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  1. Haha sound advice there my man tho I might be gathering a cult following 153 likes like big White I'm an improving player who splits opinions!
    5 points
  2. Disappointing but no surprise to anyone. With Polworth gone as well the .midfield will have a very different look to it next season. However, we have lost far better players and still prospered. An opportunity to rebuild and refresh.
    5 points
  3. Well, the end of another season which ultimately ended in disappointment but showing considerable promise for next year Anyway, enough of my personal failure in the Prediction League and time once again to thank Gringo for all the time and effort he puts in to allow us all to have a bit of fun. Thanks Gringo, great job as ever.
    4 points
  4. But I could have told you Vincent, This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
    4 points
  5. I hate all the vilification of players when they move on and especially when they move to our main rivals. These guys are simply making a living best they can in a career with a very short lifespan. Moving to a bigger wage may not always be the best career move in the longer term and staying a bit longer at a club you have developed well at, may result in a far better offer the following year. However, players like Chalmers are not earning much with ICT and it is completely reasonable for them to move on. And to do so with our thanks and good wishes.
    4 points
  6. Not read the thread and TBH I don't think I can bring myself to. I'm still absolutely gutted about the result. I felt before the game that if we took the lead we'd have a great chance to overturn the deficit but if we lost the first goal we'd struggle to turn it around and so it proved. We really should have bagged a goal or two before that incredibly harsh penalty decision. Excellent spot kick from Clark but as soon as that went in you could see the players heads drop a bit and I don't really blame them. Poor defending for the United second goal really killed off any lingering hope and the third was just cruel but probably deserved for United. By this point you could see which team had benefited from several days of rest prior to the first leg. Most of the ICT players were absolutely burst by this point - Walsh, Trafford and White were all dead on their feet yet kept plugging away (White especially) and put the lamentable effort from folk like Austin to shame. Plenty of effort but not enough clinical finishing / quality over the piece. It's hard to have another contentious decision go against us in a game against United but over the two games we failed to find the net once which speaks volumes. As has been said numerous times this season we can't continue to pass up chances like the ones we missed on Friday.
    4 points
  7. Powerful stuff, but it basically ignores the quality of our opponents. You'd have a point if we were competing against Fort William in these games, obviously not if we were playing Man City. Why should we have done better against County, Dundee United and Hearts specifically? All three have significantly higher budgets to work with - Robbo has said that County have more than double our budget, Alan Preston said the other night that United had at least treble. Hearts' will be a lot more. Why do you ignore that not only did we put two of those clubs out of cup, but also finished above at least three other clubs in our league with higher budgets than us? For me, the most impressive aspect of our overall performance this season is that it took place at a time when everyone is on such a massive downer. The whole club's being cut to the bone, players leave at the first sniff of interest and we're delighted just to get them off the wage bill, the home crowds have been reduced to a small group of moany old men and some 15 year-old wannabe casuals. I'm just delighted we stayed up under these circumstances - overachievement is putting it mildly.
    3 points
  8. Congratulations Gringo. You were pushed all the way. And, of course, thanks for all your considerable time and effort spent in running this enjoyable competition.
    3 points
  9. Starry starry night Paint your parrot blue and grey
    2 points
  10. Sometimes enjoys winding up the over serious and over positive ?
    2 points
  11. Alan you have lost it mate but it’s funny ?
    2 points
  12. Even bad publicitys good for me my man! Tbh tho it doesn't take much to be different from the majority on here pretty much happy clappers who just go along with whatever gash some of the more popular posters write! Iv been watching Caley since school Iv more than earned my spurs to give a bit of a wind up
    2 points
  13. Fox going evidently requires a capable replacement. If OFW gets the nod I will be in attendance in the Darkside Away End simply to give him feckin belters.
    2 points
  14. Now here comes my rant for the season ............... Officiating: quite honestly it's been horrendous and some of the worst I have ever seen across a season and that is not just confined to matches we've been involved in or our league, it's right across the board. The level of arrogance that our referees show towards players and staff is appalling and while they have a very difficult job to do, someone should remind them that they get paid for it and it's their job to keep order. Referees in other sports across the world can do it so why can't they. One of my biggest gripes is the speed at which a referee, and they are all guilty, can't wait to get a card out. At times struggling to get a card out of their pocket while they run to an incident! Take some time, sort the situation out, pull players away, discuss the incident then produce a card if necessary. It projects a better form of control and sets the tone for the game but we don't appear to have one official that can do that nor the authorities to make it change. It's no coincidence that this season has saw more managers than ever speaking out about the levels of refereeing in this country but still they are the ones that are punished, it's about time that the beaks in charge started to deal with the situation properly instead of making managers and players the scapegoats.
