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A long way to come home after getting beat but well done to all those fans who made the effort to support the team

Sizeable turnout today and vocal for large parts. It’s what was needed to reaffirm to the players we’re behind them and to confirm to prospective buyers we’re a solid investment. Lengthy and solid clapping the troops off the field at the end in spite of the result was a nice touch of solidarity and support.

Would like to add our good wishes to Scott and the team. We heard an interview with him before rhe game today and he spoke really well, focusing on the football and also saying he made sure to says thanks to the released players for their hard work and contributions - it was a breath of fresh air.

A positive Caleyaway today despite the score. We were decent for an hour but in the end it wasn't to be. Don't think Dunbarton a happy hunting ground for us? 25 cup finals to come. It isn't over till it's over

It is such a tight league with just 5 points separating the other 9 teams. It doesn't look as though any other team is going to get detached from the pack and therefore we are likely to need to reach a decent points total if we are to avoid ending up bottom. Averaging a point a game usually has teams in the relegation mix so we are likely to need at least 36 points on the board, or in practice as we are at minus 3, to get 39 points from our remaining 25 games. That could be, for example, 11 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats. I think that is difficult but achievable. But we do need to start winning games soon. Another 3 or 4 defeats before the New Year and will need to show title winning form for the rest of the season just to avoid relegation. It was great to hear of the good support from our fans today. It will be crucial that we get better home support than we have been getting recently. It is not the fault of the current playing and coaching staff that we are where we are and they really need us to get behind them.

Just watched the after match interview, it was so refreshing, honest, upbeat despite result today and not blaming anything and everything for the loss. Much more positive. Onwards from here.

Some of the people who have been running this club in recent years seem to be re-enacting some great big game of Monopoly - buying, selling, wheeling, dealing in all manner of tradable items. Meanwhile the club has gone from Mayfair to Old Kent Road without even passing Go and collecting £200. I think the administrator is going to get his eyes opened when he realises the amount of complete nonsense that’s been going on, allegedly in the name of football.

Don’t give up hope! As Scotty has said, the players only knew on Thursday if they still had jobs, and the new management team had little time with them. A result would have helped today but we still have 25 games left. Every game is critical, so let’s get behind the players at home next Saturday.

Yes, good to see a more positive post. I too wish the new set up all the best. I've supported ICT, and Caley before that, for too long to give up now. I've generated quite a following of locals here in sunny Berkshire who follow ICT results keenly. We don't travel north to many games anymore (as most of us are 'getting on a bit' nowadays). But I've been touched how many people, even outside my close friends, have come up to me in recent weeds to wish ICT well. Onwards and upwards

This could be the start of exciting times....maybe. Wishing the new management team and players all the very best. Could Scott become the new 'Pele'? That would be brilliant. Come on ICT

A positive thread for once Wishing the team of Scott Kellacher & Billy Mckay a winning start to their Head coach / Assistant roles. Going to be tough ask to make up ground, but we have to get behind them and support like we have never supported before! Its not impossible.

Good luck to them, the players and everyone employed by Caley Thistle in these difficult times for the club. Let’s all get fully behind them. They’ve been thrown into such a situation through no fault of their own.Three points today would be a fantastic start.Regardless of today’s result and future on field results I think we need to remember it is good that we now have people running the club who have its best interests at heart.Let’s try and get back to the feelings about the club in Steve Paterson’s halcyon days.A nucleus of fine local players, a well set up attack minded team, consistently punching above our weight.Come on the Caley Jags!

Yes something positive after a week of doom and gloom we will get behind Scott a local lad and Billy who is near enough a local for a new beginning.

…gave us a well needed laugh though Scotty

I gave up listening to Duncs spiel and Dodd's..this was so refreshing. There were so many things he could blamed...but didn't. Well done Scott.

A long way to go yet Robert Like you I'm not giving up hope.

With Annan winning tonight, we’d have ended up bottom of the league on goal difference without the 15 point penalty. Anyone can beat anyone in this league. We now need to ensure we start beating everyone! As I said above, let’s not give up hope and get behind the team 100+% next week.

