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I'm currently using my Dad's account, as Ally Davidson. As one of the four boys to go, I believe the situation has been put to bed. We went in there expecting debate but instead, it was a very friendly atmosphere and everyone got a say and it was taken into account by both parties. Being on the board of CJT is a thankless job and do it for no other reason but for our enjoyment which should NEVER go unnoticed. The behaviour on the bus was unsatisfactory and we know this, and CJT had to do something. We were all frustrated and the situation has gone way too far. Although banning us wasn't a good move, currently two of the boys banned travel to Motherwell today on that bus. So me, and everyone, from now on should start appreciating the hours of work and dedication put in by John, Leslie and the team. It's not easy for them with the lack of support for something that they do not need to do. So, we should all move on. Just get behind the team and CJT board and use our frustration towards something worthwhile.... Like County.

Not a vintage performance, but we did deserve the win. Both full backs played well, and I thought Draper was the pick of the midfielders and that Danny Williams looked our most dangerous attacking player: some excellent movement, particularly at the start of the second half, and he had one clever flick that Ripley saved at his near post. Mutombo started well, but I thought he faded before the end of the first half was over, and he does still look a little lightweight, both in possession and when trying to close down opponents - I'd like to see him work a bit harder in the latter respect. There's clearly talent in there, but he does still look a bit of a luxury. Not as much, though, as Vigurs, who I thought was extremely disappointing. He was ponderous in possession, didn't close down enough or fight for the ball when he lost possession, and was frequently negative in his passing. This became even more obvious when Roberts came on and immediately started running at players and trying to look for forward passes. Obviously they are very different sorts of players, but I think a team that had Polworth starting instead of Vigurs, and also included Roberts, would have far more dynamism and forward momentum that we saw for most of the first half today: Tremarco's run and cross for the opener was about the first really decisive piece of play that we had managed, despite a few passages of neat interplay. The second half was better, although we did lose our way for a while around the time of the Motherwell goal, something that wasn't helped by the substitution of Storey for Polworth, when Vigurs would have been a far more obvious candidate to be replaced. In a way though, it was good that Motherwell scored, because it made the impact of Roberts' goal all the sweeter. What a strike. If you weren't there, you'll enjoy seeing it on TV. The Motherwell Twitter account, from deep in a well of its own salty tears, described it as 'speculative'. How bitter. Great to be in the quarter final draw, although I don't think this looks like a cup-winning team at the moment. Would love Dumbarton away in the next round if they could somehow get past Dundee, but if not, Morton at Cappielow would do very nicely.

Really disappointed in this post and feel it has done nothing to help us move forward. I was at the meeting at we had a full discussion about what happened and what was acceptable and what wasn't (mainly on grounds of safety) . It was made very clear that singing was a positive thing and the CJT board members and other fans who attended enjoy the singing as much as anyone else and are also very appreciative of the atmosphere these boys create both home and away. The boys also had some issues which we discussed and I felt they left feeling a lot better and more understanding of the bigger picture. Unfortunately it's uninformed rants such as this that have led to so much of the bad feeling. I know you have considered joining the board of CJT in the past so I look forward to seeing your completed nomination paper. I'm happy to provide a signature on it for you.

Wtf is he doing... It looks like his hand is making his butt take a phone call at gunpoint. Good on him though and here's hoping he can go the rest of the season injury free and put in atleast few more scorchers.

Forza, it's a shame you didn't make it along to the meeting last night, as the points you raised could have been fully discussed. You would also have heard at first hand exactly what the issues were 4 weeks ago, why the action was taken and the solutions that were put forward both by board members and the young people who attended. My recollection of the tone and outcome of the meeting is very, very different to the second hand view you have presented here. My impression was that everyone left the meeting last night feeling that they had had their say and had been heard, and that the matter was now closed.

That's good, if you get a semi you may as well both enjoy it.

