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1 hour ago, Eagle4Caley said:

 It might be a tall ask to get into the play-off positions, but I still think there is more than enough to stay above 11th place.

You think that having only 10 teams in the division might help us there? 

1 hour ago, hislopsoffsideagain said:

 Did someone make a total ****-up with the teamsheet or something? Are we really as incompetent as that?

Maybe Robbo said "B McKay", and the person writing down the names said "Nah, boss, he's at County!" ?

BTW, if the story that Harper had to feign injury to get McKay on is true, then it's an appallingly cynical treatment of a 16 year old lad making his debut for the senior team.  A public explanation is called for, if only to scotch this story.

I always say that we never play well after a break.

Try and keep it down to single figures, lads.

And we've had how long to prepare for this match?  

10 minutes ago, Charles Bannerman said:

 I would find it difficult to describe 60 years of Jacobite rebellions as the Reformation going "fairly smoothly".

All kicked off by the restoration of the monarchy. Yes I know that they were Catholic vs Protestant, but they were mainly about power and dynasty, not religion.

We're way off-topic - I'll stop now  

1 hour ago, Charles Bannerman said:

It all keeps coming back to that root cause of Scotland's failure, after 500 years, to come to terms with the Reformation.

Aye, that Martin Luther, just a trouble-maker.    If it wasn't for him, then the Highlands would today be able to support two top-flight football teams.

I'm no more a historian than Charles, but I thought that the Reformation went fairly smoothly in Scotland, with Presbyterianism gaining the upper hand quite quickly. It was the influx of Irish Catholic immigrants into Glasgow about 300 years later which kicked off the sectarianism that we still have today. Rangers and Celtic were formed in the midst of this, at a time when Glasgow was by far the most populous and powerful city in Scotland - the "second city of the British Empire" - so it's hardly a surprise that they came to dominate the scene.

1 hour ago, RiG said:

Three points would be massive for us and maybe, just maybe, give us a faint hope of sneaking into the playoffs after Morton were gubbed yesterday.

Well, I suppose that with a third of our league season still ahead of us, anything could happen.

My first priority would be to secure 8th spot, hoping that injuries are kept to a minimum over the next few weeks, and demanding that discipline is good throughout that period - we can't afford suspensions.  Then we can see what shape we are in - on and off the park - and start thinking about next season.

Winning the Challenge Cup would surely instil some confidence and bring the team closer together, too.

18 minutes ago, Buster said:

Talk is meaningless. It's time for them to 5hit or get off the pot.

OK, I will ask the obvious question.  What do you think they should do?

I am sure that they will welcome constructive suggestions.

Let me guess.   It was the long lost fighting spirit of Inverness Caledonian Thistle?  

2 hours ago, Glover said:

I think before any meeting between CJT and the chairman it is better to address the issues within CJT

Actually, I think that an early meeting between CJT and the Chairman is important, to resolve something that I keep banging on about, and that Charles has mentioned above.

That is, to allow the CJT board to state their case and present their credentials in support of any claim that they may make to be in control of 10% of the voting rights. The Chairman and the ICT Board should then decide whether or not they will accept such a claim, possibly after taking legal advice. In fact, the CJT board should themselves probably take legal advice before making any such claim.

If CJT don't make such a claim - or if the ICT board reject it - then the next question is who the hell does control these votes.

Settle that first - then you can start discussing the state of the path between the car park and the stadium.

"This is Inverness on a Sunday, or maybe a flag day...".     Oh, my aching sides.

Lovely bit of film though - thanks for posting it.

Use the search facility in the top right hand corner of the page, and search for Thornbush.   It's been mentioned a few times on this forum - might not be anything useful, but may be worth a few minutes of your time.

10 minutes ago, DoofersDad said:

The principle goal at the end of the season must be survival and that should be comfortably achieved. 

You have the advantage over me of actually seeing them play - week in, week out.  I did see - on TV - the Crusaders game, and the team that played in the second half would have struggled against Cradlehall Nursery. Was it any better today?

If, as you suggest, no one really turned up, then I would be very concerned.

Yes, it looks safe at the moment, but if there is a bit of complacency and another couple of defeats, then all of a sudden you are wondering how on earth you can fashion any sort of win.

6 minutes ago, cif73 said:

League season over 

Not until we are assured of finishing higher than ninth.

2 hours ago, Stirling Observer said:

Market our game as blood, thunder and passion. Some may see it as a backwards step but for many that's what makes football good. 

That surely means it'll be a sterile, defence-dominated 0-0 today 

Sorry to misunderstand you, cif73. I'm not used to being complimented!

I know I said this last year.  Shouldn't the current board be trying to find out who controls this sizeable share of the voting rights?

An AGM or EGM would descend into chaos if a vote could be swung by someone claiming to have control of that 10%, but no one could verify whether they actually had that voting power.

15 minutes ago, cif73 said:

 As noted in snorbey_snowman's helpful contribution, the figure is curiously precise.

I was trying to say that it was probably the equivalent of €250K in sterling, using the exchange rate on the day that the record was added to the Wiki entry.

By "curiously precise" I meant that it would look odd to most people, who would expect to see round figures. I wasn't implying that the Wiki author had inside information.

The fee is listed at https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ryan-christie/transfers/spieler/188077 as £225K.  On the German version it is €250K, which is presumably the origin of Wiki's curiously precise figure of £221,645.   I don't know anything about that website.

There is often a difference between a headline figure and the amount that changes hands.

Maybe some of the transfer fee is dependent on appearances?  But over 50% would seem to be excessive.  Did he have an agent, who would receive a cut?  (His Dad?)

BTW, I see that it's Ryan's 23rd birthday today. Happy birthday, Ryan

9 hours ago, Laurence said:

Each employer will have to have two schemes, one for those who live this side of the border and one for those who live outside Scotland. ....

.... I suppose it is simple to apply a post code to see what tax regime to apply.

I think you answered your own problem. I can't see that employers will have to do anything.

HMRC will calculate the tax code for each person according to whether they are a Scottish taxpayer or not, and an employer's system will simply use that tax code. No changes required.

My understanding is that HMRC already identify Scottish taxpayers, even though income tax rates have been the same as the rest of the UK so far.  Don't you guys have tax codes prefixed with 'S'?

Hawkeye mentions "our reputation", and, of course, it is a vicious circle. Once you establish a reputation, then the refs will be looking out for you. A positive feedback loop.

The problem has been there all season. Here's what I said on 02 Sep, after the match against Aberdeen U-20s. (Which, from reading the comments, seems to have been similar to Sunday night - a game of two halves against a weak side.)

"I see Trafford has been red-carded. Is it me, or is discipline worse this season? There seemed to be a lot of yellow cards in the previous games - even last week at Brechin."

Back then, Robbo's main priority was to find a viable team, so maybe discipline wasn't his top priority. But at this stage of the season, with everything to play for, it's essential.

7 minutes ago, Blair said:

To me a overall great game and it's nice to see Caley play with skill and take lots of chances during the game to score goals. 

Did you know that there was also a second half? 

Semi-final - need to lose another man before extra time 

So what's the biggest lead from which we have lost?

Not convinced by our defence. An early second half goal by Crusaders would make it very competitive.