Scotty

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st ICT: Billy Mckay 1st PT: Graham Crowd: 1314 Yellow Card: Devine CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 1-1 1st ICT: Samuels 1st PT: Rudden Crowd: 1122 Yellow Card: Deas SOS HT: 0-1 FT: 2-1 1st ICT: Pearson 1st PT: Tiffoney Crowd: 1246 Yellow Card: Graham (PT)

Scotty : Cove @ 1.70 CDN Girl : Forfar @ 1.60 SOS : Stirling @ 1.65

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Morton: Oliver Crowd: 1415 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 1-1 1st ICT: Sutherland 1st Morton: Ugwu Crowd: 1688 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 2-1 1st ICT: Samuels 1st Morton: Muirhead Crowd: 1746

Its a hard job, and like others I would say cut him some slack ... He is trying to manage our team with basically nothing in terms of resources. The pandemic has put paid to a lot of income and any measures in place to help are temporary and minimal to say the least. We are at the right end of the table and the recent activity in the window to release Duku and get a few bodies in that might turn things around are an acknowledgement that things need to change. We can all look down the road to Rugby Park or elsewhere and wish it were us (except Starks Park), but Killie are betting the farm on getting back up in one season - just like we did after our first relegation - and if it fails they are in deep s***. We can replace Dodds if you want, but then the new manager would have the same players, and even less finances to work with once we deduct any payoff needed for him and any of the backroom team that might have to go too ... Who do you suggest that would provide the spark that Dodds cannot in your eyes?

Remember him well ... Mo Johnston signed him for Toronto FC in 2007 ... scored 3 goals in 19 appearances. Not exactly a box-office success here !

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-1 1st ICT: Sutherland 1st Killie: Shaw Crowd: 5112 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 1-2 1st ICT: Mckay 1st Killie: Polworth Crowd: 4889 SOS HT: 0-1 FT: 2-2 1st ICT: Welsh 1st Killie: Lafferty Crowd: 4921

Scotty : Montrose @ 2.05 CDN Girl : Annan @ 2.00 SOS : Stenny @ 2.05

Its always the same ... but realistically, as the saying goes, you can only pi** with the co** you got !!! Whilst we all love our team, in the eyes of the rest of the world, and regardless of whether it is a right or wrong perception, we are a small provincial club in the middle of nowhere with piss poor crowds playing outside the top division in Scotland, a league which is not highly rated, and with no money to spend. Our benefactors have put in money as and where they can, but unlike some other clubs, that too is not a bottomless pit. We cannot force players to come to Inverness, on loan or otherwise, just as we cant force existing players to sign longer terms deals .. and while we all know that we are only an hour or two flight from London or Amsterdam and therefore the rest of the world by plane, the rest of the world still seems to think we have steam powered carriages coming up the single track A9 to the quaint village of Inversnecky. Where I think we can and must do better is in our vision for loans ... We seem very narrow focused when there is a wide world out there. If any of our staff have contacts in the game at other clubs in the UK through agents or employment then utilise them. These can be clubs at home or abroad. Barry's played for a few teams, Doddsy too and Robbo should have good contacts. Our CEO also has those within Scotland ..... I will also repeat myself about MLS .... its a great place to look for up and coming youngsters and with Canada now in the top 40 (fastest rising nation of 2021) and the USA at #11 the work permit situation is a lot easier ... I notice Dundee just signed ex-TFC player Jay Chapman from Miami for example, a workmanlike midfielder who didn't seem to have an issue with permits due to his involvement with the Canadian national team. Liam Fraser, previously at Toronto and on loan at Columbus for last year just signed for a second division Danish side and he would have done a job for us too and also would not have permit issues .... The point is that there are bound to be a lot of gems out there and some quick phone calls or emails to contacts they already have may bear fruit (pending those ITC papers).

