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These interviews are just a collection of business buzzwords that mean utterly nothing.

The club Board and CEO will have had access to far more detail than has been released publicly. One would assume they would not have agreed a deal unless there was clear evidence that everything stacked up. They would have to utterly incompetent to to hand majority control of the club to some unknown individual unless they had this evidence. Ah! I see the problem!

League 1 we're here Our first game in the third tier of Scottish football for twenty six years begins on Saturday with the visit of Dumbarton FC. We seem to have avoided playing Dumbarton often with only eight encounters overall. We did spend a season with them in the Championship in 2017/2018 and we also lifted the Challenge Cup in Perth thanks to a late Carl Tremarco strike in March 2018. However, times have changed and not for the better at the Caledonian Stadium and we will be looking for our youngsters to get us out of trouble against a seasoned Dumbarton FC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interim Chairman Match/Ticket Info Investment Topic on CTO Keogh, Rebilas, Corner Immortal Howden Ender 6th minute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venue Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst + / - Home 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 Away 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 Neutral 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 Total 8 6 0 2 15 6 +9 IrnBru cheer for Inverness: 1 - 0 Inverness lifted the IrnBru Cup at McDiarmid Park Perth after a narrow 1-0 win over Dumbarton. It took a stoppage time goal from Carl Tremarco to settle the tie with Dumbarton putting up stiff resistance before substitute Daniel Mackay fired a challenging low cross into the box. Carl added the finishing touch to take the silverware North. This was Dumbarton's first crack at a national trophy for 121 years. Alas for them, it might take a bit longer to get their hands on a Cup, but it was not for the want of trying. Most of the hype in the build up was centered around the Rock with the Dumbarton marketing team winning hands down and that ensured a good following when the circus came to Perth. The Highland reserved approach tempted the regular followers along to watch Inverness in their fourth Challenge cup final, Robbo's second in charge. The merryment prior to kick off was held in hostelries in the Fair City and the Tulloch Institute hosted a pre-match gig which was well patronised by both sets of supporters in jovial mood with plenty of shouting juice passing over the lips. Happy Days All Competitive Meetings 1 - 2 (A) 1 - 0 (A) 5 - 1 (H) 1 - 0 (N) 1 - 0 (H) 1 - 2 (A) 3 - 1 (H) 2 - 0 (H) This summary from Immortal Howden Ender is also on that report. And finally, our resident seer Immortal Howden Ender was in a feelgood mood; he must have seen that coming, surely? Well I enjoyed yet another memorable ICT away day. Those who I expected to see I met and saw. Nowt wrong with the atmosphere. As fer the game it was poor but both teams set up defensively. Loads of positives to me. Ridgers has cemented his place and really is a solid keeper. Donaldson was immense, Tremarco is the Duracell Bunny, Polworth ran his socks off as did Oakley and we appear to have unearthed a wee cracker in MacKay - simply has to be signed up - with sell on clauses - and given some real game time. We never looked troubled, defensively we kept it tight and shaped, thought we played some pretty stuff a times BUT as all season lacked the killer touch in the last third and lack of a proficient striker. We deserved to win. Our heads could have gone down after that deplorable penalty kick but we kept to the age old adage of keeping going to the final whistle. Respect to the team and the loyal away support. Just need to get out of the play off spot and start planning for next season. Cant believe that so many are whingeing. To me it was a last gasp winner, just as stimulating and enjoyable as the Vincent clincher at Hampden - and giving most fans a well deserved, albeit wholly unexpected cup winning experience in the worst season in years. We are still alive and kicking and the only way is up dudes. Have a nice day RIP Johndo Join us to celebrate Johndo's Last Conga. Dumbarton FC Aberdeen beat Dumbarton 6-0 last weekend in the League Cup group stages. All square at the interval, the Dons pulled away in the second half to record a big win over the Sons. <<< Sons squad last Saturday v Aberdeen. In: Joel Mumbongo, forward (Hamilton Academical); Mouhamed Niang, midfielder (Cove Rangers); Matty Shiels, defender (Cove Rangers); Craig McGuffie, midfielder (Queen of the South); Cammy Clark, defender (Stirling Albion); Michael Miller, defender (Broomhill). Out: Blair Malcolm, midfielder (Forfar Athletic); Ross MacLean, forward (Forfar Athletic); Sean Crighton, defender (Queen's Park, coach); Harry Broun, goalkeeper (Stranraer); Callum Wilson, midfielder (Cumbernauld Colts); Marc Kelly, midfielder (St Cadoc's); Luca Vata, midfielder. Loan ended: Gallagher Lennon, defender (St Mirren); Jay Hogarth, goalkeeper (Rangers); James Graham, forward (Rangers); Aaron Healy, midfielder (Queen's Park); Cian Newbury, defender (Hamilton Academical). Inverness have signed on Academy graduates Shae Keogh, Goal Keeper Szymon Rebilas and Ben Corner. We have also signed two recent trialists in Adam Mackinnon and Flynn Duffy. Adam, a 21 year old midfielder has signed a two tear deal whilst left back Flynn (20) has secured a one year deal with further options.

