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All tongue in cheek I'm afraid, the inclusion of (s) at the end of the word corridor was perhaps too subtle, I couldve used the horrific :tic01: button. No black magic from me this time, I strictly deal in facts and honesty these days, no conspiracy's to be found here, I'm a scientist dont you know. I never approach a football game without a lab coat on, which means that when I see hysteria, confusion and inability bottled up in a blue n'red striped test tube (apply heat) I see whats really going on, the whole peep show is going tits up...slowly.!

And its those who watched us lose 4-1 to Obredeen who are being dramatic :023: I'm glad youve had your say and and put Mee and the rest of the women in their place, it was a good read and for many will be a great remedy to alot of the crap thats been posted on here recently. All said, it cant be denied that theres a lot going on within the first team squad, management and the corridor(s) of power to suggest that things could slowly be going tits up at ICT.

tm4tj, we're all entitled to have our say. The sad part of your 'get things in perspective' post is that people moaning about everything on your list is totally valid. Maybe not as an over reaction to losing to Aberdeen but we all pay our money and should expect a reasonable level of professionalism in return, at all levels. Is it too easy to say that the current mess is all down to Chalrie Christie and Bennet?

Would rather see Hastings at CB and McBain cover on the left. Watt news on What? Cant we get him involved

Yep, no Wyness :003: He definitely has his place in the team but only if the 9 players behind him can get their act sorted, aslong as we're shipping goals we need Bayne and Black on song to take pressure off. As I;ve said elsewhere, fans on this site need to stop looking at team selection on an individual to individual basis, the team I'd play to accommodate Wyness would be. Zibi Roscoe - McGuire - Munro - Hastings Cowie - Black - McBain Wilson - Wyness - Marius If youre putting a side on the park one man at a time then obviously the whole thing will never click. Just look at tonight with Duncan and McBain in the middle of the park :017: Both could have a case argued for there inclusion there but not together (and not with Cowie on the left, it might work if it was Wilson and they was interchangeable with McBain).

for rangers, or any game... id go Zibi Rocoe - Munro - McGuire - Hastings Cowie - Black - Rankin - Morgan Nicolae - Bayne

Get Duncan off for Black we've got a team

What the **** kind of midfield are we playing. Cowie on the left? Duncan and McBain in the middle. Nevermind the mistakes we lost it with the line up, thought Rankin and Morgan would get a shout, no Proc either

The place is excellent when its that quiet. Shame never had some time post match.

Agree with Scotty, it was bad timing, I've only ever seen him play a game and half for us (thanks to Crossmyloaf). I think we have better options considering Rankin, Morgan and Hart cant get near the first team, also Zanders a better player in Markus's position. An extension of 6 months wouldnt be a bad move should he prove his fitness, but he may have to go elsewhere.

Im sure hes older than 33!

I dont know RIG, I fancy our chances over Albion Rovers

Not until this one has run its course.

It was hit with good pace and easily dummied the keep. It was a better goal than Wilson or McBains.

If he starts against Aberdeen then I think we will win. Itll be an easy win at that, he'll give us some focus in attack that we sometimes lack without him, which makes defending all over the park easier. Youre also guaranteed with Bayne that in a match that really should be lifeless and a bit sh1te, you'll see at least one player trying, which you would hope can pick the rest of the team up.. even if its just one move at a time! Which should be enough to win this game about 3-0.

Thought he played well yesterday, he looked good in the first half coming down the line despite nearly every Gretna move being played wide against him. He was always available. I'm sure you could play him about anywhere on the park and youd get a similar performance out of him, I'm really looking forward to getting Rankin and him on the left again, they never got the chance to gel as Wilson kept getting picked out wide and John was left in the middle. Not sure what to say about the performance, I was unimpressed overall as I said last night, we were not tested but even so looked as if we couldve conceded if Gretna played with 3 up front for the full 90 minutes. Every goal was well taken, especially the first two, so we'll never know if I wouldve been right or not. Graham Bayne though.. I'm not shy about being his biggest fan, the physical side of his game sums up everything ICT should be; strong, quick, aggressive, intelligent. On the ball he's got the skill to capatalise on his movement and drive, a great target man in the prime of his career, its crazy that such a powerful asset is left sitting on the bench against a weak side like Gretna. On this website we always talk about players with potential in Black, Cowie, Fraser, Munro, or any of them, at some point or other every ICT player seems to on the verge of becoming a superstar. Well Bayne, in his position as center forward, doesnt have far to go, perhaps not a superstar ( :015: ) but he has to be as good now as anybody in his position in Scotland. As much as everybody loves the theory of tippy tappy football its useless without some pace or physical strength to back it up (as Wilson proved on Saturday, Wyness and Nicolae wouldve spent all day watching that ball moving around without ever thinking to make the run Barry did) and Bayne can give us that. It's a **** of alot easier to play through a crowded backline if youve got a man shoving the defender out of the way :015:

I thought Black was having a good game today before the injury, he played the role he should be every weekend, taking responsibility off the defenders! Any idea what happened to him?

Who did we lose 10 nil too?

Be patient.

As I've said elsewhere, we actually arent that far off filling the home sections of the ground every weekend, even if we did have a bit more razz -ma -whatsit around the place we would only be aiming to fill another 8-900 seats. No amount of price changes or promotion will fill the 2,000 empoty seats that glare back at ICT fans in the away end every other week. The time to drum up more support is in the pre-season, when we're selling season tickets, its many times more difficult to promote walk-up bums on seats than it is to promote season tickets, which offer a large discount over the year. If we built a new stand we could easily fill it with season ticket holders at the right price.

Funny that, I wouldve said the opposite! I like Wyness alot, hes matured well, hes one failed plastic surgery op away from entering bingham territory with some of his work. I just think we can be bloody toothless without bayne up front, he has always given us some focus when going forward. We used to have an amazing away record that started from his defensive work so far up the field, though if he doesnt start because Wyness has earned it, then I can have no real beef about it.

sounds alright, we'll have plenty of tim anyway

As insane as this sounds, I think the strongest team we've fielded this season was away to St Mirren, our problems that day were all in the dugout. Theres even room for Morgan in there for me, if it wasnt for him we wouldnt have beaten Hearts, deserves the same chance any of them do. Michael Fraser Richard Hastings Ross Tokely Grant Munro Stuart McCaffrey <-> swap for Phil Russell Duncan Ian Black John Rankin Don Cowie Graham Bayne Marius Niculae On this site it actually has our stats from the game, had no idea we had so many chances.. St. Mirren 2 - 1 Inverness CT 6 Shots 20 3 Shots on goal 9 9 Offsides 2 4 Corner kicks 5 14 Free kicks 15 0 Penalties 0

Rankin, Morgan and Bayne should all start.

Zib Ross - Munro - Mcguire - Hastings Cowie - Black - Rankin - Morgan Nicolae - Bayne we'll get there eventually