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Likewise, STV reporter/journalist Grant Russell has tweeted that Inverness Caledonian Thistle will sign Owain Tudur Jones on Friday

my mistake, i thought they had been released rather than free to find other clubs

think he can play centre half/centre midfield

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wouldnt require a fee seeing as he was released by Norwich

Doesnt sound good: We could certainly do with Cox back in the side to add some steel in midfield. If Butcher is to continue with the midfield diamond formation then Cox sitting deep and Tansey playing further forward could be a productive line up IMO

Im sure i read somewhere that he was keen to stay in England but i completely agree with you, an ambitious target but would be well worth it

Lateset update from the club: Interesting part at the bottom, certainly could do with new bodies to strengthen the squad

I didnt think it applied to capped players only? if this is the case then it would rule out a fair whack of young uncapped Scottish players playing in scotland at the moment, especially those playing in lower leagues. Unfortunately the majority of young scottish talent are stuck in the reserves or youth teams of big clubs without much chance of seeing first team action, my original view on this scheme was that it would try to encourage teams to play young scottish players although on reflection i think it will have little impact on bigger clubs such as the Old Firm etc

If he has represented Scotland then why wouldn't we be eligible? He may be eligible to play for the Scottish national side but strictly speaking he is not Scottish. I dont have a clue how the SFA would look at a situation like this

Just read this on the SPL website: Out of saturdays line up we had the following U21 players in the squad: Nick Ross Tom Aldred Shane Sutherland Graeme Shinnie Martin Laing Greg Smith Ross and Aldred started but i'm not sure if the latter is eligible (he was born in England however he has represented Scotland at U21 level), i would imagine we wouldnt have been eligible for ? on this occasion I'm sure at some point this season we will be fielding 2 or indeed more U21 Scottish players and therefore may well benefit from this scheme A good idea if you ask me and it is a step on the right track in encouraging SPL clubs to invest in Scottish youth players

there doesnt appear to be any info in the SPL Handbook (although i just had a very quick scan) I found this on the English FA website, i would have though the same rule would apply to us however:

HT: Well 1-0 ICT FT: Well 1-1 ICT 1st ICT: A Shinnie 1st Opp: Murphy Crowd: 6149

Tokely not suspended, panic averted!

Inverness CT ?? 1?Ryan?Esson ???3?Ross?Tokely ?? 6?Lee?Cox ? ?7?Jonny?Hayes ?? 8?Greg?Tansey ?? 9?Richie?Foran (captain) ?10?Andrew?Shinnie ?11?Nick?Ross ?12?Jonathan?Tuffey ?14?David?Proctor ?15?Gregory?Tade ?17?Gavin?Morrison ?18?Shane?Sutherland ?19?Graeme?Shinnie ?20?Tom?Aldred ?21?Kenny?Gillet ?21?William?McKay ?23?Aaron?Doran ?26?Josh?Meekings ?27?Tom?Smith ?28?John?Sutherland ?29?Martin?Laing ?30?Andrew?Greig ?31?Liam?Polworth ?32?Andrew?Skinner ?33?Kyle?Whyte ?34?Calum?Dingwall ?35?Ryan?Watson ?36?Marc?Noble ?37?Harrison?Stewart ?38?Kevin?Buchan ?39?Ryan?Christie ?40?Matthew?Murphy ?41?Edward?Baldy ?42?Stephen?Mackenzie ?43?Scott?Mathieson 2,4,5 missing? Kept for new signings perhaps?

it is being reported that Butcher and Malpas are going to be offered new contracts: Linky Fantastic news IMO, Butcher and Malpas has showed enormous passion, determination and drive in their efforts to take this club onwards, i hope they are at the helm for years to come. In Tel we trust.

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Certainly hope its a false alarm and Tokely is free to play

Just heard, I think Tokely may be suspended for the Motherwell game! Disaster!

I agree, the reports from people who saw him play the other night sound favourable, understandably it was against HL competition but by the sounds of it he likes to get stuck in and has a good range of passing. With our current lack of options at RB i can see Terry signing him up

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I'd like to think the transfer coffers may be boosted! One player (currently looking for a club) but possibly outwith our budget is Ryan Smith: EDIT: seeing as he was an MLS player, its easy to find out his salary. He was on approx £1670 a week, possibly just within our budget, maybe pushing it though. Nevertheless would be a fantastic signing for any SPL team IMO

He has confirmed it on twitter now, Aberdeen it is

Unless he means Aberdeen? Its been widely reported that Paw Broon has been after a keeper for a while

Just read this on the official site, fantastic news!! Linky