DALNEIGHCALEY

The thing is we'll never know as the club seem hellbent on keeping the fans in the dark .

The Celtc fans have never liked ICT and with the way a section of our support mimic the rangers fans with their Union Jack flags etc I expect more trouble at the Glitter Dome in the coming seasons .

Aberdeen have conceded less than a goal per game so what makes you say their defence is a weak point and is easily ripped apart ? What a ridiculous post .

Mystified that the victim of an assault gets charged for defending himself . Fair play to Richie though and I personally hope he leathered the racist .

When did I say I was outraged ? I said if you were outraged you ought to take the matter further. You seem upset by the court ruling! I'd say mystified more than upset .

When did I say I was outraged ?

I very much doubt he was punched twice in the face before defending himself , if that was the case don't you think the aggressor would have been charged and not Richie ? Do you know that nobody else was charged? Or did they all scarper and Ritchie was the only one stupid enough to get caught? There are breach of the peace charges dished out every day of the week but they dont all make the papers. Its just not a story if the person is not in the public eye. Sadly it happens all too often that folks in the public eye are abused when out in public. You answered your own question there . If the Captain of the local top flight football team was assaulted and the assault was captured on CCTV. I think the perpetrator would have been arrested and charged with assault and it would be all over the local press .

I very much doubt he was punched twice in the face before defending himself , if that was the case don't you think the aggressor would have been charged and not Richie ? You must have missed the bit in the report that said CCTV footage backed up what he said. Just because it's reported in the press doesn't make it true , if that was the case he would have denied any charges and the PF would have thrown out the case before it reached court .

I very much doubt he was punched twice in the face before defending himself , if that was the case don't you think the aggressor would have been charged and not Richie ?

Uranus

I very much doubt it , it's his 3rd offence for violence !

It is the same incident in which he was found hiding under the car . I wonder what the outcome would have been if it were you or I up in court for using threatening and abusive behaviour and engaging in a fight in the street ?

If CJT can provide some people for this the organisers make a donation to CJT (the ICT supporters society). This donation in turn helps things like keeping the buses running to away games etc, these away games involve ICT. Thanks for the sensible reply .

Nothing mentioned of him running away from the police and hiding under a car . Interesting to see he plans on going to the USA after his career finishes though I doubt they'll let him into the country with his criminal record .

Has this got anything to do with ICT ?

I've never got the impression that Yogi wants to abandon the attacking game...far from it. He just views the squad as having the potential to play it on the deck with a bit more pace and style than his predecessor. He's been saying for weeks that it's all about finding the balance and that balance was found in the match in Dingwall. The challenge now is to use that to build confidence in the squad and have them believing they can do that on a regular basis. I don't think he has tried to change things as much as some people make out...although he has had a lot of change forced upon him through injury, suspension and schedule. The exact same thing happened to TB and will doubtless happen to us again in future. The difference now is that we have almost a full squad that has some match experience and is ready to take to the field when called upon. We also have a manager with more than one idea as to how the team can be set up to either overcome problems with injury/suspension or counter opposition tactics. Did anyone else see the fixture congestion coming back at the start of December? That is when Yogi would have been forming his plan for the remainder of the season. Not saying you can't/shouldn't deviate from that plan to react to stuff that comes up, but there's little to be gained from doing a complete u-turn on it. All that does is put doubt in the mind of your players...especially if you have their buy-in and belief of the new stuff your introducing. We don't know that playing any differently would have yielded better results...in fact the only evidence we have on which to base any real thoughts on that is previous seasons and massive dips in form at the turn of the year were a regular occurrence under TB using the "don't change a thing and keep shoe-horning players into unsuitable positions" philosophy he adopted. If anything, logic shows that without change a dip was highly probable...on that basis, is not better to at least try something different in an attempt to achieve a better outcome? Had we not had a managerial change we could very well have been sitting in the exact same position as we are now. Some would be arguing that TB had run the course with us and couldn't take us any further, others would be hammering him for failing to adapt/change to the situation, others would be defending him on the basis that we're punching above our weight and were in top 6 for second year running....blabbidy blabbidy blah. (Slight tangent in response to remarks on negativity/criticism and not at all in relation to the quoted posted) All that discussion around are the team playing the best, are they set up the best, should the manager do this or that, the manager is the best thing since pre-sliced bagels etc is all fantastic stuff...and it;s what I used to enjoy about partaking in the forum. These days there's an almost constant underlying tones of vitriol, abuse, personal digs and damn right nastiness which is either aimed directly at other posters or at the manager, players, club, CJT...everything basically. Anyone who thinks for one second that such things fall within the bounds of constructive criticism is seriously deluded. We seem to have slipped into a world where people don't know the difference between abuse/critique and CTO becomes more and more of a cesspit every day as a result. I withdrew my assistance as a moderator/admin on the forums partly because of pressure of work elsewhere and the difficulty from trying to wear too many hats....but what to give up was made easier because my conscience and personal standards meant I was no longer comfortable supporting the direction that things were heading in. I don't read and/or contribute to the vast majority of the forum any more because it's not a nice place to spend any time. I find it quite literally sucks the life from me...and I say that as someone who used to get a great deal of motivation and encouragement from a lot of the discussions that took place. Very interesting CaleyD. From one who seemed to spend most of his time on CTO to one who feels "it quite literally sucks the life from me" is sad to say the least. I honestly believe that people should only criticise if they have the knowledge to do so and have a valued solution to the problem. Football is a subject that people feel they know but in reality there will be very few, if any, qualified to pass the comments they do. It makes me laugh, and sometimes annoyed, when I read some of the comments made by people who probably never kicked a ball in their lives at any reasonable level let alone at the level this club is now at. It's time some should really wind their necks in and let the professionals get on with their jobs! Having seen CaleyD I very much doubt he has ever kicked a football let alone played at a decent level !

I agree entirely with DD , what's the point in signing up to these worthwhile initiatives if you don't do or say anything about the shameful songs sung by our support .

Doesn't surprise me tbh

Cringe

Happy clapper alert !!!

I think Esson got injured before the season started and Brill and the defence were so solid for a long time he just never got a look in. Not the case now though sadly! Not been the case for a long time IMHO .

I thought it was the wrong decision in dropping Esson in the first place , I dont recall him ever making the **** ups Brill keeps repeating .

like Butcher ?

Hate to say it but C*unty are a bigger club than us . Ok explain...... Bigger support and better stadium to begin with .

Hate to say it but C*unty are a bigger club than us .