Huisdean

We have a goalkeeper injury crisis! OFW and Ryan injured, Cammy Mackay back on loan at Elgin and Daniel Hobban also injured. Only available keeper is a 16 year old youth player. This could see the Hamilton game being postponed. Where is this information from. Nothing on STV news tonight?

Are you at the game Hiro, if not how can you say players not pulling their weight. Vigurs and Tansey consistently getting slated and not always deserved.

I think he was definitely missed from the midfield against Aberdeen and truly cannot believe some of the criticism he has been getting on this forum. Has Tansey been our worst performer this season, far from it and while he may not be hitting his normal high standards, he should still be one of the first names on the team sheet as he does offer something different for our midfield. As for being dropped, it wasn't that long ago that many posters on here were wanting a certain forward dropped and looked how that has turned out. As for a deal with Aberdeen for Storey, that is a complete non starter.

I think Mr Shinnie forfeited that right during the game when Ryan Christie got sent off and last Saturday's game when he was as bad as other Aberdeen players for gamesmanship. Would you treat your former employer like that?.

Ironically, they will probably succeed as this was a foul but yet another decision the ref got wrong. If only the ref had done this at the free kick from which Aberdeen scored their first goal. Have to agree with other posters that Aberdeen players were going down exceptionally easily and conned the referee although the referee should be able to deal with this better than he did on Saturday. The Aberdeen management team were also at the fourth official all game trying to pressurise him. No class at all from either the team or their management.

See this kinda thing really pisses me off, it's one thing if were getting beaten trying but why do we need to underperform in so many games. It's not like we CANT do it, we've shown we can.. So what's the problem? Too much time off, too much nights out on the ****, no desire to progress? If we're not careful we'll be firmly rooted to the bottom by Christmas A Bit harsh. Players don't deliberately go out to play badly. Some players had an off day yesterday and, on the day, Aberdeen were the better team when it mattered, albeit aided and abetted by a very poor referee. On the subject of the referees, they seem to be getting progressively worse, certainly at the home games this season and do appear to have it in for ICT. Hope I am wrong but key decisions are clearly not being given to ICT or we are being treated differently from the opposing team. It does also appear that referees have stopped penalising defenders who blatantly foul forwards by holding them, pushing them and climbing all over them.

Feel a bit disappointed not to come away with a win after the performance put in by the team and the challenges that had to be overcome with the loss to injury of Fon Williams, Tremarco, Doran and Vigurs. Don't know what happened to Fon Williams but Tremarco looked like a hamstring injury and Doran and Vigurs looked like groin injuries so all could be out for a few weeks. Had we kept them all on, result may well have been different. Back to the game and, to be honest, only one team tried to play football and it wasn't Hearts. If anyone ever accuses ICT of being a physical team, they should look at Hearts. Yet again some of their play acting was dreadful and in this they were aided and abetted by a truly woeful refereeing performance. Don't think Doumboya got any protection from the ref and was constantly being fouled. Glaringly obvious pushes by Hearts went unpunished. Craig Thomson was truly truly dreadful and should be ashamed of such a poor performance. While we are still a work in progress as a team, if we can keep these players together, we can go places as a team, maybe not this season but the potential is there. The public of Inverness need to get out and support this team as today was really good entertainment.

But the point is that he has now played there often enough to improve in that position but looks to have not learned anything. That is not good enough I'm afraid. The manager is trying to accommodate the midfielders he has so someone has to play out of their favoured position at times. Better to play surely than be on the bench but if Polworth cannot adapt then something needs to change. I genuinely think that we cannot play both Vigurs and Polworth they way Ritchie wants the team to play now but that is up to the manager.

Tansey needs to start as he is us better options so I would drop Polworth and either keep Vigurs in or play with Fisher and Boden up front.

