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    Big Stew

    in Caley Thistle

    Posted

    2 hours ago, tm4tj said:

    Standing room only today, a testament in itself to the Big Man's character who touched so many.

    RIP Big Stew, I'll have a dram or two for you and let's see if we can beat Partick tonight for you.

    Missed you :( 

    beautiful service, and a testament to the big man’s character that so many attended.  

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    Game 45 - Hamilton (H) Fri 29 Apr

    in Gringo's NPL

    Posted

    Scotty - **JOKER**

    • HT: 0-0
    • FT: 1-0
    • 1st ICT: Billy Mckay
    • 1st Hamilton: Moyo
    • Crowd: 1865

    CDN Girl ** JOKER **

    • HT: 1-0
    • FT: 1-1
    • 1st ICT: Sutherland
    • 1st Hamilton: Lawson
    • Crowd: 1955

    SOS ** JOKER**

    • HT: 0-1
    • FT: 2-1
    • 1st ICT: Mcalear
    • 1st Hamilton: Moyo
    • Crowd: 1799

    Players need to have a LONG HARD look at themselves.

    in Caley Thistle

    Posted

    Its so easy to manage a team in Football Manager ... the real world - not so much! 

    The reality is that you are dealing with personalities, conflicts, real world stuff ... and employees (players) who will have a good day at the office or a bad one, just like us. Throw in a business operating on a shoestring, and an entire  industry operating in a fishbowl, that has a customer base with very strong opinions based on emotions and tribalism, where today's heroes are tomorrow's villains and once again next week's heroes, and its literally impossible to please everyone, or at times, anyone.   

    You don't just throw out the baby with the bath water. There may be a few players who will or need to move on come the end of the season, but moving on an entire team of players is neither practical or sensible. Quite apart from the fact that we cant force players who are in contract out the door, nor can we necessarily afford to terminate contracts, replacing all of these players with youngsters is also at best risky, and at worst disastrous. While I believe in the mantra that if you are good enough, you are old enough, the simple fact is that younger players are neither physically or mentally prepared to play 40+ games in a season and I very much doubt we have 18 youngsters ready to make the step up to first team + subs bench. The best managers have traditionally had a blend of youth and experience and rotated those youngsters in and out of their sides so they gain experience but don't get burned out so that then means you may need 25 of a squad to rotate the 11+7 matchday squad ... we do not have that.     

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    Big Stew

    in Caley Thistle

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    IVS2004_028.jpgIt is with heartbreak and sorrow that I must announce the passing of well-known ICT supporter, my great friend for many years, and the best man at my wedding Stewart Anderson.

    Stewart, his brother Ross, another friend Calum, and I sat directly above the tunnel from the second season of ICT at the Caledonian Stadium and even if you didn’t know him, you likely knew of him or encountered him. It will always be an unforgettable sight to have seen the big man in full swing shouting “encouragement” to opposition players, managers, and referees!  IMG_2400.JPGThose tickets changed hands over the years as paths crossed and uncrossed or personal circumstances changed, but always within people who were a part of that group with Stewart at or near the centre. 

    The banter and ‘encouragement’ on a Saturday afternoon were all just football. Away from the stadium, Stewart was the proverbial gentle giant, a 6’5” teddy bear dedicated to family and friends who was also hardworking and conscientious. He would never knowingly do you any wrong and would give you the shirt off his back to help you if needed. 

    Innes6.jpg.a3588d8309cdbde8b54f3154f7e14107.jpgI had the privilege to know Stewart for nearly 30 years. It started through football but transcended into far more areas of our lives. Stewart became a close friend before I moved to Canada, and when I did, he was the best man at my wedding, his dad Blair was our piper, and his mum Mary and brother Allan were also in attendance. He gave a speech at the reception that made even the ministers blush (we had two ministers – a husband and wife team from Nova Scotia who were very broad minded). I think I still have the handcuffs and blow-up sheep somewhere! 

