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Its exciting however you look at it, every team is inconsistent and evenly matched, predicting positions and results is almost impossible. Lets hope we can pick up a few wins and have a more comfortable position in the top 6. i'm assuming next year will be even better though, once the newco arrive, armageddon will be over so no more of this dull SPFL we are seeing and an exciting season will lie ahead....................

Meekings without a doubt, Raven and Doran.

Fon Williams - he will get other offers I'm sure, he came to us probably on a reduced salary to get game time to get into the Wales Euro squad, which he most likely will. Teams down in England will be after him because of this, so it may not end up being a decision that ICT need to make. Regarding performance, Williams has done well, but while his shot stopping is good, his distribution is poor on many occasions. Often he punts long upfield and either out of play or putting us back under pressure with a lack of accuracy, rarely is the short ball played to build from the back - Brill did this and based on the Yogi slow, possession and build up play this may be a deciding factor. Brill I feel commands the area better, but Williams may be marginally better as a shot stopper. If Yogi is waiting to see how Brill recovers before making a decision it may be too late as Williams might have better on the table and be off. If Brill can get back to fitness then he would be my choice, however we often see keepers take longer than outfield players to recover from serious injury probably due to the nature of higher impact, challenges and awkward landings. A gamble may have to be made.

Poised isnt conclusive, so there is still a possibility that is wrong and just a story from weeks ago reprinted. If it comes down to it, id hope the club keep williams even if its at the expense of vincent as he is much more valuable to our cause.

As they waited til the day of the final replay but not the result does that suggest some dodgy referee decisions are sanctioned if required for the dundee win?

Im assuming regardless of tickets sold there will be no pay at the gate option and we will have to get tickets from ICT in advance. By the time there is a decision on times, tickets printed then put on sale there isnt much time. As a remote spporter i will have to get mine posted out as i cant justify travelling to inverness to collect, im sure there are plenty others in a similar position. How can this not affect crowd numbers then the SFA and other clubs have the cheek to criticise our low numbers when yet again they have been less than helpful. Fully expecting an early KO time on Sunday just to mess up travel for those who rely on public transport too.

Fon Williams Raven? Warren Devine Tremarco Draper Tansey Roberts Polworth D.Williams Storey If Raven is still injured, can Tremarco play RB or even Devine as I think Horner at Parkhead will be a disaster. Then drop Danny to LB and bring in Vigurs. Either way its not ideal going there without a first choice RB and no cover with Meekings still out.

I'm not keen on 2 leg affairs as we in Scottish football play too many games against the same teams in a season, consider playing a SPFL team 4 times in the league then another 4 in the cup - its a turn off for many. The idea of not having replays is positive - in many cases the home team especially drawn against a bigger team has that as their one chance to cause an upset, continuing that into ET an possibly pens would be great, often we see then game replayed at the bigger teams ground and the outcome is predictable, we will also no longer see teams sitting in for the last 20mins holding on for a draw and replay back at their ground - turn up, play on the day and finish the game. The idea that if we go to Celtic and can hold out for a draw, I'd rather take it to pens and see how it turns out that have to play another 90+ mins at that level or greater again. For me the semi locations are important and should be given more focus than they are, the default of Hampden is not necessary in all cases - for example using ICT as an example and our opponents Hibs/Hearts/Dundee/Dundee Utd/St J etc (Pittodrie), Rangers/Celtic/Motherwell etc - (Easter Road), Aberdeen (Easter Road/McDarimid Park) - almost equi-distant travel, mode chances of a full house and no longer a bias playing a SF in Glasgow against a local team - its not hard to arrange.

To anyone who is a genuine football fan and there for watching the game and their team - none, stewarding is only an issue if you hope to get away with unacceptable behaviour IMO. I (like probably everyone on here) have been to football matches, gigs, festivals, nightclubs etc with over zealous security or stewards who let the little power they have go to their heads, however that would never encourage me to avoid or not attend an event if I'm a fan or its something I enjoy. We have seen arguments for poor attendance featuring - merger, stadium location, cold weather, cost, not liking yogi or any other management team, pies are crap, tea's too cold and many more............are people seriously suggesting stewarding and policing of games is another for the list? Those who boycott seems a crazy idea, are people suggesting that they would rather stay away to sympathise and support someone who has been convicted of chanting offensive and racial slur in favour of a preference for more laxed security? Whether an individual or a group this behaviour has no place in football or society and if a firm stance is not taken then it will just descend and I for one don't want it being like the Eastern Europe or Italy where large sections of fans are openly racist and its accepted and tolerated by clubs and national associations alike - the day it gets towards that is the day myself and many other fans will walk away.

