Kind of Blue

Great news and well done to the Board.

He is outspoken, and as I said earlier, a pain in the neck at times. But he was also a good manager who won the league cup so he must be doing something right. If you look the links at the bottom of the Retard's article you will see that the fans didn't want him to go and even on Saturday they were singing his name. I suspect if he was given the job it would be much less vocal Mr Shiels but no less effective for it.

My understanding is that he staying until the end of the season and will then be moving to another club (not Hibs). This may have changed in the last 24 hours and I stand to be corrected.

It will be interesting to hear who will be genuine candidates and I'm sure there will be the usual suspects among them. At the moment I think Kenny Shields would be good fit for us. He is very community minded, tries to give young players a chance in the 1st team and likes to see football played on the deck. I know he can be an outspoken pain in the neck at times but I think he may be a bit more reserved afer his experience at Killie. I also would have no problem with Craig Leivein, if he's interested. Paul Hartley may also be worth a go if the Board is going down the young and upcoming manager route.

Top 5: Foran, Foran, Foran, Foran & Foran

Heard from a very reliable source that Marcella is going to stay until the end of the season and then will move to another club (not Hibs). This outcome will be the same regardless if Butcher goes or stays. As for Mo taking on the manager's job, I'm coming round to the idea but it will be interesting to see the other candidates.

Evans took his second goal really well - he looks a decent player. Christie impressed me as well. The second half was dominated by ICT.

I'm longing for the glory days of scrapping about in a relegation dogfight. No other teams are interested in your manager or players and ambition is to get the first win of the season before September is out. Oh yes those were the days

I don't make it to many away games but I'm planning this one.

I wonder how long it will be before Uncle Roy presses the panic button.

I have a faint memory of it but I could be wrong. Nothing wrong with Hissy, BTW. a much under-rated player, in my opinion.

Did Scott Macdonald come on trial with ICT for a few days before he went to Motherwell?

A very well deserved award to our fantastic captain. His form this season has inspired the rest of the team to perform so well.

Is this what Barry Robson is up to now that he's injured?

I think DA's limited managerial ability is getting severley tested at the moment, and his excuses are starting to sound very lame. Hope County hang on to him for some time.

A home tie would be great and I don't mind who we play.

Well done that man.

I think he coaching at Hearts on a voluntary basis.

Yes the positivity is great and it will be complete once Dougal posts on here to say how much he is enjoying things BTW Doug, County have had a terrific start eh.

I think we're been unfair on County here - their season only starts next Saturday

1) Inverness 2) Inverness 3) 77/78, then a gap until I caught the bug again from 1989 onwards. 4) Inverness

A great confidence booster for the start of season, let's hope they can continue the form with an opening win against St Mirren.

Taxi for Sheerin

I think the deal has now been done. Should be confirmed later tonight or in the morning.

Compared with how I felt at the start of the last 2 seasons I feel confident that we have a squad capable of competing well next season. The team may have its work cut out to match last season's high finish but I don't think we'll have to worry about a relegation battle.