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GK - I was under the impression that Ridgers was only on loan until the end of the season, and there has been no real indication otherwise. Defence - definitely need cover Midfield - agree we are pretty strong here in that we have an abundance of bodies so perhaps this area can be overlooked unless someone startling is available Attack - I hate to say it, but the evidence is there. Rory may have an abundance of raw talent and may score goals for fun in reserves, training or other non-competitive places but he cannot (yet) do it in the first team. A 7% strike rate - 1 goal every 14 or 15 matches - is simply not good enough. Maybe a summer away with the Scotland U20 squad will improve him ? Maybe the summer break will allow him to recharge his confidence and be his turning point, or maybe he will never fulfill the potential that was expected of him but we have to have at least 4 decent strikers. We currently have 3 with Dargo, Bayne and Wyness but if Dargo leaves, as seems increasingly likely, then we need at least one if not two strikers who can hit the back of the net on a regular basis.

good post 'nude...' You have put exactly what I was trying to say in the other thread far more eloquently than I did.

when you look at the squad list, its scary !!!! GK: Fraser, Ridgers (on loan-in) LB: Hastings, Golabek (on loan-out)(?) CB: McCaffrey, Munro RB: Tokely LM: Paatelainen, McBain, Rankin, Morgan (on loan-out)(?), CM: Black, Duncan, Hart RM: Wilson, Cowie (?) FW: Wyness, Bayne, Dargo (?), McAllister, McSwegan (?) [li]We need a GK as backup to Fraser or to push him for the #1 spot.[/li] [li]We need a LB to challenge Hastings for that spot. Will Golly come back ? if he does will he push him ?[/li] [li]We need at least one central defender to be in the mix with Caff and Grant[/li] [li]We need a RB to keep Tokely on his toes ... Proctor anyone ?[/li] [li]We have more than we need on left side of midfield. Will Morgan return ?[/li] [li]We have enough decent players for centre of midfield with Rankin, McBain and Cowie all able to play there as well as Black, Duncan and Hart[/li] [li]We may need a right sided midfielder to take some of the burden away from Barry who probably wont be able to play all games. Can Hart/Cowie cover this ?[/li] [li]We need a goalscorer. Wyness and Bayne appear to be the logical starting lineup if Dargo goes. McSwegan may not get a contract and much as I want to say differently, Rory has not done anything to merit a place - 3 goals in 44 appearances does not a striker make.[/li] There are decent youngsters floating around - Sutherland, Soane, Kerr, Wood (?) - but are any able to slot straight into the squad ? I dont know. Its a big rebuilding job at the end of the season .......

that table is correct up to the turn of the year ...... now that we have reached the split, I will try to update it this week so that the totals go to end of march.

I would tend to agree with this on the whole - although I would perhaps adjust it to say that there is no problem with 99.9% of ICT supporters as we do have a few neanderthals too. I have seen it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears.

I have already let the moderators know my feelings about the events of the last week or so (abuse, off-topic postings, spamming etc), but have decided it is valid to let everyone know...... Some may think my comments are melodramatic, that is your call, not mine. However, I can assure you that the following comments were not made lightly and came directly from the heart. This first comment was in response to a question from one of the mods asking whether it might be valid to 'filter' the comments in the other thread and re-open it for reasoned debate. "I believe the debate to be a valid one as you will probably see from my own comments, but it was not just IHE who caused it to be shut down. There was more than one person starting to throw out personal insults and I have feckin had it with this type of crap. Right now, i am a hairs breadth away from putting the forums into admin mode PERMANENTLY." After a little consideration of my initial comments, this was my next comment to the mods .... "I may need to walk away from the forums for a few days ...... if I dont, I may do or say something I will later regret and have to walk away from them permanently. The bill came in for the renewal of the domain name the other day, and for the first time in 14 years i found myself questioning whether it was worth the hassle ........" After ruminating on this subject in the car on the way to work, I have one further comment to make and it is as follows ...... When this site was official I acknowledge that we were - at times - over zealous with the administration - some might say censorship - of the forums. We had no choice in this. We have tried like **** not to go to that place since relaunching the site as an unofficial one only to be continually 'tested' by a small but persistent group of users who seem to take pleasure in either ruining threads, slinging out personal insults or both. As of right now that stops. We can 'ban' users if we need to although we honestly do not want to do that. However we also have another alternative which is to remove posting privileges for a period of time and we will most definitely begin to use this more frequently if the spamming/abuse continues. For the avoidance of all doubt, be aware that we will impose this sanction on anybody we think is abusing the terms and conditions of the forum, whether they are a regular poster, an occasional visitor, or a brand new member. I am sick and tired of all this garbage and if it means we lose a few posters then so be it, they will likely be replaced with others who can actually hold a conversation without it slipping to the levels it has done more recently. TM4TJ - good post (mostly). I agree there are lots of things going on in this world that warrant our attention more than a 'throwaway' remark at a football stadium. However, I believe that Sophia - who I disagree with a lot of the time - was right to bring it up. For my own sins, I may have gone over-the-top in my 'name and shame' comment as I do not know whether the person making the comment made it as a racial comment or whether they were coming from a place of ignorance or stupidity but ultimately this does not excuse the comment. In either event, I feel the initial post was valid as were some of the comments that followed it - even those I didnt agree with. It is a highly emotive subject and you are possibly right that this may not be the place to discuss it in depth, but as it was an 'incident' at a Caley Thistle match then I also cant say it shouldnt have been posted. When it comes to racism, there is no 'easy place' - condemn it and on one side you are seen as being 'PC' or 'over compensating', tell someone they are over-reacting or that there is nothing wrong with a comment and you may be called racist yourself. In this case, whichever side of the fence you find yourself on, I think we could possibly all agree that the comment was, at best, "inappropriate" and that the person should perhaps have been taken to task for it. To allow it, either explicitly or passively perhaps lets that person thinks they can get away with worse the next time, to vilify and ostracise the commenter might be going a little too far.

