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I'll echo what's been said by others about the game. We played really well for an hour, moved the ball well, looked threatening and were the better team. A couple of bad errors, losing a ball in themiddle of the pitch for the secondgoal and leaving a man at the back post for the third goal, saw us go down. It'll be a lesson learned and I think that we'll benefit from having Danny Devine back in the middle. Positives are that I thought Longstaff and Bray had good games, particularly in the first half. It's probably the best I've seen Longstaff play for us. Both faded when they were switched in the second half though. In midfield, the structure was good with Allan dropping deep and MacKinnon and Thompson ahead of him. Think Thompson might have been a bit match rusty. The negatives were that we might have had a lot of the play but we didn't score when we were on top, we didn't press home our advantage. We also didn't force their keeper to do much - he had one save I think in the second half that you thought we might have scored but nothing beyond that. We really are lacking in attacking over - our only centre forward is Billy Mckay who is getting on. We don't even have anyone to play up front from the bench. Chatter before thegame was that Adam Brooks was one of our highest earners, up to £1000/week, so from that viewpoint I get why he was made redundant but it leaves us very thin up top. Thought our fans were great, good to see a healthy travelling support who mainly stayed to the end.

Don’t know if posted already, apologies if yes. footy adventures

I think we draw a line under this week's game. Its been an incredibly stressful week for all concerned and even if they didn't have the stress of worrying about their jobs, then they also had the mind**** of adapting to the ideas and tactics of a new incoming manager (even if he was already there as #3). I've been in the same boat as described by one of the players in the media over the weekend ... waiting in an office to hear your fate as you know a portion of your colleagues will be gone and hoping it is not you. Your relief at not being on the chopping block is short-lived as you then feel sorry for whoever is gone, and while your body may be going through the motions of the task at hand with minimal input from your brain, the rest of your head is all over the place. Its surprising to me that we didn't lose by more ... perhaps we are lucky it was Dumbarton this weekend! Sounds like SK had us playing a little more positively this weekend but instead of the Dunc method of neither conceding or scoring very many, we employed a different idea to try and win but left ourselves a little open. Reports from those who were there sound somewhat positive so give them a couple of games for the heads to reset and for Kells to instill what he wants them to do and hopefully we might see improvements.

I don’t think it’s possible to attribute blame solely or even (with one exception) mainly to any single individual. Caley Thistle’s current problems are the product of a perfect storm of years of errors and mismanagement both on and off the pitch, and those currently in place who were previously in junior coaching positions or were simply individual players or didn’t feature at all when the real decline was ongoing, shouldn’t be made to carry the can. One factor I would want to highlight is the dreadful internal atmosphere within the club over a period of years which I think many of us knew was the case and which was superbly illustrated in the PandJ’s series on Gardiner - who also very publicly sought to take credit for appointing Duncan Ferguson. It’s clear that the atmosphere in the club had for a long time been utterly toxic and I believe that, alongside extremely poor financial practices at board level, this had an extremely damaging effect that percolated right through to on-field performances. There has been a lot more as well, and these are not things that will suddenly be put right in the immediate aftermath of certain high profile departures since May.

15 out 20 Away wins predicted, you have to admire the confidence

Our highest earning striker was playing as a midfielder and still managed to be the club's top scorer, even in his late thirties. Pretty sure not playing in his best position, whilst nobody else could score, was not through a suggestion from Billy.

I've decided I'm going to ignore the league table and try and just enjoy the football in the hope we get effort (never doubted it from players) and style that generates a bit if excitement. I think if the support can give the team that kind of freedom and not lump 'survival pressure' on then we'll see the best from them. Let's treat it like a 25 game pre season in preparation for next year. Financially there's not a great deal of difference between L1 and L2 and Savage has already said the plan is preparation for relegation so I have no additional concerns there.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Thanks Charlie, that helps me understand things better. It’s my problem as I seen it simply that : - # Players have no control of off field events and activities! # Cross the line and players have full control of events (win, draw or loose)! Clearly this season to date the players have had the off field activities effecting their performance. Hopefully that’s in the past now and they (we), can move forward without these millstones affecting our professional, full time, but mostly young team. Obviously we can’t retro fit the same excuse onto last season. Hang on, we had Billy Dodds and Big Dunc, - solved!