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Dunno what everyone is worried about.

Isn't Blair going to save us?

Soon!?

55 minutes ago, cif73 said:

Trying to think how many seasons County finished above us in the grand scheme of things.

They were well ahead of us at the end of our first season in the Scottish League, and of course this season and last season.

That's 3. I've a feeling there was one more, round about 2012?

So I suppose you could say they were the 'Big Team'  for four years! Or was it just 3?

33 minutes ago, Scarlet Pimple said:

Charlie,  I am truly gobsmacked by your overpowering gobbledegook, gubbing up the thread from Gallipoli to Geronimo's farm in Saskatchewan , Canada.

Please,  let the poor man alone. He seems to be  the genuine article but he may be the world's most clever manipulator as well;  being able to generate waves of humour in some  or even irritation  and/or boredom in others . Take it all with a pinch of salt and await developments with bated breath.  Haud yer wheesht , man, and listen and learn. Aye! That's the ticket.

So Blair doesn't have your highly expressive, voluminous and voluptuously validating superiority on all things related to the spoken English word but he has as much right as anyone else on this forum to express himself in any reasonable way he chooses. Surely it's what he is trying to enunciate, rather then the form or context in which he does this, that matters. If your sky-high.er education allows you to sift the wheat from the chaff with such ease then WHY do you need an interpreter to get it when he speaks?

So you are bored and we are s-o-o-o upset about that.  If so, then the answer  is simple......just b--gger off to Buffalo. No need to read the thread at all. Or even to put the new poster down by dumping a ton of bricks on his head.  After all, you do NOT own this site. What if a wee birdie landed on your shoulder and, in a sepulchral whisper told you that  Mr. Blair was ...er...autistic? For how long would you wear your sackcloth and ashes before rueing the day you eschewed diplomacy for impetuous pomposity.

I view Blair with mixed emotions and I might be persuaded in due course to assume that some of his statements maybe should be viewed with some scepticism and a wee little pinch of salt. Except that it's early days and what IF he  has a lot of MONEY or has contacts who do have a lot of money? And he really does want to spend it on CaleyThistle? .OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!  Scary, what? 

Who cares if it's him who  saves the club financially and from desperate obscurity,  or Valdimir Put-the-Butin who does it, so long as someone does.  Aye.

Quite right Scarlet.

There are unfortunately a few posters who take great pleasure from insulting new contributors to these forums.

Live and let live, I say!

1 hour ago, Charles Bannerman said:

 Though this, Inverness clubs often qualified for the Scottish Cup and frequently - especially between around 1984 and 1992 - did very well.

In the mid 60s Elgin City did particularly well, being the only Highland League team ever to reach the quarter-final of the Scottish Cup, losing by a very creditable 3-1 to 1st Division Motherwell. (There were only 2 divisions then - Division 1 and Division 2. Very sensible names!)

I remember going in there for a dare!

Quickest pint I ever drank!!

Just opened that link and ma computer exploded!

Caution is recommended!

Admittedly once the input from the "sugar-daddy" is removed there is a sharp return to reality!

Presumably there is a bottom to Uncle Roy's pit.

20 minutes ago, Charles Bannerman said:

Has it not occurred to posters who have been calling for a "sugar daddy" for ICT,  just how bizarre it is that there should be some kind of institutionalised expectation that wealthy people should subsidise businesses which are loss making

Don't think it's an expectation - just a forlorn hope!

I can think of 3 Scottish teams - Livingston, Gretna and Ross County who didn't do too badly because they were heavily subsidised by wealthy people who were passionate about their local team. It is the tribal nature of football supporters which can lead them to pay well over the odds for a mediocre "product".

Seems an honest enough appraisal of where we are, avoiding negative wording where negative wording might be more appropriate.

Like IHE, I also picked out the requirement for new investment as cause for concern, despite the almost positive spin!

It seems that running a small club in the upper divisions of Scottish football is unsustainable as a business. At the end of the day, someone has to foot the bill.

We need a sugar-daddy!

Haven't played for a while.

13 hours ago, Scarlet Pimple said:

Maybe Ross County's Boss is having a hard time getting players.

Dingwall is a small town and the club is basically in the middle of nowhere . Any geographic area north off Inverness can hardly be attractive to seasoned player ..?

Dingwall is easily within commuting distance of Inverness - a mere 15 miles away.

