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Rankin was dire Harry. If you'd seen the quality of corner he put in you'd agree. Apart from two free kicks against the worst keeper in the SPL, I've yet to see anything that remotely justifies the fee we paid for him.

That was feckin awful :007: Both teams wouldn't have looked out of place in Div2 after that. The only highlight of the day were the numerous punch ups in the second half. Rory is NOT an SPL player, in fact, he'd struggle in the lower leagues. Rankin was pish again. For £65k you'd think he could at least put a decent corner in. Dennis was awful, despite getting virtually no decent service. McBain can't expect to carry on at this level if he can only use one foot. Plus points? Blackie was excellent, bit of an overreaction to being hooked but I had every sympathy for him. Hastings...excellent again. Other than that..... :008: :008: :008:

North Tonight reported that Dargo is a major doubt tomorrow after picking up a knock in training. Bugger :007: :007: :007:

Both would be big losses but both have replacements waiting in the wings. I'm more concerned about the probable departure of Dargo than these two.

After saturdays booking, does this mean the wee man faces a suspension now? If so, what games will he miss?

Some of the best football I've seen from us this season in the first half. Unfortunately, it was all undone by some shocking defending. Their first goal was playground stuff...near post flick on, Brown nowhere, goal. The second.....I've been saying it for ages, Tokely is struggling badly IMO. How many goals recently have come down the right hand side, normally when Tokely is to slow to get back?? Caff gave away the third...he misjudged the header, then couldn't get back with Nish quick enough. Other than that, he did well I though......at least he can bloody pass the ball out of defence!! What happened to Hastings? I didn't notice any injury in the first half :017: Blackie had his best game in ages, and consequently the midfield looked much better. Dargo/Wyness...both played well, some of the link up play was excellent. Does Dennis look a bit shot shy at the moment though? There were a few times he could've blasted it but seemed to want an extra touch all the time. Much better overall, losing in that manner doesn't feel as bad. It was certainly better than the pish displayed at Tannadice last week.

More to the point, when was the last time he even got close to saving one? He always seems to go the wrong way :007: I thought Mark was poor today. He seemed to be all at sea for the first, the second went straight through his legs, I couldn't really see the third, and as soon as they got a penalty......well, game over.

And even if he is lacking in confidence he's still class. Some of his lay offs, passes, and his first touch are way above anyone else in the team. It'll be a sad day when we lose such a talented player as Dargo.

I'm not normally one to comment on a refs performance. Bad decisions probably even themselves out over the season. BUT THAT REF, AND HIS OFFICIALS, TODAY WERE THE WORST I'VE SEEN FOR A LOOOOOOONG TIME :008: :008: :008: They were truly shocking. Yellows were produced automatically for anything that closely resembled physical contact. And how come we were flagged offside approximately 2000 times while they seemed to time their runs perfectly EVERYTIME???

Wasn't Hart played on the wing there last year in the 4-2 game? If I remember he had an absolute blinder of a game that day.

Ok, we all know where our problems lie, and CC's saying he's thinking of a major shake up, so...... Brown Tokely Caff Munro Hastings Sutherland Hart Black/McBain Wilson Wyness Dargo If young Zander is as good a prospect as people are saying then give him a shot. I don't go along with this too young/inexperienced rubbish. Other teams throw the youngsters in if they're good enough. I'd like to see McBain back in the middle where I think he's best deployed.....not sure that Blackie has done enough to justify his continued selection. And Richie deserves a start.

Neither has Bayne, yet that article says that Bayne hasn't been subbed once this season. Much as I like Graham for his 100% effort, he's half the player Dargo is.

As pointed out, others have expressed their displeasure at being left out of the team etc so I don't see anything wrong with Dargo expressing his opinion. I fail to see why CC continually takes him off though. If we're chasing a goal in the last minutes of a match the one player I'd put money on getting us that goal would be Dargo....but he's never on the fecking pitch at that time!!

My thoughts exactly.