    2 points
  15. Not a bad player but one that we can lose from the team without having to worry about too much about how we’ll cope without him. Neat and tidy most of the time, but a player who’s first thought is to go backwards or sideways. When we’re in positive positions I felt that he slowed the game down a lot of the time. So I think he can be replaced comfortably. That said, him and polworth have both left now and they were our set piece takers so perhaps that’s something to think about. I don’t wish him any ill will and just hope that if he does return to play against us that he doesn’t forget who gave him a chance to restart his career and in a new position. Something McKay and Draper have seemed to forget for some reason. No problem with them celebrating goals and wins for their new club but absolutely no reason for them to be thumping the badge on the shirt towards our fans either. I don’t think either of them left our club with any problems from the fans. Hopefully Chalmers doesn’t follow their example.
    2 points
  16. He scored one good goal. That sums ups his contribution during his time with us. Other than that he was inconsistent, slow and regularly mid placed passes. Easily replaced.
    2 points
  17. I see our supporters on social media are losing their heads over this and suddenly decrying him as a garbage player and a snake. Chalmers certainly isn't rubbish but he also isn't the best player going. Nice set piece delivery (corners over free kicks), some nice short range passing and, erm, that's about it. He's okay but that's as far as it goes. Certainly not worth getting into a "bidding" war with County over him and offering the guy silly money. I trust Robbo to replace him. Vincent has been released by Dundee...
    2 points
  18. Confirmation of what we knew/suspected. Joe's been good for us at championship level but I'm not sure he'll add much to County in the Premiership. Can see him getting paid lots more for sitting on a bench than he did for playing football this season. Invest the money wisely, Joe!
    2 points
  19. Am I wrong in thinking that the main shittt stirring culprits nowadays are shittt stirring, rose coloured spectacled, know it alls - trying to pissss off the more outspoken, albeit understandable members of the forum who have a more negative "view" of proceedings. Perhaps "vultures" of another kind ?? Bet I know who doesn't give me a "greenie" for this post. ?
    2 points
  20. Congratulations Gringo. Top of the pack for a while and resisting the challenge of one and all. Well deserved back to back victories. I'd echo CMIB's thanks for your efforts in doing all the hard work in this. Respect. By the way, how did you do in the Prediction League?
    2 points
  21. NPL Review for Game 52 That’s that then. A fair effort to get in to the SPL – we were robbed. This game also brings this seasons NPL to a close. Please accept my personal thanks to all for taking part in this competition. It was also the closest title race ever I think. No maximums recorded in any section for this game. caleyjag got the Crowd Section bonus – 84 under. Gringo retains the NPL Championship title. In a nail biting last few games the title was being challenged by MrCaleyjag and DoofersDad. Total Entries 25 Predicted Match results H: 2 D: 5 A: 19 The Results HT: 1-0 FT: 3-0 1st ICT: -- 1st Opp: Clark Crowd: 8540 Correct Predictions HT: 4 FT: 0 1st ICT: -- 1st Opp: 4 Crowd 5 pts: 1 Crowd 10 pts: 0 Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1 Bragging Rights 8 - caleyjag Jokers Played old caley girl +2 Ictross +0 Your Points caleyjag 8 Gringo 7 Joonya 7 DoofersDad 6 CDN Girl 5 old caley girl 4 MrCaleyjag 3 Mrs Gringo 3 Caley Braveheart 1 CaleyCanary 1 caleymac 1 Cal's Thistle 1 Kingsmills 1 lilmissictbabe 1 Scotty 1 bughtmaster 0 Caley Mad in Berks 0 caleycalum 0 crownjaggie 0 Doofer 0 Ictross 0 JodieC95 0 RedCard 0 Robert 0 SOS 0 Tichy Black's Back 0 TABLE - 52 01 - 286 - Gringo 02 - 281 - DoofersDad 03 - 265 - MrCaleyjag 04 - 252 - caleycalum 05 - 247 - CaleyCanary 06 - 246 - Cal's Thistle 06 - 246 - Ictross 08 - 242 - caleyjag 09 - 238 - Kingsmills 10 - 237 - Mrs Gringo 11 - 234 - Robert 12 - 213 - Caley Braveheart 12 - 213 - Joonya 14 - 211 - Doofer 14 - 211 - Scotty 16 - 209 - RedCard 17 - 207 - bughtmaster 17 - 207 - CDN Girl 19 - 206 - Tichy Black's Back 20 - 197 - crownjaggie 20 - 197 - JodieC95 22 - 195 - Caley Mad in Berks 23 - 189 - lilmissictbabe 24 - 187 - old caley girl 25 - 163 - SOS 26 - 159 - caleymac 27 - 152 - JockWatt 28 - 134 - caleydawson 29 - 132 - mcdonnell761 30 - 68 - Andrew Fraser 31 - 7 - Kind of Blue 32 - 3 - Hiro 33 - 2 - Gavroche 33 - 2 - ICTPAISLEY 35 - 1 - Weekend Hacker
