12th Man

Major wage cuts at United, must be why they dont want a 10 team league of late.

A couple of words got dropped from your post

But can they kick a football? maybe it wasnt that difficult catching a man who was at the time chasing a two headed golden unicorn on roller skates.

Barrowman, biggest mistake ICT ever made, dont know what frustrated me the most, his style of play which consisted of ball approaches Barrowmun via black from mid field Bmun then runs in blacks direction and passes the ball back to him then runs and stands next to some defenders these tactics didnt win any games. or the overwhelming love for himself. If Mr Bs word for the Celtic game was annoy, Then Barrowmans word for a night out was smug. Hes here hes there hes- well you know the rest. I would always hope that he would have a good game, I liked Mr overhead bicycle kick but he just kept making mistakes and usually big ones. I'm also going to mention Rankin, as at the time my first impressions were that he had slow reactions and if you were quick you could nip in and take the ball off his toe as he slowly looked around for the pass. I didnt think he was worthy of a start over Roy McBain on the left wing and only a £50,000 (Charlie Christie)signing put him ahead of Roy. I didnt think he would make the first team otherwise but he came good and was a good addition to the team. So I was wrong to be too critical of a new signing and should have had an open mind instead of thinking more of Roy not playing than what Rankin may be capable of.So whoever comes in I will be routing for them and not letting memories cloud my judgment.

The fair play award has been given to England this time, its not certain who it will go to yet.

We are entering a new era as the club wants to progress,its a shame players have been moved on but thats how it is,keep a thought in the back of your mind though, our youth have probably learnt a lot from our players over the years and a little bit of their style of play may crop up from time to time, so players may have moved on but a little bit of them will remain. We are only a few players short of a good team and at least we've still got Rosco.

Serves them right coming up to the Highlands in party mode with the arrogant expectation of going top of the league before a ball was kicked,they should have complained to Celtic for not being good enough. I also heard that the royal mail intercepted 2 letters of complaint, which were posted in the Cambuslang area and were addressed to Santa and the Tooth fairy.

Our results against the Old firm this season 1 x w, 3 x d and 2 x l and scored 7 goals in the process, not bad considering they will be entering European cup competitions with the intention of winning them next season. I read in the Daily Express that Kyle Lafferty couldnt believe that Celtic got beat by a bottom 6 club (ICT) You have a short memory Kylie as Rangers only beat us once during 3 attempts. I think the old firm will have a few sleepless nights if they have to play us over the final 5 fixtures next season, ICT will look forward to that day a lot more than Rangers and Celtic.

Did anyone notice that we split the old firm on recent form over the last 6 games- Rangers 16, ICT 15 and Cellic 13. Just a wee reminder to any potential signings that were not just here to make up the numbers in the SPL.

Sounds like a very clever yet simple solution where the split disappears but the fixtures are split odds and evens. for example one group could be Rangers,Hearts,Kilmarnock,ICT,Aberdeen and St Mirren and the other Celtic,United,Motherwell,St Johnstone Hibs and Hamilton. But Too many clubs would complain if they didnt get to where they wanted to be and blame the club selection though, including the OF complaining about unfair home advantage against each other.

I heard that there will now be singing/shouting auditions to get in to section E. To get the section loaded, primed and cocked for the new season. Any idea when the auditions are taking place?

After looking on the highland march website I think I passed you lot in training north of Spean bridge about a month ago, that was some pace you were setting for yourself, were you just popping down to Fort William to buy some messages.

He certainly has found a club with a style of play that compliments his technical ability, I can also see an even better service of ball coming from our players next season with plenty of goals coming from all over the park so no pressure on him to win games.I think he would have another happy season with us and the way he is playing, I can predict us Caley fans supporting an extra country for Euro 2012 as Rooney bangs them in. I cant see that happening if hes sitting on a bench or is lured to an underperforming club with the hope that he can win games on his own. I think 1 more season for us will do his confidence and self belief the world of good and make him a stronger and better player when he moves on to a higher level, where the competition for excellence is a lot more fierce Out of all of our players who have left for bigger clubs (excluding Marius as he was a high earner already) only Don Cowie and Barry Robson have maintained their level, If Adam moves on then I wish him all the best, none of us know what the future will bring so I hope he makes the wisest choices that will bring him the most success over his whole career and not just one season.

I would like one of the home grown youngsters supported too but do we have first pick as they may have been sponsored by a company on an annual basis already.

What chants did you enjoy the most. I enjoyed the, Your not famous anymore directed at Aberdeen, whilst beating them. Any new ones emerging for the new singing section.

On recent form we are also 3 points behind leaders Rangers and have as many points as Celtic.

Good move, the club appear to be hitting the ground running this season regarding friendlies, season tickets, the x factor trialists and now this. Better accoustics and also gives the club the option of extending the family section if required. http://www.ictfc.co.uk/articles/20110513/the-singing-section-is-moving_2208825_2359255

I thought it may be a bridge too far but didnt want to appear to be negative. No shame in keeping it to a 7 day thing next season and enjoying it. It was the fixtures list that failed and not our Olympians.

I think we have been fortunate and spoilt for a long, long time, fans at a lot of other clubs keep having huge clear outs and all their players are just new faces, where as we have allowed a special bond to flourish between ourselves and the players over the years,we have enjoyed the progression through the leagues,the giant killing cup games, felt the pain of relegation and are currently making the SPL our home. All of which has been a first for the fans. So I would like to say a big thank you to Russell and Grant and also to all the long serving players past and present, that have given us fans such special memories to cherish. (goes away to get a glass of Dalmore 12 yr old) I look forward to you returning to play for an ICT Legends team one day. I wish you both well and hope you settle down soon at your future clubs and good luck.

Who will CTO sponsor and who is likely to be available

Well Ive bought mine. I know some dates and times are a pain but by paying up I wont have to dip my hand in my pocket to for the whole season to buy a match ticket for the league.

I hope Mair gets his shopping delivered by Tescos, it must be pretty embarrassing for him otherwise, if an old lady bumped into his trolley he would be rolling and writhing about in one of the aisles, far safe to get it delivered. I would say Duncan was brought down in the box attempting to go for the ball by Mair, Duncan was frustrated that he didnt get a penalty.Words may have been exchanged, Mair grabs Duncan by the throat,Duncan pulls Mairs shirt and gets pushed by Duncan's chest, Mair becomes terminally ill for 30 seconds, collapses and Duncan gets sent off. It should have been Mair sent off for violent conduct and fouling inside the box (preventing Duncan from reaching the ball by trapping his legs)and penalty to ICT, Duncan didnt do enough to warrant a red. Appeal, appeal,appeal Mair you are an embarrassment you sacrificed you Honor and dignity to get a player sent off to give ST Mirren the upper hand, it back fired as you still lost, not only did you lose, you lost your respect from fellow professional footballers, spectators of the match and anyone who watched the highlights. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/13329040.stm

I think it would be only fair to ask for professional advice to see if it could be rescinded and go ahead with an appeal. Why bother when the player is on the way out the door? because he has given 10 years of his playing career to ICT thats why. I am assuming that if the appeal is won then there is no fee anyway. I have seen players only getting a talking to from the ref for far worse than that, after seeing the highlights in my opinion an appeal would be warranted.

If Mair had Duncan by the throat then no wonder he fell to the ground with the realization that he was going to be sent off and it was in the box too. Its a pitty that technically you have to allow yourself to be strangled until the ref blows the whistle and cannot defend yourself from assult. Our players reactions' to it all just about sums up what really happened. If Duncan was the guilty party our players would have just got on with it and there wouldnt have been such strong reactions from our Captain or Esson from behind the goals.

In case you hadn't sussed, I'm just trying to promote the supporters bus from a different angle for the last game of the season.