The Mantis

Not that simple. You had to be a member, i.e. a season ticket holder, to have a vote.

Hope you got more of that nice Glenfarclas stuff, hate to see you running out in case I come round for a visit.

Thread closed. Way off topic and abusive postings. It's xmas guys......

They're not going to suddenly stay away now after 18+ years. Inverness has never been a hotbed of football. Sad but true. Also crowds are on a par with clubs such as St Mirren and St Johnstone. The wee team across the bridge had the same fixture last week, a six pointer against Dundee, when they still have thenovelty of the SPL, and the attendance was about 100 more. Factor in that the last game before xmas is always poorly attended, and also how many Dees fans made the trip 2 weeks running? I didn't check but I would imagine they'd be keener last week than this week when it was fairly obvious they'd get a doing.

ICT are my big team. Whitehill Welfare are my wee team. I don't have any Spanish/English/Italian teams, just teams I can watch regularly (see rant about satellite TV!).

Get me Rory McAllister!

The best 'Downfall' ever. Watch this even if you find the rest boring. PMSL.

Deek Madas

We kept our side of the bargain, shame about the shadows letting the side down........

And no chauvinism intended! I did a bit of research on this and one recurring theme was that cricket is easier for the batsman but harder for the bowler. Surprisingly harmonious discussions. Never found any fighter planes or tricycles mentioned though!

It's OK, as I said earlier we're comfortable talking about it. As the big team in the Highlands we can take it.

Like comparing playing bridge and snap. :lol: :lol: I was kind of hoping for a bit more.......

Rejoin Pele at Formartine Utd! Seriously, could play div 1 or 2 for a while yet.

Surely Dougal is aware of the Caledonian FC thread on PandB which has been running for years - The OP started it with the best of intentions just as I started the CNP in 2000 - but I have to say the number of regulars on that thread is of 'phone-box' proportions.

I'm sure cricket's dangerous, hence all the pads and face guards. I'm sure there's loads of skill involved. But the usual pompous reply from Laurence because he can't get people to listen....... Laurence you should try teaching, it would be so easy for you! Anyway you can't have it both ways..... Surely the fact that people play cricket all day is because they don't need to be fit like in football or rugby?

Just out of interest, how would you compare the skills against the skills required for baseball?

That would be Dots then

I think it's a decent thread especially since the OP asked for it and we haven't had one for, er, a bit.... If the Labour Party, SNP and Church of Scotland can have internal debates it's good enough for us too! The Shadows are still The Shadows.

Whereas the other side played by the rules

Which is ironic as they have been "mongrels" far longer than we have (as my new signature suggests!). There is a fundamental difference though. Inverness Thistle (who are also a previous merger of themselves, Crown and Union) and Caledonian merged to form Caledonian Thistle in order to join the Scottish Football Leagues. Dingwall United Victoria and Dingwall Thistle were two tiny provincial clubs who had to merge together to a former another tiny provincial team in order to join the big fancy Highland League (they somehow managed to gain a license to play in it's inaugural season in 1893 but had to resign - how embarrassing!). They then merged proper in 1929, to form the glorified Muir of Ord Rovers that we all know today (they also had to change their original name from "Dingwall Victors" to "Ross County", probably to gather more support!). Rene, I think you have the distinction of being the first one to rise to the bait after about 2 weeks :lol: Their nickname for us hasn't exactly taken off even though they're SEETHING at their own nickname. Did Culbokie Comets not figure somewhere in the mix then?

Nah, it was on issue 2 (I think). Not the way it would be interpreted nowadays - something to do with Clach being the Mujahideen.....

They've got feck all else to talk about anyway.

Spot on. 3600 v Clyde and a 5500 sellout v St Johnstone suggests that, given the opportunity to boycott a Caley game, there were an awful lot of folks whose noses got the better of them!

Not a fact at all - just an opinion! And my opinion is that Caley, on their own could have done just as well as ICT have - possibly better because they wouldn't have had the merger baggage. As the only Scottish League team in Inverness they would have attracted just as much investment as ICT have and would have made it into the SPL in a similar timescale, attracting larger crowds as they progressed. Don't believe me? Look at Ross County!! No comparison. ICT have stayed, barring one blip, in the top league for near a decade. Compare when and if RC can do the same. That's not what you said though Alex...... Brechin, Montrose, East Stirling? Caley would have been good for Div 1 at least. Caley were a bigger club than those 3 even in the HL. Round about 1992 Caley had a wage bill of around £130 000.

If he wants a real challenge without leaving Abriachan he could try taking Cownty out of the shadows.