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No way - Austin Samuels is not the answer, IMO only

I agree with the comments above from those at the game. We should have won that quite comfortably, but a combination of our continuing reluctance to shoot, poor attempts and bad luck saw us draw a blank. Kerr was the pick, but the defence was solid and we were largely on top in midfield. The jury is out for me on Lawal. He had some nice touches but was dispossessed too easily on occasions. Game time should help him. I don’t think it changed the outcome, but that was one of the weakest refereeing performances I have seen in a long time. How many times was Samuel, in particular, being held, pushed or fouled and nothing was given. 5 unbeaten, 3 clean sheets in a row but we are still stuck in 9th. Another really big game next week when Ayr come here. A win gets us up the table. A defeat does not bear thinking about.

Considering they hadn't played together before, I though Kerr, Anderson and Lawal combined well in midfield with Cammy Kerr head and shoulders above anybody else on the park. Unfortunately, despite no lack of trying, we are still missing that cutting edge upfront that could turn these stalemates into wins. Came away from today more positive than some weeks though as the boys really gave it their all today. It's going to be a battle until the end of the season but there is enough characters in the team to drag us to safety in my opinion.

I'm off to the Fairways to campaign against the Councill

Groundhog day at Inverness again. Can't remember their keeper having a save to make. Sad !

First half wasn't the best, both teams probing. Whilst I feel we shaded it in terms of controlling possession Airdrie looked dangerous & quick on the counter. Apart from a frenetic first ten minutes in the second half where we continually gave the ball back to Airdrie we pretty much bossed it from there on in. A lot of good performances, notably Lawal in the middle along with Kerr. Also Carragher Devine and Savage looked pretty assured in front of Ridgers. Pepple even had an impact, notably on the keepers head. Only the goals were missing.

I thought we played well today and MOM Kerr.He has made midfield his own. The new lads all did well particularly Lawal. Thought the officials were poor and the standside linesman could have helped more. If I Could tell the boys three words to help it would be Shoot,Shoot SHOOT!!!

Played brilliantly imo, just need players to push down the wing rather than trying to double back on themselves, and players that will actually get a shot off

I'll be heading down too. I'm not going with much enthusiasm or expectation, but you have to endure the grim times to fully appreciate the successes when they come.

I think that the club also needs to remember that this debate/campaign is being held in a very public arena, so overly aggressive communications with Councillors are also being seen by the whole community, and this is bound also to influence the perception of the club by that public. Here we also have to consider that public perception of ICT took a considerable knock after the collapse of the concert company and I fear that further damage could be done here. It’s unfortunate that the dire finances also exclude the employment of some advice on PR.

I’d agree with you danger all that’s missing is WATP to sign it off. Definitely has a no one likes us but we don’t care kind of sentiment and entitlement to it. The club have alienated itself from many local businesses and now seems to be doing the same with the local authority. A very dangerous route to go down if you ask me. Dougal

That last paragraph is an absolute mess; the first sentence does not make sense, and the whole things is brimming with a sense of passive-aggressive entitlement.

Read my whole post: “I can’t see us getting there”. It just shows how tight the league is that, despite how we’ve struggled, 4th to 9th is only a 6 point gap.

Here ya go Caley100. Something for you to read at breakfast time.

Not much to get excited about. Missing having either Shaw or longstaff. Kerr was outstanding at winning the ball, often nicking the ball off an opponent who thought he was receiving a comfortable pass. He seems less able to find a telling pass but that may be partly due to a general lack of movement in front of him. Lawal also showed some real talent. He's got quick feet and looked the most creative of the midfielders on show. I suspect Pepple's strength is in the air, but he was being played in with balls that would have been much better suited to the pacier Austin Samuels. The lads need to look to shoot more often but you can't fault the effort. They deserve our support and need the fans to get behind them, especially at home.

Which other people on their Community Council and 3 other Community Councils have signed up to and put those forward as representatives of the Communities they serve. There are several democratically elected representatives who need to be able to justify their actions to the electorates they represent.

