12th Man

How about 1,2,3,1. I would like the same 4,2,3,1 formation but we need a few guys to sign on the dotted line first.

This may be deemed a tad early but seeing as everything at ICT is gathering momentum, whether its winning the league with 2 games to go,being able to watch ICT tv, getting a sponsor organised etc, just thought I may as well mention the supporters bus too. What is happening with the supporters club? are they still running a bus? Was CD's bus to Ayr deemed a success and will it be repeated?

Anyone putting money on the match. Sky bet are offering 6:1 for County to win the match. Bet fair 11:20 for United. The odds are better for a team to win the game than to win the cup ???? County to win the cup, best odds 10:3 Ladbrokes, United to win the cup 2:7 Betfair.

Would you rather watch Dougie Imrie or Johnny Hayes on the right wing? Def the latter for me (we also got money for Imrie and reduced the wage bill)

Who received /will receive the most coverage? ICT winning the SFL cup, Brechin beating Airdrie to reach the last round for the playoffs, Airdrie losing to Brechin or the poor quality of refereeing at the Airdrie v Brechin match. And is the coverage proportionate to the teams fan base?

Dig, a, hole, dig a hole,dig a hole.

Does TCS meet Champions league criteria.

Visit Ireland would be good sponsors

Top 6 with Tokely playing in his new position ( what are the stats since Tokely moved into central defence) and Esson in goals.

Write on a piece of paper 'Are you going moan for the whole match or can you cheer up you miserable git' If you are feeling brave attach it to his fore head with a drawing pin, if not stick it to his seat before he arrives.

You also missed out Inverness is a special place, Its got a bridge and a castle, thats what swung it.

I would be happy with the same starting 11 for the SPL In the last 12 games we have only conceded 5 goals, thats 5 goals conceded in 18 hours of football, 9 clean sheets and 31 goals scored. All of our team are leaving the SFL better players than when they entered it, Staying in the SPL is priority but this current ICT squad have amassed more points in the 1st div that their title winning predecessors and I would say against tougher opposition this time round. In the first SPL year we were very close to a top six finish, so theres no harm in making the top 6 plan A, next season.

I thought he did an OK interview, another Rooney would have gone all quiet and started crying when asked a question. He also mentions 'we' a lot as opposed to Ict or Inverness, another promising sign.

Says in the paper it may be more if the existing ones don't give it their all. They will probably look to buy up the best of the first division as it will kill off their competition and 2nd place may guarantee promotion anyway.

The ball is near our corner flag, Golabeck to Hayes passes to Duncan, to Ross, to Rooney, GOAL !! and all at speed. Thats why were champions !

Nice pictures, by the way your cormorant is a bit of a shag.

please move /delete if this has been covered already

Quite a few of us became Romanian fans two years ago, so if Cox was in the England team would that make a difference.

I got mine too, a nice letter to receive and personally signed too, not printed, theres an indentation on the on the opposite side of the signature. I didn't feel the need for SWALK on the back of the envelope but it was a nice gesture anyway.

IMO he was OK when TB and MM moved DP to MF and NB to RB.

I saw a couple of people leaving too but you have to bear in mind that they probably had to be somewhere else shortly afterwards. Barrowman left early, any complaints about that ? we were 10 points behind Dundee then.

There's maybe a hint there in the bit I've highlighted. The media can't go on covering this ICT story in depth forever. What you have to remember is that Caley Thistle won the title away back now on April 21st amid great media acclaim. In the case of the BBC, commentary on Raith v Dundee was laid on just for that purpose and Ross Tokely was on air within minutes of confirmation. Then there was a great celebration at Ayr and a 7-0 away win which also attracted a great deal of coverage - in the case of the BBC, Chic on Open All Mics and a great deal of follow up, including parts of the manager's impromptu speech. By the time you get to Saturday's event, yes it's a great day for ICT fans, but the fact that ICT did what they did is no longer NEWS. On the other hand, Stirling wininng the Second Division IS now news, and so is the relegation of Ayr and the ongoing Killie/ Falkirk scenario in the SPL etc etc. I think you also have to look at this from the perspective of the vast majority of people who use these media and who are NOT Caley Thistle fans. Newspapers and other media have a major onus to report breaking news and the kind of gratifying ongoing coverage which, OK the fans of successful teams really enjoy, is only a minority taste and there is therefore a limit to the extent to which it can be indulged. As for the BBC, coverage of Saturday's game amounted to the following - * Robbo on air all afternoon on Open all Mics. There was also commentary (I'm not sure if it was used live or otherwise - I certainly used it on this morning's local news report) on the moment Grant Munro held up the trophy. * A TV match report at 4:50. * An online match report on the BBC website from around 7:30. * Extensive coverage on the BBC local news bulletin this morning, including interviews with Terry Butcher, Grant Munro, George Fraser and David Sutherland. You also have to remember that something like this will obviously have a rather longer shelf life in the local media where it's a much bigger deal than nationally where the are far more fish to fry, so there really is a limit to which any one story can dominate other, breaking, fresher ones. Regarding the part that Ive highlighted, only joking,understandable that fresh news takes precedence over current news -the 'tomorrows news yesterday' philosophy. :022: Seeing as I was at the match and not checking media coverage, in the pub and not checking media coverage,or hung over and not checking media coverage, oh I nearly forgot, I didn't mention TV or radio coverage in my initial post. I thought you would be doing such a fantastic job promoting ICT, I didn't feel the need to raise the issue. My comments were only based on the BBC sport SFL web page. Thanks for the reply Charles.

Yes, even as a sub he slots into his position well As for Stewart Golabeck I would rather see him as a first team player than coming off of the bench as he needs to play all the time to get the best out of him.

Fair enough but seeing as I didn't check their website every day following Dundee's midweek loss I cant really comment on how much coverage ICT got, where the most important day should have had better coverage.