Kingsmills

That is a huge blow. One way or another, we have had very little luck this season with a combination of injuries and dressing room unrest. Definitely need to bring in at least two now to keep our promotion prospects alive.

Loving the fact thst Wikipedia has his place of birth as Upton Park. Got an image of his mother giving birth in the centre circle of West Ham's old ground with the bubble machine going full tilt.

We were absolutely better against Queens than we were than for all but the last 10 minutes against Raith. Sadly, still not good enough.

There is much truth un what you say but the bottom line is that we were not celebrating a thumping victory, although the Morton game aside I'm not sure where you get the word 'another' from. We were in fact bemoaning another frustrating and possibly damaging draw against a side we should be beating, particularly at home.

I don't agree that anyone is being unduly negative. It is precisely because this represents our best chance of promotion since relegation that so many of us are so frustrated and disappointed with many recent results and, more particularly, performances. I well remember where we came from but I also remember where we were just a few seasons ago and, with one minor blip, for a decade or so.

..and the management.

Sadly, I have to agree and, if we do find ourselves in the Championship again next season, we will have to give very serious consideration to who we want to be our manager.

Frustrating, disappointing but sadly no longer surprising A wasted opportunity to gain ground on our promotion rivals. We need to do so much better.

You didn't miss much. Probably the most overrated band in history.

Although, as an Elgin player, there is almost always scope for making money by betting against your own team ! More seriously, if it is established that that is what was going on we might not be seeing much more of Shane this season.

I wish I could give you two 'green dots' one for each sentence.

Patrick's late equaliser is a real bonus for us. However, it's essential that we fully capitalise on it by taking maximum points tomorrow.

Looks like there might have been almost as many bets placed ar Borough Briggs as there were parties in Downing Street.

Must win game is, especially for us this season, a grossly overused cliche. However, this game comes very close. Our record against the bottom five has been very poor this season and significantly worse than any of our promotion rivals. That just has to change preferably starting tomorrow.

On reflection, I apologise for my initial knee jerk response. For all I know, Shane could be one of the many thousands who have a gambling addiction. According, I withdraw what I said previously and, if that is the case, I hope that this very public exposure is a route to whatever therapy or counselling may be required.

If proved then he is an idiot. The rules are well known and, as far as I understand it, all SPFL players are reminded of them at least annually.

Kilmarnock have further strengthened by signing former Aberdeen defender Ash Taylor. A player well known to Derek Mcinnes and who I suspect will do very well indeed at Championship level. Worrying that the team that are probably our main promotion rivals have done such impressive business so early in the window, especially if the rumours about Lafferty prove to be true. We really need to recruit now if we are not to be left in their wake.

Although, most of us hope that Deas moves on to the Premiership at the end of the season whilst remaining in Inverness.

A real test of the genuine ambition of the board to gain promotion to the Premiership. If they let Deas go at this crucial stage in the season I can only conclude that they have none.

Also already being discussed in two other threads.

Not so much a lack of ambition as a lack of funds probably. However, I do think the failure to find those funds, one way or another, was a short sighted mistake. We are probably talking about a modest five figure sum whereas the difference between being in the Championship or Premiership next season will run well into seven figures.

Disappointed to read that Daniel McKay has signed for Kilmarnock on loan until the end of the season. I know that we did make enquiries about doing the same thing but assume that Kilmarnock were able to pay his full wages and possibly a loan fee on top whereas we were not. I was hoping to land him and this is without doubt a boost for our main promotion rivals and a blow for us. Vital now that we can find our own talented and creative loanee to bolster our promotion prospects.

Maybe, like me, he bought a watch from the open air market they used to hold in Inverness in the early seventies. Three quid it cost and I was robbed.

The Tunisia v Mali game certainly had an intriguing conclusion or three.

Agreed. I would be surprised and very disappointed if there were not new recruits about to come in. That said, I would much rather that they arrived in the next week to ten days rather than gambling and waiting until the window is about to close.