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Storey is all of us at Toddy's second goal.

With apologies for the double post but given how derided they have been during the ICT careers I think it's only fair that (Brad) Mckay and Devine get some acknowledgement for their performances at the back. We have looked a lot better defensively in recent weeks and if people are going to criticise players when it's going wrong it's only fair to praise them when things are going well. Whilst players like Todorov and MacKay are, rightly, getting a lot of applause the likes of Devine and Mckay should also be included.

From what I can see March 2010 we won the last 9 games of the season in the league. I wasn't able to see any other time in between 2010 and 2021 where we've won more than 6 games in a row (not including friendlies).

We spoke to David Carson after the game to get his thoughts on the Highland Derby. You can check it out in the usual podcasty places.

New episode dropped on Sunday BTW. Loads of stuff in there as always.

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A couple of Ross County fans have started their own podcast and were joined by @RedCard and @alternative maryhill to chat about the game tomorrow night. Have a listen here: There's also a chat with Hughes and McCann on @Highland F Weekly as well.

It's a little earlier than the 2019/20 season from what I could find. https://spfl.co.uk/news/key-dates-for-201920

That defending

Dull game. Struggling to get anything going and we seem to be playing more direct as trying to pass through Shane as a focal point isn't working. Keatings or Allan on for him please. Perhaps the number of games we have played recently are starting to catch up with us. Arbroath have probably had the better chances of the match.

Use this link: https://matchcentre.spfl.co.uk/live/Zml4dHVyZSU3QzBfODdxYW82MTY

I can see the fixtures in both Firefox and Chrome when I am logged out of my account but as soon as I log in the fixtures all disappear. Great stuff (!)

I've got a blank screen when looking for the fixtures.

That's a fucking ridiculous signing at this level. You love to see it etc.

No idea about dates but the following I believe are out of contract at the end of this season: James Keatings (PCA with Raith Rovers agreed) Sean Welsh James Vincent Shane Sutherland Aaron Doran Lewis Toshney Kevin McHattie Brad Mckay Miles Storey David Carson Nikolay Todorov Anthony MacDonald Cammy Mackay If they did then I would be trying attach metal parts to Toshney to make him fit again ASAP. Can't say either impressed me all that much on Tuesday but that's just one game.

Who's being funny? I was being serious. You said "this is what I saw" and posted a screenshot clearly showing that the "play" option had not been selected. it's a perfectly valid question to ask given the circumstances.

I assume you did try pressing the "Play" icon closer to kick off? There wouldn't have been anything to show at 6:47 pm.

It's only a slap in the face if we have a promising youngster who can play in the position that Lyall can play and is as good or better than him. I don't know if we do have a promising youngster who can play on the wings. Someone with better knowledge of the youths can surely advise.

We've signed Aaron Lyall on loan from Rangers.

If we can get 3 points against Arbroath then that will round off our best run of form in the league since the start of the 2019/20 campaign.

After all the doom and gloom two pretty encouraging performances against a decent Championship rival. It would have been nice to have bagged more than one goal but any win will do right now. We were on top from the off with a neatly taken corner drifted to the edge of the box where Allardice met the ball and headed goalwards but it came off the bar. When the ball was played back into the penalty area it fell to Sutherland but he took too long to get a shot away and when he did it was too weak to trouble MacDonald. With Raith just as willing to try and attack there was plenty of space for both sides to exploit. That changed when Davidson was shown a straight red when he tussled with Todorov for a high ball . There didn't look to be too much in it but with Todorov on the floor and ICT players incensed the referee showed Davidson a straight red. Davidson then channelled his inner Alex Bone and started shouting at Todorov whilst he was lying on the ground and then grabbed Sean Welsh by the throat before shouting at anyone who would listen to him as he stomped off the pitch. Raith started to sit back a little deeper after this and we struggled to break them down, as we have done so often against teams who are more defensive minded. Danny MacKay almost grabbed the opener when he collected the ball on the left and drove past his man into the box before attempting to curl the ball in at the back post but MacDonald was equal to it and pushed the effort away. Raith threatened when Regan Hendry turned a couple of ICT players inside but his resultant cross evaded all of his team mates. Welsh and MacGregor then linked up to play in Sutherland but he was snuffed out before he could get a decent shot away. Raith opened the second half strongly when Kennedy teed up Hendry who lashed a long range effort on goal from about 25 yards but Ridgers tipped it over. From a Rovers corner ICT then grabbed the opener. Ridgers sent a long ball downfield for MacKay to chase and, under pressure from a Rovers defender and MacDonald rushing out to meet him, he coolly lifted the ball over the keeper and into the net. MacKay had another great chance when MacGregor poked a ball through to him but as he cut in from the left he again tried to curl and effort in at the back post but he didn't place it far enough away from MacDonald to trouble him. Ridgers was called into action again to tip over a Benedictus header from a corner as Raith looked to draw level but Welsh almost killed the game off when he tried to pass a shot in from just outside the box but it drifted wide. A Keatings free kick found Deas in space at the back post and he was able to turn the ball back across goal but no one was on hand to turn it and we were almost made to pay when Vaughan dragged the ball away from Mckay and tested Ridgers who palmed the ball away. Plenty of changes for both sides and it is a bit surprising that there weren't more goals but three points and a clean sheet are hugely welcomed at this stage in the season.

Billy Dodds on board now. https://ictfc.com/announcement-coaching-staff-boosted

Unless Toddy is at CB then I guess it's something like this: Mckay - Devine - Deas MacGregor - Carson - Welsh - Allardice - MacKay Todorov - Sutherland And Ridgers obviously...

I assume you mean the defender next to Deas? The Morton player closest to Doran is on the edge of the box and Todorov is well inside the penalty area. The Morton defender on the right side is a bit closer but again Toddy is still a couple of steps behind everyone. It's not really close at all.

Duffy also criticising the team. https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/sport/duffy-caley-thistle-fight-against-drop-is-all-players-fault-230964/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter As a friend has said talk is cheap. All well and good saying this stuff but it needs to show on the pitch for it to really mean anything. Somewhat disappointing it's taken two freshmen in the team to issue these kinds of calls.