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No reason why anyone should slag you off. That's a perfectly reasonable point you make. In addition, they need to see what interest other clubs may have in them. At the same time, they need to be aware that the contract offer that may be on the table here could be removed at any time for a variety of reasons. Some of them spend too much time listening to their agents.
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We can be very good but we lack consistency and adaptability and we lack a striker who can score regularly. Our top scorers in the league are Doran and White with 4 each. This, along with Partick is the lowest tally for top scorers for teams in the Championship. However, we have had 12 different players scoring which is more than any other side. There must be a message in that.
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FESTIVE FIVES - IT HAS GOT TO BE DONE !!
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We are now 13 points behind Utd. We may be 2nd in the league but we also only 13 points above Morton in the relegation play off spot. It's a very competitive league and with better resourced teams likely to strengthen in the January window, we will do well to hang on to a play off place. We need to be more clinical up front. It's maybe a shame Nathan Austin left us. He scored 4 for Kelty yesterday and I believe is averaging about 2 goals a game for them! It's a very important game next week. If Dundee Utd beat Ayr and Partick take something off Dundee, then a win against the Pars would see us with a wee bit of breathing space in second. But if the results go the other way then the the fight for the play off places closes up quite a bit.
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ICT Supporters Trust held its AGM last night at the Caley Club. Giving the Chair's annual report, Stewart Murdoch reported that the key areas of activity this last year had been around the membership lists (a system to collect annual membership fees is now in place), other administrative issues and the relationship with the Club. The previous Club Chairman and CEO had agreed to meet with members of the Trust Board but issues discussed had not made any real movement. Communications with new CEO Scot Gardiner have been more positive but we are yet to meet with the new Chairman. Changes in the Board Room and in the senior management structure of the club have not been conducive to developing the on-going, constructive relationship we would have liked, but we are hopeful that we can establish a programme of regular meetings as both the Trust and the Club come through their respective transition periods. We are now better placed to move forward and this should be reflected in more proactive engagement with the club and in more regular communications with the membership and the wider supporter body. Laura Grant, who had stood down from the Board by rotation, was elected back onto the Board without objection following an affirmation vote. Unfortunately, no further members of the Trust put themselves forward to join the Trust Board and the Board's membership remains at 7. The Board has no sub-committees. Activity is limited by the number of Board members we have and therefore we would be interested to hear from any members who would like to be considered for co-option on to the Board. We would also encourage other fans of the club to join the Supporters Trust as the more members we have, the stronger our influence can be in taking forward issues of concern to fans. People can join the Trust at membermojo.co.uk/ictst. Following the meeting, members were asked if there were any particular concerns they had which we could pick up with the club. The big concern centred around the Sports Bar and the way the doors were locked half an hour before kick off thereby denying access to fans coming to the ground on the Caley Club bus and others. There is also a related problem of access to the toilets from the main stand when the bar is open. The general attitude of stewards was mentioned with one member commenting that ladies handbags were required to be open for inspection both on entering the Sports Bar and subsequently at the turnstiles. There was a general consensus that ICT was perhaps the least welcoming club for fans in the Championship. Concern was expressed that these issues may well have prompted many people to vote with their feet. When the Club is facing a difficult financial situation, it simply can't afford to antagonise its own support in this way. These issues will be taken up with the club.
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Really good team performance today. I thought we had a really good team performance against Dundee, but today we moved up from that and were not only solid and tenacious but played some really good and often slick attacking football. Weather conditions were poor but you would never have known that from the way the lads played. Difficult to choose a MOTM as so many were excellent and there were no weak links. Donaldson and McCart were solid at the back, Trafford and Carson worked really well together in midfield whilst there seems to be a good understanding developing between White and Keatings. But today I would go for Miles Storey as this was by far the best performance I have seen from him since his return. When you consider the quality in the squad who did not start today, then I think we can look forward to the future with some confidence. Robbo has not had much funding to work with but he is building a very decent side. What we need now is for more people to turn up and watch. Nothing negative to say about our team but I thought the so called "honest men" were a disgrace. They might have been in serious trouble had we had a remotely competent referee. Some of the decisions were quite bizarre and he seemed to be totally blind to the constant pushes trips and tugs.
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HT. 1-0 FT. 2-1 ICT. Keatings Opp. Forrest Crowd. 2011
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It wasn't the most exciting game of football, but I came away with a smile on my face not just because we won, but because of the manner of the win. What I saw on Saturday was a really solid, professional team performance. We've not seem many of them of late. Players worked hard and were disciplined, they kept their shape and there was not the kind of niggling between team mates which has been creeping in recently. They worked hard for each other and you could see how much that win meant to them when the final whistle went. Dundee didn't look great but there's an old adage that you play as well as you are allowed to play. Dundee were chasing the game after our early goal but only managed 6 attempts at goal and one on target. To a very significant extent, that's a reflection of how well we did in stopping them playing. Sure they had more of the possession but they could do very little constructive with it and we were disciplined enough to stand off them and keep our shape. When we regained possession we also seemed a bit sharper on the break than sometimes. We always looked more likely to get the 2nd goal and the only disappointing thing for me was that we didn't get the 2nd goal our team performance deserved. Just to add that it is a shame nobody has voted for Kevin McHattie in the POTY poll. He doesn't often get into the starting line up but he had a very solid performance.
