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Personally delighted with the result. It's possible to over think football, its a simple game full of simple people, the issue 'should an ICT fan support Ross County or not' is a personal choice for whoever is making it. Every true ICT supporter I know was firmly against them today and those who were cheering them on were fairweather supporters, many of whom come from an age in which the A9 was seen as a barrier to the rest of Scotland and havent quite caught up with the fact they can fly from Inverness airport to anywhere in the world within 24 hours, these peoples political, racial and personal perceptions will mirror their views on football rivalries, they simply havent caught up yet and are blissfully unaware that your average Ross County supporter HATES us. It's probably not fair to call these people 'fairweather' fans but its appropriate, it just means they are irregular, they made up the vast majority of County's support today. I don't remember any Dundee United fans laughing when we got relegated and I've never heard their fans singing anything anti-ICT or Inverness in general, as I couldnt say the same thing about Ross County the decision on who to back to today was a no brainer!

Whoever it is, lets hope they dont bring too much cringe with them.

I want to go mad and celebrate (+I did have a few tonight) but I'm held back by the fact that I know deep down we have only put ourselves back in the league we should've always been playing in, we should never have been relegated from the SPL. But well done the lads and well done everybody who stuck by them this year, an amazing achievement.

One of my fondest memeories of living in Brighton was flicking through the Argus to find out just how AWFUL Lewes were doing. If ICT played Lewes tomorrow then ICT would win about 12-0 before easing off, I know Lewes aint a pub team but its a measure of the difference in standards for you! Enjoy

thats what we missed out on

I was emailed this in work earlier, its a list of World Events since we last lost a league game... December 1 ? The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.[88] 2 December - The Winter Hill transmitter has its remaining analogue signals turned off, completing the digital switchover process in the Granada Television region.[169] December 7 ? December 18 ? The UNFCCC's United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 conference is held in Copenhagen, Denmark.[89 ]December 16 ? Astronomers discover GJ1214b, the first-known exoplanet on which water could exist.[90] January 1 ? Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.January 1 ? A suicide bombing occurs at a volleyball game in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 95, and injuring over 100.[2] January 4 ? The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened.[3][4][5] * 5 January - The United Kingdom is once again deluged by heavy snowfall as the country endures its worst cold snap since the winter of 1981-82.[2] January 8 ? The Togo national football team is involved in an attack in Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations.[6] January 12 ? A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. The confirmed death toll is over 230,000,[7][8][9] making the earthquake one of the deadliest on record. January 15 ? The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs. 2 February - Birmingham based confectionary giant Cadbury is taken over by American rival Kraft Foods in an ?11.5billion deal. [1] February 3 ? The sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for ?65 million (US$103.7 million), setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction.[10][11][12] February 12?28 ? The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada. February 18 ? The President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou is overthrown after a group of soldiers storms the presidential palace.[13] Later in the day, the rebels announce on television the formation of a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo.[14] February 27 ? An 8.8 magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing 497.[15] One of the largest earthquakes in recorded history, this rare megathrust earthquake probably shifts Earth's axis and slightly shortens its days.[16][17] February 12?28 ? The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada. February 18 ? The President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou is overthrown after a group of soldiers storms the presidential palace.[13] Later in the day, the rebels announce on television the formation of a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo.[14] February 27 ? An 8.8 magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing 497.[15] One of the largest earthquakes in recorded history, this rare megathrust earthquake probably shifts Earth's axis and slightly shortens its days.[16][17] March 16 ? The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.[18] April 7 ? Amid fierce rioting, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees Bishkek to the southern city of Osh. The opposition seizes control of the government, placing former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva as the head of the interim government.[19] April 10 ? The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes in western Russia.[20][21] 12 April -o A car bomb explodes outside MI5 headquarters in County Down, Northern Ireland. The Real IRA claim responsibility for the bomb shortly after its detonation.[25] April 13 ? A 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurs in western China, killing at least 600 and injuring more than 10,000.[22][23] April 14 ? Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallaj?kull in Iceland disrupts air traffic across northern and western Europe.[24][25][26][27] A few presidents over thrown, couple of hundred thousand people killed in natural disasters, alien planets, volcanoes... even the worlds axis have slightly changed due to one of the earthquakes :D We can't stop now, there must be loads on the horizon over the next few weeks.

I learned a hard lesson this time last year!

One game at a time ffs. Don't talk or think about Ayr until after Saturday, we'll jinx it.

Looking back, the way we went up last time was f-ing ridiculous Think the team that went up last time would beat the current side about 4-1, could get just as exciting.

Going back to my last posts, after Saturday it was out of our hands again (ie. even if we won every game it could still get away from us) but after tonights results, its ours again :) Goal difference shouldnt be a problem if we win every game :)

Alot to ask but I see no reason why we cant win every single match between now and the end of the season, looking at each on a game to game basis at least I see no reason, as above that means just worrying about ourselves. The good news after Saturday is that its upto us if we want to win it or not again, the bad news is it'll hurt even more when we inevitablly drop points. The two teams abov us dont seem as capable as we are, but then they will know now that draws against us is all thats required.

