MacBandy

I agree.....and even if 12th Man were right it does not make it acceptable.

Thanks G but it wasn't just one who was talking about Imries private life and neither is it one person who uses racist insults when we play our neighbours.

Swearing I am no prude. I sit in section G for the atmosphere and am fine with the occasional use of the Anglo Saxon as an unintended expletive or as a connecting, adjective, or rhyming word in a song. However, yesterday it was just offensive and not funny: Constant (and I mean constant) 'Imrie you are an F'ing C' adds nothing to the atmosphere, is not clever, and I am sure only serves to fire up the inteded recipient. This is just one of many examples. The constant reference to Imries' private life was the same. There is a difference between clever banter and slanderous base insult. But it's not just Imrie, more and more we are just hearing repetative insults to the opposition, ref etc which make the protagonist sound like an inarticulate idiot. Come on lads....you used to do a great job of livening up the North stand with wit and banter and people used to join in (I know not enough... but some). Those people on the fringes who you are trying to get to join in are just getting sickened by you and thinking of moving...or have already. If you really want to help the club you need those on the fringes, who are not brave enough to shout on their own, to join in. I have supported you on here on numerous occasions in the past but yesterday, and not for the first time, you alienated me. And you are right next to the family section!

Caley D: Putting the onus back on us is not acceptable. This is not Rocket Science, if the will was there we could do this. I feel that the will to do this for the fans is simply not strong enough. How quickly did we put up the North and South stands for premiership football? Most understood the desire to wait until we were sure of promotion before expenditure and were understanding of the temporary journeys down the A96. Notwithstanding this, the speed they went up was most impressive. How come the exceptionally busy ladies in the club shop manage to keep a smile on their faces at all times and don't ever swear at fans? If we, in the Highlands, can organise Rock Ness, Balladrum, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Huge Firework displays, and 2 teams fighting for promotion to the SPL surely we can sort out pie queues!! We could all list numerous ways to alleviate the issue. It's the seeming simplicity of the issue that causes me and others I know the frustration. Not sorting it seems a real snub to me as a fan and that hurts more than the lack of a pie!

I saw that. That's the whole point. She gets her job done in a fun way without becoming over officious....hang on....put her in charge of the pies!

In an attempt to balance the Ying and Yang for IHE how about a positive reflection. The Stewarding has become much more friendly of late and the lady with the permanent smile who sits in front of Section G gets it just right. She is deffo in charge and confident but always treats people with respect, has a sense of humour and never puts anybody's back up. She deserves a BAFTA (Best Annual Fans Terrace Attendant)

:angry: :angry: :angry: Fair Play. Tidy. Off to cook me own pie for breakfast!

Regardless of the level the positive noise we make which does not seem to change despite the valient efforts of the Section G Lads. I don't think the fans are negative at the moment. Even when we were at 3-3 yesterday and we were all holding our breath I didn't hear many cries of 'this is pathetic Caley' or 'waken up Caley' or 'Get it sorted Butcher' like we have had in the past. I think we just want to see effort and that could not be faulted even at the lowest part of yesterdays game. Effort = supportive fans.

Great game and not wanting to put a damper on these good times but......how hard can it be to get the refreshments situation sorted? Huge queues for over or undercooked pies that mean you either have to miss 10 mins of the first or second half to get served. The price has gone up astronomically for a much reduced service (and it wasn't much cop before). Today in the main stand they simply stopped serving one of the lines as they were 'understaffed' no apology, no solution. People who had been waiting for ages were left to either start again, give up, or the more assertive to negotiate access to another line who had already been waiting far too long themselves. The attitude of the staff to the understandable frustration was one of bad language and hostility. When I finally got served my order was wrong and the pies were way overcooked. The half time queue at the Bridge side was far longer than I have EVER seen it. With a crowd of just 3.5K this is silly. if we can put a man on the moon....we can sort this....if we really care about the fans. A half time pie and drink is a major part of the footy experience. How hard can it be?

Agree 100%

Good post. Completely agree. Seconded.... Thirded...... We collapsed after Esson stopped playing and all to often it was due to a packed box, a situation where we always look panicky (defenders as well) when Mikey is in goal. There were rumours on here of a trg ground bust up but how bad has it got to be to make take such an important risk as this.

Lional WAS, at first, unpreditable but IMO he is getting ever more consistant. however, too many minds are made up (horns and halo effect). He did keep us in it on Sat (I was there) with perhaps his safest and most dependable performance so far. IHE, this talk of Granty covering Lional is interesting and I can se why you think that but even if that is the case he should stop it because it is doing more harm than good and as a professional he should be able to see that. Even if this is the case it does not explain Granty's complete inability to jump for a ball either heightwise or at the right time. Nor his constant giving away of possession. Virtually every goal against us in the last 6 weeks has been through Grant's channel. Look at the highlights. Last year when Roosco was caught out of position the weakness was more obvious than it is in a packed box where a couple of yards is making a difference but pause the highlights and you can see it time and time again. My main point here is not the competency of Lional but the lenghty poor spell of the Captain, that is where we may fail to stay up.

Oh dear!.....if you thought that was quiet wait until you attend a normal game!

Awesome day everything was fantastic. Well done boys. Well done fans. One small worry Barrowman Not good enough again. Chicken, slow, no confidence. Not good enough. Just not good enough. Terry praised him on the radio; after saying Dougy was a different class he said Andy was good as well. I wouldn't expect him to slag anybody but I do hope he didn't mean it. I don't know how Andy performes in training or how well he manages to talk himself up but if we wait for him to prove how bad he is all over again we are in trouble. If we drop him now I am optimistic we could do it and stay up. With Rooney (or maybe Odhiambo) on much earlier we may have taken some of those chances and nicked it. I think all we needed today was Rooney starting; everything else was spot on. Terry, read the forum, Barroman is pap and has had long enough to prove it beyond all doubt. But other than that WHAT a great day!!!

agreed! when Cowie is played on the right of midfield (which is rare enough these days) they seem to interlink well and Cowie has the speed and engine to get back to cover if/when necessary. cant remember the last time we played a natural right sided midfielder in right midfield Another fair point