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Kingsmills

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  1. Probably have to wait for the Scottish Cup quarter final ?
  2. Kingsmills replied to Satan's topic in Caley Thistle
    He may not have achieved promotion to the then SPL but the team that achieved that was largely assembled by him and played with an ethos and team spirit installed by him.
  3. That was disgraceful and, despite our diminishing crowds, the TCS would be a far better place without those idiots in attendance.
  4. All players are replaceable but we are a better team with Liam than without and I am in no doubt that our prospect of promotion would be diminished if he goes.
  5. The sort of complacency that saw both Thistle and Caley take many a league scalp when we were in the Highland League. A cup run would be a great boost to the fans, the players and, perhaps most importantly, the coffers. We are in no position to take anyone for granted.
  6. Tried and tested strikers cost money which we don't have. Remember, Robbo was a great and prolific forward himself and may be sees potential in this signing. If he does sign we all need to give him a chance. As for your constant criticism of White, just who scored to secure three points for us yesterday ?
  7. Surely not the Kilmarnock goalkeeper !
  8. We were and bear in mind that that footage was edited from an Ayr United perspective.
  9. I would happily oblige but, not being very numerate, I lost count mid way through the second half.
  10. An entertaining game that we deservedly won. We can stay in the promotion mix but we need to shake off the habit, that was still in evidence today, of taking the lead and then stopping doing what we did to deserve it. I fear that we may have seen the last of the second best player ever to have come through our youth system. If so, whilst some boo boys may be happy with themselves, the club and our promotion prospects will be the poorer for it. Great to see Doran back to something approaching his pre injury self.
  11. Probably the best sports person Scotland has ever produced and a fine advocate for fairness and equality off the court. Sorry you didn't get to end your career on your terms but thank you for a great sporting journey and for some wonderful memories. It will be a long time, I fear, until we see your like again.
  12. and, in the long run, for the club.
  13. Generating funds for decent players is a perennial problem. Maybe we should start advertising our home games as 2015 Scottish Cup Final reunion parties. Might attract some of the ten thousand or so who were there but haven't bothered to do anything to support the club since.
  14. Pelel did, at least in relative terms, have money. He had the largest budget when we were in the old Third Division and the old Second Division. That said, he used that money wisely and had a great eye for a player. He also had the benefit of the novelty of the new stadium and bringing league football to Inverness. It seems that that novelty didn't take long to wear off and for apathy to set in despite our later wonderful achievements. That makes the task for any manager now much more difficult.
  15. The cost of paying two managers six figure salaries for matters horticultural didn't help but fundamentally the 'money went' on the cost of relegation. Every year out of the Premiership costs us about one and a half million pounds and it will be worse next season when the parachute payments come to an end. The last time we went down we retained our Premiership squad and bounced back straight away but, even then, our season out of the top tier cost us a seven figure sum.
  16. Scotland were the only undefeated side in the World Cup Finals.
  17. For once, I tend to agree with you.
  18. We paid the going rate for decent quality Premiership standard players and would have continued, more or less, to break even had we not been demoted. The mistake was giving a new contract to a manager who had started to fail badly and was in public dispute with the chairman which was then compounded by replacing him by a complete rookie who it turned out, whilst a very decent player, could neither manage or coach. Don't blame the players for accepting what we offered for playing for a club often hundreds of miles from home.
  19. Encouraging statement but, if there is money available rather than bringing in "one or two" I would prefer it to be spent on one forward of decent quality. Our ongoing issue is a persistent failure to convert chances made.
  20. Kingsmills replied to Satan's topic in Caley Thistle
    Still seventeen games, almost half the league season, to go. Sort out our depressing tendency to fail to hang on to the lead and a play off place is still well within our grasp especially if Walsh continues his goal scoring form. We were in a far worse position this time last season yet still only fell short due to a ninety fifth minute equaliser by Dunfermline. It's not been great of late but, personally, I'm not giving up on this season just yet.
  21. I think there's much truth in that statement.
  22. Maybe not the whole story but I am sure that plays a part.
  23. On the whole, while the tactics do need to change, I think that Messi just might have put away some of the opportunities we have created and missed this season.
  24. We are not a top team. On that basis, maybe we should try playing a different way. What we are doing, or attempting to do, now certainly isn't working.

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