Strange how fans see some things differently. First of all, have to agree a poor game overall but cannot agree over some of the comments on certain players. The criticism of Vigurs by many is harsh as he certainly put in the effort as far as I was concerned and played himself out of some tricky situations well. While Polworth may not be playing in his best/favoured position, he needs to accept that he must learn to play there and not look so lost at times. He is after all a professional footballer. Dounbaye played a bit better and did win quite a few balls in the air. He was however continually fouled while challenging for the ball (Killie players using their arms to jump over him or wrap their arms around him) which made it difficult for him. Some posters have to remember where our strikers have come from and to expect them all to hit the ground running is simply not realistic. Remember how slow some of our best goal scorers started slowly (Wyness/Dargo/Mckay) so give them some time. Someone commented earlier that the subs were okay except Boden. Given he was on the field for the least amount of time, this was harsh and I thought he did okay and complemented Dounbaye. We seriously, in my opinion, need to experiment playing with two strikers. The reality is that too many players had a bad day at the office yesterday which I am sure they will admit. It also has to be understood that our new manager will make mistakes as that is the only way he will learn. Some things he has picked up such as better use of subs and trying to win/draw late on in games which his predecessor failed miserably at but worringly perhaps he has inherited some of Hughes stubbornness in playing certain player in roles they are not suited to or leave the team unbalanced.

Maybe not but a Fisher/Boden front two has merit for me and is worth a try at some point.

Cannot believe some of the posts on the game. I thought we played pretty well for the most part and could/should have got a point at least which would have been deserved. We did need more pace and it was noticeable that our best spell came when Doran and Mulraney introduced. I don't think we can afford to play Vigurs and Polworth together the way we are playing this season as neither are good at providing defensive support so to play them both is a luxury we cannot afford. Genuinely think Polworth needs to be the one to drop out as he is not playing well (as is Vigurs but I think Vigurs can provide that extra bit of class we sometimes need). On another night things will go better for us but a special mention to Ross Draper who was immense for us. Where would be without him. On other matters, someone has already mentioned the so called ICT fans waving a tricolour. These idiots are not fans and should be ashamed of themselves ( in case anyone responds with this was done to support our manager/Irish players, why was this not done previously?). I also take it Rangers FC do not understand irony. Cars stating give racism the red card displayed by both teams at the start then RFC fans proceed to sing racist and bigoted songs all evening with no sanction. When will the SFA/SPFL grow some balls and actually take some action against the clubs for this. Although a good crowd last night, very noticeable the number of rangers supporters in the main stand, three in front of me who hardly uttered anything all night but gave me dirty looks when shouting on ICT and criticising Rangers. Finally, Willie Collum. How is this clown still a referee at this level. Last night, he gave fouls that nobody else saw, missed blatant fouls, for both teams, played advantage for Rangers on every occasion yet stopped us twice when we had good potential breaks on. Marked reluctance to caution Rangers players early on yet no hesitation in booking Tansey. Maybe he should dress up as a clown to match his persona.

S Sorry but if some of our fans look to cause trouble at a game, then I for one don't want these "fans" attending. Not at the game so cannot comment specifically on yesterday but having been verbally abused by some of our "young fans" after the County game when I told them to behave and not cause trouble outside the ground, if these are the same fans then as far as I am concerned they are not welcome.

I moved to Inverness in 1967 from Aberdeen and because I stayed "up the hill", Inverness Thistle were my adopted team. My first game I attended was against Elgin and the crowd was certainly in the thousands, three perhaps. I well remember local derbies getting crows of 4/5 thousand as would Scottish Cup ties during the seventies. I w as also a season ticket holder at Thistle for many years but crowds had started to diminish from the eighties onward and at the end, crowds were down to the low hundreds for all Inverness clubs. Anyone who states otherwise has a very selective memory. Crowds in Scotland have diminished since the late sixties for many reasons, not least because there are so many alternatives on a Saturday afternoon now. As a last example, before I moved up from Aberdeen, who my father took me to watch, they reached the Scottish Cup Final in 1967. On the way to that, they had a replay against Hearts, I think midweek and drew an astonishing crowd of 45000 to Pittodrie. How great would that be now.

Really good and thoughtful interview totally ruined by the host (Kenny McIntyre?) not discussing with the guests on the show but immediately cutting back to the Celtic game. Pretty shocking stuff but to be expected from Sportsound.

Not aware that Draper has a problem with these surfaces but if he does, then this makes sense.

