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Had Rangers scored any more the county fans would have needed to start counting on their second hand.

Anyone who thinks we're going to be competing for top spot this season is deluded. The club has been an utter mess for 5+ years and any meagre resources that can be pulled together must go to sorting that out and shoring up the foundations so we can build in the future. In saying that I still think we have a capable squad with more potential than they are being allowed to show at present given the tactics being deployed. Whatever the cost of changing the management team right now we simply don't have the money and I'd rather we spens what little we might be able to scrape together on an additional forward. Whether it's Ferguson or another manager that is needed and I'd be amazed if we could get both. I'm no Ferguson fan and I'm not going to preach that people need to get behind him or any such thing but I am going to try and just ignore him and put energy into getting behind the team. Which might be hugely frustrating at times. Fans are now being heard but we need to not be acting like spoiled children expecting everything we shout for. Savage has just saved the club from imminent collapse. Let that be enough for now.

A 0-0 draw may be a bit disappointing but for the first time for a while, it has been a better week to be a Caley Thistle fan than a County fan.

That loss last wk to Annan has really damaged the plan to go unbeaten by drawing all 36 league games

Got a photo of Ferguson Jnr being sent on.

Well, after a first half that was a non-event we were the better side overall and the only team trying to win the match in the second half. Kelty will be much happier with the point. We had the best 3 chances of the match but (I think) Mckay, Mackinnon and Allan all missed the target and that’s the most disappointing thing, we just didn’t make their keeper work. Recurring theme with this side. We were at least trying to attack, but struggled to find space on a tight pitch and rarely cut through. A very forgettable match but it was great to see some old faces in the away support. Oh, and the ref was sh**e.

I reckon young Thompson may be next out on loan especially if we get another Striker or 2 in, though I really hope that it's Cameron Ferguson punted out on loan and I suspect I'm not the only fan with that wish .

I gave him a little longer, but it was still in 2019 so not long after he started. The club asked the fans for fundraising ideas or leads to people interested in investing. I made a speculative cast over this side of the pond and actually got a bite I didn't expect. I lined up things, got the contact info together, provided names and phone numbers to the chairman who said he would pass this to the CEO, and stepped back to let the business folks on either side do their thing. After COVID it emerged that no-one had contacted the executive on this side of the pond even for a simple conversation. It may have come to nothing, after that conversation, or it could have been the beginning of a beautiful relationship, but we will never know as it never took place. Why bother asking for ideas and leads if you are not going to follow up on them. I actually spoke to the executive after COVID and he expressed surprise at not getting a phone call. That was one of my first red flags. Another was comments reaching me about his management "style" from various people. These were both fans and (former) staff members. That kind of style is never effective in any business and more importantly not part of the ICT ethos. Absolutely. Some of the board members may think things will smooth over, and perhaps they will as ICT fans are, for the most part, pretty docile and understanding... BUT, they let this guy run the club, largely unchecked for 5 years and that demands accountability. Clearly no-one looked deeply into the books as AS discovered all sorts of issues within 24 hours, or if they did they chose to let it slide which is incompetence of the highest order, or even bordering on criminal. There is also the unforgiveable nature of how club legends have been treated over the last few years, not just this summer and that is not (entirely) down to the former CEO. You can look at Shane Sutherland as a pre-cursor to the same treatment handed out to Aaron. You read Aaron's own comments about a man who is reputedly a renowned surgeon, you look at the players who should have had testimonials and have not, you look at the fact that after relegation in May not one of these people took the bull by the horns and actually talked to players about their futures. FFS we have a club that got relegated and facing financial turmoil and you cant have the decency to discuss that with loyal employees? We can lay the blame for part of this at Duncan Ferguson who should not have f***ed off on holidays leaving players standing on the side saying "WTF?" but the board are also culpable in a large way. They are happy to receive the plaudits when things go right and sitting in the posh chairs at Hampden, equally they should be strong enough to take fierce criticism over this cluster*** It is their job to block this if they see red flags, not to embrace it and then try to justify it over a period of weeks where media and fans perform the due diligence and find out in 5 minutes why this is the worst idea in the world. Because there has been zero governance over the last 5 years (in fact, since around 2017).

