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Intriguing comment from CC: http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Charlie-Christie-top-level-officiating-in-Scotland-is-unacceptable-20042017.htm

At the time I thought the Scottish Cup win would probably be the pinnacle, in my lifetime, of being an ICT fan. I expected that we'd decline slightly from there, but what I didn't expect is the complete collapse and capitulation of the side within the space of just two years since. It's incredible!

No! http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39610859

The board must take the opportunity now for one last throw of the dice. Get rid now and give new man two weeks, or best part of, dependent on how long it takes to get new manager in place, to organise squad for next match. Otherwise their positions are as untenable as Richie's.

Press have just released this picture taken at the recent board meeting :

Barry Wilson's views Sums things up exactly IMHO!

They'll all go. Part of what's wrong with the club is too many short term and loan signings. These players don't have the club at heart and it's demoralising for our own players who aren't getting game time as a result yet will be expected to pick up the pieces after these players have gone and left us in the sh*t!

Jack Ross? He's managed to get st mirren off the bottom!

^^^^^This. It's torture watching this club now!

I've been very critical of him recently but I love this.....

Where have performances like that been for the last few months? Excellent! Mulraney, Cole, Polworth looked changed players. Thought Raven was immense considering he had to switch to LB (hope Tremarco's injury isn't serious). But the whole team deserve plaudits for a great result.

This fixture - new rangers, next fixture rampant celtic; whomever pochled tonight's game to be our 1000th match..........genius!

It was. See here We also had more attempts on target and strung more passes together that day! :-o

We had a better manager then!

Fair do's, I've sensationalised that a wee bit! Sadly though, I've lost all confidence and belief I had in Richie at the start of the season.

According to RF it's all the players' fault......they've no bottle !!

We all know this group of players are capable of so much more than they've shown in the last 4 months. The problem is obviously the management. Foran should do the decent thing and resign. There's no way the club can afford to sack him when he's on a four year contract !

Thistle Soccer Trendies v Caley Soccer Casuals!! Was always a non-event with a police presence at these games. One and only time I've been frisked by the police upon entering a football ground was for a Jags v Caley derby at Kingsmills in the early 90's, purely because I was dressed in baggy flared jeans and a hooded top lol ! :-SS Copper felt my wallet in my pocket and asked "What's that?".... Don't know what sort of offensive weapon he thought it might be but I replied anyway - "it's a wallet, officer!" ???!!!

IIRC that was my first away day as a very young jaggie. I do remember standing behind the goals at the east end of the ground and being somewhat bemused by the seemingly constant procession of fans from the north enclosure being 'escorted' around the touchline in front us and out the ground by the local constabulary. I think I also recall Roshie Fraser scored a 25/35/45 yarder in the 5-0 rout?

I'm under the impression that the Trust was set up to assist the club and not for any financial gain. As such it would surely not stand (pardon the pun) in the way of any transfer of the lease that would ultimately benefit the club?

Dream would be that this clears the way for the lease to be transferred to a big brand firm looking to get a foothold in Inverness in return for a new purpose built stadium elsewhere in town! Sainsbury do you fancy a project?

20 attempts yet just 3 on target?!

The best refereeing performances I've ever witnessed at TCS were those of the foreign referees brought in to cover the on-strike home officials! Do the referees have some kind of vendetta against ICT? Maybe the club makes them pay for their halftime pie or something?

Think Tansey answered a few critics today without even playing. We pretty much bypassed our midfield today constantly lofting long balls towards Doumbouya. Reason being we missed Tansey's composure in the middle of the park and his ability to pick a pass?

What a pleasant Friday evening enjoying the presence of the visiting rangers fans. How I've missed their unique brand of religious bigotry and hatred! Though quite how they managed to fit through the turnstiles with the massive chips on their shoulders is anybody's guess? Special mention also to the authorities who continue to turn a deaf ear to the spouted bile. Anyway, to the match itself, commenced after a minute silence impeccably and respectfully observed by every Inverness fan for the passing of rangers fan ryan baird, and after a good first 10-15 minutes when we should have scored we fell out of the game and rangers bossed us for the remainder of the first half and deservedly went in at HT 1-0 up. Second half saw an improved Inverness performance, especially after our double substitution, and we were unfortunate not to level the match. We had just one corner in the whole game but had we had more I'm sure we'd have scored one goal at least against a fairly average rangers defence. Ultimately a disappointing night but not disastrous, and results today went in our favour too ;-)