 21 - crownjaggie 12 - 19 - Agent N 12 - 19 - caleycalum 14 - 18 - Jodie Carnie 14 - 18 - Lmclmm 16 - 17 - CDN Girl 17 - 16 - SOS 18 - 15 - Ictross 19 - 14 - robbo1985 20 - 12 - Andrew Fraser 21 - 10 - Doofer 22 - 5 - noho 23 - 3 - Caley Braveheart 24 - 1 - bughtmaster 25 - 0 - IHE 25 - 0 - Jock Watt

Equaled our goal scoring record - we lost Became our all time top scorer - we lost 250th appearance - we lost Presentation for setting goal scoring record - we lost This wasn’t in the script for these great achievements.

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.

Can everyone in this forum be so naive? Scot Gardiner/John Robertson are taking salaries that have seen the club go backwards since their employment- easy to blame Dodds!

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

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’d watch any standard of football over that nonsense.

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.

Scot Gardiner in giving Dodds a new 2 year deal.

From a quick skim, it is a very thorough and professional piece of work. Well done! I hope you are preparing your PowerPoint slides, because I am sure that the Board will be requesting a presentation from you...

Very professional report- and very well presented. A big thanks to all involved.

Well done on a very professional looking piece of work. Just need some of the actions acted upon now

Makes interesting reading so far - have added a sidebar link to the right of the page for anyone who needs to go directly to the page --->

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.

Hopefully the club take on board the feedback to make the match day experience better

A very interesting read so far, only half way through it. Well done on the layout, easy to read and understand. I hope the club take notice of it.

Definitely! A great tribute to Billy is on this very site. Thanks Tm4tj.

I’m sure Billy was in Pavement a while back but I get a bit addled at times. Also I was quite intrigued by the eight asterisks. Starting with s and ending with g is my best guess but maybe a wee clue next time?

Quite the opposite. Quite the opposite. We have become worse. We do still have Robbo. But do we still have - did we ever have - a video analyst?

You might want to hide behind the sofa when it comes to some of our defending.

Surprised to find out that Queens goalkeeper was 16yr old. Very confident and able goalkeeper. Made some very good saves; particularly one against Billy McKay in the first half and preventing Bray when through on him in second half. Samuels had what appeared to be an easy chance to beat him from close range right at the beginning of the second half but somehow put it into the side netting; I’m not boasting but I reckon I could have scored it with a pair of sunglasses on

FFS : yet another home defeat.... Really don't think I could stomach another season of mediocrity (at best). Was thinking of Ayr away...but think I'll give it a miss..