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And yet another goal conceded at the start of the second half. Does someone put mogadon into their half-time tea?

Followed up by the other classic gaffe - conceding a goal as soon as the second half starts.

It's a bit like climate change. Probably difficult to say that any one dismissal specifically lost us points. But over the course of the season, it must cost us. BBC text says two yellows for two bad fouls. Were they justified?

Livi, QoS and Morton all winning. We really must win this one to stay in touch.

Wouldn't have happened under Yogi

I can only go by the BBC text and stats, but that looks like a hard fought result. A draw away from home against a team in the division above us - can't be bad, and must encourage the team. I thought that we were in for it when we went behind just after the restart (again!), and then went 2-1 down. But fortunately I was wrong. Will be interested to hear what the football was like.

Do they have to match the goals with the same number of bookings? 3-0 up - is there any need for two more players to get booked?

BBC stats suggest that it's all ICT. Falkirk beating Morton so we are currently 6th. Another goal would take us above Queens. Livi beating Brechin so 4th place is out of reach... today!

He's costing us so much he's certainly nae a steal

Two bookings - Oakley and Warren - and two subs for injury - Tremarco and Mulraney - though. Right now I'd settle for a quiet second half and just 3-0

I agree we shouldn't be "concerned", as in "worried". But it could well be worth understanding how they keep afloat, because we might be able to learn something from them!

I'd agree with that. There are a few Highland League programmes on eBay with starting prices of about 75p. Picking up on the point about putting them on display - did anyone ever take over from Ian Broadfoot as club historian? When I was clearing out the family home years ago, I found some old photos of Thistle, including one which claimed to be from the 1890s, and - we worked out - would be the oldest known photograph of Thistle. I left them at the stadium for Ian - foolishly without making copies - and shortly after than he told me he was leaving because he had just moved to Perth. So I have no idea what happened to these photos. Long since discarded, I expect.

Great servant to the club he may have been, but it can't be right that he gets to take supporters' children when he leaves???

No, I'm not joking. How bad can Fort William be? I saw Thistle get into double figures once or twice in the late 60s, when they were coming to their peak. I think I remember 11 against Huntly. Can't remember who the others were (though Brora might have been candidates back then.) But 16? When did a Highland League team last score 16?

Concede goal early after restart, keep trying, but pick up a red card towards the end of the game. Deja vu all over again.

Looks like time has just told

I'm not a shareholder, so all I have seen is the online statement, but that looks to me to be an open and honest summary of the inherited and current situations, and the aspirations for the future. Well worth reading. Communication doesn't win matches, but it surely wins hearts and minds. Interesting: "The company has reported a loss of £422K for the year ended 31 May 2017. It is the inevitable consequence of relegation. The club had budgeted to finish 7th..." So, with a brand new, untried manager, the previous regime had expected to match Yogi's last season, and finish 7th. Optimistic - though of course that's with the benefit of hindsight. All in the past now, though. We seem to be in sensible hands.

Presumably covers are not cost-effective?

Where were you when I posted this on May 27th? "Played in the school basketball team alongside our very own IHE... "

Can they score goals? Should be good at headers...

Looked easy from behind him - looked much more difficult from behind the goal. Good goal!

Proof of multiple overlapping universes, surely?

Well, you said it yourself - "Big cup game on the Saturday after". So the derby is a chance to try out players, with no consequences for cup or league. And it minimises the risk of injury to vital players needed for the cup game. Yes, the downside is that it would be another chance for the first team to gel.

The enlarged photos at the shop website show that they don't. They say "Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC".

Fair enough. If I wasn't so lazy I'd have checked Alex Main's book first. However, my old season ticket below suggests that your date is not quite right. Added later Having checked Alex Main's book and a few other sources, I see little to suggest that the club was ever formally called Inverness Caledonian. Pictures of league flags and programmes from all eras invariably say just "Caledonian", apart from one programme from 1991-92 on the Caley Nostalgia website, which says "Inverness Caledonian". The club is always referred to as just "Caledonian" or "Caley" by Alex Main, and by Bill McAllister in his history of the Highland League. CB's "Against All Odds" is no help at all