robbylad

11 hours ago, Starscape said:

Not fair enough. He's trying to prove he's not a complete failure so he can get another job. So far, he's unemployable after two relegations. A promotion might make him saleable again. We've seen enough. Any decent manager would have got us well out of relegation by not playing 5 at the back and a midfield made up of another defender and our leading striker, whilst sidelining Samuels and Rory.

Ferguson was our biggest problem. 

In my opinion, the guy instrumental on ferguson coming here is the biggest problem.  If you get rid of Ferguson,  why would you let  Gardner anywhere near the decision on his replacement?

9 minutes ago, Naelifts said:

Sorry but I am a bit of a luddite. Can i only get the latest pod on Twitter? The work you lads have put in to get these published is phenomenal and I for one think they are essential listening. So, is there another way?

Podbean app. Also on audible app.

If Ferguson feels he has something to prove,  fair enough. As regards Gardner.  The impression I have is of someone who has made too many enemies in the area. You can't  even say he's  a marmite figure. Some people  like marmite. No apparent effort to court local business is crazy in any enterprise, never mind a football club. I think he should be shown the door.

38 minutes ago, Charles Bannerman said:

I’m not able to access the full story but I follow that it’s emerged that the training facility in question is actually owned by Fife Council. This raises two questions.

Can we assume that, before concluding the deal, ICT performed due diligence and established that Kelty Hearts’ arrangement with Fife Council allows them to perform the necessary sub-letting process?

And can we assume that, before the arrangement was announced last Friday, ICT had established beyond doubt that the deal was over the line and certain to happen?

If the answer to the second question is “no” then this project would appear to be a victim of the same “nothing could possibly go wrong” mentality that afflicted the Concert Company and the Battery Farm. The only difference this time is that something goes wrong.. it will be a matter of widespread celebration.

You can't make any assumptions with this shower of chancers. Apart from, they don't know what they're doing. Safe to assume that. 

1 hour ago, KirkieRobRoy said:

Didn't catch the name, someone from The Wyness Shuffle.

Steve Riley. He didn't hold back.

35 minutes ago, Scotty said:

Thats parochial and insular bullshit.

We have signed plenty of players from outwith the HL and local area who have done loads in the community because they have embedded themselves in the community. Carl Tremarco is a great example that jumps to mind but there are a load of others I could come up with depending on what you class as being "embedded in the community".  Carl went on to stay in the local area long after his ICT days were over and them being over was a decision made for him not by him. You can represent the city and be present and active in the community even if you come from somewhere else, and even if you go somewhere else after your ICT career is over. Where you come from is irrelevant. Wanting to play for ICT, who are based in Inverness, Scotland, is the minimum requirement. 

I would agree however that the club has become less "community" focused over the last 5 years. Prior to COVID it was all about #TogetherNESS and working together to try and make sure the club could function properly. Fast forward 5 years, and after one commercial disaster after another and dragging the club name through the mud with the battery farm, we get a statement 3 days after relegation asking for "UNITY" then another statement today that completes rips out any semblance of COMM-UNITY from our club. There is no unity without comm-unity. 

Moving training to Fife because it will make recruitment of players - who do not want to move to Inverness - will, in my opinion, have a far greater long-term impact on us than relegation. I actually just 'liked' a tweet by "Jailender" calling County the only team in the Highlands. I liked it, not because I will change loyalties, but because, right now, he is correct. We cant let this happen. 

Central to our success over the years has always been community and a sense of team spirit fostered by our distance from the central belt, which even led to the use of a bunch of hashtags a few years ago like #TogetherNESS . The current regime seem to be trying to reverse all that progress at an astonishingly rapid pace and for many fans, any move outside of Inverness, even for training, will be seen as the final straw. 

 

Football is an emotional sport. I'm emotionally invested in the club. It's  probably naive to expect all of the players to feel the same as I do but, you can't feel that  same connection as me from 130 miles away.

2 minutes ago, forresjags said:

My thoughts exactly, just seems to bizarre to be just a footballing decision. Has to be more to this than we are being told.

Wonder if Kelty Hearts have released a statement yet.

 

One sure way to kill the club is totally alienate the supporters. 

I'm no financial whizz but, would anyone benefit,  money wise from the club going bust? Are any club assets there to be stripped?

A community club indeed........ in another community

They are so tone deaf, I'm surprised that  the season ticket  renewal  hasn't been sent out yet.

1 minute ago, IBM said:

I give up you are just having a rant!  I thought you were asking a question.  For me I will be buying a ticket for the game and have it added to my season ticket as normal for these games.

As I said, I've got my ticket.  The point is the club shouldn't be telling people that it's spfl rules if it isn't. It's as if they're suggesting "nothing we can do about it". It's misleading. 

