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Next season's shirt maybe? :tic01:

Like a few on here it'll be Romania for me. Also anyone who is playing against Italy

Very good post CaleyD. Agree with most of what you said there. Priorities - Staying in the SPL and improving relationships with the fans. On the pitch bringing in a central defender that the rest of the backline are confident in has to be one of the priorities for the summer, although it's probably going to be a busy summer transfer wise if most people's "targets" on here are to be anything close to reached Target - We should be looking to improve all the time, so a better points tally and position than this season should be the target. Ideally we should be targeting a top 6 finish. There isn't much to choose between the teams around the middle of the table. Off the field one of the the targets should be to consult with fans and make realistic improvements from this within the set-up to make the match day experience more enjoyable and how to improve things such as merchendising and ticket sales. Hope - Marius Niculae with a proper pre-season under his belt in an ICT shirt next season, a top 6 finish and a cup final. Also, I hope to be proved wrong about Craig Brewster not being the man to take us forward. At the end of the day it looks almost certain he will be in charge for next season, and although I've said before that I don't think he's the right man for the job I'm hopeful that this time next season I'll be saying how he's done a great job to take the club forward and his summer signings were inspired. Expectations - Poor PR from the club carrying on and a season where we won't be safe from relegation until late on if at all.

Just entered a team in there, so that should ease the worries of anyone who thought they might finish bottom :016:

It's poor taste but to be fair to Tevez, he did it then pointed to the area of the pitch where Chelsea did exactly the same thing earlier in the game. United put the ball out just inside the Chelsea half and got it back from a throw in level with their own 18 yard box. If Chelsea players want to complain about bad sportsmanship maybe they should have a look at their own actions first

I think I saw somewhere that he'd played for Elgin when he was 16. Could be wrong though

From the BBC interview- "If you're hearing about the boardroom in 6 months time I haven't done my job right" Let's hope that, in his own words, he does his job right and we're talking about football on here next season, rather than what's going on behind the scenes then

As has been said a few time it often takes players a while to settle at a new club. Players with a much higher reputation than that of Marius have struggled in their first season in a different country. It was unrealistic to expect him to be banging goals in from the start, especially given the lack of football he'd had the last couple of seasons. No doubt he's a class player that if something could (we can always hope) be sorted for his contract to be extended could go on to be a legend at ICT. Hopefully if the question is asked of Marius "is staying in Inverness worth it?" the answer would be yes

:clapping03: :clapping03: :clapping03: :clapping03: :clapping03: Well said

:clapping03: :clapping03: :clapping03: Well done QoS. The only disappointing thing about the game, given our recent history with the Dons, is that it wasn't a last minute winner

I thought there wasn't going to be much discussion on here this weekend. Surprised to read this, but like others have said I wouldn't be complaining with DS in the seat again. One thing about the article though, how Savage made the point of the importance of the relationship with clients in his business being one of the main reasons for standing down. With all that's been said about the lack of communication from club to fans, that's one area that it seems didn't click at ICT during Mr. Savage's time as chairman

"Taxi!!!"

Not trying to be pedantic Ralph, but shouldn't that be - "you're well named" :023:

Just heard the interview after the game. After Brewster was asked about Wyness not being included in the squad he states Denzil has until the end of the season to prove he's worth a contract (presumably, his worth is proved somewhere other than on the pitch then if he isn't going to be in the squad), then rambles about the inability to score today, then stutters through a lack of firepower comment. Lucky that our most experienced striker was left at home then huh

This may be a stupid question, but I haven't seen the idea anywhere but here - Surely you can only take the top 4 teams after all teams have completed all fixtures, so does this mean that Division 1 teams will have played 36 games by the time the SPL clubs have played 22, or would division 1, 2 and 3 be altered too?

I'm with you on Scotty. Someone with a bit of experience, who's been around a bit and give Barry Wilson a job on the coaching team working closely alongside whoever the new manager is

Think you summed up how a lot of people felt there Jaggy. Was listening to the game and even after we scored I didn't think we were going on to win it. Just sums up how a lot of people feel just now that there is no confidence that this run is going to end any time soon

Can't disagree with those asking for an announcement soon. I don't post here often and last time I did about Brewster I think it was something along the lines of, "I didn't think he was the right man for the job, but as a fan of the club let's wait til the end of the season and judge from there". Well, our season is over now in reality and nothing has made me believe he is taking this club anywhere but the 1st division. Aside from the playing side of things, the treatment of certain players has been a disgrace. If we are going to appoint a new manager Brewster has to go now to give some time to find a new manager before the end of the season, so that he can assess who he wants to keep and where he needs to strengthen during the summer. Bottom line, like many other people have already said today - Brewster OUT NOW!!!

As was already said looking at a different angle on video is the best way of seeing it properly. A still image can always look a lot worse. You're taking a split second of something that happened at pace, so the photos are always going to look worse than video. You can take frames from any video if you're selective enough and change the entire context of it. The photo shows the studs hitting the shin but half a second before that was the boot in line with where the ball was and Eduardo just got there first? With that said, at best it's a very poor tackle and at worst, if it was intentional, it's an absolute disgrace.

It's all Niculae's fault, if he'd been available for tonight instead of carrying a knock............. :023:

From the BBC website - Levein quit to take the scotland job then? :023:

Just to throw a completely random idea in (since he's just quit his job), what about having a young manager working alongside Roy Hodgson? It's extremely unlikely to ever happen but just wondered what people thought since he's well respected as a coach and undoubtably has great knowledge of international football

People do have the right to express an opinion, but to boo a player before he's had any involvement in the game is hardly justified on that day. The team was booed off against Motherwell by fans disappointed with the performance, the entire team weren't booed onto the field yesterday because of the performance 2 weeks ago. Is Rory up to SPL standard? Right now, I'd agree with those who say he's not at the moment but he's going to be around the squad because he is one of the few U21 players who have any 1st team experience, and although he would no doubt benefit from going on loan to County, Elgin, Peterhead or another lower division side to get some first team experience with less pressure on him it won't happen because of the U21 rule. He came back yesterday after a while out injured and before he even had the chance to get involved in the game he's got people on his back. That seriously can't be helping the guy's confidence

As ridiculous a decision as it was to give a free kick to the Itaians, it shows how far this team have come in the last 2 years how gutted we are that it cost us the match. From expecting to lose to countries like Belarus not so long ago, to being genuinely disappointed we didn't turn over the world champions in a match we could have won. The Scotland squad have been outstanding through the campaign (Georgia away aside, which is the one that really cost us qualification as it turned out) and played for the shirt. Let's look forward to 2010 in South Africa now :021:

Cup winning teams in the Champions League was never going to happen. From the point of having more actual "champions" of some kind it would have made sense though, considering the name of the tournament. Perhaps if they just rename it the "Big Clubs With Money League" it'd stop people from questioning why the majority of teams in the group stages of a CHAMPIONS league aren't actually champions