Harry Chibber

Of course it's not like the Happy Clappers on this site said anything like "Told you so" after results against Rangers for example? It goes both ways. there is a massive difference in celebrating a result and plotting the demise of our manager.. also CC never failed, his record stands highly against the majority of managers in the SPL and previous managers we've had. I have supported CC and given criticism when I felt it was deserved but celebrating because he has left is no comparison... if he was a flop then you may have had a point

Brewster had us playing some of the worst football EVER, fit and organised we may have been but we were terrible to watch... Tommy Burns for me IF we could possibly tempt him... not Malpas, Robbo or Brew

At times we played some excellent passing football, unfortunately not consistently. All the best CC

I am loving the self righteous attitude from some of our 'fans', after giving Christie stick from day one and then when he does leave the post... 'I told ya' :rolleyes02: ... and not even that, blaming the people that did get behind him for his current mental state (whatever that may be), what do you think caused him the stress in the first place? As for CC I'm disappointed, as much abuse that he received from a section from his home fans he always had support and I feel as though he has chosen the easy option. He will always be a legend but I feel as though he had a lot to offer as a manager and to fall at the first hurdle leaves us with no manager and a major problem, sitting at the bottom of the league with no points

YAWN Come on IHE we're only 3 games into the season have some faith eh... eh ... eh ... eh

I think our performance merited a win but once again there are no excuses for the way we defended. 2 horrible defensive lapses, for the first Tokely completely misjudged the cross and Fraser fell over instead of attempting to save the ball. 2nd, the cross should have been shut out by Hastings but what the **** was Caff doing? The team were well on top of St Mirren but after they scored against the run of play we took a while to get our composure back. They're second goal was an absolute gift but was glad to see us get straight back at them, cracking goal, Niculae again showed his class and Cowie bust a gut to get in the box. With the amount of pressure we put on them we deserved at least a point and when CC took off Hastings and replaced him with Wilson I turned to my mate and said it was either extremely stupid or a master stroke and although we didn't manage to get what we deserved from the game we dominated possession in the second half. DavieB I don't know if he is family or you are infact Stuart McCaffery but defending like that is inexcusable, he did alright for the majority of the game but he was playing against 2 5ft attackers and even at times still looked uncomfortable in the air, he just gave up in marking for the second goal. Fraser :003: :003: :003: Fell on his *** for the first and seemed a bit hesitant to come off his line but still looks comfortable in the air and kicking Tokely :003: :003: :003: As usual was getting a hard time from the crowd but dealt with it well until his feck up for the 1st goal but coming forward he played some excellent passes to the front pair Hastings :003: :003: 2 games now and I've not been impressed, dunno if he is still recovering from Copa America but just doesn't seem to be at the races Munro :003: :003: :003: Decent game and whatever was going on last week seems to be sorted, only criticism is his passing, he was far to eager to smash he ball upfront. Caff :003: :003: Much better than last week but then he lost concentration Duncan :003: :003: :003: :003: he is the jelly in the ICT sandwich Black :003: :003: :003: He just doesn't know where to put himself on the park, he just chases the ball about and leaves the centre of the park vacant. When he gets the ball at his feet he's impressive but needs to learn the other aspects of the game Rankin :003: :003: :003: Was quiet in the first half but came into the game as it went on and put in a shift as wingback Cowie :003: :003: :003: :003: comes inside a bit too much but was always positive and looking to go forward.. could be an excellent signing Niculae :003: :003: :003: Brings intelligence to the frontline but trys to be a bit too clever at times, great ball for the goal and held up the play well but needs to start scoring Bayne :003: :003: :003: Worked hard, had a couple of half chances but didn't really click with Niculae Subs Wilson :003: :003: :003: Excellent, should start next week Wyness :003: That's a sympathy smiley because he really did hee haw when he came on the park apart from lose the ball If we are going to survive this division we need to either start scoring or defend well and at the moment we're doing neither.

I suppose it's not too bad when you look at weekly... still some amount of cash though :029:

my @rse correct me if I'm wrong but on a 2 year contract that equates to over ?8000 a month

