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I agree and understand the consolidation point. I know most supporters don’t give a toss, however I will add we also need a succession plan in place ie 3 and 5 year framework. If we are to limit or mitigate catastrophic cliff edges (of past yore), then this subject should be on the Boards agenda. If they act like the past and think that’s for the next Owner and CEO, then we’ve learned ZIP. On field activities and success or failure run hand in hand with the off field ones. AS has and is doing his bit (within the limits of the budget (+ emergency pot)) he has set himself. A two or three year run in the CHPS would better the club’s position for better outside investment. Avoiding relegation this season must be the priority. Anything else could put us back more than I care to consider. Just putting it out there as I feel it’s relevant. bc

Expectations: On the evidence presented in pre season and against East Fife, for me, we will struggle against some quality teams in the Championship. Anything above 9th is fine by me. Dreams: We will click into gear and smash the league and win all the cup competitions. [Then I woke up].

A late addition to our pre-season saw us take to the field at Grantown-on-Spey in our much maligned away strip. Main talking points lifted off X. 10' | 0-1 GOAL! Shae Keogh opens the scoring after finishing a great cross from Luis Longstaff. 21' | 0-2 GOAL! Adam Mackinnon finishes on the edge of the box from an Archie Kerr cross. 31' | 0-3 GOAL! Trialist 14's cross is headed in by Hamzad Kargbo from close range. 35' | 0-4 GOAL! Morgan Bates scores from the penalty spot to make it 4-0! HALF TIME: 0-4 59' | 0-5 GOAL! T14's corner finds Morgan Bates in the box! 65' | 0-5 Ellis Leighton and Sam Thompson ➡️ James Clark and Morgan Bates off. 75' | 0-6 GOAL! Sam Thompson makes it 6-0 with a great strike from just outside the box. 76' | 0-6 ICTFC Sub: Kenzie Harkness ➡️ Luis Longstaff off . FULL TIME: 0-6

Seeing it live was bad enough, I'll give it a miss.

Usual post match stuff from kellacher. We need to get better, move the ball faster, more clinical, take care of the ball, not good enough last 3 weeks, etc, etc. The players we got in, kellacher has seen em, kellacher plays em. His job to make them a team, may take some time that we don’t have. Reminds me of the saloon scene in the Ballad of buster scrugs……. Ps… didn’t know how to stop video at 1.15.

Jags at the Rose It's the second League Cup fixture for the Caley Jags as they travel to Prestonfield to take on Lowland League East side Linlithgow Rose. Rose got off to a winning start in group F as they beat Morton 1-0 in their opening fixture as we struggled to a 1-1 draw with League1 East Fife. On Tuesday night Rose lost 0-2 against Premiership St Johnstone with a Caley Jags XI playing out a friendly at Strathspey Thistle and bagging six goals. Morton made our draw with East Fife look like a ground breaking result as the Fifers beat them 2-0 on the same night. We have had defender Kerr Smith on trial during pre-season and he has penned a one year deal. As expected, Jordan Alonge has left the Caley Jags to try his luck at Salisbury FC in the sixth tier of English football, National League South. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Info Loan Agreement with Brora ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inverness got off to a low key start with a disappointing performance in their opening game. We did win the penalty shoot-out but our performance left a lot to be desired with an error strewn lackadaisical ninety minutes. Poor defending, no bite in midfield and no service for the front men saw us struggle to make any headway with East Fife taking the initiative to punish an error from Liam Sole to open the scoring before the interval. We huffed and puffed but never blew the house down before a time added on strike by Adam MacKinnon took it to penalties where we netted all five spot kicks. We have added defender Kerr Smith to our squad with Jake Rodgers, Archie Kerr and James Clark being loaned out to Brora Rangers. Ticket InfoAdults £15 Concessions (over 65 and 16 -21) – £10 Under 16 – £6 Supporters under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Available on Fanbase or PATG. Hospitality is also available, priced at £60 per person. The great start to group F for Rose was put on hold in midweek but they can hold their heads high after a decent performance against now Premiership St Johnstone, going down 0-2 in front of over 1200 fans. Two down at the break, they kept Saints out for the whole of the second half with Cameron Binnie making a handful of saves to keep out the eager Perth forwards. They had beaten Morton last Saturday with Calum Rae scoring the only goal of the game after an hour at Cappielow . The stats show that Binnie had no saves to make in a deserved win over the Chamionship side. KEY INFOAll supporters will enter via the social club end of the stadium. There will be two cash, two card and two digital ticketing and assisted access entry points. Supporters may use the stand on a first come, first served basis. The stand should be accessed via the stairwell at the social club end of the stadium. The other stairwell is restricted for emergency exit and/or use by club officials and directors of both teams. Drums and megaphones are not permitted in the stadium. Anyone wearing a balaclava or similar face covering will be refused entry. Anyone found to be wearing same inside the ground will be ejected. There will be a bag search at entry. There are two catering points for use by all supporters. In addition to the regular sale of teas, coffees, pies etc (housed under the enclosure), a local award winning Indian restaurant will be on site selling pakora, curry, loaded fries etc. The social club function hall will be open to supporters of both teams subject to capacity. The nearest pubs are 5 – 10 minute walk from the stadium. There is car parking available at Linlithgow Academy and there are car parks in the town centre. Supporters should not park in the business units across the road from the stadium nor in the flats nearby. Please park sensibly around surrounding areas and give yourself plenty of time to get into the stadium.

