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It's very different from 93/4, but there can be little doubt that confidence in the current regime at the club is low and is getting lower. Whether that lack of confidence morphs into general anger will depend on how the club responds to the outcome of the Council's deliberations - whatever the result. I'm not going to the meeting tonight. I simply don't see the point. Like Yngwie, I am struggling to see why they would hold a meeting if they expected the full Council to approve the scheme. And if they don't expect it to be approved, then how is the meeting going to change anything? By "enlightening" us on the issues, does the Chairman then expect us to lobby councillors in our droves in a last desperate bid to change their minds? If so, then it would have been far more sensible to have done so by emailing shareholders and ST holders and putting relevant detail on social media, in order to facilitate the lobbying. Had this been done at the point of notifying us of the meeting, any lobbying could be in full swing by now. The reasons for refusing the application are now known to the very specific. Presumably the club and its business partners have, in turn, developed very specific responses to those reasons and these will be detailed tonight. But why wait? Why hasn't this been communicated before? To me, this sounds more like a PR exercise designed to "enlighten" us about how hard the Board and the CEO have been working to secure the future of the club and how it will not be their fault if the project is not approved and we lurch into a major financial crisis. It sounds like a desperate attempt to keep the supporters onside with the management of the club. My concern is that it is more likely to have the opposite effect and will also antagonise the Council even more than they have already done. I hope I'm wrong.

Was a good meeting. Wasn't as bombastic or titanic as others on the forum were saying. Nobody asked any questions really about other matters. I'll just bullet point a few things If it gets approved we get approximately £3.4 Million lump sum. If it doesn't the club have already hired KC's to take it legal. Which they believe the Scottish Government will approve as they have stated in their national planning framework that battery storage is looked upon favourably. There was a sense of bewilderment as to why we are where we are with the council. Namely one Cllr Oldham who has pulled out this very rarely used protocol as he didn't get the result he wanted. The accounts were delayed because of the battery farm delay. As £3.4M will obviously change it significantly. Possibility of going part time if this all fails. Significant cash flow problem. As one example. We lost money for the Broomhill SC game as they took 2 fans. But we split the gate.

Yeah but the board shouldn’t be pursuing this and should be focusing instead on traditional football matters and cutting the wage bill further. Wait what, £3.4m?!

Our cinch Championship home match against Raith Rovers will now take place on Friday 19th April, 7:45pm kick-off. The match has been selected by BBC Scotland for Live Coverage.

The example you give of Academy Street is one where there is a huge amount of public interest, being one of the main streets of the highland capital. 5% of a former golf course on the outskirts isn’t really of the same strategic importance to the council, is it?

I agree that the expected narrative will very much be one of how it's everyone elses fault, and zero accountability from the club. Wouldn't surprise me if they also try to ramp up the heat with talks of bankruptcy and points deductions, with strong undertones of "if you're not for us, you're against us". Any refusal to answer questions on how we have ended up in this position will only antagonise disgruntled fans even further. Like DoofersDad, I'm not really sure there's anything in the invite to suggest the meeting will provide any meaningful enlightenment, and may do more harm than good.

Further to the above: Each season in the Championship incurs a loss anywhere between £650,000 and £900,000. Season ticket money covers the first two months of the season only. Someone asked if rumour that we only had 3 months money in reserve were true. Chairman laughed and said he wished it was true! if council refuse permission at meeting on 14th, club are very confident that Scottish government will overturn that decision. Trouble is that will take 3-6 months, and we will have serious cash flow issues.

Basics from what I've heard is that if it fails next week then it goes to an appeal cos what the council did wasn't entirely legal apparently

Wonder what the next failed plan will be from Scot Gardiner ? Soon be looking at plan C then plan D as we already have had plan A and more likely Plan B nonsense . Trying to involve fans to save your bacon is laughable . Tonight is going to be very interesting Standing room only tonight if Scot Gardiner was organising the seats . Couldn’t organise a **** up in a brewery let alone a concert .

I suspect that the original thinking behind this meeting has backfired and they have put themselves right in front of the dissenting headlights. The difference between 93/94 is that everybody wanted to be involved in those meetings whereas today very few see any point in going.

Glancy was a loan signing! https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mart%3A+Caley+can+end+my+Sons+agony.-a060364084

This is a fun and welcome thread. I was sure Glancy was a loan signing that was made permanent as well... Here's a pretty good loan XI: Dean Brill Kevin McCann Stuart McCaffrey Nauris Bulvitis Roman Golobart Scott Allan David Davis Logan Chalmers Aaron Doran Miles Storey Dennis Wyness And some not so good ones: Zbigniew Malkowski Andre Blackman Matthew Elsdon Steven Watt Tom Aldred Billy King Aiden Chippendale Larnell Cole Mitch Curry Tobi Sho-Silva

Same as last week then. Let’s hope our injury hit squad can keep the run going.

I think it could turn into mayhem? Seems very risky

But then, the young team even have a song for Wallace Duffy... Never rated Glancy at all, even in tier 3, although my only good memory of him is an equaliser against Clyde in 1999 which more or less kept us away from them and we went up along with Livi. The ICT supporters' bus never got past Drumochter that day and I remember feeling obliged to post probably my first ever match report on CTO as very few of us were there.

Special mention to Logan Chalmers. Apparently 12 starts including subs, and 5 goals, notably the two late strikes away at Starks Park which had most of us dazed as we left the ground

I am still surprised they are risking hosting this at all. Never mind making it accessible live on the internet for the worlds voyeurs to peer in.

Regarding the meeting the club are holding tomorrow, I’m struggling to think of any reason why they would hold a session like this if they thought the project was going to get the green light.