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Four wins in a row. Well done to our management team and to the players. Charlie and Parkie are obviously getting something right. Wasn't too sure if I would make it to the game tonight but am glad I did. For me, tonight's defeat of Falkirk was probably one of the best ICT games I have seen all season. I thought they were showboating at times - so full were our team with confidence. Even Rosscoe was trying all the fancy tricks (even if they didn't always work). If you weren't there - you missed a cracker!!

True - we sprinted out of the blocks last season. But without Craig Brewster's 6 early goals our start to the season might have seemed more like like a crawl than a sprint. Thankfully the other Craig - Dargo - found his goalscoring touch in time at a time when CB stopped scoring. It is Craig Dargo's 20 goals that really set the heather on fire though. But you are right. We need to keep our fitness levels up the standards that Craig Brewster set. And hopefully that will happen for next season too.

Good to see Highland youngsters get their chance in the SPL. Zander played well - as did Michael Fraser. Both good prospects for the future.

But we are still the team that officially relegated Livi......................................!!!!!

Well done to Charlie and all the boys!! Yet again the mighty ICT progress to bigger and better things - and all done on a shoestring budget. A really commendable effort!!

With Caley Thistle I don't think we can isolate any manager, player or board member alone as being the reason for our success as a club during our short history. I believe the reason for our success over the years is down to the spirit, character and attitude of the club as a whole rather than as a consequence of any individual's input at any particular time. How often have we seen seemingly irreplaceable figures leave the club (whether manager, player or official) only to see the status of our club continue to grow unhindered? Personally, I believe it has something to do with the ingrained Highland spirit - an attitude that is readily absorbed by newcomers who are not Highland. We were unjustifiably frozen out of the Scottish League for decades - perhaps our fighting spirit stems from a deep seated desire to show the Lowland football mafia that we deserve our place in Scottish football and that we have a point to prove? As many have said before - ICT are "the sum of it's parts". We have something as a club (most of the time) that money can't buy - a positive attitude that doesn't allow room for prima donnas. Livingston and Dundee United have had a lot more money to spend in recent years than us but what has it achieved for them? You cannot buy spirit, character and a correct attitude. That is something a club either has or has not.

As a ST holder I would say fair play to the club. Better still, let kids in free like they used to do in the First Division.

Scotsport? True to form we had our spot on the graveyard shift - last game of the programme, somewhere in the wee small hours. They didn't even mention our name in the after match discussion!! The programme starts at 11.55 next week, so we can expect to appear somewhere around 1.20am.

Friendlies 0/6 CIS cup 0/3 SC cup 1/4 SPL 12/35

3600 surprises me too. That was the crowd figure for the Motherwell game also but I thought there were a lot less there today. £20 is way too high for entry - especially after the split. Better to make the maximum price £15 for everybody (or even a tenner) just to get the fans in. Anyone who paid £20 today to watch such an awful game against Dundee United in such unpleasant conditions will feel very hard done by (but for the exception of Dargo's last minute goal). Anyone who pays £20 to watch the midweek Falkirk match will need to be either extremely generous to ICT or extremely rash with their hard-earned cash!!

Yup. Today's goal by Dargo will do me nicely. After all, what better way could there be of convincing Craigy Brewster that made a bad mistake in leaving us? Two wins against Dundee United in a row. Yah beauty!!!

IHE - I like your new avatar. Is his name Craig Rooster by any chance?

Correct. Denzil has bags of ability but today he seemed anonymous. Needs to work his socks off like his wee mate Craig Dargo. That boy rarely stands still - and today we saw how that pays off with his superb opportunistic late winner against United.

I must have been standing right next to you at half time then C4E cos my wee fella was trying (and eventually succeeded) in getting Zander's, Rory McAllister's and Graham Bayne's autographs. The prize for missing an open goal when the subs were doing target practice was to get mobbed by wee folk wanting autographs when they went to collect their ball. Then again, maybe they deliberately missed the goal for that reason!?!?

I would like to see Zander get a game soon too. At least he had his first taste of the big time today during half time at the United match with all the bairns swarming around him for his autograph.

Good old Craig Dargo - you sent us all home happy when we expected to be going home feeling miserable after a pretty awful game. No sympathy for those who leave early - it's worth the traffic jam to see a fabulous late winner like that with only a few seconds on the clock. It has been a long time since we have been able to celebrate a goal at the TCS. It has been a very much rarer experience to be able to celebrate a goal at the home end in particular. So thanks Craig. Your goal also makes up for that sitter missed earlier on by Morgan. And for the other Craig - Craigy Brew - I have even less sympathy for you than for our part-time supporters. You might get more money at United but you seem to be getting a lot less league points!!

Just think of the memories of ICT that will be running through his mind as Brew revisits our ground tomorrow - such as winning games, getting to play football, job security etc. etc.. A case of the heart ruling the head Craig?

Brown has been an exceptional goalie for us for so long but surely Michael Fraser must get a first team game some time soon? I would love to see him get 45 minutes of a game some time before the end of the season. But not tomorrow - beating United is too important to take any risks!!