Kingsmills

Disappointed but not in the least surprised to read that at least two tables walked out of the Scottish Football Writers Association annual awards dinner in the couse of the keynote speaker's 20 minute speech allegedly litered with grossly offensive sexist, racisit and homophobic 'jokes.

Well done to those who were brave enough to take a stand and shame on those, including many of our most prominent journalists and broadcasters who just sat there and laughed.

No wonder we are still struggling to get women and girls to participate in our game and no wonder that the many gay players, professional or otherwise, are terrified to be open about their sexuality. I thought that we had come along way from the days when bananas were thrown at the feet of Mark Walters without any comment or condemnation from the likes of Archie Macpherson.

More disgrace and more shame on Scottish football. Once again great credit to those, mainly although not exclusively women, who had the courage to make a stand and call it out and who will, no doubt, even now be getting vile abuse on social media as a result.

We can't leave it to women, people of colour and the LGBTQ community to deal with this. It's not a problem of their making and we all need to work to fix it.

HT; ICT 1,   Arbroath 0

FT;  ICT 2   Arbroath 0

ICT; Sutherland 

Arbroath; Jack Hamilton 

Crowd; 3,283

Yellow; Little.

27 minutes ago, Moogthurso said:

I think as the game wore on the physicality of partick thistle really did change it from football to rugby. 

 

We lost control of the midfield in the second half with very few outballs available.

We need to be comfortable using all our subs and changing to 4231 or 433 to regain that midfield control as our players are very flexible now. 

 

I think we will smoke the lichties, but the tractor boys will be a tougher test so our tactical agility and execution will need to be much better. 

I Googled 'Tractor Boy' and all it came up with was some previously obscure and recently resigned Conservative MP...

He still has East Fife  Cowdenbeath and Kelty Hearts as options if he wants the full house of leading Fife teams to disaster.

11 minutes ago, caleyboy said:

W  D  W D and we are there !!

Although, from a personal point of view, I will blow the tenner I placed on us winning all six play off matches.

Was hoping at current prices, to buy a full tank of petrol and a litre of vegetable oil !

Although today's results in the Premiership all but assures that Perth it will be.

Congratulations to our former manager on his 100% record in getting Fife teams into League 1.

11 minutes ago, CELTIC1CALEY3 said:

Nerve wracking stuff but history shows we won. Lots of room to improve following both games. Partick played really well in both and could easily feel unlucky. Good to hear McCall say '' I'd wish Inverness good luck in the semi-final." However, given how tight he marked him, it was a case for Carson of,,,,Breakfast at Tiffoneys. Arbroath will be well and truly up for the next two games. They are going to be tough games with Arbroath well rested and bitter at how Killie stole the league from them.

In all fairness, Kilmarnock did not steal the league...they bought it.

30 minutes ago, caleyboy said:

OK Mark, you have mentioned it now.

To be fair, he did have a good game and made crucial saves.

We rode our luck a bit, especially in the first half but thoroughly deserved to win the tie over both legs.

That's the job a third done. A well rested Arbroath will almost certainly be a tougher prospect and, should we overcome them, the Perth Saints tougher still.

We will have to up our game and cut out the heart in mouth defensive lapses but can definitely do this.

Time to think about the next round tomorrow but, for tonight, time to celebrate.

11 minutes ago, Robert said:

Out for the season sadly. 

A blow but one we can overcome.

30 minutes ago, FrontRow said:

Is Davy Carson moonlighting in a rock band?! 

 

Until he left after finding that Michael Gardyne was a roadie.

1 hour ago, CELTIC1CALEY3 said:

As the loyal Calais supporters say 'this will be tres tricky'. I am sure the players will be mindful of how Manchester City were almost there ....but blew it.  Mindful that Partick might unusually be motivated by how Rangers recovered from 1-0 down.  It is critical that our supporters at no stage feed players the message that tonight will be easy. Expect Brian Graham to be hyperactive.  Partick are as likely as any team in this league capable of beating us. Some of us still remember being favourites to win our Scottish Cup Replay against Partick on 5th March 2002 only for Scot Paterson to score a superb winning free kick. We must not underestimate their paint pot kicking Manager's ability to beat the odds.

To be fair, I don't think that anyone associated with the club is taking victory in the tie for granted with the prevailing mantra being 'still work to be done' and the very good reason that there is indeed much work still to be done.

57 minutes ago, IBM said:

That seems to be the case.

Actually, for once, it was the othrr way round stemming from when The Rangers were in the playoffs.

No confidence that this rule was introduced the week before their match at Ibtox.

Made sense then that a million pound + gate should be shared.

Makes far less sense now depriving clubs with very limited budgets of money hard earned and should be repealed.

Congratulations again to The Rangers in reaching a European final so early in their existence and overcoming many challenging opponents on route.

The fans of the predecessor club have twice utterly disgraced themselves and brought shame on Scottish football on similar occasions in Manchester, which many will remember, and Manchester which we will all remember but probably not as much or with such bitterness as the poor citizens of Manchester and Barcelona which some of us are sufficiently 'mature' to recall.

Please this time support your club with heart and soul rather than heart and (red) hand.

I would genuinely like to see the team return with the trophy and the fans return with reputation enhanced.

Well done again for some remarkable results and performances on the way.

9 minutes ago, tm4tj said:

PREVIEW FOR RETURN LEG

Maybe just keep this topic open for both legs

 

 

 

 

 

Another display like Tuesday but on a better pitch and with Carson, Broadfoot and Ridgers making fewer mistakes and we will be fine.

4 hours ago, Yngwie said:

Their promotion reportedly triggers an additional transfer fee to Celtic of either £1m or £2m depending which paper you believe. Hopefully our own sell on clause with Celtic entitles us to a small percentage of that. Well, hopefully it entitles us to a large percentage of that, but even 5% or 10% of it would be gratefully received given our poor financial position.

I am hearing we are in line for £100,000 which will be very handy whichever division we are in.

3 minutes ago, Moogthurso said:

Is it time for me to say it yet? 

Yes. As long as belief doesn't morph into complacency.

Last night was a good start but promotion is still 5 tough games away.

To progress we will have to be fully committed for all 5.

34 minutes ago, IBM said:

Totally agree they are a dirty side with a whingeing manager, we have to stuff them on Friday night!

...and make sure there are no open paint tins.

HT; ICT 1,   Partick 0

FT; ICT 2,   Partick 1

ICT; Sutherland 

Partick; Graham 

First yellow; Crawford.

Crowd; 3,406

2 minutes ago, standbydave said:

Not to dampen the mood of any Inverness fans, but a courteous reminder that away goals do not count. Still, you'd take 2-1 wouldn't you?   Trust the good old BBC to put this online match comment

Away goals don't count, does that mean it's actually 1-0 to Partick ?....

Great attitude to turn the game around with a goal and a superb assist from the Player's Player of the Year who, on that form, would hold his own in the Premiership next season.

The injury to Walsh is a concern as is the non appearance of McGregor in the squad. Hopefully both will be available again soon if not in time for the second leg.

What wonderful backing from the 'twelfth man (and woman) who outsang the home fans even when we were behind.

No room for complacency, the job is only half done, but that was a big step towards the next round.

An equally commited team backed by a large and vocal crowd now has every chance of completing the job on Friday evening. Can hardly wait.

Quite apart from the pleasure of progressing to the next round of fixtures, it would be most satisfying to wipe the smiles of the faces of both Brian Graham and Ian McCall.

47 minutes ago, tm4tj said:

Was it a poetry competition?

No. Prose against semi prose...