13 Attempt saved. Graeme Shinnie (Inverness CT) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top left corner by Cammy Binnie (Linlithgow Rose). 17 ICT forced a couple of corners before Ryan Duncan fired home from the centre of the box. Invernes won four corners on the trot shortly after that came to nothing before Morgan Bates shot over. 38 Paul Allan saw an effort from outside the box saved by Binnie and Noa Boutin was on hand to score a great second for the visitors. We finished the half with a flourish as Bates shot wide and Alfie Stewart was denied by Binnie. HALF TIME: 0-2 46: We started the second half still on the front foot with Binnie keeping Bates out on the restart. 55: Paul Allan was played through but Binnie saved again. 60: Alfie Stewart's corner was sent goalwards by Bates but it was cleared off the line. 62: Shinnie's ball saw Duncan bring out a good low stop from the keeper. 72: Substitute Liam Sole fired one in from range but once more Binnie denied the visitors, and Hamzad Kargbo netted moments later but was flagged offside. 77: Ross Munro was called into action to save from Calum Rae and two minutes later Danny Devine headed over and Rae fired another effort over the bar from outside the box. 83: Kargbo met Allan's cross into the box but Binnie stood firm. 85: Last big effort of the game fell to Jordan Tosh's head with Munro saving. Inverness saw out the game relatively untroubled to move second in group F behind St Johnstone who inflicted a third straight defeat on Morton. Inverness are at home to St Johnstone on Tuesday night.

On my way - hope the journey is worth it!

Is there a more pointless or unwanted match in football? The only purpose it serves is to collect ticket sales money.

Good summary BC. England did pretty well keeping possession in the first half and not reacting (too much) to Argentinian dirty tricks. But they lacked the bravery to turn that possession into chances. Argentina looked to get forward more in the 2nd half and that gave us the space to attack with speed. That resulted in us scoring a great goal with a sweeping move. What happened after that is a bit inexplicable. One of the things Tuchel had said earlier is that the way to stop Messi was to starve him of the ball. So what do England do? Sit deep and leave Messi in acres of space! We defended by hoofing the ball up the park with no player up for an out ball, so Argentina got the ball straight back to come at us again with Messi being given time on the ball. Argentina had previously come back brilliantly from 2 down against Egypt so it was pretty clear what they are capable on that situation. Kane said after the game that the messaging was to keep going forward, but replacing Gordon with Konsa gave a very different message. It was a situation that was screaming out for the likes of Watkins up front who will chase and chase. Rice was clearly not fully recovered so fresh legs in midfield were called for. In the absence of Wharton (who would have been ideal in this situation), why not bring on Mainoo? Eze, Rashford and Saka could all have made it very difficult for Argentina. As BC says, England had the tool box to beat Argentina, but on the day, poor decisions were made. Tuchel ultimately didn't have enough faith in his players. It is the players sitting on the bench who could have won it for us that I feel most sorry for.

