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    in Technical Support

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    logins are handled using cookies. do you clear these? If i search that error on google i also see a few forums where this issue happens on safari. Looking on our back-end it shows you last logged in in January using Safari 14.0.3, the same day you had also used 13.1.3 so i guess you updated? Prior to that it was Safari 12 on mobile. 

    The suggestion on one of the sites i saw was to go to settings-safari-advanced- website data and delete the site, then login again.

    Robbo's interim - Neil McCann

    in Caley Thistle

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    4 hours ago, Jockdoonsouth said:

    Well I don't know if you noticed but he has been working with Robbo for quite some time. He has experience at Elgin and Wick. Experience both good and bad is valid. Robbo has had successes and failures but look at the manager he is for us. He has the shared experience of Ryan and Charlie to draw upon. When you listen to him in interviews after games he is usually spot on in his assessment. I rate him and see his potential. Our club is great at bringing the best out of people who have been thrown on the scrap heap. We do it for players so why not for managerial staff? Or shall we say they are crap? Be all doom and gloom? Sometimes I think certain people on this forum want the club to fail because it suits their stupid 25 year old agenda's that they can't let go of.

    Doesn't matter whether we rate him or not ... does he have his UEFA badges?

    Club licensing requires the manager to have reached a certain level of licensing qualification and Neil McCann is licensed up to (the highest) UEFA PRO level which qualifies him to not only manage in the topflight of any country but also to be an international manager if that was his wish. I am not sure what badges Barry or Ryan have but if its UEFA B for example then they can't take charge of the club on a permanent or semi-permanent basis. An interim manager would be classed as semi-permanent due to there being no defined end date.   

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    Robbo's interim - Neil McCann

    in Caley Thistle

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    Comes across well and is basically doing this as a favour to two friends (Scot Gardiner and Robbo). At pains to explain he is not interested in Robbo's job, just wants to keep the seat warm, and that he only took it on after speaking to Robbo. For me that interview pretty much ticks all the boxes in terms of doing things right and having the right attitude about it .... lets hope now that he can get a few points on the board. With Kells gone for now and Robbo obviously having a hard time of it recently - having mentioned mental health issues and now a bereavement - perhaps the eye was indeed off the ball and what we saw as bad performances were precipitated by this turmoil. If Robbo can focus on himself, and Scott can get better soon while NM steadies the ship and works with Barry and Ryan to get some decent result then its a win for all concerned 🙂

      

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    Robbo's interim - Neil McCann

    in Caley Thistle

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    2 hours ago, izzy said:

    To Admin,You may class me a happy clapper although I’m quite possibly the furthest from one that you are ever likely to meet .Actually sarcasm is the lowest form of wit ! I am well aware what the forum is for and that was the reason for my comment .... My feelings are the man has kindly given up a comfortable life in the middle of a pandemic to help us .His feet aren’t in the door and the comments on here are quite disrespectful . I apologise if anyone is offended by my comment but under the circumstances people really need to think how hurtful these comments can be all round . I’ve made my point I will not be commenting further on this but just to wish Neil and the team well and Condolences to John and family and look forward to him coming back feeling much better .when able to do so .

    As Mantis has said, and contrary to popular belief from some, we dont censor comments on here, nor do we remove said comments unless they cross the line. You may find them disrespectful, and others may agree or disagree with those comments, but they are opinions of people who are entitled to voice their opinion whether you, I or anyone else agrees with it or not. Also, no-one has actually used the reporting mechanism that triggers a moderator discussion on a specific topic or post. In a situation like this, the typical course of action is to allow the rest of our audience to (respectfully) disagree with these posters and foster a discussion on the subject! Thats the prime purpose of a(n open) forum. It is also likely that should he indeed be a success that those same comments are paraded back to the naysayers later ...

    For what it's worth, my own opinion is that we should give the guy a chance. His previous managerial record is not exactly stellar with Dunfermline or with Dundee but we are neither of these clubs and something magical happens if someone, player or staff, is a good fit for our club. He has clearly stepped into the breach to help out our club in our, and our manager's time of need, giving up potentially lucrative media earnings, and for that he should have earned our 100% support from the get-go. If he can steady the ship and win a few points while Robbo is gone then its job done in these most strange times and difficult circumstances. If not, then the naysayers can say 'I told you so'.

    As I was entering his details into the managerial stats this morning I got to thinking, it seems like we have an ever-growing connection with Hearts these days... Obviously, there is the Robbo connection, the virtual ticketing for this week and the appreciation from Hearts fans of our stance during the reconstruction debate last year, and now a former Hearts hero stepping into the breach to give another Hearts hero time to recover and recharge his batteries ....  

