dougal

I'm a slightly worried man tonight, looking at the League tables of the SPL and the first division brings me out in a cold sweat despite the fact i'm trying to block the scenario out with some Staropramen The unthinkable is us getting relegated and being replaced by the peg sellers I think i'm right in saying that we have never finished below them in our 17years existence other than the debut season and that was probably due to the jaggies IMO this has the potential to be a dagger in the heart to ICT and something we could take years to recover from, our success has always been built on the fact that we were and always have been the number1 team in the Highlands Whats even worse is the fact that if they did get promotion theres a possibilty they could be playing their home games at the Caledonian Stadium due to their hovel not being compliant for the SPL To be honest I wouldn't mind them getting promoted as the highland derbies will return but certainly not at the expense of us dougal

I couldn't have put it any better myself you obviously are a man of great wisdom IMO Butcher should cross the Kessock Bridge in January with cap in hand , apologise to Grantie and get him back to the Club he loves and grew up with One thing is for certain had Grant still have been here we wouldn't have conceded two goals every game which is the sad statsitic at the moment Finally I also agree with you on your last point as well next week now becomes a six pointer dougal

4-5-1 formation today if i'm not mistaken with Djebi-Tade up front on his own Now I occasionally get slagged off for being negative but what does that make Terry Butcher and his tactics this afternoon?????? Seems to me the management team set out for a draw today which simply isn't good enough and short changes the travelling ICT fans dougal

I agree with you DALNEIGHCALEY, this is a ludicrous time to be handing out new contracts while we are sitting at the foot of the table, total madness!!!! That fella Laurence was ridiculed by almost everyone on here but this decision beggers belief IMO it really does, he's probably having a right good chuckle at this tonight I personally would have waited till January before discussions took place that way we would have had more first team players back from injury and hopefully be in a much healthier league position If results improve and we start to climb the table that is the time to dish out rewards not when we are on the back foot, check my previous posts as i've already stated this opinion on a previous thread in case i get accused off fishing As usual the site admin and moderating team can only see nothing but positives my advice to them would be its time they entered the real world and accept there are some of us who are not scared to voice our opinions because it differs from theirs dougal

Ok we are conceding an average of 2 goals a game at present which in my opinion could have increased to 4 if it wasn't for Ryan Esson in goals Now I'm not going to come on here and tell Terry and Mo how to do their jobs but i'm genuinely worried that they haven't sussed out that we have major defensive problems Lets Look at their pedigree; Terry Butcher vastly experienced defender for Ipswich and the Orcs, played throughout Europe for both clubs and accumulated 77 caps for England Maurice Malpas vastly experienced defender for Dundee Utd,played throughout Europe and accumulated 55 caps for Scotland You could argue that both players were first class defenders so why do they seem unable to put out a defence that doesn't resemble a sieve 1.Have they signed too many kids without the necessary experience to survive in the hustle and bustle of Scottish football? 2.Is Tokely finished? 3.Is their language barrier problems Gillet,Piermayr,Golobart? Discuss dougal

In the last 30years 4 different Scottish Clubs have reached major European finals, considering Scotland is a tiny nation in Europe if you ask me they are punching well above their weight Aberdeen beat Real Madrid in the ECW final 1983 Gothenburg beat Dundee Utd in the UEFA final 1987 Porto beat Celtic in the UEFA final 2003 Zenit beat Rangers in the UEFA final 2008 All Scottish clubs reached their finals in a 10/12 club premier league, the problem is not the size of the league its the money in the game going to the bigger nations dougal ABERDEEN JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE WHAT HAS PROVEN TO BE THE WORLD's MOST SUCCESSFUL MANAGER WRONG THIS WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MANAGER OF ALL TIME BEFORE FOOTBALL WAS RUINED BY MONEY AND FOREIGN IMPORTS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDLV06ECTwE&feature=related GOD BLESS YOU BRIAN RIP dougal

Are you for real? Septic FC ashamed of nothing offended by everything We have English players so why shouldn't we fly the St Georges flag at Parkhead, and on the other hand we should fly the Tricolour at Ibrox in recognition of our Irish boys Stop pandering to the Old firm who cares what they think I certainly don't Not really sure what your agenda is but we don't want this west of Scotland rubbish up here in the Highlands dougal

In the last 30years 4 different Scottish Clubs have reached major European finals, considering Scotland is a tiny nation in Europe if you ask me they are punching well above their weight Aberdeen beat Real Madrid in the ECW final 1983 Gothenburg beat Dundee Utd in the UEFA final 1987 Porto beat Celtic in the UEFA final 2003 Zenit beat Rangers in the UEFA final 2008 All Scottish clubs reached their finals in a 10/12 club premier league, the problem is not the size of the league its the money in the game going to the bigger nations dougal

I would hope so too,now this is the kind of project the Supporters trust should be getting involved in IMO I think the kind of seating/terracing in that photo would be ideal for both the north and south stands at TCS, we must try and get some atmosphere at our home games and I can see this helping so fair play to the Septics for approaching the SPL with this proposal You will no doubt still get some folk against this but we could move the wifees and old yins to the main stand so it keeps everyone happy dougal

