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On 3/27/2019 at 3:59 PM, Satan said:

. . . .  but I wouldn't call myself a fan if I could but didn't attend.

Spot on my evil friend!

"Fan" is short for fanatic and any fanatic worth his or her salt would go to EVERY game and indeed every event involving ICT or ICT players.

I don't, and am happy to admit I'm not a fanatic.

However, I am a supporter and even although I live over a hundred miles from Inverness, I try to get to every home game I can, and possibly the odd Hampden outing!

Suggested something like this a few years back but there didn't seem to be much interest.

The basis being that some people can't always get to the home games but perhaps would like to contribute to the club's funds anyway, and if there was a facility to allow this I think there could be a reasonable number of takers.

I'd be up for it anyway!

1 hour ago, dougal said:

You know what I find rather odd is Robbo’s relationship with the club. When he was at County he walked away without hesitation when he wasn’t backed financially by the County board at that time yet he seems to act the complete polar opposite with ICT who you could argue that are in even more financial difficulties than County were then.

I don’t buy into this emotional tie to the club and the highlands considering he couldn’t wait to get back to Gorgie previously

Something just doesn’t add up in my eyes 

Dougal

It's a job!

4 hours ago, RiG said:

And this is something I, and I'm sure others, have said before. The club should be reaching out to those fans to see if they would be willing to discuss why they no longer attend and try and find a solution that could allow them to come to more games. 

A winning team would be an attraction!

Or a team that wins now and again!

11 hours ago, Jaggernaut said:

I am old enough to have watched football in the Highlands from the 60's and have seen many a good player throughout the years playing in the Highland League. A lot of players were plucked from the league and went on to play in the top leagues in Scotland and England. Donald Park, Roddy MacDonald, Des Bremner and Les Fridge, to name but a few, were playing for Highland clubs and were scouted by big clubs . . . . . . 

Kevin MacDonald, Billy Urquhart . . . .

2 hours ago, ICTPAISLEY said:

There’s got to be some sort of hidden gems in the HL we could attract. I remember when we signed Richie Hart, he was probably one of the last we signed from there and he ran riot in the first division. 

Richie Hart struck terror into Row Z whenever he lined up to take a shot.

Brilliant midfielder though!

13 minutes ago, Alan Simpson said:

White is gash big deal he scores the odd goal 

Jordan White,

He used to be sh!te,

But now he's alright!

First game I been to for a while (due to working away) and thoroughly enjoyed it - very entertaining but sometimes frustrating.

Fairly close first half, although we just about edged it. A lot of build-up play on the outside of the box but just seemed nobody had the confidence to shoot. Often screaming for someone to just blooter it in and see what happened.

First 20 minutes of the second half was shooting practice for ICT. Seems we need a bit more!

And then, just as Ayr looked like they might be starting to get back into the game, Mr White scores. The balance of play changed after that, with Ayr having a bit more possession, but we could have nicked another, maybe 2.

The last 5 minutes or so we were guilty of a bit of time-wasting around the corner flags, holding on till the final whistle, although I think most of us would have preferred to see the team going all out for another goal.

Can't knock it though - great to get a home win!!

Throughout, Tremarco impressed, with his ball control and constantly tormenting the Ayr midfield. Doran put in a shift too, but seemed to tire a bit towards the end. McHattie seemed solid enough and picked out some nice passes. McCart and Donaldson can take a lot of credit for the clean sheet.

Oh aye, and Jordan White - dunno what all the fuss is about. He's alright!!!

If our Board was seriously looking at promotion this season, then they would be pumping money into the club and Robbo would have a better range of players to achieve this aim.

Existing players would then be parting company with the club, but Robbo wouldn't.

Robbo would then win promotion, like he did the last time he was with us, and the Board pumped money into the club.

Money, as it turns out, that the club couldn't really afford!

Happy New Year to you too  Scarlet, and here's hoping we'll be supporting a Premiership team  by July!

Scarlet, I don't think that remark was directed at you. More likely at the subject of the thread, with a touch of irony characteristic of that particular poster!!

Yes, best wishes Scotty. Hope it all works out!

"Shocking stuff", "Shocking complacency", "Truly shocked" - there's a lot of shock on this thread!

I'm shocked at all this "faux outrage"

28 minutes ago, Caley Stan said:

 Irish Catholics are hated in Scotland, 

Maybe a bit of an over-generalisation there, in my opinion anyway.

I certainly have no issue with Irish Catholics and haven't witnessed this sort of thing in the part of Scotland I inhabit, but I take your point if you're referring to the Strathclyde region.

10 hours ago, wynthank15 said:

Note: MY people. Roman Catholics are MY brethren and I have many RC friends whom I hope to convert to the true path before this life is done.

It may surprise you to know that followers of every religion maintain the arrogant belief that theirs is the only true path! Even the Free Presbyterians!!!

And it would be a fallacy to suggest that the Rangers/Celtic thing (which, lets face it, is what this is all about!) is motivated by religion . It is motivated by hatred, and religion is only an excuse.

1 hour ago, Kingsmills said:

 I was clear that I equate religious bigotry with racism.

This is what I don't get - how can we put religious bigotry on the same level as racism?

Religious bigotry is prejudice against people for what they believe.

Racism is prejudice against people for what they are, and is many levels more serious than religious bigotry.

You can change what you believe but you can't change what you are!