    1 point
  22. I see that Danny Williams, who left ICT at the same time as Vincent, has been released by Accrington Stanley, after spending the season on loan at Fylde. They certainly never over achieved after leaving the Highlands.
    1 point
  23. rubbish mate. And the NAPS. Diddy cups those two
    1 point
  24. Congratulations Champ! Good luck going for the treble... ...and many thanks for fighting with the spreadsheet each and every week
    1 point
  25. A half decent player surprised County want him tho any chance they can take Trafford and big White as well?? I would go for Martin Wood if we can afford him big upgrade
    1 point
  26. Personally I think that you are better at dredging canals.
    1 point
  27. Any truth in the rumour that John Hartson is signing for us ?
    1 point
  28. I know that I referred to him as "The sweet left foot" and I think that he did have BUT he went missing for some games and parts of others. I still feel that he is more suited to be an attacking left sided midfielder. As a holding midfielder he was average and I feel that Trafford surpassed him in that role as the season progressed. I am actually surprised that Tinkerville have chosen him. I would classify him as a good Championship player but I doubt his ability to shine in the Premiership. If he was going anywhere else than over the bridge then I would wish him luck. I hope his luxury residential caravan home leaks.
    1 point
  29. I certainly won't vilify him, but he was lightweight with the occasional great cross and a superb goal in the cup. We have replaced better players than Joe before and will continue to do so. Good luck in your career, but I am more concerned about Coll Donaldson.
    1 point
  30. I think opening up SPFL to promotion from the lower leagues has been a really positive move. It has allowed lower league teams to have some ambition whilst at the same time forcing some of the lower level SPFL teams to pick up their ideas if they want to remain in the system. This arrangement has been a huge success in England. The concern for me is where there is only one promotion place available, particularly in a situation like in the SPFL where that place is not automatic but subject to a play-off. This can result in a log jam where there may be several teams at the lower level who are actually better than several in the tier above. This is a bigger problem in England where the leagues mostly have 20 or more teams, but it might be more appropriate to have the team coming bottom of the SPFL being automatically relegated and the team next to bottom going to a play-off. Good luck to Cove, though. I think they will do well next season.
    1 point
  31. Thanks again Gringo for all your hard work and effort Cheers !
    1 point
  32. Out of contract at the end of the season Owain Fon Williams Kevin McHattie Liam Polworth - Motherwell Joe Chalmers Nathan Austin - Kelty Hearts Out of contact in 2020 Cammy McKay Brad McKay Coll Donaldson Carl Tremarco Jamie McCart Charlie Trafford Aaron Doran Tom Walsh Jordan White Out of contact in 2021 Darren Macaulay Out of contract in 2022 Daniel Mckay Sean Welsh Mark Ridgers (stolen from another thread - but updated) Still can't find any info on Shaun Rooney contract. Think we should offer McHattie a one year deal. He has done well coming in to cover the Left side on the pitch
    1 point
  33. There was loads of fans there. It was a great night.
    1 point
  34. Correct Jaggernaut. BUT...…….. Alan..why don't you exaggerate the positive and avoid the negative completely. It's how to win friends and influence people . Yessssssssss! I promise that your feelings about ICT will change for the better and you will garner soooooo many "likes" that your life will change. And you will become the top banana on here.