    IMG_2997.JPGOver the years we had some memorable times in Scotland at ICT games both home and away, starting or ending in either the Caley Inn or the Innes Bar. He came to Toronto a couple of times after the wedding and we had a fun time travelling through the Rockies from Vancouver to Edmonton, then to Calgary and back to Toronto. Another time he came to Toronto then with us to Cuba where he celebrated mine and my wife’s 5th anniversary in style, looking and feeling equally happy as he relaxed with a Pina Colada and a Cuban cigar at the beach in Varadero or sipping a Mojito in Hemingway’s bar in Havana. He also came with me to a couple of Toronto FC games that year and managed to get an entire pub singing “Bridge and Castle”! (see video). He made friends here in Toronto who still ask for him after all this time. Friends who I will now have to break this tragic news to and who will feel the pain like everyone else.  

    Stewart was a bit of a technophobe, who just about managed to work his way around Facebook, so you won’t find him as a previous poster on the site. However, you will find many on here who knew the big man, respected, and loved him, and will miss him dearly. 

    IMG_9200.JPGI am seldom lost for words, and even though I have a thousand stories I could relay about fun and crazy times with the big man, I am honestly and truly at a loss for more to say right now other than that I am thinking of his parents Blair and Mary and his siblings Blair, Ross, and Alan. I offer them my sincere and heartfelt condolences which I know will barely make any dent in their loss, but hopefully at some point, they can take comfort in knowing that my feelings are reciprocated across thousands of people whose lives Stewart has touched over the years whether from his travels, work, family, or football and every one of us sings the same song about his warmth and generosity. 

    To Stewart, what else can I say but ‘Jeezo Big Man - Rest in Peace. I love you. I cherish all the happy memories we had together. I even cherish the times we disagreed. It made our friendship stronger, and you truly were the best man, not just my best man. You were one of a kind and I will miss you dearly.

    I and many others in several countries will raise a ‘peedy’ to your memory and look back on your life with great pride to have known you and been a part of it.  Rest in Peace my friend.   //Scott. 
     

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    Here is the New ICT Home Strip

    in Caley Thistle

    Posted

    As far as badges go, I would far rather have an ICT badge than any other ... I just wish the border on it was given some thought, especially if it is going on a red or blue area of the strip. If it was a white part, like the 2000 strip then it would not be as noticeable. I have had neutrals say to me - when I have worn an ICT shirt at TFC games - that it was a great shirt but they always comment on the badge.  

    Paul Cherry Medal Raffle In Aid Of Dnipro Kids

    in Caley Thistle

    Posted

    11 hours ago, SMEE said:

    As far as the line up in the team photo above, who is the fella back left.....next to Scott Maclean? And also, who was the back up goalkeeper?

    *ps, may as well ask who the lad, right at the back, to the right of Ian Macarthur is?

    Robbie Benson on the left, Neal Sinclair on the right. Don Macmillan was backup keeper. 

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    Here is the New ICT Home Strip

    in Caley Thistle

    Posted

    10 hours ago, SMEE said:

    What is the issue with the "crappy badge"? Does it peel off easy or something?

    personal taste really - I just think it looks cheap and nasty compared to the embroidered version. Perhaps if the border was smaller it may not look as bad. On the flip side, you could argue the stick-on badge is more accurate given the imperfections in the thistle and the eagle on that badge ... you decide 

     

    Logo on newest shirts compared to final Errea shirt (click to enlarge)
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    Side by side comparison

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    An older shirt (Feb 8th 2000 squad shirt) showing a crest with a border - but a much smaller border. 

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    World Cup 2022

    in General Football

    Posted

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    OK so got 5 months to get this wrong ... but here are my predictions for top 2 for each group

    • A : Netherlands, Senegal
    • B : England, Euro-Playoff (unless Scotland, then Rasczak scenario above comes into force and USA scrape in instead)
    • C : Argentina, Poland
    • D : France, Denmark
    • E : Spain, Germany
    • F : Belgium, Canada
    • G : Brazil, Serbia
    • H : Portugal, Uruguay

     

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    World Cup 2022

    in General Football

    Posted

    Time for a thread on this since the draw was just completed ... Had a feeling that the draw would place the winners of Scotland/Wales/Ukraine into the same group as England ... let the fun commence 🙂

    • Group A : Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Holland
    • Group B : England, Iran, United States, Wales/Ukraine/Scotland
    • Group C : Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
    • Group D : France, Peru/Australia/UAE, Denmark, Tunisia
    • Group E : Spain, New Zealand/Costa Rica, Germany, Japan
    • Group F : Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
    • Group G : Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
    • Group H : Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea

     

     

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