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Enjoyed that. No goals but a real clash of footballing styles.

You had to admire RV's passing. In the first half, particularly, there were long spells where we couldn't get a foot on the ball. I was also impressed by their tackling at key moments when our players were moving into dangerous positions. Our guys could never afford to hesitate or one of them was right on top of them. Up front they lacked a cutting edge.

Plus points for us were good performance in defence where Rosscoe was superb, Proctor played well on his comeback and Gillet did well on his debut.

I think the stripes have a real slimming effect on Richie Foran who is, as we know, 25 stone.

Good luck to him. Hope it proves a good move.

Mackay-Steven looked a really good player. I think some of his family were there to watch. It must be tough to assess some of the defenders currently on trial against Highland League opposition.

Great stuff. Well done to the lads.

Ah yes, the poor man's Frank Lampard. Would swan around the park looking the part but seldom delivering enough. Not enough drive and determination for my liking.

I always reckoned that with Lionel it was all about confidence. A good couple of touches and a well timed tackle in the early stages of the game and he could play well. If he got off to a bad start, then he struggled to turn things around and could be a total liability.

Aren't Diego Maradona's press conferences the best ever? Glad to hear his wrist isn't broken.

I also notice the Royal Antwerp game is tbc (to be confirmed).

I have a spare ?55 ticket for the concert at Hampden this Sunday evening. Would be happy to sell it at a wee bit of a loss just to see it used. PM me if you are interested.

Crewe have never been a Premiership side. The Courier are saying on their website that they believed that ICT were in discussions with Bradford City about a game.

As usual, not a word from Caley Thistle on the matter.

Some of the Argentinian haircuts are somewhat troubling and the Slovenians not much better.

It crossed my mind watching the Greeks yesterday that if a team that bad can qualify from Europe then how bad must Scotland be.

It's a shame to see so many empty seats at some games. Makes you wonder about the wisdom of taking the World Cup to South Africa and then pricing games out the local population's reach.

These lilac and orange boots are nauseating.

The refs have done well, though.

Saturday 7th August we play Royal Antwerp :P

Will this be the first time we've had royalty at TCS since Wyness left?

No, we have Queen's Park the week before and Queen of the South all of last season.

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Not sure how reliable this site is but it is suggesting the Fleetwood Town game is on Saturday, 24th July. Fleetwood's own site is not yet confirming the fixture.

I can't say I'd heard of the guy but what a really sad story. All ICT fans should read D_B's link.

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An early indication of who we might be playing down south. :)

I have to agree with those who say that Kenny is a fine choice for the job. He can certainly work at both levels effectively (in the boardroom and with the fans). The real challenge for Kenny, though, is this.

This forum has been filled over the years with countless threads about off the pitch failings and inefficiencies at ICT. Many times these complaints have been justified. Kenny will have to make the club operate better and he will probably have to do it with less staff than when we were in the SPL before.

People often say how much better County operate off the pitch than we do. When people stop saying that you will know that Kenny has succeeded.

I guess some of us local types could get together at the Innes for a game or two. Or maybe Cape Town.

I think it is very likely to be repeated after the success of last year. TB was keen to make it bigger and better this year but we won't know the date till the club's pre-season plans are finalised.

The Chief Executive nominates ajsict92. Reason - nepotism

Not long back from the final. It's the first Scottish Cup Final I've been to in 20 years. I went not bothered who won. As it happened, the Arabs were worthy winners.

I guess in the eyes of many here that if somebody offers me a ticket for the World Cup Final they will be horrified if I go because Scotland won't be in it. Perhaps I might get an invite to the Champions League Final next week and, if I go, will be condemned because ICT ain't in it. What nonsense!

I'm going to the game very much feeling, "may the best team win". Whoever it is, I don't really mind.

Ok here is a more serious one - no two - no three !!

Pre season game against Ipswich town - followed by a year long loan deal on Tom Eastman plus one other - and yet another feckin Dubliner - David van Zanten.

Doesn't his brother play for County?

Transit Van Zanten

No longer a rumour, just heard Charles Bannerman on BBC Scotland confirming it. I wonder if Grant was stripped of the captaincy rather than giving it up?

I seem to have misunderstood the situation here. I had heard this story so often about the town, including from 100% reliable sources, over the preceding three or four days that I actually assumed that it had already been done by somebody else and I had missed it so I thought I had better play catch up with a brief line this morning. However it has since emerged that it was simply a case of a story which was in wide public circulation but had not yet reached the media. If I had known that I might have waited since they might have preferred to release it officially.

Does that mean its a true or untrue rumour Charles?

I think it means that Charles is in big trouble at ICT and nobody will speak to him for a season or two.