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That's right PerfICT . Go back to my post 11, above. I am sure that if a concerted effort was made to contact schools and try to involve their physical activities , sports, etc in putting on shows at the stadium, the adults/parents would undoubtedly follow. All parents want their kids to succeed so they would encourage them to tuirn up and do a show , then they would stay to watch the game. Then another, brief, show from the kids at half time. This has two other side benefits-- 1. The kids stay to watch the game thus re-inforcing behavior that will lead to allegiance to Caley Thistle in the future and teaches them the game. 2. It fosters teamwork and team alliance. Kids at a young age are future fans which are going to be the source of future club revenue as the older fans age and drop away. 3, The parents become interested in the game and appreciate the club's benevolence in allowing, and fostering , such events. So Their loyalty is born and maybe they become staunch supporters in the future as well as their kids. And it's a safe place for the kids to go on a Saturday afternoon with a pal or another adult.. It's all just common sense isn't it? Can someone contact Mr Cameron --his wife is a teacher , to see what can be arranged? Just asking. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You never know till you try. Alex. We could try spandex though and that would mean they would have to jump higher and gyrate more quickly to keep warm -- but it would be a gyrate show wouldn't it?? I could tell them to bring their batons and the boys on the team could come out and do some burlings to match their twirlings. Fan-tastic!

Sneckboy.. it's going to come from my wife's kitty--you know, the one she uses for buying makeup, ANOTHER new dress, new shoes to go along with the exiting fifty in her shoe closet, etc. The Rockies answer to Emelda Marko. Ha! She is still working , I'm not, so I have had to swallow hard and pray that she won't find out really quickly. Mind you it's fifty fifty really isn't it that someone will take me up on this and make the effort required to bring something like this to fruition? .......

OOPS! Pump fake gives us a barrage from his pump action shotgun. Club perhaps should re-examine their promo tactics. North American sports outfits have many ways of entertaining the fans and building up interest and excitement pre match. I do like the Pom-Pom girls, myself. Not only are they very easy on the eye but they are also very athletic and always smiling as if they are enjoying themselves. I do understand that money is probably very tight but these things could be arranged perhaps through negotiations with some of he local businesses. And the schools could be encouraged to have their athletic activities put on show on match day for maybe half hour or so. I think that doing virtually nothing to provide some kind of different entertainment for the public/fans is not a good, progressive approach to encouraging them to show up. It's all about providing an afternoon out for the family and it should be some kind of complete entertainment package we offer fans to come along. Even performing dogs jumping over boards is better than trying. Not being in Inverness I am not knowledgeable as to what is being offered on match day but, the way things are going, it does appear as if the footie alone may not be quite what the Doctor ordered in this day and age. Involving youngsters in some competitive way is a sure-fire way of engaging the parents also. I am not suggesting harsh, competitive events but events where all kinds of people can participate such as the disabled, the blind even and, of course, the mentally disabled for whom such events would be mentally and emotionally stimulating. I am willing to start this off by sending the club $100 , or about 60 pounds, to assist in setting up a Fund for this purpose, but I strongly feel that the schools should be contacted and asked for their co-operation. Would anyone else be interested in making a contribution because then we could set up a fund.? And maybe the parents could then gradually be pulled in with a small regular contribution once the benefits for the community can be seen to be popular.? Jusr=t thinking out loud.nothing.

"Jim, how do you like my selfie. Should we post it up on the wall in the room as an inspiration to the guys?"

You know, Rangers have fallen by the wayside, sadly for the gates. And Celtic are now not the team they were. i.e how the mighty have fallen? Maybe the beaks are recognizing the fact that the so called lesser teams are not so lesser after all and if they get more recognition and support then they could become the backbone of the League. If they aren't that already. And, if they don't, what will happen to Scottish football over the longer term?

They only stand and wait. But the Happy Clappers are supporters who are so welcome to the club. And probably most of them are died in the wool, older supporters who were watching Caley and Thistle a very long time ago. So why so much derision when you may be one yourself one day? Just asking...

You lads are inshes away frae getting hidden or banned fer going off the thread.

You saying he sounds a bit backward, like? C'mon, IGNUF of that, let's have some fun -guy! Where is Canada Bob when you needed him?

And, if T B did take over, how many thrashings from ICT would he be able to endure before he quit or how many snide comments from the County fans ? What if it turned into an uproar? --in which case his career as a football manager could be over.

Maybe Dundee and Hammy will go off the boil once the adrenalin rush of being in the SPL will diminish? Second thought --is our team on steroids or pot--the latter being now legal in Canada?

Just love the positivity of these poste. Uplifting and inspiring. Long may it continue. Eh Bughmaster?

Thinking about the possibility of T B 's taking over the County Managership? I can't see it. He must still be licking his wounds and the disappointment he must have also suffered when it all fell apart so terribly must have affected his self-confidence greatly? It would take a very strong and determined man, who also has a different personality to TB, to come back to the Highlands so quickly. I mean,another bad beating from CaleyThistle in a derby game would be the last straw for him and I don't think he could handle it with a smile and with aplomb.

Nah! Nah! Sneckboy. Re your post # 74.....Not true! Would I do a thing like that now? Thinks--wow, Sneckboy noticed, maybe others did as well.... The pension to which I made a brief reference was the Canadian pension (which has always been uprated regardless of where one lives--Timbuctoo even) not the British one. Thanks for giving me an excuse to mention it again, though .

Alarming crowd whatever the figure. Team is playing the best football for ages, scoring and signing up committed players with a future and top of the league. I found the cost of living in Inverness some 6 years ago was higher than ours over here in Western Canada by a considerable amount so, maybe cost is a factor after all. Food in the store and in restaurants has been climbing significantly over the past two-three years and the cost trades for of home repairs is staggering. It's also a fact that now our country, according to the stats, is currently in a depressed business state despite what Fed. Gov. officials are warbling. My wife's boss is seriously worried about the drop in his business revenue and I am seriously worried about how low her net paycheque has become. This month's is half what it was 1 year ago. I always get the same from the Feds in terms of my pension so that stabilizes the ship a little.

'Cos he is now the Manager at Palace. BUT...Danny Lennon might go for the county job:- Ex St Mirren man likes it in the highlands.... http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28975886

Re TB .......many a word spoken in jest. I wonder how desperate he really is at this point? How the mighty has fallen. Figures!

Remember him.....? http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/premier-league/ Well he isn't coming North again I think.

Paint yer face blue and carry a sheathed claymore and the huns will think you are either one of them or Mel Gibson (braveheart) .

Probably will be a cracking match though. We are up agin a good Killie but we've got Billy.

It's got an Italian ring to it though...

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/scotland/28943049 Killie could be dominant this season. If we can beat them we can .....win the league!

Right--it was Chamberlain. Smile. Yes, he was a bit different to Winston wasn't he? "Peace in our time and all that chaps." Where are the access to the Smilies when you need them..... Gone with the wind, eh chaps?

John H will be looking for grit, determination and a high work rate. The passing thing can be instilled as soon as he settles....noit a problem.