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Falkirk are doing an excellent offer for their Tent Stands. Anyone who buys a season ticket there gets a free Falkirk shirt. Pretty **** good!

:015: Good to see that they have researched ICT well.

Wouldn't the A9/M9 be the best way to go anyway?

Some of these rumours are becoming quite spectacular.

Hopefully not! Get in at 9:40 :003:

DESTROYED! :001: :001: :001: What a player Kaka is - £4 million for him must be the best transfer deal ever!

Come on Milan! :finger08:

You're very naive if you think that he was sacked.

He was always rumoured to be off to Arsenal but with Lehman signing a new deal that might put that move on ice. Nowhere near as good as their laughable acquisition of Gow :015:

He took some time to settle as CC appeared to try and find his favoured position and even now he seems to play in numerous different positions which sometimes makes me wonder if we know best to play him. But what cannot be argued is that despite this sticky start and constant movement around the pitch is that he has settled well and has scored some excellent goals (Rangers and Falkirk being the obvious ones). He has shown good passing ability and will be a key part of our team in seasons to come. I wonder if we will see a midfield next season along the lines of: Wilson (Cowie) Black Rankin Marcus The good thing is that while we have a good number of midfielders most can easily adapt to play elsewhere should injuries take hold. Always a handy asset.

Dargo got more than that last season but certainly not going to happen a lot of the time while we are in the SPL. I think most teams in the bottom half will have a top marksmen who gets them around 10 - 15 goals max. a season. Sutton at St. Mirren must be close to that kind of area of scoring along with say Dargo.

Whereas if we were to follow your ideas we'd go the same way as Airdrie.

That's why I'm getting the train down :015: Only an extra £5 c.f. the Megabus and it'll save me 2 hours travelling :003:

Fancy meeting me at Queen Street? I'll be getting the train down.

For ICT to pay 80k for a player is pretty amazing considering not so long ago we were still relying on free transfers. Any money we have we used to budget for wages and other expenditures that the club will incur. We're not going to spend all of the money on buying players unless you want a seriously unsustainable club like Gretna or one that goes 'bust' like Dundee and Livi.

It was excellent. I was already standing up going "Yes, YES!" :010: before Bayne had even touched it :001: I see the match report says that we appeared to play a 4 - 5 - 1. I am still pretty certain that it was 4 - 4 - 2 with Hart up front alongside Bayne which is how we finished against Motherwell the other week.

He scored against Motherwell. This 15 goals a season or ship him out plan of yours - does this just extend to all of our strikers or just Rory?

I want Dunfermline to go down. They will be a much better side next season than St. Mirren will be and thus it would be better for ICT if they went down now instead of proving to be a stronger team next season.

I am so much faster :015:

Leitch is apparently getting sacked...

*Dargo For Falkirk?*

I like that formation because, as I have said before, when can easily switch to a 4 - 3 - 3 if we need to. We have the players that can easily play in positions required for both formations which is a bit of a bonus. Nah, 2 at best, he had a shocker. Really? I thought he was decent before being pushed wide right ( :017: ) where he was never going to do well. The old solid if somewhat unspectacular for me.

Lets do one of these smiley rater things: Fraser - :003: :003: :003: Hastings - :003: :003: :003: Munro - :003: :003: :003: Dods - :003: :003: :003: Caff - :003: :003: :003: :003: McBain - :003: :003: :003: Duncan - :003: :003: :003: Rankin - :003: :003: :003: Marcus - :003: :003: :003: Bayne - :003: :003: :003: Hart - :003: :003: :003: Black (for Hart) - :003: :003:

Typical end of season affair but there were still some good chances throughout the game. While a draw was a fair result both sides had good opportunities to finish off the game. United were the first to threaten when Daly was played through but with Fraser rushing out of his goals to block all he could was header wide oft he target. Inverness were next to attack when a fierce Rankin free kick drew an unconvincing save from Stillie who could only palm the ball way. Smart build up play on the right saw Hunt play the ball into Robertson who attempted a cheeky lob over Fraser but got nothing on it to seriously test the keeper who was equal to it. Kalvenes sent in a dangerous ball which was attacked by Hunt who forced Fraser into a good stop with Caff completing the clearance under pressure from United attackers. Caff was having an excellent game at right back, reading the game well and getting some solid challenges in on United players. Hart scampered down the left wing to fire in a cross which went over Bayne and Marcus and cleared by the United left back. The next few chances would fall to United with a Daly header saved by Fraser and a good chance for Hunt sliced well wide of target. The impressive Gomes was performing well in midfield and a good cross by him was dealt with by Dods under pressure as United began to up the tempo. An ICT free kick saw a good chance fall to Dods but he skewed it wide and was flagged for offside in any case. Another good cross by Hart was cleared by Daly for a corner which resulted in nothing for ICT.Then, after smart build up on the right a cross in from Hunt saw Robertson steal an inch on his marker and flick the ball past Fraser into the net to give United a deserved lead. Into the 2nd half and a fierce challenge on Hart by Daly saw the first card of the game handed out. An ambitious overhead effort was attempted by Samuel and Fraser looked lively to tip the ball over. A free kick for Inverness saw us get the equaliser. Hart fired the ball in and Bayne was up well to flick past a despairing Stillie in the United goal. United tried to hit back when Kalvenes crossed for Daly to get another header in but Hastings blocked his effort. Another good cross by Hart found Dods with space to shot but he took too long and was closed down by a defender and the shot deflected wide. Again we threatened with a Richie cross and Bayne looked to be budged off the ball in mid air but the ball broke to McBain who dragged a shot wide - perhaps our best chance to win the game. United then began to press, they had a lot of the ball around the ICT box but seldom did much with it. The closest they came was a Duff cross which Fraser easily collected. Black came on for Hart and the first thing he did was send McBain free in behind the United defence but his cross was behind the strikers in the box. United were the better team in the first half but we were much improved in the 2nd. A share of the points was perhaps the fairest result. I thought we were playing 4 - 4 -2 with Hat up front. Similar to how we played against Motherwell at the end of last weeks game. I'd be amazed if the real attendance was anything over 3,500. Hart was wasteful but also creative - a furious combination to have. He did okay and seemed to be our most creative player and certainly our best crosser of the ball. Caff was excellent I thought. He read the game so well and was strong in the challenge. Was seldom beaten to the ball. McCracken - if he is still getting freed we should sign him. He was excellent yesterday and far better than Wilkie who they are retaining.