Exactly. Many of us said the same on here earlier this year. Rather than try and win hearts and minds with the merits of the proposal they have gone with a victim mentality and personalised their criticism of anyone who doesn’t agree with them. Over and over and over. At the meeting on Wednesday Morrison responded to your question by saying something along the lines of “what did you expect me to do?”. The answer should have been “be a f*ckin adult about it”.

The so called guardians and a fair number of fans on here should also remember the Highland Council represent the whole of the Highlands not just the city of Inverness. This very blinkered centralised view is not healthy at all. Dougal

Shall we have a game of spot the difference? Read these extracts from the presentation against the project, then read Wilsywilsy’s posts on this thread. Uncanny! “Contrary to multiple statements made… the land is not owned by Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club. “In addition, the applicant emphasises that the ICT Community Trust is a main beneficiary, but fails to explain how ‘the financial benefits accrued from the development will be managed through the ICTFC Community Development Trust’. “Moreover, public statements from the applicant suggest that their primary concern is addressing the football club's debts.”

Did Ferguson not say recently that many of the players on the bench at the moment were not 100% fit and would only be used in an emergency?

I guess it's very easy for someone who doesn't live in Inverness, let alone the Highlands, to lazily call Nimby on anyone who may disagree with the siting of this Battery Storage facility?

A fairly proportionate spread across all factions There are 13 from the SNP: Paul Oldham, Nairn and Cawdor Michael Cameron, Inverness Central Tamala Collier, Cromarty Firth Kate MacLean, Inverness Central Drew Millar, Skye Ken Gowans, Inverness South Ian Brown, Inverness Millburn Glynis Campbell-Sinclair, Culloden and Ardersier Marianne Hutchison, North, West and Central Sutherland Chris Birt, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Liz Kraft, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Sarah Fanet, Fort William and Ardnamurchan Emma Knox, Aird and Loch Ness There are five Lib Dems: Alasdair Christie, Inverness Ness-side Richard Gale, East Sutherland and Edderton Angus MacDonald, Fort William and Ardnamurchan Trish Robertson, Culloden and Ardersier John Grafton, Caol and Mallaig Four Independents: Thomas MacLennan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan Sarah Atkin, Black Isle Sean Kennedy, Dingwall and Seaforth Calum Munro, Skye Three Conservatives: Barbara Jarvie, Nairn and Cawdor Liz Saggers, Caol and Mallaig Andrew Sinclair, Inverness South Green councillors Chris Ballance (Aird and Loch Ness), Andrew Baldrey (Caol and Mallaig) and Kate Willis (Fort William and Ardnamurchan) have also signed. As well as two members of the Highland Alliance group: Matthew Reiss (Thurso and Northwest Caithness) and Andrew Jarvie (Wick and East Caithness). --------------------- It would be interesting to know how many of those have the relevant planning training and will be a part of the vote.

The same SNP and Greens whose policies also support the retention and improvement of Green Spaces?

No, the fingers would be webbed in that case.

Disappointing but not surprising. Hypocritical NIMBYs, as I feared. The bigger concern is that when it gets appealed to the Scottish Government, they will be very reluctant to overturn the decision and thereby discredit and humiliate their own politicians. We are in worse trouble than I previously thought.

According to the courier article a few days ago. The councillors that voted to recall the decision belonged mainly to the SNP and Greens. Believe it was something like 14 SNP councillors and 3 out of 4 Green councillors.

Maybe Samuels is not the answer,but we will never know if he doesn't get a chance. At the end of the day we are quickly running out of options and games.

You're not alone there. Stealing a wage IMO.

What is with Austin Samuels never getting a kick, surely we have try out all our options, because at the moment we ain't gonna scoring. Solid at the back, but absolutely no creativity going forward.

