Johnboy

Another significant post here in an exchange with Charles Bannerman.... As CD rightly says all the claims he has made concerning the ownership of the stadium are in the public domain... Any member of the board could probably put this story to bed right now.... If they wanted to. Quote : The Charitable Trust DO NOT own the stadium or the leasehold for the land, these are held by companies wholly owned by David Sutherland.....confirmed by searches done at the Land Registry. These documents also detail the amount of rent being paid...and I can assure you it is far from being way below what I would consider commercial rates. The Charitable Trust was set up, but it has never traded a single penny and is, according to companies house, a dormant company. Explain why ICTFC have no shareholding in the company that owns the new stands when they invested in the region of ?250,000 in the project? Explain why minutes of Highland Council Meetings (these are public records) detail that the loan they gave was in the name of Inverness Caledonian Thistle Properties Ltd and not the Charitable Trust...which you claim owns the the Stadium?

This, for me, was the significant question (particularly, the 3rd para) raised by CaleyD, it's absolutely pathetic that the only way the board can respond to it, is to shoot the messenger.... Quote : I want to make it clear that my main objection in regard to stadium ownership are more to do with how it happened as oppose to it happening at all. What bothers me and needs answered is why it ended up in the hands of a private individual/business when we were told it was being moved to a Charitable Trust. Some might think that it makes no difference, but it makes a big difference. A trust, especially a charitable trust, must be set up serve a specific cause. When the Charitable Trust was being talked about we were told that once it cleared its feet of the debt then any income it made would be used to benefit the Inverness sporting community. We were also told that ICT would have a stake in that Trust, and as such, some say in the activity of the trust and a legal right/claim to any benefits realised by the trust. In effect their was always the thought/belief that "ICT will get something back from the deal in future" and benefit in both the short and long term. How would you feel if you had a Trust fund, only to discover that when you turned 21 and were due to start receiving that the solicitors had actually given everything to a private individual who was earning from your money/assets and had no legal responsibility to give you so much as a penny? And to then rub salt in the wound they wanted to charge you rent to remain in the family home? I've been raising (and investigating) these concerns for years so my thoughts and feelings on it are not driven by any "low" that came from relegation or the rapid decline we seem to be witnessing as a result. For the most part, ICT got to where they did thanks to the efforts of those on the playing/coaching/management side. Our off field activities have always been a run in a reactive shambles, the "we'll take care of that when it happens" approach, and it should be no surprise to anyone that this has finally caught up with us. Furthermore, I have never been an advocate of the "Directors should be throwing in their money" argument. It shouldn't, for the most part, be needed. To qualify that, I appreciate that running a football club without occasional investment is a near impossible task, but there's many ways to attract that investment/sponsorship which go beyond selling the family silver and it can even be done without the need to sell shares...at least on a permanent basis.

Birdog.... Given that there is a danger that ICT could go into administration, don't you think these "awkward questions" are questions that should be asked?

Only 500 copies?

Why don't they just scrap it? It's a complete and utter waste of space. There's nothing to stop them making any announcements they want to make on here.

It would be nice to think it was 99K, but will more likely be nearer to 10K...

Surprised he opted for Hamilton given interest from Hearts and Killie. Good luck to him.... a very talented player who always gave us 100% - I'll miss him.

Imrie won the Motherwell game for us. It's a shame he's moving on, the guy has so much potential. I heard over the weekend, that he was upset by the treatment he received from a section of our so called supporters, and that was a factor that helped him make up his mind to move. I don't know that for sure, but I sincerely hope it's not true, otherwise who are the boo boys going to try and get rid of next?

Dundee it was.... Allegedly after manager Simon Stainrod dropped him from the first team.... Lucky for him (Stainrod) he didn't do it in his Fedora!

Council for the defence rests his case.....

Anyone remember this little ditty from a few years back? He's white he's blue He shat in Simons shoe Ian McCall Ian McCall

Good comment, Gringo.... Do they seriously believe ousting the Stadium Announcer will put an end to speculation as to the financial state of ICT?

Was there a specific post of CD's directed to his employers, which you felt was unfair, or inaccurate If so, which?

ICT?

Ouch. I don't see what right they had to do that if it was an arrangement you made directly with SRU. I'd be as mad as hell if it were me. I was looking forward to that rugby match.... I won't be going now.

The whole thing absolutely stinks, but That is completely out of order.

I didn't think this thread would see the light of day again, but I couldn't help but notice it was the understudy who was behind the mike this afternoon. What's happened to our Caley D? Has he been transferred to an SPL club?

Pure quality! :022:

Never any shortage of effort or committment from him. I thought he played well today, and was unlucky not to score with one of his chances.

Great result - Great 3 points Not the pettiest game I've seen this season, and could have gone either way right up until the final few minutes. Lots of chances squandered, but the tenacity and committment ensured that they managed to grind out a result. Thought Tokely would have been better at LB with Proctor at RB. Lionel looked very unsure for much of the game. Duncan or Imrie could have been in filled for Proctor in midfield. Still a long way to go in this league yet.

Won't Mihadjuks be more likely to be heading for the bright lights, and superior architecture of the city of Dundee?

I'm worried that PC Plod might yet call this one off, for that reason...

Yeap.... Doing my best to co-ordinate the snow clearing effort from here.

They've actually managed to get a message out on the widely read, and infomative club site, so no doubt they will be inundated with volunteers by now. Still nothing about Nauris on that site yet, though....

Why aren't you down there helping them?