Renegade

Thought he was pretty hopeless and pretty biased myself.

Seriously, that half time challenge was farcical today. If it was from the penalty spot to the corner flag, that would be far enough, but to kick the ball off the ground and get it that far with enough height on it, is very very difficult, especially from people in flat shoes who've probably haven't kicked a football in years! You could be offering the car and no-one would win it!

I thought his comments about being "interested in signing for Southend" were a bit disrespectful to Concord. Also, according to his Twitter, Richie Byrne is now a London-based personal trainer. He also plays for Egham Town who play in the Division One Central of the Southern League!

In light of that thread on P&B, it got me thinking about people who have been linked/interviewed/offered/expressed an interest in the ICT's manager's job over the years. Did we have any lucky escapes? And what about people in hindsight who could well have done a great job? IMO a lucky escape on two occasions was Maurice Malpas. He was interviewed for the job when Robertson left (I think) and was of course offered it when Butcher went. He did a horrendous job at Motherwell and Swindon and I think we got away lucky with that one. On the other hand, I'm sure that Stuart McCall expressed an interest in taking over when Charlie Christie resigned. His stock was quite low at the time I believe, as he had just left Bradford, but in hindsight he probably would've done a really good job (far better than Brewster did anyway!). Any others over the years?

Brill Raven Warren Meekings Watkins---------Tansey---------Shinnie Draper------------------Ross Christie Mckay Subs - Esson, Tremarco, Doran, Polworth, Williams, Devine*, Vincent* * If Vincent is out bring Horner onto the bench, if Devine is out as well, bring Ferguson onto it.

The one with the dreadlocks is definitely the one I saw after the reserve game.

Isn't the first one Febian Brandy? Does bare resemblance I think. IIRC it was reported that one was an ex-England U20 international and he is.

Madden is mediocre IIRC. Collum on the other hand is just hideous and the amount of red cards he dishes out is very suspicious.

Did anyone else notice the "You are the ref" kinda scenario in the first half. The Motherwell keeper passed out a goal kick to one of his defenders who was just inside the box. The rules state though, that for the ball to be active, it has to clear the box. When the Motherwell player touched it, the referee blew and made the keeper take it again. Should he not have awarded us an indirect free kick in the box?

Very little can be taken into account from highlights videos to be honest. I mean look how good this guy looks -

One of our most uninspired signings since Richie Byrne IMO.

Going by the latest tweet from the Highland News, sounds like we're offering a deal to Alan Gow.

If they get far enough, I'd love ICT to get Edinburgh City away in the cup. A trip to Meadowbank would be a bizarre away day!

Remember how one of the trialists was seemingly Nigerian? I saw a big tall guy with dreadlocks walking through the car park after the reserve game earlier. Take it he's one of the trialists?

I think they can play but they count as one of the five over-age players.

I can't think of many better performances I've ever seen.....by any team! The only complaint is that the scoreline of 2-0 tells you very little. We absolutely battered Motherwell!

I'm sure Richard Hastings played for Nairn before us. Presumably he was the last ICT player to play against the old clubs as well. Michael Fraser came through our youth system as well I think, who eventually made to be number 1 keeper (despite not being very good!).

I too would like to see us experiment with three at the back in a 3-6-1 formation - Brill Raven Warren Meekings Watkins Draper Tansey Shinnie Ross Christie Mckay Subs - Esson, Tremarco, Vincent, Doran, Williams, Horner, Ferguson

I see Ben Greenhalgh has re-joined Maidstone United. They also have Steven Watt apparently.

Most of the happy clappers on here are more akin to the trolls from what I can see. Most seem to spend most of their time attacking other posters, as opposed to actually going into an in-depth reasoning into what they think, particularly in regards to tactics and new ideas etc.

I've never been a Negative Nancy. I am a realist.

Interesting post on the Fleetwood forum the other day - Don't know if there's anything in that, but it's an interesting thing to say. http://www.independentftff.proboards.com/thread/5672/billy-mckay?page=3

Whether he's better than Adgestein is beside the point. He's rubbish. He also only signs for clubs "God tells him to". No, really!

No thanks.

I considered making that change, but I thought Williams was good on Saturday and deserves to keep his place.