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It is people like you that do more harm then good.

We were truely terrible today, until Black, McSwegan and Markus came on, and McCallister came off. CC gets my backing, but he makes some decisions that baffle me. The first one was allowing McCallister to stay on the pitch for the amount of time he did. He missed arguably our best chance of the game, a free strike in the box with no pressure and he blazes it over. Also, in the first 10 minutes of the game, gave the ball away twice in dangerous areas that Motherwell nearly scored from. He doesn't have the quality to be an SPL player, and he looked like he didn't care most of the time. As soon as Black came on, we were a totally different team he was moving, looking for the ball and it also allowed Barry to stay on the right, as he was having a tendancy to drift inside because no body was working there. Markus had a good attempt that was well saved and Rankin had a shot that the keeper made an absolute mess of - but alas, no body following it in. He needs to change it next week, and with it being such a high profile game, players needed to show that they had the fight. Rory, sorry, but you don't. Blackie however did. The only time I have ever seen Caley play worse was earlier this season at Love St where we drew 1-1 and didn't exist in the second half. The goal furiates me, because of who scored it and how much space he got. There wasn't even anybody thinking of marking or making a challenge on him, and for a player like Scott McDonald, the biggest threat, it baffles me as how he got so much room. That said, he could have easily been sent off for an elbow (which he was booked for) and then a rash challenge down near our box. Tokely will become a new hate figure as well for a crunching tackle that led to a motherwell boy going straight into the boardings at speed, 'Well fans wanting us to put the ball out (the guy was off the pitch) as he was supposedly writhing around in agony, but cue the magic sponge and he was as fine as day. Good to see that Tumulty booked the Well player for diving. We were as far away as you can get and I saw it was a dive. The ref (Tumulty) had a good match in my opinion, allowed it to be a physical contest, a proper old school game of football and let the game flowed alot. Played some good advantage once or twice that could have led to goals from either side and was fair. Good to see a difference from referees who want to get involved, he tended to take a step back unless it got proper ugly. All his bookings were justified. On another point, this is the first game I have been to that Black played and wasn't booked.

IF we play as well as we did today then we will be lucky not to condede any more then 3.

Not...you.

Me + 2 and Joe DiMaggio will be leaving from Glasgow Central on the 13:07 if anybody wants to join us. If you are going to come along, PM me your mobile number so I can get in touch.

Me and two others are heading through on Sat.

Was that not because it was a meaningless end of season game? To make size bigger hold down control and scroll in and out.

Do you want to tell me which team I should support then? Born in Lanark (Third Lanark Ladies / Hamilton or Motherwell) MOved to High Wycombe (Wanderers) Moved to Forres (Forres MEchanics) Moved to Glasgow (Pick one)

What stand are we likely to be in?

I'm a caley fan and I live in Glasgow. You saying that I should support a Glasgow team?

Him and Black are completly different.

I forgot about this game, might have to head over to Motherwell for it. I take it that it is pay at the gate as usual? My line up would be as follows; GK: Fraser Defence: Rossco, Dodds, Hastings and Munro Midfield: Barry, Rankin, Duncan and McBain Forward: Markus and Bayne.

I think girls are in more need of; 'Getting ready in 30 minutes' skills.

Load of bollocks I fear. My brother and friends were easily able to buy their seats in the main stand.

I am rather suprised that this hasn't been picked up on, or if it has, I cannot see it anywhere. Anyway, according to BBC, this weekend is Bazza's 300th appearence for the club at age 35. Here is the link. I think that for a club with as short a history as ours, to have two players hit 300 is remarkable. I personally feel that Bazza is having one of, if not the, best seasons he has ever had for us, and although he went to Livi for 3 years, I am wiling to forgive him for that, seeing as though they had been promoted. Here's to you Bazza, all the best. I wish I could be there at Tynecastle on Saturday cheering you on and celebrating with you, but unfortunatly my presnece has to be felt on the freezing banks of Loch Lomond looking at land formations.

I see the cup and the league as two different entities. We can't win the league, but we can win the cup. If we beat Celtic then the press would still have a field day I reckon, especially when we hump them.

Yes, the ticket prices are high, but it isn't the first time we have seen this. Scotland vs Georgia, the prices go up when the demand gets higher and that game looks like it is going to be a sell out. With this game, I will be there. Apart from not yet taking in a Celtic game at the TCS, it is going to be magical. It is the quarter final of the Scottish Cup, we have a real chance of doing well in it, we know that when teams come to the TCS that they are not garunteed anything. And then you look at what happened in the past. Those two famous cup games that made our name all over Britain, the game that gave The Sun so many awards because of one headline, that one game changed ICT for ever. And here we are again. This could be the highest profile game that we have had ever, outweighing both the Semi-Final trips, beating Rangers both away and at home. This is a game where tickets are going to be like gold-dust, and the club(s) have priced them accordingly. What would you rather? 1. Fans have to pay a little extra to get tickets, which in turn will help the club. 2. Fans get cheap tickets, which they then sell on ebay for over inflated prices, with the club losing out on money. 3. As has been said before, if an ICT fan doesn't buy a ticket, then a Celtic fan will. I don't want to pay £27 for a ticket, but I am going to have to if I want to be there.

When was the last time we had a game that wasn't 'the most important game of the season' or 'the biggest game of our history'? Seriously, every week it seems to be the case.

That is nasty. Same as the tickets I have paid for the Scotland match. Will be going and sitting in the main stand, my brother is refusing to go to cup games this season due to the price, and so I can get his seat (he is a season ticket holder). I am looking forward to turning over the Celtic.

And games would last longer then American Football matches. If you ever watch Sky coverage of EPL games then they tell you how long the ball was in play. Highest I have seen in a few years in 25 minutes.

Strachan has just asked Chick Young if we won yesterday.....

I think that is a safe bet. Looking at the draw, my picks for the semi-finals would be; ICT, Hibs, St J and Partick. We then get St J in the Semi, and Partick in the final.

Beat ya by 10 seconds :P I don't know how to feel about this one.

Matches due to be played on the weekend of 24-02-07 Inverness CT v Celtic Queen of the South v Hibernian Motherwell v St Johnstone Dunfermline v Partick Thistle

Quite strange hearing John Hughes commentate....