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Hearts came up trumps... ...at Inverness after coming from behind to take all three points in the early kick off. Eric Odhiambo had given the hosts an advantage, but a Chris Innes own goal seconds before half time changed the complexion of the match. Hearts took full advantage of sloppy defending in the second period to wrap up the three points with goals from Ryan Stevenson and Calum Elliot to leave Inverness without a home point. 17th September 2010 Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Inverness Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 - Odhiambo (37) TEAM: Esson, Proctor, Innes, (Golabek 72), Munro, Tokely, Duff, Cox, Hayes, Odhiambo, (Foran 73) Rooney, Ross (Sutherland 80) SUBS: Tuffey, McBain, Duncan, Morrison Booked:- Duff(30), Hayes(44) Heart of Midlothian 3 - Innes (og 45) Stevenson (55) Elliot (69) TEAM: Kello, Barr, Bouzid, Thomson, Jonsson, Palazuelos, (Mrowiec 67), Suso (Obua 78), Black, (Kyle 36), Templeton, Stevenson, Elliot SUBS: Ballogh, McGowan, Novikovas, Glen Booked:- Palazuelos(10), Templeton(81) Referee Iain Brines Attendance 4,515 Davie got the short straw for this one, here is his report For the first 36 minutes of this match, ICT positively welcomed back Ian Black to TCS and everything was rosey. Yet in that pivotal minute, he was forced off by injury and replaced by Kevin Kyle and our day became as dreich as the weather in Inverness. The sides lined up at mid-day for ESPN along lines that were predicted all week, the biggest cheer being reserved for one R. Foran, occupier of the bench. Chris Innes fitted into central defence, sporting a new natty skinhead and a sense of purpose in the early exchanges. Hearts first corner in 3 minutes was cleared by him, closely followed by Cox’s first foul on Ian Black in 4. The inevitable first yellow for a foul on Hayes after a typical tilt down his wing was for Palazuelos in 7. He wouldn’t be the last for the book in a nip and tuck first twenty that saw chances for both sides, most notably an Innes header that Kello had to look sharp with. The first of a succession of Hearts penalty claims started from Suso (is that really his name?) around then but the game changed. Stuart Duff breenged into Black, earning yellow in the process and the wee man hobbled off into renewed exile to be replaced by that man Kyle, 36 minutes. Kyle is an enigma. He is roughly the size of a small bungalow and just about as mobile. And yet, he’s as difficult to hit a ball around as one, attracting cross balls like a magnet and causing mayhem. It's like watching a fault line shift. Before the mayhem could start though, the third sweet passing move through the Hearts defence resulted in a finish for Eric Odihambo. Cue much happiness. In truth, the second move in the series could have been a finish for Rooney so 1-0 for ICT looked a good bet for a half time score, Nick Ross controlling most things with incisive pass and go movements to feed Rooney. In 43 minutes, just as half time looked distinctly welcome Jonny Hayes tackled Templeton in a manner that absolutely proved why he’s a forward. The yellow was bad enough, but the resultant free had a veritable herd of wildebeest charging at Ryan Esson, orchestrated by Kyle. In the end, it was Innes that got a hoof to it. 1-1. My notes said “Kevin f’n Kyle” It was about to get worse. Half Time 1-1 Half time was enlivened by a wee laddie’s kick about and a cracking announcement that the trains back to auld reekie were alcohol free. You could have heard the groan in Dingwall. The second half took about a minute to reveal a game more open than Paris Hilton, and it was obvious that defence was not the keyword of the day. Kyle was winning everything in the air by this time and was countered by a couple of good Eric chances and a hairs breadth escape from the second OG of the game for Bouzid. Something had to give, and it did in 55 minutes when Stevenson scored from a knock down header. I’m not telling you who by. Our fragile defence was beginning to look tattered and it was no real surprise that another goal arrived in 69 minutes from Elliot, courtesy of Suso. In between there were chances for Rooney and Ross, along with a glaring miss for a penalty from referee Brines. Roscoe will be glad. Foran appeared for some game time shortly thereafter, and ran manfully but in truth the game was gone by that time. Golly replaced Innes after an injury (hamstring, apparently) and Shane Sutherland came on for Ross. He thought he’d scored but Foran was offside giving him the pass that skelped off him and into the net. Full Time 1-3 It’s hard to be too disappointed or frustrated about the result. It showed the differences between contenders for a top four place and survival. Inverness suffered again due to the fact that our central defence has never recovered from the loss of Darren Dods, whilst Hearts proved they can import unpronounceable prospects to cover their deficiencies. We need a good commanding centre back and soon. There was enough today to suggest that the goals will come, and they need to next Saturday. This early, a result in Paisley looks crucial and a win at the methadome will go a long way to establishing a status quo with St. Mirren bottom of the heap. Just don’t talk to me about Kevin f’n Kyle. -
Proc stood off his man, and then backed away as he ran at him. Not good enough in that position. Duff did well, squandered some passing opportunities and not sharp enough in the box when the ball fell to him. Otherwise decent game. Ross was our best bet to open them up, with Hayes a close second. We had the beating of them on either wing.
