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In all honesty we have also mainly been playing well for one half of each game. Without the Utd away game think that is reasonably accurate, and as with last season we will be improving as the season goes on.

Very good first half i thought, but that was with Rangers being not as positive as Celtic, however as their hand was forced to put more into attack showed they are still a better team at the moment. Looked like they could have easily forced the issue. Wonder sometimes why Walter Smith adopts such a negative formation when you see how well they can play when the pressure is on. Celtic should have won the game going ahead at home but once Rangers scored it was only going to go one way. Think Rangers would have scored again if the penalty was not given as Celtic looked knocked out by the two goals. However its may be a good omen for Celtic, last time either team won the first 9 games of the season, the other half went on to win the league. Dont know if this will work for or against us next week, Rangers may turn up thinking they have already beaten us, hopefully we can do a Walter to Walter, beat them on the break to preserve our unbelievable away record

Just for the record, the clubs official limited name is Inverness Thistle and Caledonian Football Club Limited, T/A Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. We dont need to change the name at all

TM4TJ I looked into this and it was discovered to be a printing error, they got an 0 in the wrong place, its county 1600, ict 14, YOU FORGOT TO LOOK AT THE SMALL PRINT, MONOPOLY ( SPECIAL CARAVANERS EDITION ) It is going like hubcaps down the sites

How many have noticed our performance against the other clubs so far, we have the third best defence and 4th best scoring ratio. This all considering we are mostly only playing well in one half each game. Started the same way last season with this good half bad half performances. Cant wait until we start clicking into gear with two good halves consistantly. For the changes in our defence with injuries, and the youngsters coming in, I think we can be rather proud, and cant wait to see if we can better our all time highest position. Here's hoping

Russell would be one of the first names on my teamsheet, he does give us balance and protection, allowing our attacking players time to stay up field

A couple of points. Scarlet - dropping the ate price by a mere fiver would have grave consequences. 5 x 3000 AVERAGE = ? 15,000 x 18 home games = ?270,000 = say goodbye to some of your better players. Uts hard enough to compete as it is with other SPL clubs. That can be good wages for maybe 3 or 4 of our top players. Without them we reduce our chances. Smee - its funny how you notice the name getting mentioned in all contexts, The rarest is ICT, but always on the results we get our full title. But when it comes to radio commentry and TV, which has increased with Terry in charge as we seem to get a fair bit of airtime on SKY news with our old England captain, our profile is as good as ever. I do notice our Inverness only name gets some comments, but in games we aremost often referred to as Caley Thistle, Caley or Thistle in that order. Any way I dont care, aslong as we are getting mentions it is all good. Forgot the old Jags name gets the odd airing too, but that is about as often as we get called the Highlanders. Dont change the name, its got everything it needs, respect of the past, and aknowledgement of the future

Id probably create ICT TV and transmit globally, bringing our team to the masses, have games shown all week, from all youth levels up. And I would invest the rest in a high interest account to cover my own expenses as well as the clubs wages. Building the club a new home probably around Inshes, with all the facilities Terry would want. Create a culture around the club that makes it a place players and fans want to be part of, and maybe tie up a deal with a brother club like Barca, where they could take some of our players for experience!

ICT U19S 1 KEITH U19S 2. Cup shock delivered. Went to see the game, but somehow didnt expect this. Keith had been trained by Craig Levein for the first half, venturing upfield just 3 times, and they netted the opener in around 35 minutes, with the attacker sharper to a rebound from our keeper. Despite the pressure Caley were finding the final ball difficult to find and had around 12 - 14 corners in the first 45. Second half continued in the same vain initially, but after wethering the storm Keith gained in confidence, and for a good 20 mminutes it became almost end to end. Caley were found wanting when the ball was coming into the opposition box, with neither striker getting on the end of crosses or moves, but we managed to miss around 6 clear headers in the game. Sub Andrew Greig finally scored in injury time, and most thought we would squeeze through in extra time, but Keith hadnt read the script. Their keeper made a magnificent reaction save from a Polworth free kick and the resultant scramble the ball was hammered up field over the heads of everyone, and in a straight race Keith striker forced a save from Murray Kinnaird save but the rebound again fell into his path. More pressure was applied but Keith held on and celebrated well at the end. ICT stuttered and had too many players below par. Best for us were probably Chad Stewart, David Chambers, Liam Polworth, and both strikers Calum Dingwall and Adam MacLeod having nice touches and layoffs but unfortunately not around the box where they were needed. We should have progressed, but due to stubborn and lucky defending, poor final ball and our poor defending to breaks, Keith possibly deserved the go through. Next up Under 19s SPL leaders Aberdeen in Dingwall next week.

Just looked at the sfa website for the Youth Cup. Might be a decent game tomorrow, noticed that Keith beat Clach at Grant St park in the first round 8-4. Our lads played Clach early in pre season and beat them 5-0 a couple of nights after the North of Scotland cup game. One things for sure, we should see some Goals

Hibernians are regular qualifiers for Europe, and think that Birkirkara have been their a few times too. Wonder what that league is like 4 teams playing each other 11 times a season?? Good luck to them anyway

I understand that Keith game is to be a 2pm ko, but as CaleyD suggests, can change. Will endevour to make sure this is accurate. Its a second round game, with the clubs best performance at this level being a 5th round defeat ( SFA YOUTH website history / youth cup ). We tend to go out in the 3rd or 4th round, but hey thats when they come up against the teams paying transfer fees for their under 19s often. Remember if you go along, it will be a very very young 19s team, with half the team 15 and 16! As CaleyD suggests, it was the case that these games used to get switched according to the way the wind blew. However it is now a rarety that this occurrs, usually the games are at Charleston pitches for all the under 17s age groups. 19s games are listed with time and places on the SPL website, under the 19s link. They have been at Countys Highland Academy pitches so far, at the time listed on the website each game.