It's all on Tuchel. The England players gave everything but he handed the initiative to Argentina after taking the lead. Contrast that to Spain on Tuesday who took the lead and then proceeded to control the game. England had shackled Messi well for an hour but then with no out ball and everyone camped around the England box he, and others, had time and space. The outcome was inevitable from then on. As BC said the England players tired late on too which didn't help. The game was won and lost by the substitutions from both teams. Still, that's that, I've always been a club before country man, so the important football can start now!

I don’t think England were totally outplayed culduthel, they were 50-50 for 65 minutes but were found wanting in the last 20-25 mins. It was in Englands tool box to grasp a place in the final however they came unstuck (for me) for the following reasons:- Tactics - Tuchel tried to ‘shut up shop’ by substituting flair / speed for bulk. Players - Englands top players went ‘missing’ in this period. Ie they were either too exhausted or mentally drained to take the game onto /into the Argentina half. Easy to say/ see with hindsight but England just came short at the very top level of football. I feel if Tuchel had brought on Rashford and Watkins instead of Burns O Reilly then the outcome could have been different. Ie Argentina would had to deal with running attackers and that would have released the pressure on the defence. Three great goals, a intense & somewhat ‘in your face’ and absorbing match, with the presence of a once in a lifetime truly world class player, then with the atmosphere you have a contest unparalleled in any other sport. Best team won on the night. England just short of what was required to get over the line. bc

For me, this season is about staying in the Championship, so I see anything better than 8th as a bonus. We’ve a tough start, playing the three teams that made the play offs last season, and could easily find ourselves at the wrong end of the table. It’s hard to know what teams will be strong, but if we can finish above two of Morton, Queens Park and Stenhousemuir, we will have maintained our place in the Championship. Let’s all go into the season with realistic expectations and knowing that it’s going to be hard.

Why is our highlights package so bad? You can barely see the players. You look at the East Fife one and you’d think it was filmed on another day. Their commentary gives it that extra step up also.

I used to live in Lithgae for several years. The Rose matches were fantastic. Enough quality to be good and not enough at stake to be cautious. I hope they stay the same. The town is great. Cobbled streets, a palace, a loch, a ridiculous number of pubs and cafés. I'd recommend Brunch for their Mediterranean food, with Delhi's Winter a fantastic Indian restaurant.

Seems like a sound addition. Inverness CourierCaley Thistle confirm signing of defender who was at Asto...He was on trial at the club during this summer.

I went into this game wanting neither team to win but after the first 20 minutes, I actually wanted England to edge it. (Then Spain to gub them in the final). Not a big fan of the Argentinians, and my Chilean and Brazilian colleagues tell me the feelings in South America are similar towards them. The politicisation of the Falklands at the end of the game, and the previous - alleged racism - issue when they played Egypt make them unsupportable for me. ¡Buena suerte a España el domingo! (Good luck to Spain on Sunday)

England do have a final to look forward to this weekend, the “3rd place final” as it has been rebranded in a feeble attempt to make it sound worthwhile.

Summed up very nicely in the posts above. I really didn’t like the way Argentina approached the game, particularly in the first half, but England’s tactics after they took the lead (with a great goal) backfired spectacularly on them and, by the end, Argentina were deserved winners. I’m rooting for Spain in the final.

I wouldn't say totally outplayed, but I would need to caveat that into a ' before we scored' and 'after we scored'. Before we scored it was pretty even, but after we scored and went super defensive, protecting the penalty box we handed the initiative to Argentina. You can't defend like that for 30+ minutes and expect to not concede. Tuchel took a risk with his tactics and substitutions, and f#cked it up, in the same way he took some risks with his squad selection and that didn't work out (selecting Mainoo and Jordan Henderson over Adam Wharton for instance, and no real back up for Reece James) We weren't great during the tournament, but we got to the Semi's and might have gone the whole way with a bit more courage. But to suggest England is a 'last 32 or at best last 16' team, is just not proven especially given our record over umpteen tournaments. Which given our resources is not that surprising....but anyway I can't be arsed to watch the final since I am away in the Midlands for the T20 cricket finals day, but hope Spain win. As for the 3rd place play-off, who will watch that? France (who should have been in the Final, but for their own nightmare game) will beat England probably through a JP Mateta goal.