For all of his faults as a manager, there is absolutely no way a Duncan Ferguson side would be conceding 3 goals to Dumbarton, or to any team in this league for that matter!

Today would have been a bonus, albeit one we should have tried to take. Players didnt find out until literally Thursday if they had a job or not. Would have been hard to concentrate on the task at hand. The real work starts now. A full week or training, a new mindset (hopefully) and a slow steady progress ... we can but hope anyway. Otherwise, you are right, League 2 next year and a rebuild.

Yeah I think that tells us the story of how this season will pan out. A rebuild needed for next season in League Two.

First goal under the new management let’s hope there’s many more to follow

Having a pop-up restaurant franchise may or may not work. Look at something like Tiger on The Wall which started during covid and became very successful. Doing takeaway initially then sit in later when allowed. The Caley Club also have a similar setup where the restaurant pays X amount a month (presumably under some kind of rolling contract) to use the kitchen and serve food within certain times. The kitchen facilities at the club are at best used once a fortnight during the season, or at the moment not at all. So it seems reasonable to use that space to generate some income. No different than if we had a 4G surface as a pitch and let it out when not required. So long as there's no risk financially or reputationally to the club and it doesn't take up huge amounts of staff time to manage I don't see the harm in exploring it. The main issue with the Concert Company and BESS was that the board seemed to bank on these for the financial future of the club before it was guaranteed that they would be successful, causing a huge crisis when they have failed. I very much doubt that'll be an issue with renting out a kitchen space.

Can I have just the one T

Until Scott Gardiner initiates legal action.

How long are their contracts, is it a certain length or only until new owners are found ? Tbh I actually hope it's the first one because that way it means they've been a success Tactics etc will also be interesting because Scott especially, has been first team coach under many managers including Terry Butcher so will have picked up a lot from these managers so let's hope he IS a success as manager

Go for it guys. We are at our best when the odds are against us and we can triumph in adversity. Time for our Highland spirit to come to the fore!

Coaching Statement: Following on from the announcement that Scott Kellacher is stepping up to Head Coach, the club can release a further update regarding the management team. Our Head Coach Scott Kellacher will be supported in his weekly coaching and on match days by Billy Mckay, club Head of Youth Ross Jack and Senior Academy coach Gordon Nicolson. We hope all supporters will rally round the team at this time, starting with tomorrow’s match against Dumbarton.

Massive disappointment in the end. So much positivity in the bar and in the stand, and the team were excellent first half, or maybe it just seemed that way after a year of sideways crab-like fitba. Great to see a team getting forward on both flanks. Hilton’s goal was pretty much Dumbarton’s only attacking effort of the half, completely against the run of play, but what a worldie giving Musa no chance, although he was allowed too much room to turn. The Sons started the second half much better and I always felt that if they scored first, they would win. One or two experienced pros such as Wallace and Carlo. They stuck to the basics, defended well without trying to be fancy, and hit us on the break. A couple of unforced errors cost us. ICT heads dropped at 2-1 and we never looked like coming back. Fantastic support today and great applause for the team at the end. Rather weird coming to a team with such a poor support when you are used to Championship crowds like Partick and the Pars. Hardly heard a sound when they scored. Big uphill task now.

At least our fans never did this

Gutting result. Kinda feels like our fate is now sealed and the rest of the season will be a waste of time, with home attendances dwindling even further.

New management team, clean slate, fresh beginnings. Good luck lads, lets give Dumbarton a right good humping and start making up that points deficit!

