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https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/sport/we-have-to-suck-it-up-icts-gardiner-on-board-criticism-327058/?fbclid=IwAR1GyYz4yZAJ5_4PjJ-WXTX33ZD48VAQgs6GPjBZ8mS8F08C9341TYRXsFw Seems to me going by these comments that nothing around the culture at the club will change until SG goes. Dismissive of the fans and completely unable to take any criticism or responsibility. Puts it on the minority of 'noisy people' Totally dismissive of the Supporters Trust without naming them. "They're meeting in the Innes Bar, and hopefully everyone vents their spleen if they want to do that. Hopefully it's constructive, and then I would hope they're all coming to the game afterwards." So basically go have your little whine and a moan to yourselves, then shut up and get to the game and spend your money. When will folk realise that the club have absolutely zero interest in what the fans think or what their concerns are. Doesn’t matter if that's through the Trust or any other group or individual. He gets paid regardless. They are the 'noisy minority' and 'clickbait proponents' he keeps telling himself that and absolutely nothing about the willfully ignorant culture at the club will change until the CEO goes. It's just about the crap results on the park the CEO says and while they are obviously having a huge negative impact it's way more than that. It's the first time in my life as an ICT supporter where I've felt the club just don't give a toss.

C'mon man. I finally convinced the wife to let me go to the pub before a game cos I told her there was an important business meeting to attend

He's certainly been slagging off Dodds and his management publicly at other clubs and I heard it myself at a training event a few weeks ago. I thought it was very unprofessional.

Arranging some activities for the 25th anniversary? (Yeah I know that was the Yvonne Crook banter years) Maybe it's the unveiling of the glorious battery farm? Or possibly a guided tour of the Cromarty Firth freeport if you buy a Battle of the Boyne commemorate top!

Ask fans of previous clubs he's worked at what they feel about him...

Poor guy gonna have to remember to show up to ICT games every weekend.

In fairness, if Robbo goes, who's gonna cut the grass at the IRA?

Well in Dodds' last pre match interview I'm sure he was saying he wasn't worried about us scoring and 'we'll score plenty' or something along those lines.

That's not fair. He could have been offered hospitality at Clach?

Clearly excitement is reaching fever pitch for this. I reckon we might scrape a draw here, proving once and for all the tactical masterclass of Doddsball.

Agree with most of that except the SLO / CEO thing. CEO needs to go and is the root of much of the rot. Also, everything about ICT doesn't say Championship. It says First Division.

Think he's changed his mind and doesn't fancy the step down in quality.

2-1 win for the ladies today v Dryburgh. Hard fought game with some meaty challenges but a great team performance. We're now 3rd in the Championship.

Contracts normally expire at the end of a season so JR's I'd imagine would have already finished and we've extended it. However perhaps not. You'd think the club would announce the contract extension of a senior member of staff and a normal club probably would, however this is ICT so who knows (apart from SG and JR)?

Where were the personal jabs? Just pointing out the truth that nobody is stifling your opinions as you suggest.

It's not the Trust that's 'bleating about the lack of members' though I'm sure they'd like to have as many as possible and likely more than they have now. It's the club that's 'bleating' about how the Trust is not representative enough by whatever invisible metric they've made up in their heads. As I understand it in the previous couple of years the Trust have tried various ways of getting the club to engage with them and address various raised issues going back to the 'Fans Forum'. Remember that thing? The one club had a couple of meetings on, refused to release any minutes of it for months then summarily cancelled any further meetings just before they were supposed to be opened up to the common fan. The matchday survey was they most recent and most labour intensive way they have tried to get the club into a productive dialogue. I hear they club's comments were essentially that it was 'too negative', that's kinda the point Just makes it look like all the club was is to have smoke blown up their ass about how great they are. Any negatively is either just brushed over or even worse makes the club just close off dialogue. I'm not on the Trust but I am a member. I did though used to be on it years ago when it was Caley Jags Together, we had meetings often at the stadium and although we didn't always see eye to eye with the club, we had a pretty open dialogue and they did listen to issues raised and often acted on them to make changes where they could, Kenny Cameron was always willing to sit down and discuss things. I see absolutely nothing from the current (off field) management at the club that would indicate that they have any interest to hear anything fans say either through the Trust or individually. In fact looking at the orange strip on July 12th and weekly games of 'Where's Robbo' I reckon they're having a nice wee laugh about it while pocketing our cash. One day they'll saunter off and our club will be left in shambles if that's not already the case.

Who on the forum is stopping you having or posting whatever opinion you want? Be it regarding the Trust or anything else. If your opinion is a more marginal one that most others don't agree with then so be it. Own it, don't give it the 'woe me' line.

What time, do you know?

2-0. Doddsball tactical masterclass in full flow.

What a nonsense. No words for this BS.

The problem doesn't lie with Dodds, he's just the thin edge of the wedge.

Really interesting reading that back (and my own replies lol), still sadly waiting on OCG taking charge. Also sad that a thread from early 2019 is going on about wasteful spending on positions that contribute or generate nothing, lack of communication, lack of interaction with fans, getting kids involved and so on. Here we are 4.5 years later

Unfortunately I was working late that day. I will be up on Wednesday evening at Ferry Brae pitch to watch my daughter in ICT U14s Reds v ICT U14s Blues in the U14s Rachel McLaughlan League though.

Really entertaining, hard fought game. Daughter and I really enjoyed it. Certainly more than any mens games this season. Well done ladies.

That's just the start, once the freeport cash arrives... oooft!