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Pleasing first half.  They had a decent start but it's as comfortable as I had expected.  Polworth has been outstanding but thats partly a reflection of Crusaders naivety. 

Disappointed not to see Doran but confident about a result.  

Pitch is utterly shocking. A complete embarassment.

Think Vigurs unlucky to be sent off notwithstanding the stupid first yellow.  He tried an overhead kick in Livingston box and was booked for high feet/recklessness.

4 minutes ago, HawkeyeTheGnu said:

Why did Polworth & Vigurs get booked in the first place? BBC Live Text is its usual effusive self. 

Polworth for the foul, Vigurs for mouthing off at the ref for said foul.

At least we're well practice in playing with 10....    disappointingly one of Vigurs yellow cards was for mouthing off which is infuriating. 

Just watched the extended highlights and that was a gritty win. Could turn out to be a big one come the end of the season.  

One thing that needs to be pointed out though is Polworth's 'contribution' to the 2nd Brechin goal.  I'm a big fan of his and some the abuse he gets is way over the top however he was a disgrace for that goal.  If you watch the highlights he loses the ball cheaply, throws a strop and then fails to track his man who scores. Really poor effort.

Not sure how we're losing. We've absolutely battered them so far.  Just not clinical enough.

Yet another penalty conceded which is frustrating.

Just been confirmed by Robbo on radio.

Safe to say we won' t be seeing him again.  I've heard he's already left the building on the quiet but not had it confirmed.  Looks like the freed up wages are being used to try and bring in Nathan Austin.

Crusaders away please in the semi. 

20 minutes ago, ictchris said:

Scott Kellacher is an excellent coach, very well regarded. I understand he picked up a lot of the slack last season when others let things slide. 

This. During the times our 'manager' was AWOL last season it was Scott who was picking up a lot of the slack and keeping things going/professional.  

It seems a bit of an odd one as they're both pretty mild mannered guys.  Like others I've only heard good things in Scott's coaching ability so God knows what has gone on for it to end up in a full blown scrap.

We are disgustingly bad.

Now down to 9th with Falkirk's win today. We could be cut adrift if we lose to them in 2 weeks.  Interesting that both County & Falkirk have picked up good wins today.

45 minutes ago, RiG said:

Sheerin and Lennon were the two that were allegedly interviewed then Savage was hanging around with the possibility of extra money coming to help the club out but he wanted Robbo. The rest is history.

Anyway, Robbo has had another rant about the players -> http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Caley-Thistle-boss-John-Robertson-Im-prepared-to-sacrifice-myself-for-the-club-are-the-players-23092017.htm

Sounds like he's desperate to chuck it in already. Practically begging to be put out of his misery.

We're actually quite fortunate that Falkirk are having such a bad season as it masks our performances slightly.   However, the difference being that they are more likely to turn it around and they've already humped us this season. 

Yet another cross not properly cleared.

Not bad Dougal. A page and a half out of this one so far.

As many others have pointed out, nothing to see here.  Many clubs including EPL actually have Pizza in the dressing room after matches.  Remember 'pizzagate' at Old Trafford?

We may score another couple but then I wouldnt trust us not to concend. We just cannot defend, absolutely rank.

4-1 now.  Carl Tremarco with the goal. Absolutely delighted to see him back, he'll make a massive difference to the defence (and hopefully chip in with a few goals again).

Disappointed to lose a goal.  Described as a 'horror show'.  Donaldson shortish with a pass back and Ridgers panicky clearance cannons off Aberdeen player into the net.  

This type of goal surprises no-one.  If OFW is still at the club get him in Nets. Hopefully Warren is fit next week too.

17 hours ago, ymip said:

Talk about making mountains out of molehills.  I was in pretty close proximity to the events on Saturday and the hysteria this has generated (often by folk who weren't even at the game) is frankly beyond belief.

The Young Team let off two smoke bombs, one at kick-off and another after our first goal.  The first one set the stewards into apoplexy and a complete over reaction which set the tone for the afternoon.  The police arrived shortly before the second smoke bomb was released and again their reaction was way over the top, throwing their weight around with some very young lads.  I would love to see both the stewards and police employ these tactics with a larger, older, group of boisterous fans.  The stewards and police try it on with ICT fans because we're small in number and the general locus of any incidents are very young and not particularly intimidating (no offence boys).  Different story when the Old Firm, Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen etc are playing up.  This over zealous, bullying behaviour is witnessed at away grounds the length and breadth of the country and winds me up a great deal more than the Young Team's histrionics.

As far as I'm concerned the Chairman's comments are unnecessary and are merely drawing attention to an issue that is hardly worthy of mention.  I would suggest Mr. Rae's energies would be better focussed on addressing more pressing matters which impact the viability and long term future of our club rather than whipping up hysteria around a few over exuberant teenagers.

The hand wringing, bed wetters amongst our support demanding fan intervention, bans and such like really need to give their heads a shake.  I've watched football all over Europe and the ultra scene undeniably enhances the match day experience at grounds across the continent.  The reaction to pyrotechnics and such like by our European neighbours is a great deal more proportionate to the knee-jerk hysteria spouted on here.  Personally I would question if letting off smoke bombs at Glebe Park is entirely necessary but then again it's hardly crime of the century.  Some folk on here need to put this incident in perspective - no one was arrested, no one was injured, there were no violent disturbances and the City of Brechin remains largely intact. 

The demonization of the Young Team on here is unrelenting and way over the top - they are daft laddies trying to generate a bit of much needed noise and atmosphere amongst the pandrop sooking ICT masses.  They maybe need to address their negative PR by calming down with the smoke bombs but they are very far from a mob of rampaging hooligans and people need to chill out and cut them a bit of slack. 

 

 

What about the air conditioning unit that was ripped out and broken on the bus on the way home? Anything to say about that?  What about if the club was fined as a result? Still just banter?

The young guys do brilliantly in trying to create an atmosphere but the fact is that smoke bombs are banned from football grounds. On this occasion it was just stupid and unnecessary behaviour.

Bump!

Has Robbo solved this? Our best player in the few games to date this season and the signing of Trafford also won't do any harm.

I see that Kevin Fraser scored twice for Buckie in their win against Brechin last night.  Just another reminder of that farcical situation.  

7 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said:

Having seen most of our new players over the last few games, I just wonder what JR saw in them. Were they scouted, recommended or did they pull out all the stops in a trial match? At the present moment you can really see why they didn't make it at their other clubs. I fear for us this season, but really hope that JR can shape this bunch into some sort of passable team.

Almost all of our signings have come from the same 2 agencies.  It's something that bothers me greatly as to why we're signing so many players on the day so of people who have a vested interest. Its a bit of a shady business to be honest.

Aghast at the number of posters that seem to want to defend the club come what may.  The fact is the last 6 weeks (and longer) have been utterly shambolic from start to finish.

I actually think we'll do OK this seaon. I'm not in the doomsayers camp re: successive relegations etc however there needs to be a massive improvement at board level.  At the moment i'll give them the benefit of the doubt and put it down to inexperience of the new members rather than  incompetency or deceitfulness.  At some point there does need to be some form of realisation of what supporters expect of them- to work for the best interests of the club, community and supporters.  Unfortunately, at the moment it sounds like too many of them are there for ego driven reasons. Nothing like shaking hands in a boardroom for furthering personal business interests eh?