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His biggest error of judgement for me has been the dropping of Russell Duncan. We had Duncan & Cox forming a great double act and now Russell has been binned for now. I would have started with Rossco at centre back with Grantie, and Golly at left back with Proctor told to tackle if he wants a game at right back.
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We are suspect at the back, but decent enough going fprward but need to be more clinical when in the box, simples. Nick Ross had his finest game for ICT, able to beat his marker at will. Nothing wrong with Rossco's contribution overall, but Granty, Innes and especially back off boy Proctor were grim. Eric did keep slipping, but he turns so quick maybe not surprising on a greasy surface. We must have created as many if not more chances than Hearts, but whereas they profited from sloppy defending/marking, we never really got the break of the ball in the box. Good defending or just bad positioning? Still, the resulkt flatters Hearts a little.
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Not missing this one............remember it's a High Noon shoot out.
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High Noon at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium for the mid-day shoot out. The second half of the capital double sees Heart of Midlothian visit Inverness this weekend. Mixed fortunes last Saturday saw Inverness snatch a point at the Jambo's city rivals Hibernian, while Hearts were cuffed 3-0 by Celtic. Former Inverness cult hero Ian Black will return North with his new employers looking to give Hearts a boost towards the top half of the league, while Terry Butcher will be hoping to consolidate the Highlanders position in the cut throat SPL. CTO's davie has run the rule over both clubs and here are his thoughts prior to this weekends game. Welcome to the SPL’s family weekend, unless you sit in that section of the North stand when it’s that every weekend. Reduced prices, activities for the bairns and autograph signing amongst other things should pack them in. Hearts are our visitors, hot on the heels of our creditable away draw against the green half of Embra. Always the owners of a decent away support, they should contribute to an excellent atmosphere on Saturday. All we need is a bit of sunshine, like Leith…….. Team news from Gorgie Road is dominated by them getting back Rudi Skacel for a second stint at the club. Given that he scored 17 goals in his previous tenure, he’s worth watching, but Cyprus to Sneck might be a bit of a shock to the system. Defensively, they are a wee bit short with Wallace injured and Zaliukas not knowing what he wants to do, so the ever volcanic Jim Jefferies might have some shuffling to do on top of his usual ranting. Of course, everyone at TCS is familiar with Ian Black and his possible match up opposite Lee Cox is one to savour. As TB says; "It will be nice to see Ian Black come back. He did very well for us, even although we still went down. He showed a great attitude, so it will be great to see him. I just hope he doesn't do what Dougie Imrie did and score against us!" Quite. Hearts are a strong side, have top 3 aspirations. Two draws, one loss and one win suggests that they will be dangerous, even if their new away strip makes them look like Coventry (sorry Gringo) ICT have a similar patchy start, with two losses, one draw and one win so there’s not much in it. Saturday sees the return of Stuart Duff from seagull city, and Kevin McCann should return from injury at full back. However, Kenny Gillet is set to see a specialist about his knee after sustaining an injury at Hibs on Saturday, and Danni Sanchez hopes to shake off a knock in time (knee) What is it with this team and knees? It’s still too early for that other notable knee, Foran and the odd calf out, Gil Blumenshtein. Recent history suggests Hearts are dominant. 16 fixtures have resulted in 9 Jambo wins, 4 draws and 3 ICT wins. None of the results have ever been runaway, so a close game might be in the offing. 3-2, 1-0, even Sky’s comparometer has a hard time separating them. Davie reckons 1-0 Caleyjags. Adam Rooney to score again. You heard it here first………………..
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No..........It happened on the same day last year as well.
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First paragraph is a perfect description.
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Maybe we could sponsor them..............and your predictions are invited fir Gringo's age. Old is not an acceptable answer. Urfty burfdy you olde gits.
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Indeed I was standing at Killie, but nobody asked me to remain in my seat. Thanks for the negative dots by the way. I posted this, not because I think the stewards are correct, but because some of our own fans are threatening to stop going along to Easter Road. Why? It's a fantastic ground, normally a great atmosphere and sometimes three points for us. I see no reason whatsoever that young guys should spend ?60-?80 on a day out to watch a few minutes of football before being removed from the ground. Money must be easy to come by these days. Is it a game....lets see who can get thrown out first, after all they won't throw us in the cells and we can go to the pub and watch the scores there? Sorry, but I am missing the point of supporting our own team here. Yes the stewards were ridiculous, not only at Easter Road though. Maybe some folk need to look at their own actions before condemning the actions of those enforcing the rules. Some of it is for safety, but in this case it is for sheer jobsworthiness. If fans are prepared to bend the rules, should they not expect to face the inevitable repercussions that go along with this? The Hibs fans are backing us, they probably want to stand as well, but without seeing it and hearing it close up they don't know the whole story. Too many wind ups going on and if someone did that to you in the street you would probably lamp them. Bottom line for me, is enjoy the day out, support the team and stay within the regulations, then nobody can have any complaints, not even the stewards.
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he is not missing much so far, pretty dull game.
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Not everybody that attended the game was spoken to by the police/stewards. I enjoyed the afternoons entertainment, but why do we need to have our own fans indulging in this game with the stewards. This comment may not be to everyones liking, especially those that were targetted by the stewards, but lots of folk attended the match without any hassle. I appreciate that the stewarding was not handled very diplomatically, but why is it always the same ones under scrutiny? Does that mean that stewards across the country are all wrong or god forbid, are there some fans not adhering to the policies within the SPL stadiums. In fact, this goes on all over the leagues if they care to uphold the letter of the law. We were asked to sit down at QOS last season. I stood up on occasion at Easter road but being longer in the tooth than most, I sat down after my outbursts and nobody approached me. It takes two to tango, so unless we are squeaky clean and within our rights, then do we have a leg to stand on............erm, maybe thats not the wisest cliche to use, but you know what I mean. They have the CCTV footage, not us.
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In reverse order...............as you do 10 - Kevin McCann (ICT) v Dundee United 9 - Russell Duncan (ICT) v Dundee United 8 - James Forrest (Celtic) v St Mirren 7 - Shaun Lynch St Mirren) v Dundee Utd 6 - Morgaro Gomis (Dundee Utd) v Hearts 5 - Ki Sung-Yeung (Celtic) v St Mirren 4 - Calum Elliot (Hearts) v Hamilton 3 - Danny Grainger (St Johnstone) v Rangers 2 - Paddy McCourt (Celtic) v ICT 1 - Dougie Imrie (Hamilton v ICT No complaints, all cracking goals.
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You will be in the main stand Mahonio.............take a chill pill.
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Hard earned point. Hibs would have been hard done by if we took all three points but we scrapped hard to get the draw. Ross was a passenger today, the game passed him by. Sanchez made a big difference when he came on and was able to get past the defenders and run goalward. Stonewall penalty and Rooney fairly smashed the ball low and hard into Broonies bottom right hand corner. How ironic would it have been if he had saved it. They seemed able to open us up early on and Riordan was causing problems with his running. Proctor had a torrid time and when Hibs scored we seemed to open up badly on the right side and allowed Riordan to poke the ball home. Sloppy from us, slick from Hibs. Hibs hit the bar with a free kick, Esson possibly tipping it ont the top of the bar. They had a couple of dangerous moments, but we also passed up two or three half chances. Rooney smacked the junction of post and bar from 10 yards in the second half. Hibs also still looked dangerous on the break and missed a sitter, Riordan I think lifting the ball over the bar when he should have scored. They then missed a penalty and we made them pay. Sanchez was a revelation when he came on whereas Nick Ross was not at the races. Rooney buried the penalty and soon after Sanchez robbed the defenders 25 yards out but the chance was lost as Hibs shut him down. Sutherland smashed a volley high over from a good position as we took the game to Hibs. They 'scored' in the last seconds, but fortunately it was rulled out, so a pouint apiece was a decent result at the end of the day. Noisy away support as usual, some youngsters ejected. This goading the stewards really should be stopped, it's just a waste of time and money.
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Seems to have the knack of scoring against us though.
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Accies v Gers on just now live on ESPN. Looks like ESPN doing a promo and this game is open to all on the ESPN site. 0-1 to Gers just now.............ooooft, Accies almost scored, great save by Macgregor from a Paixio curler. Our good mate Dougie hasnae scored yet. Rangers new guy scored........JellyBecks or something. Hamilton having a go though.
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On his left arm near the top.
