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Ferguson's thoughts.

Looks like a rabbit in the headlights to me. 

So either the club is being sleekit with it's media (quite possible) or we're so tinpot that they don't actually know the regulations (also quite possible). 

Nobody expected the season tickets to include play off games whatever the situation, they just don't like being fed a BS line about it being out of the club's hands. 

They also forgot to add in the 16 to 20 discount tickets for the North Stand initially on the announcement and had to change that.

7 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

Saw them training at the rugby club yesterday

On the plastic pitch?

Ferguson's musings on the game tomorrow. 

https://montrosefc.co.uk/2024/05/06/next-up-33/

Nothing on our site. 

ETA - I looks like there's a Pixalot stream available for £15. Hope the near linesman has a full head of hair

The administration were such awkward a-holes to the volunteers who did it over time they pretty much all jacked it. 

Quite bizarre that the club haven't asked this. Up to their usual level of comms with the fans I suppose. 

1 hour ago, CaleyCanary said:

The final slide down the slipway started with us reaching the cup final, it kept Dodds in the job. Without that reprieve we may very well have had a new manager in place before the season started and hopefully have avoided the disastrous start to the season.

That's certainly one in a long line of poor decisions from our current CEO (and by letting him make them the board). 

I think appointing Foran as manager (and in our typical way letting him linger way too long after it clearly wasn't working out) was a huge error. 

Appointing Yvonne Crook as CEO (yes remember her) was a huge error as she knew absolutely nothing about football or running a football club. 

We of course followed up with Scot 'Bluenose' Gardiner, while having at least a football background he left a trail of clubs where if we'd spent 5 mins speaking to his previous clubs and their supporters you'd get a clear picture of narcissistic incompetence. Admittedly he has achieved a lot since arriving - alienating fans, betraying local businesses, disrespecting and ignoring the Trust, half empty concerts, failed fan forums, failed 'raise the roof' campain, overt obsessive pro-Rangers stance, BS re the Freeport benefits and a continuous slide downwards on the pitch. To name a few. 

I do appreciate the board and others who have contributed financially however these appointments are their doing and they have to take responsibility for that. 

On the park we've had Robbo who stepped back as manager and we kept paying him for years to do God knows what, thereafter Billy likes Fitba who while seemed a nice guy wasn't up to the task and his recruitment was pretty atrocious. Now we have Big Dunc on an alleged £4k a week with whom I've seen nothing to give me much confidence he can recruit or manage the team at anything more than a bog standard level. 

I could prattle on but you get the gist. Every time me make a big decision especially around recruitment, it's a poor one and we let people linger around far too long. 

It is in our own hands. Unfortunately any time we've had it in our own hands we've blown it. I've no faith we can stay up.

Hope I'm very wrong.  

3 hours ago, STFU said:

Plans for a battery storage facility at Essich.  Blows a bit of a hole in the argument that Fairways was the only site available locally where they could get access to the grid.

I don't think they ever suggested it was the only place in existence with a connection to the grid. Just the only one that ICT could make use of. 

Interesting to hear the HC response to the one in Essich as it is 4 times the size of the Fairways one. I expect that the loss of green space in this case will be unconscionable. 

13 hours ago, CaleyTennis85 said:

How the f*** did we lose that, we were by miles the better team yet once again don't get anything due to schoolboy defending (which is unacceptable at this level imo), why the hell was Ridgers in that position anyway, does he not trust his defenders or something!!  Has any team hit the bar/post as many as FIVE times because I certainly doubt it very much and do any team get as jammy as Raith because, again I doubt it! You can certainly see why they were on a rotten run of form going into this but of course it's against us they halt that run! 

In terms of ourselves, if we play like that in the next 2 then we certainly should win both and same goes for the inevitable play off games but we NEED to address this home form as it's beyond unacceptable and abysmal now! 

Btw I had to create another account as I couldn't remember my password and everytime I tried to reset the password I didn't get an email , usually my phone saves passwords too but this time it didn't .

Did you check your spam folder? 

Probably in there with all Big Dunc's shooting drills. 

59 minutes ago, old caley girl said:

Anyone know why game started so late yesterday? 

Ref's radio wasn't working apparently. 

I'm trying to think of someone I dislike enough to suggest this offer to. 

2 hours ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Of course I am swayed by the memories of Dunc the toffee and I know that his fighting spirit will never die. I could argue and argue on here but to me this is NOT the team that Dunc wanted it was more about staying within unbelievable budget restrictions. And who do we have to go "direct" FFS ?? We dont play pretty football - we simply do not have any particular individual who can turn a game.  Lets face it this team are the worst in our history and our only escape route is the dogs of war mentality.

 

I thought that's what he would be instilling but it certainly doesn't appear so from what I've watched. Also why would he be trying to foster a 'dogs of war mentality' when he feels we are, I quote 'excellent' and 'brilliant' according to him?

I can only surmise that he is quite happy that the team is playing the way he wants, even if we lose/drop points. He seems completely unmoved but the urgency of the situation and how precarious things are not just for this season and relegation but for the future of our club. 

I wasn't hugely enamoured by his signing as I didn't see what he was bringing to the club for a 3 year deal. Limited managerial experience for a club our size, little knowledge or experience of Scottish football and a poor managerial track record. Just seemed to be on the back of his 'fame' and being someone Scot Gardiner would love to parade around. However I was happy to give him a chance as I am with all new players and managers but there's nothing I've seen to indicate a battling, seige mentality I thought he might bring, just ponderous, one dimensional football and referee blaming. 

Another masterstroke from our illustrious CEO. 

I get the impression that we should just be grateful that someone of his renown had decided to come up to our backwater. Poor results are just a minor inconvenience.

4 hours ago, tm4tj said:

 

WTF. What a bizarre load of tripe. Must be getting interview tips from Richie Foran. 

Probably Clach if I wanted a football fix, more than likely I'd just do something else entirely. 

Good to see that the ICT Social Club is a place that ICT fans want to frequent once more and not just a surrogate for the Portland Club. 

He got the job off the back of his name and 'fame'. The type of football he seems to want us to play (thank God I missed the game yesterday) we don't have the players capable of executing. It's also utterly mind numbing to watch. We keep hearing to 'get behind the team' but FFS it's an uphill struggle as we've not won in 4 months and what we do see at home is utter dross. 

3 hours ago, dougal said:

From what I’m heard in the pub last night the next Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Sneck could well be starting from the Dump’s car park.

Anyway how was your night in the Drummossie you rough this morning ?

Dougal

Nope, had to get up early to take my dad to mass. 

23 minutes ago, STFU said:

And it's an event being run by our CEO.

Staunch Gardiner. Surprised he didn't give them an honour guard and a parade at half time with a flute band. 

1 hour ago, Yngwie said:

Are you suggesting that SG has control over the decisions made by the police? Or that the police lift people because of the opinions they express regarding the competence of football club officials?

He does have previous, recently getting stewards to move in to stop an individual speaking (in a friendly way) to players, so it's not that big a stretch for him to have a word with the match commander (or whatever we have). 

No chance this will get passed I assume #greenspace 

https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/10-bungalows-planned-on-greenfield-site-near-caledonian-cana-345011/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Never mind this pish we should be investing in fusion power and warp drive!