dougal

Ok I admit the whitecaps website looks professional and well set out but that's what the yanks/Canadians etc are good at I.e advertising a product with all the razzmatazz etc making it look a lot better than it actually is Your comment regarding the MLS being the top league in the world in ten years is ludicrous in my opinion, the yanks have tried it before and spectacularly failed. American Football and Ice Hockey will always be the most popular games in a yanks head For you to say they will have a better league than in Spain,Italy,Germany,England,Brazil or Argentina I can only think you are on the fishing trip and you've hooked me Whether you like it or not us Europeans see the MLS as it is where pros at the ends of their careers go to make a quick buck before they retire Heres a list of has beens who were quality players but were all well past their best when they arrived in America Pele George Best Richard Gough David Beckham le petite merde aka Mo Johnston is he still there somewhere? I'm sure if I googled it there would be a lot more to back up my point Dougal

Apology accepted Tichy but I think you'll find I do have a clue Terry the ex Orc captain who won't hear a bad word about the defunct oldco Rangers who has already been outspoken at an early stage of them going into administration saying it would be a catastrophe for Scottish football if a team of Orcs was not in thetop league of Scottish football Malpas in my opinion a huge Rangers fan who would definitely been at Ibronx had he not been with the most successful Dundee Utd team in their history which coincided with the Orcs being at the worst in theirs I still remember his anti Celtic jibes at that time in the 80's and that's when I figured out his persuasion With Newco now in the depths of Scottish football I wouldn't be surprised in the least that they will continue to forge their management duo at some stage while Newco in a league that better suits their style Dougal

^^^^^^ Old Rangers was his big team Dougal

Yeah mud sticks and I agree with you on this ender Instead of CaleyThistleOnline this forum will be given the new title by other fans CaleyThistleOrcline My worry and fear is how come we always seem to do things wrong while our neighbours from up the road do things right It certainly looks like as well as having a management duo of rangers we now seem to have a board of similar persuasion We deserve better Dougal

I never knew Canadians played football or should that be soccer!!!! Other than ex pats I thought the locals just watched Ice Hockey The fact that Barry Robson is one of the top players at 34 doesn't say a lot about the standard though if I'm honest Fair play to Barry though if he's cashing it in at this very late stage of his career Dougal

To be honest I'm not surprised at the statement or the timing of it's release Since the formation of this club we the fans have been treated as second class citizens not only by this board but by all the previous boards This club has never been about the fans it's always been about the money and the power struggles at board level while they jostle to get the top positions and the most media exposure Let's be brutally honest there would have been NO merger had it only been about the football and NOT the money What we now see is a complete u turn and for them to pander to the Newco Orcs is a despicably low and sickening act We have become the laughing stock of Scottish football overnight, there are even talks of boycotts on P&B and other fans forums What's been created is not a football club for the fans but a plastic franchise governed only by money for the businessmen We deserve better Dougal

Has to be a 100% NO from me to letting them in to desecrate the north stand, I can't believe some of our so called supporters would even suggest such a disgusting and vile act It's already bad enough having to sit among these drunken tattooed neanderthals at our games as it is without encouraging anymore through the home gates Dougal

That line up fills me with as much excitement as it would developing a bad dose of haemorrhoids It seems a life time ago now since we welcomed the likes of Real Sociedad or Royal Antwerp After the disastrous preseason last year I thought it would have been a priority for the club this summer to organise at least two glamour friendlies against some quality opposition No disrespect to the highland league teams but they are simply not good enough to provide an SPL team with meaningful workouts Playing vastly inferior opposition achieves nothing in my book and will only result in us having a very poor start to the season when the real action starts Dougal

Dear Mr Cameron This will be the most important vote this club has had to make since the votes in 1993 Now in them days the existing fans were clearly shafted resulting in a very large numbers of stayaways which still has repercussions to this day hence our average attendance Call it a warning from history but I sincerely hope the club has learnt from the catastrophic mistakes from the past and vote a 100% NO to re-admitting a Newco to the SPL The last thing this club needs is to increase it's number of refuseniks all be it for a totally different reason I've not emailed the club this but if CaleyD could read it in it's entirety at the next supporters trust get together with the club I would be very grateful Regards Dougal

IMO this is without doubt a last ditch attempt to ensure the Newco remain in the top flight of Scottish football A freemasonic smoke screen to try and get the fans back on side while they sneakily usher the Orcs through the back door when no-one is looking Dougal

Ok I did read that there are cheaper deals somewhere on the uncovered areas at either side of the main stand but let's face it who in their right mind would want to sit in these areas throughout a Scottish winter???? I would love to know who was responsible for designing that two uncovered add ons as it is an eyesore and I find it unbelievable that planning granted permission for it The least the club could do would be to try and cover both wings who knows it might encourage more fans justifying the cost to upgrade Dougal

I wish Gary well and hope he succeeds but there's a lot of pressure being placed on his shoulders being labeled the direct replacement for Ross Tokely It doesn't say much for the standard of the SPL though when non league English Players can make the transition from a diddy league in one country to the top flight in another Welcome to Inverness Gary I suggest the Tarry Isle for a good pint Dougal

