snorbens_caleyman
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Thanks! A wee bit before my time
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49 minutes ago, Tichy_Blacks_Back said:
An article that links an Inverness Thistle connection to one of this week's Champions league semi final pairings
OK, I give up.
Neither Spurs nor Thistle ever won the European Cup? Thistle used Ajax to clean the team bath?
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Well done, lads! Level on points with Ayr, but 5 goals behind on GD. Ayr at home to Alloa next Saturday.
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Ayr now winning 2-1, so we need to win too.
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1 minute ago, jed5697 said:
No shots on target in the first half. I would like to think that is addressed in the second half.
By replacing Polworth with Austin?
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And Ayr have equalised, so we are now one point behind them. Time to get the finger out...
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Partick 1-0 up on Ayr puts us into 3rd place by one point - but it's vital that we pick up all three today.
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Laurence, Kingsmills was in no way attacking your credibility.
He was pointing out that, contrary to your statement that the Bradford City fire had never been investigated, that had in fact been done by the Popplewell Inquiry.
You may well have critical views on that inquiry - many people do - but you can't wipe it from history!
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50 minutes ago, MorayJaggie said:
He's been playing in the U.S on loan for past two seasons.
Duh. Of course. Senior moment here
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22 minutes ago, Polo Chick said:
... i think we all know OFW is not still injured so if the club are series about wanting to make the play offs he should be played ...
But when did OFW last play a match of any description?
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40 minutes ago, Weekend Hacker said:
And Jamie’s goal surely should have been allowed as it was Mulraney who played it in?
That's exactly what I thought when I saw it, on TV. Was too angry at it being disallowed to take in any replay at the time - was there one? - and haven't gone looking for it since.
However, I don't remember many complaints from ICT about the decision, though the red mist might have obscured them.
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6 hours ago, RednBlackComeback said:
Saddest thing for me about today was when I read that our former player who scored that legendary goal to get us to the 2015 Scottish cup final didn't even receive a winner's medal! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47861664
That is bad. I just checked the rules, and, yes, they give a medal or souvenir to "each of the players, to each of such substitutes as are eligible, the Manager or Head Coach and to the match officials, in the Final Tie". That last bit is the key - only those involved in the Final get anything.
In contrast, each team in the English cup final receives 40 medals, to distribute as they see fit.
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I have said this before - how many times have we conceded within five minutes of the restart? I'm convinced they get Mogadon in their tea.
We had Hearts rattled for a few minutes in the second half, at 1-0, but then there was the stoppage for Walsh. And then we conceded immediately after that restart.
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Have just noticed that the countdown clock on the ictfc.com website is one hour out. Hope that's not an omen.
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9 hours ago, Scarlet Pimple said:
IHE …..You a seer?
Wow! You must be also Welsh then 'cos if you turn "seer" backwards and add Dai at the front you become a Golfer.
And if you put the first two letters after the second two, you become one of IHE's former avatars.
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36 minutes ago, Scotty said:
I still question whether we actually need or can afford a CEO at the moment though ......
I'm sure you'll know that for large companies, it is generally considered best practice to separate the chairman and CEO roles. Avoids conflicts of interest, and makes a clear distinction between running the board and setting strategy and policy (the chairman's job) and the day-to-day running of the company to fulfil strategy and policy (the CEO's job).
But, as you say, whether this is actually needed in a club the size of ICT is open to debate.
It may be as simple as Graham Rae wishing to limit the amount of time he spends working for free on ICT business. That certainly wouldn't be my idea of "retirement"!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28081515
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hearts-set-part-company-chief-11028981
https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2017/08/gardiner-to-leave-hearts-after-main-stand-delay/
Looks like we can expect the next couple of years to be... eventful!
But, as always, I wish him well and hope he is successful for the club.
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13 minutes ago, wynthank15 said:
I live within 15 minutes of Hampden but I will not be attending nor will I be putting money in the pockets of those who are unfit to run OUR game be it local or national.
Bad enough not attending, but you do realise that your argument also - in fact, primarily - prevents you from watching it on TV?
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52 minutes ago, Kingsmills said:
Scottish Cup runners up no longer qualify for the Europa league.
Indeed. The year we qualified twice over
the fourth place went to St Johnstone (4th in SPL) not Falkirk.
We have to win the Cup to get into Europe.
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He may not want this at all, but if he did it would be good if both clubs could do something for him at the semi. Some sort of "guest of honour", VIP package for him and close family/friends - that sort of thing. Maybe shake hands with both teams, and toss the coin. Just to give him some special memories.
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39 minutes ago, Caley Mad In Berks said:
3rd or 4th doesn't really matter.
From the point of view of playoff matches, you are right.
The difference in prize money last season between 3rd and 4th was around £70K.
Every little helps. If 3rd, presumably there would be a little more in bonuses to pay out. But after that, there could be enough left for another player, or for work on the pitch.
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"Will it be Aloha ?"
I hope not. Aloha was an early computer networking system in which the computers in the network attempted without warning, and without checking if the communications channel was busy, to pass messages to each other, resulting in frequent collisions.
Not a good model for a football team.
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The Haughdale was on Ness Bank, owned by Nicol Manson who also owned the Glen Mhor.
It became the Waterside.
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Pictures of crowds are just pictures of crowds, and you can see them on the news. Here are some of the placards that we encountered.
The lady with the "teuchters" placard is living in London now, but was originally from Helmsdale. That's meant to be the mountain Suilven in the background. She said that she met some folk off the crowdfunded bus from inverness this morning, and they looked... well... rough! Must have been a good trip.
Finally, here is what the best equipped protestors were drinking from.
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Crowds.
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So the obvious thing - I'm teaching Grandma to suck eggs here - is to look at what other clubs do. I've just returned from a visit to Scotland, where my wife's relatives regaled me with tales of how wonderful the new chairman at Stenhousemuir is, and what he has done for the club. Making a small profit, 6 or 7 of the first team squad already signed up for next season even though they may well go down, lucrative advertising around the pitch, shirt sponsors for the next four seasons, and so on. (I'm leaving the artificial pitch out of this, since it's so controversial. It's not new anyway - but it has brought in money for them over the years.)
Our new CEO, if he still stays in Edinburgh, is ideally placed to see what Central Belt clubs like Stenny - who have local rivals, just like we do with Ross County - do to keep going. In fact, thanks to geographical distance and also the difference in league positions, the likes of Stenny shouldn't see ICT as direct competition. So I don't see why we can't actually approach the Chairmen of clubs like that and say "Can we come and talk to you?".
In addition, the ICT fans who live in the Central Belt may see things that our Board in the Highlands don't. If you see any ideas that might work for ICT, feed them in to the club. (Or to the Supporters' Trust, although I see no sign of what it is doing at the moment.)
Some of the things are obvious - bdu98196 mentions some above - but some might not be so obvious. And I think there is a difference between keeping the club financially viable - a problem to be solved every day - and establishing the club within the community, which is a much longer term activity. I hope the Board recognises that and is planning for both.