100% approval from me Yngwie IMO one of the few positives so far this season, I just find it surprising its taken the club this long to sort out the event, think most of us realise that the departure of Grant Munro is the main reason why we now have the worst defence in the SPL I'll certainly attend the game but I will give the dinner a miss I don't want to be bored to tears by members of the ICT supporters trust All the best Grant and Russel you both fully deserve the recognition dougal

Golobart going back to Wigan would certainly be a positive IMO , I know that sounds harsh but I honestly don't think the lad is ready for the frantic style of Scottish football his match losing mistakes in the few games he's played already back this up I'm afraid there will be more of these howlers before he adapts to the Scottish game, having said that what could he have possibly learnt at Wigan which is a rugby league town? He's certainly won't have learnt anything from Gary Caldwell other than how NOT to defend, maybe thats the style we are seeing? dougal

The more I hear about the supporters trust the more it seems to resemble the WRVS are both organisations connected in some way? dougal

Poor first half reasonably good second half Think everyone including myself would have taken a draw before kick off so a point gained in my book Jury still out on Tade though despite his goal, his lack of ball control scares me at times dougal

Sadly this now seems to be the norm at TCS We definitely seem to have a lot more wifees or tartan rug brigaders in our support than other teams in the SPL the question is why??? You only have to read the North of Scotland Cup final thread, the ICT supporters club seem to have been baking cakes at half time I know i'm repeating myself here but stadium location and layout is also a main factor in my opinion, an enclosed stadium with four sides is far better at keeping the atmosphere within the ground Atmosphere will never improve while we remain at the dump dougal

Far too early to give my opinion yet sooz, I'll wait till the run up to Xmas before i'll comment that way they should all have played more regularly and settled in My real worry is the majority are inexperienced kids while we punted experience(Munro and Duncan) dougal

Fair enough Tug, green dot right back at you dougal

You are starting to sound like a Septic fan Alex I'm certainly no fan of said referee but its wrong of you to say he has some sort of anti-ICT agenda dougal

I haven't done a Poll for absolutely ages so here goes Not sure what forum this should be in so mods feel free to move it if you want but it effects all ICT fans on here IMO Whats everyone's thoughts on this reputation voting system on this site? IMO it seems to have been shamelessly stolen from Pie & Bovril but I stand corrected if i'm wrong What I want to know is what exactly is the point of the whole thing? As far as I can see certain users(me included) get targeted by the red dot brigade, while certain other users and their amigo's just green dot each other no matter what they post Surely it would be better for each individual poster to see who is dishing out the green or red dots, that way there is no secrecy and underhand voting I've voted option 3, keep it going but change it so it lets us see who is green or red dotting each post The mods certainly seem to be able to see who dishes out the green and red dots so why can't we???? Thoughts dougal

I very rarely agree with anything you have to say but you are spot on here Green dot for you 12th Man The longman site is the worst possible site to have a football stadium, I just can't understand how ICT got away with it due to its close proximity to the A9 and the crazy congestion it causes on match days dougal

Bit of advice sotonict I wouldn't put your mobile number up on here, ask folk to pm you that way you hopefully won't get targeted by weirdo's I'd steer clear of IHE if I was you as there is always a danger you'll either not get into the ground or get ejected not long after the game starts Get a ticket for the main stand as there are a lot more knowledgeable football fans in there like myself dougal

Don't see whats remotely positive?? All you Bannerman,CaleyD and that strange finger fella have achieved is to stir/wind up some of the pre-merger fans and open up some of the wounds that were healing quite nicely till this publication was put on line I tip my hat off to you if this was a fishing trip though as you've certainly had a few bites I've ran out of red dots but you'll be getting one tomorrow when I log back on dougal

Since when did Stevie Tosh or Robbie Williamson become ICT legends????? seems a bit of false advertising went on I attended Grant Street and thoroughly enjoyed the football despite Clach getting turned over 1-4 by a very good Turriff Utd side I wish Clach all the best for the remainder of the season, some very good young players in their team and I will definitely make the effort to see them more this season dougal

I agree the black sleeves look ridiculous It would have looked slightly better without the black but its too like an Orc away strip for me dougal

In my opinion "Against all odds" always seemed a strange title to me, more fitting would have been "Pro-merger Propaganda" Again IMO a very one sided view of the merger written by a self-confessed pro-merger author, wouldn't it have been great had the Caley and Thistle fanzine guys got together to give their sides of the story, at least then we could have both sides to mull over??? Anyway I'm off to download the new chapter lets hope theres not too many spelling mistakes dougal

Aye, grouse shooteen is all perfectly ordinary guys wi' Unvarness ocksents kumeen off shift at the Sports Centre or a factory doon the Longman an' driveen up the moors in their Ford Fiestas an' they're dooeen it all in the name of konsarvayshun and employeen locals with not the slightest hint of enjoyment at blasting away like maniacs at defenceless birds. And of course - not a toff in sight..... IMO you should stick to the Athletics Bannerman and leave the football and grouse shooting to the ones who have much more an in depth knowledge off both sports Anyway is it no time you changed that shirt and tie that you wear week in/ week out in the local rag :biggrin: dougal