Wanderer

...playing 4-4-2 at ParkDread is applaudable but also football suicide. We could have played 4-5-1 with Brew or Bayne but nobody else. I agree IHE...4-5-1, in hindsight, was the tactic.

Agree with most of that. I'd like to take a look at your granny before endorsing it all though!

Niculae needs a runner to take off into the channels...play the ball and get his arse into a scoring opportunity in the second phase. Both he and Wyness were backs to goal, often only 10 yards from each other, it was just too easy for the Celtic defence. Full marks to both but they cannot play together like they did today. There's really nobody to criticise from today's performance. 5-0 flattered an excellent Celtic side. Naelifts is right...keep playing like we did v Hibs and today and all will be well. I thought Brew could've had a look at the subs earlier (once the match was well and truly out of reach) - Deano came on at 85 and didn't touch the ball!

Yep, fair 'nuff! Good post. [modbreak=Admin Comment]removed portion of previous post that had been quoted.[/modbreak]

Excellent game! Many positives and well worth travelling around the world for :011: Outstanding work rate from the whole team (nae worry IHE, I'm getting help with my Marius Complex) and it's hard to imagine that Brew will improve these fitness levels. If anything it was the gaffer himself who looked the first to tire. Defensive line looked as dependable as at any time I've seen them. Roscoe clunky as ever but rarely fails to position himself in the right place. Munro looked comfortable as captain and even though he bawled out Caff on at least one occasion the pair seemed to have a good understanding. In a crowded midfield (Collins was constantly trying to get his wide players out to the touchline) I thought Black was the class act. Made himself available and I only remember one howler in a difficult area of the park. Just shows you really need to get to the games and make your own mind up about the team. There was one good passing side on view yesterday and one counter-attacking team. We just didn't allow Hibs to play for long periods. If ICT can maintain this standard then we'll climb the league table. Well done to the team!

Cue Mantis with his "3 UK clubs with sweary words in their names" joke. ...actually it was probably the funniest of the 4 jokes he recycled every week. :rolleyes02:

Ouch Don, that hurt! :004: Not to self - make sure site ends up blocked by the Great Firewall of China OK OK...I'll buy you a pie at Easter Rd. :rolleyes02: Don't deprive me of this entertainment please...Chinese TV ain't that good!

Ouch Don, that hurt! :004:

Denial - Anger - Bargaining - Depression - Acceptance Just tick off the boxes as you go along folks... I'm loving it! :023:

Glad that's sorted then.

So you admit there has been 'disgusting personal abuse'? A simple 'yes' or 'no' will suffice.

So 'Johnboy' is on your birth certificate?

CaleyD, like most of the nay-sayers on the topic of Brew's return you are positioning yourself so you can say "I told you so" if/when he doesn't give us the return we want come the turn of the year. One or two of you have said, "I'll delightedly eat humble pie if we are mid-table by the time Santa visits", no you won't, you'll be quietly moderating on the topics (Cup, Transfers, League etc)...with no mention of this disgusting personal abuse of Craig Brewster. This is a pathetic episode for Caley Thistle Fans.

Well said Yngwie. I join you as one of the few who don't think the Board has done a bad job. Even though Brew was not my own choice, I don't think they had a lot of choice. Warnock (as I've said on other threads) was never a realistic possibility (and certainly not my choice ) leaving Owen Coyle (largely untried and surely a bigger risk than Brew). So Brew virtually picked himself in my view, unless the board were prepared to take longer over the appointment and widen the shortlist Yep! But not 'the few'... :025:

Mr Bannerman, not that you were ever 'down' in my estimation...but you are definitely 'up' after that post. Well done sir :022:

As the Lord Kitchener of the Boycott Brew movement you're going to have to get your disciples in a line behind you on this one. Good luck, but take a moment and look back through your posts in the last few days...quite a collection!

plus ?a change, plus c'est la m?me chose :029:

Robbo must be on somebody's short list? :023: Interesting one Scotty. Results, yes of course, but how to perform the contrition? On bended knees before the main stand? It all seems a bit 'holier than thou'.

Hey GJ :sillywave: 5) We kept the CB training gear...no added cost there.

:clapping03: Bit early to be on the Rigas Balsam though isn't it Latviaman...? :004:

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The thing that this website really excels at is the number of people who come on here and proclaim they 'know what is going on behind the scenes' then...er, leave it at that... Seriously...this is not sub-judice this is simple fitba' business, if you have something to tell us...then friggin' well say so!

The Hootsman claims Charlie has made his mind up... http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport.cfm?id=1316662007 "CHARLIE Christie may have presided over his last match as the manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle, after it emerged last night that he has asked to leave the Premier League club and faces talks with senior officials today. Christie will meet with director of football Graeme Bennett and chairman Alan Savage after becoming downhearted only 19 months after replacing Craig Brewster at the Caledonian Stadium. Both Bennett and Savage are keen to retain Christie, who has won 24 of his 66 matches in charge, but privately it is understood that the manager may have made up his mind to leave. Brewster, now playing for Aberdeen, would be a strong candidate to return to Inverness. Matters are believed to have come to a head with Christie in the aftermath of Saturday's 2-1 reverse at St Mirren. Inverness are rooted to the bottom of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, with no points from their opening three matches, and the manager, a former player with Inverness Thistle, Caledonian and Celtic, has taken criticisms of his side's efforts to heart. If Christie does depart, and insiders have stressed it would be on mutual terms, Caley Thistle would be searching for only their fifth manager since entering the Scottish League in 1994."

The turkeys rarely vote for xmas. As a supporter you could argue it would add to the fun...but there are 10 sets of directors that are not going to risk their company's financial future.

Ain't that the truth. :007: