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"they as we are not an established time player wise right now" georgios, can you translate that please...........I thought you were British as well.

Well done Morton, see the problem early, get rid of the problem early...........all managers and boards take note.

It'a all about value add. If they don't add anything more than what we already have, then why are they playing and experienced players sitting on the bench. Changes needed.

Ach, he's only stating what we all know.

I would doubt the bus would leave Dumfries before 11:00, therefore it would not be in Inverness until about 16:00.

I think Eagle is worth persevering with, but he should be left out wide, as should Hayes be. For me the biggest disappointment is not Stratford, who has been ineffective since he arrived, but Cox. In pre-season Cox was going right through players, hard as nails stuff. The last few games, I'm afraid Cox has wilted, he has gone soft since his bandages were removed and now is playing like a fairy. This is disappointing because I know he can do better. Maybe he is too young to have to carry the weight of the midfield on his shoulders, if that is the case, then get Roy or Russell alongside him and ditch Stratford. Sanchez is another luxury we can't afford at this level. Neat and tidy and can always come up with the unexpected, but the commitment looks to be well short of the required level.

Sutherland, Shinnie, Ross and Morrison should all be knocking on the first team door, with Rooney getting an extended run on the park. I know he has missed a few one on ones, but he is at least getting into those positions. Russell Duncan is a must to return at the expense of the ineffective Stratford. Eagle and Hayes must patrol the touchlines, anything else is criminal.

Oddly enough, it was about a minute after we equalised.

Briefs Encounter.... The toilet guy was sort of inviting me to reply, he kept saying, "you'se are rubbish by the way", repeat four or five times. My reply, eventually, was.........what do you want me to do about it.........."naw, but you'se are, pure rubbish an'at, naw" At this point, his skinhead features and broken nose erred me on the side of caution, his knuckled hand with love etched on his bruised fingers still clenching his manhood made me stand to attention. It was all over in a few seconds..............I just agreed and we both went away happy, but disillusioned, for different reasons. I agree about the defence though. The only part of the team playing as a unit. Couple of errors early on but we held firm as Airdrie launched plenty of balls into the box from wide positions. The goal Airdrie scored was a decent strike, Baird turned sharply on the edge of the box and hit the ball early low beyond Esson who was probably beaten by the turn and left flat footed. Rooney scored a similar effort last weekend in the NoS cup final. He might be worth a start next weekend, despite his apparent immobility, although he got stuck in yesterday when he came on.

Pretty much it Johndo. I would have given a collective one smiley to:- :thumb01n: Foran Stratford Sanchez Cox Eagle

What a bag of tripe that was. Absolutely no midfield. Cox has gone backwards after a promising start. Eagle was like a headless chicken, Stratford was, well just rubbish. Hayes was the only one looking likely to trouble the scorers. Sanchez did nothing all game. Foran seems to be getting more knackered every game. It's just as well the back five can be reasonably stable on their day. Rooney did more when he came on than both the starting strikers and Barrowman showed some neat flicks and touches, unfortunately none in front of the goals. Proctor did ok when he was on. I don't recall the Airdrie keeper having to make a serious save. Hayes took his goal well, beating his man inside the box and firing through the keeper from an angle. He almost repeated that five minutes later. Not enough quality on show and Airdrie should have won. They made better use of any width and were prepared to play football. One Airdrie fan I met in the toilets said, ICT are rubbish, absolutely rubbish...........I had no cause to doubt him after witnessing that. To summarise then.....pass marks for the back five, just, Hayes, Rooney Barrowman and Proctor. Terry Butcher, this is simply not good enough to win this league. Sorry to spoil everybodies weekend, but that was it, utter rubbish.

The blue train is quite nice, but my peronal favourite is the red and white one. Uncle Albert will be going down as well.

Simple way to police the offside rule would be to scrap it altogether. What purpose does it serve? It only annoys the hell out of the fans. Many moons ago, when buffalo roamed free, Hearts and Killie played a trial match where there was no offsides. Hearts won something like 7-1, but the plans were scrapped to introduce it.

don't forget me as well.....and the mrs..............maybe

Oh God, look who's back. Can we make the loan a permanent deal. Now then what was that about ball control.

OK guys, keep the personal abuse down. Keep up with the topic. Rossco, if you don't want to contribute to the topic, then don't post on it. No need to continually slag other posters. Respect others comments please. The mods will be discussing the report.

You're no Airdrie any more You're no Airdrie any more

I'm in, and maybe Mrsmann4thejob as well.

shinnie is a left back, certainly plays there when i have seen him.

Imrie is targetting around six weeks to be ready for playing.

One of the jaked out Nairn fans took delight in screaming homophobic chants directed at some of our players at the end, what a loser. I tried to avoid you caleymad, I saw you first. In reply to MissICT question.....I wonder if he may have been the person that caused the ref to speak to officials after the linesman spoke to the ref. Two burly collar and ties went to stand beside him after the discussion, he had either said something to the linesman or touched him as he ran past.

Heres a couple of pics from yesterday the three scorers the winners

He certainly was today, and there was nobody shouting abuse at him. He fumbled one onto the post before he butterfingered the cross for the first Nairn goal. He started the second half just as bad when he tried to punch the ball clear as he challenged about fifteen yards out, he was fortunate then and even more fortunate when he gave the ball away with a shockingly poor unforced error out of defence.

