ICTPaisley

14 minutes ago, Duke of Inverness said:

I think we have 7 loan players. 

Is this a good thing I wonder?

Pro, if they 'do well' with us it might advance their career at their aren't club or see them find another club.

Con, are they as committed to the cause as others? If the Morton game on 3rd May is 'do or die' are they going to give it their all and risk injuring themselves at that stage of the season?

I’m not a big fan of loans, yes they can do well when they are here but then they just walk away and we need to reset. 
 

I find it a little worrying we’ve lost two big players and the general influx coming in has been youths from the English set up with no real experience of a relegation fight. 
 

13 minutes ago, Robert said:

Three good goals by Samuel.

For Raith’s first, Ridgers looked to be blocked as well as Devine being pushed.

A good highlights package by Raith. 

The commentators seemed certain the tug of the shirt at the end was a penalty. I thought the same at the time but looking back probably the right call. 

We’ve been linked with looking like Rangers long before Gardiner was here. The home (when not using stripes) was always criticised for this.

3 hours ago, Super Caley Man 94 said:

Our away kit last season was so popular they've re released this season as a third kit. This kit on the other hand will be on a half price deal soon in a desperate bid to get rid of them all cause no one is buying them

This one? 

7 minutes ago, RednBlackComeback said:

Dear me!

If it had been just an orange kit on its own then that might have raised a few eyebrows (bearing in mind the ceo's background), but would've been acceptable. 

Regrettably, in scottish football it's very clear what the agenda is when an orange kit is paired with a 12th july release date! To imply that it was a pure coincidence is being disingenuous.

It’s not even our first orange kit

19 hours ago, Yngwie said:

Saw this pic on another site. Three of these promising youngsters later earned moves to ICT. This is probably a bit too easy for most of you but what was the occasion and who are the lucky 3?
 

 

Someone help fill in the blanks

Top left to right 

blank , Michael Watt? , blank, blank, Dennis Wyness,  Michael Hart?/kevin McNaughton, blank, Russell Duncan.

Bottom left to right

Phil McGuire, Derek Young, Darren Young, Blank, Blank

35 minutes ago, bdu98196 said:

Wonder if the colour of our opponents tops (home or away) will impact the CEO's mood more than the end result?

Six

1 minute ago, Satan said:

2k crowds,  you obviously haven't been down in a long time.

I'd hate to see actual attendance stats for the past season or two. Going by the level of support we're not even championship. 

I always felt we were around the 1500 mark. If it’s below that then it’s poor.

22 minutes ago, The Mantis said:

I doubt that as we haven't got the quality in the squad that Partick and Raith and United have got, although we're probably on a par with the rest. Given that Dodds got only 1 point in 6 games and Dunc has got 20 in 14, you would have to have won all 6 to be in the top 4 right now.  

If we had won all 6 surely we’d be second 3 pts off the top?

a win against Raith and Utd drops their points down to 41 and 38. Our first 6 gives us 17 extra points giving us 38 joint with Utd.

Not that this was ever likely.

8 hours ago, dougal said:

Season greetings to you too Mr Mantis and all at CTO even Caley 100 who appears to be morphing into Victor Meldrew as the years pass.

Fat John Skinny John’s Barmy Army

Exactly something not right there maybe ICT are not allowed to change the name I wonder? Like I say very odd very odd indeed

Maybe the supporters trust or whatever they call themselves these days can find out

Dougal

I wouldn’t worry about it.

I seem to recall the restaurant TGI Fridays (Fridays) that they now go by, are actually Thursdays Limited on Companies House.

Just now, Satan said:

Surprised?

Thought not.

Think he scored against us previously as well. We’re in a very bad way just now.

3 hours ago, IBM said:

Only if it’s Rangers 

On 11/26/2023 at 9:07 PM, The Mantis said:

This is the team that played out of Alloa as BSC Glasgow, before becoming Open Goal Broomhill (or “Podcast FC”) when they were taken over by Si Ferry, but that partnership was dissolved and they are now simply Broomhill FC. Broomhill Sports Club originally ran youth football teams back to 2004 and the senior team has been kicking around the LL in its various guises since 2014.

First time I went to see them they were playing at Maryhills ground. 

3 hours ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

This is so much better than debating football.

So good we’ve got new members joining just for the batteries.

20 minutes ago, STFU said:

Finding it hard to get excited for the game so soon after the devastating news of Robertson's departure.

Hopefully the players aren't being impacted too badly by it and can pull off a win to keep us moving in the right direction.

If we lose then it’s probably your fault.

Some of the reactions on here are a bit bizarre. Good luck in the future Robbo

36 minutes ago, bdu98196 said:

New man, new expectations? Where do you think we will end up with Duncball?

Worth noting its 'only' 6 games gone so 30 still to go, plenty chance to either make up ground and overhaul the 13 point gap to the top or fail spectacularly and stay rooted where we are.

I think I’ll predict 7th now and anything above that would be a bonus. But as Dunc said, let’s just get off the bottom and work it from there. 
 

You forgot to vote 

His first Interview was on sky sports news for anyone looking to see it. 

3 year deal

Welcome to the club

3 minutes ago, ICTPaisley said:

I know one of the players at Forest Green and from what I hear anyone going into that job was going to have a rough ride of it.

 

You just have to look at where they are this season to know that. Sitting 3rd bottom of League Two now.

2 minutes ago, RednBlackComeback said:

Oh well, predictable background !

One win in 18 matches for Forest Green prior to their relegation !!! . . . sounds like just what we need !!

 

From BBC

Duncan Ferguson has left his role as Forest Green Rovers head coach after less than six months in charge.

The former Everton assistant manager and player was appointed in January with the club bottom of League One.

They were subsequently relegated to the fourth tier in April, with Ferguson overseeing one win in 18 matches.

The 51-year-old had signed a five-year contract with the Gloucestershire side and had talked about his and the club's long-term plans after their relegation.

"It's been a privilege to work with Dunc these last few months and this was a very difficult decision to make," said Forest Green owner Dale Vince.

"I'm grateful to Dunc for joining us in such difficult circumstances and for all of his hard work at the club.

"But I feel this is overall the right decision for everyone and I wish Dunc well in his next coaching role. We are parting as friends. You can't ask for much more than that."

Ferguson scored 73 goals for Everton as a player in two spells between 1994 and 2006 and was also capped seven times by Scotland.

He joined the Toffees coaching staff in 2014 and twice acted as caretaker manager before leaving the club last summer to pursue his first managerial position.

While Forest Green returned straight to League Two after one season in the third tier, Ferguson had been talking about rebuilding for next season - with three players brought in so far this summer transfer window.

Newly appointed chief executive, Marcus Reynolds, also spoke about the club needing "stability and progress" going forward.

They open the new season at home to Salford City on Saturday, 5 August.

I know one of the players at Forest Green and from what I hear anyone going into that job was going to have a rough ride of it.

1 minute ago, Moogthurso said:

Happy with Robbie Nielsen or Scott Brown.

Excited to see what tomorrow brings. 

Surely it isn’t going down to the wire of tomorrow? Does that even happen? Almost like a wrestling theme tune comes on and out pops Kevin Thomson.

There needs to be a leak tonight

7 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said:

Yes, Rangers or Hearts background is my guess. 

Ian Black then

1 hour ago, Robert said:

In case anyone fancies a Wednesday evening in Rothes, this game is this week. Kick off at 2000.

It was drawn as a home game but has been reversed for some annoying reason. 

To be fair I think all of these games should be reversed. Good for the Highland league teams to get the gate receipts.