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I renewed my season ticket but am very disappointed with ICT. After supporting ICT since inception and Caley before that, I’ve spent loads money on the Club but.... likely no more until they get their act in gear. The current regime certainly don’t care about retaining fans - ie I’ve sponsored various players for years, enjoyed the Sponsors Nights, still have all the photos and mementos. Last season they accepted my cash for sponsorship but, no Sponsors Night, no photo, nought and, now not even a letter asking me to renew! Too embarrassed, are they? I presume now they only want Companies to sponsor but, Companies aren’t fans and, a Club without fans ? No wonder I enjoyed my welcome and the game at Clach recently! And the footie was good there too.

I am going to put on a Happy Clapper personna but with a degree of doubt. So we have had a slow and probably difficult start to the season, in the sense that we are still in a regrouping phase. We have a pretty good away record at Ayr and we should already have sussed out Airdrie. So let's expect improvements and I would be content with a 1 win and 4 point tally from the next two games, which would boost the overall confidence and stabilise the ship. Anything less, even at this early stage would be more difficult to move forward and the knives - apart from the upper echelons - will be well and truly sharpened. And I really wish that somebody would give Dodds a reality checking slap before he goes into his post match dribble as it is becoming repetitively embarrassing, totally smacks of diverting the blame and showing a total lack of responsibility and respect for the players and fans.anu have quite reluctantly remained supportive with the promise of better times. Well they had better get a feckin move on and drastically improve their communication channels

I am hoping that it does not come to that and the supporters trust are able to have positive dialogue with the club following the survey and we see change coming from that .....

I am at the opposite end of the spectrum in that this year is the first time I have bought a season ticket, having moved to Inverness in the last few years and wishing to support my local club. I have also joined the Supporters trust and wish to be active and make a positive contribution as well as be part of this online community. I intend to go to as many games as possible home and away this year to support the team and the club. However I am becoming increasingly concerned about how under valued loyal and long standing supporters of the club feel. I have emailed the club on a few occasions about various issues including their cup final ticketing policy (which in my opinion resulted in us having a lot less fans at Hampden than there could have been) and the Boycott Puma campaign prior to this year's kit supplier being confirmed. One of the emails I sent to three separate email addresses including the SLO. I have still not had a response which I find majorly disappointing and I am starting to see why some fans are voting with their feet and ultimately their wallet/purse. If things don't change and the level of disillusionment continues to increase what are the chances of some form of organised visual protest at a home match to demonstrate the strength of feeling and push for positive change?....

Had similar thoughts as well. I haven't renewed this year for the first time in at least 20 years (probably longer) and got nothing from the club. The year Rangers were going to be punted after being liquidated someone from the club phoned to see why I hadn't renewed but nothing this year. In fairness, a call wouldn't have changed my mind. I'm not renewing due to a new addition to the family but it did leave me feeling a little undervalued as a loyal fan for many years.

I usually have a season ticket even though I cant always get to games. I did it to show support for the cub. This season I didn't renew and will end up saving money by just paying for the games I can attend. The one thing that is a bit disappointing is that the club never bothered to contact me or any of the others I know that did not renew. Its like they just don't care. In previous years, season ticket holders who did not renew would always at least be contacted to find out why. I even remember one year players were drafted in to call people before the season started. So, this season I will still be going to the games when I can, but I'm so disillusioned that I'm not buying the usual new top/merch or be spending silly money in hospitality. Something I did around 4 times a season in days gone by.

What can I do? Not a lot, I reluctantly renewed last minute and will go along and support the team on the pitch as best as I can. I haven't bought any merch or strips, I usually get a full kit for both kids. I think the attendees at games this season will pretty much be the wearied 'hard core' who will go no matter what. Quite honestly I don't think most of the higher echelons really would be bothered by anything folk do. This is evidenced by their behaviour and attitude towards the Supporters Trust and fans in general when they have contacted the club. They know best and don't give a hoot what the plebs think no matter what. SLO? Why bother? What would they need that kind of input for? The Chairman has made his appointment and seems 100% happy with how the club's direction is going as the CEO pulls all the strings and all senior positions appear safe as houses with contracts extended dispite our lowest league position for a very long time. It appears they feel they're doing a great job so again I doubt anything anyone says or does will make any difference at all.

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.

This is being played for the first time in 18 years as we play Clach at Grant Street at 1930 on Tuesday 22 August.

