snorbens_caleyman

Most of the season it's been "Go Now" by the Moody Blues. What a difference a day makes

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

You could tap into the aquifer

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.

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.

Fantastic result! One for the historians - has anyone ever won the cup after being knocked out of it?

There's no certainty with an injury like that. It was the morally correct thing to do, since he was injured giving his all for the club. Yes I know we have financial problems, but I support the decision.

On no, have you made me feel so old! I first met him in the late 1960s. For many years he wrote on Highland League for the P&J and Evening Express. Was basically the "goto" man for anything to do with HL football, and probably other sports too. As Mantis said, for a while he ran a Highland football magazine - I was looking at some old photos recently, and was reminded that I had a sticker for it in the back window of one of my old cars. The mag probably didn't have a high circulation here in the SE of England! Have seen a few local history articles by him on the Courier website. He was also a local councillor in Inverness for many years.

Do they have any players after June?

From a very quick look at the SPFL rules, it looks as though there is provision for emergency recall of recognised goalkeepers - provided that that was written into to the "temporary transfer" contract - but not for outfield players. Temporary transfer periods must be aligned with "registration periods" - basically must end in either the January transfer window or at the end of the season.

Exactly what "assistance" did they ask for from the authorities? Either they said that because of the injury situation, they would not put out the strongest available team. In which case they could expect little sympathy. Or did they ask for a postponement - and for how long?