3 minutes ago, robbylad said:

IBM. The screenshot I shared is from the ICT website. It was still like that at 19.30 tonight.

Just now, IBM said:

Robby I just copied the info from the email I got from the club to clarify it for you.  As far as I remember our season tickets have not covered us for cup games or playoff games.

I totally get and accept that. Pedantic as it sounds, words are important. I'm sure the club doesn't want to mislead anyone.

1 minute ago, Huisdean said:

What's the issue here. As a season ticket holder, I'm happy to pay for the play off games.  I certainly had no expectation that it would be included in my season ticket. I  guess the club have got it wrong in terms of what they stated but given we need as much revenue as we can, so you need to pay.

As an aside, interesting to note from the Courier article how the  Championship have been stitched up by the Premier league. 

 

I have already bought my ticket. I am happy to have done so. The issue is, the club shouldn't be hiding behind a rule that doesn't exist. If people  aren't aware that it's discretionary at this level, their money  is being taken under false pretenses. 

4 minutes ago, STFU said:

It would seem that the club are talking bollocks then.  Maybe confused by the rules from our participation in previous play offs at the other end of the table and thought as I did.

That seem to talk bollocks fluently

9 minutes ago, STFU said:

Like cup competitions the ticket income is pulled into a pot and split (I don't recall how the split is done).  Any club offering free entry for season ticket holders will have to pay an amount equal to what they would have taken from sales into the pot.

Only for premiership/championship playoffs

7 minutes ago, STFU said:

Like cup competitions the ticket income is pulled into a pot and split (I don't recall how the split is done).  Any club offering free entry for season ticket holders will have to pay an amount equal to what they would have 

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/3267683/explained-season-tickets-premiership-play-off-clashes/

10 minutes ago, IBM said:

Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC v Montrose

cinch Championship Play-Off Semi Final 2^nd Leg 

Saturday 11^th May, 3pm kick-off 

Caledonian Stadium 

Prices 

Main: Adult: £20, Over 65s: £15, Under 21s: £15, Under 16s: £10, Under 12s: FREE 

North/South(Away): Adult: £18, Over 65s: £13, Under 21: £13, Under 16s: £8, Under 12s: FREE 

Ticket Info 

Season Tickets are not valid for this fixture.

The key phrase is "as per spfl rules "

For our home tie the club states as per spfl rules, season tickets aren't valid. I wonder if someone could clarify this as, if you check Hamiltons website,  they say season tickets are valid for their play off game.

5 hours ago, Kind of Blue said:

Get some Eldorado down your neck!

He can always have a hair of the dogs of war in the morning .

7 hours ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

So I may be biased and protective of a player who was a real club man and a fighter (in many ways!!). He is getting a load of negative flak at the moment but if there was one person that I would pick to be in the trenches with me it is Dunc. He has been up against it from the off. IMHO scapegoated from the off and now taking hits for the bunch of self motivated morons who are the people responsible for bringing this club to its knees. Duncs main problem is that he has nowhere near the quality of players required to bring any footballing system to fruition. We currently have the worst squad of players that we have ever had - a mottley crew of cheap loanees desperate for playing time to progress their own careers. Unfortunately the ones with potential have picked up the injuries. There has been no consistency and I hazard a guess that most fans would have difficulty in picking a first X1. But what Dunc does bring to the party is pure passion and the Dunkirk spirit. The next two games are must wins and if Dunc can instill the passion and drive we will survive. And I am referring to passion and not from a skill or system perspective. Dunc needs to instill a "dogs of war" mentality and the players have to give the fans a degree of hope. So I am predicting six points in the next two games - however accomplished and escaping in 8th place at the end of the season.

Best April fools I've seen today

4 hours ago, DoofersDad said:

Terry Butcher was a guest of the club today.  Did I miss something or was he not invited out and introduced to the fans?  I was rather looking forward to giving him a good round of applause as a "thank you" for some of the best and most exciting football we've seen in the 30 year history of the club.

Probably because he was there as a double act with the other ICT legend, Richard Gough.

27 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

Ta, that explains why I couldn’t find his name associated with it.

In the interests of balance, this company does events relating to numerous clubs, eg recently did something with Charlie Mulgrew, and their forthcoming evening with Paddy McCourt certainly isn't going to attract many Rangers fans.

Butcher has a strong connection to the club. Who invited Richard Gough?

That was absolutely dire. Another must win game we failed to win. I'm  no longer despondent.  I'm totally  scunnered with direction we're headed in. Dodds had to go but I think we've gone backwards since then.

15 hours ago, Fraz said:

Never mind this pish we should be investing in fusion power and warp drive! 

And a flux capacitor