The Mantis

Just watched this. Not sure why he thinks it’s out of our hands. I’ve been looking for highlights as I’d like to see some of those saves from Dabrowski again, but no joy. Can’t make the next two games so that’s the end of the season for me if we finish 8th, but easily one of the best performances of the season I’ve witnessed and certainly the best at home. Edit- I see Raith have some highlights up now, they didn't earlier in the week.

“Very quiet on here aint it ?!!” Not quiet enough. Worse than the Main Stand. Somebody rustling papers while people are trying to sleep. See youse all tmrw night.

Aye County were jammy last year but I think they will see off Raith if that’s how it works out.

Oh, we both know it’s not about me 😉 I think ‘floats’ is the word you’re after…

Even by your standards, that's a cracker. Well played Lazarus 😂 So the "minefield" that kept Falkirk out in 2003, and on 2 previous occasions, was actually "designed" for ICT 😂 Elderly men and big spotty teenager prejudices. Remarkable.

Sporting the best tan in the North Stand 🤵🏿‍♂️

A lot depends on how settled Billy is up here. The only way he’ll get more money is by moving back to England. The opportunities are limited up here. He’s 36 in October so when you look at the options (Elgin, County, Peterhead plus the likes of Brora) maybe he’s as well staying here.

Wakey wakey guys 😂

Far too late now to make any difference. With hindsight Dunc should have been gone round about the QPFC home defeat on 3rd Feb. Charlie and possibly Robbo could maybe have salvaged something.

Couldn’t find anything when I looked a few weeks ago. I’ve just posted approx dates on the match thread based on last season. In any case, they come right on the heels of the last league game.

Approximate diary dates based on last season: Following the Morton game, we’ll face an away trip, possibly Tues 7th, to club 4, say Montrose or Cove. Then at home on the Sunday afternoon. If we survive that, it’s rinse and repeat the following week against the winners of the other tie, say Alloa or Hamilton, away first.

That was my impression. Also seemed like a carbon copy of last week’s interview at Tannadeechay.

I wish it were that simple. It's not like the Premiership playoffs. We come in at the semifinal v club 4.

You think that, even if we take 0 points from 15, Arbroath can take 10 from 18? I’ll have a bit of that action, what odds are you offering?

Yip, another ‘fine performance’ without any goals. We’re Donald Ducked. 9th it is, and 4 cup finals to save the season.

The other results haven’t helped at all. Could have done with Ayr taking at least a point against Queens which would have reined them in. Instead our nearest rivals are Ayr with a game in hand. Also the Pars winning at Morton has stretched their lead.

Well I was on board with it but the Dunc experiment has been a total failure. Listening to his interview on the iPad while still in bed this morning. Mrs Mantis starts using the hairdryer. So one lot of hot air drowning out the other.

It’s not a sphere, it’s an oblate spheroid. Prof Pedant.

Doesn’t get any better for us. Pars 2-0 up at ht, Utd absolutely honking.

The BBC are always about 5 minutes behind. Free apps such as LiveScore let you choose favourite teams and inform you instantly, so fast that they have to correct the score if the goal is disallowed 😂

Needs more defenders.

Can’t see what anybody can do except move them on and they’ll just move along the road a bit. Surely they’re not parking, just waiting which is different ? Btw I picked up a £100 fine (reduced to £50) at Tannadice this season. They’ve set up an exclusion zone around the two stadia on match days as residents were complaining. So watch out for the signage when we’re back there on the 23rd.

But then, the young team even have a song for Wallace Duffy... Never rated Glancy at all, even in tier 3, although my only good memory of him is an equaliser against Clyde in 1999 which more or less kept us away from them and we went up along with Livi. The ICT supporters' bus never got past Drumochter that day and I remember feeling obliged to post probably my first ever match report on CTO as very few of us were there.

Special mention to Logan Chalmers. Apparently 12 starts including subs, and 5 goals, notably the two late strikes away at Starks Park which had most of us dazed as we left the ground 😂

Hard to disagree with Dunc actually. More or less dominated the first half and had a few blocked on the line. Always felt it could come back to bite us. Second half was very poor and we relied heavily on the long punt up to Samuel but we had a few near things when the final pass was poor. Looked like 2 stonewall handball claims to me. Arbroath goal was away down the far end but looked scrappy. Not the most memorable trip ever to Arbroath, will miss it although I hope we are in different divisions next season. Half hour delay due to roadworks between Perth and Dundee - should have paid attention to the satnav. Then another 10 mins delay before Arbroath. Steak and black pudding pie 😍10/10. Plus Mrs Mantis and I have just scoffed two of the biggest smokies ever seen .