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The only thing that was offensive was his dancing. He wouldn't have looked out of place in Bakoo.

I don't think we were playing 4 - 4 - 2 for most of that game.

This is in terms of worst feeling after the game - not worst performance. Obviously the game yesterday will crop up as some fans worst Cup game but are there any others that stick out in your mind? Not just the TSC but BCC and also the CIS. One other one that hurt was the Challenge Cup final against Alloa. After scoring a hatrick during the game Paul Sheerin missed a crucial spot kick in the shoot out that eventually saw us crash to a defeat. The TSC replay at Pittodrie was also a sore one with Leighton pulling off "that" save from Sheerin which would have taken us to extra time. There was also the ET defeat to Livi a couple of seasons ago in the CIS (I think it was in ET anyway). I wasn't at that one but from what folk have told me it was a very harsh result to say the least.

Get a grip. How was he winding up the ICT fans? Was he doing anything offensive? He was celebrating a last minute goal that saw his team win the game. What did you expect him to do?

Yesterday we had the MacDonald/Freeland tag team responsible for the Juanjo v Lennon farce.

He reminds me of Bryan Prunty. And unfortunately I expect him to go the same way.

I noticed that when Black had gone off Wilson was pushed up right alongside Graham Bayne.

Blackie is just brilliant and his creativity is what we have missed in the last few games - surely even the most brass necked ICT fan can admit that? His link up play from defence through the midfield to the forward(s) was brilliant. I loved the way he sold so many dummies to Celtic players during the game - particularly Neil Lennon who was still going one way as Blackie sped off in the other :015:

If you wanted to be super strict - John Rankin for the second goal for sure anyway. I felt really bad for Barry Wilson. He wasn't great today but he did well but that was possibly his last and best chance to get to the final and maybe even win it and look what happened! Poor guy was in tears! :007:

MacDonald is a Hibees fan. He doesn't give a toss about Celtic. He is just a rubbish referee. Tell you what, Nakamura was flying in with some rather late challenges today. Didn't think he was that kind of player to be honest. He better because that was working well for us today. I honestly think he saw Hairy Chippers post and decided to go for it. I thought we were well set up aside from Rankin and Wilson on opposite wings but it's not the first time Rankin has been played out of position this season. Spot and on. Why weaken our midfield further which was already being over run by putting on another striker? As Celtic threw everything including the kitchen sink at us why did we allow them to over run us even more in the midfield? I wonder if some of those people would like a nice slice of humble pie? It tastes good you know.

Some 300 short of selling out today.

Wahey! The site is working! Just a C n P from P & B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thought ICT did very well up until CC decided to take off one of the best performers on the park. We lost that game as soon as Ian Black went off the pitch. He was bossing the Celtic midfield and while they might have had a lot of the ball, we were very well drilled and organised and they did very little with it. By taking Black off and putting McSwegan on we lost the shape that had served us so well for the previous portion of the game. And then for some odd reason we take off another midfielder and stick another striker on. I know attack is the best form of defence but we needed cool heads there at the end. Not an inexperienced headless chicken who was no help to us whatsoever. Personally I would have put Caff on to try and shore up the defence as Celtic were going to lay everything on us in the final few minutes but with having 3 strikers on it meant that our midfield was being over run by Celtic and they were getting much more space and time on the ball and they punished us severely. Our goal was fantastic. Black was instrumental in setting the move up. A few neat turns and a slick pass found Wilson who cut the ball back for Bayne to finish. A really fantastic goal. No doubt the County fans still think he is shite though :015: He had an excellent game, holding the ball up well and really roughing up Pressley. Duncan, McBain and Black were playing really well in the midfield. Holding the ball up at times and using it well. Some desperate long ball crept in towards the end of the first half but on the whole I thought we were well worth our lead. Thought we did well for the majority of the 2nd half as well but the subs changed the rhythm of the game and we all saw what happened. Charlie has said himself that McSwegan was not match fit - why did he bring him on? Ian Black was instrumental in getting us into the position we found ourselves in and I don't know why we took him off. Wilson might have been tiring but he was still finding the energy to chase everything down. Quite why he was getting abuse from the idiot next to me f'ck knows. He would certainly have been more use than MacAlliser as he has experience of these types of games. Really hard one to take as I thought we did so well but that's the reason why Celtic are 80 points clear at the top of the league. Bayne and Duncan were excellent for us today but Ian Black was MOTM for me. His passing and control were excellent and he was ghosting past players in the midfield. Yet again we showed we can play so much better when we pass the ball so why we have decided to go back to the awful long ball rubbish is beyond me. Not overly impressed with most of the Celtic players but I thought Sno was excellent. There was one piece of skill in the 2nd half where we went past 4 ICT players in the same movement. He played really well. Oh and Nakamura is a diving shitebag. Special mention to the fanny that is Dougie Macdonald. Your inconsistency was baffling and yet again you showed why you are one of the worst referees in Scotland. Well done :003: I was later told Black asked to come off because he was shattered. A shame because had he (and Wilson) stayed on I think we would have won today.

:015: :015: :015: No chance. He did a good job but I think you are pushing it to say he was the inspiration behind the win. What game was that? Thumping we got? No one emerged from that game with pass marks nor can they hold their head high. Morgan included.

Romanov is a leg - end! :015:

Who's in it this week? :003:

It's an incredible amount isn't it? £45 to just get in the ground and some £20 more than other fans pay :010:

On a (slightly) related topic I found this quite interesting as well: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6380273.stm

I had wondered that myself :015: Nice "We Are The People" shout from him on another thread :017:

Why is it pathetic to dislike a club whose fans seem intent on shaming Scottish football with their disgraceful actions whenever they go into Europe? Your supporters actions in Villareal were disgusting as well and Rangers fans give Scottish Football a bad name. That's why I refuse to support them in Europe. I see also that you have to resort to abuse to try and get your "points" across much like you did in the thread with Charles Bannerman the other day. Now that is really pathetic.

I guess a couple of hundred for the uncovered main stand as those seats will still cost £27 and given the current weather there is a good chance of getting soaked whereas if you don't get a ticket - get a carry out, some food and watch the game from the comfort of your own home.

I am merely putting my opinion across. I don't expect you to agree with it.

I disagree. Look at the elevation of the hand. Clearly at an angle more akin to a Hitler salute than the Red Hand of Ulster. http://img115.imageshack.us/my.php?image=telaviv025mn4.jpg

They have 4 days recovery. I'd imagine that they'll be pretty well rested by Sunday and we won't see too many changes. Would be great if we did though.

Not ideal but realistically it was pretty much the only option open to CC given how short we are on forwards at the minute.