Yngwie

6 hours ago, Robert said:

Bavidge and Stewart loan deals confirmed.

So that makes it three consecutive generations of Bavidges who have played up front for Caley/ICT (Mitch, Martin, Alfie).

FT 2-0. The 6 points are ours!

6 minutes ago, STFU said:

Not sure I like this and it feels like it makes a mockery of the situation.

Players were let go as we couldn't afford them and some staff had hours cut and/or are doing multiple jobs. There are creditors who are due payments.

We're managing to fulfil fixtures and have mostly been filling the bench so I don't see a player welfare issue.

The only reason we need to add players is in an attempt to improve competitiveness. While we all want the team to be more competitive this just feels wrong.

Any decision to take on a new financial commitment is taken by the Administrators who have to consider whether it helps them fulfil their objectives and duties.

Good riddance to our annus horribilis.

I was wondering when we last conceded 4 at home - had a look back and it seems to be v Celtic almost 8 years ago.

32 minutes ago, bishbashbosh said:

I would have picked the team that started today, we don’t have any other choice.

Yep, that’s where we are just now. And even if a handful of players would ordinarily deserve to be dropped after today’s performance, they’ll all be starting next week because they are still the best or only option we have.

FT 1-4 and Cove should’ve scored a couple more. They were just better than us all over the pitch and our players looked a bit lost and aimless at times.

Lucky to be 1-2 down. 

My wife did her bit to help club funds by getting me a home top and a new scarf. Old scarf has served me well but is getting a bit ‘tired’ after almost 30 years of active service and is going into retirement now. That scarf has been present at nearly all of the momentous moments in our history but I guess it’s a case of new scarf for a new era!  

21 hours ago, Robert said:

Duffy has joined Brora. 

Strange how they didn’t sign just him in the first place before his baffling move to Strathspey.

Another late but well deserved win, and it looked like another goal direct from a corner  (was at the far end from us so hard to know for sure).

We were the better side and dominated the second half in particular, with the wind behind us, but as is often the case we lacked any cutting edge in the final third. When we did have clear chances or tried shooting from outside the box, the finishing was often woeful. And it’s increasingly clear that we need a striker to challenge/replace Billy, sorry.

The pluses for us were that the defence did its job, Savage won everything, Mousa made a great save tipping a long distance free kick onto the bar, and in midfield MacKinnon and Allan did a lot of impressive stuff.

The fans turned up in good number (200?) and were in great voice from start to finish. Great scenes when we eventually got the breakthrough, and again at FT, and we will all be feeling good tonight.

59 minutes ago, tm4tj said:

Prior to the earlier fixture this season that ended 0-0, our next most recent game was a League cup encounter in 2012 that ended 1-1 at Ochilview. 

Our scorer that evening was Billy McKay. It actually went to penalties and we won the shootout.

When a press conference takes place, can someone get a stopwatch out and calculate how many thousands of pounds it is costing the club in BDO’s fees?!

I see the administrators have racked up fees of £252,000 in their first 7 weeks.

If only Gardiner and Morrison had tried boosting the club’s non-footballing revenues by setting up a firm of administrators rather than a battery farm! 

37 minutes ago, hislopsoffsideagain said:

Clubs around our level can't afford anything much in terms of transfer fees - a few grand at most. We're more likely to lose players for nothing if clubs are willing to take on their wages, but if that weakens the squad and makes us more likely to be relegated - making us less valuable to a buyer - then the administrators may well decide we're better off holding on to those players.

I think the most relevant factor for keeping the squad together is how much Savage is willing to keep putting in to keep the club running during administration.

36 minutes ago, DoofersDad said:

It was sent to creditors and shareholders and so I am unclear as to what level of confidentiality applies to the content and therefore I won't go into any detail.

In the absence of a Non Disclosure Agreement signed by the recipients, you can share any or all of it.

Corey Patterson is in as emergency loan goalkeeper from Forres as Rebilas is injured.

Easy to see how we can catch Annan, in fact I’ll be disappointed if we don’t (unless they go on a decent run, of course).

We obviously gave all the other teams a head start due to Ferguson and Administration, but Kellacher is averaging 2 points per game in the league, which is more than the league leaders have managed!

1 hour ago, Yngwie said:

Well Montrose have scored their 2 already, it’s gonna have to be a helluva second half for us to get our 4 

Nearly got the 4 but I’ll settle for 3! 

2 hours ago, Moogthurso said:

So score prediction of  montrose 25 and ict 40 seems a little high but with a bit of rounding and wind disrupted game today maybe it means 2-4 for caley.

Well Montrose have scored their 2 already, it’s gonna have to be a helluva second half for us to get our 4 

David Carson has a 3.5 year deal with South Shields, after being released by Livi.

Cove home to Forfar in the next round, but if we had won I think we’d have been ball 19 and home to Clydebank. 

Where was their previous ground, in Cove itself?

1 hour ago, The Mantis said:

November 30. Think this is the earliest we’ve been out. Went out in Rd 1 in 94-5 but that was a different setup and we were into December. 

End of November and we are already out of all 3 cups and have absolutely no chance of winning the league. Worst season ever in that regard, yet we still have so much to play for!

Disappointing result. Love the Scottish Cup and ICT should always be in it beyond the first hurdle as far as I’m concerned. It normally takes a decent team to put us out.