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Quite frankly, we have gone stale. All the other clubs know what to expect from us and how much rope they can give us. We are now predictable without having the flair players to unlock tight defences. Our previously watertight defence has started shipping goals and the strikers purple patch from last season has gone pale. The midfield has no leader, someone to take control, Rankin has not been the Messiah we were searching for. Lots of theories already put forward, a lot of them plausible. We are the same team we were earlier on this season..........same old same old, but the rub of the green has not gone our way since Aberdeen spoiled our night. Still, if we can buy shrewdly in January, then I believe we will finish above relegation. The league has probably sorted itself out by now, top six, and bottom six. All those who thought CC was talking rubbish when he said our main aim is to avoid relegation.............look at us now, the line between success and failure is a very fine one. We should be proud of what our team has achieved in a short time, but the longer we are in the SPL, the harder it will be to maintain our status there. Success for us has already been achieved, for ICT there is probably only one way to go, lets hope we take it gracefully when it comes along.

What I don't like about most articles on this, they all said a challenge from Ian Black. They are all making it sound as though Black injured him, he ferkin injured himself fouling Black who was breaking away from him on the halfway line. All these stories will do nothing to help Blacks cause with the referees.

Could have been worse, you could have been out walking the dog up the top of a steep hill in the rain at three o' clock on Saturday :walking02: :dog01:

I agree Chipper, who would you go to if you had a problem/query at your work, you would go to your manager. Stop the posturing Craig and speak to Charlie please. Can you believe he has been subbed so many times and has not asked Charles why :024: Doesn't make sense to me. On the other hand, maybe it's because he has not been scoring goals.

I firmly believe we should be charging them with electricity, I think the batteries have gone a little flat this last few weeks. :microwave:

What rubbish you see posted on here from so called fans.............have you tried Ross County?

Well said beachy, nice little starter for ten.

Nice run of winable games coming up for ICT DEC 2 Motherwell home DEC 9 Dundee United away DEC 16 Killie home DEC 23 Dunfermline away DEC 27 Rangers (20:00) home DEC 30 Falkirk away JAN 1 St Mirren home Lots of points to be had this month from the teams round about us and these games could determine where we will eventually end up in the league. A decent run will push us back into the top six, whereas a disastrous set of results will see us battling it out in the bottom quarter. Heres hoping for a wee boost starting today against the Well. We managed six points away last season, but unfortunately lost all six at home, therefore I don't expect an easy ride today. Last season Motherwell were the team who could have given us our biggest home defeat, but we got away with a 1-2 loss after going ahead then the wheels fell off about five minutes before half time. Second half wee Skippy led our defenders a merry dance and we were fortunate not to concede five or six goals. No cause for complacency then, and I am sure CC and Parky will have the lads fired up for what should be an interesting and maybe turgid affair, lets hope with a bit of entertainment thrown in. The players are finding it difficult to get the right balance between attacking and defending as reported on text, this has shown in some of the displays, but the last couple against the Don's and moreso against the Jambo's have shown that when we play the passing game, we can open up defences, all we need is the run of the ball in front of goal and someone to take the risk and complete the good work. Forget the Xmas shopping, forget the local pubs (between three and five), and get down to the stadium and get the December show on the road, the guys on the park need some support so lets get right behind them.... win or lose.

I see that Henrik Larsson has signed a three month loan at Manchester United in the January window. :010:

Spot on CC. He is a total realist and does not buy into the top six/Eoropean debates. As he says, if we are still in proximity to the top six come March, then a big push for it will begin, otherwise, we will be looking over our shoulder till the season closes.

CC indicating on teletext that Zander may indeed play a part this weekend against Well. :003:

Keogh played in the reserve game against Hibs this week. Incidentally, McSwegan limped off heavily after injuring his ankle, maybe went over it not sure, looked in a lot of pain though.