The article doesnt state why if there were a group of others partaking what the actions of this individual were to draw attention? He may have been animated in a fashion that accompanied the vocals - whether he did it or not and whether he was a single person chanting or part of a larger group thats not for me or others on here to judge. He went to court and his defence was deemed not robust enough to have charges dropped - those are the facts based on the media report. Hopefully this sends out a clear message to all ICT fans as this kind of chanting is not welcome, we should be a open club where all races, colours and religions can come along and enjoy football without comment or persecution - everyone knows this is wrong throughout not just football but society as a whole. Too much chanting based on culture or beliefs still exists in Scotland, its good to see a hardline stance taken - lets hope that other sherriffs see this and impose similar constraints on those who appear infront of them regardless of connection to ICT or other clubs - I'm fed up of some of the chants we hear at games (not usually from ICT fans I will add)

Being cynical - If celtic and rangers progress although dundee will be tougher than kille id expect some warm balls. The form of the OF this season it's too big a risk for the SFA to chance them both making the final against any of the 4 other potential opponents, sohaving them play in the semi wouldn't be a surprise. An OF and Highland derby set of semis would be great.

Cummings will be suspended but no reason stokes cant play against us

1 point of 4th, just behind county and dundee who are 2 teams this season who have recieved media praise for their good seasons thus far. We have been inconsistent, injury hit and in some ways much poorer than the last few years yet are still competing around the area of the table we expect. While not far from relegation what does this tell us about the spfl?

Horner at the back could be a real weak link with raven missing it's a position aberdeen will probably try exploit. Pace of Danny Williams missing too isn't great but let's hope Roberts can perform

Watching some of the livi V hibs game tonight, I'd be happy if they see off hearts, don't think they look that great other than stokes and Cummings which I think our defence can handle. Certainly look light in midfield and suspect at the back. No fears going down there if we have to.

Maybe worth pointing out that tonight Nick had a good game, other games he's been anonymous and otehrs on the bench. He is a good player on his day as he showed with us but was inconsistent and this season that hasnt changed. Given our injuries and departures, if hs stayed would he be a regular starter - yes, if Doran and Roberts were fit, then he'd probably be interchanged with them being behind Draper, Tansey, Polworth & Williams in the pecking order.

Tranmere average attendance over 5k, ours is less than 4k. Tranmere being in English football get benefit from parachute payments through the leagues higher than we probably get from our SPFL status. So its unlikely we could have matched what a high earner like Higdon would command.

The wage structure is limited by income so unless that increases how can we change the budget and be sustainable? TV revenue is fixed so we need to increase other areas, while I'm sure cup runs bring in some extra cash the only real way to gain is though footfall and it's been discussed to death on here that we have circa 3000 fans and just have to get on with it. If over time we loose out on players of better ability we can't afford then sadly it's just part of life for our club so we need to accept it and support those we have or are willing to come to the club and location. Constantly blaming the manager or board is unfair regarding budgets as they can only do so much, but we can criticise bad signings or decisions.

Drop the 'f' and its a system that would get plenty use at sfa hq

Row S - while I partly agree regarding Morton it's hard not to think on current form that a Celtic trip to Tannadice would have been very hard to call and highly probable that they could have gone out.

Why bother with a draw, they should just all sit round a table and decide in advance - lets help the big clubs and make sure that the wee teams dont make the final. Re-draw is a farce - yet again another cup draw which creates suspision around the credability and impartiality of the draw. Another embarassing affair by the SFA. I wiouldnt be surprised when we beat the Edinburgh team we will have a semi at Hampden against one of the OF - expect Rangers, as we will be seen as a more probable win than putting them against RC or DU. An OF cup final is overdue afterall lol

Not suggesting its a fix, but really is all rather predictable!!!

I expect us to get another spl team with a trip to dundee or edinburgh, but id take anyone if we got a home draw for a change, fully expect the OF avoid each other at this stage too.

Good write up, I've been saying for weeks that we need Williams further forward sounds like it's finally happened. Good to see now let's hope he stays in that role.

Disappointing seeing him go to another SPFL club, we know he can score goals in this league and sadly we will see him paired with Billy in a strike paring I think every one of us would have loved to see last season.