I'm currently using my Dad's account, as Ally Davidson. As one of the four boys to go, I believe the situation has been put to bed. We went in there expecting debate but instead, it was a very friendly atmosphere and everyone got a say and it was taken into account by both parties. Being on the board of CJT is a thankless job and do it for no other reason but for our enjoyment which should NEVER go unnoticed. The behaviour on the bus was unsatisfactory and we know this, and CJT had to do something. We were all frustrated and the situation has gone way too far. Although banning us wasn't a good move, currently two of the boys banned travel to Motherwell today on that bus. So me, and everyone, from now on should start appreciating the hours of work and dedication put in by John, Leslie and the team. It's not easy for them with the lack of support for something that they do not need to do. So, we should all move on. Just get behind the team and CJT board and use our frustration towards something worthwhile.... Like County. I would like to point out that you didn't travel on the bus and the fact you came along last night speaks volumes. You spoke well and made valid points so you should all be very proud of yourselves. I'm delighted that the boys have been able to travel to day.

He's communicating with team mates, inspired by beach volleyball I suspect. Just in case anyone doesn't know what I mean, or needs reminding:

Scenes at full time. The guys who have been punting Roberts for poty were right, he's a legend already. A lot of the time we looked a decent side today. Usual faults though, trying to score the perfect goal, about 30 passes then give possession away. Also guilty of punting it up to Storey who won his fair share against Steven McManus but was eventually subbed, he must have been knackered. I thought his touch was pretty poor today though. Pearson almost inflicted another casualty on us today when he halved Danny Williams, somebody should throw a net over him. Between Storey and Williams we could have had another 3 before Motherwell equalised and it looked like petering out to a replay. Cue master tactician Yogi introducing super sub Roberts for Mutombo. Draper, Tansey, excellent in midfield but feel Vigurs is still a bit of a luxury. Mutombo put in a decent shift and gave us a bit of width on the right although not much width as in true yogi style he kept cutting in. Back 4 all solid, Tremarco and Devine had no 'gulp' moments. Liam Hughes got a few minutes so never really got a chance to show. If I were a Well fan I'd be wanting McGhee punted. They were very poor and even after they equalised, you'd normally expect a siege but they were absolutely hopeless. Wasn't looking forward to a replay though and what a strike. A tricky tie on paper but the holders are through to the last 8

I still think Higdon would be good until at least the end of the season

Jordan Roberts gives Chic an orgasm apparently 2-1

Always good to have a voice of reason, I feel more at ease now. Move on, those that attended have.

The only part of that post with any merit is the final sentence. What was a contentious issue was quickly resolved to the general satisfaction of all those directly involved with a consensus of going forward together a good result by any standards. However, you, who are not directly involved want to continue to stir things up and create further bitterness and disharmony. Come on, some mistakes were made on both sides, those have been acknowledged and dealt with quickly and appropriately. Move on and let it go. Whatever happened to Togetherness....

It was said at least a dozen times to the lads at the meeting last night that singing had absolutely nothing to do with it and they seemed happy about the outcome at the end. So how you can say that it was to do with singing is beyond me. I suggest if you are a CJT member to go to the AGM at the Caley Club on Feb 19th at 7pm to air all these issues in depth. As for asking for people to be ' 'struck off' perhaps put yourself forward at the AGM to help implement all your ideas? Also unsure how they could be a jobsworth as you get paid to do a job. At the end of the day it was admitted that lessons were learned on both sides and that was the positive basis the meeting ended on.

The OP might have been slightly disingenuous in suggesting that it was Much Ado About Nothing but it looks after the welcome hastily convened meeting it could be a case of All's Well That Ends Well. Well done to all concerned at let's hope that our generally fantastic young crew can continue to support the team loudly and proudly but within the law.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/35435131 Centre Backs going to hospital like falling ninepins.

Tbf it wasn't just the youngsters

Well done to all the team today, glad Robert's got the winner after being out for so long. It is not often you hear Chick Young getting excited when we score a goal must have been a cracker!

I think the ICT tweet caught the moment much better - "I think a little bit of wee might just have come out."

No idea if it was the same 'young team' but there was a good crowd of younger fans who were in superb form today getting behind the team and then getting it right up the 'Motherwell Bois' when Roberts scored

You really need a 'south stand cam' to get the best of it

Some awful speculation by some posters on this topic. Who says there is unrest amongst the players? Where is the evidence Hughes has favourites, Butcher and Brewster definitely did. It looks lime more contracts have been offered to players so let's just wait and see who else signs up.