Got this from another forum ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (went to school (primary & secondry) with and played in same team as him for a year or so, my brother even captained the team he played in before he signed s-form with chelsea ) the amount of stories i could sell to the tabloids.. aye not bad. he's got height for defender, think he needs to put a little more beef on, but i aint seen him play for awhile so i'm unable to comment on that. when i played with him he was a striker, bit of a ball hog too. here's some facts. he's (or was?) an aberdeen fan. his mum wouldn't let him sign for aberdeen cos she knew he could do better. he turned down rangers to goto chelsea instead. he was in starting 11 for jose mourinho's first ever match at chelsea (pre season against bristol rovers or city i think) kinda rotted in the reserves at chelsea with mixed references, lacked consistency a little, while at times lead by example. jose mourinho didn't want him to leave chelsea but he sought first team football and left in search of it. career stalled due to injury of late. was a huge prospect for scotland when he first signed for chelsea (i remember the day cos he signed the s-forms in the secondry school i went too, can't remember who chelsea had up representing themselves that day for the photos and that but was a note of mentioning, sadly i cannot!) can't wait to see how he gets on like, should be interesting for me at least!

can anyone make it along today at 2 to see this boy play?? I would go but can't ditch work

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I don't think we have a player with a better first touch in the team but have to agree he does lack any pace, if I were CC I would consider dropping him further into midfield. I hope he finishes his career with ICT

na thought Bingham Legend would be going to watch Motherwell v Killie I'll be part of the Rossco appreciation society in Paisley!

Well I'd rather listen to people with the opinions that count! This lad is only 20.... yes 20!! He could easily have another 20 years of development and you are all ready to cut your losses now? He has got plenty of things to work on but obviously when he has worked with the National squad he has impressed and thus been re-called. If you can't see it then fair enough but the attitude of some people on this board is disgraceful, yes everyone has a right to an opinion but with that comes responsibility. I don't think there has been a player from another team that has received the abuse Rory has and yet he still steps on the pitch gives his all only to get the same cr@p the next day. If I was him I would have packed my bags by now but he is obviously determined to prove himself and you lot seem more worried about him proving you wrong than giving him the support that any player who wears an ICT strip deserves.

Didn't think it was a penalty, Clarkson had the pace over Munro, Munro dived in missed the ball and as soon as Clarkson saw him go down he just fell over. Can't really blame the ref though (although at the time I did) as soon as Munro dived in the decision was easy for the ref!

he not going to Fir Park? I'll be there + 2 or 3

well done that man!!

Has anyone found out the reason why Granty thew his captains arm band at Fraser? ... or why Rossco had his hand to his ear and finger to mouth when celebrating the goal? Was he telling us to be quiet?

Possibly, I think 3 of our players could have been at fault. Need to see the replay but the problem started from Caff being turned too easily and giving up the chase, Munro tried to match Clarkson's (?) run and went in for a stupid lunge because he didn't have the pace... Clarkson fell over making no attempt to get the football and conned the ref but to be fair Munro made it easy for him.. a complete shambles

he works hard, tracking back and going forward and everything that was good today in the first half included him and Duncan in some part of the move... basically he does the simple things well and even managed to get a couple of crosses into the box. :010: It's a choice between him and Rankin, Rankin is excellent going forward but offers little going back and when things aren't going our way we need the guys that will offer more consistency.

:001: :001: :001: :001: I have had my beer and wine.. I'm happy now! That's no reflection on Bayne btw, just badly missed a in the box goal scorer. Niculae, Bayne and Wyness all seem to do the same job and judging by the performance today Niculae has the full package although needs to get his fitness up. What annoyed me about Caff today was his lack of determination, he has been given his chance and needs to step up to the plate but I saw him pu55ie out of at least 3 50/50 headers... Granty isn't that big either so we need at least one guy that can challenge in the air. Last season Granty played more of a sweeper and cleaned up after Dods had done the nitty gritty stuff, we badly missed that today.

na but you've saved me the trouble :tic01:

I get what you are saying but I have yet to meet a striker that isn't up his own @rse, it comes with the territory. He seemed to mix it, which was my main concern with bringing in a foreign player but he at least showed that he wont be pushed over.. he needs to play with a goal scorer though and Wyness played too deep rather than playing off him.

We can't have a centre half that can't head a ball and Caff bottled it on a few occasions today and his positioning leading up to the penalty decision was the problem. If I was pointing a finger it would be at the the centre of defence and although Munro had a poor game by his standards he seemed to be doing all the work in the middle and that probably lead to his frustration. I don't see how you can have a go at IHE for blaming the new guy when we total your posts re McAllister over the last week.

Sorry mate I would completely disagree, in the first half he was easily head and shoulders above everyone, touch of class I thought. He seemed to mix it when he needed to but held the ball well and made plenty of headers and with purpose I just thought he was playing with the wrong person... imagine Dargo and Niculae upfront... we would have scored 3+ in the first half IMO. I thought in the second half he looked tired but probably because he hasn't made a full first team game in almost a year, which has to be expected. I think we can expect big things from him, it seemed as though the Scottish game will suit him well he just needs to find the net!