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Don't know how to feel after that. Delighted to get through; furious with the refereeing 'performance'; concerned with our performance; worried if we'll have enough players to field a team in the final; pissed off with the 'fans' hurling missiles on the pitch; gutted for shane; proud of the defensive display; impressed by the determination of the players; ... All emotions in a day in the life of a Jaggie !

Brilliant outcome to another inept Willie Collum showing. Defended brilliantly and whilst we didn’t do enough to win it in 120minutes, same can be said of Arbroath. Couple of points re the Young fans behind the goal, your support of the team was magnificent and really helps, but please stop with the throwing things onto the pitch, what on earth do you get from it? All that happens is the club get fined, and to be honest I cringe at that behaviour, and like to think we are better than that as a club. Really unnecessary.

Well well, the morning after the night before. Firstly, it's impossible to ignore the elephant in the room, or should that be the donkey on the pitch, how that man can be regarded as our best official by anyone other than the egotistical W Collum is utterly beyond me. The man is a disgrace and I genuinely can't decide whether he is genuinely biased or merely hopelessly incompetent. He was right that Devine was the last man, he was right that a foul had been committed but it was blatantly obvious that Devine was the victim of the foul rather than the perpetrator. As far as Duffy's second yellow is concerned, he made a textbook clean tackle winning the ball which Collum very clearly saw nothing wrong with until he was influenced by the antics of the Arbroath player writhing on the ground. He ruined any chance of the match being a spectacle and made our position almost although as it turns out, not quite impossible. Like many others, when we went down to 9 men my mind immediately turned to Easter Road 2014. What an amazingly commited and resilient performance from the lads after that that left my heart sometimes in my mouth but more often bursting with pride Make no mistake, we rode our luck but deserved to and in the end deserved to win. I was one of those calling for Broadfoot to be 'rested' for this game and I don't mind admitting that I was entirely wrong. Man of the match for me and not just for his coolly taken decisive penalty but, saying that, they were all heroes. The fans were magnificent too apart, it has to be said from the idiots throwing objects onto the pitch. It's illegal, embarrassing and utterly juvenile. We value your noisy and enthusiastic support but if you are going to behave like that I, for one, would prefer that you stayed at home. The final will be a challenge with so many injuries and suspensions and with those who are available thoroughly fatigued but we are there, we have a chance and we have shown over the years that when it comes to what is effectively a cup tie we are capable of upsetting the odds. The dream lives on. This morning I am a happy and immensely proud ICT fan.

What a result, fantastic penalties, I was almost in tears at the end of that. Conditions terrible for a decent game, wind spoiled it, pitch poor, which fortunately also nullified any threat from Arbroath bar one chance (I think they had 24 shots but only 2 on target) fair play to them they got in our faces and we couldn't play any sort of passing game, but even running with the ball was tough the way the ball bobbled around Willie Collum is a terrible advert for Scottish referees, how he sent of Devine is beyond me, Duffy very unlucky , he was done for a bit of a lunge despite clear getting all of the ball and barely any of their player who made a meal of it. Hope we can appeal Devine because the defence has been excellent. Good news is we will have two decent pitches to play on. bad news is we will miss Shane [and Walsh], Good news is in Chalmers, Doran, Mckay and Samuels we have players who can do some damage to St Jonhstone [ if we keep the ball on the deck] Will Allardice play a part, and is there anyway we can wheel MacGregor out? As we will need everyone we have over two legs Special mention to Hardy for that great run in the 2nd half, if he had got the ball on target, that might have been goal of the season...think he will play a decent part over two games And well done Broadfoot, for MOTM performance, who must now have two black eyes! Can we keep all the players on the pitch for the next two games? and NO objects on the pitch! [Great turn out though]

Campbell says they were by far the better team on the night but sorry old man you just weren't good enough to beat us even with us at 10 and 9 men. We may not have looked that pretty but by jove we can defend all over the pitch. What a win guys!!!!!

This pitch was rock hard, unwatered with 35mm grass if not longer, resulting in very poor football from both teams and greater than necessary injury risk. Arbroath were playing to their home advantage , but I am not in love with their idea of football or entertainment. They did not deserve to go through. Our sport scientists physios and coaches have a huge task ahead for us to be competitive on Friday. Trust the kids believe in Broadfoot and Ridgers, and hope we dont get Douglass Ross as part of the referees as he's the only pratt I like less than Willie colum.

Forgot to say 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' to Bobby Linn. You are still a talented player but justice was served on Arbroath when you missed the penalty. That will teach you to get a player sent off.

I think Billy's emotional interview tells its own story in how we all feel And to it against the odds AGAIN (Remember Hearts in 2014 anyone?) makes it all the more special .

So, after all these years, have we now found a name to go in option 9 below?