From todays P&J Craig Dargo fears he will be made a scapegoat for Caley Thistle's barren run in front of goal after it extended to 372 minutes at the weekend. The Highland side has not scored since Graham Bayne's diving header during the 1-1 draw against Aberdeen at Caledonian Stadium on November 6. Four matches have passed since then, with three of them, including Saturday's 1-0 loss to Motherwell, ending in defeat. The 0-0 home draw with Hearts nine days ago has provided Charlie Christie's team with its only point since the stalemate with the Dons a month ago. The run of more than six hours without a goal is the longest Inverness have suffered since they made their SPL debut in August 2004. Dargo, who is the club's leading-scorer with five goals, is wary of being cast as the man responsible for their dip in form. Motherwell won in Inverness with an 89th-minute penalty, converted by Richie Foran, after Darren Dods brought down Scott McDonald in the area and was sent off for the foul. Dargo said: "I am not saying it is the team's fault for not giving me enough service because last season they did well and I felt I did well because of it. But in the last couple of weeks, I have not been getting many chances to score and you can't get goals if you don't get the ball into the penalty area. "If the forwards don't get any chances, there isn't much they can do and maybe that is why I am getting taken off more than others. I am not saying I am being made a scapegoat and I certainly don't want to be. "I would hope people are wise enough not to point the finger, because it is not just one individual's fault. It wouldn't be right, for example, to say it was Darren's fault we lost this game because he gave away the penalty. Football is a team game and we are all responsible." Of the 17 matches he has played this season, Dargo has been substituted in 12. Graham Bayne has finished the 14 games he has started. It clearly irks the former Kilmarnock player, particularly as half the league goals Caley have scored have come in the final 15 minutes of matches. Dargo added 'it always seems to be me who comes off first, but I don't know why as I'm not the only one not scoring. I am still the clubs leading goalscorer but when we are looking for a goal I am being taken off and I'm not happy about it' 'I have not spoken to the manager about it yet, but it does seem as though it is my number which comes up on the board all the time' I do feel sorry for the wee man. He is head and shoulders above any of our other attacking options, yet as I pointed out in a previous thread, he's the one who's constantly getting hooked. I thought Saturday was the low point....allowing him just 15 minutes of the second half??? No wonder he's fecked off....

Not sure I agree with the McBain comments. I thought he was one of our few decent players yesterday and has been pretty consistent all season. He's a very skillful player who I think, doesn't always have the confidence to show this. The trouble with Roy is he's so one footed he often tends to turn inside, rather than take someone on. But he does do a huge amount of work. As said, he's far more suited to the centre than he is being stuck out on the wing. Duncan....I like Russell, and appreciate he does all the dirty work, for which he seldom gets praised. The problem is his passing. The numbers of games I've been to this season where any neutral would've thought his first name was 'fuxake' Duncan are plentiful. A player at this standard should at the very least be able to pass more than 20yds to a team mate.

I thought it was an atrocious tackle and would've had no complaints if he'd been sent off.

Black has been awful this season. Tokely....two decent games then. Not many in the season to date. Dods wasn't the worst today, granted, but as I said I'm basing this on the season so far. In saying that, his tackle that gave them the penalty was totally avoidable and should never have been made.

Nope, not a knee jerk reaction after todays woeful performance. It seems to me though that certain players simply aren't 'doing it' this season. Tokely...legend he may be, but I've yet to see him have a decent game this season. In fact, he's been by and large poor. Dods...we know he'll be away this summer, and while he's not been bad this season I don't think he's been half the player he was last year. What must Caff do to get a chance????? Duncan.....sorry, but anyone who can't make a simple pass shouldn't be playing at this level. Black....I've seen absolutely nothing so far to justify the reaction we all had to his possible movement to Utd in the summer. He's been gash. Up front....hmmmmm, still trying to work out why Rory gets a place on the bench let alone the pitch!! It seems to me that when certain players eg Hart have a bad game they get slated, then disappear for a while. Yet others can play poor week after week and play every match. It's time CC started being a bit more ruthless.

Why is it that our passing is so gash?? Today was the worst I've seen, but week in week out we're 'treated' to players unable to grasp the simplest of footballing skills. Yes, we have certain players who everyone can see are worse at this particular skill, but it's seemingly spreading to the whole team. And if we have a defence/midfield incapable of being able to make an accurate 10m pass how the **** are those up front ever going to get a half decent service?? There were times today when I cringed at some of the passing. The P6/7 team I coach could've done better :006: It's such a simple game really......

'****' I was thinking. That was fecking awful. Motherwell were by far the worst team I've seen at home this season, but we were even worse. Absolutely embarassing at times. And people complain about the crowds. If I'd taken anyone along to that today I couldn't imagine they'd ever want to come back for more. At this rate we'll be back to the derbies next season. And before all the optimists start......we've been pretty much gash all season, we've been lucky that a lot of other teams have been even worse. Unfortunately a lot of those teams are starting to pick up a bit.

It's the 3rd round of the cup the weekend after isn't it? If so, then we'll be playing...

I agree rhat Black hasn't reached last years standards yet, and that Russell played well enough on Monday. BUT....against St Mirren the week before, Duncan was fecking awful! Black should return tomorrow.

[quote author=RossP link=topic=2249.msg29940#msg29940 date=1163153256 ... i'm not sure if Mike Fraser's contract is up in summer 2007 too though!! :024:

Clark and Miller before Dargo.....what a fecking joke :008: :008: :008: