snorbens_caleyman

13 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

Regarding Scarlet's question. Horatio Cuthbert Fraser who for perhaps understable reasons preferred to be known as 'Roshie' was a Jags stalwart of the 60s and 70s.

Roshie and Dave played in the same Jags team at the end of the 60s. 

Roshie also managed Clach for a while, so, with Dave Milroy and Billy Urquhart also at Dave's funeral, that means that all three Inverness clubs were represented.  I would guess that there would have been others there from before ymip's time.

The Courier also carried an article about Dave yesterday - https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/tributes-to-inverness-football-legend-183734/

9 teams the same as today, with another one only missing because they were working their way back up from liquidation.

Shows how hard it is to win promotion from the Championship, and then stay up.

BBC text:  " Mark Ridgers (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half. "    

???!!!!

Said it before and I know I'll say it again - how many goals have we lost immediately after the break?  

I usually blame it on Mogadon in their tea...

I am sorry to read in the Courier of the death, on Friday 20th, at the age of 82, of Dave Christie.

"Former Highland League player, manager, and privileged to captain all three Inverness teams."  There can't be many who have played for, let alone captained, all three.

I didn't know he had been with Clach.  I remember him playing for the Jags in the late 60s.

He was Caley manager for a while in 1973-74, and the picture above, from that time, is from page 75 of Alex Main's "Caley All The Way" book.  Dave is also in the Caley side in a picture (p50) from 1959, when a Celtic-Rangers Select travelled north for a match to inaugurate the Telford Street floodlights.

Alex recorded that the Select was in the charge of now legendary Rangers manager Scot Symon.  What he didn't say, or maybe didn't know, was that Dave's middle names were "Scot Symon".  My late father noticed this when he was Secretary at Thistle and dealt with the players' registrations - his understanding was that Dave was Scot Symon's nephew. Dave was born well before Scot Symon's great managerial career, so I think this was simply a family name.

I didn't really know him, but I do remember him as a good player, and as a good-natured, decent man.

My condolences to Dave's family, and to his friends, of whom there will be many.

44 minutes ago, Satan said:

Regarding the youth development, have a look at the 'Fife Elite Academy' as an example of how four regionally connected teams can pool together for one academy, this is one way of reducing the burden of clubs individual youth setups. This ,in theory should focus the highest quality coaching on a smaller number of players, increasing the chances of successful graduates.

Interesting.  I was thinking about this earlier today, and, prompted by Scot Gardiner's remark about kids coming from Wick and Elgin to train, it occurred to me that maybe ICT, County, and Elgin should pool youth development resources.   I couldn't see, however, how you would resolve the question of "which team should a promising player move into?".   Would be good to know if the Fife Elite Academy has an approach for that.

At the moment, Ross County has the money, and the whip hand.  But it won't always be like that.  Maybe a good fairy with lots of money will emerge (next week?), and we will be top dog for a while.

But in the longer term, the sustainability of two Highland clubs on top of each other (12.8 miles apart according to Bing Maps) and near the top of Scottish football - with the expenditure required to stay there - has to be in question.   Two things which the lower 30 clubs should be fighting for are an enlarged Premiership and/or better distribution of money throughout the leagues.

50 minutes ago, Jack Waddington said:

If we call the new club The Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C., do we get to keep the trophies?

As I understand it, administration (and subsequent recovery) does not necessarily involve closure of the company.  A rescuer could invest in the existing company.   (Or the administrators could sell it off, as a whole, or in bits.)

Liquidation, on the other hand, is the closure of a company and sale of its assets, as happened with Rangers.

If I'm wrong, please someone correct me.

3 minutes ago, MrCaleyjag said:

FT 2v0 

That'll do nicely, 3 points in the bag and our wee run continues 

And no bookings.  BBC match stats suggest it was comfortable.  Is that right?

38 minutes ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Utd 0 Arbroath 1 -  we are currently in 2nd position

Shankland has scored in the 88th and 92nd minutes    Back to 3rd.

6 minutes ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Well, if Dundee Utd don't score, that would take us above them on goal difference - or on points if Arbroath can beat them.

Utd 0 Arbroath 1 -  we are currently in 2nd position

10 minutes ago, Jack Waddington said:

Is it too much to say I hope we thrash them like Morton?

Well, if Dundee Utd don't score, that would take us above them on goal difference - or on points if Arbroath can beat them.

But I'd settle for a 2-0 win.

Surely ICT have an employer's duty of care with respect to their players?   Time to start considering the costs of a minibus and professional driver.  Or a couple of taxis?

And if I was one of the lads, I'd be having a close look at what my ICT contract says about travel.  You'd surely normally expect a club to cover this - either by providing transport or by reimbursing the players' travel costs.

ICT should also ensure that their players' car insurance includes business travel, and should pay the extra for that.  

