Harry Chibber

considering Rankin was bought as a top first division midfielder for 65k and is now a proven goal scorer and has showed what it takes to hack it in the SPL we shouldn't be accepting anything less than 100k IMO Good left footed players are a commodity in this division... :023: I here Dundee United will be looking for a replacement soon (hope not)

9 shots on target, end to end fooball.. and at times we played some excellent passing (mostly in the 2nd half) I know everyone is disappointed with the result and losing the late goal but that was not an 'awful' game of football, trust me I've seen a lot worse. I thought we played well today and for most of the game looked like we were the home team. The wind was a killer and anyone that has played football will know that it is the hardest condition to play any standard of football in. We managed to counter everything Aberdeen had to offer and although they had some half chances they never really looked like scoring from open play. What annoyed me was how pedestrian Bayne looked at times and it seemed that Niculae was putting in more effort, although far too ball greedy at times. Defence was solid but we were against the wind and tried to pump it up the park too often. Second half we bossed the midfield but didn't really manage to get Cowie or Rankin into the game... Marius started to get going, and Bayne was back to his hard working self, chasing loss casuses etc. Black, Niculae, Bayne all had decent efforts on goal but Langfield made a couple of good saves... the defence handled everything well but as the game was getting stretched towards the end of the game Miller managed to break away and make a run towards the goal only for Rossco to come tumbling into the back of him and concede the penalty and the rest is history. Really gutted after travelling from Glasgow to see a good effort from the team only to be ruined by a clumsy challenge. To be fair to Rossco (IMO) he had a good game before and looked absolutely gutted after making the mistake.. just one of these things but shouldn't take anything away from the team that have been excellent in the last 7 odd games.

I must have been watching a different game :029: I thought up until the penalty Tokely had an excellent game... Aluko was in Rossco's back pocket for the first half so much so that he was eventually subbed. He made a couple of excellent runs down the right wing and put in a couple of great crosses but no one seemed to want to commit themselves in Aberdeens 18yrd box. This is very much a knee jerk reaction from some fans who have short memories and don't appreciate the commitment Ross has made to the club over the last few years. What about when he was being linked with a move to bigger clubs with probably much better salaries last year? you didn't see him turn his back on the club! He looked absolutely gutted after making th mistake today and if I were Brew, at most, I would probably bench him for a couple of matches but only because we have a capable replacement in Proctor. Yes he is clumsy on occasions, this being one of them, but he is one of the few players that leaves everything on the park after 90 mins and to see some of the posts asking him to leave the club is ****ing disgraceful.

me + 2

Hopefully 2008 brings some European competition for ICT (I live in hope) Happy New Year all

Steve Lovell??

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opinions are like a55holes...

It would be nice to hear of a player signing more than just a 2 year contract so we can at least get some sort of cash if another club was interested. I would sign Duncan, Cowie, Black & Munro all on long term deals rather than see any new player join the squad in the winter transfer window

Did you see some of the misses Bayne missed last season... or Niculae missed at the start of the season? He is still young with plenty to learn but he at least ticks a few of the boxes and would add something else to the squad He has pace, SPL experience and would probably sit on the bench without running to the papers, where else are we going to find a player of that standard that we could afford?

Shocked a real professional sportsman as has been said already, thoughts go to his family

full time... another cracking win been a great end to the year :021:

He's a young decent player playing for a 5hite team... he would sit on the bench and not grumble as well

What is the crack with Nish scoring against us? almost every game :008:

EASY EASY EASY

just agent talk trying to see what offers he can get...

sub keeper.. still need a young pacey striker to give us another option upfront IMO quite like what I've seen of Stewart Kean from St Midden or of course Offiong to be fair think we have one of the best squads we've ever had so wouldn't be surprised if it was a quiet window for us buying in... I'm more worried about losing players

Byers just scored for Brechin... what a player he was delighted Niculae has scored again... just need Wyness to come on and get one now

Duncan is fast becoming my favourite player in an ICT top.. out of all the players that could go astray in the transfer window IMO the biggest blow would be if some team decided to put in a bid for Russeldinhio

IMO Niculae & Bayne can draw parallels to the Tottenham frontline (bare with me) Niculae could be compared to Berbatov with his; reading of the game, excellent control, elegance on the ball and sometimes lethargic appearance..... Bayne is a similar type player to Darren Bent, he is more mobile can run the channels and hassle defenders for 90 mins but ultimately most goals will come down to the defender making a mistake rather than his individual genius. both players have plenty to offer Now we just need a Robbie Keane and Defoe

another weekend passes as an ICT supporter and another tremendous game... I backed Christie all the way and in all honesty was not delighted when Brew walked into the job again but what a difference he's made to the team, we look like a solid unit now and everyone wants the ball from back to front. I really hope we can keep a hold of McGuire he's been a revelation since coming to us on loan. First goal was well worked and Duncan drived it home giving the 'keeper' no chance. We had the better of the first half but Hearts always looked dangerous going forward with whoever No. 44 was in the centre of the park. Great start to the second half Duncan played an inch perfect pass to Niculae but have to say thought he blatently dived (not even sure if there was contact), but the keeper (carded) was stupid enough to leave himself stranded so far from his goal line giving the ref a decision to make. Rankin netted well and looked absolutely delighted, he's proved in the last few games he still has plenty to offer ICT. As said already we then sat deep and looked very ackward with the 2 goal lead, toying between going for a third or sitting back for the win. Hearts pilled on the pressure and a goal was ominous, Berra netted well from a corner. We started to get a grip again and Niculae tested the 'keeper' from long range both occasions he fumbled but just managed to stop the ball crossing the line. He then had a moment of madness and pushed Duncan from a nothing incident to collect his second card and leaving them without a natural keeper after making all 3 subs. Credit to hearts for getting back into it, didn't see how they got the penalty but took it well. The late show from Graham Bayne when every ICT fan screamed shooooooot he stuck away a low drive in the 90 somethingth minute. Cracking game

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What a game!! Considering the effort the team put in last week they exceeded all expectation again with a superb performance. Another action packed game with plenty of incidents but all in all we deserved the 3 points. Some dive by Niculae

So tickets are on sale at the ground? If so, I'll be there +4

no team is guarenteed a "natural position" they have to work hard for it. It's not likely that a team will sit in the same position all season when they play different standard of opponent the position will ebb and flow. We had a bad start to the season and Brew has us on the going through a good spell, I don't doubt we will have a string of games before the end of the season where we will drop points, it's where we finish that counts