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I agree with all of your points above. I would also like to know why there was a severe lack of engagement with players and staff after relegation over the summer. Who between management, ceo and board thought it was ok to say nothing and let players contracts run out without so much as a word from the club. Shameful negligence, unprofessional behaviour.

Part time next season beckons I'd say. Wow, scary as look how poor and boring the product is with us at full time.

Here's the highlights of the game. Stick this on repeat for 95 minutes and that should entertain you.

Presumably he is either already a shareholder, or converted some of the monies owed to him into shares so would be entitled to attend? Whether he does or not is another question. Semantics aside - I agree with you, a meeting is long overdue. We need answers on a lot of things, not least the free reign our former CEO seems to have had, the treatment of players over the last few years... (for me, I still can't get past how a so-called respected surgeon allegedly tells a player to walk-off an ACL injury), who was supposed to be deploying some governance, who was responsible for communications and why this was non-existent. and who feels they are morally in a position where they can argue their position is not untenable after the last few years of mismanagement.

And this is the problem - people attend football matches partly to support their team and partly to be entertained. As the entertainment value plummets, less and less supporters will attend. Ferguson gained his experience in the English Premiership where just the quality of players on show would always guarantee entertainment. Watching a team of 3rd tier sloggers relentlessly defending a goal-less draw just doesn't have the same pull, effective as they may be, at this level. Supporters need something to get the adrenalin going - a bit of excitement, the odd goal would help, but even a few decent chances. Intense defensive play certainly keeps the losses down, but at 3rd-tier level it's painful to watch. Longstaff's efforts did provide an occasional bit of excitement on Saturday, but I'm with The Duke on this one. I'll have a re-think after the next home game, which I won't be attending.

The young teams have done well this weekend. Congratulations to our U14 North Squad who are the newly crowned North Plate Champions. Double cup success today! Congratulations to our U16s who are the new North League Cup Winners. Well done to all the players and coaches.

Castle Stuart? Spent 10 mins finding this then saw Snorbens' hint. Bonus point - either you have a 1200mm lens or you're a Bottlenose Dolphin. I just use Photoshop...

It was never dull when he played However MOTD makes the PremierLeague games look like cliffhangers. I’ve been to a good few where nothing much happened. Tactically and technically it may be on a different planet from what we watch but that doesn’t make it entertaining. Neither do the huge crowds always mean a good atmosphere. The problem is specifically with ICT. Duncball would make your eyes bleed. OK we were all spoiled watching Pele’s teams but It doesn’t have to be this way. Just on another tack, I recently saw extended highlights of Celtic v Inter from 1967. Regarded as a massively entertaining game but in many respects the standard was shocking compared to nowadays. Loads of unforced errors and missed sitters. I also watched the whole of England 2 Scotland 3 recently. What a contrast. Both sides were allowed to carry the ball in space in the middle of the park but about 30 yards out the (brutal) tackles flew in. I think the trainers were on the pitch 6 times in the first half alone, but the players just got up and got on with it. Also a distinct lack of shepherding it out for a bye kick, they just tried to play it. Never noticed any gobbing either

An interesting perspective Cherly, a bit like Labour’s £22 billion black hole they knew nothing about! I’d like to give Charlie the benefit of any doubt though, as the last few years seems to have been completely off the wall and shrouded in mystery by the scheming and controlling of Gardiner. I imagine, like the rest of us, that Charlie was fooled and trusted those who should have been carrying out the required and necessary due diligence. There are still a number of personalities involved with the running of the club that need to explain themselves, and still plenty miles yet to go on this unpleasant journey, but I do trust Charlie and Alan Savage to sort it all out for the benefit of the club and supporters rather than for themselves.

Shout out to @Gringo, finally off the mark for this season, much like DF only one of the season in the league though Week 8 Mrs Gringo: 272.30 SOS: 262.200 Scotty: 255.70 Caley Canary: 229.50 Jodie Carnie: 229.50 Robert: 216.90 TheCaleyOne: 201.50 MrCaleyjag: 195.20 Noho: 188.30 CDN Girl: 187.30 Caleyjag: 180.70 The Mantis: 166.00 Gringo: 165.00 8/13 correct

22 April 2007 I reckon. I recall the show as being at the Playhouse on a Sunday (which this date was) and a search of my emails just now reveals me telling someone a couple of weeks afterwards that Aussie Pink Floyd were superb!

I think a face to face encounter between the Board/Alan Savage and the shareholders, and probably the wider fan base as well, is now needed fairly urgently. The AGM is now two months overdue and, while I appreciate that they’ve been busy with other things, I think it now needs to be held - but should be followed quickly by an open meeting for fans. I think that the least the Board must answer to is having failed to monitor, oversee and restrain Scot Gardiner but I also think that, as the body ultimately responsible for running the club, they must also be called on to explain how ICTFC has, over a period of years, got into the most unimaginable mess. However I also appreciate that the immediate past Chairman no longer holds any position in the club but he should possibly be given an invitation to attend.

Totally agree…….. they are culpable for our situation!

Charlie Christie returning to his regular Courier article had this to say - "In my role as interim chief executive these past few weeks I have realised that the model the club has been running for quite some time is simply not sustainable – and certainly not in Scottish League One. The drop-off in SPFL league fees alone has been eye-opening and again displays the huge disparity between each level in our game north of the border. Some of the decision making at the club in recent seasons has certainly added to the difficulties we currently find ourselves in and, whilst most people associated with the club recognise the need for new and innovative revenue sources, I cannot understand the spending of large sums of money before any of this revenue has come to fruition. That is not how well-run football clubs conduct their business and is not how ICT should be run going forward if we are to prosper once again." With both Christie and Savage being so critical of the decision making in recent seasons, it is a little difficult to understand why so many of the Board who were responsible for making those decisions are still there.

The rot stops this week...

…and the table retains Chez Gringo bookends!

Goodness me, played 7 lost 7. I'm worse than Big Dunc. Should I sack myself?