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Did Morrison not say on The Wyness Shuffle that Ferguson took a 'significant' pay cut? Of course if the rumoured £4k a week in the Championship was anywhere near accurate, even if he took a 50% cut he'd still be on a ridiculous £100k + a year for a league 1 manager.

Who knows, not like the club will ever say. Surely they either have to honour the preordered strips or refund? At the very least any half way competent management would at least keep the paying customers apprised?

Have the new home strips arrived? They were supposed to be sent to pre ordered folk by the 3rd week in July. Seems they have shelved the new away one after saying it was coming soon. Apprentice Boys away for another season then?

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Trust the process STFU! Trust the lawyers, they will save us in their due diligence! The Supporter's Trust can push for whatever but most likely the club will do what it always has done and remain incommunicado. They don't want a dialogue here they just want it done so they can GTFO. Fans (as they have been for several years now) are just an irritation.

I'm sure the in house interview with Ketan will be probing and ask all the hard questions fans want answers to. 🤣

In Australia. 🤣 Pretty much on brand for our level of business acumen. He'll fit right in.

Based on the decisions the board / CEO have made over the last half decade, and the position Seventy7 seem to have as a business, you're surprised fans are skeptical?

Seems they've been (and continue to be) charmed for years on Gardiner's Koolaid so it's not a stretch.

Absolutely gutted to hear this. I didn't know Johndo super well but I'd chatted to him fair a number of times, particularly at away games. He was a character that was larger than life and one you just don't forget. ICT is diminished by his loss, my heart goes out to his family. Wherever he is, I hope he finds his way to Telford Street and the Howden End is there, plus plenty of Vodka! RIP sir.

Great to get a win. Hopefully give some confidence to the younger players. Wasn't aware there was a big (or any) demonstration planned.

That's cute (to be clear you're referring to the girls' academy, my post was about the ICT women's team which predates the ICT branding of Thistle Girls), and he certainly liked to have a lengthy meeting about how he saved the girls' Academy after the collapse of Thistle Girls due to a disgusting situation. Fact is other than lending the ICT badge the club has done nothing for the Girls Academy and has zero influence over it. Your concern for Gardiner's feelings are very sweet but I doubt he even knows anything about the Academy and since the ICT rebrand I've never seen him at training or a game. Perhaps I'm being unfair and should give him the plaudits for example for two of the U14 teams coming 2nd and 3rd in a tournament in Grangemouth last weekend. ETA- the fact that you can watch a women's game knowing that you're not helping fund Gardiner's business to the tune of £10k a month is also a bonus.

Yes but accommodation costs must have been too high don't you know. Better to bring in someone from Dundee United.

Not really. 'The club' provide no real support, financial or otherwise (maybe some 'in kind' like an occasional home strip or the use of the pitch once a year) that I'm aware of to the women's team or academy. All the organisation and management is done by volunteers. In fact I believe that the women actually pay so they can play and cover some the costs of pitches, ref's etc.

If you're not going to the men's game but still want to support an ICT team this weekend that's in the Championship with many young Academy graduates, that also doesn't have a manager on hundreds of thousands a year then fill your boots!

You can let us know, as I assume you'll be there today and going forward.

"So in short, I couldn’t care less. Disdain is good." That's what he thinks about folk who don't like him (fans included I assume). He's that narcissistic he'll carry on doing what's best for SG. Doesn't give a monkeys about ICT and the state he'll leave it in.

Clearly flippant comments are lost a bit online or to those who struggle to comprehend light hearted comments. Your inability to understand the link between what is going on 'off the field' and what we have ended up with on the field this season is, I suppose your own issue. Perhaps one day you'll be able to see the connection. Perhaps in hindsight if fans (myself included) were not so willing to just keep throwing money at the club year on year recently the board et al may have taken notice before things reached the awful stage it has. We have, 'off the field' thrown hundreds of thousands at an impotent CEO and incompetent managers. If you don't think that impacts the 'on the park' situation then I don't know what to say. I sincerely hope you enjoy the game though tomorrow regardless.

What do you mean?

I'd heard that they couldn't afford the bill for the kegs and also to save the cost of the staff. May not be correct of course. Surely we could buy a few crates of cider and beer on sale or return and just sell them instead?

It would be streets ahead of the Pixallot offering Gardiner organised.

What's the view of the pitch from the lay-by on the A9 like these days?

Yeah, full price below for those interested.

I assume also that dispite being asked many times that the club yet again never bothered to designate a singing section for fans who want to stand?

Just 2 hours until the extended early bird period finishes guys! If you get in quick you also get a limited edition dart board sized Scot Gardiner poster.