Oddquine

Exactly. Very sensible post. I'm still wondering what qualifications Graeme Bennett has to be Director of Football, for example. It kinda worries me, when you go to the Director's page on the ICT website, and every one of them are advertising their businesses and not telling us of their footballing CVs. Makes the cynical wonder if ICT is just a vehicle for getting their businesses in the public eye furth of the local community. Imo, that is a Highland League standard, not the standard for even the SFL, far less the Premier League. Have a read of the Ross County FC website and see if you can find their Directors promoting their businesses via the official website bar as Match/Ball/ Man of the Match etc sponsors. I also kinda wonder just how many in the main stand are truly ICT supporters at all, and how many are "guests" of the directors. I know that when ICT were in the Premier League, the Clydedale Bank were entitled to seats for "corporate hospitality".....and it would not surprise me at all if the same entitlement does not apply to the businesses connected with the directors.

Think Eagle heard you!

Good post. But how do you bring youngsters on and give them experience without losing games........when there will undoubtedly be people then coming on here and complaining that the youngsters should not have had a chance and Butcher picked the wrong team/subs again? It is counter-productive to be talking about getting rid of a manager four games into the season. Just had a visit from a Dundee fan who is no more pleased with Dundee's performance to date, and they did have money to spend..........but he is not baying for Jocky Scott's blood and is prepared to give the team a chance to bed in with most of the season still to go. Maybe an idea for ICT fans?

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought young players were discouraged from signing long contracts but that clubs are entitled to reasonable compensation if they were to move on. I think that is correct. Certainly to under-17 level the contracts are renewed......or not......annually, and I would assume the same would apply to under-19 level as well unless they have been offered full-time contracts. If youth players move on while still contracted to the club, the club is entitled to recoup a set amount for each year the player has been contracted in to the youth system.