Bridge_Ender

I don't think anyone will be in pole position for anything, apart from Celtic, until March the way the league is shaping up. There are no teams I fear outside of the big three though, we are more than capable of taking points off everyone else and getting sound results (as Saturday proved!) against the big 3

Having been at both games I have to say the Scotland result was the better one. It was tenser, the atmosphere better and just bigger on every scale. That takes nothing away from saturday, but we play Rangers 3/4 times a season, Scotland don't play the big teams all that often, and they don't come much bigger than France. The Scotland result felt similar to the february eigth 2000, absolutely unexpected and fantastic. I'm loving being in Weegieville and winding up the huns though!

Just back from the game Yngwie and absolutely delighted with the result! As for tactics, I don't think we really sat in and invited Rangers to come at us. Nor did we put 11 behind the ball at all times. What we did was counter attack fantastically and we always had 2/3 options when breaking out. Well, until the last 15 mins when it was all hands to the pump! MY gripe was with the attitude of just going to frustrate and not saying we were going to have a go. The tactics today were spot on

OK, I take on board that this is the way we have played away from home and it has gained success. Don't understand the point about not revealing our tactics though, you can't have it both ways! Surely by saying that Charlie is giving away the tactics?! I still think the attitude is overly negative though... why come out and say that?? I think we should always be stressing we are going to have a go and take the game to the other side. I've just always hoped we would never have the attitudes of, for example, Kilmarnock or a Motherwell where the primary object is not to lose and pile 11 men behind the ball...

Charlies comment on tomorrows game (Inverness Courier "When you go to places like Ibrox you have to frustrate Rangers and make life difficult for them and we'll be going there on Saturday to do just that." What kind of attitude is that?! Every bloody team does that and when you sit and let them come at you they will over run us... We should be going to Ibrox to try and take the game to them which has been proved to work by any team that has the balls to actually challenge them!

'I was just as happy to follow ICT in our Div 1/2/3 days as I am now and was just as happy following Caley in the Highland League before that. Yes we should aspire to play at the highest level possible, but I am fast coming to the conclusion that the price you have to pay for that is far too high.' I followed ICT through the divisions also, and enjoyed it a lot, but I can't agree with that. The SPL is the ONLY place to be football wise in Scotland and if that means the odd game gets moved then I can live with that. I don't see why it has to be a monday, as I said earlier, although I perhaps understand the police reasons a bit better now.

Really not a fan of a Monday night kick off, I think it is possibly the worst possible time to hold a match... Midweek matches tend to attract lower crowds anyway and this will be even worse. The issue with the police is that they apparently already have enough to deal with on a friday night without a football game to police also. Not sure I understand this argument, surely a sizeable number of those who would be in the pubs would be at the game?? And how many officers does it take to police a match? Does anyone know the quota? I think this potentially, could be an even worse attendance than the Kilmarnock game on New Years a couple years back!

Ross County's start to the season: Played 6 Goal Difference -6 Points 6 :010: :010:

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The jury is still out on CC as a manager. I think he will come good. It's not as if we are sitting at the bottom of the league and CC himself made a good point pre-Utd, that being people saying Utd have had a good start to the season and us a mediocre one but we are above Utd! Tactically, I don't see much of a problem. 8 players in the centre circle is when a captain should be putting a rocket up them, CC's work is done pre-match and during the week. We play a compact and explosive game away from home which is entertaining but other teams play similar when they play us... Home games are always about the away team sitting in and we don't really have players who unlock defences. Bingham and Juanjo were both here for that, is it any coincidence that we have struggled at home since they haven't been around? Hopefully Rankin can provide that but again, the jury is still out.

When did we earn the right to belittle any cup?? Only the CIS Cup? Fecksake. It's our biggest chance to win a trophy and should be something we take seriously every year

Tokely in the centre?!! :017: I remember that experiment from a few years ago, disaster! Ross is an effective but limited player, a one trick pony if you like. He's been pretty stretched so far this season, don't think a change of position would help anyone. Caff is more thna capable of filling Dods boots. Dods may be more physical but Caff is faster and uses the ball better and I rate him as a much better footballer than Dods.

I know it hasn't been the greatest start ever to a season (better than most mind you) but that is 4 home games played and so far it reads P4, W0, D3, L1, F2, A3. Is last seasons curse of the TCS continuing or has it just been the standard of opposition in there? CC really must be looking to address this as a matter of urgency, our home from is simply not good enough IMO. If 2 of those draws had been wins, or we had beaten St Mirren, we would be sitting beside Hearts!