Poor Australia At least there will have been less inane ranting at the dump today which is a positive in itself along with another clean sheet. Dougal

That's a good question but I don't know the answer. It was one of the issues with the original vote. Certainly shareholders and season ticket holders were seen as having an interest. One would hope that all councillors representing Inverness wards would consider themselves as supporters of the City's largest football club even if only on the basis of the fact that it brings revenue into the area. It would be a complete nonsense to disqualify councillors from voting just because they are supporters. Indeed given the nature of the football club, even being a shareholder is not really a relevant issue as there will never be any financial return on the "investment". Support for other clubs should not be an issue as it is often argued (but not by Charles) that having 2 senior teams in the area provides healthy competition. It seems that certain people in the Council want to prevent local Inverness Councillors from voting and then, in the next breath, complain that the lack of local Inverness councillors voting invalidates the vote! ICT V Highland Council. The winner will be the one that scores the fewest own goals.

If anyone can bring themselves to feel at all positive, we are now unbeaten in 5 and have 3 consecutive clean sheets.

FT 0-0, meh. I feel so sorry for our home fans this season, so little to cheer.

At least something has got your attention.

I note that you still haven’t denied involvement in it.

Fairways or foul. Let's hope for a win today!

The article in the courier gives an eye watering account what certain communities in Inverness think of ICT. I wouldn’t be surprised there will be more councillors that will voice their opinion now against the clubs proposal directly as a result of this pointless meeting that the so called guardians thought was a good idea. ICT have made firm enemies from the birth whether that being the business world the local authorities or the run of the mill day to day punters. This latest debacle adds to the number of growing dissenters will they ever learn from previous mistakes? I.e the concert fiasco. The answer is NO. Pains me to say this but we are definitely not a community club unlike our neighbours further north. The meeting has backfired badly. Dougal

If only they got off their @rses and voted the first time eh.

Deary me . That is quite a wild leap you are making here Mr Morrison. If you are not 100% with us, you are against us. Or something like that. Add Wilsy to the Councillor Oldham and Jeff Bezos ICT vendetta conspiracy.

Exactly, how many people do they really represent. And what’s it got to do with 3 of those community councils, only one of them has relevance for this application. If they want to involve others then we can point out that community councils representing 60,000 local residents did NOT sign up to it! There is only one valid point which is the one the planning committee used in its recommendation to reject, the rest of it is irrelevance and misdirection. Sorry Wilsy, I know you and your pals put a lot of effort into it but it’s pretty feeble and does not stand up to scrutiny.

My council is one of these, don't think my 'councillor ' canvassed me on this one...

According to the Courier, 4 local Community Councils have issued a statement opposing the application. It strongly contradicts the club’s arguments on a number of points. What an absolute mess this is.

That's an argument for a city council , which is for another day.

Yeah that final paragraph is an embarrassing inclusion. Suspect someone bundled that on at the end but it's not overly helpful. The rest of it is a bit better in that it at least focuses on planning matters rather than petty point scoring.

I said at the meeting that I didn’t think it was a good idea to antagonise the Council in the run up to this vote. God knows, Highland Council is a complete mess and in far more respects than this, but I reckon you need to be pragmatic so it’s not a good idea to tell them that under the current circumstances.

As asked and as promised last night, the club will circulate a further update tomorrow to everyone who was able to be in attendance at Caledonian Stadium, and to those who contacted us to say they couldn’t make it but fully supported our efforts. Said Ross Morrison... He's going to be working late tonight Who wrote the article. Wilsy Smith?

https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/4-community-councils-representing-13-700-residents-unite-to-344556/

The thought of administration appals, but can’t be ignored even as a remote possibility. We don’t know exactly how much is owed to various people who have been chipping in to keep the club going, so we do have to wonder how much money, given in benevolent gestures to plug holes, might be at stake. Also, with all this spotlight on the club’s finances, how willing might local traders be to do business with it if they perceive some danger of bills not being paid, or only paid in small part? Unfortunately, I have to add that the demise of the concert company will already have done nothing to ease any such concerns. And if the administration horror show did materialise, how unwilling might future benefactors and suppliers be after the club emerged from it? There’s a huge amount riding on the next few weeks…. and minimal room for manoeuvre.

We’ve had Cameron Ferguson on trial for the last month, 20yo recently released by Newcastle. Well done to our scouting network for finding him!

Fully agree - I'd like to see a lot more of our own home-grown players given a chance in the first team.