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I see "Phygital" hasn't been recognised by the Oxford Dictionary yet, although Wikipedia gives it a nod!

Pity. I liked the sound of "The Savage Caledonian Stadium"

Yes it's dog eat dog, winner takes all. There was near euphoria on this forum when County got promoted: "local derbies!" they said. "2 Highland SPL teams!" they said. "good publicity for the North!" they said. Some of us knew though, that only one would prevail, and that would be to the detriment of the other. I sorta hoped it would be us!

It was very clear to me, when County came storming up the Championship table to join us in the Premiership that one of the teams would stutter. Initially it was them, but they persevered and Roy threw more and more money at them and eventually we stumbled and down we went. A city the size of Dundee can just about support two Premiership teams. Inverness, about a third the size cannot. And make no mistake, Ross County is an Inverness team - without the proximity of Inverness, Ross County would be nothing.

Wouldn't worry too much at this stage. Having been through what we've been through, although promotion to the Championship would be nice, it's no great disaster if it doesn't happen. Just, let's not get relegated! Realistically I think it'll be 4 or 5 years minimum before we're seriously looking at being ready for Premiership football. And a lot needs to happen between now and then!

Feel a bit sorry for Alex Samuel. Gave it all for us last season - relegated! Gave it all for County this season (when he got a chance) - relegated! Would we take him back? I would!

To modify a phrase that was popular here many years ago, as we rose through the divisions, "it shows how far we've gone", when the best we can do is take delight in County's downfall. Still, take delight I shall!

Yes an unusually high percentage of Jocks fielded by RC yesterday - think they were resting their preferred players for the inevitable play-offs! Jordan White seems to have been reborn as a striker over the bridge. Funny how he never quite did it for us, although tbf he did have his moments. Don't think he gets so much game time now though.

Fair point bc. I personally felt more of an attachment to the team when they were cherry-picking the best affordable talent the North of Scotland had to offer, and training up their own youth players to the first team. As the team progressed through the divisions they had to cast the net further afield to be able to compete and I didn't find it so easy to be fanatical about a team comprised primarily of players with little or no connection to the town they were representing. But I suppose most supporters don't see beyond the colour of the strip, which is why 2000-3000 head for Dingwall every fortnight to watch a bunch of Englishmen, Irishmen, Welsh and foreigners supposedly representing the County of Ross. But no Ross-men. And no Scotsmen!

I would think more of Ross County if they fielded the occasional Highlander in their first team. Or even a Scotsman!

Perhaps it should be voluntary. In fact, it is! I've been eligible for a few years now but still pay full price because I choose to. To help the club. 16-25 Season Ticket is a must though.

Apologies for the T-word Scotty, but the analogy was irresistible!

Like the USA in 4 years time, we are currently trying to dissociate ourselves, move on and rebuild trust, after the corrupt and untrustworthy mess we were under SG's stewardship - that was our Trump period!

There's absolutely no chance of him getting 100% of the shares so I hope he's factored that in and will be happy enough with a reasonably close percentage.

Annan getting humped by Dumbarton. We're 5 minutes from safety!