Although I think there were a number of valid points made in the topic, it was closed because it degenerated into personal abuse and was taken way off-topic by some users. There was no single poster responsible for its closure, it was a 'team effort'. Well done to all involved :007: I have no objection to a fresh thread being started - in the ICT forum as it is an ICT related topic - but will also have no hesitation in closing it (and any other thread) that descends into abuse/spamming. SM - I ask that you reconsider .... I know who you are, and your contributions to the board are welcomed. I would like to think you and others will be around to call out "<insert prefix here>-ists" of all variations ........

Unfortunately, even though this is an extremely valid subject, this thread, like many before it has degenerated into personal insults and been dragged off-topic and the best thing to do is close it.

It is scary to think that the 'leader' of the western world uses the same avatar as me :015: :015: :015: :015:

Well that's your opinion dude... It certainly is, and I am comfortable with it. so would they make the same comment ?? you didnt answer the question ..... No I would not - JC pays a lot of money to make his skin that colour .... Russell was born into his.

DBS - there is nothing remotely acceptable or 'frivolous' in commenting that you did not see a black person because they werent smiling. End of story. You can call it humorous if you want, I call it racist. If the person meant it as a joke, it was simply not funny and does have racial overtones. Unlike some things that 'suddenly' become unacceptable because of 'political correctness' this old chestnut has been floating around as unacceptable for decades so ignorance is no excuse. Would the same person have made the same comment about another (white) Falkirk player ? If they had, would it have been 'frivolous' ? It is wrong, wrong, wrong and I just cannot believe that anyone can find a way to justify the comment. I dont often agree with Sophia, but on this occasion I do. DBS you mention 'self-policing' as if it were a bad thing. Our support has been largely self policing for years and I have previously witnessed it in action at Love Street where animal noise and comments about a particular fruit were directed towards a certain Mr Quitongo. It happened once in that game, but it did not happen a second time as it had been 'dealt with'. Sophia has only asked that we condemn racism, and no-one should have a problem with that. On this occasions she hasn't even gone as far as I have which is to suggest the culprit is named and shamed .............. which I believe they should be. Passive acceptance of racism will not make it go away.

I will happily condemn this as both moronic and racist behaviour and will go further and challenge those around the person to "name and shame". I would also hope the club take a leaf out of Motherwell's book and take quick and decisive action as it seems there is a cut and dried case here where multiple people heard this comment quite clearly. Given that the club almost barred a lifelong supporter for merely 'suspecting' the use of a racial slur - an accusation that was later confirmed to be false by numerous parties unconnected to the supporter - then I would expect the offender to be identified and dealt with very quickly and very publicly. I thought comments like this had ended with the cancellation of tv programs like "Love Thy Neighbour" back in the 70s !!! There is no room for comments like this at our stadium or within our support and I look forward to seeing our club not bury its head in the sand over this issue

I read the story online and got the impression that it was paid back early to allow the council to consider giving Eden Court the money. Unfortunately, the money the council would be giving Eden Court wouldnt come from the same place (CGF) so nice gesture though it was, it didnt help the theatre. However, I am sure someone else will now benefit from the early repayment of this loan ...... very cynical CD - dont think the new head of HIAL needs to grease palms in that way as he tends to 'do the right thing' quite naturally and has shown this time and time again (sometimes without publicity). Although I am sure he will not object if people have a better opinion of him and therefore give him less grief in the planning department !!!!

