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Absolutely! And if he thought the ball was within his area, he would have clutched it with both hands. It is hard to imagine a much clearer goal scoring opportunity than Haaland would have had. Perhaps VAR were confusing Haaland with Hojlund, in which case they might have been justified in thinking there was little chance of him scoring. Glad that Palace won though. Love to watch Eze play.

Big Dunc's comments about our club and the fans show him as a little man in terms of taking responsibility for his own failings. He criticises the club's facilities as a disgrace, and whilst we all know they are pretty poor, he should have ensured he knew what facilities the club had before he took the post. Or was he just so desperate for a job that he didn't even bother to find out the first thing about the club before taking the money? He criticises the fans for not liking his style of football. He suggests we would rather see a caber being tossed but that he likes his teams to play football. Well, the problem was that the fans want to see a footballing team and we weren't getting that with his over-emphasis on possession. Not only has the football been far more entertaining since he left, it has also been far more successful, despite his successor having to lose players due to the administration and having restrictions on what players could be brought in. He also criticises the fans for abuse of his son, Cameron. Now, I don't condone the abuse young Cameron got in any way, but he wouldn't have got any abuse if he hadn't have been here. Big Dunc seems to take no responsibility for his nepotism of putting his son into a team well above the ability of the poor lad. He wasn't good enough and he shouldn't have been here. He criticises the Board (fair enough!) but makes absolutely no mention of our former CEO who took the credit for signing Big Dunc and who therefore would have had a responsibility for appraising him of the facilities and circumstances of the club. It seems Big Dunc isn't big enough to say anything about the person most people feel is most responsible for the club's problems and consequently for his redundancy.

There's a lot of money in football, but much of it ends up going out of football far too soon. If you are on the National Living wage for your entire working life, you can expect to earn just over £1m in that time. Top footballers earn more than that in less than a month. It is absurd. And over and above their salaries, they will be getting money from marketing deals. What on earth can anyone sensibly do with that kind of money? I know they have to pay tax and there is always the risk of an early career ending injury, but on a year's salary they can buy and furnish a luxury house and invest the rest to be able live comfortably without having to kick a ball or do a day's work ever again. Meanwhile, good players in the lower leagues are giving 100% week in, week out for minimum wages at clubs struggling to survive. It really is quite obscene. I appreciate the value of market forces in an economy, but surely there needs to be some kind of wage cap and mechanism to distribute more money to support football at lower levels. I know millions of people want to watch wonderful games like Tuesday's game between Inter Milan and Barcelona, but we need to remember that games like that would never happen if the foundations of the game at lower levels were not solid and able to attract young players into the game. Of course, none of that helps the difficulties at Inverness just now, but it does serve to highlight what has been said above about the need for some financial stability in the club if we are ever to be competitive at the higher levels of Scottish football again.

Given where we were when Scott took over and all the constraints he has faced due to the administration process, to finish 7th is just an absolutely brilliant achievement. Many congratulations to Scott and all the team and backroom staff for rediscovering the togetherness.

That would be 50,000 more copies than he wanted of "Milestones and Memories".

Montrose getting a late equaliser doesn't help either. Just to think, 10 years ago we were at Hampden beating Celtic 3-2 in the cup semi-final. What a great day that was! Maybe in 10 years time we'll be back there and the experience will be all the sweeter for having come through the bad times.

Given that we play all sides twice both home and away, another way of comparing the records of SK and DF is to look at how we did with SK in charge of the corresponding fixtures of the 10 games DF was in charge of at the beginning of the season. For example, Ist game of the season was a 1-1 draw at Dumbarton, but when we played them away 2nd time round we won 2-0. So DF's record in his 10 league games this season was: W2, D6, L2, F7, A 7, Pts 12. In the corresponding fixtures later on, SK's record was: W5, D2, L3, F14, A 11, Pts 17. That's probably as good a like for like comparison as we can get, although there will be loads of caveats here as well, no doubt. You can draw your own conclusions, but I would be very happy to see Scott as the manager next season.

I couldn't make my mind up whether to bequeath my shares to Doofer or to the Supporters Trust. At least that's one thing I don't need to worry about now!

