dead_ball_specialist

That was a game we should have won comfortably. But for a moment of madness from rooney (getting in the way of gary wood who was clean through on goal, motherwell going up to score seconds later) and a shocking decision from the referee (decided to give motherwell a free kick right on the edge of our box for absolutly nothing) we would have. The most frustrating thing about these home defeats is the fact that we're losing by inches (always by a single goal, a single break of the ball) I don't think it'd be unreasonable to say that with a little rub of the green we could have taken 9 points from hamilton, st mirren and motherwell rather than 0. If we weren't so toothless in front of goal (wood and rooney just aren't doing the business IMHO) we could easily be chalking up scorelines like 4-0 or 5-1 based on the balance of play. Considering the conditions I don't understand why gary wood was even on the pitch. I lost count of the number of times attacks broke down when he miscontrolled the ball. And what the heck was brewster thinking about with his substitutions? Waiting until there were 5 minutes to go to take on barrowman, hooking black who'd adapted to the conditions better than anyone, rather than the completely anonymous cowie, and taking on vigurs on the right wing instead of barry wilson. Absolute madness. Although the result was a disaster, the performance probably doesn't merit doom and gloom although I expect some of the more excitable posters on here will start beating the 'we looked like relegatin fodder', 'brewster must go' drums. There were plenty of positives to take from the game, particulary that Duff and Munro look like a good partnership. I can't think of too many poor individual performances apart from wood and cowie. One more moan, I can't help but wonder how much of a difference Dennis Wyness would have made to our season if he'd still been here, especially our home results.

Bobby Wilson?

I think this guy sums it up... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Phs6CwnutoY

Brewster should play himself, he was still a top class SPL striker last season and being a fitness freak I don't think it'd take him long to get back into gear. It seems like such a waste never having him on the pitch.

That was the best I've ever seen Russel Duncan play, he was IMMENSE!!!

A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo, and when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole is maintained or even improved by the regular culling of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can operate only as fast as the slowest brain cells through which the electrical signals pass. Recent epidemiological studies have shown that while excessive intake of alcohol kills off brain cells, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. Thus, regular consumption of beer helps eliminate the weaker cells, constantly making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. The result of this in-depth study verifies and validates the causal link between all-weekend parties and job related performance. It also explains why, after a few short years of leaving a university and getting married, most professionals cannot keep up with the performance of the new graduates. Only those few that stick to the strict regimen of voracious alcoholic consumption can maintain the intellectual levels that they achieve during their college years. So, this is a call to arms. As our country is losing its technological edge, we must not shudder in our homes. Get back into the bars. Quaff that pint.Your company and country need you to be at your peak, and you shouldn't deny yourself the career that you could have. Take life by the bottle and be all that you can be. Forward this to all of your friends, acquaintances and co-workers that may be in danger of losing their edge.

"Please don't refer to me as your friend cos I haven't got a clue who you are." If it means so much to you.

"Christie said he was scoring goals for fun in training " Is he being marked by Phil McGuire by any chance?

The best thing to happen to scottish football in recent times was when our bubble burst. It wasn't so long ago that teams like Dundee Utd, Hibs, Motherwell etc would field an entire team of foriegn mercenaries.

Whatever happened to the kick boxing? I thought that was all about giving our players a physical edge. I assume that was ditched. There was also a hill-walking fad during Brewster's first spell, Golly being a big fan apparently. That was probably the fittest most energetic ICT team ever.

I don't see anything wrong with celtic fans trying to get tickets in the home end. Lot's of them travel hundreds of miles to support their team every week. Why should they lose out to the fair weather home fans who only come out of the woodwork when we play the old firm? Good luck dude.

The Gate was the best pub in the history of inverness.

"My money's on both Rory and Zander going either in Jan window or at end of season. Sorry, but neither is or ever has been good enough for a 1st team contract. " Absolute drivel. Have you ever actually seen Zander Sutherland playing? He's been OUTSTANDING every time I've had the pleasure of seing him on our wing. He's probably the most skillful, exciting player on our books. I'm baffled as to why he isn't used more. You my friend, are a fool.

There isn't THAT much difference between most SPL teams and the first division as cup results over the last couple of seasons have shown. So a victory away from home agaist Morton is surely a good result. Nobody has mentioned that they knocked 4 past Hibs at easter road in the last round which ought to put our result into perspective.

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The 'nearly men' Hugh Robertson Sandy Robertson David Graham Gary Faquhar Benjamin Fetai Liam Fox Dougie Green Neil McUish Andrew Allen and my personal favourite Kevin Byers (he was class, how come he never got a game??!!)

Is the mental caley fan related to IHE?

There's never a 'gaping hole' when Barry Wilson is on the park. I agree that he would be better employed in a more attacking role though, particularly when our opponents put a nippy winger out on the left.

Phil McGuire OG specialist has probably scored for almost every SPL team, does that count?

The goalkeeping coach, what a nonsense that we even have one. And he's hardly doing a good job is he?

Yes!!

There has certainly been a lack of ideas and direction in the home performances I've seen this season, we just aren't scoring enough goals. Has any team scored less than us? I doubt it. But I don't think we're THAT far off being a good team. Many of the ingredients are there, perhaps our new(ish) players are still trying to work each other out and gel into a coherent unit? Rooney and Barrowman don't seem to be working well together so far, neither have really shown any creativity or flair in the games I've seen. Tokely and Cowie have never really clicked down the right have they? On the other flank, Hastings doesn't get up and down the park as he used to, he and Imrie don't help each other enough IMHO. Our back 5 (including the goalie) lacks understanding and an organizer. If things don't click in the coming weeks we should try some new combinations. You only need to look at the contrast in Tokely's perfomance level when he's playing alongside Barry Wilson Vs when he's playing alongside Don Cowie to appreciate how important teamwork is to individual performance.

Sounds like you're guilty of a little 'Sunday morning quarterback' syndrome there IHE.

He's certainly inconsistant and rough arond the edges, reminiscent of the young Barry Robson in that regard at times although perhaps he doesn't quite reach the same peaks. We are desparatly short of creative players, as our 'goals for' column shows. Creative players are naturally unpredictable and erratic so I think we have to be willing to make a trade off somewhere. My only moan is that IMHO Zander Sutherland is just as good, if not better than Dougie Imrie and he ought to be given a chance to show what he can do particularly when Imrie is off the boil as he has been recently.

Newcastle have the fifth highest wage bill in the premiership ffs! Is it unreasonable to expect a clearout before major investment in the squad? Surely not. He explained in his statement that he was trying to create a sustainable business plan based on the arsenal model. If Newcastle fans were a little more rational, a little less emotional and thought in time periods a little longer than the next 5 minutes, he'd probably have done a good job for them. Lets see where their Keeeeeegan worshipping gets them lol.