Post 26, and I was spot on with my vote and prediction. The only suprise so far to me has been Killie look like they should be safe this season with Mixu Putalineon. Unfortunately, you dont win many prizes for playing pretty football in this league. Trying to play like Barcelona is very frustrating, all foreplay and no penetration for Hibs, unlike Barca where it often gets a little Messi. Now who will be the next to go, with the Doom and gloom over the injury loosing Dons, Saints of Paisley not scoring, Accies not adding to the points. Or will Lennon leave Celtic park if Walter outwits him at Celtic Park in a few weeks, as his record in games he MUST win is terrible, but yet to lose a league game. Who else voted for Yogi, as there were five of us full of wisdom. PS I do hope that Yogi gets back in to a post soon, as it would be a poorer game without him.

just so everyone knows, youth teams from 17s down play at the charleston pitches every Sunday, often at 1 pm and occassionally 2pm. As far as I know they are not closed door events as you can go and watch if you wish without restrictions. 13s and 14s play home one week with 15s and 17s th following. As for parents doing the nut, only ever seen visiting parents ranting and raving, ICT parents do usually seen appreciative of both teams, so it is not a real problem you often see, but would say that should be down to the players clubs to have a word in their califlower like,

saw Richard Hastings in Tesco with the kids 2 weekends ago, dont think he has a club at the moment!

dont know a time as yet. Caleyboy they are making progress. ICT 0 ST J 2 First game back in spl, only 13 players with 2 keepers. Man sent off after about 25 mins for handball on line, went down only to a late strike from ST J Motherwell 2 ICT 0 away to one of the better youth teams, ICT didnt get outplayed but failed to find the net and showed promise Rangers 2 ICT 0 away again to a team who reportedly had a player Rangers paid ?100,000 for. Not a lot of difference between the teams apart from luck and a late late won it for the home team at Murray Park ICT 1 Hibs 2 Home against a good Hibs youth, again holding their own but not having the luck infront of goal. Also suffering from a few players carrying knocks and coming back from injury. Hibs sharp infront of goal, but a goal from Chad with 10 mins to go but unfortunately they couldnt muster a leveler. Hearts 4 ICT 3 desperately unlucky not to pick up a point. Hearts had been the better team and lead 3-1, but an inspirational fightback brought the teams level for Hearts to score a very late winner. Encouraging signs, and now showing their scoring touch through Calum Dingwall, Adam MacLeod and Neil Erskine. Remember ICT are playing with just a couple of 18 year old, several 16s and two 15 year olds, so physically they are a year or so on average younger, and a year less of full time training. They have some very talented players, and with injuries, suspensions and international call ups have been thread bare for some games. Liam Polworth has been on international duty, Kyle White too and came back injured, sent off player suspended, and Adam MacLeod coming back from a bad ankle ligament injury. The team is starting to make progress, and the next two games are against the two best teams in the league, Aberdeen and Celtic - both unbeaten and scoring goals for fun, but then they have 4 out of 5 games against teams in the bottom 6. A win will not be far away and then the confidence will grow, and Keith's Under 19s may help that progress. It will also be their first ever game at the TCS against Keith

They have been drawn against Keith in the 19s scottish cup, with the game being played at the TCS on the Sunday between the Czech and Spain internationals. Im sure they would welcome support from those starved of live action. So if you want to see what the future might bring, head down to watch

and to add injury to insult, those highly paid prima dona gold digga stars got humped at central park cowdenbeath. must be hard to be a dee? bet if they had been promoted they would have spent loads, and been in even biggger trouble this year. Dont want to see a club with so much good history go out of business, but they must learn to cut the cloth were the budget is concerned. Wonder if those players will take pay cuts or will they leave at the first opportunity.

In P and J today too, Suspended from being the MD and resigned from his job, along with his brother. Wonder if he will resign from Dundee and leave them up that smelly creek. No suprise, a Dons fan I ken said there was summitt rang we him, nae Aberdonian whaz made their money legally spendz it!!!!!

Would I be right in saying that Pele actually started his management at Forres, winning the league, before moving to Elgin, winning the league, before moving to Huntly, and winning the league, before the history that is Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Pele elevated him to SFL legend status for us

I has to be pointed out that you can count on one hand or so how many 18 year old players have come into the SPL teams. It usually means the club thinks a lot of the players, as most managers would try play an experienced older player to fill the gap. It is a big pat on the back for Nick that Tel and Mo think he to be good enough. Our 3 league games so far has shown him to have a reasonable game, an excellent game and a reasonable game. You could say he has been as consistant as our team. I certainly beleive he will be an important player in our future

What has happened to our nations teams. Hibs out, Utd out, Mothers out, Celts demolished. Rangers our only team left in Europe, and with the Champ league draw they must be favourits to finish bottom of their league. Why have our teams gone backwards so much, when it comes to competing in european compititions

Eleven knackered tangerines, an empty bottle of Ouzo, and a pamphlet on " how poorly promoted teams play" or was it a present for all 27 away fans they were expecting!

it is tonight, Tuesday. Cant go, have to be in Grantown at 5pm!

Johnny signed a two year deal in the summer, he goes nowhere at Xmas, we get a full season and offer him our first 5 years deal, the freedom of Inverness, and free tattoos for life.