Shetland ferry Bigga leaving Toft (mainland) for Ulsta (Yell).

Continue to do what I am doing! Which is focus on the long term (ie 3years plus in the future), and flag where I believe a lack of accountability or representation is abused by those controlling and owning the power. I personally did not renew my season ticket as I was unhappy with the basically the style (wrong term here) of play and the continued decline of the club and couldn’t see where or when it would improve soon. That registers my lost few quid over the season where the powers only notice (the pocket). My choice!! Now that said I have no issue with the fans that have bought season tickets as it is ingrained in fans to support the club as they normally would! I back every fans stance to support the team as they wish. I will pick and choose the matches I want to attend!! Back to the main point. Billy Dodds has a two year contract. I personally don’t agree with those that have the power voted in support of this new contract extension (be good to know who exactly did), however the deed is done, so they say, so I accept ( and respect) that decision. I see improvement will only come incrementally, taking 5 to 8 years to get us back to a level that I believe the club (and dare I say the city) could compete at a level equivalent to say a Killie, Livvy or the Well. - That requires a thorough thought out strategy and plan. Much that I wish Coonty did not have Sir Roy funding them, they have pulled away and left ICT in their tracks on stadium, management and fan engagement, (Decade in my view). I do not foresee a sugar daddy coming over the horizon to save us. We’re in such a precarious position, it’s just a bad financial business judgment to make. Alan Savage, like him or not, is no mug. So it’s back to the slow grinding incremental plan for me. Now the current people in charge and Mister Dodds might just succeed this season and the team gets promoted! Would this be good (I don’t know), but I’d go along for the ride for sure. If not then the fans will begin to back the case for change, certainly if next seasons campaign comes of the rails early. So finally, it’s too early in my mind to call for the manager’s head or the CEO or Chairman when the season had just started. In fact I believe it may rile a core of fans that may have some views like you express, but makes them defend the status quo more. I understand your angst is the visual steady decline of the team and club and loss of anything to arrest and change that. You’re not alone and for me it’s great supporters like you are out there fighting and promoting for positive and tangible change. For me long term Bc

I’m in the same situation as Fraz. I love live football and will continue to attend, and I like to attend other games locally sometimes (apart from County!) when Caley Thistle are away. I think the next month will be telling. We have Ayr and Airdrie away then Dunfermline at home. A team we normally do well against and the two promoted teams. We should be aiming for 9 points and no less than 7, and our fans should be able to feel confident that we can achieve that, but how many of us are? Like STFU I don’t blame the players and I will support and encourage them in every game I am at, even when they gift goals which we seem to have become adept at. What I don’t get is how we had a game plan against Celtic and our defending was solid. That game plan was not hoofball but designed to play to our strengths, and we got a better result than we all expected. Why then don’t we have a game plan that suits our strengths and targets the weaknesses of the opposition in every game, with a plan B (and C if necessary). If we can do it for “big” games, we should be able to do it for every game. I really hope that the dialogue between the ST and the club is constructive and meaningful following the survey and that the ST are able to get the valid concerns about communication and the scale of our non-playing costs across to those in charge. We could all agree to bombard the SLO with e-mails voicing our concerns, with follow ups in the event that no replies are received. Surely that would be noticed by the club???

I agree and hope we achieve that. I haven’t listened to his interviews for about a year. I go by Tm4tj’s previews and the chat on here!

Brighton are looking at taking young McKenna the Queens goalkeeper. Good luck to him if he goes

The race to the bottom is on already!

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

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.

A question for all those who aren't happy with how things are at the club. What are you going to do about it? I didn't renew my season ticket and am actively avoiding giving business to sponsors and advertisers (where possible) who, in my view, are just propping up the current regime. I've also stopped buying local newspapers because journalists are spineless and not asking the questions I think they should be asking, or highlighting the issues, both on and off the park. I don't blame the team/players, but it's impossible to be there to cheer them on without also supporting the wages and investment of those who have the power to change things and sit back doing nothing.

In Englandshire I follow Everton. I'm fecked. But in a more serious manner I am not throwing away money to go to regular away days. I went to Maryhill twice last season and was disgusted. I have to concede that things evidently improved at the end of the season but I am worried that lessons have not be learned and I am going to wait and see. Ayr is a regular game for me and Airdrie is new but I ain't going to either.

It might be worthwhile putting up a list of all businesses we now need to boycott.