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Waiting for Naelifts to post a video of this. 

In fairness, RiG does provide excellent updates via Twitter from matches. He makes it to the vast majority of matches too, home and away. 

1 hour ago, RiG said:

The man himself confirmed this last week. Sorry to see him go.

I hope we do as well as possible in every game we play but if we patch the League Cup but just use it to get fitness up and have a (semi) decent league run I'd be happy enough with that. Like the Challenge Cup the League Cup is fast becoming a competition that means nothing until you get to the latter stages so I wouldn't be bothered if we struggled so long as performances were decent and we use it to turn in a good league campaign.

Totally agree. Social media is the place where people go for news now and as such having a good presence on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc is really important for clubs. There's absolutely no doubting that what Don and others did to raise the profile of the club through their Twitter antics was largely a good thing save for some minter episodes like the SuperBowl commentary. For the most part the info put out there was well received, informative and very funny. The club definitely benefited from this.

However, if there was one criticism to be made it was that the people who were involved appeared to be opposed to anyone else joining in and helping out. Something of a "it's my ball" attitude at times. Obviously you don't want to be giving out a password for a club account to just anyone but sometimes it felt as though those involved didn't want anyone else involved which, ironically, is probably what we need now. I completely understand that when you've worked on something for so long and built it up, in this case from pretty much nothing, that you would be hesitant to see someone else come in and potentially ruin it all but I couldn't help but shake the feeling that at times, whilst additional hands would have been welcomed, they weren't really wanted.

Maybe I've picked things up wrong, it wouldn't be the first time, but that's just how I see it.

Spot on. 

46 minutes ago, Gabby said:

Booked my trip to Scotland a few weeks ago hoping the draw would be kind, alas no game at TCS for me.  An away trip to Falkirk instead.

A replay of your last ICTFC match? Try to make it to a Dunfermline match away. The Bridies are the highlight of the Championship. 

Cheapest adult season ticket prices:

Falkirk £225

QOS £256

Livingston £12 per match (can't find information on season ticket prices) 

Dundee United £279

Morton - unavailable (was £270 last season) 

Dunfermline £240

Dumbarton £200

St Mirren £275

Brechin - unavailable 

Interesting statement from Dunfermline - chalk and cheese springs to mind... http://www.dafc.co.uk/story.php?t=2017/2018_Season_Tickets&ID=9985

Ross County are going for the jugular targeting fairweather fans... http://www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk/news/archive/season-tickets-huge-discounts-for-201718/

1 hour ago, 12th Man said:

 

What do you guys think would genuinely improve the match day experience?

Better stewarding. A deal with a local company for catering (no mention of the names of any local bakeries). More, genuine communication between the board and fans. A path from the bridge to avoid having to clamber over the verge. Free buses to and from the ground. Facilities to cycle to the ground and leave bikes securely (have a look at the Amsterdam ArenA for inspiration). I'd also like to see the club going down the route of Partick and offer free season tickets for U16s. 

Just some initial thoughts. I'll think some more. 

Has Robbo done his Q and A yet? 

3 minutes ago, Renegade said:

The club have tried desperately to get new fans in but have forgotten the ones already there.  I can point to seats around me of people who've just stopped going altogether.  

^This. 

I'd encourage supporters to play the centenary club. I won it once and bought season tickets with the money. 

I still think the club could be doing more to increase revenues - St Johnstone's business model is worth investigating.  

I'd also encourage the directors to sit with supporters in the north stand for a few matches to get a feel for how poor the match day experience is.

Reopen the 'west stand' next season as a standing area and offer reduced price season tickets. Better view and might improve the atmosphere at the ground. 

Offer a book of ten match tickets as well as season tickets. A number of fans travel to home matches. 

Sorry to be negative here OP. 

Heimir Guðjónsson. 

3 minutes ago, CableGuy said:

I don't blame Richie for this mess I blame KC and the directors who agreed to put him straight in at the top, a year as assistant to someone else might have bore fruit for next season, but even if lessons have been learnt here and potentially he could have done a better job next year, the confidence of the fans and respect of the players has been totally lost. No way back. Never nice to have to feel happy about anyone losing their job, but it's absolutely critical to our success and hopefully immediate return to the PL

Spot on 

I feel sorry for him. He's settled in Inverness and his family are here. I wish him all the best for the future. Sad we had such a rotten season with him at the helm. 

Get L_G back. 

Sadly I can see us being relegated again next season. 

4 hours ago, Caley Mad In Berks said:

Darren will have done his chances no harm by taking lowly Brechin into the championship by beating Alloa in a penalty shoot out.  I watched the last few minutes of normal time plus all of extra time and penalties on Alba.  Very enjoyable, and either of these teams, on current form, would be a handful for us in the Championship.  Get darren Dods back to the Longman I say.

Not a bad shout at all. 

Wholesale change needed. Sack the board. We need investment, new ideas, new direction. 

37 minutes ago, Renegade said:

 

Caught betting on football, including an accumulator where he had Caley Thistle to lose.

Where does it say in the press release he was betting on us to lose? 

If we  got astro down at the stadium would the stadium be more useful for development work? IIRC, Mantis wrote about the Faroes having a national stadium children were able to play / train on. I think we should be looking to the Icelandic route and focusing on young players, taking them through as a team. 

On 29/04/2017 at 5:19 PM, cif73 said:

You were binned for this post at the time ... seems like you were right on the button ... that negative like count needs reversed.

Appreciated. 

You can close CTO down now Scotty. ICTChris has nailed it. 

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On 25/08/2016 at 3:14 PM, Charles Bannerman said:

Sack Foran! Appoint Sturgeon!!

You're completely obsessed with independence. Give it a break. 

4 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

I would attach far more weight and credence to what the likes of Charlie and Barry Wilson say than what is posted these days on the increasingly deluded and out of touch official Twitter account. 

Looking forward to the Champions League final banter. 

CC has my full backing. A real football guy who had us playing well when he was in charge. A match against Falkirk away seems to spring to mind. Things are not right and good on CC for speaking out. Legend. 

1 hour ago, givmeaccccc said:

What do Messrs Christie and Shearer do all day. 

CC was on Sportsound today just before 3pm. He gave it both barrels.