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Would you say we are playing attractive football just now? I think we are and we're top 6 at the moment so can i have that please? But i don't think defensive football is always unnattractive, if we played like Greece did in Euro 2004 and we were grinding out the results for a top 6 finish i'd still be happy. I'd also be happy if we were winning 4-3 etc in the first division though and i think thats where we have played our most attractive football. As long as we are giving our all and aren't in danger of relegation i don't mind how we get the wins, as long as we get them. Having said that... I hated how Spain won the world cup with their 1-0 wins. Oh i don't know

excellent news. Hopefully Foran doesnt have any problems with his stomach today though.

If Gus wants it then he should get it, Why St Mirren got rid of him i'll never know.

Yeah i remember that as well, i might be mistaken but was it not alloa that ended that long spell?

Theres a local shop here in Paisley that sell all of St Mirrens top class merchandise. If they can get it, why can't we.

I don't just grudge paying the ?25 pound, i also grudge having to pay a ?2.50 booking fee on top of that for one ticket. ?27.50 to see Celtic and ?10 to see Hamilton last week....jesus.

Agree with IHE's post and would prefere to see the "I would" line up rather than Butchers. Foran 100% needs a rest, keep him fresh for Caley away!

Yeah he was straight over to let us know he scored. By the end of the match he looked defeated and i wouldn't have been surprised if he got himself sent off . Loved Butcher coming over at the end of the game, punching the air over and over as we chanted. Pretty poor first half from us but we certainly made up for it in the second half, Esson, Rooney and Hayes continue to amaze me every time i see them. Why did Richie even start? Didn't lack any effort but he was clutching at his stomach after the first 5 minutes when whipping in a cross. Hopefully he can now get a long awaited rest and we can bring in Odhiambo until he's match fit again.

Hibs, Celtic, Rangers, Dundee Utd and Hearts is one hell of a line up. If we managed 6 points from that i'd be happy. Last time around we managed 5 points against those teams so i'm not really expecting us to improve on that.

Almost forgot about dougie, always thought he was our best player the season we were relegated and was gutted when we let him go. Wouldn't mind seeing him play in Roys match but i'm thinking two years doesn't quite cut it as an ICT legend. Having said that, i would now rate Foran, Rooney and Hayes as a few of our top players now.

The only places in our squad that needs covered is attack and out on the wing. If we were to lose Rooney i don't think Sutherland would have enough experience to come in as a straight replacement. Also if we were to lose Johnny Hayes then i think we would really struggle creating as many chances as we do. I would take any of those three county players mentioned for improving the squad, most signings we make aren't expected to walk into the team anyway. If we had the choice though i'd rather secure our current players for another couple seasons instead of spending that money on new players. Overall i have no problems with our current squad and i think its the best team we've ever had.

All my friends at work love that we have a bridge and a castle....

Why post if you don't care?

I only really go to Away matches, not only because i live in Paisley but because they are far more enjoyable. Its nice to always see the same old regular faces belting out songs. I admit i thought we may lose our unbeaten record last night but now after yet another win i'm more than confident we can keep it going at least until parkhead.

Well done to Tuffey but this just shows how bad the NI squad must be if a player who doesn't play for us gets picked over an entire nation of players that play for their club. I wouldn't be happy if someone like Neil Alexander was picked before Ryan Esson for the Scotland squad.

Never mind sin bins we've got yellow cards which add up to suspensions, if players are getting suspended a couple of times a season for back chatting the might learn from it. It seems like your saying the problem here is with the players back chatting. From what i've seen in recent weeks is that Refs CANNOT finish a match without making crucial mistakes, i don't think its got anything to do with the attitude of players towards refs. That is exactly what I'm saying, you're not related to Neil Lennon are you? Certainly Celtic minded. Not Celtic minded at all, just annoyed as everyone else when crucial errors are made during matches. I'm talking more about goals that should have been and offside decisions. Things that can be accurately decided through technology very much the same as Hawkeye at wimbledon. As for tackles etc, that can't be 100% proven even through video evidence so its always going to be hard to decide who is right and who is wrong. I don't think the attitude of players is making the refs make poor decisions, These days we can look back on incidents and decide that the wrong decision was made and thats what puts the pressure onto the referees these days. They are making poor decisions because they are only human and in need of technology to assist.