But - Do you know who we are ? - Scottish Cup Champions. That's who we are (still)

Sat 6 Feb 2016 Scot Premier A Rooney (2) (St Johnstone 3 - Aberdeen 4) SL 1 S Sutherland, R McAllister (Ayr 1 - Peterhead 2) Welsh Cup J Oswell (Newtown 6 - Cefn Druids 0) Highland League Cup D Gillespie, A Greig, Z Sutherland (Brora R 4 - Inverurie 1) G Wood (2) (Buckie 1 - Formantine 3)

Wow fantastic (that's Palace getting a point a Swansea!) But seriously what a great result!, Good to see Miles back on the score sheet, and a first goal from Roberts, so refreshing to get the late winner instead of the other way around.Just told my wife if we win the next round, she's coming to the Semi!

when is the draw for next round hope we get celtic and josh meekings scores the winner

Wow. How fantastic is that ? And what a time for Roberts to score his first goal for us. Well done to him and the whole team. The dream lives on....

dam

Disappointing seeing him go to another SPFL club, we know he can score goals in this league and sadly we will see him paired with Billy in a strike paring I think every one of us would have loved to see last season.

Well said young man.

A plucky performance from the club that have never played at the top level to hold Premiership Kilmarnock to a draw. I hope the media pay them some attention....

Yngwie 1-0 Sneckboy

Not done predictions in some time so here goes for this weekend. Rangers v Kilmarnock............Kilmarnock Annan Athletic v Greenock Morton.........Annan Dumbarton v Dundee.............Dundee Dundee United v Partick Thistle..........Partick Motherwell v Inverness Caledonian Thistle............Inverness Ross County v Linlithgow Rose...........County Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian..........Hearts East Kilbride v Celtic ............Celtic Would love tosee Lithgy and EK go on but cant see it. On form there's only going to be one non prem team in QF's though its not inconcievable that Dumbarton and Hibs could progress.

Edward Ofere has signed for Dundee United

Good to hear its been put to bed As we've got a match to win today.

Have you got anything good to say about our manager?

I'm afraid it's not somewhere that well-mannered, Crownian socialites like myself would attend particularly regularly.

We would like to thank the boys, board members and fans who turned out tonight. The meeting was very positive with good points raised from all in attendance. Hopefully everyone would have taken something from the meeting and we can all move forward in a positive manner.

Would a development fee be payable? I thought it wasn't a cross border thing and only payable within your own country could be talking Keech though as per Tom Jones 'it's not unusual'

First away fan post that I can't take the mick out of - and to me the critics from the terraces are often there to be listened to.

Think yogi is gradually working his way towards a 1-9-0 formation with the 'keeper being flexible enough to help out the midfield now and again..

Hi, Cambridge fan here and just want to say you are getting one heck of a player and a top fella. The press are listing Liam as an attacking midfielder but he has played just about every position for us. I'd say his best position is a deep lying centre mid or centre def. As his record shows he isn't a massive goal scorer but he has great creativity can certainly pick a pass to unlock a defence. Not afraid to get stuck in and mix it when he has to but certainly not dirty in anyway. He's tall and we regularly put him up against tall strikers when defending corners or goal kicks and he won a LOT more than he lost. He's got a good engine and as you've seen from the video has a shot on him like a kicking horse. We really don't understand the logic in letting him go. He's been a stalwart for the last 2-3 years but a new manager has come in and bombed him & a few others straight out of the team without ever looking at them in a game and replaced them with a number of untried premier league youngsters, none of whom are setting the world alight. One thing you really will get from him is a real connection with the fans, he'll always be happy to have photos taken or sign autographs. Any kids that ask him will get asked if they play, what position etc and he gives a real sense of being genuinely interested in their answers. I hope you enjoy him, he will always get a fantastic welcome from us for the opening goal in our playoff final at Wembley in 2014 that ended 9 years of non league wilderness. Keep an eye out for a U's shirt or two popping up as I've already heard of several people planning a weekend away.

Yeah we'd like to have seen him and McKay or storey but to prove us wrong I hope he and McKay fail and wind up without clubs again in the summer! Showing no ambition...if only they could all be like storey

A real fans favourite and rightly so but not sure he's the manager's favourite.

I'd have thought with so much emphasis on underage drinking these days and the recent alleged rowdy behaviour, CJT would look to appear to show that's it's board often attend far more classy establishments than dives like Dows. I was thinking more of the Castle Street Restaurant or even So Coco!

Looking forward to hearing the aftermath of this private meeting "When the women's guild meets green street!!! Lets hope caleyjagsforever behave themselves Dougal

Yes...he oversaw our Scottish Cup win.

Thankfully this saga is now at an end. Those posters that have tried to stir things up, knowingly or unknowingly should be ashamed of themselves. Undoubtedly, mistakes have been made on both sides but at least both parties have been big enough to admit to this. Just because someone says something happened doesn't mean it actually did.

Firstly I wish to state I have a couple of close friends who are board members of CJT and I don't want to be seen as having a 'rant' at them but personally I can't just 'put this situation to bed' so to speak. The events of this past week have left me with a bad taste in my mouth and I feel there is to many pressing questions which need answered. Going by that brief statement from CJT earlier, it would make you think everything is now hunky-dory, but quite frankly I think it's a sham and I'm not prepared to sit back, kow tow and take it as Gospel. After speaking to one of the lads who attended tonight's meeting, its become clear that part of the 'problem' on the Stirling trip was indeed singing....... But also some of the group were standing during the journey...... How this warrants an immediate ban, I just do not know!! Personally throughout this week I was thinking, the lads must have been drinking or something. But no! The serious offence committed was standing and singing.... It has also come to my attention that only 4 boys turned up to the meeting tonight (out of 30 something I believe were banned?). Frankly this doesn't surprise me and from what I've been hearing the vast majority of lads are feeling very dissolution about the whole saga and not only did not turn up tonight, but are not interested in tomorrow's game either. I will be deeply saddened if these lads don't come back, ever! But who would blame them after the way they have been treated this past week. For this Clubs sake, I hope the news of a more frequent Gellions Bus tempts them to come back, but i suppose its just a case of wait and see. However the main point which has really angered me tonight is that the 4 boys who were in attendance tonight and showed willingness to meet, have been told that there might not be enough space on the bus for them tomorrow. Its a case of turning up to the stadium at 10 am and waiting to see if no-one else turns up so they can get their seats.......Sorry but this is an absolutely disgraceful way to treat any loyal supporter of this club. So much so that 2 of the 4 lads have decided to just forget about tomorrow. So instead of 30 odd boistrous and vocal young fans turning up and cheering on the team in what is a crucial game in defending our trophy, only 2 will be going. That is of course if by chance there is any seats left on the bus. What a shambolic mess!! All because they were standing and singing on the bus to Stirling......And if it turns out that the team are defeated tomorrow and the team felt there wasn't enough backing from the fans, well the blame quite frankly lies at the door of CJT and the poor handling of this situation. Please believe me when i say It saddens me to the core to say that, because CJT and the Supporters Trust before them have in general been true ambassoders for this club. The card display at Hampden, the ticket allocation at LC Final, the many times we needed transport to semi finals or finals with stupid KO times couldn't have been done without them!! But the handling of this week and the poorly written statement re: Pyro a couple weeks back have sadly alienated a large section of our support, a section which is mainly made up of young/loyal/committed supporters who are essential to the future of this Club. Way to go CJT. Before I close I wish to ask a few questions. who was the person that sent that text earlier in the week to the lads, demanding that they were to be banned and that there was to be no further discussion about it. Are they a CJT board member? If so they should be struck off! Had he shown a little more wisdom none of this would have happened. I dont want some petty jobsworth who acts out with a knee-jerk reaction to be the 'voice' of our support. Why if the 'problem' was on the weekend of Stirling Away was it not dealt with immediately after that weekend? That game was 4 weeks ago. Had this all been sorted out then, we might actually be seeing more young fans at Well tmo and not expecting the farcical situation of 2 young lads turning up at the stadium not knowing if they can go to the game or not. And lastly, what will CJT be doing in the coming weeks to ensure that all 30odd lads are made to feel welcome at TCS and away games? I cannot stress enough how these guys are the future of this club and if this is dealt badly now, could have serious ramifications in years to come! I close by stating that famous, elequent but simple quote by Jock Stein "Football without Fans, is Nothing". Please please please, no-one should ever forget that!

Maybe a quote from Macbeth would have better described the now very distant OP - "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."