Correct Alex.............When is yer 970th Birthday anyway. :023:

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Mantis..........I have evidence that you are an Anorak "Aye, Charlie never appeared in that first ever East Stirling game in 94. The silky no 10 with the streaks in his hair was..... Grassa Bennett. And the scorer of CT's first ever Scottish Cup goal was ... Mark McAllister. " "I suppose Mad Dog McAllister is your LB then. Apparently he made 61 appearances according to Broadfoot."

I may well have been, but would I have remembered the detail...........if the anorak fits, wear it :023:

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Strangely enough Mr Lifts, I pondered this very question last week. I thought about the days gone bye and wondered if I would be happy to return to them one day. Back watching in the lower divisions, less hassle, being able to walk around the ground and change ends at half time, the hedge at Brechin, the lovely home made soup, local Derbies with County, aye those were the days. However, we have moved on and although the entertainment is not always value for money, to me it is always enthralling. Very seldom are we completely out of any game, barring Celtic recently and the inexplicable Falkirk debacle. I fail to comprehend what happens at every home game, with ten or twelve minutes left it starts...........the exodus..........cheerio cheerio cheerio, for instance, playing Hearts on Saturday, this was a reasonably tense affair which definitely opened up in our favour in the second half, but, true to form what happened......offski. No, not the latest foreign signing but the crowd leaving in their droves long before the end. Do they not like football, why do they bother to come along, whats the rush. A lot of goals are scored towards the end of games, being an ICT supporter we should be used to that, but no, off they dander trying to get ahead of the masses, are these real supporters or just people passing the time of day? Anyway, I appreciate where you are coming from and understand your concerns, but for me the last few games at home have been compelling, if not silkily entertaining therefore I would stick with it..........see you in the Innes for Well game :drinking09: ps Now david James's haircut............thats entertainment :003:

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..........and exactly how many goals did Wyness score yesterday...................hold on till I count them........oh dear, none. Stop the sniping guys. It's all been said already and I can only endorse most of the comments. Ken, I had thought we were more than capable of gaining seven points from these games which would have been beating Dons and Hearts at home and drawing with Hibs away whilst getting humped by Celtic, not unrealistic I thought. Anyway yesterday was a decent performance all round and agree with all thats been said. Duncan once again gave the ball away cheaply in the first half but looked better later in the game and the "invisible man" is a pretty apt description of Royboy at the moment. He is a neat and tidy ball player, but for me there is no end product....baffling. Thought Black did Ok but seemed to run out of steam. Wyness did not get the best service and Dargo ran like Forest Gump. Still, we had the better of the game which could have gone either way really, but we deserved it more than a grim Hearts eleven. Well done Richie Hart, stick with it, you deserve a chance to start. Things seem to happen once he comes on, just a pity he never connected properly with one of the half chances that came his way, Gordon would struggle to keep them out. Overall, enjoyable game and probably two points went a begging, however, chin up.

Oh dear, poor Charlie, he can't do right for doing wrong. Don't you just get hacked off with people complaining about CC comments. Leave the guy alone and think of something else to type.

:015: Great story, you just couldn't make it up. Aye, well done Russel, keep up the dirty work.

Hey Cromarty, or can I call you Sandy............I like Richie too..........but I couldn't eat a whole one :016: I also think he offers us something different. He used to whop free kicks in good style, and he can fair batter the ball..........albeit not always in the right direction. Give him more starts and I believe he will produce the goods. :003:

From Grampian Teletext, Caley Thistle midfielder Richie Hart is ready to go on loan in January if he cannot claim a first-team place. The 28 year old has not started an SPL game this season and said "I certainly wouldn't rule out going on loan to get regular action>" "I,m still pretty ambitious and it doesn't bother me to think I may have to leave to progress my career. It will all come down to what's right for me." Well, I think he can do a job for us, when he comes on things seem to happen and we look more positive with him in the side. Hope he stays and gets back into the squad. Notice he is not listed in the squad for tomorrow.......oh dear.

Well done Deveronvale, great comeback in the cup against Montrose. Three goals from the 87th minute when 2-0 down to pip the league side must have got the fans warmed up. Deveronvale 3-2 Montrose McKenzie (pen) 87 Stirling 12 Fraser 90 Henslee 24 Ewen 90