Wouldnt of mattered if we'd won every single game before today Alex, assuming County or Dundee won all their games (obviously both couldnt do that given they have to play each other). But as far as I make it, it is actualy back in our hands. Points so far + potential points left Dundee 44 +39 = 83 Ross County 39 +48 = 87 Inverness CT 37 +45 = 82 Partick Thistle 35 +39 = 78 Queen of Sth 33 +48 = 81 So from our perspective, we know that if we are to take the max number of points between now and the end of the season, then Ross County and Dundee will both have to lose 6 of their potential max points totals... leaving 1. Inverness CT 82 2. Ross County 81 3. Dundee 77 The point is that as far as I can tell, its back in our hands, if County had picked up all 3 points today it wouldnt have mattered if we beat them twice and won every other game, we would've still been looking for them to drop points. A good day :024:

Without getting the calculator out, am I right in saying that us going up is now back in our own hands?

Sadly Mantis, the standard IS poor, Dundee are considered by far the best in the section and their midfield consists of Ritchie Hart and Brian Kerr... Give me a break! We should be wiping the floor with this division, we have too many players that are better than the best the rest can throw at us. Why isnt it happening? Who knows... I actually have faith in Butcher mind. The first division was at its weakest for years when we got up, even then it was by the skin of our teeth, much stronger now despite how weak it actually is.

Didnt we have a few seasons in a row of beating the champions at the end of the season? Hope this fixture isnt an omen.

Ok then, what would you have done at 2-1? Clacher???? Chill Winston! I'm here.. As soon as Dundee scored the writing was on the wall, I wouldve sent on Odhiambo for Sanchez and pressed home the point of keeping the ball (that means being brave and confident enough to play balls backwards/sideways for a spell, instead of players tryign to find room up front they shouldve been taking the room that was available in our own half)while he chased everything Dundee tried to build at the back, failing that we couldve instructed somebody to start tearing lumps out of their frontline, illegal or not. This attack is the best form of defence stuff posted on here is true in most cases but the emphasis shouldve been placed on consolidation for at least 10 minutes, once the goal went in our players started running around like headless chickens, nobody was supporting anybody else. IMO that instant change wouldve given us a chance of regrouping, when I say the team wasnt prepared its obvious that no gameplan was laid out for them should they go a goal down, be it go forward or hold back. If everybody knew what they had to do should Dundee score then you wouldve seen one of our players pick the ball out of the net themselves, the subs instantly warming up and whatever positional changes required to be put in place before we had the chance to kick off again, we wouldve re-focused and concentrated as we did in the first half, instead we were all over the place. You cant possibly be saying that because the team played well in the first half that there should not have been a plan B? The team playing well in the first half, playing well last season, playing well 10 years ago... all things that happened in the past, doesnt matter if the spells of quality football were 15 minutes or a decade ago, we cant look back at them and say things were ok so lets not prepare for the worst. It wasnt as if Dundees first goal was a fluke, they worked the ball into a dangerous position and put it in the net, the only reasons not to change at that point is laziness and complacency.

Turnout was mediocre as expectations for the season have become mediocre. If we were top or even second in the league, or even if we had pumped County 4-0, then you wouldve found a far less apathetic ICT support. The only fans that you will here 'it was too wet', 'its too expensive', 'its a diddy cup' from are the fed up ones regardless of what it is thats fedding them up (league so far, derby games, relegation, poor fare at home... anything), which is a hell of alot of people. Well done to everybody that played their part though, top effort.

A better question would be 'What would you have done when Dundee made it 2-1?'. As has been said, there wasnt alot there needing changed at HT, the players fitness shouldnt have been an issue when thinking of subs as the phsychological boost from the scoreboard wouldve had them buzzing. At 2-1, changes had to be made instantly to kill Dundees spirits and lift our own, why our players looked surprised I still dont know, they didnt react at all, they hadnt been prepared.

Cheers Scotty..

Unreal, thought this was on the iplayer. Here I am suffering form a bout of man flu listening to it, couldve gone ffs

Suicide I read, apparently his daughter died a few years ago and he mentioned it the day of his death. RIP

Also noticed that he was only 51, for some reason I thought he was older than that, theres no reason a fit and healthy Pele couldnt have a role within ICT some day.

Read this in the Daily Record today, the guy will always have my best wishes He seems to have given his best days to ICT and even when he was on a downer he seemed to put our club first, cant be forgotten and surely will always be welcome in Inverness.

What a strike!

The Old Firm, Liverpool when they are playing in Europe, Ross County and as everybody has a random pet hate when it comes to football, I'll pick Crystal Palace :cute01: Never had a problem with Airdrie and have been to a couple of their games against Ross County when back in Inverness (normally Tuesday nights), thought their fans were 100 times better than ours at the Challenge Cup final back in the day. Another woefully supported Scottish club..