Highlights of the climax of the shoot-out can still be seen on BBC Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61343068 Not enough has been made of the save that set us up. Brilliant from Mark Ridgers on top of the crucial one on one with Jack Hamilton. Well done Mark

very disappointed with his post match interview sour grapes or what ? i would have a little respect for him had he said congratulations to Inverness on winning the game with 9 men as for Collum he should never be allowed to referee a game again the mans a disgrace

Arbroath can't complain, they couldn't have had a better chance than their domination of the play, home advantage and facing a team down to 8 and 9 players. As Dick admitted they blew it against Killie anyway. I just wanted to add to all the deserved plaudits that our stamina was awesome. Two hours on a dreadful pitch and conditions with us on the back foot most of the time, not to mention two players less. Their commitment, their refusal to buckle, get their bodies in the way, refusal to give in, especially in that last ten minutes and the whole of extra time was phenomenal. And then to step up and score five out of five, with a fantastic save from Ridgers, after going through all they went through - what can you say? Heroes, all. Let's face it, St J will be a far tougher test, but with last night under our belt, the belief will be deep that we can once again defy the odds. Also I think we will be able to play better football against a less stifling, stuffy side. We are the underdogs, and that suits us fine.

Great spirit, determination and organisation from the team and management. Horrible conditions and pitch limited any football so was delighted to see the penalties which were taken with aplomb. Well done young Cammy with his spot kick - big pressure on such a young lad and as for Kirk! balls of steel!

Well Done to the players, management, travelling fans and everyone connected to the club last night. I too, felt I was back in 2014 as the number of players on the pitch kept reducing, but it made the victory all the sweeter. Keep on Believing!

Random thoughts: 1) Are there still referee supervisors in Scotland? That is, someone sitting in the stand, observing and reporting to the SFA on the performance of the referee and other officials. If so, what would they make of last night? VAR is hugely controversial, but last night surely strengthens the case for it. 2) Was surprised and disappointed that Samuels was substituted at half-time. Hoofing long balls in his direction hadn't worked, but might have worked a lot better in the second half when playing with the wind. Even the commentators said so. He has to start next week - he has stature, and also acceleration. 3) Shane Sutherland - looked a bad one - I wonder if we will see him again. Two things came to mind - at best, dislocated kneecap, but at worst, anterior cruciate ligament. 6 weeks or so for the kneecap, 6 to 9 months for the ligament. 4) Kirk Broadfoot - earlier in this thread we were saying that he had been poor recently. So he takes the Man of the Match award, and scores the winning penalty. What do we know? 5) Not being able to immediately replace an injured player is daft. The rule - subs can be made on no more than 3 occasions plus half-time during the 90 minutes - needs to be amended to allow replacement of injured players. Mind you, that would be misused - "Hey Jimmy! You're injured - come off!" - so just scrap it.

We should be alright Douglas Ross is injured

should be a 10 box ( worst possible)for him!!!

Deservedly earning the chant from us, “Where were you when you were sh1te?”

Totally agree. Still we got our own back on Tuesday's time wasting goalie towards the end of last nights game. Haha.

I think we had a poor first half. We didn't cope well with swirling wind conditions. However we were just coming on a game when the sending off happened. From then on it was all about getting to pens imho. Real back to wall stuff. Very proud to be part of the noisy crowd watching that. Even if some of it was through my hands....lol

Absolutely fantastic night, if only Joe had kept his composure after his sublime run then we could have finished off the cheating f***ers in ET. Shades of David Bagan in the Scottish Cup. Fantastic performance on and off the pitch. Dont buy into the Arbroath luv in. Went down far to easily all game with Campbell, Douglas and Co roaming the pitch and touchline bitching about everything.

I'm quietly reflecting on another night of high drama in the topsy/turvy history of our beloved ICT. Surprisingly, I slept quite well, due to, I'm sure, the several drams consumed during the game to keep me calm, and a couple afterwards in celebration. My informal Berkshire branch of the ICT fan club were in constant touch throughout the game, mostly in castigating that apology for a referee, Willie Collum. Next Friday at least 10 of us are all playing in one of our golf club's important annual competitions, which finishes with a dinner at 6pm. Great timing for us all to stay on at the club and watch the match v ST J, together. Anyway, another memorable night in store, I hope. Congratulations to the whole team and management for last night's magnificent, backs to the wall, performance

I say, well done all the players last night with total commitment. Great support from the fans also. But the few idiots who threw items on to the pitch, wise up!!

It appears that Willie Collum also reports for the BBC. This is what the BBC report said about Devine's red card. "The visitors were reduced to 10 men when Devine contested a high ball with Jack Hamilton and the defender pulled the Arbroath frontman to the ground as he looked to race clear." Brilliant spirit from the lads winning in such difficult circumstances. My thoughts are with Shane who was obviously in a lot of pain and looks to have sustained a pretty serious injury.

Well done to Billy Dodds his management team and all the players for their great effort to hang on throughout the 120 minutes plus the penalty shoot out to see our team through to the final play off next week. Playing against 12 men is difficult!

