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  1. snorbens_caleyman
    I assume that the Supporters' Trust is trying to take this up with the club's management?
  2. snorbens_caleyman
    Sorry, my bad. I quoted your "only positive of the day" because I was trying to say that there was another one - Cammy's performance. That's all. I can see why you thought what you did. Apologies again.
  3. snorbens_caleyman
    You did. I was watching for it and he was doing it quite a lot. Even his kicks were usually aimed and well-placed. Started hoofing it more, unsurprisingly, when we were 0-2 down, and needed to step up several gears.
  4. snorbens_caleyman
    You can't blame Cammy MacKay for the goals, and I thought he had a decent game today. Score would have been at least 4 if it wasn't for his saves. I never worry when I hear that he's in the team. And I still think his ball distribution is better than Ridgers' - he very often rolls it out to ensure we retain possession, rather than launch a 50-50 ball down the park. It's not his fault that the 10 in front of him don't know what to do with it....
  5. snorbens_caleyman
    You've forgotten how that went last time?
  6. snorbens_caleyman
    Gives me a chance to test out my theory that MacKay's ball distribution is better than Ridgers'. (That's probably given him the commentator's curse )
  7. snorbens_caleyman
    Spot the automatic spilling chucker
  8. snorbens_caleyman
    Do they include PPV spectators in that? It was the "freezing midweek night in February" that I mentioned at the start of the season, when wondering how long they would continue with PPV - and what effect it would have on actual attendance.
  9. snorbens_caleyman
    Exactly what I said when I first saw Pearson, Chalmers and Samuels. All with a bit of energy, and direct. Give the defenders a problem - give them something to stop. Look at how often we come up against someone like Tiffany last night, causing all sorts of problems simply by running with the ball at or across the defence. I was thinking - half-seriously - last night that Dodds should introduce fines for passing sideways or backwards when it's not necessary. How often do we start in possession halfway into the opposition's half, and end up passing it back to Ridgers or to our last defender?
  10. snorbens_caleyman
    Hiding behind the sofa now.
  11. snorbens_caleyman
    Just noticed that according to the countdown clock at ICTFC.com, there are 6 minutes to kickoff Now, as a techie, I could understand a computer system running on GMT (UTC) all year round. But not one running on BST during the winter Edit, 6 minutes later. It went to 0, and nothing happened. I refreshed the screen, and it now says our next fixture is at home to Ayr on the 19th.
  12. snorbens_caleyman
    Citadel went under in 1937. If he had played regularly at Clach or Thistle, I am sure I would have heard of him. Maybe he played only a few games - maybe as a triallist.
  13. snorbens_caleyman
    Nope. Have just had a quick look through Alex Main's "Caley All The Way", and Rodwill Clyne's "In A Different League", and didn't see any mention of someone by that name. The legendary Rod Clyne was Caley's no 9 for some of the period that you mention. Maybe Collett was a second team player, or played for another Inverness club - though I'd have thought I'd have heard the name. Google turns up nothing, except a massive - and I mean massive - site at www.collettfamilyhistory.net/ , which I am NOT looking through
  14. snorbens_caleyman
    A "work event", surely?
  15. snorbens_caleyman
    I know it's old-fashioned, but you could always phone them... and then post the info here.
  16. snorbens_caleyman
    Probably no more than he had a fair chance, but didn't make the grade. Dodds has now brought in others who can play up front and surely can't be any worse, so Manny is surplus to requirements. Shane Sutherland too, with whom so many promising moves break down, had better raise his game. BTW, it says that Manny will be welcomed back "in Inverness". It doesn't mean that they would have him back at the club.
  17. snorbens_caleyman
    As I have said before, I don't think our performance varies that much from game to game. Sometimes we get a break, sometimes we don't. Having said that, Ridgers had more to do yesterday than usual. No surpise, with regular defenders out or on the bench. I liked what I saw of both Pearson and Chalmers. Both seemed to have energy and something else that's been missing - directness. Pick the ball up and head for goal - give the defences something to stop. Samuels looked good too. I like the idea that we have brought so much youth into the side. (Although yes I do know that we have our own youngsters, too.) I look forward to some more spirited displays in the coming weeks.
  18. snorbens_caleyman
    Since 3 days ago for the Championship and League 1. The Premiership and League 2 already had 5 subs in place. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19876432.scottish-championship-league-1-clubs-vote-favour-five-substitutes-rule/
  19. snorbens_caleyman
    More likely shows a complete lack of money.
  20. snorbens_caleyman
    Very jerky when the camera moves. Has Duku been told to use his head?
  21. snorbens_caleyman
    Yup. Here we go again..
  22. snorbens_caleyman
    That's exactly what I was thinking the other day. Would be a nice problem to have, though...
  23. snorbens_caleyman
    I still think that our main problem is inability to capitalise on the many chances that we make. We don't score as much as we should. Other teams seem much better at taking advantage of the few chances that they make. Not the most reliable stats, I know, but the BBC has us with over twice as many shots, shots on target, and corners than Queens yesterday. We have the 3rd lowest "goals against" in the league. Killie 15, Arbroath 16, us 17. So although I too would like to see improvements in the defence, I don't think that is where the problem is. We are 5th for goals scored. I'd much rather have the ability to score goals than to have a great defence and trust to luck to win 1-0. Game to game, I don't think our performance changes that much, although admittedly in the last two we have been better in the second half than in the first. I think we just go out and play, and sometimes we get lucky, and sometimes we don't. It's pretty random. And I can't see how to change that in just a few weeks. Duku is not the answer. As an off-the-wall suggestion, I'd still be interested to see Carson pushed up front, just to see what he could do. He has drive, determination, power, and he usually finds his man when he passes. If he could keep his head and ignore the inevitable niggling from defenders, then he might make a big difference to things.
  24. snorbens_caleyman
    The first one - couldn't tell, because our last defender, Broadfoot IIRC, was offscreen when the pass was made. Ross Tokely reckoned that he had played the Queens attacker onside, and that the goal was good. The second one - couldn't tell, because the camera was looking at the goalmouth from the centre line. As you say, the linesman flagged, and, when Collum was finally persuaded to consult him, it was so brief that there cannot have been any exchange of information. Barely time for Collum to say "I'm in charge here!". When the referee becomes a large part of the story, especially when that was so predictable, then something has gone badly wrong.
  25. snorbens_caleyman
    Willie Collum, eh? Bloody hell!
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