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Nice one mannie, see you tomorrow?

It would seem that way. Anything, and I mean anything, that has involved Gardiner should be treated as complete BS. The man is a self-serving fraud.

Well, having read that interview, I can only conclude that this fella is in cuckoo land. We will see.

Amazing this guy has read all the criticism online and his reply is "trust me, I'm brilliant at liquidating assets"

It is interesting that Makwana said: “I have got a very good relationship with the internal team at Inverness, we have formed almost a unity of trust and transparency". He needs to appraise himself of their track record and remember that it is their incompetence that has got the club into the mess that it is currently in.

I thought his answers were a mix of delusional and corporate BS - I can only see asset stripping as the end goal here and the only tangible asset is the land.

A wee heads for all of Johndo's mates, friends, fellow Caley and ICT fans, For fans who may know of him but never met the man. The club have agreed to make an announcement before the game and will also have a wee tribute to Johndo on the official site. There will also be a minutes applause at the 6th minute of the game and it would be a fitting gesture for all to join in! Johndo's daughter Isla is making the journey north to be at the game, and i'm she will appreciate this tribute to her Dad.

The club will die, only now this guy and his pals will make a killing from it.

"That will be “not just for the people of Inverness to enjoy but also for people who come and visit and give people a reason to come and visit Inverness” so as to “bring people into the environment and let people fall in love with football”. Well you won't get them to fall in love with it if they are playing to Ferguson's tactics “The other side is our background is in entertainment, leisure and sport. We have a phenomenal amount of expertise in building these types of eco-systems." FFS, does no one think of asking him to name a few examples??? There are so many fine words in what he says, without the faintest piece of evidence to suggest that any of it is true. I suppose he's attracted to the Longman because it's also full of garbage. File alongside Johnson's 40 new hospitals

More from the Courier interview, One of the big questions that people have asked is how the deal will benefit the club: What will the new investors bring to the table? The answer on the face of it is a hugely ambitious plan to redevelop the land around Caledonian Stadium. Taking as a cue the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - among others - the ground and the area around it will be brought under total club control for the first time, allowing for a major redevelopment that could impact more than just the club. Looking at the economic context of the green freeport as well as burgeoning tourism in the region, Seven7 Ventures’ Ketan Makwana wants to create “a hotbed for events, activities, entertainment and leisure”. That will be “not just for the people of Inverness to enjoy but also for people who come and visit and give people a reason to come and visit Inverness” so as to “bring people into the environment and let people fall in love with football”. Attractive as that ambition is, one thing lays behind it according to Mr Makwana: “The club, as I have said, is paramount - it is the first thing. “But the irony of this is that the club is actually situated in the centre of land that sits around it and for the last 18 years that land has been separated from the club. “Well, we are about to make history because we are going to put that land back under the club’s ownership and that is the first line of rehabilitation to stabilisation and what goes on that land will have a financial impact and reward to the club that can be reinvested back in. “The other side is our background is in entertainment, leisure and sport. We have a phenomenal amount of expertise in building these types of eco-systems. “So if you look at a lot of the football clubs in the UK right now some of the bigger clubs are now transitioning to have leisure and entertainment attached to sports - it is becoming a common theme. “The reason they are doing that is because it creates a multi-purpose use of the space which also allows for tourism: sports tourism and leisure tourism. “So what we are trying to do is build the area around the stadium to become a hotbed for events, activities, entertainment and leisure, not just for the people of Inverness to enjoy but also for people who come and visit and give people a reason to come and visit Inverness. “Bring people into the environment and let people fall in love with football - that is the way we want to build this, it allows us to produce multiple revenue streams that then allows us to reinvest that into the club, reinvigorate it and be able to put the right amount of money into the right place. “Furthermore, it future proofs the club so if one line of income happens to fall or fail you have still got another three or four, which allows the businesses to continue while we remedy the one that has failed.” It sounds great on the surface, but this rather attractive vision begs so many questions. There is nothing that anyone has found out about Makwana and his companies that suggests he is remotely capable of financing and delivering on such a vision. What land is he talking about? How can he be sure he can acquire the surrounding land? Exactly what developments is he planning? How do his plans fit in with the requirements of the green freeport zone if, as he implies, some of the development would be on freeport zone land around the stadium? And where is the money coming from? This vision will cost vastly more than any assets we know of which he may have liquidated. He may, of course, be acting as a front man for someone who wishes to remain anonymous at this point. It could also be so much BS. I don't think there is much any of us can do just now but wait and watch with our fingers crossed.

