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Perceptive, as ever, Cherlie! Although there is still some information to be uncovered - and in particular exactly how and from whom Caley Thistle Properties and hence the car park lease was acquired by Morrison and Cameron - the last six months or so have gone a considerable way towards revealing what has been going on in the club in recent years. (I would also emphasise that this has been happening while minimal information has been given to shareholders and other interested parties with for instance the Board defaulting on the holding of AGMs.) We now realise that for a period of years, the latter part of it under the chairmanship of Ross Morrison, the club has been allowed to sleepwalk into a massive amount of debt with some aspects, such as the Cameron Harper Carlisle move and the absurdly large Puma contract, so extreme that they still need credible explanation. And while this unsustainable way of operating hurtled, latterly under Ross Morrison’s chairmanship, towards administration, Morrison kept the ever more ricketty bandwagon on the road by a process that made the club heavily indebted to him. However he did so by means which, should the train hit the buffers during or immediately after his chairmanship, ensured (or so he thought) that he had an iron personal grip over the assets in the form of a Charge on the stadium and joint control of the car park lease. Basically he presided over a situation where the club was allowed to sleepwalk more annd more deeply into debt in a manner where he continually covered it, but knowing (or perhaps believing?) that he would get his money back in kind if (when?) it all went pear shaped. That’s a scenario that doesn’t sit comfortably with me insofar as he protected himself from liability in a dangerous situation which he played a leading role in creating. However I do see one possible chink of light which is the statement from the administrator that the Charge may be invalid due to some technicality about its timing that I don’t understand. But how on earth this could have been allowed to progress as far as it did in full sight if the rest of the Board (who had far more access to information than shareholders and fans had) is beyond understanding.

It seems some people have forgotten that we're a league one team and are still expecting premier league performances. I was delighted with the football and effort that was served up yesterday. The new lads fitted in well and you wouldn't think this was their first match for us. Hoping Longstaff is ok as he's been really important to our game recently.

Slightly off thread but does anyone else feel really old knowing Alfie is Martin's son?! I remember Martin signing for us as a youngster!

Craig White?

Some games it’s been hard to pick three however yesterday was amazing. Very difficult to leave any out.

As the remaining details of the debt and leased land are finally laid bare the club finds itself in an insidious position with one person, Ross Morrison (the former Chairman no less), holding all the cards and ultimately the future survival /destiny of the club. Through his actions and acquisitions he has the club tied up like a ham joint in a butcher’s window for the world to see. I don’t dispute RM poured a lot on money into the club and had to make some provision to mitigate the extent of loss. (Spoiler alert – No board member /Chairman in my memory, enters into football expecting to make money). As mentioned by others what grates me is deliberate action to make timely arrangements he knew could be punitive to the clubs existence if things went pear-shape, (which they spectacularly did). These actions (floating charge loan and ICTP buy-out), would have been done in full view or knowledge of the board, and either through ignorance, stupidity or just saying nothing never questioned whether this was done in the best interests of the club. Most have run to the hills for cover, but as things unwind they will not be forgotten. We (the club), need the stadium to play in the league. We don’t have sufficient fans (3500-4000?) to finance a Championship level operation, so it appears any buyer for the club needs to include the purchase of a number of the ICTP land plots so none football revenue can be made to meet the running costs. ICTP (RM) foreseen this I expect, so can hold out to maximise this advantage to see what they can get in any arrangement or ‘deal’. The only pressure I see we can put on RM is the threat to hand back the stadium to the Council and go elsewhere. i.e Value of land crashes. The floating charge it seems we are stuck with – merely whether RM will hold out for the full 1.65M Whilst he may have not done anything wrong (politician like), I return to would the actions be considered in any way as an infraction on the best interests of ICTFC that he was the Chairman at that time? Maybe he was just four steps ahead of everyone. No simple or cheap answers I fear. bc

Thoroughly deserved win after last weeks disappointing result against Cove Rangers. New signing Alfie Bavidge was rightly awarded the MotM, not just for his debut goal, but he was a constant threat, tirelessly running the channels like his olde man did back in the day and with plenty of pace and a good first touch. He also seemed to give Billy Mckay an extra spring in his step and he was unlucky not to score. He will certainly be an asset for the Caley Jags in 2025 and Alfie Stewart got a few minutes under his belt as well. Good start to the year for us and hopefully the springboard to go on a wee run and get back into the pack

Many thanks to all that have voted so far this season including some new names even through the difficult times. The Player of the Month results are :- July: 1 Keith Bray. 2 Adam Brooks. 3 Calum MacLeod. August: 1 Adam MacKinnon. 2 Remi Savage. 3 Musa Dibaga and Billy Mckay. September: 1 Musa Dibaga. 2 Remi savage. 3 Adam MacKinnon. October: 1 Adam MacKinnon. 2 Danny Devine. 3 Keith Bray. November: 1 Luis Longstaff. 2 Adam MacKinnon. 3 Musa Dibaga. December: 1 Luis Longstaff. 2 Musa Dibaga. 3 Remi Savage. The Player of the Year leaders as of the end of December 2025 are:- 1 Luis Longstaff. 2 Adam MacKinnon. 3 Musa Dibaga. 4 Keith Bray and Remi Savage. 6 Paul Allan. On the votes for the Referee Performance it is clear that they are bad compared to previous seasons The worst being Gavin Duncan (who should not be allowed out on a Saturday according to Caley Hedgehog) and Peter Stuart not far behind are Ryan Lee, Colin Whyte, Gary Hanvidge and Colin Steven Remember it is your votes that count throughout the season so please keep voting

Longstaff’s through ball before the first goal was a work of art!

Crucial win today. Both goals were well worked. first one, ball to longstaff wide right, outside of the left foot pass towards goal line run onto by mackinnon( I think, eyesight not what it used to be) and first time cross fell to bavidge who had a gaping goal to slot into. second was a thing of beauty for 2 reasons. A few fans in the north stand were getting restless with us taking short corners. Again we took a stand side corner, a few north stand fans got restless again and a couple of passes later we go 2 up with a gilmour sweet strike. kellacher raving about the second goal as it was a billy creation in training. Great when something you work on comes off in the game he says. Even better when some fans get at their own team for trying something other than slinging a cross into the box. Food and drink for the keeper and big defenders. could have been 2 up and coasting first half as longstaff hit a shot that was heading top bins. A fantastic one handed save from the replacement keeper and we stayed 1 up as the ref blew for half time. a Devine miss placed pass second half ended up a corner for Dumbarton and a header that hit the top of the bar with Dibaga nowhere. Then a billy?mistake let them in on goal only to crash the ball off the post with Dibaga well beaten. 2-2 would have been hard to take.