Fraz

Yep, I'd have more respect for the guy if he could hold his hands up and say I've fecked up (not only about this), I'm the gaffer the buck stops at me and I've made some bad errors in judgement and this is what I'm gonna do to try and make things right. It would appear though that his ego will not allow this.

Weather is calm IHE im afraid. We are sitting back and not pushing up at all, lost our composure and organization. FFS DAVIS SENT OFF!!

We've not played badly, just stupid lapses in concentration and standing off players too much imo. Foran's not at the races tho.

Is Meekings out?

Fantastic result. We badly needed the points and hopefully this will be a wee confidence booster for the lads.

One again we concede just before the end of a half! Aagghh!!!

Oh well u answered as I posted!

Was Meekings dropped or injured?

TBH I think Butcher gets a great deal of backing from people on this forum and that us ICT fans on the whole have been more understanding and patient than fans of many other teams would be in a similar situation so I really don't see your issue there. However you can't say that you should back a manager with blind faith and agree with everything they do, unless of course that's your genuine view. Some people might disagree with substitutions, team selection, formation, signings etc that doesn't necessarily that they hate Butcher and everything he does. Dunno if you are still at School/College/Uni or out in the working world but just because someone's the gaffer doesn't mean their always right, trust me. Surely some people can look at the evidence so far this season - the results and say well maybe he should have done (and do) this and that? IMO out of the signings you mention a couple look good, a couple look mediocre and one I just canne decide WTF I think. If you are tired of the subject and wanna move on save your energy and just stop posting (on that particular topic, not everything obviously lol)! As for a 'new dawn' I'll wait till we start racking up points and stop propping up the table before I start buying into anything close to that!! I suppose though 'It's always darkest before the dawn' :biggrin:

I'm not sure if this post is a general comment or a response to mine, regardless it's not just about any particular player however yes some do of course stand out but a general lack of foresight/planning, knowing decisively who he wanted out but having no idea who he wanted in. You don't quit your job and sell your house without a plan of what you are going to do next, do you? I agree Meekings looks a prospect so hopefully he will help plug the gaps that have been left. I so happy that you are not going to whinge at TB's decisions because because 'you don't think it matters' but the facts and evidence so far this season would suggest otherwise, of course if we were sitting in sixth or seventh place no-one would be complaining (probably). Ironically you seem to mention Munro & Duncan more than anyone!

Our defence has looked suspect all season, this of course has not been helped by injuries forcing some changes and other signings. However there has never seemed to be a plan for our defence, Hogg left (partly down to his wife not liking it up here I believe) but couldn't get another club elsewhere so was happily welcomed back near the end of the transfer window if memory serves (but sometimes it doesn't lol), indicating that he wasn't in TB's plan for the defence anyway. Just as a defender who actually wanted to stay was told cheerio. Rumour of course - but I've also heard from more than one person that Hogg's wife is Butcher's god-daughter, and if true I'm sure that had nothing to do with it . I would def agree that part of the problem this season was decisions made at the tail end of last season / close season which have now come back to haunt us. Essentially - fairly sweeping clearances without a clear vision or identification of the players who will replace them will be, as that 'trialist' game was evidence of. I agree that older players have to move on and new players come in but regardless if the outgoing player is Grant Munro or Danni Sanchez then surely the incoming player needs to be at least as good if not better, if they ain't then why bother trying to get new players for the sake of it and then having to wait for them to gel in the hope that they will improve? I hope things do improve very soon as we are fairly lucky that a few other teams are playing rubbish and defeat has a way of becoming a difficult habit to break.

Tansey

Dear Santa can we have some decent referees please.

Me and the better half.

Great night was had! Still to sober up!

Would imagine his wages would be a little steep for us and I don't reckon he'd come up here anyways to quite possibly finish his playing career. In theory though good defender despite his age and I'd have no prob if he came in to shore up our leaky defence for the second half of the season.

Would be great IMO with the derby and all. Perhaps we'd lose a little in sponsorship/advertising? Overall tho it would be positive for footie in the Highlands, but most of all it would wind up the central belters who would have to travel up and that's a gift that just keeps giving.

Points.

Or 2-3 lol

3-2 FT

Free kick scored from the Hogg foul.

2-3 :(

Hogg sent off

2-2

2-1 A Shinnie !!!!!