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Ridgers was the clear man of the match before sclaffing his penalty wide. It's one thing to draw a flat League Cup tie against a part-time side, quite another to be dominated by one as we were for most of that second half. We set up with Carson and Trafford sitting in front of the back 4, and what looked initially like a dynamic and interchangeable front 4 with Keatings playing as a 10 and Walsh and Curry pushing up high from the wide areas. There was the odd flash of creativity from Keatings - he's probably not match sharp yet. As with the friendlies, it was Tom Walsh that looked our biggest threat and he put a couple of decent balls into the box, one of which White should've connected with - the big man was played in on goal shortly afterwards but didn't have the composure to get a decent shot away. Carson moved to right-back when Vincent replaced McKay at half-time and didn't look comfortable there. But that doesn't explain what happened in the second half and I don't know what does. We were overrun - Peterhead were repeatedly able to pick their pass in the final third, and more often than not they got shots away from inside the box. I hope we get to see footage of the penalties. Charlie Trafford's was the highlight of the night.

This is not a merger argument...it's not even an argument IMO...it's about people expressing an opinion that the club has failed to properly recognise the clubs roots in both strips released for our 25th Anniversary. Regardless of how good, bad or indifferent you think the strip is as a design...it can't be argued that it fairly represents the club's roots. Also...why do we need to bury the events and histories of the clubs sacrificed to bring ICTFC into existence? To try and do so is utterly disrespectful to those on all sides at the time, to those who moved forward and worked tirelessly to try and ensure it was a success and even to those who decided not to follow ICTFC. The solution is pretty simple....FAIRLY represent the 109 or so years of history from BOTH the pre-merger clubs. Do that and the constantly recurring "they get more recognition than them" issue goes away and all fans...young and old alike...can properly embrace all 134ish years of history. One Great Club - Three Great Histories Let's celebrate it, not obliterate it.

Good summary from Caley Stan. In many ways it was reminiscent of last season. First half we had a lot of the ball but struggled to create chances. Peterhead were content to sit in and absorb pressure and try and hit on the counter. White had our best chance of the half when he pulled a shot across goal / it was palmed away by Flemming. Second half and Peterhead were all over us. Our best two chances of the second half came from a Vincent header off the post and a White effort clawed away by Flemming. A truly stunning save (think Mikey Fraser v Celtic). Apart from that the home side dominated and should have been out of sight long before the penalty shoot out. Jamie Stevenson and Aidan Smith seemed to be getting a lot of space on their respective flanks and it was disappointing to see how easily Peterhead were able to create space for themselves in the box or drop a ball in behind our full backs to get a cross in. We looked all over the place defensively and it was only thanks to Ridgers that we went to spot kicks. Neither keeper got near the penalties until Flemming thought he had saved Traffords effort but as he got up to start celebrating the ball fell back down from the bar and spun over the line Ultimately it came down to the keepers and Ridgers sadly sliced his effort off target before Flemming bagged the bonus point. Not really much to be impressed by from an ICT PoV. Looks like a change of formation is on the cards with a 4-4-2 / 4-4-1-1 played last night. Our only real change throughout the game was to swap Curry and Walsh. Hard to ignore the obvious Polworth shaped hole in our team at the moment.

Deluded. You really do believe the general nonsense you spout

Many years of playing at a gash level and coaching kids my man and obvs an encyclopaedic knowledge of football

Great Podcast guys, I thought it was just the right length and entertaining, cant wait for the next one!

There are some very good fishermen on here, but there are others who are rank amateurs.

Although a warning of what may be to come don't you think? The- team---- should they not be fresh out of the blocks , regardless of when and whom they are playing?

But had we won 3 0 we would all be delighted that our season was off to a great start, however...

I really don't give a feck who stands beside me on the terraces or sits beside me in the stands or who gets ejected from the ground with me.

My Eastern European GP once warned me that "Chernobyl will fall off if ya don't stop ……… it "

Another issue to bear in mind is with regards to the pre season he squad has been split in two groups for a lot of the early games. I think that does hinder the performance in the first few meaningful games with regards to players getting used to their role in the team, this includes the players from last season if we are trying new formations as well. Sounds like it wasn't very pretty 2nd half last night so hopefully the coaches can get stuck in and sort things out. Is Robertson still banned for Saturday???

With a minimum 3 league cup games and 7 league games before the start of October I'd be expecting them to be at match sharpness way before then and while I expect to see an element of rustiness you eluded to in a previous post, that doesn't account for the completely abject showing in the second half last night. I'm not normally so critical but to have any real title or promotion aspirations we need to start well. Full time professional footballers, imo, do not need until October to be at maximum match sharpness.

I suppose it's always disappointing to start a season off like this, but I'd rather see how they are getting on in October when the players should be at maximum match sharpness. If they're doing poorly at that point then maybe there is cause for concern.

Very well put!

Good to see the club supporting Proud Ness. https://ictfc.com/proud-ness-and-inverness-caledonian-thistle-fc-announce-partnership Football is one of the last bastions of homophobia and it is good to see the club take positive action in supporting the LGBT community. Scot Gardiner informed the Supporters Trust Board of this initiative last night at a meeting and we were delighted to offer him our support for the club's initiative For those interested, I have put more detail regarding our meeting last night on the Supporters Trust sub forum.

Good to see we haven't forgotten how to draw...?

very good. enjoyed listening to it. look forward to the next episode ?

Very impressed. Very knowledgeable, fair and balanced opinions and some odd gems of anecdotes and memories. Keep them coming!

Taking your thoughts on the bigger issue aside and who the collaboration is with , I think the club should be applauded for getting involved. For too long we've all been on here lambasting the board and club for not getting the ICT name out in the wider community and expecting things to come to them so it's good to see a more forward thinking approach. I'm expecting now for the board to push on and get involved in more initiatives.

load of nonsense no matter what your views on the issue. just leave people to be what they want to be without all the publicity. there are far more important problems in this world.

Aye, unlike your patter.

also why do they get free tickets for signing up? what about everyone else?

ok. I am going to close this thread now and start a new one with the details for this year's sponsorship. As no-one has objected then I think it a good idea to stick with our policy of sponsoring the kit of up and coming local lads through their ICT career. We have got lucky with Grant Munro and Liam Polworth, both of whom turned out to be very important and influential players for our club so lets hope Cameron Harper can develop in the same vein .....

Aye Scarlet, I wish them well and hope we get to play them regularly when they join us in the top tier.

Looks like we're going for the blue megabus seat upholstery look again.

Wonder how many moaning on here re too much blue etc actually buy kit? By all means dont like it but come on its been 25 years FFS

Would it be too far to say Pele is an expert on that subject?