One things for sure we are certainly in a dark place at this present moment, I'm going to sound like a happy clapper here but I think it's too early to press the panic button, yes I'm worried but not panicking yet We really have to wait and see what new players come in over the next eight weeks, by my reckoning we need at least seven new faces The pressure is on Terry to deliver this coming season and he needs to show us the fans a big improvement by Xmas because if not I think he will find himself going south on the A9 The situation reminds me of Custers last stand at the battle of the little bighorn, for terrys sake I hope it has a better outcome Dougal

http://www.thejailender.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/stadium-upgrade-continues.html Looks like I have been proved correct once again and the above photos are evidence that the peg sellers will have a very compact and atmospheric stadium this coming season I see the away stand is to hold just under 2000 fans it will be interesting to see if we can sell out are allocation at the up and coming highland derbies what with the falling numbers of our fans etc IMO there's a fair chance at least one or two of these derbies will hopefully be shown live on sky sports so it would be disappointing and embarrassing to see half full stands going out to world wide audiences Dougal

Good points oddquine whether we like it or not ICT definitely don't have the fanbase there are more football fans in the city that support other teams rather than their local team Now I have my opinions on why that is but I'll not go into it again knowing I will be verbally attacked but here are two links backing up my initial point http://www.invernessreds.co.uk/ http://www.spanglefish.com/invernessrosscountyindependentsupportersclub Along with all the old firm fans/buses that leave Inverness every Saturday that is a lot of any fans in anyone's book It's highly likely that Ross County will have a higher average attendance than us next season and yet Dingwalls population is less than 6000!!!!!! The apathy of the Invernessian football supporter Dougal

So where does everyone think Tokely will go next? If we were to be totally honest maybe another season in the SPL would have been a step too far, anyone who's played footie to a decent level like myself all be it amateur in my case know when the legs start to go, in Butchers defence maybe he sussed this by watching Ross in training every day I can't see him going to County somehow, don't think he would fancy it never mind the County fans, my guess would be it won't be an SPL club but I suppose it will all depend on how far he wants to uproot Thoughts? Dougal

Where does this 'temporary' stand come from. These stands are far from temporary. If I was you I'd buy tickets for the Scottish Golf Open at Castle Stuart later in the summer, there you will see plenty temporary stands very similar to our own, wooden spongey flooring that can be dismantled as quickly as they were erected We only have one permanent stand and that is the main stand. Dougal

Wait a minute how exactly am I blasting the club I merely commented that season tickets are down but I'd be delighted if I was proved wrong and this was not the case but I seriously doubt it For the record I applaud the shop for coming on here and reiterating to the fans about the early bird incentive as its good PR I've already stated I wont be purchasing one and I'll be picking and choosing my games this year along with the odd County and Clach game providing they are at home when we are away, if anyone has a problem with that I couldnt care one hoot Think someone needs a holiday or a short break, I hear bus tours are a good way to chill out, take Macleod you could even class it as a CTO mod/admin jolly to recharge the batteries Dougal

Hey look on the bright side Alex the above predicament of the club will bring back memories of supporting your club in the so called great days of yore you keep harping on about Thistle all end in tears Dougal

IMHO Butchers coat is already on a shoogly hook in his office at TCS, the pressure is building on him to deliver and to deliver quick although time is fast running out Can you imagine the fallout from a heavy defeat at the first highland derby with Mr Munro and Mr Tokely if he signs for them on the scoresheet it's not worth thinking about but it could easily happen and something we should all prepare for Serious question has Butcher given up or feel he's taken the club as far as he can? I could be wrong but I bet in the back of his mind he's still got an eye on a coaching position with the newco Orcs along with his mate McCoist Dougal

If there was ever a post highlighting the lack of season tickets purchased to date this is it When the club shop resorts to pleading requests it's a fair indication that things aren't too rosey in the garden Dougal

Good to see your optimism Dougal!! I take it you didn't appreciate David Davis and Roman Golobart then? Personally I'd be delighted to welcome a similar batch of "loanee diddies". Ok Davis was quality but let's face it he didn't have ICT at heart he was here for limited game practice which is not good for team spirit I'll admit Golobart had good games but he was prone to big bombscare mistakes and the fact that he was behind Gary Caldwell in the pecking order at Wigan says it all to me Dougal

What with the latest revelations regarding Tokely the queue of disgruntled ex players is growing each day Let's take a reality check there are going to be many ex players who are going to try that little bit harder against us next season Munro,Duncan,Vigurs,Imrie,Tade,Mackay-Steven,Rankin and now Tokely Any more to this queue? From that list i wouldn't bet against any of them scoring against us, ICT have created a monster in my opinion Dougal

Faces or faeces? Not sure if there's a typo in the thread title or not I'm just anticipating the next batch of loanee diddies from England to arrive Dougal

The way Tokely has been treated I doubt very much the club would rename the stand or anything else for that matter after him Anyway if I has that monstrosity of a temporary stand named after me I would find that quite insulting, a bronze statute outside the main entrance would be more apt in my opinion Dougal