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They should take a look at that fellow MacIntyre - he seems to be doing no bad. Dunno if United could match his wages though!

He's going to Liverpool!

I still see football as a bit of a tribal thing. You know, local lads playing with passion for their home-town team. For this reason, and the fact that he's a competent enough player, I'm sorry to see him go. There's few enough local lads in the team as it is.

I'm always amused by the way the M-word in a post inspires the Red Mist in one or two posters!! To answer the OP's question, I was against the merger and I was in seventh heaven when ICT won the cup. Being against the merger didn't stop me supporting the merged team - to me they were just Caley with a bit of baggage added on! Others I know who were against the merger feel the same, while others just don't care. There are a few I know who detest the merged team and will have nothing to do with them at all, yet they were passionate Caley supporters back in the day. It's hard to believe that they wouldn't be even a wee bit moved by the Cup win, but there you go. Hope this answers your question!

A lot of huns greetin!

Hang on now, has anyone actually mentioned any of this?? Except, of course, one Mr Charles Bannerman who clearly revels in the old Merger debate! Move on Mr. B., let it go!!! And yes, it IS becoming entertaining!

Hmmm!!

Would you believe it - another merger thread!!?? Well, they never achieve much but at least they're entertaining!

Just hope we can afford to keep him!

Quite often.

So there you go, County1966, nothing to worry about!!!

He is an ideal manager for a club with a tight budget, where the players are not superstars, and have something to prove. He will bring out the best in them, so long as they remain subordinate to him. His way is the only way. He does not have such a great record in bigger clubs where the players are less likely to look up to him. I think he requires complete subservience from his players, which is consistent with IHE's cut-and-paste (above), to succeed. Any rebellion or revolt and he will fail.

It wasn't a miss, it was a save.

I spent a bit of time watching him yesterday to see how he fitted in with the rest of the team. At the moment he doesn't, well, not very well anyway! He can't yet match the intensity of the passing game that Yogi has championed, which is quite understandable as the rest of them have had a whole season to fine tune it. He strikes me as lazy too, or maybe not fully match-fit. He does seem to be getting more aware of what's expected of him though and yesterday there were wee flashes of teamwork from him, something I haven't really noticed previously. Still, if he can bumble around for 90 minutes and score a goal a game, that's good enough for me. Keep him!

Ironic thread title! There are plenty Inverness fans who have never had any affiliation for either of that pair. Your casual reference of supporting Celtic but have changed to ICT suggests too much time interchanging clubs on a PC game - rather than having to literally live out the reality of supporting a wee club like us versus the sickening institution that is Celtic. The religion, bigotry, self-righteousness, and many more unmentionables, make that club one of whom nobody can be proudly associated. There is simply a HUGE cultural divide! It is inconceivable to me that one day, you support Celtic, but the next, Caley Thistle! Damn - musta been sitting at the wrong end! Although I've generally enjoyed your posts Sneckboy, I am aware the vitriol is not far below the surface! But hey, even vitriol is entertaining! I assume from your rhetoric that you're young and weren't a fanatical Caley supporter in the mid 1960s, like what I was. Like many from that era I now despise the Old Firm, but hate one just a little more than the other. Eventually I'm sure you'll grow up and be a wise and pleasant gentleman like myself!!!

I always had a soft spot for Celtic as they were my boyhood "Big Team". Not any more! That was about as low as they could get, and I can't see how I can now consider them with anything but contempt. Fortunately justice was done today and a major embarrassment to Scottish football averted.

Falkirk will be much happier to have us than Celtic in the Final. We have a pitiful record against them and the Cup is by no means won yet! I just hope we're not complacent.

He's no the first top-scoring Caley player called Billy to end up at Wigan!!

Wrong again!!!! Sometimes a bit of extreme audacity screams for a reply! Old fogie indeed! Thanks Scarlet!!

How ironic that CaleyD of all people should make a statement like that!!!

This thread I believe was started by a County fan on a bit of a fishing trip - first to bite big style was the poster you mentioned there (as predicted at the time by yours truly!), followed by a few others. It has certainly become interactive and there is a bit of seriousness about it too. And a hooruva lot of repetition - most of the content of the entire 30 odd pages is pretty much covered in pages 1 and 2!

When flinging around statistics regarding relative attendances pre- and pro-merger for comparison, nobody seems to have considered the huge increase in the population of Inverness and surrounding area during this period. Not, of course, due to an increase in breeding ability, but to large-scale immigration. Unfettered by previous allegiances, the football-oriented among them would be inclined to embrace the local senior team, whether it be Caley, Thistle, Clach, or a combination of these. Don't forget that at the time of the merger, Clachnacuddin was the most famous of the Inverness teams, mainly because of its stupid long name!

Ignoring the irony, people in the Press & Journal area were quite familiar with the "merger controversy". Not so in the majority of the wider areas served by the Telegraph and so this might be seen as an informative article, probably without the "Banner" headlines. I never fail to be amused by the extreme reaction by certain posters on here every time the M-word is mentioned. Most however see it as an essential part of the club's history and are able to discuss it sensibly without throwing their toys out of the pram! MERGER! Oops, here we go again!

I was trying to explain the concept of schadenfreud to somebody the other day. This thread sums it up beautifully!

Well, at least we don't have to worry about losing our manager on this occasion!