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He was playing at this level last season with Hibs and their fans didn't seem to think much of him a lot of the time. He should come back to a side where he is really appreciated...

Were those colt teams in the league taking up promotion slots from other sides? I've zero interest in watching my team play what is ultimately a reserve side in what is meant to be a competitive league.

How many outfield players do we have signed up? Something like ten isn't it with the potential for some to move on (thinking Draper, Fon Williams here). Realistically, Robertson might need to bring in a minimum of 8 players in the next month. Going to be some task to undertake. There's obviously been a lot of chat about "don't go back" when it comes to managers recently but what about players? I wonder if Nick Ross might return to ICT and maybe we could get Storey in on loan from Aberdeen depending on what plays out at Pittodrie in the next few weeks. Fon Williams Raven Mckay Warren Tremarco Polworth Draper Doran Ross Mulraney Storey Sadly I don't think we can rely on Doran being fully fit all the time so we'd need an extra wide player and another midfielder. Whilst we have Boden I think we'd need another striker and an extra defender as well preferably a CB and LB. I would imagine that some signings will be loans of young lads brought in just to pad out the side as well

Go back one page on this thread. Seems to be the only mention. http://caleythistleonline.com/topic/31388-new-manager/?page=19#comment-478191

Stevie Aitken from Dumbarton if he was interested / approached. Anyway, Robbo has been confirmed:

Just came on the post the same link. Fair play to the board for this one. A reduction of all season ticket prices by 10%. There is one home game less this season and this means the average cost per game is now slightly reduced. - good An extension of the 'early bird' and loyalty offer to July 1st - very welcome for those who might need to wait until pay day. Free entry for all Season Ticket Holders to the first game of the season - our League Cup tie at home to Brechin City on July 15th. - good A higher than originally offered discount of 10% on season tickets (for holders) when we return to the Premier League (we acknowledge that there are no guarantees here). - generous and ambitious but can't fault their optimism I suppose! A prize draw for all home league fixtures with the winner and a guest invited as Boardroom guests on match day. - hope caleyboy wins so he can rant about the badge from last season A further draw for each home league fixture with the winner and a guest having corporate hospitality for the day. - good An open day pre season for a chance for season ticket holders to meet with players (current and new), Management and Directors. - good More likely to renew my ticket now ETA: The revised pricing is showing on the e ticketing site by the way if anyone feels more inclined to renew. ETAA: I've renewed on the back of this statement from the club

John Hughes got us into Europe lets get him back and all. Robertson hasn't been in charge of a team in years and possibly hasn't worked at a full time club in over ten years. He's had zero success since he left us. Some of the names banded about recently have been brutal. A bunch of ex ICT players and managers for seemingly no other reason than they used to play for or manage us. If we go back up with him in charge fantastic but I can't help but feel that this is an absolute minter of an appointment. ETA: This, apparently, won't be the last of the 'rewinds' that we will see at the club.

Massively underwhelmed if it is Robertson.

Announcement tomorrow morning...

Obviously with everything else that is, or rather isn't going on at ICT it's understandable that this has slipped through the cracks but I see that Doncaster is trying to move forward with the introduction of Colt teams into the SPFL set up: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/spfl-consider-introducing-colt-teams-into-league-system-1-4473517 Initially, Colt teams would start in the Highland or Lowland leagues and, if successful, work their way up the pyramid with a ceiling of League One. All SPFL clubs have been invited to give feedback to the proposal (nice to exclude the Highland and Lowland League clubs from the consultation). I am 100% against the idea of allowing Colt sides into the league set up. As has been pointed out on P & B one of the best things about supporting a lower league side is one day seeing them win the league. Imagine missing out on that because Celtic B win the league ahead of you and, if you are in League One, they can't even go up. It's a fantastic way for Doncaster and his croonies to basically piss off half of the league to appease the blue and green masses in Glasgow. I don't see how it would do anything for the development of these younger players. Playing against League Two opposition isn't going to turn some U21 at Rangers into a world beater. If these players are good enough then they will break into the first team. The simple fact is that a lot of players coming through the youth set ups at some teams simply aren't good enough. Playing against a part time plumber from Elgin isn't going to change this. It's up to the likes of Rangers, Celtic and whoever else to develop and blood their younger players to continue their improvement. Indeed the appearance of Colt teams in the Challenge Cup, branded a success by Doncaster for some reason despite most Colt sides getting pumped out at the second round and rotten crowds present for these games, seems to be a precursor to the inevitable appearance of these sides in the league set up. Sadly it seems, as is almost always the case, that Scottish football is being run for the benefit of two clubs and I'm rapidly approaching the end of my tether with it all. I'm hopeful that ICT will object to these proposals when they feedback to the SPFL.

http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Ex-Caley-Thistle-stopper-Michael-Fraser-urges-end-to-delay-over-clubs-new-manager-12062017.htm Always thought Fraser was a pretty decent goal keeper for us. According to Wiki he really didn't play that much of the course of his career. Seems a bit of a waste.

It's just over four weeks until the League Cup groups kick off and we seriously need to get the finger out. Some of the other sides in the Championship are making some impressive looking signings already. The sooner we get a manager in the better so we can start getting some players in ourselves.

If you want any news on the pre season fixtures looks like you should check out the Caley Thistle website Inverness Courier: http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/We-want-to-stay-on-Caley-Thistle-coach-Kellacher-07062017.htm Forres (A) 01/07 Brora (A) 04/07 Nairn (A) 07/07 Elgin (A) 08/07 Any other games?

Inverness Courier talking of £20,000 to Aberdeen to pay for his services. http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Barry-Wilson-backs-old-pal-Paul-Sheerin-to-bring-good-times-back-to-Caley-Thistle-if-he-gets-the-job-08062017.htm

No real substance to this but apparently Sheerin is on the verge of becoming manager: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/aberdeen-fc/1263245/paul-sheerin-verge-becoming-new-caley-thistle-boss/?utm_source=twitter

Nothing about pushing the new strips or season tickets either. I know that the latter have caused some uproar but normally the club Twitter keeps publicising an event or important info every day or so. It's like everything at the club has just been put on hold just now. Really strange.

Agree. Sending out renewals leading to all round criticism of prices then no one seemingly around to provide any clarification or answers to fans is bizarre. They literally just posted the forms off and seemingly expected everyone will just go "Oh aye I'll renew no bother". It's as if they didn't expect folk to react the way many have done.

http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Inverness-Caley-Thistle-fans-fume-over-season-ticket-prices-06062017.htm Doesn't say much more than we already know but again no one from the club available for comment which is slightly odd. Nothing from the club on Twitter in 5 days now (I know the main Tweeter has stepped down) but it just seems like there is a complete vacuum at the club right now. Very strange. Don't recall this before.

In amongst the Paul Sheerin story is some info on why Meekings was released. Apparently the club considered it unlikely that we could afford to keep him although they might try again over the summer. http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Caley-Thistle-hold-preliminary-talks-with-Paul-Sheerin-over-managers-job-05062017.htm

Erm, they're six weeks away aren't they?

Good to see that Liam Keogh is still an absolute dreamboat.