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Ginger Jaggy has printed his thoughts for this weekend’s clash of the coupon busters at Easter Road. Two teams capable of playing entertaining football on a good day, but also capable of pressing the self destruct button on a bad day go head to head in the Capital as three SPL points are at stake. This is the first of a Capital club double as ICT take on Hearts next week in Inverness. Often a happy hunting ground for Inverness, boss Butcher will be looking to get back on track after the lifeless performance against Hamilton Academical, although Captain Richie Foran will miss out. Hibernian Preview On Saturday we will be making our first trip to the capital to face Hibs at Easter Road. Caley Thistle’s return to the SPL has not been easy with the first five games seeing us face Celtic, Dundee United, Hibs and Hearts with Hamilton seen as the easiest game to pick up some points. But the rollercoaster has already started and fans of Caley Thistle have seen a couple of unexpected twists. The first game saw a brave performance put up but it was in vain as Celtic kicked off their title aspirations with a superb Paddy McCourt solo effort. But the first twist was a sensational 4-0 victory at Tannadice courtesy of two cracking strikes, from Kevin McCann and prolific goal scorer Russell Duncan (ok maybe not but it was a cracker). Adam Rooney scored twice to open his SPL account with again another decent finish from the edge of the box and then converting a penalty late on. The fans were on a high, but an old friend/foe (delete as appropriate) in Dougie Imrie popped up without a minute gone to seal Hamilton’s first victory of the season. Fans were disappointed after the fantastic result the week before but three points is not too bad as long as we had some points on the board coming into this mini break for the internationals. Our opponents have also had an up and down start to the season. Hibernian shot out of the traps last season and at one stage were in title contention but faded away badly as the season drew to a close. Hibs did get into the Europa league play offs but suffered defeat straight away as they crashed out tamely to the Slovenian club NK Maribor losing both legs. When they kicked off their domestic season they got off to a great start winning 3-2 at Motherwell with Stokes, Hanlon and Miller on the score sheet. Thereafter though, their season has gone from bad to worse with defeats and the loss of star striker Anthony Stokes to Celtic on transfer deadline day. The first defeat for Hibs was shaping up to be a decent performance before Kenny Miller scored a hat trick to give defending champions Rangers a comfortable 3-0 victory. They were also beaten 1-0 at relegation candidates St Mirren in Paisley which would have annoyed the Easter road faithful. So it is all to play for as both sides have 3 points and look to kick on up the table in the coming months. Caley Thistle has a great record against Hibs with Inverness winning 8 games out of 15 and Hibs winning just 5 with 2 draws. That record is helped by the fact that Hibernian have never won in the Highlands and with our last match ending 2-1 to us at Easter Road the vociferous away day fans will be hoping for the same. Inverness team news for this match sees Terry Butcher regain Chris Innes and Dani Sanchez to the squad. Caley Thistle have also acquired the services of Stewart Duff again, after his loan spell last season as he is a free agent and could be signed outside the window. He goes straight into the squad for Saturday. On the three injured players, Foran and Blumenshtein are running again but won’t be in action for a few weeks while Kevin McCann could return for the Hearts game next week although he is ineligible against his parent club for the visit to Easter Road. Hibs will be playing a bounce match to give their three new signings Darryl Duffy, Jonathon Grounds and Francis Dickoh a bit of match sharpness before Saturday. They also welcome back Kevin McBride who served a one match ban after his red card against Rangers. John Hughes also hopes to have Graeme Stack back after a back problem has kept him out of the last two matches and look for Michael Hart to be ready to face us on Saturday after hamstring trouble, also against Rangers. A familiar face in goals for Hibernian is that of our very own Mark Brown. John Rankin might also feature. One man to keep a close eye on will be Colin Nish who seems to have a habit of scoring against ICT. Last line up for Hibernian- Brown, Stokes, Wotherspoon, Nish, Miller, Hogg, De Graaf, Hanlon (60), Bamba, Thicot (70), Riordan (71) – Smith, Stevenson, Stephens, Currie, Galbraith (60), Rankin (70), Murray (71) The game will be tough as Hibs can be a good side on their day, but I think we can get a positive result out of it either by the odd goal or claiming what I would see as a creditable draw. Hibs can match the best when on form, and will be looking to bounce back from a surprise defeat to St Mirren but so will ICT from the disappointing home result to Hamilton, so it is shaping up to be a cracker. GingerJaggies prediction 1-1 ***Breaking News***No pun intended*** Word on the street is that Darryl Duffy has broken a bone in his foot and will miss this game.
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HT: 0-0 FT: 1-2 1st scorer ICT: Hayes 1st scorer Opp: Nish Crowd: 10782
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I also thought it was a bit slow, but it's difficult to tell from my work connection as it is a bit iffy.
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I reckon we are at our lowest ebb right now. Lack of real quality and no leadership. What's the answer? I don't know, there is a long list of objectives that need to be prioritised and rectified before we drop even further. We are a footballing embarrassment, and it goes right through the whole system. I lost the urge years ago to get enthusiastic over Scotland games. I still try and watch them, but the excitement has gone. Very few Scottish players in the top English teams right now, that was always the benchmark, now we pick them from Scottish clubs or Championship sides at best..........says it all really, bring on the local footy.
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I kind of agree with Mr Sorted, but I reckon we are better to have him, than not to have him. So it's also a yes from me, that's you through to the next round Stuart.
