Yngwie

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33279795 Apparently we are overrun with non-Scottish journeymen. Thoughts?

more often it's the bizarre 'restroom' you see when you're out And how do you feel about it also being referred to as the "John"?!

I don't think we have had any other player who is so neat and tidy in possession. He rarely seems to give the ball away and that was a real asset to a team playing our kind of possession football. Our loss is Dundee's gain, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if they are up challenging for Europe next season with all the signings they've made.

I suspect he'll be watching ICT v Clach instead!

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Yeah I saw that when I was looking to see how the draw was being reported over there. There was another (translated) quote from Niculae saying something along the lines that Inverness will have plenty of fight and belief, but that isn't matched by quality. Also saw a newspaper article saying that ICT's squad is valued at £5m, with the most valuable players being Shinnie and Doran, each at £500k. Lazy journalist alert!

Crikey, last season has just ended and now we've got our first game of the new season in just a few days time! I'd imagine, or at least I'd hope, that we'll see a few trialists in these early games so that we have at least one striker bedded in and a full-ish squad signed in time for Europe.

That's a bold statement given that ground capacity is only 8,500 and we took 15,000 to our last away game!

We beat Universitatea Craiova 2-1 in Tuscany, back in July 2007. From this site's match report: The second match in Italy pitted Caley Thistle with a very physical Romanian side who had a player sent off but then brought a sub on to go back up to 11 players (bizarre !). Youngster Garry Wood scored with a header in the 35th minute and Dean McDonald showed some nice skill just after the break to round the keeper and score his second in two games.

Unlike the one in Armenia St Johnstone are going to!

Just looking at a map, it struck me that an alternative option for someone looking to make a summer holiday (of sorts!) out of this would be to go to a Black Sea resort like Sunny Beach (about £500 for a week all inclusive from Glasgow) and then hire a car for a day or two (4 hour drive to Giurgiu). Having said that, I wouldn't fancy driving in a place like Bulgaria where horse and cart is still a recognised mode of transport.

Oops... Have a look at Giurgiu on GSV and tell me if you can see anything resembling a shopping centre or even a bar. I get the impression that nobody goes to Giurgiu unless they have a compelling reason to. Hopefully the air quality has improved since the communist era even if the architecture hasn't. I'm pretty sure ICT will be based in or around Bucharest.

No, I'm pointing out that the SNP are shamefully inconsistent and hypocritical on this particular subject.

No, the SNP manifesto clearly stated that they opposed any referendum on the EU. They just don't want people to have a vote on this important constitutional matter, in any way shape or form. That's democracy SNP style.

I noticed whilst googling this new chap, that the signing was actually announced yesterday by someone posting on the (pretty dormant) Caley Jags Mad website!

I totally agree, but comfort myself with the fact that the arrival of John Hughes, sacked by Hartlepool et all, was also truly underwhelming!

Whilst I understand your concerns on that front, I'm pretty sure Rangers will have a meaningless midweek friendly that will require his full attention.

​Although he will perhaps admit that his opening line could have been better.....!

​I agree with that point in isolation, but let's do the maths here: (3rd in league + 1st in Scottish Cup) > (2nd in league + knocked out of Cup at first hurdle)

Getting back to the performance of SNP in Westminster - I've been looking forward to the inevitable feast of hypocrisy and double standards that this EU referendum will bring, and it got off to a cracking start with the SNP voting against even having a referendum. Regardless of which way anyone is going to vote when the time comes, it is mind boggling that the the SNP, of all parties, is AGAINST the idea of even giving people the chance, once in 40 years, to have a say on whether they want their nation to have complete control over its own affairs or whether they want to continue be ruled over by a distant and foreign parliament in which we have little representation.

Just been watching a complete re-run of BBC's cup final coverage, getting annoyed at Michael Stewart's countless references to our left midfielder as "Dorrans" despite commentator Lewis McLeod getting it right.

That pic makes me recall exactly what was going through my mind then: Is he gonna get to it first? I think he's gonna get to it first! He is gonna get to it first! He's got to it first! Yeeeeeeesssssssss!

Ach, he was rubbish anyway. I jest of course, and he will always be part of ICT history for his contribution to our 2 recent games at Hampden. BUT, the history books really ought to be telling how he blew our chance of getting a late winner v Falkirk when instead of playing Vincent in for an easy finish, he made the wrong decision and was greedy, putting in a really lame shot instead. Not only had it no power, it was also going wide. What a wasted opportunity that was.....