I’d argue that’s more making the stadium asset work for the club rather than a sideshow? It would be different if the idea was proposing to operate our own restaurant, but a seeking a franchise is basically just leasing the space out and (hopefully) letting the ££ come in for something that’s just sitting there. As someone who left Inverness over 20 years ago, rarely attends home matches and doesn’t wear football kits, it’s pretty difficult to financially support the club. With a focus on football, two possible income generators could be: - 1/2 season vouchers (ie, buy a 10 game voucher book rather than a full season ticket to target out of town/offshore/shift workers) - Away season ticket (reflects the split in our support. Many fans only go predominantly to away games) Not new ideas as loads of clubs do it, but another couple thoughts are: - Club membership scheme aimed at the out of towners and those who can’t justify a season ticket but who want to contribute. Possibly something like £50 a season, essentially just to feel part of things. - Kids club. Similar idea to the club membership one, but with a couple parties with players attending, mascot opportunities, etc. Are free season tickets for u12/u16 still a thing? Incorporate within this if so?

Apologies. Scot - one T with two LL's in BELLEND - got ya!

I am looking forward to a fresh start both on and off the park. Good luck to Scott, Billy and the team for tomorrow show them what you can do

You got away with one there, as did Gringo, thanks to the 96th minute winner!

I am working on the assumption that Alan Savage knows what he is doing. I cannot envisage a situation other than where Morrison has the company over a barrel where he can benefit from asset control. We do not know what was in Pandora's Box but we can probably accept that Morrison's position now is weaker. If Morrison sought to collapse the company I am sure Councillors would want to bring the land back into CG control where the Council could benefit residents.

That’s what I had in mind RM and 2 others actually). It generated a cash sum that I’m sure dwarfs the various fees incurred in submitting the application. Regarding the concerts, we know that we rented the stadium out. No sums ever mentioned but I would guess at a good 5 figure sum. We also provided services to the concert company for providing staff and selling tickets etc, which I’m sure would have been at no less than cost, and probably a margin built in. So even though both projects could be deemed disastrous and regrettable for various reasons, it appears to me that the both generated money for the club. Sorry if that’s not what people want to hear!

Given Savage was talking about people enjoying the view etc I think it was very much a sit in style affair he was talking about. If we wanted to do fast food then one of the concourses would surely be better suited. Everything is worth exploring I just find it strange that during such a press conference it would be placed out there front and centre as a big idea especially after commenting that we'd have no more sideshows. We were told that about the concerts and battery farm. Stay as we are and face no loses until the venture fails the space ends up out of use during any eviction period and not generating income and then we have to pay to convert it back into something it can be used for. I know more people say they trust Savage but we had people saying the same when Muirfield came in and then when Crook came in and then Morrison came in (we had someone else among that too but I forget his name). 'Give them a chance' hasn't served us very well the last few years and this is a red flag for me.

Anyone else confused by the comment about no sideshows and then talk about bringing in a restaurant franchise? Restaurants etc are failing across the whole of the uk just now on almost an hourly basis. The idea that anyone is going to open one at the stadium with those existing risks and in an untested location is up there with running our own concerts, battery farms and the like.

We all knew about the 15 point deduction, but what I didn’t know until today is that it seems we will also start next season with a 5 point deduction.

Welcome aboard Scott

sorry 'bout that. To be honest, the first movie was a bit of a guilty pleasure for me, but didnt want to sound so North American in the forum ... already get accused of that too much . The sequels were truly terrible though. Not shown on TV here now though as the name of the club is considered culturally insensitive now and has changed to Cleveland Guardians. I think they will be trying to go for the model Charlie has mentioned a few times.... 8-8-8. Not sure what that will mean in terms of our current squad but it seems to be 8 pros, 8 academy players and 8 local based players from HL or lower leagues. As for management, I could see the scenario you describe being a potential. If they can have someone "multi-task" then they are of more value to the administrator than someone who is only employed to do one thing. I feel for the staff and players right now. Our football club is paying the price for so much mismanagement over the last 7 years (in my estimation), 5 of which were overseen by our former CEO and 2 by the CEO before him. While we all hurt and complain and moan, our mortgages and other bills are likely still taken care of. However, there are folks down there right now, players and staff, many of whom we have all known for years or that we know do a power of work, who don't know how they will make ends meet if they are let go. We should not make light of any of this, nor should those Muppets who got us into this situation in the first place. Hang your heads in f****** shame each and every one of you who oversaw this decline. Hope you can look in the mirror each morning. I am sure you will because most of you have no conscience, guilt or acceptance of any liability in this whole affair.

