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Looks like Dodds has found their level .Highland league standard coach. 

16 minutes ago, Northern_jaggie said:

92 employees? Wow.  Only 11 on the park at one time, if you get the football right then everything gets better.

I’ve moved from Inverness recently so very little chance to go to games now. I bought the replica kit for my wee one and went to a couple of games this season before moving, but the saddest thing personally for me was not feeling like I would miss ICT games as things are. 
 

I think the club should engage directly and regularly with fans on this forum. Dynamic dialogue not static statements. 
 

I dearly miss the online streaming service, a problem not just ICT related which I appreciate. 

 

I filled out the fans survey. If we are in peril of relegation near Christmas I’d join a protest, but I’ll likely sit tight if we are mid table or above. 

Like we have done the past 2 years ? Not a thing has changed . Playing the same crap then as he’s doing now and talking the same dribble week in week out . Way past time for a change he has shown he is NO coach . 

5 hours ago, DWH said:

That's how I believe things are : unless there is a change of ownership, it seems we are stuck with both...................

Gardiner seems to enjoy his status but it would appear he has little or no interest in the club's great history or for that matter it's future....

It’s all about him ! loves his title but has failed miserably at his job .  Wonder how much he is taking out of the club and if anything he has done that has actually generated money for the club ?? Don’t even mention the concert fiasco .

54 minutes ago, tm4tj said:

The club is very pleased to announce that Scott Young has become the latest new member of the Board of ICTFC.

Scott attended Crown Primary and then Millburn Academy and as a youth, most Saturdays involved a trip to Kingsmills Park to watch Inverness Thistle.

Be so much better news if it was Scot G leaving .

6 hours ago, big cherly said:

Is that Roy MacGregor?

Closer to home 

5 minutes ago, robbylad said:

He certainly looked unimpressed with whatever Dodds said to him. If it was a verbal kicking, that should be saved for the dressing room.  Not in full view of the supporters. 

One of which Dodds himself will no doubt be getting of the fans very soon 

20 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

Erm, isn’t it the board that has been digging deep into their own pockets and preventing the club from going bust on several occasions over the last year or two? And you want rid of them?! 
 

Im pretty sure most of them would love to step back and are only there out of a sense of duty and love for the club.

The time to ask them to go is the time when there is a better alternative waiting to step in. But there isn’t.

Apparently a  lot of that money out of a certain persons pocket is not even a board member . 

Scott Gardiner old quote from P&J

In the short term, I want to make Inverness Caley Thistle FC financially sound and a pillar of Inverness and the surrounding area – and to get the team back into the Scottish Premiership for good

Looks like ones failing HIS  quote big time . 

5 minutes ago, Fraz said:

There's no way BD is going anywhere unless we get relegated. 

1. We can't afford it just a few weeks into the 2 years. 

2. Our CEO would have to say they made a huge mistake. 

He also is a big mistake! Without his interference we more than likely would have parted company amicably at the end of last season . So not really our problem it’s his . 

Time to post this thread again Embarrassment of a coach .How long do we have to put up with this crap week in week out . Any other club would not put up with this any longer. Yeah some will say we are stuck with him for 2 years as club have no money . Why the hell did we give him an extension to his contract let alone a 2 year one??
It’s an Embarrassment whoever agreed to the 2 year extension when clearly the previous 2 years were shambolic enough. 

2 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

The club has loads of employees who won’t be at our game today, only the playing, coaching and relevant support staff are required to travel. If Robbo is on a Mon-Fri 9-5 contract then I guess he can do whatever he wants on his days off, and he chooses to do a bit of media work. The optics aren’t good though and I’d rather our sporting director showed a bit more commitment to the club and travelled with them a bit more. He shouldn’t be forced to, he should want to.

Well if the club would like to clarify that would help fans understand more 

8 minutes ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Should be some improvement in the second half, then.

