The Mantis

I had to agree with almost every word of CCs post match interview. However at the end of the day it's CC who picks and motivates the team. I told him last night on this very forum to pick Russeldinho for a game like this but he never listened :007: I didn't think today was a day for playing Royston in centre mid and I disagree with some of the smileymometers that he earned a pass mark. The midfield as a whole were guilty of hiding so the defence had no option but to punt it, except Hastings, who punts it anyway :017: Even if we were stretched for strikers I would never have started with Rory, possibly Barry up alongside Denzil and Zander could have done with a run out too. It's possible that Rory has had his chips for the season anyway, if Bayne is back and Deano is fit. Also agree with the shaky back 4 and Ross being exposed by us playing a high line. Pleased that CC says he will make changes next week, especially in midfield, whatever happens next week we can't see another gutless performance like that, totally lacking in any passion. Nobody wanted to take any risks, just to get rid of the ball soon as. Not to take too much away from Rangers- they were pretty solid, especially at the back. Just looking along their back 4, they were all about 6'4" it seemed, regular as a freshly cut hedge :015: :015: Big curly Cuellar could have nodded our punts away all day and night.

What Scotty said. I could see Roy moving on at some point a la Golly, except Roy's not old/bad enough to play for C(o)unty yet. Morgan - a 6 month contract is the next best thing to a free transfer and I don't think ICT would be hard to deal with if a club showed interest. Even that's unlikely as nobody's seen him play, and even div 1 clubs are not going to be throwing offers at him following his mediocre stint OTB. As for Russeldinho, it's a joke to mention him. I'm sure he's central to Charlie's plans. I'm also sure he was badly missed against County last week and I expect him to start against Rangers.

:015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: You're a feckin genius.

Aye, remember him swinging from the bar against the Dons :015:

Is it Rangers this week? Oh all right then. With C(o)unty playing Ayr, it's a tough choice though.

If they had held on to Peter McCloy they would never have got into this state.

SOHB. Roll on fresher's week :023:

Guilty as charged your honour. However I'll leave it to Wanderer to explain about the old style lace-up ball which permanently scarred your brow if you headed it and knocked you unconscious if it was a wet day :sillywave: So my old English teacher used to say anyway.

OK we won't miss either of them but Dods will be harder to replace :001: I fear that Dargo's first year at ICT might just be a bright spot in his career. Otherwise it's back to being injured again.

I would put it differently. The fans of the other SPL clubs have long become fatalistic and cynical as 'there's nothing you can do'. At ICT we are accustomed to miracles happening. We got the 10000 seats rule abolished as well as what we have achieved on the park. Change is what ICT is about.

and anyway as you keep telling us, stop living in the past :014: Another one- How many posters have ever answered the same question twice :015: :015: :015: Give the laddie his due, the second one was 50% wittier than the first, ie 1.5/10 against 1/10.

He looks like the Pilsbury dough boy or whatever he was called. The mascot, I mean, not CaleyD.

If you heard anybody booing Rory I hope you told them to shut the phuqup!

Was that the usual 'mappet' then? Did he do a few jokes about the ref being the boy/girlfriend of the County players?

Have added a few of the most obvious ones ..... please highlight any additional swears or dodgy words to myself, CaleyD or one of the mods and we will add more words to the filter as required. You get all the fun :015: :015:

O/T I hope you've done that ICT tape for me. Will be up next Sat.

Aye Alan, I see you've drawn the wee team across the bridge in the cup.

Did County play a bit of football then? I feared they'd just kick anything that moved, just like PTFC under Campbell. Remember after that cup tie we had so many injuries :009:

Aye Richard did.

Rory scores a hat trick and C(o)unty fall over themselves to get him on loan. He gets injured in the first game v Ayr. Falls over and gets a splinter of glass up his erse from the mirror he carries in his shorts back pocket.

Some shots from the ex-Caley v ex-Keith shoot out last week. Also 3 that Peter Paul sent me last year. Sorry Peter....... Click on the big blue icon below, and navigate your way to the Players' Gallery. Auld Yins are at the bottom of the page.

Young lad's trying to impress us. Roll on fresher's week.

I see this morning the link leads to a log-in page for a chatroom rather than to the clip. Maybe this is what you saw Charles?

I blame CC.