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-2 1st ICT: Duku 1st Pars: Lawless Crowd: 2701 Yellow Card: Broadfoot CDN Girl HT: 0-1 FT: 1-1 1st ICT: Sutherland 1st Pars: Todd Crowd: 3110 Yellow Card: Donaldson SOS HT: 1-0 FT: 2-3 1st ICT: Walsh 1st Pars: McCann Crowd: 2552 Yellow Card: Edwards

Being in Canada I get different ads to almost everyone else. Today its adverts for the Bay (think Arnotts) and also antivirus stuff .... as well as the new Nissan Ariya even though I wouldnt buy a Nissan and recent car searches (for the missus) have been for the KIA EV6 and Subaru Forester to replace our dead Sportage. Think this is my favourite of the day for some reason though:

... and these are all contextual based on browsing habits ... so just what are you looking for on AliBaba ? seriously though - I am working on a site upgrade soon. I hope to make only minor tweaks although I am looking at whether or not to change the theme design a bit more radically ... placement of ads will be a part of that. I need to maximise revenue - as previously stated - but I do have an eye on doing that in a fashion that doesn't flood everyone with ads ....

Every time I see the name Hector-Ingram I keep thinking of an old university friend who goes by that name. Not him though, he's a little older than a typical football player and living in Kuala Lumpur.

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st ICT: Billy Mckay 1st QOS: Connelly CDN Girl HT: 0-1 FT: 2-1 1st ICT: Sutherland 1st QOS: Nditi SOS HT: 1-0 FT: 2-0 1st ICT: Mcgregor 1st QOS: Paton

Scotty : Stenny @ 1.65 CDN Girl : Kelty @ 1.40 SOS : Dumbarton @ 2.05

Google Doug Ford - our erstwhile provincial premiere (conservative) and his counterpart in Alberta (Jason Kenney - also conservative) could give BoJo a run for his money in the stupidity stakes .... coupled with Trump south of the border until recently and it was a true cluster**** of epic proportions. Think we should all move to New Zealand. Their leadership at least seems to be consistent and decisive even if she too has faced challenges.

The site costs me personally about £1500 - £2000 per year right out of my pocket once you factor in VPS hosting, bandwidth costs, domain name fees, software upgrade, support and maintenance fess for the forum software (which just went up by 40% in September 2021) as well as other costs that occur here and there. Simply put, without ads the site will not exist as I cannot afford to take that out of our household budget to run a free website. I am never going to get rich from the ads, that's never been the plan, hence why I am always open to tweaking them a bit. I also do not have any interest in trying to charge everyone to access the site to pay for its upkeep. I have always said that the site has to be self-financing and luckily - other than the time of volunteers who help to keep it ticking over - the ads have allowed all the external costs to be covered so far ... I do look at the makeup of the ads periodically and try to strike a balance. Recently I got rid of the transitional ads (Vignette Ads in google speak) that appeared in between pages every so often because people didn't like them ... we took a 10% hit in revenue due to that but I think it was the right decision as they were somewhat intrusive. These were originally placed automatically by Google as one of their 'tests' but i was able to opt out. The ad you refer to - at the bottom with the arrow on the left to minimise it was also part of that test. These are called anchor ads because they anchor themselves to the bottom of the screen but they are easily dismissible/minimisable. These ads should not appear on every page, just every so often and they were enabled primarily to give us some mobile revenue because more than 50% of our page views are now on tablet or phone. The current setup has a header and sidebar 'above the fold' (ie. in the top part of the screen before scrolling). On screens without a sidebar, the sidebar ad is not there. What ads appears on there (ie. the actual product, and whether or not you see the same ad in all spots) is dependent on where you are, what google might know about your browsing habits, and which company decides to show you an ad - all of this is controlled by google algorithms not by me. I have no control over that other than having opted out of certain categories of ads. There is then a footer ad on most pages (which I am thinking of doing away with as its not particularly lucrative in terms of revenue (because its below the fold)) and finally there is the periodic anchor ad you show in the screenshot. I can take a look and see if there is a way to minimise its appearance on desktop but still allow it to appear on mobile but that wont be immediate. *** Finally there is an option to get rid of most ads - I wont guarantee that it clears them all as a few have slipped through from time to time - and that is to become a site sponsor. For £25 per year, you get (almost) no ads as well as a few other perks. Site Sponsor - Membership - CaleyThistleOnline. *** Edit to add: Just to clarify the second to last paragraph. I am actually in the middle of looking at the newest version of the forum software in my development environment. This has a few changes in functionality as well as some additional features added (not advertising related). I am playing around with the layout and content of this release with a view to upgrading our current version and template. Placement and quantity of ads is part of that process. I cant control what ads appear, but I do try to look at the page as a whole to try an make sure its not designed by Homer Simpson!