     

     

     

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    Positive messages for Robbo

    in Caley Thistle

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    Best wishes to Robbo and hopes for a speedy recovery for Kells. The Herald article is a very good one and I particularly like the references to both Robbo and Kells being friends and colleagues because that speaks to a different mindset in how you handle any challenges, and it is important that we support both of them with whatever life throws at them right now. 

    As for a temp manager, my mind went first to the likes of Charlie Christie given his history and past experience, but seems he is not in the frame right now given the comments about the youth setup. Going to pull this one from left field ... but assuming this is for a temporary stint, what is Pele doing these days? or perhaps Parky? Failing that then perhaps we need to persevere with Wilson and Esson. Not sure of the coaching badges of all the aforementioned but cannot see us getting any big names for a temporary appointment in the Highlands during a COVID pandemic ..... 

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    Hearts: 26 February: virtual tickets

    in Caley Thistle

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    1 hour ago, RiG said:

    Milking fans (of both sides) for as much as they can whilst ignoring supporters comments about the poor quality of the match day stream is definitely going to go down well.

     

    Its web design geekery but I think this may have originated with Hearts .... its their page and Curtis Sport have not changed the page title from a previous program that may have been on sale .... The HTML notes that it's from the following game:  <title>Heart of Midlothian v Queen of the South - 12/12/20</title>

     

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    Inverness CT -V- Queen of the South - Preview

    in Caley Thistle

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    19 hours ago, hislopsoffsideagain said:

    And yet the club still chooses to pay for Pixellot instead of using skilled, experienced volunteers...even though they're filming the game anyway.

     

    4 hours ago, Jack Waddington said:

    Alternatively, I think we could focus our complaints elsewhere, i.e. the ICTFC Twitter, where what was for the longest time a family club, has become nothing more than a club that responds to only what they want to hear. 

    These are the worrying posts in this thread. The notion that the club are - once again - going into ostrich mode is concerning. How many hundreds of complaints have we seen, not just on here, about this clearly substandard system we are persevering with? and then to ignore comments of fans on social media and not address them ...... not a good idea. 

    There has never been a period quite like this in world history and this is the time where the club should be doubling down on focussing locally by listening to supporters, working with the community, doing whatever they can in and around Inverness to actively build on any goodwill they can generate through this time. It seems they are doing the opposite.  There is very little we can do about postponements or COVID related shutdowns or measures, but we can certainly focus on what things we can do .... I do see some community engagement over the last few months, but all that goes out the window if you turn around and ignore your customers. 

     

    3 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

    Robbo is the longest serving manager in the Championship and one of the longest in the whole SPFL.

    Come the end of the season he will have been in post for 4 years and, more recently and has not improved our position. More recently, we seem to be going backwards if anything.

    Robbo is a very decent person, he is working with increasingly limited resources. However, mid table mediocrity season after season with no cup success other than the caramel wafer, is not good enough.

    If he can't turn things around and get us into a play off place by the end of the season then I am afraid he needs to go and someone else given an opportunity.

    I respectfully disagree .... I get it that results have not gone our way but, in my mind, this whole period is not typical. We are skint, we are not generating (enough) income to resolve that, and until recently we did not even know if we would be playing any games at all, and therefore we can't afford nice shiny things (other than pixell-Not it would seem!) ... It would be folly to offer contracts to all and sundry, and even if we could, many would not even consider coming here right now given the travel restrictions and time away from family (as noted in Kai Kennedy's move to Raith).  There's an old and crude saying that you can only pi** with the co** you have and that kind of fits our current status ...

    The time to judge Robbo is when things get back to normal and if he is underperforming then, that's the time to have this conversation .. until then, as frustrating as it is, he is trying his damnedest to get the best out of a patchwork of older players who used to be at a higher level, injury plagued players looking for another restart, and youngsters who aspire to get there ... not exactly the squad composition that any of us want or expect. He is doing all this while also acknowledging COVID related mental health issues that are being experienced by himself, and also presumably others around the club ...  so we should get behind him. 

    Any replacement for Robbo would have the same meagre resources, perhaps less if Robbo had to be paid off, and who is to say they could get more out of the existing squad ... we certainly could not be delving into the transfer market ....

