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Good luck to Tom. Just shows being a professional footballer is not always glamourous.

Not sure about source of Kyle Lafferty rumour. However, he is a very experienced player who could partner Billy and Austin. Last year was not a good year for him after being set up for the social network. After missing a lot of games it was not unresonable that he suffered injuries if truth be known. If he is on the verge of retirement, one final contract could be real focus for him. Having two Northern Ireland internationals up front for some games could be beneficial. Over the bridge, Malky McKay made mistakes early in his mangerial career but the dust has settled after he served his sentence. The Manager of Livingston is an example of turning life around. As is Paul McGowan at Dundee. However, no one has come up with evidence that Lafferty is indeed on our radar. Saturday's game against Elgin may result in some trialists getting a chance. It will be easy to recognise him if he is one of them.

This is good news!! The squad is still a bit short in numbers so it would be nice if there are some more loan signings in the pipeline and, who knows, other signings. Clarity on a few existing players such as Tom, would be useful before the Elgin game. Training starts today so it is likely the Club will reactivate after the period of relative quiet after the Cup Final.

Paul Ritchie and Edward Ofere came to mind.

It would be quite a disruptive move for Billy unless Ayr offer him a superb package. One thing to bear in mind is that he is approaching 35 so after two years would be approaching 37. We cannot forever rely on him scoring. At present we are short on goalscorers but we do not know what business is being done behind the scenes. Historically we have picked up some good goalscorers late in the day.

It is interesting to note that certain players have been taken off the Club's web page but Billy and Tom are both there.... https://ictfc.com/team/inverness-caledonian-thistle The league fixtures are out this Friday and we can probably expect more news about new signings or re-signings before then.

No but it looks like the Celtic support think the treble is in the bag.

We are on the way up, and they will pass us on the way down!!

Another motivator is the fact Ross County look as though they are going to qualify for the play offs. I fully back Partick to beat them next week in the lead up to the Cup Final.

On the assumption that this is correct, it is fair to say that with the catalogue of injuries we had and the chances he had to impress, it was our younger home grown players who were the better performers.

And who came close to being beaten in the first cup game against much lower opposition but who eventually gained the right to play the virtually undefeated Premier League winners......who earlier in the season won 9-0 away from home. As they say in Liechtenstein 'tres tricky!'

Just to put ticket sales into perspective, Celtic have in excess of 50,000 season ticket holders. The demand for tickets from their long range non season ticket holders will be enormous.

Good news....Hampden Park confirm that the kick off time is still to be confirmed....https://www.hampdenpark.co.uk/whats-on/scottish-cup-final-2023.html

Quite interesting to note that the highest score in 149 Cup Finals is 6 by Renton and Celtic. In the 150th final, Celtic are on course to set quite a few records after losing just 1 league game this season. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Cup_finals

We can but hope that behind the scenes discussions are taking place about the timing of the final, ticket price reductions and transport issues.

Now do the same for Celtic to see if they are going to win 10-0.

Yogi probably kicked a ball around in training for us............

An absolutely nice guy who always seeks to give his best. The statistics do not show how many taxi rides he has given to Danny Devine.....https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/65427032 Let us not forget that Aaron created our opening goal in the winning cup final.

For the final Peat and Diesel should be approached to do the pre-match music starting with .... Teuchters all let us rejoice For we are young and free We've golden soil and wealth for toil Our home is girt by sea Our land abounds in nature's gifts Of beauty, rich and rare In history's page let every stage Advance Teuchters fair In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Teuchters fair Should bring a smile to Celtic's Manager.

It was magic seeing us reach a second Scottish Cup Final. Never ever thought it likely. Am really pleased Celtic beat Rangers today because I think Rangers would have hammered us on the 3rd June...... So this Friday is now the most important game of our season.

The next two games will be tough!!!

With the exception of Raith, every other team in the Championship now have must win games. Potentially some shock results may now happen. However, beating Dundee today will be a massive win for us if we can grind out that result. For Dundee they can basically clinch the Cinch next week if they beat Cove and draw with Queens on the final day.

Great character always happy for a blether. Great groundsman. Great loss.

Utterly amazing.

Hamilton is a massive challenge after what has been achieved so far. They really are a tough nut and it is quite remarkable that Tuesday's game represents by far and away our biggest challenge this season. Meantime congratulations to the Club for the result today. We need everyone to play out of their skins on Tuesday.