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The first thing Scott has done without doubt, is prove what a completely clueless charlatan Duncan Ferguson is/was.

Here's the thing. Without administration and the removal of Ferguson we may have been no further up the table than we are now and still facing games with fear instead of hope. In a weird twisted way administration may end up saving our league status. Hopefully things are going as well with saving the club off the park

This was a bloody brilliant result...made all the better seeing goal notifications coming up late on the BBC results programme. I made quite a bit of noise with the 3rd goal! We seem to be spreading our goals around the team, which is a good sign Without the 15point deduction we'd be in 5th place just 5 points off the top spot....given our recent form, togetherness, and more positive approach to play, we'd feel very good about the end of the season. No reason to fear either Arbroath or Stenhousemuir coming up as long as we don't relax

Honestly it's been a while since I had that feel good factor after the full time whistle. Agreed we did work hard to get back in it after half time, but the game was won due to us playing some really good adventurous passing football. No hitting it aimlessly long in desperation. To be honest we battered Montrose, and the possession stats do not reflect the game. Highlight for me, Gardyne baiting the supporters at 2 nil up, then sprinting down the tunnel at full time, head down refusing to look up at the stand. By f ***k the guy fairly shifted off that pitch.

I love the start he has made, and I also appreciate that the same players who under-performed for the previous manager seem to be showing a lot more self-belief and the spirit of #TogetherNESS that we used to see. However, its waaay too early to pass judgement. Give him 25+ games or even a full season before comparing him to others and passing that kind of judgment. Things however have started well and given the adversity that they started in, then personally the signs are positive. I really want him to do well, given that he is a long standing, and local ICT stalwart in the backroom team of so many previous managers who have all talked highly of him. It has to be Pele for me. Despite the manner in which he left the club, and the fact he did not manage us in the topflight, there is no doubt he sowed the seeds of our success many years earlier. He instilled that #TogetherNESS attitude from the start that so many players have talked about over the years, he got us playing attractive football, he had us believing - due to actual results - that we could bounce back from large deficits and still win games (like we did on Saturday). He also had a keen eye for picking up someone else's cast-offs and making them ICT stalwarts. He had his demons as we all know, but man were his teams fun to watch. After that they are all in a big group for me with pros and cons in each manager's case. Robbo got us up to the Premiership and was vocal to both the league and to our club in getting the finger out regarding the stadium but his latter days at the club spoiled his legacy a bit. Terry Butcher raised our profile and was most certainly the most charismatic manager we ever had, and Yogi was kind of in the middle of Robbo and Butcher - charismatic but also not afraid to call club or officials out. Their win percentages are all in the 40-45% range. Brewster (V1) was also good but tarnished by his second spell. Charlie Christie is - I think - the only manager to have won all 5 games after the Premiership split in the 'best of the rest' bottom half of the premiership, and may have gone on to become a great manager had he not decided the stress and spotlight was too much. However, Foran, Dodds, and Ferguson as well as our first manager Sergei Baltacha were all a disappointment. Neil McCann might have been good but not enough games to really judge. I am hoping Kells makes it into the same company as Pele ... if he does, it means we have come back from the brink stronger and better at his hand.

A lesson in rewriting history that even Charles Bannerman could not surpass. For me Terry Butcher is the absolute standout because he moved the club forward in so many areas both on and off the park and did so without need to be bumping his gums to the press to make it happen. He walked a solid road in terms of sticking it to bigger teams and the games administration without crying victim every other week. He was respected and gave respect where it was due. He took his football seriously but everyone seemed to have fun at the same time. The only negative was his departure. As for Kellacher. He's played his part in the successes of many of those being touted as 'our best' manager. Glad to see him step up and prove why that's been the case and making a name for himself.

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Obviously it's far, far too early to say but the start is definitely encouraging. The key thing is that he seems to be exactly what the club and the players need at the moment. Someone who wants to be here, is trying his hardest and, perhaps most importantly, has a positive approach to games.

Has to be Pele for me - he sowed the seeds for everything else to follow and it was fun! Tel a close second though - he took us on to another level and as much as I admired Pele I don’t think he could have taken us to the same levels.

Just watched the highlights, first was a looping header, keeper maybe misjudged it a bit, second was a punt up to the box, keeper was coming out to collect and Montrose player got a touch to it first and changed the trajectory, could argue communication between the keeper and the defence could have prevented that one. The equaliser came from a quick free kick by us, don't remember seeing much in the highlights coming from set pieces. Their keeper did pull off a lot of good saves, and we missed some big chances