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Bit shocked. I was convinced he'd be off to Hibs for free. Good on you, Mr Brill.

Peter Houston's a funny one. Gave up Dundee United voluntarily (so we hear). Then, besides an interview at Hearts, nothing since. Must be regretting that. What was he expecting?

That's as many names as I can fit. Surprised at so many for Larsson. One club that ended up fighting relegation when they were tipped for promotion. Great player but when did that make a great manager? Mourinho was little more than Bobby Robson's interpreter. Sacchi never played football at senior level either, whilst Walter Smith was very much a reserve. Bobby Moore was probably England's greatest ever defender. Bryan Robson captained England, whilst Ally McCoist was one of Scotland's top strikers. Wouldn't hold any of them up as anything special as managers.

Best: McKay - nothing harder than scoring regularly as a marked man Worst: let's be honest, there's a few

Think it would have been even higher had he fulfilled a cup run and got us in the top 3. His ambition at Hibs must be a league and cup double. Anything else, he could achieve at ICT.

Think it might well be Levein and Robbo.

Probably tongue in cheek but it worked last time!

Wonder if Brew's looking for a return?

Larsson seems to have a pretty poor record in managing in Sweden. Not for me. Wouldn't be against Csaba Lazlo though. Did well at a difficult Hearts. Not my number 1 choice (Jimmy Calderwood for me) but it would be interesting.

And all he had to do was sacrifice ambition, job security, loyalty and job satisfaction. I don't get why a paycheque for an already wealthy man is so important.

Hopefully the poll has worked?

I still don't get the antipathy towards Calderwood. Dunfermline into Europe. Aberdeen a relegation side before and after he left but top six with some Euro success in between. From what I understand, did well in Holland too. Proven manager with a strong track record. Ideal.

I'd go for Paul Sturrock with Malpas. Luggy has had an amazing managerial career. Difficult to believe one of his main points in being sacked by Soton was 'wasting' £2M on the Aston Villa reserve Peter Crouch.

I don't think Malpas was hinting one way or another. Just keeping his cards close to his chest. The same way Butcher did with the initial speculation. There's not a lot to read into it.

After Saturday, I don't want Terry to begrudgingly be part of the cup run. This is where he's taken us. He decided to leave. End of his cup run. Ours keeps going. Y'know, I still find it amazing that Butcher is leaving with such a good team he's built up over the years, after persuading so many to stay and being in such a good position. £2000 a week (plus renegotiations and a truly big club coming in) over 10 years is better than £5000 over 2 (with little chance of success and no route to ambition).

I never really got the "we're a better club than yours because we have more people going to watch them". Do you go to see thousands of people moaning or 11 players in the team? If it's the former, then ICT are close to the bottom of the league. Somehow, it seems to be goals, wins, losses and draws that matters to the table and cups. And to most fans. As it stands, Inverness are the better club. And I bet it stays that way all season.

Are we able to get a yes/no poll about Malpas added to this thread?

Mowbray was at Hibs with an amazing array of youth talent nurtured under previous managers. He was rank rotten at Celtic (even Brew would have not got hammered by St Mirren with that team) and poor at Boro. Not good enough.

I wouldn't be disappointed with a Foran / Malpas combination. Not sure how much Charlie and Foran know of each other but I would like to see Foran getting a coaching or rookie manager/asst manager chance.

If he has so little ambition as to move to a club where he'll spend another couple of years just trying to make Hibs a top six team (and probably fail like everone else, whilst being hated because he played for their arch-rivals, Rangers - cementing the Celtic Reserves title), get him out as quickly as possible. He was good for us but if he wants to leave, then the quicker the better. Certainly don't want someone that's looking at the opposition as a nice little earner to be in charge of ICT.

I see no reason to take on John Collins. He had a cup run. Very nice, but average in the league, plus a players revolt. Nothing to cling to there. Barry Ferguson dissed the Scottish meeja, rather than the fans. But I don't see he's got anything we desperately need. He's always be looking at Lanarkshire. Jim Jefferies was a great manager for Hearts and Falkirk, plus decent for most of the time with Killie. But, towards the end, it seemed like he had settled for retirement. Can't fault what he's doing at the Pars. What chance has he got with their troubles? Certainly wouldn't complain but I'm not sure he's got the ambition anymore. Levein has been good with clubs. Bit worried he was shown up at Scotland, but then, it's a completely different scenario. I'd sooner Burley. Amazing with Hearts and Ipswich and specialises in getting hidden talents. Likewise, McLeish only did well at Scotland (which is different) and Hibs. Not bad but not great at Motherwell and average to poor everywhere else. No problem with Robbo. Donald Park as assistant too? Not bad. Worth an interview. I would go for Jimmy Calderwood. A great success at Aberdeen and Dunfermline in the league (just take a look at the before and after). Did fine at Killie too and supposedly good in his Dutch career. Can't see why he gets the blame for spending. The directors set the limit, then the manager follows it. He'd be daft not to spend what he's been given.

Still second with a 5 goal advantage over third-placed. That's not too bad really. Especially since, bar a terrible linesman and awful referee, we would have won this too.

Scored 3 goals. Should have won. Even if one had counted, Partick would have had to chase the game, leaving more space. I do wish Adgestine (spelling?) had come on for a 4 4 2. Think that could have done something. Nevertheless, scored 3 good goals against one Partick and an error I dont expect to see again. No need to panic. The fortress should still be standing.

This will be my last word on a subject that's ran it's course for me but... ...the idea that the flag of our country is a Rangers flag fits in with DalneighCaley's assertion that we have our wee team in ICT but really, in Scottish football, we all actually support a big team of, mainly, Rangers or Celtic. That says more about people that say it than it does me. I find the idea that an Inverness supporter has to prove he's not really a Rangers supporter ridiculous. Tell me, who's your big team? Or shall I assume Celtic if you are against the UJ the same way others have about Rangers? Stupid idea. I don't see soldiers as heroes (necessarily, at least). Now that I'm of a certain age and teaching people who could easily be in the Forces, I see them, not as brave warriors or violent thugs, but simply as older boys and young men being sent out by uncaring governments to be shot, maimed and killed for a country that does so little to help them. That's why I support them (and that doesn't say anything about not caring about other professions or supporting overseas wars).

See the accusations in the rest of the thread for the answer.