madsooz

Credit to Morton they worked hard and closed possession down very well. When we are denied time and space in midfield we often struggle. To come away with three points was a massive result ahead of D Day next Saturday, but we will have to be better and TB surely has to restore Bulvitis and Sanchez. Golly looked solid all afternoon and it looks like we've (re)found a LB at last. Presumably someone was having a laugh nominating Eric O as MoM cos he was not at the races today. It's not that the lad doesn't have talent - he clearly does but he's got to start applying himself.

Think the quality of the pies is ok actually, but both the balti and the steak pie I bought last night were lukewarm - and that's being charitable. Not acceptable at these prices.

Thought Sat was judgement day tbh. Coupled with 2 dropped points v Ayr I think our chance has gone now. Our record against top half teams just doesn't bear a lot of scrutiny. Let's hope we can improve it before end of the season and then kick on.

Wooooo! How fab is his hair now? Took me til half time to get over the shock!! I just love it!

Why do we have to keep paying ?2.50 for a programme that's half the size of the ones we used to get? Fair enough we've had games postponed recently and there's probably not as much news as usual, but surely we can have opposition team info again and other stuff to fill in pages? Also, what happened to the team sheets we were getting? The club must be saving money on the reduced size of the programme, so I take it I'm expecting too much to get a team sheet now?

Not quite sure why the previous caterers got the boot? I had mince pies every week and they were well tasty, so I was truly devastated to hear that I wouldn't be able to get them any more. I foolishly had a macaroni pie yesterday and those of you who were too late to get one didn't miss much at all - think they forgot to put any cheese in the sauce and they were pretty stodgy. My hubbie said his scotch pie was mingin, but he did enjoy his balti pie. I'll probably take a packet of hand-wipes the next time coz of the mess we all got in - the pies fall apart in an extremely serious manner and if you haven't burnt yer mooth oot, then you'll defo burn yer fingers!! Hot choc was very nice tho, but surely you can't go wrong with that??

At times I am absolutely amazed at the amount of negativity from ICT "fans". Instead of having a go at the team, the management and anyone else who just happens to get in the way, why not give them some decent support ie. being a lot more vocal at the matches (at times the Airdrie fans were making more noise than us on Saturday - how many of them turned up?????), keeping butts on seats until the end of the match and generally stop moaning about the guys, even when they do win!!! I, for one, am totally sick of getting stared at when I do shout for the guys - is it SO despicable to give them some vocal support?? Too many fans are only too quick to shout and bawl at the team if they do something worng, but how about channelling some of that passion into supporting them. I know we all pay our hard-earned cash to go and watch them, but if they p..s you off so much, then don't bother going if it's going to upset you so much. Add another name to Butcher/Malpas' supporters - time to give them a chance, especially now that Tel's back with us full-time!

When exactly are the board going to realise that this club is in the SPL and aren't in the Highland League any more??????????? We need a manager who's going to take the club forward and not backwards - relegation is not what we've fought for over the years. It's all very well selling off all our best players to the bigger clubs, but where the hell are we going to get decent replacements for the money we can afford. Every player who lost interest in playing for ICT and wanted out has gone on to re-ignited careers with other clubs. Hibs, Dundee United and, dare I mention, Ross County!!!! How much longer are we going to take players from Ross County who just can't make the grade in an SPL club?? Not that we're showing much evidence of this at the moment. I'm a daft wifie at the end of the day, but even I can see how peed off the players are - I think the captain's actions and Rosscoe's face said it all at the Aberdeen game. How can the fans be expected to continue shelling out at least 20 quid at every home game to sit and watch absolute tripe??? Words fail me when I hear Brew saying that the fans should get behind the players and be more vocal - all very well, but why not give us something to bleedin' well shout about, ie some decent football to watch??? At the rate we're going, all the fans want to do is get behind the team and the manager with a stick of dynamite - would that wake them up though?????????????? Rant over now!!!