Should be sorted out as a matter of priority.  A bad accident and ICT subsequently being found to be in breach of their responsibilities could wipe the club out.

18 hours ago, Robert said:

We won it in 2018!!

And that kickstarted a great run in the league to the end of the season.

You can't overestimate how much success - in any competition  - boosts confidence.

8 minutes ago, Jack Waddington said:

Hope it wasn't just a fluke and we can replicate it on Saturday...

Aye, Morton back in Sneck next Saturday, in the Caramel Wafer Cup.

Does Robbo stick with the team that beat them 5-0 - that would surely be a psychological advantage, and could help the team gel.  Or does he mix it up a bit and give some others a run out - which would also be a good thing.

Nice problem to have.

Can't complain at 5-0, but Morton were really, really poor.   Including one of the worst penalty attempts that I have ever seen.

30 minutes ago, Buster said:

When asked why the club hadn't put out anything about it, he said that it was because the Chairman has been away working in America....

... and the carrier pigeons take a long time to fly there and back.

1 hour ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Can any of you confirm the story circulating down here that Police Scotland are investigating a missing persons report for someone known as Ruth Davidson?

Too quick, Snorbens...   I have just seen that she is to quit because of "the pressures of motherhood".   I am being deafened by the bells on my other leg.

Anyone else you'd like me to get rid of, since I'm obviously in form?

Sadly, I am just about to go off on two weeks' holiday.  But Mrs Snorbens and I will be looking forward, on our return, to joining the like-minded masses on the streets, protesting against the actions of our tinpot banana-republic dictator.

Can any of you confirm the story circulating down here that Police Scotland are investigating a missing persons report for someone known as Ruth Davidson?

40 minutes ago, Alan Simpson said:

Wait for it when we go crashing out early doors the happy clappers it's a nonsense cup who wants to win this! I'll be buzzing if we win it 

As I've said before, I don't believe that any cup is a nonsense cup.  Sure, some may be more important than others, but the effects on a team's confidence of doing well (or badly) are very real.

Winning this cup in 2018 initiated a great run-in to the end of the season.

3 hours ago, Scotty said:

A full scan of our site has been completed and we are now doing a full scan of the entire server to be sure. This will take many hours to complete so will likely take most of the night. I did a bit of a google search and it does appear that there were instances yesterday and last night of 'ad hijacking' taking place on various sites.

Thanks for checking, Scotty.  I saw only a couple of reports of it last night, but there are many more reports now, 12 hours later, including the fan forums for AFC Bournemouth and Middlesbrough, and the well-known car forum Pistonheads.

CTO seems to be fine now, and my phone's AV reckons that it is OK too. I might start looking at ad-blockers or other browsers - I have seen mention of Brave and Firefox Focus.

Just tried accessing CTO using my Samsung Android phone - not an iPhone - and I get the redirection too.  First a message from mk***.com, and then lots of error messages which might be failed redirects or might be my antivirus blocking things.

Might be something which only messes with phones (cos they're easier to mess with) and not with PCs.

I can access other websites without problem from my phone, which suggests that the problem is associated with CTO, and not with, for example, my phone company's systems.

I'd suggest that someone (Scotty?) checks the CTO website itself to see that it it hasn't been tampered with. 

1 minute ago, Scarlet Pimple said:

Full time  result please?

Do you want tonight's lottery numbers with that?

Give them a chance to play 90 minutes!!

13 minutes ago, MrCaleyjag said:

HT 1v1

Makes a change for us to be scoring just before the whistle as opposed to conceding 

It's the first few minutes after the break that I'm always nervous about.   Have lost countless goals in that period.  Mogadon in the half-time tea...

46 minutes ago, Alan Simpson said:

Tanseys still injured but would like to see the club offer this legend a deal

!!!   ... and change the stadium name to Longman Convalescent Home?

Although he himself says he is fit and ready to go.

3 hours ago, tm4tj said:

I reckon it's a bit presumptuous to write us off after only one game in the Championship, and that against the clear favourites and financially backed Dundee United. Yes we need to improve, but until we can gauge ourselves against similar opposition to ourselves then I will refrain from making rash judgement.

We clearly have issues which need to be sorted out quickly. We have had five competitive matches, have lost to both Dundee clubs, have beaten Raith and Cove, and drawn with Peterhead.

I don't buy the line that the League Cup is a noddy cup that no one cares about.  It has essentially the same pool of teams as the Scottish Cup (I'm ignoring the non-league teams here), and so it's just as difficult to win as the Scottish Cup.  Maybe more so since it's not straight knockout.

I sincerely hope that no manager or team says "That cup doesn't count" or "These early games are all about finding our feet".  The team needs to learn how to win, and it needs to have confidence in itself.  Pretending that early results aren't so important is foolish.

At the end of the season, the margin between success and failure could be one point or goal difference.