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Just knew they were going to equalise...….ended up hanging on

An old ICT characteristic : grab a lead and then invite the opposition onto them. Have lost count of the number of times we have taken the lead this season and then been pulled back.

Good draw : let's hope we can win the replay. The Arabs are no great shakes and a semi  final at Hampden would be at worst good for the coffers.

ICT have always suffered from poor home attendances. What I found particularly disappointing was the higher we progressed through the leagues, the lower the average attendances became!

I suppose there was an element of the novelty factor wearing off, but even so it must have been galling for management and players alike.

Having been to a few matches over the last two or three years, it is clear the quality of football played by the current team is poor compared to teams of the past (even in the then second and first divisions). If that improved, I am sure the punters would return.

4 minutes ago, Tree said:

Aimless punting balls forward in old school 442 formation. 

FFS : that's all we did in the ill fated RF season : you'd have thought someone had worked out it doesn't work...…….

5 minutes ago, Shorty said:

I think brad mckay must have pictures of robbo blowing a goat.

Hahahahahahaha…………

I've only seen a handful of ICT matches since our cup win : each has been more depressing than the last (the cup win v Dumbarton being an exception albeit the quality was still pretty low).

Looking at the posts, seems things haven't improved...………..

We just can't get any sort of run going.

Our home form is truly woeful.

Yup: great memories.

Over the last few seasons we have lost that fighting spirit and never say die attitude. 

Let's hope for a good run in starting with 3 points today.

On ‎1‎/‎30‎/‎2019 at 12:10 PM, MrCaleyjag said:

Agreed all on all fronts.

We should be going into Saturdays game full of confidence and with nothing to fear, start brightly and try to blow them away within the first 20-25mins and I doubt they'll have enough to punch back.

Having listened to a Gary Caldwell interview with Caleyjag on the radio a couple of weeks ago following one of their games, I'd love to see us do them, his attitude was appalling and treated the interviewer with complete contempt. Another manager to add to the list of dislikes that I currently have.

Yes I heard that interview too : he was clearly not happy at his club's situation! Can't see him lasting long.

Agreed we need to win on Saturday to keep a bit of momentum going Our home record is poor (2 wins in 11 games) and we have taken more points on the road (20 against 13).

Twelve so far out of 21 league games.

I see the record for the SPL is 16 in a season : any idea of the all time Sottish record?

Yup : good result. Every win instils a bit of confidence.

The BBC report has EK with 56% of the possession?

Beat Ayr at Somerset Park (assuming we beat Falkirk in the next league match) and I'll be even more impressed!

5 minutes ago, LairdMattie said:

We can't only blame the strikers now, there are 8 other players on the pitch and none of them appeared to be stepping up and getting us going, we looked clueless, leaderless and just awful.

From the several matches I have been to over the last 3 years or so, that sums it up perfectly.

Just hope someone in ICT's management realises that one of these days.

6 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said:

I have been saying this for most of the games I have seen in the last couple of seasons, how come our opponents can cut through us like a knife through butter and be in our box in one or two passes and score or get a shot away, while we wait till they are back in their shape, pass it across the pitch and back, and then try to play through them, with no pace or desire? That's great if you have players that can take on a man and beat him, but we don't. The tactics are wrong, the team selection is wrong, but Robbo can't or won't change it. On the odd occasion when we have broke with pace, we have scored or at least had a chance, but these are few and far between.  Maybe Robbo needs to buy a job lot of County masks, and make our opponents wear them, so the players think they are playing County every week and up their game!!!

Spot on.

I watched ICT from 1994 until 2008 when I moved to the Central Belt : have only seen a handful of matches since then.

After Yogi's reign, I was shocked at how bad we had become during the ill fated Foran season : the matches I have witnessed this season give no cause for optimism. We have no leader, no shape and no passion : things ICT teams always had no matter what division we were in.

……. and again we are struggling to hang on to a play off spot.

Something has to change but as one poster said, I guess we don't have the cash to ditch Robbo so alternative plans are needed.