And I think the reason for any implied complacency about this matter is that many people in the Highlands just don't get this Catholics vs Protestants thing.

On 12/11/2018 at 7:09 PM, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

To kick it off I doubt whether any of us, even given the availability of a Tardis, would have changed one bit of the post merger histories of Caledonian and Inverness Thistle - from the agonies and soul searching of the initial post merger years through the unbelievable climb up the leagues, the momentous giant killings en route, culminating in a Scottish Cup victory and a surreal jaunt, albeit brief, into what many of us would have termed the UEFA Fairs Cup. As we progressed we were undoubtedly abetted, financially backed (perhaps saved) by injections of cash by a number of previous Board members and one in particular. But to me the Boards were blinded by the light, they spent in an attempt to try and secure a position which was probably well above our potential without a bonafide Sugar Daddy. To me their biggest downfall was that they were "weak". They rolled over like starstruck puppies when played with by the likes of Brewster, moreso Butcher and again by Yogi. Three very big egotistical control freaks. To me Brewster had many positives but he was aloof. Butcher is a textbook narcissist which augured well at the off. We will never be associated by a bigger name in our history. He became the Mr ICT of the media and he wallowed in it. He brought in players through his name and reputation and was abetted by the one of the best scouting system ever in Scottish football. But he was ruthless and his personality scared the crap out of the Board. He probably started off our rise to the top but he also put us on a perilous financial slope. When the Board had a fit of realism and tried to pull back the reins he fecked off and in true narcissistic fashion didn't give a feck what he left behind. So what did the Board do. They brought in a manager in the same vein and allowed him to repeat the process. Although it was feckin great and he also had his strengths. But we continued to overspend and whos fault is that ?

Now that is why I get so frustrated over the criticism of the current Board. Yvonne Crook knows more about Marks and Spencers shopping ranges than football. Graham Rae probably thinks penalties are called free throws and you get three points for scoring a free kick from outside the designated box. They were brought in primariy to sort out the finances which is evidently a rotten and difficult task which probably annoys many at the Dump. But they appear to be getting there. Robbo is forthright and has a more personable and stable personality. He is a true communicator and knows his limits. Why is he still here ? Shure the Board were lacking in the communication skills but they have taken on Board people to carry out those roles for them. They take a back seat and let Robbo and the locally sourced Backroom staff to instill the "play for the shirt mentality". Scotty alludes to the future ambition. Of course it simply has to be an eventual  return to the Premiership but stabilizing the finances and solidifying a place in the Championship has to be the initial goal. We have become accustomed to success but perhaps the realization is that a return to the Premiership may take a number of seasons and is dependent on an influx of extra finance.

MERRY FECKIN XMAS

My goodness!

I had no idea you were capable of such wisdom!!!

Dunno what all the fuss is about.

I fully expected another draw!

Didn't you?

1 hour ago, Scarlet Pimple said:

 

This is entertainment, lads and lasses, nothing else, Make it a family affair. It's showbusiness and the show must go on

 

Spot on Scarlet me old pal! It is nothing more than entertainment.

And sadly nowadays, the masses demand only the best. Watching football now involves attaching oneself to a top-tier team from some country or other and sitting in front of the telly watching highly-skilled multi-millionaires exhibiting their abilities on Sky. The attachment is seldom geographical - maybe one likes the name, maybe it's a team that usually wins, or perhaps one is drawn to a star player.

The financial gap between the top teams and your local team is ever widening and so long as people choose to pump their money into rich football teams with no geographical relevance and Sky Sports, I can't really see the situation changing.

Football, as a spectator sport has evolved from the tribal affair it used to be, to a 5-star exhibition of riches and skills that we, supporters of our local team, could never realistically aspire to.

3 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

Much as he went down in my estimation for his flat cap and flasher coat antics at Easter Road, one advantage we had last time in attracting more fans through the gate the last time we were vying for promotion was the much higher profile we had with Terry Butcher cheerleading very loudly which also helped with attracting lower league players from South of the border.

That is not a criticism of Robbo who is a very competent manager and coach.

I think Terry Butcher had a significantly greater budget for attracting players from south of the border.

Successful youth development is probably the only way we can sustain ourselves as a top-tier team.

So long as we can do it better than anyone else!

Cr@p - another forking draw!!

At this stage last season we were worried about relegation. An easy 3 points.

Now, nobody can beat us!

How can that be a bad thing?

6 minutes ago, caley100 said:

maybe this is us, maybe this is where we are, cant afford better players, hoping to unearth some jems,  

Been thinking along these lines for a while now.

Championship team with the occasional foray into the Premiership, maybe dropping down to Division 1 for the odd season.

With our limited finances and fanbase, I think that is quite realistic.

3 hours ago, MorayJaggie said:

Not sure relegation is the reason I think a lot of folk have lost trust in the way the club has been run. For example falkirk regularly exceed 3000 as does Dunfermline and across the bridge today had 3500. Promises have been made by this board and remade and they have failed to materialise and better communication is one. The club in recent weeks have been slow to make public several news stories whereas they have been reported elsewhere days before.

County supporters I know feel that they are part of the whole Ross County thing. It's very much a community club, hence the large support.

I used to feel that about ICT, but now I feel the upper management is aloof and arrogant, and I wonder if others feel likewise, and if that would contribute to the lack of support.