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1 hour ago, Charles Bannerman said:

ROLLOX!! That’s what they want to call themselves…. Rollox FC.

I think they'd be hearing from the lawyers of a certain luxury wristwatch manufacturer...  

5 hours ago, Jaggernaut said:

I could never understand why Thistle and Caley had to merge and all the other Highland League clubs managed to get into the league on their own.

IIRC, and without looking up CB's book, the League told the Inverness clubs that it would not be acceptable to have the competition of two Highland League clubs in the same town as a Scottish League club, and so at least two of them would have to merge if they were to be allowed in.

Ross County were admitted at the same time.  Elgin and Peterhead were admitted a few years later, and Cove came through the pyramid system.

Ah well.  Were all their players legit?

IBM, I don't recognise that at all.  I would have said that that is not the Orphanage.  It certainly doesn't look like any part of the building as I remember it, and it doesn't look like any of the photos above. 

The Orphanage grounds had a substantial wall all round them, and I don't see that.  There appear to be two fences with a lane between them, running obliquely between the photographer and the building, and that looks odd to me too.

There was a schoolhouse in the grounds, which had a small rectangular opening up on one of its walls, facing into the grounds.  It was filled in when we moved in, but I had always assumed that that had been where the bell was.

I could well be wrong, of course, and I would be very interested to see any other pictures that you have.

Most of the season it's been "Go Now" by the Moody Blues.

What a difference a day makes

23 minutes ago, tm4tj said:

Did you check Carson's booking. Telly view looks like minimum contact, if any.

No I didn't check it.  Basically because this time I agreed with the commentary muppets, who didn't think it was a booking either.

11 hours ago, CELTIC1CALEY3 said:

 However Mark looked pretty confident when it looked like he had dropped it maybe 6 inches over the line. 

I recorded that off iPlayer and played it back frame by frame.  Difficult to tell because the camera is in the back corner of the goal, and not on the line.  But it looks to me as though it could have been OK.

But is it me, or is Ridgers having more "wobbly moments" than he used to?

I also had a look at the Killie goal. Both Ridgers and Carson appealed immediately for handball, and I think they may have had a case.  Can't get a clear frame, but from the camera behind the goal it looks as though the ball deflects upwards off Carson, and then suddenly downwards off the Killie player and into the net.  That could only have been off his hand or arm.

But, in the end, it doesn't matter.

At least the ref knew the rules better than the BBC commentary muppets - "That can't have been a penalty because it came off his leg".  They corrected that at half-time, but the muppets still went on about it into the second half 

Getting back on topic, if the likes of Shane and Tom Walsh became fit again before the end of the season, how would you use them?   They haven't played since last May.  They won't be match sharp, and may not be 100% fit.  On the other hand, they may not be as tired as the others who have played all through the season.  All the games now are vital.

Keep 'em as subs, as is being done with Austin Samuels?  Or put Shane on as the big guy to complement Billy, knowing that you have a number of options if you need to substitute him after 45 mins or an hour?

8 hours ago, Robert said:

The “not proven” option should be binned.

It has been corrupted over time.  For a while 300-400 years ago, the only two available verdicts were "proven" and "not proven".  A judge or jury was not asked to rule on the defendant's guilt - they were asked to rule on whether the prosecution had proved the case.  This, IMHO, was fine, but I can see the demand for a more black-and-white "guilty" or "not guilty" decision - you can just imagine today's Daily Mail demanding such a thing. 

Scotland retained the "not proven" verdict, which has been corrupted so that nowadays it basically means "we think you're guilty, but the prosecution hasn't satisfactorily proved that" - thus tainting the defendant(s) who nevertheless walk free.

Because of how it is used nowaday, I would agree that it should be disused. 

Here endeth today's history lesson 

1 hour ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

According to my neice (Jia) it is more likely to be a takeover rather than a partnership!!

That's exactly what I was going to say.

It's no more inconceivable than Caley & Thistle joining up in 1994. 

The difference is that then the prize was a place in the Scottish League, whereas now the "prize" would be survival.

Not a great new amenity or public facility, but a personal favourite is the Black Isle Brewery bar on Church Street. Great selection of beers - when we are in Inverness we usually visit the brewery shop to load up the car - and the pizzas are really good!  We've also had some interesting and fun conversations when sharing a table with strangers.

You'll probably all say that it's a tourist trap.  Well, when I am in Inverness, I am a tourist

The Southern Distributor road between Inshes and Torvean.  But points off for it not being a dual carriageway, as it should have been.

8 minutes ago, STFU said:

Main benefit of getting a new manager in now is that he can start looking at the squad and deciding who stays/goes and identifying needs for next season.

As it is, we're in danger of losing the opportunity to keep players who might be looking to secure their future, and will choose elsewhere etc.

That's a fair point.  But you have to balance that against the risk of such a change unsettling the players and making things worse.

9 hours ago, CaleyTennis said:

The last thing I want is to have to pay compensation to a manager

Assuming that Dodds's contract expires at the end of the season, then the payoff he would get for being sacked is relatively small (about 3 months if it happened now) and decreasing.  Wouldn't make much of a dent in the cash flow.

But to be honest, unless they have some magician lined up who could take over and guarantee (!) results immediately, I don't see the point in changing managers now.  I don't think we will be relegated.  Get the season over and done with, then make the wholesale changes that are needed - and which should be being planned right now.

11 hours ago, Charles Bannerman said:

This doesn’t exactly make it very easy to obtain information about what’s clearly a critical situation.

Is this not something that a journalist - not necessarily you, Charles - could try to investigate?

Might be met with "No comment" or "Wait for the AGM", but it would at least show the management the level of concern amongst the supporters.

Thanks, folks.

BBC website says:  "Second Half begins Dundee 1, Inverness CT 0."

We can still do it! 

13 minutes ago, IBM said:

Goal Cameron Harper!

Thanks for that.  BBC website reporter appears to have fallen asleep at the start of the second half.  Refreshments must have been good.

1 hour ago, STFU said:

the CEO/Board may not want to sack Dodds as they think we're unlikely to be relegated

Or if they do sack him, then morale might get even worse, and we could be relegated.

I think they will just let his contract expire.

40 minutes ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Is there any way that I can stream this??

You could tap into the aquifer 

3 hours ago, RiG said:

Maybe if the club kept us properly updated on players who were out then some of these rumours wouldn't start.

If Samuels didn't say anything to counter the rumours, it's also possible that he indicated to the club that he didn't want them to say anything either.

Yes, we usually hear about players' injuries, but medical details are sensitive personal information and should only be released with the person's explicit consent.

No need to say "sorry".  I wasn't disagreeing - just saying that it wasn't a straight comparison.

I never saw much of Titchy, but did see a lot of the Jags a few years earlier, when they had Tony Fraser on the right, Bobby McLean on the left, Chipper Stephen and Johnny Cowie in the middle... and broke all sorts of scoring records.

54 minutes ago, jagster said:

My favourite jags player   Everyone always talked about Caley’s Davie Johnstone who was outstanding. I always believe Tichy was right up there as well 

Chalk and cheese.  Titchy was a winger.  Davy Johnston was a compact, fast striker - now that I think about it, he had many similarities with Billy Mckay.

His telepathic partnership with Chic Allan was out of this world.

Mind you, Ian Stephen and Johnny Cowie were pretty good too 

IHE going to have to extend his scale into negative numbers

*adopts Brian Blessed voice*   

"Samuels' ALIVE???" 

IHE, in best Spinal Tap tradition, your scale should go up to 11, based on the rumours which you keep alluding to.

11 - I'm going to buy the club and we will be champions of Europe in 2025.