RednBlackComeback

I think we really need a club statement to clarify the OFW situation!

Think this thread is over and done with now https://youtu.be/2NBegquhJRM ......It's giving me the blues, and not of a joyful type https://youtu.be/zMajPPh6D04 ....but what do you do? https://youtu.be/dXs7JYw4BP4

So long as there's several thousand other Proclaimers fans in the room, that sounds like a great gig!

Who will be running to the shops to buy dozens of packets in the hope of getting the badge ??

I cannot / will not utter the c word. Though, to be fair, I do not refer to ICT as Thistle or Jags either. "Inverness" is the name I always use. I still find myself correcting people who call us "caley", reminding them that it took two clubs to form ICT! In the 23 years since formation I can't recall ever hearing someone call us Thistle or Jags. Unfortunately it seems "caley" is the name of choice for most folk, and it still irks me to this day hearing us called that.

Legend !

Agreed. It's actually ruining what little enjoyment there is watching a game. I honestly think decisions would be fairer if, like in school playground kickabouts, there were no officials and it was left to the players to determine what's a freekick / penalty / booking and what's not!!!

Encouraging first 20 minutes. Pretty awful thereafter. Yet again abysmal officiating.

Do they still exist? They appear to have gone extremely quiet this past year or so.

http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Toni-Reguero-on-new-Caley-Thistle-signing-Charlie-Trafford-I-didnt-need-to-give-him-much-advice-on-joining-Inverness-16082017.htm Apparently we've also paid a compensatory fee for him. Though I don't expect it would be very much if his contract was up in October anyway.

Well, in light of events of the last few days, the political cogs have obviously been whirring away for some time then! I think most folk expected the reappearance of AS on the scene with the appointment of two ex-Orion employees at the club recently - were these appointments the proviso to AS getting involved again? Can we assume that he's the £500k investor - no doubt we'll find out shortly? I'm undecided if these latest developments are a good or a bad thing, but, whatever happens, I hope it doesn't turn into a power struggle. It's on-the-park that needs everyone's full attention, boardroom battles would only serve as a distraction at this time IMO. Very interesting to hear that the stands and stadium are being gifted back to the club. Does this mean that the club now has an asset? Albeit the land is leased (must be 75 years remaining?), could there be moves afoot? The stadium location is a prime site in Inverness and I'm sure there'd be no shortage of interested parties should the lease be touted for sale, or transferred in return for a new stadium. I'm dreaming here but there'd be nothing like the building of a new purpose-built, fit-for-purpose, stadium to reinvigorate the fanbase !!!..............a smaller version of Tynecastle would do very nicely thank you !! I'm heartened by the last part of the Board Announcement - " Our goal is to be back in the Scottish Premiership playing great football and competing for honours. The Board is committed to adopting a sustainable business model that makes the Club more resilient, that develops and mentors our internal talent and earns the trust of our supporters." - I truly hope they can deliver !

Too late for the board to resign now, the time for that was 8 months ago when it was obvious we were headed for relegation and they were doing nothing about it. They've got us into the mess we're currently in and they must stick around and get us out of it. Sadly though, I have absolutely no reason to believe they're capable of doing so.

They most certainly are under obligation. For far too long now the club has treated its fans like sheep. If they continue to do so there'll be no fans left, and probably no club either ! Surely now is the time for cjt to get involved, if they still exist? Otherwise what is their purpose. Or are they in bed with the board?

I'm trying to think of a time I was more disillusioned with a football club than I am with ict now......... I can't. Even in Highland League days both Thistle and caley, and clach, were a much more professionally run outfit than the current ict shambles. Decisions and non-decisions taken over the last two years have severely wounded the club. Hopefully these wounds will not prove mortal? The fans have been taken for granted, ignored when voicing their opinions, and unheeded when making known their desire for decisions to be made / actions taken. Yet today the latest action at ict is to sell its prized asset to its local rivals for a pittance when fans have been so vocal for keeping Ross Draper. We are ignored yet again. What would happen if the boot was on the other foot (pun intended) and its fans decide to ignore the club......... doesn't bear thinking about does it?

Well that went swimmingly! Looks like it's going to be a long season. Plenty of the ball but no threat to united keeper all afternoon. Must be said the officiating beggared belief...... absolutely diabolical.

2 years ago this club won the Scottish Cup and played in Europe. How can things have been allowed to have gone so wrong since ????? It's beyond embarrassing now at ICT. I didn't think it possible to release a worse statement than that with the season ticket renewals, but the club has surpassed itself yet again!

Absolutely!

Gave you a green dot for your first post Yngwie. You then ruined it with your next post in mentioning 'The Sun'

Really don't know what to make of this appointment! I hope it turns out well and wish JR all the very best. He did say that he didn't apply for the job but instead received a call from ICT inviting him for a chat! Bearing in mind the Board had previously stated that there had been a 'good response of candidates expressing interest' in the job and 'interviews have gone very well', they obviously weren't convinced by those who did apply? As alluded to earlier in this thread, I really hope that the approach to Robbo did not come about as a result of political machinations within the Boardroom, that would be quite wrong IMO? I guess we'll find out the answer to this if fresh funding from a particular source comes into the club in due course!

Surely he's coming in as DoF no?

Should CJT not have done something like this 6 months ago when it was obvious we were headed for relegation? Their lack of communication has been equally as concerning as that of the Board's IMO!

These kind of comments really make me cringe.......they almost always come back to bit you on the bum !!

Barry Wilson said on stv news tonight. that the new chairman has gone on holiday and doesn't expect much to happen in the next couple of weeks!