Duncan Ferguson and his son

1 shot on target!! Que another defender signing

Dear Duncan, it's great you signed a midfielder but we need a striker! Not another defender or a midfielder but a STRIKER! Remember? You know that position you used to play in? The thing is Dunc, we are not scoring enough goals, and goals win games ... come on now Dunc - repeat after me ... GOALS WIN GAMES!

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/transfer-news-live-celtic-rangers-33486675 A new face in the squad for tomorrow according to this article from about 10pm.

It will be. The normal Supporters Bus is supplemented by the Supporters Trust one plus those who make their own way so it should be a big away support who can hopefully inspire the players to get our first league win.

We have a 100% win rate at Kelty and on that basis I’m looking forward to going tomorrow. (Obviously I’m blanking out the league table and recent results.) Hopefully a good away support too for the occasion.

Robert will be put out on loan for not knowing that Sam Nixon went out on loan to Forres on 3rd of August.

Not to mention his disregard of the Hippocratic Oath, which he should have taken and been guided by throughout his career.

Indeed, and it’s worth noting that we got compensation for Pele, Robbo, Brewster and Butcher when they got lured by bigger clubs. Generally the longer the contract and the longer the notice period, the more the compensation we can get when that happens, so it’s easy to see why subsequent managers’ contracts had terms which unfortunately for us ended up being millstones around our neck when it turned sour.

Especially good old Panos. The ‘renown’ orthopaedic sports and knee surgeon specialist that told Aaron Doran to ‘beat-it’ as the club reneged on a promise to honour delayed surgery to his knee. It says everything you need to know about this persons integrity and moral ethics going forward. Just the kind of guy that you can trust to look after the clubs future interest. Insert ‘his own’ in the last sentence where appropriate! He may be part of the ‘deals’ to accept as the club finances are re-set and I’ll accept that. But as one of the many fans that donated to let Aaron have the required surgery, P Thomas will always be a stain on the club in my opinion.

I’m pretty sure the Board and even SG had concerns about Makwana, they aren’t actually stupid and I’m sure they all know how to use Google as much as the rest of us and would have seen the same red flags. The trouble is, what other options did they have at the time? It seems that at the time Seventy7 was either the most credible option on the table or the only show in town. If the choice was to pursue it or to go bust when the money ran out this month, they had a statutory duty to pursue it and hope that it came good. And who knows, maybe it would have done - latest Wyness Shuffle mentions a source outwith the club who suggested that Makanwa did actually have access to resources and was serious, but I still have my doubts. Bear in mind that our major shareholders and wealthy local businessmen, as well as the wider football investment community, all knew since May that we were on the very brink of administration, and every single one of them declined to step in and save the club. The club was in a desperate situation and the Board must have felt in a ‘beggars can’t be choosers’ situation in the absence of any offers better than Makanwa’s. The real issue is how we came to be in such a weak and desperate position in the first place.

The old black and gold kit is a great. I’m hopeful on this one if true.

We will be looking to reduce the pinned threads once the current off-field situation eases.

Is it not just stating the obvious?

Come at me all you like because I have a feeling this opinion may not be a sentiment held by everyone. Of course this statement was necessary fgs, we don't want or need fans that are disruptive/drunk etc and just go to cause trouble, you do realise that families attend matches so I'm fairly certain that parents don't want their kids hearing abuse etc heard at the stadium when they are there to enjoy a game of football!! I'm not a parent but I for one certainly WOULD NOT want my children hearing abuse or seeing fellow fans being disruptive if I ever became a parent! Now I know that every club has "these types of fans", there's no getting away from that but what I don't want is our club's reputation getting tarnished by idiots that just go to matches to cause trouble. Again, I know that the vast majority of our fans are genuinely good people that go just for the football and to meet up with friends etc, I get that players/management can maybe come under scrutiny from fans and the players may even get booed off at the end, that's part and parcel of being a football fan. I've said this on many occasions but I really do want to go back to the stadium on a matchday one day in the future but that's currently not achievable at the minute due to work commitments, I really enjoyed when I went to the matches back in the day when we were in the Premiership and even in the championship under Oor Tel and I can honestly say that the atmosphere was really good.