And me. We need more people signing up to stop Robert winning it again. Scot Gardiner has absolutely no input into the Prediction League so there is no need to boycott it!

OK then, so let’s try and work some of this out for ourselves. Unless they are going to reduce the value of existing shares - which I don’t think would be possible without a potentially contentious general meeting - I’m going to assume that he aims to get to his 50.48% by some combination of direct purchase of new shares and acquiring some existing shares from their current owners. These figures are also based on the ST’s 10% voting power being part of the 49.52% that Mr Makwana wouldn’t have. On that basis:- To get his 50.48% with all the current shares (totalling 4.002 million) remaining with their present owners, he would need to buy £5.1M worth of new shares. Moving down the scale.. If he were to put in £4M, he would need also to acquire 486,000 existing shares. A £3M payment would further require 935,000 existing shares. £2M would have him looking for a further 1.364 million and a £1M uptake would have him looking for current shareholders to part with 1.803 million shares. Let’s now look at current share ownership. If you take the 8 or 9 participants in Muirfield Mills as a single entity (???) they have 820,000. The Charitable Trust has 729,000, the McGilvrays have 487,000, Alan Savage/Orion (whom we can presumably take as a definite “NO”) has 467,000, the Sutherland family has 300,000, David Cameron has 175,000 and Roddy Ross has 170,000. Thereafter, it falls away rapidly through over 500 individuals to the most common holding which is 250. It’s interesting to try to reconcile the numbers of shares he would need to acquire for the various options in the previous paragraph with the numbers stated in this one. There’s also the question of how many shares remain unsold from previous issues and are hence available for immediate purchase without recourse to a general meeting. Around 2M is in the back of my head, but that may not be correct. It’s also interesting to reconcile the various examples of money that might come from Mr Makwana as exemplified above, before we even think about additional ongoing sums, with the sheer magnitude of the club’s plight. And however much he’s putting in… where is it coming from?

That interview is a very convoluted way to say that he has no actual cash.

UEFA Category 4 stadium is all he wants. Bring the UEFA Champions League Final to the TCS

Signing new players when we don't have money to pay the existing ones at the end of the month sounds like an amazing thing to be doing.

According to the P&J, MacKinnon and a goalie may well be signed today. Duffy also in the frame but sounds less likely to happen today.

D & E Coaches have very kindly gifted us golf for 4 people at Castle Stuart. Raffle tickets now available at £5 each. Purchase through Facebook, on 07462218717 or on away buses.

Is it though? It seems pretty straight forward to me.

That’s me entered week 1 Gringo. Thanks for running it again and I hope you get a decent number of participants.

I'm shocked, he was totally larger than life and one of the most interesting characters I've met through posting here. Will be missed. Raising a wee glass to him now (before dinner, I feel he would approve) x

Great number on the Ford beside the Capri - "R60 World Rally Championship". Across the pond again today. The number plate tells us that it's a 1955 Chevy Bel Air. The bloke in the purple top in the second photo reminded me of the ageing Jimmy Greaves

I found this tonight big brother is watching me after posting about the capri. Never made to the production line but could have been good!

Perhaps you should direct that comment in the direction of the Hampden day trippers, not those who support the game at the grass roots across Highland Communities.

Maybe they were delivered to Kelty?

Has anyone heard that the company that own Norbord, West Fraser is behind the Takeover or they are financing it?

That's the spirit eh, don't support your team when they really need you. Ownership of the club, board membership will be sorted out one way or another but do many of our "fans" actually want the club to survive. Will you be one of the fans watching from the bridge again?. I really do wonder if many fans care whether we survive or not but as long as "they" win the argument and get the board and CEO out, club fail to find a new owner thst they like, they will be happy as they have won.

Only in Inverness you can change your team faster than the weather. The downside of having a merger maybe.