Terry Butcher*

With the Administrators now in place, we all need to prepare ourselves for more bad news and unpopular or unpalatable decisions.

That was one of the first outward/public warning signs for me. We had a great media team, and Andy was doing a stellar job on the camera work. Equipment and technology were in place, and we had - I think - Ross Tokely and other guest commentators coming on some weeks so it was of interest to fans outside Inverness and certainly could have developed and matured way better than what replaced it. I had the opportunity to be one of the guinea pigs for a few games early on and it was great, but all that got pushed to the side and privately I was told at the time it was "...because it was not his idea". I don't recall who told me that, but it was a red flag for me. For me another was in 2019, not long after he started, and before the pandemic hit, that he and Ross Morrison asked for money generating ideas from the fans. I made a speculative call and email and got a bite I never expected offering assistance to the club in a manner 'to be discussed'. I passed it on to the chairman who said he would get the CEO to make the call. That call was never made despite the chairman's (initial) protestations to the contrary on the podcast that he backtracked on when Sandy pressed him on it. That ended it for me with the CEO as the guy over here was really interested and all that had to be done to initiate things was to dial 13 digits on a phone to initiate a conversation and see where it went. There are plenty of other instances and gossip about various aspects of his reign at the club and I am sure there are hundreds more I haven't heard about, but I will be circumspect on that front for now. Yeah, recent comments didn't ring true to me. First you had him say he was 'the best i could find' which is not exactly a ringing endorsement, then you had him pegged as being vilified. I never met the man (SG), I never want to meet the man, and I definitely have my own opinion about him where there is nothing positive to say, but his alleged treatment of staff, players and fans leaves no room for anyone to make an accusation of vilification on his behalf. However, I will say the rot did not start with Gardiner, it started before him, with Rae and Crook in my opinion. That is often overlooked in recent conversations, primarily I think because SG was so good at making people dislike him.

Blimey I hadn't realised that, ....that's what happened away to Dundee United in March....Ridgers was so far out of his goal [the United player got a lucky deflection to get the ball but was still an accurate shot to hit the open goal], Ridgers clearly not learning from that mistake

'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a simple step' (or goal). Here's hoping.

The relationship that the club has with the city has been discussed many times. There are a multitude of factors working against the club that they cannot control and can do little about. These include the location of the stadium, the quality of the stadium (financially there's little we can afford to change), people supporting other teams and of course, after 30 years refusniks who are still greeting. There are things they have some control over like the catering, ticket prices, quality of performance on the pitch etc There are some things they can control more fully such as the way they treat the community, way they engage with businesses/sponsors, how they treat loyal fans, how they responsibly use money for the good of the club. Aside from the work of the Community Trust and I'd also say the Women’s team/Academy (who in the interests of transparency I'm on the committee of and coach for) which are both separate entities from the club, the club itself has done the grand total of fk all to try and reach out to the city in at least the last 5-6 years. There's been nothing in terms of even the simplest kid's fun days, Christmas parties, bowling nights, school visits, fan events, regular hospitality or even proper sponsor evenings. The club has to make an effort and with Scot Gardiner (and Yvonne Crook) at the helm the last half decade or so has undone much of the good work that others took years to try and develop. It won't be quickly turned around, particularly if the fayre on the pitch is woeful.

Yesterdays shocking attendance probably wasn’t helped by the North of Scotland Cup final in Nairn. I saw plenty of faces there that normally frequent the Dump. For anyone interested Clach were well pumped by a strong looking Brora outfit. Very healthy attendance with the majority born and bred Invernessians. Hats of to the young ICT players though can’t have been easy putting on what sounds a decent display under the current circumstances and also Duncan Ferguson to be honest as it would have been very easy to throw the towel in. Dougal