Don't think it is an secret Blacky will be long gone before 2009, all this contract gives us is the leeway to make some decent $$$ from the sale (assuming he is still hot property at end of the season!) Think it was widely acknowledged that most of the squad thought Brewster was a bit of a pr1ck?

Nairn only really created 2 chances in the whole game, if I remember, and took one. Well done to them and with us having Munro, Hastings, Keogh, Hart and Black playing (all of whom really did sweet FA, Richie Hart very wasteful in front of goal with 3 decent opportunities). Best ICT performances came from Zander Sutherland (very fast, very tricky and very direct. Went 1 on 1 with the keeper and kinda panicked I think when he really should have chipped him, made the chance himself though) and David Watson (my MOTM). Know nothing about this kid but he played the Russel Duncan role but much more mobile, eager and passing was top notch. Don't think he wasted a pass. When Blacky came on in the middle he was moved to right back and again was solid, didn't waste a pass and was full of energy.

Charlie quoted in H/N saying he didn't think the lad didn't realise Inverness wasn't he back and beyond... Looks liek he never will! Ah well, his loss!

Grant only really came into the team when we moved up to the SPL and he has proved he is a tremendous centre half. I'm surprised he hasn't attracted attention from elsewhere too but perfectly happy for that situation to continue!! Captain from next season. Who else is there?

I wouldn't be surprised if thats the case, Inverness has a lot of people who leave for a variety of reasons such as Uni, better job prospects, letc. I'd say a relatively high % of our support is 'ex-pat' and very few of these are going to make the effort to travel a minimum of 300 miles on a Wednesday night to watch Dumbarton, never mind how attractive the ticket prices. Add to that that the game isn't included in season tickets (I think? correct me if I'm wrong), which a lot of people have just paid for and probably still feeling the pinch and suddenly you have a large number of supporters who can't afford another odd £30. Basically what I'm saying is that did anyone really expect anymore than what the Dumbarton crowd was?? If we are attracting crowds like that, for example, Motherwell or Killie, that is the time to worry and question it, not against a 3rd Division side!!

I live in Glasgow and had a season ticket for 3 years but didn't renew as I couldn't justify the cost as I didn't make enough games. As a reult I have to pick and choose my games and, obviously, Dumbarton on a Wednesday night is nowhere near as attractive as Celtic on sunday. I will make maybe 4/5 home games this year and I would imagine that Rangers/Celtic/Aberdeen will be the home games I'll make an effort for as they are the most attractive. I'd also wager that many fans are in the same position and that when all the costs are included (travel, tickets, food, drink, etc) and comes to about £70 for about an hour and a halfs entertainment, not to mention days off work/away from family/etc it is often too much. Don't assume I, or anyone else in a similar position, is less of a fan or a gloryhunter. I've followed the club home and away since our first game against St. Mirren in 1994 at considerable cost and sacrifice. It is about prioritising and posts, like RIGs at the start, don't encourage floating fans to return. It creates animosity, a them and us between the self proclaimed 'hardcore' or 'real' fans and those who attend when they can or choose to.

Any word on who the striker is thats being hinted at in the article?

Think you can put SPL into 3 leagues 1) Celtic, Hearts, Rangers 2) Hibs, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, ICT 3) Dundee Utd, Dunfermline, Falkirk, St Mirren Any result against the top 3 is a bonus, I think we should be beating second group at home and running close away and we should always be looking for 3 points against the bottom group. I think thats pretty realistic, the only team who maybe would move are United into the 2nd group, but that remains to be seen.

Did Charlie Christie not play against us for Clach at some point?

It appears Brewster has shifted his attention from Brown certainly and Dodds probably... BBC Sport

Rory has a lot of potential, we probably haven't had a young player with so much to offer in our history. That said, I don't think he is ready for the SPL. He is only 18 and is practically our 3rd choice striker. I think if Brewster had stayed then Rory may well have spent the 2nd half of season out on loan. We need to get another striker in over the summer, someone who can push Denzil and Dargo for their places (which Bayne isn't) and allow Rory to go to someone in Division 1 for a season and gain the experience of how to 'mix-it'. The enthusiasm and ability (remember his dribble and shot from the corner flag against...? !!) are there, he just eeds the experience to back it up.

We cant go any further up the league, we cant drop down the league, it's gotta be time to let the likes of Fraser, Parratt, McAllister, Fox, Sutherland have the opportunity of experiencing first team matches. We really have nothing to play for now!