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Not the greatest draw but it is a tie we will be favourites for. There are no all Premiership ties so it may be a bit more difficult for smaller teams to find a way to the business end of the competition. Motherwell, County and Hibs all have difficult away ties against good Championship sides so that might provide a good marker as to how the standards in the 2 divisions compare.
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That'll be County then!
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The Scottish Cup is a great competition. There are always upsets that produce great memories for the fans of the smaller clubs. Yesterday both Bonnyrigg and BSC Glasgow put out league opposition whilst Auchinleck and Brora took Championship opposition to replays. Two other Championship sides were beaten by other lower league opposition. It promises to be an intriguing draw. A run to the latter stages would be really good for the club, so at this stage I would prefer a home game against lower league opposition. Having said that, as yesterday's results show, you cannot afford to underestimate any team that is in the draw so, whoever it is, we will need to give a good professional performance to progress.
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Absolutely terrific effort from the team today. Captain Carl led by example and made a brilliant clearance off the line in the first half to keep it at 1-0. Doran too led by example and must have run miles. He scored the goal but arguably should scored when through on the keeper and blasted another couple wide, but he did well to get in the positions to score in the first place. Carson and Trafford were excellent today. If they can play like that every week then when Welsh and Walsh are back, that will be some midfield we will have. A huge 3 points. Well done lads!
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The stats show us to have had more of the possession and most shots at goal, but we were laboured in possession and none of our attempts at goal carried much threat. Their keeper only had any serious work to do after the 90 minutes were up.
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It looked as though they were the only thing they were fit enough to practice last week. I enjoyed my Caramel Wafer at the start and the penalties at the end. Don't think I'll comment on the bit in between.
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It sounds as though some of the management team have been really very poorly indeed, Scott and Robbo in particular. The sickness bug has affected several of the players, so lets hope nobody else catches it now and wish everyone a speedy recovery. Credit to the club for not blaming the illness for a poor performance last week, but in reality it must have been a significant factor. It takes a good few days to get back to your full physical fitness and stamina after these things. In the circumstances I think any sort of a win against Clyde will be a good result. No doubt there will be some changes to the side both related to illness and, probably more significantly, due to the policy of giving fringe players a starting opportunity in this competition. Hopefully today will see a return to better health and better form. Good luck, lads.
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I know very little about these 2 returning directors and so can't comment specifically about what they may bring to the table. But just as a general point, I don't see this as a step backwards either. I don't know what their reasons for having stepped down previously but they may have been due to clashes with Board members at the time or they may have been personal. The thing is that they now feel willing and able to serve on the Board again and have the distinct advantage of knowing what they are coming into. No doubt we'll hear more in due course, but on the face of it it seems like a very welcome development to me.
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Robert mentioned earlier that there had been a virus affecting the players this week. I wonder if this had any effect on what sounds like a very poor 2nd half performance. What we've seen this season is that any of the teams are quite capable of beating any other team on their day. If a few of the players have been affected by a virus then that can make a huge difference. Chance for a bit of a change to the team in the cup game against Clyde next week and then back to firing on all cylinders for the home game against Dundee and away at Alloa. We are sill in a play off place and 6 points from those 2 games would make our position seem a whole lot healthier again come the end of the month. Keep the faith!
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That was disappointing in several respects. If we are to have a chance of winning this league then we needed to at least not lose that game. Utd have been on a run of poor form of late and we should have been more positive and taken the game to them. Instead, they clearly had far more hunger and we let them come on to us and dominate us in every aspect of the game. Utd didn't even need to work too hard for their goals as we helped them out with all 3 - our central defenders went AWOL for the first, we gifted possession for the 2nd and gave away the most stupid of penalties for the 3rd. We seemed to be lacking leadership on the park and showed a lack of attacking ideas beyond the long hoof until Walsh came on. It was disappointing if not bewildering to see Todorov not starting. He played the full 90 minutes on Tuesday and played pretty well. He seemed to offer a good bit more than White does and scored a good goal too. To be fair, White wasn't too bad yesterday but lacked support. Maybe Walsh is not match fit yet but it is clear that he provides our best options going forward. As soon as he is back in the starting line up, the better. I don't know if young Machado is injured, but from the little I've seen of him it seems abundantly clear that he offers so much more than Storey does. The less said about Storey's 30 minutes on the pitch yesterday the better. MOTM was Trafford who gave his all and who made several good tackles and interceptions. Carson had a good game too but perhaps not quite as effective as he was against Queens. Ridgers was solid in goal but there's really not a lot else positive to say. If we are to retain any realistic thoughts of the title, we just have to get a win against an Arbroath side who are doing very well. If we are not going to seriously challenge for the title, we at least need to aim to be comfortable in a play-off spot.
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Well that's Levein finally lost the manager's job at Hearts. Hands off Robbo! He's not Budgeing.