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I'm in two minds over the words from Yogi in today's paper. First and foremost, I think that unless a player medically clear to feature in a game they shouldn't be risked. On the other side of the coin, Yogi is a very honest guy and tells it as it is, he may be feels that there might be a couple players that could play but unwilling due to the opposition, but would if it was the Scottish Cup final. That problem unfortunately isn't just us but football as a whole.

Thanks for the clarification Charles. I always thought the supporters trust had a bigger hand in the club because fans could buy shares for £1 iirc.

HT: 1-0 FT: 2-2 1st ICT: Tansey 1st Killie: Kiltie First Goal: 22 mins

Look like Shaun's top transfer target won't be joining us. Just signed for cliftonvile. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35324387

I could be well wide off the mark here but I am under the impression that ICT Trust Ltd is something to do with CJT now since the supporters society merged with the supporters bus unless the shares didn't transfer over. This would be a possibility for fan ownership but with the figures to buy the additional 19% share in the club is at £500K circa then I doubt fans would do that unless there was someone willing to invest serious money into it.

From what I have heard Malonga is pretty brutal with the odd flashes of brilliance. Not worth it however I understand his contract is up in the summer?

I think we all know Stokes will end up at Hibs so that he can play against Rangers.

If I remember correctly he was saying the complete opposite (a few months ago?) in the courier that he wants to compete with Fon Williams for the No1 spot.

Don't get me wrong, Williams is a fantastic player with a great engine about him. I would keep him and he will probably be retained however I personally prefer Aaron Doran purely on the basis that he can bring a spark out of nothing and would prefer to have him over Williams. Like I said, we need a bit of freshness in the squad not just in defence but wingers and two pacey wingers would go down a treat.

I personally want to see a fresher look to the back four with new and younger full backs. That's not to say that I wouldn't be sad if we kept Raven on etc. In terms of Williams, I prefer Doran over Williams however I want to see new wingers similar to Marley Watkins/Jonny Hayes.

Out of the list of out of contract player for next season, I would only keep Dean Brill, Aaron Doran, Ross Draper, OFW, Liam Polworth, Miles Storey, Ali Sutherland, James Vincent and all of the development squad (Alex Fisher? Haven't seen him play yet, so can't make comment) Build a squad around these players plus the ones signed up for the following season and make additional quality signings like a centre back, left back, right back and 2 wingers and we should have a decent team.

Agree with Renegade on this issue. Unfortunately Dani Lopez just couldn't cut it at Caley Thistle. He could very well be technically gifted but he couldn't produce that on a consistent basis. Yes, credit him on the goal at Parkhead however they were cruising and took the foot of the gas, but still a good goal I admit. What soured my opinion on Lopez was the spitting incident in a U20s match, I genuinely can't believe a 31 year old would gob a Teenager - digusting behaviour. I won't lose any sleep over his departure, especially with Alex Fisher being brought in.

Fon Williams Raven Warren Wedderburn Tremarco Draper Tansey Polworth Vincent Williams Storey

I'm sorry but I seriously doubt the players really give a feck if a Celtic player joins our team on loan.

According to today's papers, Stokes prefers a loan move to Hibs over us and Dundee United.

Instead of Stokes, we should look at getting Gary Mackay-Stevens on loan.

.... on mahonio's Football Manger save. Fixed that for you.

One final thought regarding the Stokes loan. I wouldn't put it past Celtic to put him in the team on Sunday against Stranraer making him ineligible for us should we progress to the next round of the Scottish Cup.

HT: 0-2 FT: 1-5 1st ICT: Polworth 1st Stirling Albion: Lamont First Goal: 16 mins

Wishful thinking but I hope they can add Scott Allan into the mix aswell to replace Ryan Christie.

Whoops!

Yogi has confirmed that we have approached Celtic regarding a loan for Stokes. I must admit a partnership of both Stokes and Storey would be a interesting pair and probably would compliment each other. Like I said in my earlier post, I'm struggling to see how we could financially take Stokes on loan unless Celtic still owe us money from the Ryan Christie deal.

What's happened with the Swede lad, is he still with us or left?