just you .... working fine for me go to bbc.co.uk/sportsound and get it from there if you are having trouble with main bbc site. or try this rtsp://rmlive-events.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive-events/ev7/live24/scotland/live/spl4.ra

Captain of the side today ....... GRANT MUNRO :022:

The more the merrier :021:

[li]Discuss the game in this thread right here :004:[/li] [li]Get to the chatroom HERE[/li] [li]See the subs / bookings / report - after game starts - HERE[/li] [li]At the game ? - Dont forget to vote in the POLL after the game has ended. LINEUPS ICT [attach=1] FALKIRK [attach=2]

a few games is ok - the idea is to get as many people involved as possible. when we get closer to the new season, the idea will be to put up a fixture list for reports - if you know your going to a particular game you just put your name down for the main match report ....... if someone else is already doing the main one, then you can also think of supplying an additional one

:015: :015: not sharing the reports, just the burden - 1 main report for each game - to be submitted by someone who has agreed to do it in advance ..... - As many additional reports as individual users want to submit ...... could actually be quite good if users are prepared to do it .... we get a report from someone who was in the Innes pre-match and then the North Stand and another report from someone who was in the Caley Club and then the main stand .... different pre-match conversations and craic and a different viewing perspective of the game itself ........

Born in Edinburgh according to his official bio ..... perhaps they got confused because he played in England.

Who do you think should be captain next season ?? ----rationale for poll names---- I have included all squad members for consideration including those who are currently out on loan (Golly & Morgan) and have only excluded Darren Dods as he is the only one we know for definite will not be with us next season. Although the futures of McSwegan, Hastings, Dargo and others may be subject to speculation because of possible transfer moves or because they havent yet signed (or been offered) new contracts, they have also been included. -------------------------------- Thought I knew my own answer as I typed the poll but I am torn between GRANT MUNRO & ROSS TOKELY. In the end (after changing my mind 3 or 4 times) I decided to go for MUNRO as I think he is now ready for the responsibility, plays in the centre of the park and can probably see the game better than a wide player, and because he was sponsored initially by this site and then the 'Internutters' and Innes Bar Supporters club for the last few years ......

for some reason the name 'Scaramanga' comes into my head :015:

As you will see from the front page article on the site, Ian Broadfoot, the official club historian and match reporter for the last 13 years has decided to retire at the end of this season. Statistically Speaking, Its the end of an era .... This gives us a bit of a dilemma in that we obviously want to supply match reports for every game but it is not always possible for myself or CaleyD to write them. I can only do it based on radio commentary, when it is available - which is now only about 30% of the time - and tends to be pretty subjective in comparison to being there. In CaleyD's case he isnt at every game because of work commitments. What we are hoping for is a few users to submit match reports on a regular basis and if possible others to supply them on an occasional basis. I see it working something like this .... We get a fixture list when it is published and agree who will do the main 'site report' for each game in advance. The user would agree to submit it on the day of the game or the morning after and other users could also submit reports for the same game if they wished but not under the same time constraints. whether we get 1 report or 10 reports we will publish them all (subject to suitability). We will be making some layout changes to the site at the end of the season and one new feature is the ability to submit a story for publication so this seems to be the ideal time to promote it and get you thinking about it !!! The match reports can be written in whatever style you wish but should be reasonably factual. Ian himself has suggested that any users interested in trying this might want to submit some reports for the remaining games of the season (where his reports will still be the main ones) and he will give advice if required. As anyone who has ever written a report knows, there is a certain style about them that is not quite as easy as it appears. They must be as accurate as possible (thus concentrating hard on the match is essential), set the scene before the game, avoid a blame culture, be biased towards us (but not stupidly so), record the consequences of the match result and highlight anything else of interest about the match (e.g. supporters in fancy dress etc). You also have to remember that the referee or any of the players/managers/chairmen (home and away) could read it as well as SFA/SPL officials so 'defamation' is not a good idea !! ok, so thats the job .... so whats the pay and benefits I hear you ask. Well basically, as we dont make any money from this site other than using ads to help pay our hosting and running costs, there is no payment or benefits for doing this other than the plaudits of your peers and our thanks !!!! However, if we do manage to secure a 'proper' site sponsor then we would look at giving a portion of any profit to those who assist in the running of the site. If you have a website or business we would also be happy to include a site banner for you within our 'site friends' rotation (thats the ads you see that change from Focus to Northsport to Supporters Trust etc)

no difference, just the title

Couldnt agree more. I would love to see Dargo stay but lets not forget that its a short career and he has to see whats on offer for what will probably be his last 'big' contract. If Notts Forest do offer him something it will certainly be out of our league in more ways than one and we should wish him well. I would be more concerned if he turned up playing for Falkirk, St Mirren or other teams that are at the same sort of size and level as us as we should be competing with them both on and off the park..