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Is he leaving? Oh well - I've been away so I didn't know that. Probably one of the ICT "greats" - great vision, some wonderful runs down the wing and I believe very popular with other team members. Some great goals too - I especially remember that cracker against Dunfermline in our first true "home" spl game. And always, always 100% loyal to the club . . . . hang on - did he no' desert us for the hated Livingston scum because the money was better, and scored that penalty against us which sealed their promotion at OUR stadium, consigning us to another year in the spl. Oh the humiliation! Still, like Brewster he came back and all was forgiven . . . . .

NO! Brewster is innocent!

Not bad news at all, in my opinion.

6-3: are you sure? I thought it was 6-1 and I didn't think Urquhart scored, though he was probably MoM. I'll stand corrected though . . . I remember being in either the Heathmount or Corriegarth after the game and word came through that he'd signed for Rangers. I'm sure he came in later on that evening.

Sometimes a result like that galvanises a team - it's happened to us before. It's not the first time Rangers have scored 5 goals against a fellow SPL team (didn't they do it to Celtic not so long ago?) and it certainly won't be the last. Some of the posts in this thread are awfully theatrical. Perhaps if we could maintain a sense of perspective . . .

So what is it you're doing in Abertarff House on Hallowe'en? Guising? Dunking for apples? Dressing up?

There is no crisis - that word comes too easily these days. For ten years or so, ICT supporters were used to seeing their team winning most of the time. Eventually we joined the country's elite league and didn't win nearly so often. Many supporters found this hard to take and stopped going to games. Meanwhile a new generation of supporters with less demanding expectations is starting to come through the turnstiles. Give it 3 or 4 years and attendances will start to increase again, if we're still in the SPL. Simple really! By the way, Scarlet, did you get the PM I sent you last month? My profile thingy says you never read it! (not that you would've missed much)

. . . . . especially against Falkirk!

Inverness is not big on the religious divide so you shouldn't have any problems there if that's your concern. I'd say that many supporters of Scottish teams may have an affinity with one of the old firm as well and as you've seen in the Celtic ticket thread, in some cases it's not far below the surface. But I'll stick my neck out and say that generally in Inverness it's not an issue.

I had one of them sat beside me - thoroughly decent guy as it turned out. From Inverness but having associated himself with Celtic when Caley and Thistle were in the HL, he said he couldn't just switch over like that. Still went to all the ICT home games so I suppose, financially, he was an ICT supporter. Sat on his hands, admirably, when Celtic scored and even applauded when we scored. When you think of it, it's a bit ridiculous that when we put on our "football fan" mantle we become caged animals, likely to rip each other apart if not properly segregated, then later in the week we'll maybe meet up with the same people after work and have a drink. Seems strange we can't all sit together.

I think this thread has maybe run its course. Time to put a lid on it!

Well I agree with IHE and I think his rant was spot-on. I'd also say that we were playing very entertaining football for about 15 minutes right up to the point when Black came off. And that was the defining moment. Up till then we looked the more likely team to score - wave upon wave of attacking football but with an unfortunate inability to finish. Suddenly, with the absence of Black we seemed to lose direction and any threat we may have carried. It was all a bit insipid from then on and I noticed we seemed to favour the long ball "tactic". I also agree about the mature man maintaining his looks. He was ugly back then too. Only, he didn't have a beard. That'll be Gerry Adams. :thumb04:

Aye, you could say that. Funny thing was, he looked vaguely familiar from my old IRA days - ugly fellow with a bit of a beard. But they didn't have eejits in the IRA in those days, did they?

I really wanted the substitution of Black for Wilson to turn out to be a tactical masterstroke, just to get it right up the eejit sitting behind me who started ranting at Brew as Black came off. As time wore on, however, I realised the eejit behind me was right, and probably not an eejit at all!

That's right IHE, and if ya fling a barrow-load of darts, yer bound to hit the bull now and again! :016:

Wasn't in Riga but found myself in Ventspils, which is along the coast a bit, a few years ago. Met a burd there called Svetlana and it was love at first sight, and lasted most of the night. She introduced me to her flatmate, also called Svetlana and we all agreed to meet in a bar the next night. As it turned out she was with another friend; amazingly enough she was called Svetlana too. By now I was beginning to see a pattern emerging. Got my jacket pinched that night too. Or did I trade it - can't remember now. **** - I couldn't even remember the next morning, but the burd I woke up facing looked like a shabby used jacket's worth at the very most. Happy days! :015:

The name is Ross COUNTY - it represents the county of Ross-shire, with a population considerably more than 4000. Unlike Gretna, Ross County frequently had gates of 2000+ while in the 2nd division. Who's to say they won't draw considerably more, including a fair few from Inverness, should they reach the SPL?

On the other hand, if more of us turned up on matchdays, providing bigger gate receipts, perhaps we'd have the financial clout to build on promotion to the top flight. As things stand though, we've probably gone as far as is financially viable.

Noticed the 'Sports Comment' column in today's Courier in which it was suggested that County could be serious contenders for this season's 1st Division Championship. I'm sure we'd all be delighted for our neighbours if this were to happen, especially if we were to survive yet another season in the SPL, but more importantly, how would such a scenario affect us? I'd always believed that whichever of the 2 teams reached the SPL first would thrive to the detriment of the other, and this seemed to be the case when County were relegated to Division 2 while we had consolidated our place in the SPL. But now County are back in Division 1, knocking on the door of the SPL if this article is to be believed. Can the Highlands sustain two SPL teams? Would all the neutrals flock back to Dingwall, given the choice, for SPL football? Would our pitiful home attendances become even more embarrassing as our neighbours report weekly gates of 6,000+, and thrive to our detriment? Just a thought! :014:

Whisky

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Ach, yer arsh!

Haven't really found the transfer activity particularly inspiring - however, we do have the makings of a decent team. I felt what we seemed to be lacking last season was leadership both on and off the park and I don't think we really recovered from the instability caused by losing a manager so early in the season. I wonder if Brewster has now been able to stamp his authority and mould the team into something approaching cohesion. Since we entered the SPL, I've been looking forward to the season where we start full of confidence, optimism and expectation, where a cup win or a European place is a realistic possibility. So far I'm still waiting, and I don't have any such optimism for the approaching season. Once again, survival will be the main aim and I think once again we'll be looking at 8th or 9th - pretty sure we'll survive another season, but no spectacular achievements. Just wondering if anyone has any greater expectations this season?

I hope Runrig are playing. They're GREAT!!! :014:

Duncan Fraser's maybe?