Scotty

The MLS figures are nonsense. Seattle has the highest attendance in MLS and last season they set a new average attendance for the season at 44,247 which was a new record high for MLS. They have huge support there in the north west and a bunch of games over the years where they have over 60,000 attending with 67385 being the highest (2013). Montreal had an average attendance of about 17,700 last season and 17.400 the season before and have never been one of the top crowds in MLS. They are sitting something like 14th out of 20 in MLS for average attendance but they are increasing thanks to the "Drogba" effect. They have had +60,000 for a game in Montreal one time when they played LA Galaxy at the Olympic Stadium rather than their own stadium and 61000+ in the same venue for the Champions League semi-final game against Mexican side Club America last year but those were one-offs rather than the norm.

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Sorry to hear this Gringo but totally understand the rationale. Here's hoping it can be re-invigorated for next season.

Going to be in Inverness next month and the calendar means I will get to see both Dundee games so I guess I will get to see former TFC defender Darren O'Dea after all ...... Should I wear my TFC top or one of my Caley Thistle ones .. not much debate really

bizarre .......

This was an offer previously made available to our 'player sponsors' . As no-one has indicated an interest in going I will make our spot available to other forum members .... To be eligible, you need to be a regular poster, with no outstanding warnings. If more than one person asks, we will discuss and pick someone to get our tickets. Got this from the club today - please indicate your interest in here and if there are more than two people interested we will conduct a random draw as we have done before ! I need to submit names by April 22nd so we will do the draw that day (if needed) and submit names to the club. NOTE: The invite is for the named user +1 so if you dont intend to take a +1 with you then mark it down .... another user from the forum may be interested in going too. NOTE2: This dinner is separate to the draw for the signed shirt that takes place at the end of the season. That draw is open to all player sponsors not just those in Inverness who can make it along to the stadium so if the "gift" from the club is the signed shirt, you will not receive this at the dinner. We draw a winner randomly for this at a later date.

Where is Agusta? Is that somewhere in Spain? I thought it was played at Augusta - a city named after the mother of King George III (insert sarcastic/pedantic smiley)

on the bench today so I guess the P&J was wrong

Scotty: Morton @ 2.10 CDN Girl: Stirling/Elgin draw @ 3.75 SOS: Cowdenbeath @ 2.10

Scotty HT: 1-1 FT: 1-2 1st ICT: Storey 1st Opp: Mackay Time of 1st Goal: 14 CDN Girl HT: 0-0 FT: 1-1 1st ICT: Tansey 1st Opp: Anier Time of 1st Goal: 55 SOS HT: 1-0 FT: 2-3 1st ICT: Vigurs 1st Opp: Rankin Time of 1st Goal: 23

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not sure what badges Richie has (if any) but it is a requirement that a manager has their UEFA Pro license before managing in the top flight. If he doesnt have that he cant manage for any more than 12 weeks as a caretaker. Who would want to be a football manager anyway !!! Last year he was manager of the year and half the town would have donated a kidney if he needed one ... this year he apparently cant do anything right and the same half of the town wouldn't p*** on him if he was on fire !! For me - I am in the middle. Disappointed at how our season has gone, but mindful that apart from the tactical errors that every manager makes, our season has had its own issues with injuries, the loss of key players to injury and transfers and the budget constraints that we always have to operate in. Hes doing the best he can with whats available to him and the high bar he set last year is coming back to bite him on the arse (as expected).

^^^^ This !!! There is a report button for those who feel personally offended by any comments that they feel cross the line of our rules ... and moderators can and will discuss any reports we get and make a decision based on that. To be honest we don't get a lot of complaints this way, maybe only one or two per month at most. Other than that, posters should be free to express their opinions unless they fall under one of the many socially and morally unacceptable "-ism's" that are not allowed. To date neither Nationalism or Unionism have been added to that list !!! Keep it clean, leave the personal out of it, and if you have no interest in the topic, move along ......... plenty other topics worth reading !

no entirely unexpected - the 'cause' bandied about was gastroenteritis and the symptoms usually clear up within a few days. Would rather any residual leakage happened on their own pitch !

Mariner is and was a t*** IMHO but on this one I do think he had a point. This review of his tenure at TFC is somewhat humorous but also accurate. I was at a few of the meetings mentioned !!! Personally, I want to see the bench full every week - assuming we have players who can fill it. However, with the young players, much like giving them game time sparingly as they develop into the next Christie or Polworth, its also behoven on the manager or his coaching staff to keep an eye on how the players react to getting time with the first team squad in general .. too much of a 'billy big time' attitude when they go back to the development squad or whichever team they are in then its counter productive and they'd be better off not on the bench ... If we only have 5 or 6 fit subs and we are headed to Celtic Park or Pittodrie etc then why not give them an incentive to perform well in training or the development games with the reward of being part of the matchday squad and soaking up the atmosphere and experience ... but they should not be there at the expense of other fit first teamers if we have a full complement to choose from.

Not sure if JH has the same philosophy or not, but a few of us had a conversation with Paul Mariner when he was Toronto manager and he was asked the same question because TFC were doing the same thing .... and he said he would not fill the bench with youngsters to make up the numbers as they had not earned it ! His stance was you earned your place in the team or on the bench or you might become entitled and arrogant ! He was sacked less than 6 months later ......

This is where MLS has a scheme that seems to work well. They have 'pool' keepers who are assigned to a club should they suffer a GK problem. Usually these are players who train with a club and who can step in for any club when the need arises. the contract and salary are picked up by the league.

not recently ... but I could swear we played entire seasons without a recognised keeper !!! just saying like

confirmed: http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/inverness-ct-v-hearts-postponed/

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 2-1 1st ICT: Storey 1st Opp: McDonald Time of 1st Goal: 53 Cdn Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 1-0 1st ICT: Tansey 1st Opp: Moult Time of 1st Goal: 3 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 3-2 1st ICT: Warren 1st Opp: lasley Time of 1st Goal: 19