Scotty HT: 1-0 FT: 2-1 1st ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Raith: Ross CDN Girl HT: 0-1 FT: 1-1 1st ICT: Harper 1st Raith: Williamson SOS HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st ICT: Sutherland 1st Raith: Stanton

Ryan Esson on the bench ?

Scotty : Cove @ 1.72 CDN Girl : Forfar @ 1.75 SOS : Kilmarnock @ 1.83

Seems to be pretty well thought of in USL so a move from Texas to California ..... Not in that league for the money though. Average salary in USL Championship is somewhere between US$40,000 to US$60,000 per year. (£30K-£45K per year or £865 per week at the top end of the scale!) ..... compare that to Jake Mulraney at Atlanta in MLS on $312K per year (ie. £230K or £4400 per week) Nice to see the ICT name getting a mention though ..... El Paso Locomotive profile / awards : 2021 Fan Awards: Most Valuable Player (eplocomotivefc.com) Signing info from Sacramento : Midfielder Nick Ross Joins Republic FC Ahead of 2022 Season - OurSports Central

When it makes the situation untenable at work, causes another employee to effectively resign unless the other is removed from the workplace (allegedly), and generally causes ill-will all round given that it all came to light during the other player's bereavement, then a mutual termination is sometimes the best thing .... I assume the club would have offered this, and he would have been free to sign for a new club immediately (?) ... perhaps the player did not accept this and the club's legal advisors determined they had no way to play the "gross misconduct" card. I have seen people sacked all the time for things in their private life that got in the way of their professional life. Either way, if he turns up in Dundee it will be for the best all-round. Shame though, as without those shenanigans I feel his experience may have helped us to earn a few more points up to this stage of the season.

They said in the commentary that their server(s) got a bit inundated with season ticket holders who would otherwise be at the match not being able to go due to the restrictions. Seems like a pretty honest answer. Kudos to them for having a plan 'B' on vimeo even if it did mean some of us were able to watch a bit of the game for no charge.

Heart says we will win .... head says, whoever tweaks their squad wisely during this window and can build a little momentum. All the favourites have gone off the boil recently allowing the steady and workmanlike Arbroath to sit atop the table. Can they maintain that? or can ourselves, Raith, Killie or Partick put together a run .... going to be an interesting few months. Almost as interesting at the bottom also .....

Hope so .... If Gardyne was punted for what was alluded to earlier in the season then his wage should (hopefully) not be getting paid or at worst can be got rid off this month. There has never been any official announcement from the club and he hasn't signed for anyone else (yet) so perhaps he will just quietly turn up elsewhere during the window freeing us up that wage. Someone with similar on-field qualities would be good. Very important window for us this season, we are sitting nicely and a couple of additions in key areas could give us a little bump of momentum needed to sustain our push to the end of the season.

remember one game where one of the young guys was fouled badly, and in our part of the stand, the chant that started up was "Bobby's gonna get ya ...." repeated ad infinitum .... until he did Bobby's distribution was at times sublime - I recall on more than one occasion where a 50 yard ping went from his foot to one of our players and led to a chance. Agree he was our best centre back.