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Yogi did a great job with Butcher's players no doubt. However Hughes was not sacked to make way for Foran, that's simply not true If that's what you believe. The board wanted initially to strongly keep him as he was refused permission to talk to Dundee Utd. Otherwise they would have let him go and made money from it, no? Of course if we had let him go then people would be complaining about that also. The issues stemmed from that point onward. Obviously he resented that, dispite being on a pretty good contract with us. He demanded more and more cash dispite having the largest budget we'd ever given a manager and his signings were **** poor. He publicly and repeatedly slated the board and clearly the relationship between them became untenable. If any employee repeatedly berates their employer in the press then there's only going to be one outcome. Hughes manuvered his own exit, this was clear for anyone to see, as I'm sure he knew he'd be well compensated and could then get his next gig. Which was of course a rousing success. The disastrous appointment of Foran (both the appointment itself and length of his contract) was the biggest mistake the board made in many years but that's got nothing to do with Hughes.

Multi quoting is a thing. Just sayin'.

The revisionist versions of how Hughes left the club are astounding.

I'm shocked to hear our normally noble and stoic mainstanders behaviour being so uncouth. I'm certain the chairman shall be issuing a statement condemning the rapscallions forthwith.

Well I took my 7 year old daughter and her pal yesterday and her thoughts were 'I don't think they were trying hard enough!'. Luckily she's very keen on football and even wants her birthday party to be a football one at the stadium. However if you are trying to keep a kid entertained or introducing them to games, yesterday in the cold it wouldn't be an easy task. Saddest thing is I see around me is even the most loyal stalwarts are becoming disillusioned and many are finding that attending is becoming a chore. I don't really see anyone going to games anymore with any kind of excitement or anticipation. Maybe some liquid refreshments help somewhat but that's not an option for me sadly plus it seems the bar at the stadium closes even earlier now.

They are better than you Dougal.

Christ, that's going back. Not seen bottle of that in years.

In before the lock...

I've no idea. I've never posted much about tactics, formations and such in all the years I've been on here. Simply because I don't feel I know enough about it to offer a competent opinion. The level that I'm at just now is my daughter's primary school team coach which is probably my level. That said whatever we're doing at the moment clearly isn't working. We should have had a good confidence boost beating Ayr however that 1st half performance today was among the most haphazard, listless dirge I've ever had the misfortune of watching. Lack of any discernible shape or width. Players looked disinterested and were second to most balls. Second half was a bit better but aside from our goal did we even have a shot on target? Anyway yes the fans are poor, quiet and overly whiney but when they've seen, what 2 wins all season, your players look like they're going through the motions and are 2 down at home to a team that I don't think have won away from home for like 8 months it's not surprising. We look like a team bereft of confidence, ideas or belief. I've absolutely no idea how to sort that.

Pish. Utter pish.

With a gift you don't expect anything in return. They do.

Good to see it's completed ?. Though I wouldn't quite use the term 'gifting'.

It's a pain in the arse for some because of the fact it has changed and plans may be already in place. Personally I quite like the Friday night games under the floodlights. Not being a school night means I can take my daughter too and it frees up the weekend to spend with my family. However it's not so good if like for the Partick game the teams are far apart but for County it works well imo.

Evening of Monday the 11th on the Beeb so I guess that puts paid to a visit to the Mallard. Prices £15/10/5.

https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Tulloch-Homes-donates-6m-stadium-to-Inverness-Caledonian-Thistle-02122016.htm December 2016... and it was happening very soon. When Rae took over as Chairman it was happening very soon and apparently it took 18 months to get to this stage. December 2017... https://www.ictfc.com/index.php/news/club-news/2082-significant-milestone-for-ictfc-as-tulloch-agrees-transfer-of-stadium-lease Agreement reached and no major sticking points apparently. Well there must have been a sticking point or two over something contentious perhaps with the new board as a year later it's still not happened. Who knows? I hope it does happen soon but I'm gonna file it under 'believe it when I see it' going by previous announcements.

I'm pretty sure we've been getting told the North and South stand transfer is 'nearly complete' for about 2 years now.

Not the tie I wanted to be honest. Would have far preferred an easier team or at least a much bigger team for the cash.

I am happy with that. Forgot what watching a win was like.

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Getting rid of Robbo would be folly. 1. We'd have to pay significant gardening leave yet again. 2. Who would we bring in that could realistically do a better job? 3. We've no money to pay 2 managers yet again. 4. He's doing the best he can petty much. (imo).

I don't dislike Butcher or Hughes for the manager's they were while they were here (though I didn't agree with everything they did of course). It was the manner they departed that dissappointed and annoyed me, for different reasons. Foran was of course a mistake from the get go and a shambles from start to finish.

What's the league stats?

Are you a Russian bot paid by the ICT forwards? ???

I doubt it though. It often feels like groundhog day watching us at home this season.

The team looks devoid of confidence. Like when we go up in a game we're nervous as hell and don't know how to cope. We also seem to never learn from previous games. How many points have we thrown away in the last 10/15 minutes? 12 perhaps 15 points? It's ridiculous.