Bronson

..... I have to say that i've been far from impressed with our performances so far this season. We only managed to overcome Montrose on penalties, started slow against Annan before coming good, played poor against Dunfermline before snatching victory with virtually our only shot of the game, struggled today against the team who came up from division two and i don't think we managed a shot on target for the entire game. I don't think Stanford (sanford) sp? or sanchez are division one quality.

On the other hand we have played 4 competitive games without defeat. When was the last time that happened? We have scored 5 goals and only conceded 1. We are joint top of the league, even with several first team players out with injuries and suspensions. Our players surely can only get better with regards to their shooting ability and we had a very good crowd - bigger than a lot of our spl games.

I'm still on the fence. I yearn for the days of pele with strikers like ritchie, stewart and wyness (1st time round) - perhaps i was spoilt early on with our cavalier style of football. Will we ever see that quality of strikers again? Perhaps not. But we could easily have lost all of the games so far this season but have come good. Luck? DOn't they say teams make their own luck?

Looking forward to the next installment!!

"At half time i made a point of meeting a really friendly ICT fan who had been most vocal about my behaviour and wanted me moved, but after a warm handshake and discussing the game and some history about your club, we both agreed it's a shame that fans are not able to stand/sit together as we used to in the past." -

Hmm believe it may have been my father "Big T Fan" who got carried away and protested his disgruntlement with you.

Think it was partly due to his age (grumpy old man syndrome) and the fact he'd had a couple of shandies.

:P

.. to Caley D for a fantastic day out today. Myself and Big T fan had a great time today and enjoyed the craic on the innes bar bus. Thanks to all those concerned!!

anyone explain why Kyle Allison appeared to be getting abuse from our fans today when he warmed up?

And what was the dundee utd song?

And what exactly does munro do consistently to warrant being captain?

Rumour has it Caley D's bus is full of boring old farts!

Seem to recall a similar discussion about the poor quality of our pre season opposition the year we went on to win the first division.

Could it be an omen????

No Rooney??

Think we're looking at different perspectives Rig. I'm not thinking about spl football at all just now. I just think that we will see our team playing more open attacking football in the 1st division than we have ever done in the spl.

I'm certainly not of the opinion that we will win the league or anything like it, but I do think we should be one of the stronger teams in the division, esp as we have held onto the bulk of our ex spl squad. That should mean we see a better quality of football, as rather than struggling for survival, we should be in the mix for the top 4 in the 1st.

Now that the dust has settled I am looking forward to next season a lot. Think we'll see a lot of goals and attacking football.

I thought we'd have lost a lot of players but by my calculations we've only lost Fraser, Kerr and Morais (can't think of any other first team players.) None of the aforementioned are any big loss apart from Morais, but then he blew hot and cold.

If we can add a couple of new young faces, then we well be in with a shout.

As a team, we are used to finding promising youngsters or those who are deemed to have failed at a higher level and giving them a second chance.

The last few seasons the quality of football on display was woeful and i often found mself asking when the last time i saw a goal being scored by us in the north stand end was.

In Rooney, Barrowman, Foran and Odiambo I think we have as good a forwrd line as any other team in the league.

I'm glad to see him go. I believe he was on a wage that wasn't a kick in the ar5e of what Marius was getting.

I live just round the corner from ronney too! His garden was becoming an eyesore but noticed this morning that it has been cut :angry: Maybe he doesnt get paid enough to buy a lawnmower!!

I joined the highland marchers for the walk to the stadium today and was hugely disappointed by the lack of support they were shown. They put so much effort in over the last week and there was only a group of 19 that walked to the stadium (including the marchers).

Think they deserved a lot better than that. Set the tone for the day really.

Couple of songs I always used to listen to at full volume before a fight or when hitting the bag in training. Really got me pumping - F@cking Hostile by Pantera and Mouth for War by Pantera. Classic heavy metal stuff. Bet the swetty sustlers in the main stand would get a shock when their ears started to bleed!

Haven't been able to check it out myself, but I wonder how the bottom half of the league table would look for the season if we only included the games the bootom six played against eache other.

I have always thought that we struggle to beat the teams around us in the league and seem to raise our game considerably against the supposed better teams

Hoping to go but will be working, so will have my kids with me. Just struggling to get info on supporters buses.

Does anyone know the ticket prices for the game tomorrow and the situation with supporters club buses?

One of my my best memories was at one of the player of the year awards several years ago. May well have been the night before the first highland march. All the players had long gone with the exception of wyness and tokely. Dennis sat quietly in the corner while Ross danced like a nutter with the rest of us.

The highlight of the night was Ross doing his breakdancing to MC Hammer's "You can't touch this". Truely one of those "you had to be there" moments. Pure class!

If your reading this Ross how about a repeat performance if we survive relegation, and Caley D, If Ross should score, the aforementioned song should his signature tune.

Its a shame you had that experience, we had a geat craic, so much so that i was in an alcohol induced slumber by 9.30pm!!!

Only unfriendliness we experienced was on leaving the club when we had the misfortune to meet a rather unpleasent taxi drive who appeared to think Ict fans were fair game! - I politely explained the highway code in regard to pedestrains and sent him on his way!

Lionel could play all night long and still not impress some posters, he makes the simple aspect of defending look easy. He was overheard telling Maurice Malpas, it's "my destiny" to keep Ict in the premier league and i truly believe he means it. I hope Lionel can keep his endless love affair with Ict going and sail on into our teams history as our best ever left back. Still.

Tried to vote only for Lionel as no one else deserved points. Fail to see how Imrie got points.

Since Butcher and Malpas arrived they have given Imrie the role of striker, which in my opinion he has failed to fulfill. I am fast losing patience with him as he seems hugely ineffective and the only thing he seems able to do is run about like a headless chicken.

I am also sick and tired of reading his comments in the press. Over the last few weeks I have read that he disagrees with Butchers analysis of him as a "nippy forward" who harrasses defenders, thinking that there is more to his play than that. I then read him talking up his chances of getting a move to a bigger team, believe it was Rangers that he mentioned. Then today he is talking about hopefully winning a Scotland B call up.

Come on Dougie get a grip, since playing as a striker you ain't scored a single goal and the novelty is starting to wear off. Either put up or shut up!

Wait now guys, think we're getting our Lionel's confused. I was at AECC last week to see Mr Ritchie play a blinder.

Got to disagree guys, when he sang "Easy" then saved "all night long" for his encore he was nothing short of outstanding! ;) :015: :D :thumb04: :018:

Saw him last week in Aberdeen and thought he was fecking amazing. Altough I have to say I was surprised to see him with his own Aberdeen F.C shirt.