Going by the highlights, we had many more chances : most are right in front of goal where the player should at least hit the target / test the keeper.

Too many draws will cost us : along with strikers who are pretty ineffectual.

Even if we sneak into the play offs, can't see this lot lasting long.

What with being a long time Spurs supporter, it's been a bummer of a weekend.

Good win : need to get a few more and then who knows? County in drivng seat so if we can win on Saturday the race is, in my opinion, wide open.

40 minutes ago, forresjags said:

The squad is down to the bare bones ,how has this been allowed to happen . All very well getting rid of players who were apparently big earners but not replacing them has now come back to kick us in the balls.  Appreciate the finances are tight but trying to mount a promotion challenge with a first team squad of  barely 16 players is a big ask for any manager.

 

 

 

Totally agree : the speed at which we fell (and there's no realistic sign of it improving any time soon) is a disgrace. Not sure who is to blame, but we have come from a solid top league team (and worthy cup winners) to a mid table Championship team going nowhere fast.

Great to see a win at last but reading the reports doesn't sound like a great team performance. At least we are back in the top 4 but a bit of a gap to Ayr who seem pretty strong. The Arabs are also beginning to get their act together.

We really need to step up a couple of gears and stringing a few wins together (including the upcoming match at Somerset Park).

Sorry : didn't look far enough down the topic list. Thought we might be getting near a record.

As someone else said, a lot of these draws have been against teams we really should be beating : don't want to end up playing catch up as we did last year eventually running out of matches.

Seven draws in a row in senior football : has to be some sort of record (for ICT or any other club)?

As ICT progressed through the divisions, no matter the opposition you always felt they were capable of scoring and a match for anyone. Same when they reached the SPL.

Admittedly I haven't seen a lot of matches over the last few seasons but watching them now is a bit depressing. No stand out players and little quality.

Perhaps it's a commentary on Scottish football in general?

Rather depressing overall. Ayr and County have opened up a gap at the top and by the sounds of it, the Arabs are getting their act together under their new boss.

Two goals In the last five matches says it all. It has been clear from day one that our attackers lack finishing ability. Today although Alloa looked slicker than us a lot of the time, we had a handful of decent chances but lacked the composure / ability to take them.

Need to go up about three gears to have any chance of a play off place.

Much more like it : my youngest son was there. He said we were well worth the win on the 2nd half performance.

Everyone seems to be picking up points from each other, so keep scoring the goals and we can win the league. Defence seems relatively solid.

Watched the highlights the other night : should have hit double figures. I realise they are only highlights but so many chances to win 4 or 5 matches.

No point in dominating matches if you can't finish the job

All sounds depressingly familiar :  too often we are on top and fail to finish teams off. Two league games in  row where we had a one man advantage at home and failed to finish off the job (including missed penalty!). We should have 9 points and not 5.

Blindingly obvious that our main problems are up front (not to excuse defensive blunders).

With all teams taking points off each other, even at this early stage of the season, there is no stand out team (same last season with the exception of St Mirren), so get our act together and there is no reason we can't win the league (wishful thinking perhaps).

3 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said:

Surely the club wanted to at least get through to the second round of the cup they won last season?  So why did Robertson change so many players? Especially considering that we don't have a game thìs Saturday. We went all out to win this trophy last season by playing our best eleven, so why did we not give it our alĺ this time?

Again, it was obvious that the team needed width, which only happened when Walsh was introduced as a sub in the second half,  that gave us Calder on the left and Walsh on the right snd they started to get behind their back four and get crosses in. We had so many chances just begging for the right touch, but no, it wasn't to happen, and then Polworth gives the ball away on the half way line, and the rest is history. I know it's early in the season, but I'm having a bad feeling about this season already.

Agree 100% with the sentiment. The signs this early don't inspire confidence.

Worrying that we can't beat a team who played the majority of the match with 10 men.

One goal in 180 minutes doesn't bode well : it was clear from last week's evidence (match should have been over by half time) that we are not sharp enough up front.

Defence seems capable enough so it's pretty clear where most of the attention needs to go.