Kingsmills

A young payer trying to make his mark for ICT. Shaking hands with a couple of his mates after acknowledging the away support is hardly crime of the century. We should be baking the players not getting on their backs.

England will qualify, Scotland won't. England's stay in the finals will be brief and a small minority of their fans will embarrass and taint the majority. No crystal ball required for that prediction.

Please stick to the topic. Any more such posts and you will be excluded from posting on this thread.

Nice first post and congratulations on what must surely a record of six years between posts on a thread.

The only disappointment was failing to hold onto a two goal advantage but, aside from that and the injuries, a very positive day. Firstly, we witnessed a hugely entertaining match at the TCS, just how often were we able to say that last season ? Secondly, after a shaky and indifferent start to his personal season, we welcomed back the David Raven of old who had an outstanding match despite playing out of position and fully justifying the new contract that the Chairman agreed with him at the end of last season. Thirdly, now that he is coming to terms with the particular demands of the league, we may just have that dependable source of goals we have been badly missing since Billy McKay went on his way. Lastly and by no means least, a special word for our young goalkeeper who did not look at all out of place despite being thrust into the biggest game of his career at the very last moment.

I appreciate that Saturday's performance was not the best and that a number of players were below par but we did yet again score a late goal, in stark contrast to last season, to rescue a point. What was perhaps of more concern was the crowd of just over two and a half thousand and negative threads like this specifically aimed at seeking criticism of individual players is not going to help. By all means say how you feel about individual performances on the match day thread but to start a dedicated thread is negative beyond belief.

The disgrace they brought to Scottish football and the number of small traders who's bills were left unpaid when the old club ceased to exist was very far from a joke. The fans of the new club are very fortunate indeed that the Scottish football authorities sought fit to treat them as a special case and permitted the new club to gain immediate entry to the league system. I am far from convinced that other brand new clubs would have been afforded the same privilege.

Having sampled the 'welcome' for away fans at Ibrox my next visit will be a long time coming. The club may be different but sadly the fans are very much the same.

Not the first visit in a good few years. It's the first visit ever.

They may be a new team with almost no history but it would be foolish to dismiss them as a 'diddy team'. Remember, despite this being their first ever season in the top tier, they have the second highest budget in the league and a player budget which is probably ten times ours. They have also won one of the two previous meetings between the clubs although that had much to do with our former manager giving them too much respect. That said, if we play to our potential we can send them home from their first ever trip to the Highlands empty handed.

I agree with Mantis !

It's a great pity if the club have to miss out on potential revenue from sales on the day due the character of some of the visiting fans.

The old Caley git, on this occasion, speaks perfect sense.

It will never happen but it Scottish sports coverage on radio would be much the better if the frequencies were split turning one over to Celtic and The Rangers and those plethora of Weegie pundits and commentators obsessed with one or other of the 'cheeks' with the other frequency giving fair, impartial and even handed coverage to the other ten teams in the top division together with the thirty other clubs in the lower divisions many of which barely get a mention.

Will wait for the details from those at the match but, while it was disappointing not to take the opportunity to move above County and into the top six, there seems to be a lot to be positive about. We came from behind to take something from the match, something we seldom did last season. We scored a crucial goal in the dying moments, for the third time in five games' something we certainly weren't doing last season, quite the contrary. We remain undefeated in the league at New Douglas Park and we have stretched our unbeaten run to five matches. Onwards and upwards with RF's army.

Thanks for the explanations. We had a magnificent display at Hampden last year. There is no we are going to come close to that within the limiting confines of the North Stand so why don't we wait until we are back at the National Stadium next May for this season's final and mount an even more spectacular and impressive display both on and off the pitch.

Seriously, for the benefit of those of us who are middle aged and clearly behind the times, what is TIFO ?

If you are suggesting that those not born and brought up in Inverness or who happen to be women, of whatever age or background are somehow less worthy or less valuable fans than native born Invernessian men then this particular native Invernessian man could not disagree with you more.

I would hope it is indeed abundantly obvious where my allegiances lie, they lie, in football terms almost entirely with ICT subject to a soft spot for Clach who were my late father's team. I confess that as a young child, I did briefly have a 'big team' and that team was Rangers. I was a child and knew no better. Thankfully. I do now.

A has been continuing his steady downward career path.

I listened to the coverage of The Rangers first ever visit to Pittodrie on Sportsound on Saturday afternoon and was struck by two things. Firstly; I could clearly hear vile sectarian singing almost from start to finish including 'The Billy Boys' with it's most offensive lyric. By all accounts the away section was awash with the body fluid of Irish Catholics and the Pontiff was being frequently sexually abused. Such conduct, apart from being grossly offensive, is in breach of UEFA rules, in breach of the SFA's rules, against the rules of the SPFL and contrary to the criminal law. The old club inhabiting Ibrox came to be regularly sanctioned by UEFA for such conduct during European fixtures with the supine SFA and then SPL never taking any significant action. Our supporters have been warned off relatively harmless and non malicious banter with our local rivals in the form of 'The Wheels On Your House' yet this disgraceful conduct on the part of a five year old club who's predecessors brought shame and financial pain to the whole of Scottish football not just for their bigotry but financial impropriety which may yet be established to be criminal seems to be turned a blind eye to. Secondly; I note that the BBC have yet again been excluded from Ibrox presumably on the basis of yet another paranoid petulant huff. The BBC have a contract with the SPFL which provides valuable income to all clubs which, I suspect, stipulates the right to broadcast from all stadia and to pre and post match interviews with players and management. The Rangers are putting the organisation at risk of being in breach of that contract with the potential, if not for damages for breach of the current contract, for any future contract to be negotiated on reduced terms. Rangers caused their own demise and, in the process, caused great harm to the reputation and finances of Scottish football by their conduct in their previous incarnation. Surely The Rangers can't be permitted special treatment to be allowed to do the same again. Scottish football is potentially a great product and could and should enjoy a much higher and more positive profile furth of these shores but until the game is administered and regulated for the benefit of all rather than two large Glasgow clubs, one of which is in it's first season in the top tier, they will always drag us down. The latest manifestation of this bias is the scheduling and venues for the two League Cup Semi finals obliging Aberdeen fans to engage in a 300+ mile round trip for a lunch time kick off whereas Celtic and The Rangers get to play in their own back yard kicking off two hours later no doubt affording two hours additional drinking time to fuel the vitriol on both sides. Time now for the other clubs to put aside petulant threats of boycotts and get together to put an end to the Weegie tail wagging the Scottish football dog.

I rather suspect that you would have a different attitude if our average crowd was a couple of thousand more.

Really looking forward to this match and the opportunity to nudge further up the table. Hopefully, after three successive good results and entertaining performances, a few more fans will be encouraged to attend and the attendance will nudge above three thousand.

The Jags didn't do badly either !

Was thinking the same thing. Thoroughly deserved.by OFW but I find it hard to credit that one voter thought the ref's performance as good as average,