IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

I tried to get in touch with Ridgers but he is apparently off line 😁

Jeshus don't tell Alex Samuel about Dr Faustus 🤣 Let's amalgamate into Highlanders FC.

I would just wish to intervene and suggest that the sad group of pre 1994 individuals who resurrected themselves in ICT were as distraught and distressed when Caledonian FC died as they were on Saturday evening. And one could compare both situations to a degree ? When when have we ever had a united board ? And finally FFS don't write another feckin fairy tale 😁

Fannies

Which was one of his strengths as a player. We needed somebody who was more local and had a knowledge of lower league Scottish football. We loaned in too many who thought they were prima Donnas. Perhaps those who employed him were at fault??

Will always be a legendary footballer but became part of a self preservation society.

Dougal never invaded the pitch. He was a bricklayer down the Carse Road in the 80's 🤣

I have just been told about the rolling contract and I am also told that there is some form of contracted early pay-off clause. In different circumstances I could stomach that BUT. I hope that Dunc does the right thing. His interview prior to the Hammy game was shocking. I can accept injuries, taking over at a very low point, loss of key players and loanees. I can also accept the style of play but there was a lack of a Plan B. As Yngwie alluded to earlier the adaption of the playing style and the chopping and changing may not have helped. I really hope that is not one of the excuses provided if and when any statement comes around. But lets face it we were beaten by a far better team - we were beaten by a team that played as a team and evidently gave 110% for the shirt. We certainly had those clearly giving it all and, looking at the player poll for the game, it appears that we all know who they are.

With apologies to the Proclaimers !! When you go will you send back Some money from the Battery Take a hike down the A9 And shaft somebody else I looked at the league table Tried hard to imagine The way we felt the day you failed Across the Highlands and afar We should'nt have trusted you We should have told you But you knew our loyal, sense of timing Alas we waited too long GARDINER NO MORE MORRISON NO MORE FERGUSON NO MORE ICT TILL WE DIE

Aye bring back those glory, holy days of the 70's and 80's 😃

We are going up, we said we are going up 💥

Just watched The Great Escape at halftime and hope that Billy stays on the bike this time 🫣

It's not over till the Fat Lady sings 🤔

Surprised but pleased at team selection BUT it all depends on how and where Billy is used. Pepple needs the close partner with him.

Now that interview does worry me !! Evidently scripted and full of excusing statistics and well considered responses in regard to Roddy and Pepple. It all revolves around the task being survival and that is now down to one game and should have been done and dusted weeks ago. Dunc is setting himself up to be considered a failure if we don't win and statistics outweigh reality in such a circumstance. At least he takes responsibility and distracts from the players but that also leaves the ultimate responsibility with him.

The grass was greener The light was brighter The taste was sweeter The nights of wonder With friends surrounded The dawn mist glowing The water flowing The endless river Forever and ever " 🎶High Hopes🎶" 👍

As Martin Luther-King once said to me on a Freedom March down West Drive - "Johndo, in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." ICT till I die, wherever, whoever and whatfeckinever 💙

Good point. I would always played Roddy when McAllister wasn't available. I would however play him as a number 10 but where would that leave McKay I would also go for the set up prescribed by Chris. I think that we will turn it around as Hamilton looked whacked at the end. Not getting the equaliser sets the dilemma and I unfortunately suspect that Dunc will go on the defensive to start for fear of conceding. It is a HUGE game but being adventurous now has it's dangers and should have been the plot weeks ago - as should the recent chopping and changing. We could have five different starters at the weekend!!!

Well ain't it funny how you can interpret things differently!! Of course the chant was aimed at Ferguson for taking on People. Dunc said that we had a one goal deficit and that we could turn that around. Score a goal and go for it. So we take a huge gamble on Roddy who sadly has not had enough play time and he would have to replace Billy. However I hope he starts Lawal and Pepple next week - even if that means keeping Samuel on the bench. Ain't it strange that the player who has probably saved us from automatic relegation has become yet another target for the boo boys.

Feck me you could see that it was actually Billy 🤣🤣

Well here we go - this is IHE in the away stand and my perspective and not as a Dunc fan !! Most people were pleading for Gilmour to start and perhaps that was with the view to play for an hour - as most people were looking for ? Longstaff had a poor game but Roddy looked lost when he came on. The first goal was an absolute fluke and Ridgers had no chance. Have a look at the second and decide for yourselves who was at fault ? We played OK in the first half but had nothing up front. We never looked like scoring. As for peeps having a go at Samuel - well he has been heralded as a saviour BUT he goes back to shield balls and he is NOT a centre forward. Pepple looked the part tonight but he has been getting pelters all season and I think that "donkey" was one of the comments !! All of a sudden he is the answer !! As for Billy I thought that he played as a true number 10 tonight and he ran his socks off. He was playing as well forward as some time. And there were derisive chants when we played the ball back or across the park - feck me that's football and it was limited to when needed. We TOTALLY dominated the second half. Hamilton looked all in at the end. Pepple scared the s*** out of them as did Lawal's movement. As advocated both have to start next week. Cammy Kerr was MOM and I would love to see Lawal in front of him as Hamilton look really suspect down that right wing,

I find myself more and more comparing ICT with Everton - which may not be a coincidence for evident reasons. Everton in true Dyche style concentrate on tentative defending and much of the play is side to side and backwards. Pinching a one goal win has become the norm. Lack of stimulation and entertainment is also a norm. Survival is the main aim. Everton have played most of the season with one man up front - often not an actual forward - but that person is usually a 6 footer and the only Plan B is the hoof from Pickford. But when you compare Samuel and McKay to Calvert-Lewin, Beto and Doucoure - well ?!! Everton also have the options of McNeil and Harrison. Thats why I would love to see Harper playing higher up and Lawal using his pace out wide.

What team would YOU start at Hamilton? Ridgers Duffy Boyes Devine Harper Kerr McGregor Anderson McKay Samuel Lawal