Scarlet Pimple

Critical to stop being beaten by one goal---strong mobile experienced centre half is a must first. Then as the team confidence in the defence improves they can up the attack tempo. IMHO

Prices in Inverness are double those in Vancouver, Canada. On almost everything. How you afford to live is a mystery to me. Even in the very affordable Inverness Museum prices in the cafe are much more than we pay here. People can spend their money any way they please and should not be told to feel ashamed because they don't buy ICT tickets, regrettable as that may be. It is really up to the club to offer packages or incentives sufficient to tempt them to attend at Tulloch Stadium. Even if offering a super package for at least one or two games throughout the season brings financial pain they have to consider these options because it may be their only chance to get the fans in the door and if they can't do that what are the chances of these same fans attending regularly? In my view, Nil! Consistently maintaining high standard prices stubbornly in the face of dwindling attendances is a no-win policy. Period. I was in business for 29 years and used Discount plans and other incentives to attract new customers regularly and am sure glad that I did. Once they used my services I got them to cede control to me by offering them further discounts for committng to me for a series of regular jobs and increased the discounts paid as the frequency of commitments increased. An agreement was produced in writing which I asked the client to sign which confirmed that they could quit at any time without penalty. This meant that by signing this docquet, their commitment was emotional rather than material and I knew that provided they continued to be satisfied with the work and the price then the risk of their quitting was minimal.I also got their written permission to do the work automatically without requiring their permission every time. It was a win-win situation which produced regular steady income for me.And the customer thought that they were in control because they could quit at any time.......which PLEASED them, the secret of success. North Americans are very aggressive when it comes to sales and know how to spend money to make money , They see "loss leaders" as investments, not losses and I would advocate this approach for ICT as at least worth a try. Nothing ventured nothing gained . Offering these discounts, called loss leaders in the Supermarket under the banner "reduced to clear", is a sales tool that these ultra sales orientated large businesses clearly know they must offer to attract and keep the punters happy.Giving something back to the customer who actually is willing to make the effort to come through the door is always welcome to that client and not only makes him/her feel appreciated for their business but also their presence. Prices may be a deterrent to buy tickets but there are other factors as well that deter people from attending games and many of these reasons have already been highlighted on this thread. But if the club cannot control the performance on the park then they can at least control the incentives that they offer to fans which may emotionally help the fan to accept that the players are human and poor performances are part and parcel of the game. Poor performances allied to high prices are, however, a recipe for disaster I feel so half-time entertainment of any kind could be tried to buck up the emotions.

For the Canon from Dungannon I could not resist.................. "AMEN" to that.

Who said Footballer's Wife then? Aye, maybe she would do right enuff... ..but, still, she flatters to deceive. Talks up a storm, all up front and no real action.......

Bebo--so that's what it is? :thumb04: Wow. Now I can talk cool to my son. One lives and learns and .....keeps up.

Asterisk What makes you think I missed anything, even if I am dumb? One thing I havent missed is your way of not winning friends and influencing people. I asked a straightforward question and got a rude and petulant answer. Fits the profile. Oh well, if you are he or just yourself you can with advantage now change your name to Arse-terisk? Fits the profile. That's a rhetorical question --no need to answer it and risk getting another drubbing from a simple Pimple dimple.

Caley D-- I believe you are referring to ...."not a front end loader" or "loaded at the back end" --you know, fees in stock transactions like.

Mr Asterisk Are you THE "Inverness Caley Thistle" that used to raise some eyebrows on here a year or so ago?

ER--at the risk of being accused of being old and done ,-- what's a Bebo ?

A mouthful has been said on this thread so far. As far as the comment about it being too early for the Manager to think about what happens in April 2009 I think Brew had better start thinking about it immediately.Morale will suffer if these low scoring defeats continue . Unfortunately for him, it's his responsibility to set the tone, clear the air and have the courage to drop players who are not effectively fulfilling the role that they are supposed to be playing or give players special coaching to make sure they fully understand what is expected of them. If the slide gets started seriously then it will be difficult to arrest without wholesale changes and with a diminished budget, plus reducing crowds looming, he may not be able to do anything effective to accomplish this. Then despair and depression sets in and confidence erodes further. And if the players are already bickering at each other and start to dislike each other with undercurrents of resentment brewing what then? Morale boosting and spirit enhancing should be in the forefront of his mind. Plus making sure that each player knows exactly what is expected of him and the consequences of not meeting those standards regardless of whether that pleases the player or not!

Calne had a sausage factory. Their motto was "sausages are the Boys". Smiley. (Emoticoms list not working)

There is an Inverness street in Vancouver City, B.C. Canada. Smile. So you have not got a final word on this service from the club Scotty? Died on the vine did it?

Writing on the wallski ?

"Open All Mics " is lively though.

BMGF Well I do understand your keeness and your thoughts about the radio broadcast. I live in Vancouver, B.C., Canada and also listen to the Sportsound live broadcast on Saturday.--although they are few and far betwen now due to possible rights infringements. Your history searches about Caley and Thistle etc were duplicated by me some years ago and the fact that I am still accessing this forum almost every day should encourage you to stick around and participate in thr chit chat . It helps to have watched the team in person but not having yet done so should not stop you expressing your views. Your post was well-written and forthright so welcome. Best regards and enjoy Uncle Scarlet.

Site flows fast. Good one!

Born Caley----smile + Wink!

He is tall, handsome and looks very fit.... And young! Sigh.... Smile.

Get the wingers on and let them run rampant to get in behind the defence. That was the problem at the Hamilton game--would not get in behind their big defence whilst the wingers were almost unemployed . As fas as being confused is concerned, when you get to 70 you tend to be confused on a daily basis--it's got nothing to do with Al _Zheimer; he just creeps up on you over time, it's simply all about forgetfulness.Sigh. LOL

And I totally agree with Scotty when he says that they play best when playing the ball on the deck and NOT punting aimlessly up in the air through the middle as there has been a tendency to do up till now. And I could add that bunching all of the players in the middle without using wingers achieves little for the team also -- Barry Wilson's testimonial game being a case in point.

Why Mickey, lad! NOT in this match don't you see but in the previous three matches....

better get cracking --not much time left. I guess the large Black lad has been dropped. From what I saw recently he is not much of an industrious player. Pleased to hear that Rooney seems to have woken up --I was beginning to get the impression from watching him just hanging around that in fact he was also not very industrious.

Last time I checked into the Hamilton V Hearts match Hearts were two up and Hamilton had made threesubstitutions in all. Commentator braying about how great Caley Thistle were in the first half but......there's many a slip twixt cup and lip as we have already seen....sigh C,mon the Caley.

Dan was small. Had legs like spirtles and I remarked to my pal that if one of these large SPL backs (e.g. Hamitton Accies) had a real go at him they could snap like twigs in a serious gale. T'would not be a pretty site. Tricky lad but a bit too small of stature for the SPL I think. Game though.