dougal

You were serially slaughtered and rightly so. All very well back tracking now after it all went pear shaped for you. Typical Journo. Let’s be honest here Chrome Dome you wouldn’t know a football environment if it jumped up and slapped you in the coupon. I’m amazed some so called fans are still that blinkered regarding the financial difficulties ICT are currently in. We are at a crossroads here where part time football may well be forced upon us it might not be an option Einstein. Relegation is a stark possibility this year we are now in March and the future is bleak. Appointing DF has put up a temporary smokescreen and kept the unrest at arms length at present but that will quickly change the longer the current form persists. Going part time would rid the club of the deadwood throughout from top to bottom and it would give us the opportunity to effectively start again. You were the same country bumpkin from memory albeit in a different guise that told me Brora Rangers would never win the highland league and I was proved right then. Be careful what you wish for. Dougal

Well said Danger You know and I know there are large areas of Inverness who hate us profoundly I.e the communities of Dalneigh and Merkinch being two examples but sadly there are plenty more, they want us to fail and are delighted how much we are in free fall. ICT are a business catastrophe when you compare us to our neighbours 14 miles north. Look at the advertising for example around both pitches they have massive multi national companies pumping money into them while we have one man bands and local yokels etc Our advertising is more suited to a highland league outfit. Many business want nothing to do with ICT especially after the concert debacle but being honest the problem was there long before that. You are 100% right a city of 75k should be able to support a competitive full time senior football team easily. Would dropping down to part time status be such a bad think and regrouping it certainly would be better than administration or worse still liquidation. It happened to the orcs so it could happen to us. Dougal

Agreed even I’ve given Victor Meldrew a green dot. Dougal

Remember the young team have watched green street and as a result think they are some sort of wannabe ultras. We have plenty previous of this type of behaviour they need named and shamed and banned. It should not happen to any player regardless of ability but Billy Mackay is a true ICT legend he gives his all and he has done so every time he has pulled on the jersey so to do this to his son is deplorable. Vermin Dougal

Ender you could also argue that you have unearthed an X-ray photo between Bannerman’s two ears Dougal

Pot kettle black springs to mind if I was to correct you about your so called facts over the following years I’d be able to write and publish my own book . My point still stands that it’s outrageous a cash strapped council would throw 900k at ICT especially when it came out of the Inverness common good fund. Anyway I thought you left this forum after you threw all your toys out of the pram in inconsolable tears and a highly entertaining tantrum from memory. Not a man that keeps his word then eh? Again correct me if I’m wrong Dougal

A fair point Buckett on hindsight such a trip would indeed attract some of the worst type of Invenessians I.e the local press the pretend journalists the free loaders and the hanger onners!! Probably do more damage to Inverness than good. Dougal

ICT and sevco’s close friendship must suit you nicely give you a chance to air your old Union Jack Dougal

Sorry I’m not following you if it wasn’t for the amount of incomers there would be no ICT so I applaud them fervently. My gripe is the lack of invernessian input or support so I’m targeting the locals that don’t attend or engage. Dougal

So can whoever is playing Duncan’s inflated wages not foot the bill for the German trip? Fail to see how you know who is paying what are you on the board ? Dougal

I compare the IcT board since 2015 to the Celtic board of the 1980s once success was achieved they let it all slide away due to neglect and mismanagement. if it wasn’t for Fergus McCann coming in Celtic would have done a Rangers and died. Do we have a bunnet in the background to save us ? Dougal

^^^^ this is the short sightedness I talk about I think the above is more due to the fact that ICT fans willing to travel to yokel villages are thin on the ground. What do you think big Duncan is getting paid then ? what an odd post Dougal

You are certainly more local than the site admin, moderating team and the majority of predominant posters on here anyway. Respect Duke Regards Dougal

Tm4tj or Yngwie here is a positive post for you both Ok we are all used to short sightedness since ICT were born from various inept boards that’s something even the most fervent happy clappers can’t really argue with! Inverness is twinned with Augsburg in Germany has anyone from ICT ever thought of contacting FC Augsburg to strengthen the bonds further between the two cities. FC Augsburg are now an established bundesliga outfit would it not be great to get some of their fringe players over here to get game time it would greatly benefit both clubs. Their loanees would be far superior to the jobbers we attract from the Vauxhall conference or the seaside leagues. Even setting up pre season friendlies would be a positive first year in Scotland the next in Bavaria what’s not to like we could build up a strong firm friendship. ICT fans would travel for such a trip I know I would German beer and Bavarian women are marked upgrades for a start. Thoughts? Dougal

Sorry paisley I genuinely respect you but I won’t let it go I will take this one to my grave and nothing will change me even over exuberant moderating on here! I never picked the name the board did. I think it should have been Inverness United or city or plain Inverness. When you have more County fans that have an IV post code than ICT fans then there is something fundamentally wrong with the DNA. Dougal

The club has been on a terminal decline since winning the Scottish Cup how you can’t see that is beyond me. Question when you become a site admin or moderator is there a test you take to see if you pass regarding how big a happy clapper he or she is? I admire your stance but I see no positives at present. Dougal

I can understand incomers or non locals calling the team Caley, however invernessians who do so are complete and utter halfwits. Dougal

He’s sounding more like Yogi Hughes the more interviews he does. possibly less tactical though. Dougal

Welcome but it’s ICT not Caley. Caley were killed off in 1994 we are the newco similar to Sevco who are the old Rangers. Both predominantly blue but different entities Dougal

Afraid many of the lemmings have a very short memory when it comes to the Council. Correct me if I’m wrong but did the local authority not gift us 900k from the Inverness Common Good fund to push the merger through this was deemed ok but now the council are the bad guys because they are rightly hesitant in making any rash decisions regarding this battery debacle. Some posters on here need to think before they post. Dougal

Outstanding bait Yngwie Dougal

So big Dunc says we were dominant in the first half and created a lot of chances? Reality check here for all the happy clappers that lap this p1sh up, Arbroath are the only part time team in the top two divisions in Scotland so we should be more dominant and create more chances it’s not rocket science. I still believe part time football is on the horizon I would even go as far as saying that some of the so called guardians would welcome it. Im actually really looking forward to the Inverness Amateur League starting down the bught will be far more entertaining than watching a number of jobbers hoofing the ball about. One positive though we already look like a part time outfit on yesterdays performance so the transition from full time to part time should be an easy one. Dougal

There’s only one club who would get the red carpet treatment in Inverness and they also wear predominantly blue coincidently. This allegiance we have with Sevco is not healthy in my opinion. Do we really want to be known as the orcs from the north? Dougal

So that’s the start of the loanee jobbers arriving. Where’s all the superstars from ICT youth set we were all told about or was that another lie? Dougal

Hi Hearach Admittedly it’s been many years since I travelled on the supporters bus maybe late late 90’s early 20’s. From memory numerous blue rinses and some hairy legged men hating feminists thrown into the mix. It was quite intimating at first but the atmosphere lightened when the shortbread came out. Enjoy the cup cakes on Saturday. Dougal