He was my MoM. Here is my match report for the game today. NoS Cup Final New Mosset Park Forres was the venue for the North of Scotland Cup Final as ICT played last seasons Champions Nairn County. The pitch had a lush green surface and a mild overcast afternoon saw around 500 spectators witness a flowing match with ICT edging out Nairn by the odd goal in five. The shoe box stand was half full as the game started with Inverness adopting an attacking 4-4-2 formation with Lionel and Proc in the heart of the defence. Shane Sutherland partnered Adam Rooney up front and Roy McBain and Nick Ross were the wide boys. After a tentative few minutes Inverness broke the deadlock early as Lionel started the move which led to the goal. He cleared a ball into the heart of the ICT box and Sutherland muscled onto the ball, making the edge of the Nairn box before being hauled down. With Roy McBain threatening to strike the free kick, up stepped Gavin Morrison to rifle a low shot through the wall and into the net. Five minutes later and Rooney was just short of meeting a sweeping cross to the far post after neat play down the left. Nairn created a decent opportunity after 12 minutes when Main grazed the outside of the post from 22 yards after Low's cross was laid into his path by Campbell. Morrison was showing well for ICT and he released Rooney on the right, but there were no takers for his cut back. Nick Ross was having a good opening quarter as well and he opened the defence once or twice and also fed some neat balls behind the defenders. The prominent Morrison had a long range shot blocked and Sutherland blazed the loose ball just over. After 18 minutes, Nairn had a downward header saved by Allison, well it should have been saved easily, but he fumbled it onto the post and the ball was eventually scrambled clear. A minute later, Ross skimmed the top of the bar after cutting in from the right and flashing a shot goalwards with the keeper stranded. The game was still open and Nairn were having a go. Ross again was the provider in 26 minutes as he drifted into the box, but he elected to lay the ball off and Rooney was crowded out. 28 minutes gone and Rooney was clattered from behind, and from the resultant free kick some 40 yards from goal in the centre of the park, Morrison flighted a lovely ball into the box where Sutherland rose unchallenged to nod across the keeper for 2-0. Lionel playing well, steered a header back to Allison to thwart another Nairn attack. Nairn's Macleod surged forward to be halted by Proctor. From the corner a good ball into the box was again scrambled clear. Ross once more was causing problems for the Nairn defence and his cross was nodded down by Rooney and Sutherlands overhead attempt was charged down. As the game drew towards half time Nairn were gifted a goal by the none too convincing Allison who tried to gather an overhit free kick from Main under the bar. As he grasped the ball it squirmed out of his hands and bounced behind him, in true keystone cops fashion, he tried in vain to scoop the ball out but the linesman had already flagged for the goal. 2-1 as the half ended. Proctor headed wide at the start of the second half. Allison was having a nightmare as he inexplicably delayed a pass back clearance to eventually roll the ball into the path of the Nairn attackers when under no pressure, but thankfully for him he recovered to eventually block as the forwards were ushered wide. Allison continued his nightmare as he mis-timed a punched clearance and the loose ball was almost knocked past him into the empty net. Unfortunately for him, he was turning out to be Nairns best striker. 54 minutes gone and a Shinnie cross was head flicked just wide by Rooney. Great turn by Ross on the edge of the box but again no takers for his cross. Ross was now tormenting the Nairn rearguard and he put in another teasing ball, headed goalwards by MacAskill but stopped low down by Nairns keeper. A corner by McBain saw Rooney head over from the near post. Game was getting frantic now and a touch of class from Rooney around 67 minutes put ICT 3-1 ahead. He spun on the edge of the box and offloaded his shot low into the bottom corner. Excellent goal from Rooney. A minute later Sutherland shot tamely over from a good position. After 75 minutes, Rooney was put through, but a heavy first touch enabled the keeper to smother Rooney's attempt. Nairn swept forward down their left but an angled drive was held this time by Allison, well positioned at his near post. Daniel Park entered the fray after 75 minutes, replacing Roy McBain. An almost immediate response from Nairn as a great ball from their right was nodded into the empty back post area of Allisons net by sub Willie Barron. Great effort by Nairn who had pulled themselves back into the match and made for a grandstand finish. ICT replied with Rooney almost getting onto a through ball. The game was now end to end as Nairn tried in vain to equalize. Shinnie and Ross were quick on the counter for ICT and with the last attack of the match, Nairn could have taken the game to extra time as a great run and cross was flicked goalwards at the near post, but the ball spun just over, dipping behind a relieved Allisons net. That was the last action. The drizzle had just started to fall as the ref blew for full time, perfect timing. Nairn had aquitted themselves very well and the ICT squad had just done enough to poach the trophy from the wee County. Lionel had a good game, but he still had the obligatory moment late on when he was mugged on his own 18 yard line, but the striker fired over. Morrison looked good early on and Ross was very lively. Proctor was a rock in the heart of the defence, but my MoM goes to the man that lifted the cup for ICT, young Graeme Shinnie. Defended well and a real asset going forward, pace and strength and a good delivery. Well done Inverness.