Sneckboy

Is this the first time we've actually been at the very summit? Obviously, last season we were 2nd for a long spell. I seem to remember us winning 2-0 away to Falkirk on opening SPL day when Brewster was manager - I think he scored too, but I'm not sure if that put us top for one week.

I'm sure the Belladrum festival would have had a small effect. I know 4 folk who attended the concert who would normally have gone to the game! But in all seriousness, I think we can all bang-on about our attendances all day, I just feel that we've pretty much got what we've got. The average attendance has plateaued at around 4,000 - 4,500. It's unrealistic to expect it to increase - it would have happened by now. I blame the ground's location and the merger refusniks!

Torbjorn Agdestein confirmed as being allocated squad shirt number 23.

Unfortunately the picture was 'snapped' about thirty seconds too early before it was fully unfurled to reveal the word 'Thistle' below!

Must have been some helluva sized hole (and fence!) to squeeze through from Broadstone Park! That bit of road's Broadstone Avenue....pedantic? Me?!

I would love to know how your 'current location' is pronounced! I'm assuming It's a real place and you weren't simply annoyed at being asked where you currently reside?!

The SPFL have got a website up and running - just in time for the opening game tonight! The previous SPL site www.scotprem.co.uk obviously won't be updated anymore. The new site looks like a work in progress and I'm sure they'll develop it over time, to include things like squad lists etc. http://www.spfl.co.uk/

I really can't see them having too much difficulty winning their league this season and getting up to the North Superleague for the first time. The regionalisation has helped them. They've only got 9 opponents and none of them are particularly formidable. Inverness City Nairn St. Ninian Forres Thistle Fochabers Dufftown Buckie Rovers Burghead Thistle Whitehills Islavale Portgordon Victoria I'm expecting a 20 goal return from you, lukemackay!!! No pressure. Apologies if you're the goalkeeper!

'the likes of Deveronvale, Huntly, Buckie and co.' are very much considered also-rans by bookmakers Ladbrokes. Interestingly, they have 4 teams as joint favourites...one of which is Brora!! Ladbrokes odds Brora 10/3 Cove Rangers 10/3 Formartine United 10/3 Nairn County 10/3 Wick Academy 9/1 Clachnacuddin 12/1 Forres Mechanics 16/1 Deveronvale 20/1 Inverurie Loco Works 20/1 Fraserburgh 25/1 Buckie Thistle 33/1 Keith 50/1 Turiff United 50/1 Huntly 66/1 Rothes 100/1 Lossiemouth 150/1 Strathspey Thistle 200/1 Fort William 500/1

Yeah, it's ironic that despite having an unprecedented 4 signed goalkeepers this season, it may yet be our problem position. Reguero may even prove to be a bigger loss than Shinnie!

Or we could go with Aaron (Doran), Curtis (Allen), Danny (Williams) and Conor (Pepper)......AC/DC!!!

He (Tokely) was one of (I think) NINE ex-ICT players in the Brora squad last night!

Foran TWICE!!

Inverness CT team was: Cameron Mackay Jay Cheyne Matthew Cooper Daniel Devine Joe Gorman Adam Evans Conor Pepper Jason Brown Torbjorn Agdestein Ryan Christie Ben Greenhalgh

Yeah, he also got on the scoresheet at Arbroath in pre-season so hopefully Meekings can open his competitive account for us this season. I wonder if Butcher is one of those managers who sets every player a target number of goals for the season? If so, it would be fair to set Josh a target of 2 or 3.

Former ICT youth player, Daniel Park netted for Pele's Formartine in their excellent 2-0 win against East Stirling in the Ramsdens Cup.

Great win, 1-0!!!

Charlton Athletic report the attendance to be 2,801 with 132 'away' fans.

Where's Richie Foran?! Interesting selection with Polworth starting ahead of Nick Ross but he (Liam) has been impressive in pre-season.

Yeah, he may feature in the U20's at times and with Falkirk in the U20 league, he may be back playing at the TCS before too long! He's confirmed the move to Falkirk on his Twitter.............https://twitter.com/P_J_Roberts

Philip Roberts has seemingly returned to Scotland and signed a 2 year deal at Falkirk!

Going to China is such a money-grabbing move! Certainly not to forward a career... I see also that Andre Blackman has finally managed to get a club to take a chance on him - he's signed up with Plymouth Argyle.

The Hibs result is a huge embarrassment for Scottish football. It should be remembered that Malmo took until half-time in the 2nd leg to open the scoring in the previous round...against Drogheda United who are in a relegation battle in the League of Ireland! St. Johnstone's result was one step forward but Hibs' effort takes us three steps back! I just heard a UK national news bulletin where the Hibs result was mentioned but not the Saints one. You could even hear the newscaster smirking as it was almost like a jokey "and finally....", item. Apparently it's the worst (home) result in Scottish football history. A very inauspicious start to day one of the brave new era of SPFL Premiership football!

Calum Howarth. U20 defender.

Very good IHE! I'm glad you posted that as your first joke was well below your usual standards!