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  1. I wouldn't go as far as 'conspiracy' - I reckon it is probably just more akin in nature to a few other things that have gone on in the last few years Just as well the club is not a business....
    4 points
  2. He isn't the best manager we've ever had. Successful yes, but the best? No.
    2 points
  3. Rather surprisingly perhaps, we finished with the 4th best goal diference in the league, along with the 5th highest points tally, albeit helped by facing easier opposition for the last 5 games. Despite having spent much of the early and later parts of the season being concerned about relegation, we ended up a very satisfactory 16 points above the play-off spot! In 2012/13, we only finished 13 points above 11th place, but achieved what at the time was our highest ever league position, 4th place.
    2 points
  4. May be construed by some that this is another pop at the board or players not buying into his philophy or style of play or anything else he's currently at logger-heads about. I'm afraid I don't share his optimism of a cup run/win and aiming for third place: Celtic; Aberdeen; Hearts and Rangers will all finish above us next season and he gives far much respect to Celtic and Rangers for this to change, he might as well be their PR consultant the way he goes on about them in the run up to games, it's embarrassing. This isn't even mentioning an upward Ross County who look like they're building slowly and a steady St Johnstone. Season 2015/16 was the one to be aiming for this not 2016/17, not now with what is happening, a team should always aim to build on success but sadly we haven't and are in my opinion currently looking back at we we did rather than what we can do no matter what JH says, I genuinely believe he is a victim of his own belief's and is blinkered to the point he can't and won't think outside his own box. It's an easy get out for JH, by distancing himself from the board and creating a divide, if his house of cards does all come crashing down all he will do is come out and say there was no vision moving forward that matched his own, that he didn't get the backing he wanted, that we didn't bring in the players he wanted etc etc. If he had come out and said that after this season our aim should be to rebuild the squad, aim for top six and be competative for a full league season with a good strong cup run thrown in then he would get a lot more respect from me and would look realistic and in touch with the board and the fans, the above statement shows none of this in my eyes. Oh and two months I did advocate giving him one more season as I believed he had earned it, not now I'm afraid, I genuinely don't know what to think now.
    2 points
  5. barring a huge swing in voting in the remaining voting time I can confirm that ROSS DRAPER is the CaleyThistleOnline Player of the Year (elect) for 2015-2016. Ross took the Player of the Month honours for May, by a considerable margin from Jordan Roberts, and after taking maximum points in 2 of the 3 games leapfrogs Miles Storey to our award. A full story and breakdown of the voting will follow once I get back to Canada next weekend
    2 points
  6. Also odd that there was no address or words said by the manager this season, pretty sure in both previous years yogi gave a wee speech. Great send off for raven, i wish him well for the future as i think his cameo showed he has plenty still to offer at this level, lets hope personally for him he gets a club abd can play a part although hopefully not coming back to haunt us.
    2 points
  7. Who is a better manager? Getting three teams into Europe, winning and coming runner-up in the Scottish Cup.
    1 point
  8. Nat Wedderburn has signed a pre-contract with Dunfermline.
    1 point
  9. If it was a conspiracy, which I doubt, it certainly didn't work !
    1 point
  10. I've been away for a week, with little internet. Apart from the two goals above identified by Sneckboy, and Sam Winnall's two for Barnsley in their play off (mentioned by TBB on the exICT players news thread), I've also spotted a few more in the last few days. Toby Agdestein got another for Haugesund in Norway (7 in 7 matches now), Tarmo Kink got one for SJK in Finland (his first for them I think), and of course, yesterday, Ryan Christie opened his account for Celtic, and Stuart Armstrong got another of Celtic's goals.
    1 point
  11. There was one in the sports bar too, I ended up asking a steward though cos as you say they weren't in the usual places. A bit odd.
    1 point
  12. McGinn thinks his stock is higher than Dundee and is contemplating a move away from them so I doubt we would be high on his list of top destinations. Given that Alan Archibald has confirmed that Bannigan will leave Partick I wonder if this means a) he is joining us or, more likely, b) he will sign for Aberdeen (they were in for him in January) which would also be good as it might lessen the chances of them coming in for Tansey.
    1 point
  13. Although, having released him in his prime, coming back to haunt us is probably what we deserve.
    1 point
  14. I was the same. The only box was in the concourse under the Main Stand, which had run out of sheets by the time I got there. In the past there's been boxes scattered around but not this time. Very strange.
    1 point
  15. Official ICTFC Retweeted 10h10 hours ago david raven ‏@davidraven131 Thanks to everyone who voted yesterday it's overwhelming and humbling to receive support like that I've never experienced anything like it 62269
    1 point
  16. First half was the usual pedestrian, tepid approach we are used to and lucky not to have gone behind due to unforced errors from ourselves, considering the possession we created little other than a few long range efforts and Dundee had the best chances. Second half was a lot better display but its telling that after we brought on Raven, we had much more attacking play down the right, better crosses into the box and covering tackles too - Josh is a great player but he doesnt have th engine to get up and down the line, beat a man regullarly and deliver quality crosses - why Yogi doesnt see this and return him to his strongest poistion I dont understand. Our attacking play is too slow still and Vigurs is the biggest culprit whenever he gets the ball he kills any momentum in the movement and slows it right down, thats great is we are under pressure and want to try control the game but not if we are trying to be offensive. Summer will be interesting regarding recuritment so we will need to see who comes in, I was really hoping for some signing news before KO y'day, but still we are waiting on Fon Williams, Doran, Devine who its been reported for weeks have been looking to sign up - these delays are a concern as to how much change we will expect to see.
