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Why would a club/manager give more info to the opposition than they had too?

At which point did I say that the OP shouldn't have started the discussion...or indeed criticise them in any way?

I called nobody a coward....nor did I suggest they tackle the offenders directly. People are right to be upset by the chants (in so far as it paints the support in a bad light)....but they're achieving nothing if they think taking action means bitching about it online. It is entirely hypocritical to be complaining about others not doing anything about it when they themselves are doing nothing.

Yeah but surely you could understand when Nick Ross, Danny Williams and Marley Watkins were all on the bench last Tuesday vs Motherwell and the former 2 weren't even used. Being on the bench does not always mean a player is fully fit.

Think the use of smoke bombs would be seen as sufficient justification for their actions....no?!!

I dream of a day when people put as much energy into actively changing things as they do to sitting around shouting for others to be doing it. When that day comes, ICTFC will achieve more than any of us could imagine.

It still irks me that people continue to criticise the lack of wingers in past weeks and blame Yogi for not using them when one, other or both have been injured for spells during that period.

Don't believe I suggested for a moment that anyone intervene by means of direct confrontation....and would actually advise against such action. However, there should be no feeling of threat or intimidation in approaching the police or a steward in order to make a complaint. So no cowards...but hypocrites aplenty.

I personally don't give two hoots how many we take to away games. Being a football fan is an expensive pursuit so if people have to pick games then I'd far rather see ICT fans handing over money at the TCS turnstiles than at any other stadium.

Yogi has been saying for weeks that he wanted to find a balance between the old style of play and his ultimate vision for the team...last night he managed that. I don't think he's deliberately abandoned the use of wingers in previous games...you need two of them fit to play that system for a start...and I also don't think we played them in the same manner as we did under previous stewardship. Aaron & Marley did a lot of squeezing in towards the middle which gave Carl & David ample opportunity to get down the flanks....often unmarked, with space and time to pick their final ball in to the area. The biggest plus for me last night was how well we coped without Ross & Richie in the middle of the park. I'm an advocate for having a couple of bigger guys in there to break up the play and win the physical midfield battle, but Greame and Greg did a fantastic job and offered pace from the middle which caused C*unty real problems....actually think Graeme may turn out to be a better central midfielder than he is left back, and he's one of the top left backs in the country. Billy was still dropping back a fair bit during the game, but when he did someone else was pushing up to take his place and preventing the C*unty back line pushing out on us. What's more, as a team we were constantly pushing further up the park and breaking from defensive situations in bigger numbers. Huge confidence boost for the squad and manager to finally get some just reward for all the effort. No idea where the lads found the energy from to go at the pace they did for 93 minutes, I'd be surprised if any of them moved far from the sofa this weekend. Two week break from matches (for most), but they'll be back in for training on Monday and with some time to get practical sessions in I can only see us going from strength to strength in the final 5 games of the season.

Appears to me that as someone with the answers to everything that you'd be a great addition to the board of CJT....you'd get my vote.

Strikes me that far too many people seem content to sit quietly at the time of these problems...offended, but not so much that they wish to take action themselves...and then come on to the internet and moan and complain that others aren't doing anything.

What did the police/stewards say to you when you reported that you were offended by it?

In my opinion....if not for Kenny Cameron we could easily (if we were lucky to avoid going bust) be playing part-time football in the (now) 2nd division.

Schools/Youth Groups can get free tickets pretty much any time they like by just getting in touch with the club, so no need for competitions.

Best I could muster in response to some of the comments on here.

I feel a new game coming on....wonder what weird and wonderful places we can have the flags pictured at?

Sneckboy, you are quite entitled to form your own opinions....but you are not entitled to form your own facts, especially erroneous ones. Tomorrow nights match will be the 13th game in 46 days for ICT. No other team has had a schedule that comes anywhere close to that. What makes it even harder to swallow is that it was not a situation of our making.

I see it....but it does annoy me that they are still using the old, slightly blurry version of the badge.

What's your Top 5 home match moments of all time? Still trying to narrow mine down, so will post them later.

Next seasons blue & white stripes is going to go down a storm if that's the case.

We'll have a new home strip for next season anyway...and the current away strip will remain and just have the sponsor details changed. I've often wondered whether there could be fan input into the strip, even on a very basic level, but probably not feasible, however who is it that chooses the design? Is it simply at the chairman's discretion? This goes for all clubs. This question was asked before (towards end of last year I think) and the chairman stated that if people wanted to have a thread on here to put forward design suggestions then they would be looked at....don't think that happened! I'm not sure where all design suggestions come from, but there's normally a few which are pulled together then looked at by chairman, players, manager, directors etc and a decision made from there (in consultation with the manufacturer). I believe the current away shirt is the best selling we've ever had and the home shirt is up there amongst the top sellers as well, so (commercially at least) the club seem to be getting it right. Another few weeks and I'll hopefully be able allowed to start the teaser pics for the new home shirt...!!! lol

Fair play to the guy, he's doing his best to ensure they still have the Edinburgh Derby next season.!

Won't disagree with that...lol Reason for the setup was we had to rely on the camera mic so couldn't position it any further away. I have mics etc on order to get around that for future and we'll possibly use a two/three camera setup to allow a more comfortable seating arrangement.

We'll have a new home strip for next season anyway...and the current away strip will remain and just have the sponsor details changed.