    1 point
  35. When he joined, I asked Alan Simpson did he actually believe what he was posting or was he just being controversial to collect the red dots. He just laughed it off. There does seem to be a theme that he is out of sync with the majority of posters, but it takes all sorts, and we are all entitled to our own opinion.
    1 point
  36. Time for you and Gregor to step up and lead the ICTFC red and blue brigade, show us all how real fanatics do it both home and away.
    1 point
  37. What do folks on here expect of ICT We have come third in the league with probably the sixth top budget in the league We have reached the semi finals of the Scottish Cup We reached the semi finals of the playoffs and decisions from the officials have cost us. I think we have massively overachieved and the management and players deserve a lot of thanks for this. Also the away fans deserve a lot of credit. The neagative posters on here need to have a reality check and if they are not happy with what we have achieved this season, have a look at where Falkirk who are a bigger club and have a far bigger fan base than ourselves are this evening . We certainly have a lot of moaners in our support. Have a good summer folks hopefully the sun will lighten some perspectives on here?
    1 point
  38. Well done on all the reports and previews I for one appreciate the effort and enjoy reading them
    1 point
  39. You obviously don't understand what I mean by structure. I will try to explain. ■ Totally revamp our youth "academy" to include only kids with potential - numbers mean nothing if none are good enough ■ Have a defined path for youth to progress to full-time football with education integrated with training and coaching ■ All full-time players should be playing regularly at either first team or reserve team level ■ If you are employed full-time you should work full-time. Employees (players/coaches etc) should be promoting the club to encourage local support. I could go on and on but I would no doubt bore the drawers off you. Structure is about the whole business from grass roots up - not just the first team
    1 point
  40. Given our budget, resources and player turnover recently and most people's expectations at the start of the season, had you given us 3rd place and Scottish Cup semi final at the start of the season, I reckon most would have said fair enough. Yes we always want more but you reap what you sow. Sluggish start to the season, too many draws, toothless at times and a smaller squad have ultimately cost us. I really can't fault the players effort and endeavour all season, we were just beaten by superior players and clubs with bigger budgets. Hopefully Utd go up as I can't do with another season of them in the Championship, they can take their big budget with them and level the playing field. When Utd got their penalty and scored it's the most disappointed I've felt at a game for as long as I can remember. All hope drained as it did the players from what was a very good first half display. That's the positives we need to take forward into next season. Onwards and upwards and promotion next season
    1 point
  41. Tremarco too - left back was definitely a weak spot over the two legs against Utd.
    1 point
  42. These players have sweated blood this season. You could see some of them weren’t fit last night, Walsh for one, and Coll and Doran probably. Everybody knows the squad was down to the bare bones. But if anything they were the better side in the first half and could have been a couple of goals up with better finishing. They deserved to take a bow for their efforts. And yet at the 3rd goal we have people streaming out of the ground?
    1 point
  43. I agree with a lot of the sentiments on here. We gave it our all, but diabolical refereeing decisions coupled with poor finishing will not win us games. On the whole, in my opinion, it's been a good season, it could have been a better one, but if you had told me at the beginning of the season that we would make the semi finals of the playoffs and the Scottish Cup, I would have scoffed at you. To finish third, behind the leagues two best funded teams, says a lot for Robbo's recruitment and drive, and if we can keep the majority of the squad together for next season and add a few quality new faces, I think we can do some damage next term. It looks like Robbo will be missing for the start of next season after his comments about the standard of refereeing in this country, but I wholeheartedly agree with him. No collective of officials should be immune to criticism, they have been over protected for far too long. If players or managers step out of line they get hammered by the Association, where as referees can make blunder after blunder and they just get another game to officiate at. Kevin Clancy being a good example, he doesn't send off the sevco player for elbowing Scott Brown during the sevco v Celtic game, but gives a penalty and booking against Brad Mckay in our match, absolutely atrocious. So, that's the season done and dusted, my new season ticket bought, and I'm looking forward to next term already, a glutton for punishment or diehard supporter?
    1 point
  44. Well done everyone............you tried your best. Man of the match was the very impressive Utd keeper. With the rub of the green it could have been different but after that game I doubt we could have mustered an 11 for the next game. Have a rest boys.......you deserve it. Robbo........well you are in trouble but I think you spoke well. Great support for both sides ( over 8500) and a special mention to those who go to extraordinary lengths and travel huge distances to support their team.....you know who you are.
    1 point
  45. I think its been a decent season given our small squad. 3rd and the semi final of a national cup. Still kinda feel that it is a case of what could have been though. Too many draws earlier in season the reason.
    1 point
  46. Well I sat in a motorway queue for four feckin hours, made me hit the Forth Road Bridge at rush hour and got to Dungdee 45 minutes before the kick off. Feckin stone cold sober !! Up until that ridiculous penalty decision we were the better team, playing some nice football and looking the team to score by a country mile. But our lack of power and flair up front and the age old inability to take chances let us down again. We really should have been 2 or 3 up and there were scoreable chances for Walsh, White and Doran. The penalty, it's conversion and the timing appeared to simply break our hearts. But we put so much into that first half that it would have been a miracle if we had maintained that level after the second. Only a sniff of a comeback would have possibly riled us up. But the Arabs went for the throat from the start of the second half, pressed higher up the pitch and the second was the beginning of the end. It could well have been 5 or 6 in the end and we never looked like scoring. You would have to say that everybody gave their all but I thiught that some showed their flaws. There weren't many who didn't look absolutely flecked 10-15 minutes before the end. Again that is the cruelty of our play off system. i will leave the Smileymometer alone but Ridgers did nothing wrong, Rooney ran and ran and did well before being flecked. McCart was superb and my MOM. Should Coll have been playing when clearly 50 to 60% fit - I would say not. McHattie was caught out for the second goal and struggled defensively. Our midfield ran their socks off but we went for the long, high ball [often diagonal] too often and did not utilise the width and especially Walsh snuffed. Doran played like he did against Hearts and did not come up with the goods. White had littl support but did not hold things up enuff and lost too much in the air. Not sure either where Brad McKay was playing but it did look like he was employed to provide cover for the ailing Coll which was a waste of a player. May sound critical but we played well until half time and missing chances killed us again. Some of the officials decisions, other than the penalty, were shocking and there were some ridiculous offsides called. BUT what an away support and not a bad home one either. Glad I was there to the seasons death. Bring on the anguish of 2019-20. Caleytillidie
    1 point
  47. Very decent first half for us, but the game turned on one incident and it ceased to be much of a contest, the stuffing had been knocked out of us and we had little left to offer. Fair play to Utd who played very well in the 2nd and went for the jugular rather than just keeping it tight. Best moment of the night for me was getting home to a very, very large whisky waiting for me. It’s been a long season but I couldn’t have realistically hoped for much more with the resources we have. Cheers!
    1 point
  48. The tie turned on two poor refereeing decisions. In the first leg, we were in control and certainly not heading for defeat until a very harsh straight red left us with ten players for virtually half of that match and without one of our most influential players for tonight. Tonight we were again more than holding our own until the harshest hand ball penalty I've seen in years. I do not generally believe in conspiracies but the football authorities have got the play off finalist from the Championship they wanted. Neither of those decisions would have gone our way had the boot been on the other foot. That said, it was never a level playing field and it's no coincidence that the two teams who have bettered us in the division both have wealthy backers which enabled them to make wholesale improvements to their squads in January. Our position off the field is not good from a financial perspective but there is scope for optimism on it. We improved on last season with a smaller budget and, assuming Robbo gets a budget that is not further trimmed too much next season I believe we have a very good chance of going one better. We finished best of the teams in the Championship playing on a financially level playing field and should be proud of the manager, coaches and players. Our under eighteens have had a great season and hopefully two or three can step up. Great disappointment tonight but tempered with pride in the team and our loyal fans and genuine optimism for the future.
    1 point
  49. Think that 'penalty' just sucked the life out of them - all that effort undone yet again by a crap ref decision. Put it down to experience, we'll be in a far better position at the start of next season than we were at the last. We have made progress and next season we'll make more.
    1 point
  50. You could be correct in which case I'll retract my previous statement
    1 point


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