madsooz

Will be going to this one :biggrin: What are everyone's thoughts about the team on Saturday ? Does anyone think we'll struggle or do well ?

Yupp, another striker would be ideal but dont see it happening.

How about a large inflatable referee???????? :shooting:

Thanks to all for your input - much appreciated. I do my best not to be mad all the time, whether we're talking about mad as in furious or mad as in one flew over the cuckoo's nest, but mad enough sometimes to voice my opinion. If I thought for one minute I could add something constructive to youth training then I would help out, but my work pattern sadly doesn't allow this. My knowledge of football probably wouldn't be good enough either, so I would possibly be more of a hindrance than a help . Anyway, I've said my piece on this topic and am away now to try to think up something else to encourage all the other fruit loops to come out of the woodwork

Oh DoofersDad - I think I love you (only hope you're not 18 or I'm in BIG trouble!) :love03: At times it feels as though a personal opinion is not acceptable to diehard posters on this forum - the way I look at it is that everyone's opinion counts, whether or not everyone agrees or disagrees? Are we not all ICT fans after all?? Right - gurn over!

Wouldnt even consider joining us IMHO.

May I offer my humble apologies to all those I have offended by voicing such ridiculous opinions - you can rest assured I will try my very best not to do so again and I promise to continue to read some of the amazing drivel posted elsewhere on this site by those with greater expertise than I?? Yours truly etc .................

I find it quite amusing that some have assumed (wrongly incidentally) that the parents in question "mumped & moaned" about their kid not getting a piece of paper from the club. This was totally my opinion & not one of anyone else - not being a parent myself I couldn't begin to comment on how they feel about wee Johnny not becoming a semi-professional at the age of 15 or whatever, but I thought that as the club put themselves forward as being a "family" club then it would be good for the kids to have some sort of recognition for their time training with the club. My posting was not for or on behalf of the parents, but for the kids who I think need encouraged with good role models like the club?

Must admit I was rather fond of ICaT

I've got no argument with any of the comments written above - as I said in my initial posting, these boys get invaluable experience during their time with the club, but we need to remember that parents also give up a lot of time & money to-ing & fro-ing kids to the training sessions. I'm quite sure some parents have totally unrealistic exepctations of the capabilities of their kids, and unfortunately the kids bear the brunt of this. That said, I still think it would make good PR sense for the club to issue these lads with some form of official letter after they've left, if only for a keep-sake. The lad I mentioned in my original posting is now playing for another, much smaller team & still loves his football, so it seems like his experience with the club hasn't affected him too much.

Was recently talking to a relative of a youngster who had trained with the club youth scheme for approx 6 years and unfortunately was not kept on as he was apparently not likely to make the grade. Whilst I appreciate that the boy will have had expert coaching & invaluable experience when training with the team, my understanding of the club's ethos regarding it being a "family" club has been somewhat shattered. He had a short meeting with the club's trainers at the end of the training season to be given the news that he would not be kept on, but what I find really pretty shameful is that there was no follow-up letter from the club, ie. thanking him for his dedication in respect of attending training regularly every week, wishing him luck in the future etc. It's very easy to see why young boys give up football if they're not more actively encouraged, even though they don't manage to progress further through the youth ranks. No doubt I'll get pelters for posting this, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one to have this view?

What's the likelihood of the club pulling all the stops out & having some shape or form of a mascot for the next home match & all the subsequent home matches?

Well is any1 goin to TELL us the team line-up then?

Any1 know what the team line-up is??

Who are u talking about Alex? What about Iain Russell of Livingston? I think his contract runs out quite soon aswell and he MUST be in our price range? He has also been scoring some real crackers for livi in almost every game this season? What are every1 elses thoughts about this guy?

Okay thanks :D

I feel exactly the same. We just need to start winning games and wait for the "new" team to gel together. My only concern is how long tht could take. "/ Also, I would like to see another striker, maybe tall and strong to help hold up the ball but I dont see tht happening. But like ajsict92 says, WHEN the team gels together, this squad will be VERY promising.

I know this is a daft question, but where abouts is lossiemouth again? :L Roughly how long does it it take to get there from the stadium??

Neither do i, they are looking pretty strong atm and have a very good forward, Iain Russell.

Esson Piermayr - Tokely - Hogg - Gillet Jones Tansey - Ross Hayes - Foran Tade Subs: Tuffey, Aldred, Proctor, Shinnie, Morrison, Doran, Sutherland.* *Maybe MacKay in there if he isn't injured?

Tudur-Jones i presume :O

I'm afraid RiG tht this is wot was being said in the rumour mill on BBC yesterday, "Former Dundee striker Leigh Griffiths will be sent on a season-long loan by Wolves, but a return to Scottish football is not manager Mick McCarthy's preference. (the Sun)" So doesn't look too promising for any team up here. :-(

Where these sources coming from ??

Since we are meant to be getting this 6 figure sum of money into the club, does any1 think it will be spent on transfer funds? If so, i would take this guy in an instant. Watched him a few times and looked the business. Just my own opinion though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Russell

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