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?? I'm a secondary school teacher. Working at the moment, but as the students are doing work on computers, i'm checking various websites for insider info on tonights game. Pile of marking sitting on the corner of my desk.... perhaps i'll get them to mark eachothers: encouraging peer assessment and all that ;)

Quite happy with the team if thats it. Rather Blackie in for McBain (who i'm guessing is in the middle) if he's fit. Bayne will give problems to the Dons defence in the air, but i'm worries he won't be able to be the same kind of provider that wyness needs. Maybe give him 60mins and if its not working, chuck Niculae on. Need to focus on teaching rather than checking for any scrap of information on the game :029:

Just had a thought. At no time has any report said that Blackie is out of this game. I've read almost every online preview on the game, and he's listed in the squad. It only seems to be McGuire who is struggling, along with our long term absentees. He's likely to be rested, but a good option from the bench none the less :022:

Ever since we've been in the SPL, I've thought.... "This is it!! We'll break our duck this time". Told every single Dons fan I know (quite a few considering I live and work in Aberdeen) that ICT will gub them this time. Aberdeen always seem to be in some kind of "injury crisis", so my confidence soars. Then a drab game, where we are slightly on top and deserving of 3 points and end up with 1 or less. The 2 last minute goals really depressed me last season :019:

Brilliant, thanks! Its a nice day in Aberdeen today, but by 10.30pm when we're slotting home the winning pen it'll be bloody freezing!!! Actually I hope it doesn't go to pens, as the Partick game is still fresh in the mind. Although, extra time would probably suffice as Aberdeen's half-fit players will have tired and fallen to bits by then. Hope Motherwell take Rangers to 120 minutes...

What happens if its all square after 90mins tonight? Does it go to extra time or is there a replay? The Hibs Semi-Final game went to a replay last year I seem to remember, but I know there were changes to that format after such a low crowd turn out. But I can't remember if the change was that they were allowed to change the venue, or if the replay format was ditched. Anyone help?

Us "Aberdonians" must stick together! :016: Competition was listed on the main site. I stumbled across it when i was getting the number to phone for tickets v. Rangers. E-mailed to answer a simple question; then got a phone call about a week later. I feel like a kid at christmas just now! Then the Scotland v. Italy game the following week; how will I cope!

I just got a phone call from ICT saying i'll be one of the two contestants for the new Flybe sponsored halftime challenge. One of us will win 2 return flights to London or Belfast. Info on halftime challenge Make sure you keep an eye out on the 10th November!! I'll be the young looking handsome 24 year old :023:

You can get odds of 4-1 on an ICT win at the moment :024: Stuck a tenner down; ?50 back. I actually think it'll be a draw, with a replay in Inverness (broadcast live on bbc). I always feel confident of a win when we play Aberdeen, but I have a horrible feeling there will be a poor referee or jammy goal to Aberdeen which would scupper a deserved win for us.

Foster and Clark are both struggling to make the game as well. No loss really. The boy Aluko looks pretty handy though on the left, and I fancy him to start there or up front with Miller.

When i was a student i got in as a concession, which was in the 2005/2006 season. Don't know if that helps at all ? Don't ask don't get i suppose :021:

Aye thats the one

Far aboots in Woodside do ye bide? I live 0.3 miles from the Pitt ken? Tanfield Walk. Which is probably less than half a mile from Todders (which is NOT in Tillydrone, before you say anything! :023: )

A short walk from my flat in Woodside. Shortest travelling distance I have for ICT games :021:

Normally I'd agree with this but this season I don't actually. After yesterday I'm more convinced than ever that we're in no danger of going down - Gretna are miles below anyone else and it doesn't look like Mileson's going to bail them out this time - but equally I don't think we've got much chance of a top 6 finish. Utd finally look like they're going places and I can see Hibs, Aberdeen and Motherwell (!) being the others beneath the old firm this season. So, this is the season for concentrating on a trophy. Celtic and Rangers are looking a bit preoccupied by Europe and the closeness of their competition for the SPL and the CIS Cup is the least of their priorities. With the right attitude and our strongest and most settled team, we're capable of beating any of the other teams left in the competition. Those semis against Dundee and Dunfermline, frustrating and heartbreaking though they were, are still among my favourite memories as an ICT supporter. It's ages since I've felt a sense of occasion like that, and I want a bit more of it. Well said. Brewster will go for McBain and Duncan in the middle with Wilson on the left, Cowie on the right. I'd be absolutely amazed if he had any different line up. Would like to see John Rankin back for this one though...

I think he'll go for the same team as today, with maybe Wilson coming in for Black, if he's injured. Perhaps he'll leave Niculae on the bench and go for Bayne up front?

2-0!! Don Cowie freekick. Think the keeper made a mistake :024:

Gretna just had a defensive blunder, which needed a goal line clearance. Other than that the only thing of note is a Yantorno free quick that went close. Need another goal

Yes!! Wyness pen. Tokely was fouled. :crazy07: :crazy07:

I do actually frequent Triple Kirks! But because of my mates wants of cheap drink and loose female students :rolleyes02: I prefer places like the Howff, Prince of Wales, Tilted Wig, Black Friars and go to Slains quite a lot because I play football with a few of the staff.

The pies were especially good :021: I'll finish work at 3.25pm, then home to change followed by pints and dinner in Belmont Street somewhere... Think i'll book Thursday morning off work just in case :023:

The aberdeen defence have played against Brew in training for months. I'd feel a bit better off with Niculae who they won't have played against before.

If its on the 31st, think i'll look out my spiderman costume to wear to the game :021:

Here's the team sheets Kilmarnock (from): Combe, Lilley, Ford, Wright, Fowler, Locke, Hamill, Johnston, Bryson, Jarvis, Nish, Koudou, Gibson, Rascle, Murray, Flannigan, Noble. Inverness CT (from): Fraser, Tokely, Hastings, McCaffrey, Munro, McGuire, Morgan, Black, Duncan, Rankin, McBain, Cowie, Vigurs, Hart, Wilson, McDonald, Bayne, Wyness, Niculae, Brewster, Malkowski. Quite a few of those Killie players are doubtful, or unlikely to play at all e.g. Locke, Jarvis etc. Still getting quite good odds on an ICT win. I put ?10 on us to win, and Celtic to beat Gretna and i'll get back ?41 if it comes off. If the odds are the same today; thinking of sticking another ?10 down :024:

I too have been revelling in the Killie injury crisis, and hope we can dispatch them accordingly. Always have a bad feeling about players like Danny Invincible, so i'm glad he's out, as well as them being Naismith'less. 3 points would be grand considering Gretna are playing Celtic, and the likes of St Midden, Falkirk, Aberdeen aren't playing great right now