It's not just allowing the members to have their say, it is having an opportunity for the Trust Board to explain to members what they plan to do in relation to their shares and their voting rights and for members to ask questions relating to that. Since Gardiner has gone and is no longer able to obstruct the Trust in all it tried to do, the Trust has been doing a brilliant job in supporting the club. I hope that they have been having discussions with AS about how they can be involved in the decision making process going forward. Now that AS has been confirmed as preferred bidder, it might now be appropriate for the Trust say a little bit more than they would have been able to say earlier and an EGM would be a good place to do it. Like Don, I am not a fan of what is being done or how it is being done, but I don't see any viable alternative. I do believe that Alan Savage has the good of the club at heart, but there remains a little niggle that with total control, he could sell out to the likes of Ketan Makwana who, according to the Courier has now appointed a certain Scot Gardiner as one of his specialist Advisors!

Got the email yesterday and the formal letter in the post this morning.

My concerns about a new stadium would be the size. If it makes good financial sense to move to the UHI site, then we need a stadium which will accommodate the likely crowds should we find ourselves in the top flight at some stage. There is no reason why we shouldn't, and If league reconstruction increases the number in the top flight, it would be an even more likely scenario. Even in the 2nd tier, we can expect bigger crowds for cup games from time to time. I hope that when AS talks about a smaller ground, he is referring to the footprint of the stadium. A stadium with the same capacity, but with a steeper rake and without all the wasted space between the pitch and the front row of seats would both take up a smaller footprint and provide for a better view and a much better atmosphere. Having a much more fan friendly and atmospheric stadium could be a significant factor in attracting more people to come to games and then to persuade them to come more regularly. The Supporters Trust's Matchday Survey highlighted several factors about our current ground which were felt to be poor. Fans responding to the survey came up with a wide range of ideas to make the matchday experience better. So, whether we stay or move, I would urge the future management team to have a good look at the survey and build in some of the ideas to future plans. Alan, Charlie, in case you haven't seen the survey, you can find the fans' views here.

It was a shite performance. I just hope it won't persuade Alan Savage to withdraw his offer!

Let's hope it was just "one of those days". That was my first away game for quite a while and it was so disappointing to see such a poor performance from the boys. Despite disappointing results in the last 2 home games, they played much better in those than in this dismal defeat. As Scott says, we weren't too bad to start out with and we got into a lead with a smartly worked goal from a quick free kick. Unfortunately, we conceded a soft goal soon after and from then on Queens seemed to be fired up and our heads went down. With Savage missing from the back line and Nolan taking a knock and having to be replaced early in the 2nd half, we needed the midfield and front players to step up and keep the ball at the other end. Instead it was pretty pedestrian stuff with nothing like enough movement or driving forward. Queens showed them often enough how to do it and were quicker and more positive than us all over the park. We can maybe moan about the disallowed goal and the failure of the ref to award a stonewall penalty, but the fact is that for the last 60 minutes of the match we were totally outplayed. I looked over to the technical area and I had this image of Big Dunc standing there in his pullover in the driving rain, hands by his side and making occasional gestures to a player to pass the ball backwards or not to encroach beyond the half way line. Yes, it really was that bad!

Given where we are, this has to be a welcome development. It does, however, as CaleyD and Charles point out, raise some significant questions, especially for those of us with little knowledge of business law. As a minor shareholder, I don't have a problem with losing my shareholding if it helps to save the club. What I don't understand is why AS feels the need to have 100% of the shares or what the mechanism would be to legally and rapidly, transfer all the shareholding to his new company. History has shown, that whenever the Board has a vote at the AGM, the vast majority go along with the Board, even though people may have reservations about what the Board is doing. Given more recent history, shareholders might not be quite so trusting in the future, but with people in charge with a better track record, the Board is still likely to get the benefit of any doubt from shareholders. If the shares are transferred from Inverness Thistle and Caledonian FC Ltd to the new company, then I am assuming that the club (Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC) and assets also transfer over. This would mean that the current company would cease to trade and the current Directors are history. If so, then it begs the question of who the Directors of the new company might be. I guess much would depend on who is prepared to put money into the club and the discussions AS will have with them and others. I am sure the Supporters Trust will be in discussion behind the scenes regarding their position. It seems to me that AS has been working well with the Trust and he has seen first hand the excellent work they have been doing for the club. There really must be a greater fan influence and input into the club going forward, and therefore I would have though AS's plans should include a stronger position for the Supporter's Trust than his proposals currently suggest. It would have been good if AS could have said that whilst Board membership will depend on how things progress, it would be his intention to have a Supporter's Trust representative on the Board.