    1 point
  17. Here she is in all her glory
    1 point
  18. Goodbye and our very best wishes, Dave - we'll never forget your goals - away to Ross County (1 yard) and the unforgettable semifinal winner (4 yards)! Sometimes, it's not the quantity that counts! Delighted he was given the send-off he deserved. The victim of a manager who would prefer to play one of our class central defenders as a makeshift right back ahead of a class right back. Go figure... You'll be missed and not forgotten.
    1 point
  19. I wasn't at the game because I live down south, but irrespective of the performance, it's one of the best results of the season. Hughes may have been too stubborn at times with continuing with possession based football when we don't have the attack minded players to play through the middle and open up defences, but I'd rather see that than see us struggling to keep possession. What I like about Hughes is that he knows what he wants, and hopefully he'll bring in the players to fill the gaps we've had this season. Fans saying they won't renew their season tickets are **** fans, talk about disloyal. What ever happened to supporting your club through thick-and-thin? It's no wonder players leave us when fans are considering not renewing their season ticket because of one fairly mediocre season (when realistically, this season we have performed at the level that a club of our size should, if not better). Two quarter finals, a seventh placed finish, and a positive goal difference, we'd be a laughing stock if we were to sack Hughes.
    1 point
  20. Brilliant result, one of the best this season. Dundee are no mugs and have a higher budget than us, as well as some really good players. People calling for Hughes' head need to wake up. You may not agree with some of his decisions and I'm disappointed that Raven is leaving too, but the man has given us the most successful spell in our history and this season has actually been pretty decent considering the mass exodus of all our best players and the massive injury list. There's been 8 replies to this topic. If we had lost this game, there would no doubt have been page after page of people complaining and calling for Hughes to leave. Nonsense.
    1 point
  21. Great result to finish off the season, 4 wins out of 5, (and how do we lose that Dundee Utd match) so we were clearly better than bottom 6, we just cocked it up with a couple of home games in March (at the same time as falling short on the Scottish Cup). Considering the horrendous start to the season, the loss of Christie and the injuries in many respects not bad. However it seems as if Yogi has used up quite a bit of credit with fans (and the board?), with some unrest over Ravens departure and perhaps Foran...although if those two events actually allowed us to sign Storey permanently and extend deals for Roberts and Mutombo, would that compensate?? I do also think he has done well with a miniscule budget, even if some tactics and comments have grated on people. Lets hope that deals get done as quick as everyone seems to want, and the summer is peaceful, from my point of view the missus is now a fan and wants to come up again, so that cool!
    1 point
  22. Sadly, this is the tough part of football, saying goodbye to olde friends and great servants of the club. I was devastated when Bobby Mann left. Same when Rooney, Hayes, Shinnie, Shinnie, etc etc. However, we have replaced them and went on to have our best finish ever and won the Scottish Cup. Shoot me down here, but I believe that Meekings could offer more goal threat than Raven ever did. He is powerful, he is quick and can skelp the ball.That's not to say he is my preferred choice at right back, but unfortunately he is also a better central defender than some playing there. I'm not on the Danny Devine is rubbish train as I think he has something to offer and gets overly criticised on here just because he is playing and others are not. Not many are willing to credit him when he does something good. Sadly, this is not really about one player, and about the team. If Yogi fails to better what he had, then that is the time for the long knives. Players move on for various reasons, I'm sure the truth will come out soon. All the best Dave, you have been excellent for your club and you can leave with your head held high. Others are leaving of their own choice. Get them to flip out of the side and let's look forward.
    1 point
  23. Well said. I will be renewing and urge everybody to do so
    1 point
  24. Agree with Kingsmills - this sounds like a cry for help rather than a genuine desire to leave, unless he's got something up his sleeve, which seems unlikely given his injuries. This raises the question: If RF were to want to reach a "mutual agreement" and leave for free, should the club accept? For me, yes. He's been a fantastic player for us, but his injuries and age make him a liability now. Harsh, but these are the realities of modern football.
    1 point
  25. I'll be renewing. I'll support the club first and foremost, regardless of stupid managerial decisions.
    1 point
  26. Premiership Edward Ofere (Dundee United 3-3 Partick Thistle) Northern Ireland Premiership Curtis Allen (Cliftonville 3-2 Glentoran)
    1 point
  27. Not a bad thing in my view.
    1 point
  28. In principle a good idea....would like to sign the Polish guy on the right but on past experience we are more likely to get the guy on the left....
    1 point
  29. Sure is a lot of People ITK on this site. This is rumours started on Social Media sites by people who clearly don't like Yogi. He is the best manager we have had, sure he's not perfect but he's done a great job! I expect him to be with us until end of his contract at least.
    -3 points


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