     

    Inverness CT -V- Queen of the South - Preview

    in Caley Thistle

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    1 hour ago, hislopsoffsideagain said:

    And yet the club still chooses to pay for Pixellot instead of using skilled, experienced volunteers...even though they're filming the game anyway. Then they use the CaleyJagsTV highlights too, which just emphasizes the difference in quality. It is a really, really strange decision by the club.

    Its not a new thing .... The club often seem to have had an issue listening to, acknowledging the capabilities of, or quality of service from, volunteers. Countless examples over the years of them going and doing something completely different, costing more money, because its 'professional' when they had a perfectly good or superior product in place already. The TV coverage is a prime example .. and there are plenty more.

    Seems to be a couple of basic mindsets at play where it has to be a specific person's idea or its not getting any traction regardless of performance (the MyWay or Highway ideology) or it must cost an eye-opening amount to be any good - and still ends up sh*** anyway (the 'If its not expensive its crap' ideology).

    AndyCAM does a great job and between various other folk around the club there are no shortage of characters who could provide a great commentary experience, yet we won't even consider it for some reason .... 

    2003/2004 + 2004/2005 Match Photos

    in Caley Thistle

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    You would likely have to approach Trevor Martin, Ken Macpherson etc as they were the main freelancers who supplied SNS around that time and did the official club photos. I think it's true to say that PP (Caleyjags.com) focused mainly on the fans at that point and began to diversify as time went by.  

    Game 15 - Arbroath (A) 03 Feb

    in Gringo's NPL

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    Scotty

    • HT: 0-1
    • FT: 1-2
    • 1st Scorer ICT: Sutherland
    • 1st Scorer Arbroath: Hamilton
    • 1st Yellow Card: Brad McKay

    CDN Girl

    • HT: 0-0
    • FT: 0-1
    • 1st Scorer ICT: Daniel Mackay
    • 1st Scorer Arbroath: McKenna
    • 1st Yellow Card: Todorov

    SOS

    • HT: 1-1
    • FT: 1-3
    • 1st Scorer ICT: Storey
    • 1st Scorer Arbroath: Craigen
    • 1st Yellow Card: Linn

    Virtual Match Sponsorship and Virtual Mascots

    in Caley Thistle

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    Great initiative. My boy was an in-person mascot in 2017 and loved it. It inspired him to get more into football and between that and his friend Kyle doing well in the ICT youth setup, he registered with Toronto FC juniors to try and emulate that feeling .... its all gone a bit t*ts up for now with COVID, but he's keen to get back to training once things resume ... and it will all have started at the Caledonian Stadium 🙂

     

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    I also wonder if there would be enough interest in doing a group match sponsorship like we did for the player sponsorship. You get 10 viewing passes so it would be £48 per head (inc VAT), but maybe a bit less if some season book holders who were already entitled to view the stream were to join in ... The comments to this thread would likely indicate if this was viable or not 🙂

     

     

     

     

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    Coronavirus - Season on hold

    in Caley Thistle

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    57 minutes ago, TheMantis said:

    I don’t think it was removed, we just don’t use it. As @RiG says it’s not mandatory in the Prem any longer.

    I think you could be right ... it's incredibly expensive to run it as you have to have it running for a long time just for one match so we just dont use it. We did relay the pitch a couple of years ago didn't we so it's also possible it was removed and not replaced ... I know Tommy hates/hated it, reckoned it completely ruined his pitch which - until we put it in - had suffered only one or two postponements in its lifetime.   

    Game 14 - Greenock Morton (A) 27 Jan

    in Gringo's NPL

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    Scotty

    • HT: 0-1
    • FT: 1-2
    • 1st Scorer ICT: Sutherland
    • 1st Scorer Morton:  Oliver
    • 1st Yellow Card: Vincent

    CDN Girl

    • HT: 0-0
    • FT: 0-1
    • 1st Scorer ICT: Doran
    • 1st Scorer Morton: McGuffie 
    • 1st Yellow Card: McGinty

    SOS

    • HT: 1-1
    • FT: 1-3
    • 1st Scorer ICT: Daniel Mackay
    • 1st Scorer Morton: Nesbitt
    • 1st Yellow Card: Deas

    Ian Broadfoot

    in Caley Thistle

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    The family have just shared funeral details on Facebook. 

    Thank you for all your kind messages and cards. Ian's funeral will take place in Perth at 2pm on Friday 15 January 2021. Due to current restrictions, it will have to be private, but there will be a live stream. We'll receive the link on Thursday and will share that here for anyone who wishes to attend virtually.
     
    If you would like to make a donation in his name, we welcome contributions to

    In Memory Of Ian Broadfoot

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