How sick am I that me and the other half didn't go through to Aberdeen on Saturday?????? The thought was there, but tiredness won the day - grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! What a spectacular win for the boys and so deserved at long last. Only hope it gives the boys heart to believe that they can win every match they play - they've got the capability as Saturday's match proved. One in the eye for all the central belt pundits who are only too ready to write ICT off as an amateur highland side!!! Good to see the boys at the beginning of Sportscene - I for one used to get totally hacked off at having to wait till the end of Scotsport to see them, by which time I was losing the will to live after listening to how fab the old firm were in every report etc etc etc. Can't wait till Saturday and our first home game of the season - c'mon the boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My husband, 2 young teenagers and I had the misfortune to be sitting in the uncovered area of the main stand nearest to the south stand - this was the second time we've been sitting there when playing against Rangers and unfortunately it was no more pleasant than the last. We try to go to as may home games as possible (work permitting) and also to take the youngsters to games when the bigger teams come calling. I was horrified to realise that there were probably as many Rangers fans in this particular section as there were home support and were any of them lifted???????????? No surprise to learn that they weren't and no-one even got a warning. Were there any stewards to be seen????? Were there heck as like!!! I really enjoy going to the home matches, but when it's a match against Rangers you are made to feel in the minority in your own stand. I actually told one Rangers supporter to get a ticket in his own stand the next time, only to be told "it wasn't my fault". Er, who bought the flamin ticket? I don't suppose he was hammered by an ICT fan & told to take it???????? Alex Macleod reckons that times have moved on and we should just accept what happens - no flamin way!!!!! Why should we??? Do we have to wait until there's a fight between fans and then the proverbial will well and truly hit the fan. Yes, times have moved on, but we live in a more violent and racially abusive society now - some football fans can be the worst offenders, and none more so than the old firm. My husband used to go to all the Hearts home games and says that any OF fans that were in the home stands were given short shrift to put it mildly - stewards and police were quick to remove them because they know how things might kick off if they don't. Incidentally, if season ticket holders are allowed to buy extra tickets, is it being monitored who they're passing them on to????? Friends/relatives who are OF fans???? I think the club needs to have more discussions with both the police and stewards and take on board the views of the fans (who pay out the money after all) to stamp out this blatant disregard by OF fans of club rules/policies etc.

My husband & I (not the royal "we" I might hasten to add!) normally sit in the north stand, but decided to sit in the main stand on Tuesday night - what a mistake (apart from our good view of the match)!!! The fans in the north stand were an absolute credit to the club - we actually sound like "proper" football fans these days. Please please please continue coming to all the home games - you're fab! I'll defo be in the north stand on Saturday and hope that we get a repeat performance both on and off the pitch. North stand supporters are definitely much better than main stand supporters from the noise point-of-view. As for the stewards - well, dare I start on that one????? Why is it they seems to come down so hard on home supporters and never seem to lift a finger to our dear, dear friends from that large west coast city in the central belt??? Is it something to do with repression or are they related to all these unmentionables from Rangers/Celtic??? As per usual, after the first game of the season, Rangers well and truly get off with blue murder (if you'll pardon the pun) from stewards, Police and the SFA, but when it comes to home fans everything seems to get a bit silly. Come one stewards, how about trying to hammer down on the real problem supporters, and not the home guys who are really pretty tame by the old firm's standards????

I'm absolutely appalled to read about what happened yesterday - I was at the match but couldn't really see what was going on. What is is about the stewards at our matches??? They haven't a clue about dealing with real problem areas ie away fans (probably coz they're too scared to get involved) - what about all the away fans who were standing up all the way thro the match? Do they not count? I suppose it would have been too much hassle to eject all the away fans anyway, but they obviously have some sort of special deal with the powers-that-be that they don't get touched for any misdemeanours while at the match. Same seems to go for all the away supporters who manage to wheedle their way into the main/north stand at alarming regularity, celebrate if their team scores and then don't get touched for it - perhaps the stewards would do better to look out for the likes of these before pushing their weight around with home supporters who are no more causing trouble than flying in the air. Home supporters are the life-blood of the club and management would do well to remember that - I reckon this incident has p......d off enough people that they'll have to listen to the supporters for a change rather than brushing their views under the carpet. PS well done the singers/drummers - would join in more often if only I knew the words???

OOps, I meant helpful, not healpful! Must be all this talk of Lithuania addling my already weak brain!!

Ha ha! (mad laff) Don't you understand this is all part of his cunning plan??? There'll be a big enquiry into match-fixing by Scottish referees, then they'll all be sacked and then Romanov will offer to provide referees free-of-charge. Where will they be from, I hear you ask? Lithuania, of course! As I already said in another forum subject, today Hearts, tomorrow the world! Have you not heard of the new Edinburgh football club - Lithuania United???? He's only trying to be healpful and sort out the crises in Scottish football (?????)

My poor hubbie is an avid Hearts fan (has been for years and years) and is absolutely disgusted with all the goings-on at Tynecastle just now - he's certainly not one of the fans who think what Romanov is doing is good for the club. Things are so bad, he won't even use his season ticket now (which is really a major statement from him!!) and he dreads reading the papers or watching the football news to see what crap Romanov is churning out next. As for the players who spoke out, good on them - how many previous managers have been gagged from saying what the players had the nuts to say??

Seems Vlad the Bad's gonna have his evil way and create ......................................... Lithuania United at Tynecastle. Today Edinburgh........................ tomorrow the world!!!!!!