caleyboy

Lack of quality maybe!

Is the Muirfield deal done then?

Word has it that they want big R on the board and one or two may not be too keen on the idea.

Well, tjhat being the case D we need new people with new money at the top of the tree. And I don't mean £250k! Hope my numbers come up tonight!

Yes, they wanted to win trophies. Aye and they had to wait ten years for the first one. Think your stats are a bit dodgy Alex

At least 4 of these guys ended up at Telford Street!

Believed to be a group of former Inverness Royal Academy pupils (Cade Rats to those of us who attended the old High School) fronted by Richard Smith (their local representative who has been spotted in the Director's Box during the last few games). Hear there are some 'personality clashes' involved so who knows if it will ever happen. If it were old High School boys involved, considering our perceived lack of brains, it would probably been done and dusted by now.

Yeah I'm pretty sure Accies paid about £25,000 (the same as Dundee United) for him. I'm sure Brewster signed him for about double that mind. Like others were saying, if you look at his actual attributes as a footballer, he's got qualities that make him very good - just a shame he doesn't seem to realise that there are other people in the team as well........ Was it not Christie that signed him? Maybe wrong.

Don't see why not as the whole length used to be terracing before our SPL days.

Unless we can get serious cash behind us we will always hover around the bottom.

If we played a slow, deliberate style of football I would see the point but we don't. I feel our strengths are in our passing game with one or two players with real pace who can hurt teams. "Makes it harder to control the ball" must be related to shinty cos any decent player will control a ball no matter how long or short the grass. Whatever was intended it didn't work cos results speak for themselves.

What a joke. The HFA is no more an academy than a fly in the air. The Dingwall facility is used as much by County and ICT for first team winter sessions as it is by Youth. Even at nights in winter, SHFL, Junior and North Caley league teams use the facility regularly. The term "Academy" had to be used to get grant money. When this all started, our current Board weren't proactive or interested enough to be a major player so we were left with the dregs. As it turns out, I don't think we are missing much - facilities don't make SPL players (although it probably helps) - basic infastructure and QUALITY coaching does.

I would tend to agree with that statement, but I fear the mental and physical damage is already done and he is far too far along to get back on the straight and narrow. Even Butcher seems to acknowledge that as he says he considered offering him a role but then rejected it (reluctantly it would seem). Gazza was a great player but like many great players, flawed. In his case, I think he was too easily led astray by strong characters around him (both professionally and personally) throughout his career (and after), and didnt have any self control. In football terms, his appointment in any role, and at pretty much any club, would probably be seen as a joke ! It would become a circus, a distraction as everyone would be waiting for him to **** it up again ! Off the field, I have heard it said many times that he is/was a genuine down to earth guy and one who would not do you wrong if he could do you right. His heart always seemed to be in the right place, even if his over exuberance on occasions led to him getting in trouble (thinking the flute episode and the carding the ref incident) Reading that article, it is obvious that Terry knows him extremely well from Rangers and England, and knows about his good points, but is literally shaking his head at how sad his life has now become. If anyone could be a strong role model for him that he would respect and listen to it might be Terry, if any area of the country might calm him down or allow him to relax it might be the Highlands .... but it would be a hell of a risk and something that might end with more than just Gazza's tears ! Maybe but let's not forget the beating he gave his wife.

Any idea of the score today?

Aye but are they not looking at ?250k. That would only cover a year's losses. Any chance of a change of meds IHE?

You're right so I'm off to bed with my Happy Pills

Oh well then, we will just have to put up with it. But just how long can we continue scraping around for our next pound?

Was it not already in place before the North Stand was built? I agree with you that it is unsightly, but it's there and anything we might want to do to it to improve its look or relocate it costs money we dont have so we just have to live with it. We may not have a bank debt, but over the last couple of years we have been operating at a loss so every penny counts and I dont see where pumping money into moving it or tarting it up would actually give us any benefit other than the "look". If we get to the stage where we can (or need to) spend some money on infrastructure, then this should be high up on the list IMHO. You're right Scotty, it was there before the stand was built but why was it not moved then? Unfortunately, money is the reason for everything at ICT - we always don't have enough to do this that or the next thing. If things are so bad that we can't tart up that shed then the business must cut it's cloth. If we can't increase our income we must cut wages and general expenses and that will most probably mean relegation and redundancies and if we can't cope with that then we go bust. OBTW the only reason we don't have any bank debt is that we don't have any assets to borrow against. The lsat time we were in serious stook new people came in to "restructure". Is it not therefore time a similar exercise took place - new money - new people - a new start! Sorry going way off topic so I'll go and put my head down.

So you think it looks fine then. It should never have been tagged onto the front of the stadium in the first place. I wonder who was responsible? It should have been situated in the North car park with electrical services drawn from the North stand. If removal and relocation cost so much surely the outside could be clad with something that looks more in tune with the rest of the building. It really cheapens the whole look of the place.

When on earth are we going to get rid of that portacabin structure at the front of the stadium? Whoever thought of it should pay to remove it!

That was a solitary quote and this has nowt to do with the muppets - puts Caleyboys derisory quote in to perspective. "From what I heard, Maurice Malpas does the majority of the training. I really do think we should leave training methods etc to those who know what they are talking about and by that I mean up to date methods not from the old days." Perhaps the new warm up exercise is a relaxing drive through picturesque scenery. Oh he with a little knowledge

There's another major player in here who nobody ever thinks of or mentions and he goes by the name of Sandy Catto.

Spot on cc but tell the muppets upstairs as they hold the purse strings which are seemingly getting tighter and tighter

From what I heard, Maurice Malpas does the majority of the training. I really do think we should leave training methods etc to those who know what they are talking about and by that I mean up to date methods not from the old days.

IMO it's too early to panic and sacking a manager is too easy. I don't think the problem lies with the manager's ability, it goes deeper than that. Any manager is only as good as his staff and the budget he has dictates the quality he can buy/pay for. Our problem lies with our power brokers - they enjoy the power but either won't or cant afford to bring this Premier League Team up to a Premier League Club. It really is a very simple case, we either find the financial backing to give the manager a chance at this level or we all accept that we just can't sustain our position. OBTW, ?250k will just cove the cracks!