Just bought the away kit (and assuming the home one will be sized the same), I'd recommend treating it like you would Erreà, by going a size, maybe two, up. And, like the Erreà kits, the sponsor is actually part of the fabric, so you won't need to worry about anything getting sticky and ruined by the wash That said, the new shop looks really nice and theres a load of room to move around now, rather than having to squeeze past each other. Only downside is there's only one fitting room, so you could be waiting a while if you are also indecisive on whether to go one size up or two.

Our lads showing Messi and Mbappe that scoring from the spot really isn't that difficult. 5 really well taken penalties. Shame about the 90 minutes preceding them. Credit to East Fife who were very well organised and committed.

Adam certainly took his goal very wel.

For anyone who wasn’t at the game here are the highlights. Get yerself a dram TM4TJ and enjoy the spectacle. Ps… you shouldn’t have reminded me how to select and post from tube on an other thread.😃

Play, repeat !! bc

A hydration break would have been more entertaining

Not our finest 90 minutes. We made a fast start but without troubling East Fife, then the game settled down with not much happening. A slack pass by Sole led to the East Fife goal, although from my view I’m convinced there was a clear offside in the build up. We had plenty possession but struggled to break East Fife down and needed a good finish by MacKinnon to get us a draw in stoppage time. Then the plus point: 5 out of 5 in the penalties with good efforts by Shinnie, Wotherspoon, Kargbo, Bates and Longstaff, along with a great save by Munro. We need to improve before the league campaign starts, and too often we played it slowly which played into East Fife’s hands. We did look better after Longstaff, Wotherspoon and MacKinnon came on. No cause for alarm but work to do.

An absolutely honking performance mostly played at pre-season pace. The one bit of quality got us level, neat finish into the bottom corner by MacKinnon after good work down the left flank. Otherwise dreadful. I don't know how I bother sometimes. It's going to be a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong season.

To me there have been some great supporters at this world cup - the Tartan Army and the Norwegian supporters were the best. The England supporters now have a chance to write 'Came 3rd' or '4th' on the thousands of replica winners trophies they waved at matches. The Golden Boot could go to a French or English player. With regard to the contentious decisions for most teams in the 2026 Tournament, probably the biggest ever in the history of the world cup was: ''Whether Geoff Hurst's famous "ghost goal" crossed the line in the 1966 World Cup Final remains football's most enduring controversy, but most scientific, frame-by-frame film analyses conclude that the ball did not fully cross the goal line.''

Our squad is shaping up nicely now, especially if Miller Keir signs in the next few days as expected I'd agree with the poster above that it would be the defence needed strengthened further either with a permanent signing or a couple more loans :).

Ross County set off last season expecting to walk the Championship. Hopefully they use the same mentality in Division 1. Until we have some games under our belt in the Championship we just need to do our best and see what happens.

As others have said, England were doing fine until they scored. Then the manager got everything wrong. Apparently they had 12% possession between 1-0 and 1-2.

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And that’s how they finished.

Jake Rodgers must have gone on loan to Brora. He came off the bench in their League Cup game against Aberdeen tonight.

Last season the fantastic start to the season set up the promotion. As the new boys in the division I'd say the other teams will look at ICT thinking there are points to be gained there. It's even more vital then to get a good start to nip that attitude in the bud. Promoted teams that get a poor start don't tend to have a good season overall. It's really hard to judge what would be expected - look at Arbroath last season in their first season compared to RC who came into the championship from the other direction. Both probably had different expectations than what transpired. If things go well we could be in the top half, perhaps even close to the playoffs. In reality I'd expect a mid table finish, but mid table for 10 teams can get you close to both top and bottom at various points. I'd say 5-7 would be what I'd expect come May. To me I think we need to look firstly at establishing a gap above two other teams (Morton & Stenny?) and then building from there. The first three games are pretty tough ones before we visit Stenny, so I hope we have 4 or 5 points on the board by then. Set the tone early for a decent, but not spectacular, season.

I wouldn't worry about what is posted on that forum because it's mainly morons and AI bots who create different accounts that post on there!! I wouldn't even class that forum as a place for banter! I'm 40 and prefer this forum where it's more sane posters 👍. I do browse there though and actually came across a post asking if Dan Mackay hasn't been offered a deal, which is actually a valid question? I don't know the answer btw 😂, we'll find out on Tuesday I suppose.

We’ve been drawn against Strathspey in the first round and, if we win that, Rothes or Nairn in the second round. In theory both are at home, but we’ve tended to cede home advantage in this cup (apart from when we played Strathspey last season). Provisional dates are 2 and 30 September.

At least there were no hydration breaks.

Dreadful performance at times with few players getting pass marks. Noah looked good at full back and generally the defence was sound. Allan and Shinnie okay in midfield. Bavidge got no service at all so surprised to see him subbed for Kargbo, who on first impression, looks worse than Zimba. Sole was very erratic but how Duncan stayed on as long as he did was baffling. Better with Wotherspoon and MacKinnon on. Baffling subs from Kellagher and tactically poor from him. Both the team and management needs to improve and quickly.

The point i am making - as BC seems confused on my earlier post - is that Balogun's card being suspended (which it should not have been once the decision was made) has made a mockery of every other red card whether it was deserved (like Quansah's), or whether it was deemed worthy of a review. This precedent (or should it be president) now gives anyone the ability to question almost any card and ask for it to be suspended rather than automatically applied and that is fundamentally wrong. The ref calls the red card, and at this level it goes to VAR. It's not 100% perfect, but it's what we have. It is upheld or overturned on the field. Decision made. End of story. Player knows he is out for the next game at a minimum. In the following days the disciplinary committee can look at it and determine the ref got it right or wrong. Again, not a perfect system, but it's what we have. They can choose to increase the automatic 1 game suspension (as they did with Quansah), or they drop it back to a yellow if they feel the ref got it wrong (which they didn't do in either case). However, the act of suspending a card is unheard of and let's be honest, was it on anyone's radar until this happened? Personally, I have never heard of this happening before at almost any level. Even the 1962 card for Garrincha, which is the only other example cited in almost 200 World Cup red cards, was not suspended, a ban was simply not imposed. At that time, there was no automatic suspension like there is now, but a disciplinary committee chose to issue a warning rather than a match suspension after alleged pressure from the country leaders of each team in the match. [full story here and its quite interesting: https://fansided.com/soccer/bribery-secret-calls-and-a-vanishing-witness-inside-world-cup-red-card-fifa-actually-reversed].

I can't make head nor tail of it. Both were deserved red cards. Neither intended to do what happened. Both were "out of control". Both (unwittingly) endangered their opponent - Balogun turning over the ankle as he couldn't halt his momentum and Quansah's leg bouncing up off the top of ball. I really struggle to see how they can be viewed differently from a punishment perspective.

Full time, Wick Academy 1 - 2 ICT. Didn't really see above likely to make the breakthrough this season, but the right back, he moved left later in the second half, was pretty good.

Wick equaliser, 1-1. Over the top of the defence and couldn't clear.

The new away strip looks like what the old lags would be wearing when they are transferred over to the new prison when it opens. bc

I'll make it up for you, it's horrendous!!!

Pre season friendlies are ‘Exactly what it’s says on the Tin’. Unless there was a particular player or team I was wanting to see I tended to give them a miss as they are normally hard work on the eye. 0-4 to our close neighbours serves some purpose I imagine in that it’s a clear wake-up call. To use one of Kells post match comments - He’s learned a lot today and we need to be better attacking and defining. Good, that’s the objective! Expected improvement to follow. bc

end of the day I am not a fan of betting logos on shirts, and I know we have previously turned down offers to sponsor this website from betting companies with one single exception. We did take on an offer from one firm to sponsor our betting forum for a short time based on the "offer being too good to refuse" and maybe that's the situation the club find itself in as they continue to rebuild from the brink of extinction. I would rather this type of gamble than the gambles the previous regime took!

Ah well Ross Munro then...