Talking of certainties, Dumbarton are now definitely relegated as their failure to win today means they can't catch Annan.

We've edged a point further away from Annan, which is positive, but after such a bright start it seemed like a defeat when we all trooped out of the stadium. In truth, we should have scored 4 what with hitting the woodwork twice and missing a penalty. We could have eased out as comfortable winners but as it was, we were lucky to escape with a draw with Alloa hitting the woodwork and having a goal ruled off towards the end. Remi's red card will likely have an impact in the games he'll miss, but I think we have enough quality and desire in the team to keep ahead of Annan.

He’s in the starting lineup for Malta in their World Cup qualifier against Finland tonight.

Maybe we can get Donald Trump to broker a deal?

So, if the major creditors are "willing to do what is right by the club" and there are potential investors who are not willing to put in an offer because of the level of debts owed to creditors, what's the problem? What have the administrators been doing for the past few months beyond raking in a lot of Alan Savage's money? It is surely reasonable for the creditors to be involved in some level of discussion with potential investors. If that were that to happen, then the creditors' stated willingness to write off most of their loans can be put to the test.

Well said, Charles. Morrison has been spectacularly incompetent over his time as Chairman and now wants others to dig deep into their pockets to pay back his loan. Has the man absolutely no shame at all? He is not the only one to blame though. There would have been no secured loan unless his colleagues on the Board agreed to it. They, surely also have some moral responsibility to dig deep into their pockets to get the club out of the mess that they helped to create. There are a lot of people at the club, from Alan Savage to matchday volunteers who are doing a brilliant job trying to save the club. It is heartbreaking to think that all their efforts could be for nothing at the end of the day. The club certainly can still be saved as there are people who would be keen to put money into the club. The thing is, they are not prepared to pay £1.5M to the man who got the club into this mess. Nobody should loan money that they can't afford to lose. It is time that Morrison accepted that the money is gone. In accepting that, he could make sure the club does not disappear as well. Come on, man. A city is waiting for you to finally do the decent thing.

I didn't hear it, but as I shareholder I can say I have not received any communication. Communications have previously been sent electronically. If it has been put in the post, I might be able to provide an update sometime next week!

Absolutely brilliant performance. After a terrific early goal, Stenhousemuir got themselves back in the game and then Bavidge had to go off with an injury. I thought then that despite the early flourish, it might not be our night. How wrong I was! The effort from all the players was excellent. They were always looking to get the ball forward and there were several passages of quick and accurate passing which caused a good Stenhousemuir side all sorts of problems. What a contrast to the early part of the season! Big Dunc should watch a video of the game so that he can understand why he's still out of a job. We should beat Annan at the weekend. If we do, we will be 8 points clear of them with just 7 games left and a vastly superior goal difference. If we can maintain this level of performance then we should be mathematically safe from relegation comfortably before the end of the season. Achieving that status might be a key factor in sorting out issues off the field earlier than might otherwise be the case.

And it's obviously working. After all, everyone went mental after Alfie scored on Saturday!

We've played better, but I thought we deserved to win. We were over-cautious in the first half as if we were worried that committing players forward would provide opportunities for the in-form Stirton if we lost possession. In truth, he barely got a look in all afternoon. We were more positive in the 2nd half and created a lot of opportunities but the ball didn't quite run for us in the box. The stats of 16 attempts on goal and 7 corners does not suggest an overall lack of positivity. When we finally got the goal it was an absolute stunner. Remi had been playing safe balls all afternoon, but he suddenly played a great cross-field ball to Danny Devine who, for some reason, had popped up on the right of the opposition box. He played it side-footed on the volley behind the defenders and Keith Bray met it with a superb diving header and past a bemused keeper. Surely up there with the best goals we've ever scored. Whilst disappointing not to win, I am confident that we have the quality and desire in the squad to be comfortably clear of the threat of relegation by the end of the season.

I think The Rangers' problems go deeper than the coaching staff. Think they need a new CEO. Does anyone know of a CEO who has lost his job recently?