Incredible backs to the wall performance. With all that crap thrown at us, and one of the worst refereeing performances of all time, we stuck to our guns, defended resiliently, and then scored five great penalties. Never mind the quality of the game, let's salute the fantastic spirit and never say die attitude of our boys. Nerves of steel, and very well deserved.

I fecking hate Collum

I believe that you can purchase a NOW TV day pass for under a tenner which gives you 24 hours access to SKY Sports.

Left out in the cold.

I would normally congratulate Arbroath, as the only part time team in the division, on coming so close. However, the conduct of Dick Campbell and so many of his players makes that impossible and I would shed no tears if they were relegated next season. Well done to their fans though in turning up in such numbers.

This one from 2008? https://caleythistleonline.com/team/fixtures.html/ Caley were then reduced to 10 men after Barrowman was red-carded for a second bookable offence. Vigurs netted the decisive spot-kick in a thrilling encounter as Tosh and Paul Lunan both missed for the home side to see them crash out 4-2 on penalties.

One might suggest that they are more accustomed to such conditions. However, that's no excuse, and it makes me think of something that I asked in seasons past. Is there no intelligence in the team? Can they not see that hoofing long balls into the wind isn't working? Are they afraid to go against what the gaffer has presumably told them to do? Surely someone such as Welsh, the captain, or Broadfoot, with his experience, should be able to see that it's not working, and try to get the team to adapt to the conditions. It's called reading the game. Or maybe we are just not good or clever enough, in which case life in the Premiership would be nasty, brutish and short.

Or briefly even 8 men giving them a 4 man advantage on the pitch.

Fantastic, absolutely fantastic!! Atmosphere was brilliant. Really hope we can finish the job and see off St Johnstone. Collum is a disgrace and I really hope someone took note of his totally inept performance last night. Never been prouder to be an ICT fan.

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Thank you Willie Collum. Magnificent result against the odds. Players looked absolutely drained at the end...apart from Mark Ridgers. We now play a side that drew in Turkey with Galatasary in the Europa League in August. Quite an achievement for our players to be on the same pitch as the St Johnstone players in the SPFL play off games. Hope we have 11 fit players for the two games. Not sure if Tom Walsh will be allowed by the SPFL to play on crutches. Hope Shane is not too badly injured.

My nerves are shredded, but what a feeling. Also a feeling of deja vu, remember the Hearts game? play a team in maroon, we are down to nine men, they can't take advantage of having two men extra, we defend like crazy in extra time, and we win it on penalties. Campbell said something like arbroath had 600 passes to our 200 or so, but does he not understand that passes don't win games, goals, or in our case, penalties do. How Gollum gets away with some of the decisions he makes, is unbelievable. Michael Stewart had him sussed with his comments on Gollum. It always has to be the Willie Gollum show, but try as he did, he just couldn't get arbroath over the line. I really hope we can at least bring in some youth team players, to fill the bench, or we are going to have to rely on agents Rooney and McCart to win the next one! Well done all at ICT, you made a happy man very old!

Now we need to go one better than the class of 2014 and win the final! Shocking refereeing deprives us of Duffy and, subject to an appeal we should win, Devine for the first leg. It looks like we have lost Sutherland too. Somehow though I’m starting to think we may just do this. I’m scared to be optimistic but we have great team spirit and the feeling of wanting to overcome adversity may just get us through this. Well done to all!

So, what goes 11, 10, 9, 8, 9, 10, 9, BOOM!

Historically ICT flourish in cup ties - and yes, this was a cup tie - with nine men. Nothing between the sides, there was never going to be, but ICT lads showed the character. Willie the Gollum was a joke in the juniors and there was relief and laughter when he got kicked into the top flight. He hasn't improved.

If there was any doubt about the team spirit, that display blew it out of the water. Brilliant

Cross my palm with silver and I'll tell you tomorrow night's winning lottery numbers.

Proud of these boys, yes the game was crap to watch as a spectacle but when we were down to 9 men,8 men and so on,when you think the ref had an absolute howler and backs were to the wall,we dug deep and showed true grit

Oh.. why are we so shyte with throw ins?

We all knew it would only be a matter of time before the star of the show made his mark

It will be the Willie Collum show! I wonder is No Shin Guards found Mantis with his smokies tucked under his arm

The sad recent passing of Stewart Anderson has got me thinking about the many characters who set out on this epic journey with us the best part of 3 decades ago who are no longer with us perhaps other than in spirit and fond memory. I wonder whether it might be appropriate to create a memorial wall either within the stadium or on the concorse to remember them subject of course to the consent of their families and those closest to them. As the years pass it is inevitable that more will pass including former players, coaches and directors as well as well kent faces and voices among the crowd. Would it not be fitting to mark their association with the club in some dignified and permanent manner?