Roy attracts players to the club by telling them they're just outside the city of Inverness!

Although none of them were rank, they can all be ranked in order of popularity/success/ability/competence.

I would put Foran bottom of the list.

Top of the list - either John Hughes for what he has achieved with the team, or John Robertson for what he has yet to achieve.

3rd would be Steve Paterson, who set the ball rolling rather well, but probably out of his depth in SPL management. Who knows what might have been though?

In between would be all the rest, in no particular order, but I do feel that Charlie Christie never got a chance to realise his potential.

Clearly Hughes hadn't yet won over the supporters when this thread was started!

Baltacha signed as player/manager but as I recall he didn't play all that often.

Like with Brewster, the team seemed to play better when he was on the field.

The team made a great start in Division 3 but faded a bit in the second half. I think politics had a lot to do with that.

Don't really think Sergei can be judged on his short spell in charge of a team which had only just been formed from a controversial merger.

Oh s**t - I said the M-word!!!

7 minutes ago, Charles Bannerman said:

I seem to remember Fort putting Thistle (or was it Clach?) out of the Q-cup back in the 80s, but that's as far as I can go. 

Fort William joined the Highland League in 1985 so that would be about right.

Pretty sure it was Caley they put out though, in Inverness.

Looks like Caley didn't show their non-league opponents "respect"!!!

Fort William also has a thriving Rugby Club which no doubt competes with the Football Club ("Soccer" is not in my vocabulary!) for accounts for potential players.

Fort William FC's moment of glory was when as a non-league team, shortly before they entered the Highland League, they were drawn against Caley in a cup competition (North of Scotland Cup? Scottish Cup?)

They humped us at Telford Street, putting us out of the competition. I think the score was something like 1-4.

Can anyone verify that with something more reliable than my ageing memory?

13 minutes ago, old caley girl said:

If it stays 3-0 we move up to 4th ?

Only if Brechin can knock in a quick 5 gainst Livi!

A buckett of cheer for crimbo and New Year!

It's all about making the supporters feel like they're part of the club, or an integral part of the whole ICT experience.

I don't feel this has been the case for many years now.

8 hours ago, AncientMariner said:

Bizarre comment, unless you care to explain?

There's something about the tone of some posts which suggests the poster has the word "ergo" in their vocabulary.

And that is the biggest crime of all!!!

4 hours ago, Charles Bannerman said:

I don't think that's a valid comparison. There are two issues here. Firstly, this is performance sport and performance sports people are entitled to expect a programmed preparation for competition. If that is not achieved, then performance levels can be badly affected. This may not apply in the Welfare League but it does here. And secondly, there are potentially large financial consequences riding on the outcome of the game in question. The points gained or lost in this encounter can have a big influence - in theory one which could last for years. You can certainly debate the relative merits of postponement and the disruption it would cause, but Robbo is merely acting in the professional manner expected at this level of sport.

And yes, I fully agree with you Charles - can't fault your post at all!

However, I was taking the point of view of someone (who works hard for a living!!!) who turns up for the match at Dumfries and finds the game is postponed because the players didn't get to bed till 3 in the morning.

Pretty pssd off, I would be!!

Don't think anyone who's had to work for a living would be very sympathetic to Robbo's argument for having the match postponed.

I think it's more likely a bit of psychology.

Anyway, Robbo as manager continues to impress. I don't think promotion is out of the question yet!

I'm sure I remember coming through to Inverness around New Year to find the derby game against Ross County at Longman Stadium (as it was called then) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

We generally do not have local young players coming through the ranks and playing for the first team.

If our team could pick the best available local youngsters, and could then train and nurture them up to Championship or SPFL standard, then we could probably sustain SPFL football in Inverness.

Buying in players from all over the UK is not financially sustainable.

It'll find it's own way to bed when we all start believing that Robertson is the man for the job!

Thoroughly enjoyable afternoon at TCS and it's been a while since I could say that!

At last, ICT are playing as a team. Pure entertainment in the first half - should have been 3 up at half time.

A bit nervy in the second half but did what was necessary.

Donaldson was my Man of the Match by a whisker.

Time to start BELIEVING!

Incidentally, noticed there were only 4 posts on this thread during the whole game. Then I figured it out - everybody was at TCS, watching it live!

Oh aye, as ever the ref was mince. And the stand-side linesman. As ever!