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HL is a step up from Elgin is it not? :015:

I get where your coming from skifreak, but why should fans have to pay for something which should be free? Even worse, why should ICT fans be forced to put money in the pockets of other clubs?

Thank Feck :015:

When I was in school that last word would have had an "r" in it :001:

I suggest that as many people as possible e.mail the BBC and The Club and ask them the exact same question as Scotty has asked above - "Who is making the call to block these games outside of the UK and why?" If we can become enough of a nuisance then we might actually get some kind of answer, which either means matches get broadcast, we find out who is blocking them and why or the club put something in place to make commentary available overseas. Perhaps one of the local journalists who frequent the site might like to take up the cause on behalf of Exiled ICT Fans??? Even though it will not effect most of us as we are in the UK I think it's the least that can be done to help out Scotty for all he has done for us over the years with CaleyThistleOnline.com - time to give a little something back.

I'm afraid my opinions on Brown have dropped a bit after reading all the articles in the press about it today. I didn't realise he could be so arrogant, and apart from one quote where he gave credit to ICT for ressurecting his career he totally talked down his time here as if we were a lower league team who HE had done the favour and that he was now back where he belongs at the top level. (I'm assuming he was meaning Rangers Reserves and not his time at Motherwell!!!) Warming the bench for one half of the Old Filth and already it's going to his head - he may just fit in better than we all think. He seems to be where he wants to be, and I hope it turns out to be everything he dreams it will because if it doesn't then he may not get another opportunity like he had with us to get him kick-started again.

Spin it whatever way you like. He was the one making all the noises about looking for a move to "Further his chances/opportunities". If he was so happy to remain at ICT then he would have signed a new deal with us - something I am sure Grassa and CC would have happily rejected the £100k for. He wanted a shift and he got one...and ICT got a nice fee for him so everyone's happy.

Who cares what his reasons are, he's made his decision and he's gone. The way somepeople are going on you'd think they'd just been dumped by the woman they love and they're struggling to come to terms with it and are searching for the reason why as they think it will in some way ease the pain. Dude, she's dumped you for the guy with the Ferrari, get back in your Mondeo and move on :015:

:015: Actually, Hastings used to play the sweeper role not to bad in the dark and distant past if my memory isn't failing me, but he has so much more to offer playing on the left it would be a waste to move him.

Any 1st Div team with an ounce of sense will be biting Dundee's hand off to sign him. Wouldn't be suprised to see any of the top 4 from there make a move to sign him.

Agree totally that Fraser shouldbe given his chance, but as with any position it's always healthy to have someone there looking to knock a player off the top spot in order to keep them on thier toes.

Jamie MacDonald - plays for Hearts U21/Reserves. Signed full time from their Youth Programme in 2003/04 and is apparently a good young keeper with bags of potential. He's stood in as a practice keeper at Scotland First Team training camps and I believe he has Scotland U21 caps to his name.

We've suffered bigger losses and managed just fine - Mark Brown was a great keeper for us, but Mike Fraser is more than capable of stepping up to the plate and has a more rounded skillset and the potential to be even better. BTW, have you all seen Fraser kick a ball? They'll be shouting for the pitch to be lengthened just so he can keep it in the park :015: "ICT have a free kick on the edge of their own area....whats this??? ICT have put all 10 men inside the oppositions box.....Fraser take the kick...OMG OMG...straight in the top corner....What a Goal!!!!!" OK, so I got a bit carried away, but the guy can fair kick the bloody thing...and more importantly, he can kick it straight.

Yup, and on this same thread ironically :015:

**Clacher Holiday in Glass Half Empy Shocker** :016:

Personally I don't give a feck who's done what in the past or who's scored how many in the past. It's whats being done here and now that concerns me and the bottom line is that Dargo is a shadow of the player he was last season and the Wyness/Bayne combination up front is proving to be our best pairing this season.

The whole team got off to a poor start in our first SPL season, and I think it's just a convenient "get out" to blame it on Caff. We won our next 2 games (home to Livingston and Dundee) and never had another win for 7 games. Hardly conclusive proof of an immediate/permanent turn around following Caff's sending off. Also, out of interest - Caff made 9 appearances (8 Starts and 1 Sub appearance) for ICT last season and of those 9 games we only lost 1 of them (2-1 away to Celtic).

Blacks' ego is big enough without adding to it, also, he seems to have enough trouble taking responsibility for himself and his own actions, let alone the whole team. I think Munro is the best shout so far for a few reasons. Playing at the back gives you a natural view over the whole team/pitch and allows you to see whats going on. So if somethings not right or not working they are best placed to see it. A good defender has a controlled aggresive nature (on the park), it's what makes them succesful. It is therefore easier for them to channel that into communicating to teammates if they need a word whilst on the park. And probably one of the biggest plus points in Munro's favour is that he is well respected by the other players and management. The other plus is that if the decision was made now that it was to be Munro (doesn't have to be made public) then their is a chance for him to get a guiding hand from Dods over the remainder of the season in order to prepare him for the role.

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:017: - Let me get this straight. Dargo should be praised for not going in to practice on his days off, and Bayne is being slated for it.....Barman, I'll have a pint of what this man's drinking. Bayne obviously realises that he has a weakness in his game and is working hard to improve on it. Perhaps if Dargo showed the same self awareness and was willing to do something about it then he may just recapture the form he showed last season.

Rather suprsied to see Cowdenbeath release him now aswell. Unlikely we would have been splashing too much cash so I wonder if we might see someone from us go on loan there till end of the season?

Proof that he deserves credit for last season, and I doubt many would question that. This year however, he been a shadow of the player he was back then. Their must be a reason for that, and IF Charlieis looking to move him on then that may be part of the reason.

Everyone seems quick to jump to the conclusion that he was on the bench because of some kind of falling out. It could just as easily be that CC believes we needed a different kind of player/partnership up front for this game and it was purely a tactical decision.

Seems that Motherwell have refused to change the fixture on the grounds that it would cost them in the region of £30k revenue. BBC Clicky Wonder how much the change is going to cost us?

I have to admit that I was of a similar mind to RiG when I first saw Bronsons post, but knowing it wasn't serious I decided to let it run and keep an eye on it to ensure it never got out of hand instead of removing it or blowing the joke straight off. Wyness_Is_God - You can be certain that neither Big T or Absent Friend will have been in any way offended so no need for apologies. You aren't the first to be taken in by something like this and you can be sure you won't be the last - Live and Learn :001: