Yngwie

Not just 4 relegations, but in 4 consecutive seasons!

David Carson, Dan Mackay and Andy Shinnie are all part of the Livi side that got relegated. (Dan on loan from Hibs though)

Nah he’s a regular. Played 38 matches this season including all 4 in April.

Does anyone know if we have anyone watching Montrose today? I presume they weren’t fielding their strongest side though (no Gardyne) but still came from 0-2 to win win 3-2. I’d forgotten that they have another ex-ICT player, Matheus Machado.

An irrelevant piece of info, but with the benefit of hindsight we now know that on 27 January we became safe from automatic relegation!

I’d like to see them try

Agree that the service has been very poor all season, although Wetherspoon was able to get a good strike rate for us by being a good, creative forward. I noticed that since Sheridan joined QP in February, the 4 goals he scored is the same as our strikers combined. (Mckay, Samuel, Pepple and Brooks - how must he feel about not getting a sniff).

There are so many factors at play. We started this season with a weaker squad than we had last year. (This can be said every year, sadly) Financial constraints impacting the playing budget further, most notably around January. The manager(s) Lack of leadership on the pitch Strikers firing blanks Injuries Not getting our fair share of luck across the season? Certainly feels that way to me.

I’ve split this out from the matchday thread as it is an interesting question and a separate discussion from a match in which not a lot actually went wrong!

This time last year - a cup final ahead of us. Now - 4 cup finals ahead of us. Progress!

The opposite is true. The best seasons in our history occurred when Muirfield Mills were active and putting money in, from 2012 to 2019. We’ve been declining ever since.

Yes I was just looking back through the Championship tables. In the 29 seasons since it became a 10 team league, there is never a season when our record would have left us as low as 9th. (The only other time 9th had more than. 40 points was Airdrie as you say, but they had GD of -14)

Yes, and we have the 4th best goal difference and 2nd best defensive record in the league. Sadly none of this counts!

Most of us called it right, ICT do their bit but unfortunately for us our rivals were up against a team who had nothing to play for except to avoid getting injured, suspended or tired.

I’m more optimistic that we will win than I am about Airdrie doing the business for us.

It was at Fairways because that’s where the club were offered land for little or no cost, as well as it having access to the grid.

Yes and potentially the 4th best GD in the league. As it stands, we have the 2nd best defensive record in the league. Imagine having that and still getting relegated! ICT - always making history.

It’s very unfortunate for us that Queens Park’s final 2 league fixtures are against teams whose league position was already determined. Airdrie’s objective against them this Friday will be to not get any cards, injuries or to get too tired out ahead of the playoffs. In contrast, our opponents Morton still have a league place and prize money to fight for.

Yes he took it really well, and was generally a handful for the Dunfermline defence who had coped easily with our other forwards.

Did anyone actually expect Billy to score it? It’s just not happening for him these days.

Interesting. Four teams in it so a one in four chance, which pretty much corresponds with those outcomes. The odds are against us.

Same old same old. Plenty of possession but no cutting edge or urgency.

Feeling moderately confident about this one.

After finally retiring from playing, Ross Tokely has been appointed manager of Nairn County on a 3 year contract. Best of luck to him.

I see the PFA Scotland Championship team of the year was announced. Unsurprisingly there were no ICT players, for the second season running. (In previous seasons since our relegation to this league, Deas, McKay, Todorov, Doran, Polworth and Vigurs had been included). I’m not expecting Duncan Ferguson to be on the manager of the year shortlist either.