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Inverness Courier article EXCLUSIVE: Alan Savage ready to go it alone as leading Caley Thistle investor - if £3 million debt deal is sealed... But Mr Savage sought to temper the expectations of supporters by warning that, if given stewardship, he would take Caley Thistle forward “on a realistic basis”, as a Championship level operation with aspirations to return to the Premiership. “The bottom line is I’m trying to put the club on an even keel. “I’ve got it under control, but it is never the done deal until the actual legal agreements are signed (with those owed loan amounts). “The bottom line is I’m trying to put the club on an even keel. “I’ve got it under control, but it is never the done deal until the actual legal agreements are signed (with those owed loan amounts). “Until I do, I’m not going to speak to any prospective buyer. “We don’t need to rush into that because I can run that football club, with local business support, and with my own cash. “Let me steady the ship and tell all the stakeholders what’s going on.” Mr Savage said there was an estimated £6-700,000 of club debt to tackle, but added: “I can cover that.” “I’m trying to go about this in a sensible and pragmatic way that reflects the football club, in balance with the city of Inverness. “Then we can go from a position of strength to say if you want to buy the football club, what are you going to do with it? How do you see it going?

Superb article here on Scot Gardiner...https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24542638.inverness-struggles-scot-gardiner-come-no-surprise/

All sounds very sensible. Alan Salvage™ still a breath of fresh air. The comment that "he would take Caley Thistle forward “on a realistic basis”, as a Championship level operation with aspirations to return to the Premiership." is EXACTLY what it should be. We can have aspirations to return to the Premiership, but first we should be a fiscally responsible championship club. If we reach the Premiership as we did before, then great, otherwise I will take boring fiscal responsibility over the cluster**** of emotions we have endured over the last few years.

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.

Difference between the two Fergusons is quite stark though… Alex Ferguson went to United with a proven track record of success, so there was a certain degree of confidence that he could turn things around and succeed. Our Ferguson, however, has a proven track record of failure and I’m sure I’m not the only one with a certain degree of confidence that he’s quite incapable of turning things around!