A red dot for this????????????

Slightly off topic on yesterdays game but after the Ross County game, there were a group of 12 to 15 young fans (between 14 and 16 years old perhaps), trying to goad their fans into a fight. When I told them to grow up and behave, they started challenging me to a fight despite the fact I was clearly dressed in ICT colours. Basically told them to come back when they were old enough but they continued with abuse as I walked away. I sam the same "gang" after the St Johnstone game trying to do the same. Worrying if these idiots drag our good name down and wonder if they were the same "idiots" as yesterday.

Totally agree Renegade although all those fans who could not understand why Hughes had an issue with raven may now be changing their minds. Hopefully it is just a dip in form for Raven but Horner has to start. Why someone would want to start Doumbouya ahead of Fisher, or Boden, is a mystery to me. Jury is out for me on Doumbouya at the moment as for every good thing he did, he then spoilt things by overdoing things or not passing the ball just like Mutoumbo did.Only thing in his favour is he is more physical which should help him.

Hopefully no interest will be shown for Boyd. No pace and not a great defender in my opinion.

He needs to get game time and experience, neither of which he will get at ICT at the moment and it would not be good for his development to get thrown into the first team at present. A few months toughening up at Arbroath will do him the world of good.

Really enjoyable match today and a deserved win. Don't think Fon Williams had a real save to make and their goal was one of those that little good be done to stop the great strike from Foster. Good performances all over the pitch but a special mention to Fisher. Found it hard going in the first half but stuck to his guns and got better as the game progressed. If we could find someone to play off him, we could have a real goal threat.

Don't think there was any risk in signing McNaughton based on his previous injuries (broken leg and hamstring injuries) as ruptured Achilles tendon could happen to any player.

For the parts highlighted in bold, pure supposition and speculation on your part. County players primarily coming over for a drink at these breaks, not for pearls of wisdom from the management team or any great encouragement. I sit five rows behind the away dug out so could see what was happening

As per usual, some nonsensical comments on here after this defeat. Let's be honest, most of the fans wanted Foran as the manager so some of the comments made about his management style/tactics etc are the pot calling the kettle black. Of course Foran will make mistakes but he has to be given time to learn his trade and someone has alrteady pointed out, that is why he has been given a 4 year contract. Some of the comments about Foran being too calm on the touchline are just nonsense, you don't have to be shouting at the players all the time to be a good manager, in fact I would say it should be the opposite as the players should be given the responsibility to do their job. Would you want your boss standing over you all the time?. As for yesterday, poor defending cost us the game, end of story. What football was played was only played by ICT as County were content to sit in after scoring their goals and even attempt to time waste during the first half. We were outmuscled by County as well which is a first for me but they are a big physical team this season while we appear to be more lightweight than in seasons gone by. Too many players lost the physical challenge yesterday, not helped by a referee who seemed incapable of recognising a foul. Don't get the criticism of McNaught from some as he was not culpable for the first goal, Warren and Raven saw to that and Raven very culpable for the second. Fon Williams and Warren culpable for the third. Obviously mistakes need to be cut out and getting Meekings back is a priority. To me, Raven has not played well this season and if this continues, needs to be dropped to give Horner a chance. I also don't think we can play Vigurs and Polworth together week in week out as they are too similar and provide little defensive cover in midfield. Therein lies part of the problem as we are playing a very attacking formation but lacking some defensive midfield cover. I genuinely think that with a few tweaks we will be okay this season but okay means staying up and avoiding the play offs. No doubt some will say we are regressing as a club but, let's be honest, we have been punching above our weight and it is going to take a couple of seasons to start to get back perhaps, to where we were. As for the referee yesterday, to be blunt, he was totally out of his depth and lost control of the game. The situation around our first goal was farcial as was his failure to sent Boyce off the field after he had received treatment. It took Draper to point this out to him. Raven got a booking for nothing while Davies fouled Boden and others all afternoon with the referee totally oblivious. One foul he gave against Draper was truly astonishing as the County player was climbing all over him. Keep the faith and support the team. As for Dougal, your posts are truly astonishing in their quality. Please post elsewhere