Then hopefully his last ever in the dugout for ICT  

12 minutes ago, Peleistheman said:

While we are  goal down again, I hear Robbo on BBC praising up the County squad and new style of play. What's going on.

Happy enough to take a Wage out of the club though. Bloody disgrace 

3 minutes ago, bughtmaster said:

1 down........ surprised??

I think most fans would be more surprised if we were 1-0 up 

34 minutes ago, DWH said:

I am not sure what the sporting director has actually added since his appointment.............

Added to his bank balance 

5 hours ago, Douglas Mackenzie said:

When all said and done perhaps we need a reality check.We remain in the second tier of Scottish football because we are a mediocre team not ready for the top flight.The club has no money and no sugar daddy so we rely on our young up and coming players, which in many ways is good.However,we have to look for buys from the lower English leagues ,or from clubs who are moving on players in their twilight years.Yesterday was a perfect day for the opening game of a new season.2000 turned up.The product on display was much the same as the last few seasons.Some promising,some hard working with a bit of skill and others.The guys on the field do their best I am sure but when confidence is low they need reassurance,encouragement,support and understanding. We need to back the team we have, like it or not.BD has just signed a new deal,he is going nowhere and those around him are happy to be in a job so they are not going  anywhere,that means we have to try and influence their(Chair,CEO,Manager and coaches) thinking in other ways by speaking with them,writing to them and by doing what we are doing on this forum and not by sitting around and just putting up with the same old year in year out We need stronger voices within the fan base demanding improvement.

The reality is that we are aiming for top half of top half of table.We are not going to get promoted this season,so let's do the best we can with what we have got until a sugar daddy arrives or the club can get itself turned around.

The club has no money as it’s paying highly for unnecessary members of staff . 

3 hours ago, Stephen Malkmus said:

Gardiner should call Dodds into his office, sack him, and then resign 

What does Scott Gardiner actually bring to the club ? 

Yet again another shambolic display by a team that you Billy Dodds has put together . Time to go ,along with your CEO who between you are making a total mess of the club .

5 minutes ago, Robert said:

That was two seasons ago. Last year we started with two draws and we’d only one win in our first five league games. 

Sorry time flies  

6 minutes ago, STFU said:

We're clearly victims of if our own success and what we need is a season without any cup runs or play offs in order to get a better start and avoid being ravaged by injury.

Being out of the League Cup already means we're off to a good start in preparation for next season.

We won the first six league games last season did we not and look what happened . Bar the cup final that was due to a technicality we had a bloody awful season . 

12 minutes ago, Robert said:

In your eyes the club is incapable of 

4 hours ago, jagster said:

He was sitting on his own a few rows back from Scott Gardiner

Well would you trust Scott Gardiner behind u ? or maybe we just don’t trust him at all

43 minutes ago, CELTIC1CALEY3 said:

I was not present on Tuesday night but swearing at staff in some workplaces is deemed serious misconduct. 

Be nice if someone caught it on video 

1 minute ago, lizi said:

I’m always in the North Stand and will be glad to get back to my usual seat to enjoy the game without being within earshot of Mr Dodds.   So much swearing at his team, is that his way to encourage?   In my successful working life I was a team leader and NEVER would have shouted at one of my team - you’re a f..king amateur, which was shouted on Tuesday evening at an established team member.  I cannot recall ever being advised that insulting someone, especially in public, encouraged better performance.   Plenty times the f word was used towards his players.  If I was in his team I would be raging - so much for being a leader - huh - Mr Dodds’ tactics are so obvious other teams know how to play against us and his lack of vocabulary only shows up his many failings.  

Only one Amateur and it’s Dodds .Way out of his depth .  

1 hour ago, Jaggernaut said:

Too true. The coaches seem to have a job for life at ICT.  It needed a fresh approach, new ideas from new coaches, but we get the same old same old.

The opportunity was there . The contract was finished . Something quite not right at our club the last couple of years and it stinks .