Never mind sin bins we've got yellow cards which add up to suspensions, if players are getting suspended a couple of times a season for back chatting the might learn from it. It seems like your saying the problem here is with the players back chatting. From what i've seen in recent weeks is that Refs CANNOT finish a match without making crucial mistakes, i don't think its got anything to do with the attitude of players towards refs.

Statto time on this dreaded curse. A list of all ICT Managers who have won the award in the SPL. John Robertson October 2004-2005 Inverness CT 1-1 Motherwell Inverness CT 1-3 Aberdeen Kilmarnock 2-2 Inverness CT Inverness CT 2-1 Dundee Inverness 2-0 Livingston Thats 8 points in 15 so i don't think thats a great record. It then took us 7 matches to win, a 2-1 victory over Motherwell on the 18th of December. CURSE Craig Brewster March 2004-2005 Inverness CT 3-0 Hibs Rangers 1-1 Inverness CT Hearts 0-2 Inverness CT Inverness CT 0-2 Celtic 7 out of 12. Pointswise its not brilliant but giving who we were up against thats a great record. After that in April we played 6 matches, won 3 lost 2 and drew 1, so no curse there that time. NO CURSE Craig Brewster December 2005-2006 Motherwell 0-2 Inverness CT Hearts 0-0 Inverness CT Inverness 1-1 Celtic Inverness 2-0 Hibernian Aberdeen 0-0 Inverness CT 9 points out of 15, another good month for brewster who then went onto be unbeaten in his next 2 cup matches and beating livi and falkirk in the league, then to be beaten by Rangers 3-2. NO CURSE Charlie Christie October 2006-2007 Rangers 0-1 Inverness CT Inverness 3-2 Falkirk St Mirren 1-1 Inverness CT Only 3 games but beating rangers and staying undefeated is good. It then took us 9 matches to win again, another victory against Rangers 2-1 on 27th December CURSE Craig Brewster December 2007/2008 Dundee Utd 0-1 Inverness CT Inverness CT 2-0 Hibs Inverness CT 3-2 Celtic Hearts 2-3 Inverness CT Falkirk 1-0 Inverness CT Inverness 3-1 Kilmarnock 15 points out of 18, this is by far the best month for any ICT manager IMO. Over the next 13 matches we only won once and that was against Gretna CURSE So out of 5 previous Manager of the Months, we have performed badly the following month 3 out of 5 times - Thats a CURSE, Brace yourself!

Yeah i'm surprised so many didn't realise this....

Where is the news article for this? Can't find it anywhere.

Ryan Esson is a very good keeper but realistically he is never going to get a chance while Alan McGregor is playing so well. Hes playing in the best form of his life at the moment and even Gordon would be pushed to take his place back. If Either of these two keepers aren't picked then yes i would give him a call up but i can't really see him ever getting a proper game for Scotland.

It makes them slightly worse than in 2003 when we beat celtic after they beat liverpool. Rangers need to win to prove we are better than valencia. Realistically though Rangers will do well if they can get the draw tonight. Hoping they can but if i had to put money on it i'd probably go with valencia.

I was trying to see if this seasons performance is anywhere near of that from Livingston in 2001-2002 when they finished 3rd in their first season in the SPL. Sadly their record was better than ours and after 10 games they had 17 points where we only have 15.

I'd bring Eric back in, he's been one of our best players this season from what i've seen. Its a good place to be though when we're spoilt for choice, with the exception of 1 or 2 i have been confident with the entire squad this season and think there isn't really any need for changes this january. Its the first time in a long time i've been happy with everyone we have.

I used to think we could get into Europe when we were in the first division. The topic thread is IF we get into Europe, i don't think anyone is taking this too seriously and as someone has mentioned its a bit of fun and something to look forward to. Until that day when we get knocked out of the Scottish Cup i'm always hopeful we'll be off to Latvia for an early season starter. Why not look towards these things? Yes avoiding relegation is priority but has no one else got that feeling that this team is very special? I think this is the best ICT team ever and if luck goes our way then who knows. If Queens and Gretna can have a shot in Europe so can we!