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I wonder how hard we tried to get him back, if at all. Alas, he was always likely to 'follow the money'.

The Johnstone Paint trophy final at Wembley on 3 April will feature no less than 3 ex ICT players. Alex MacDonald for Oxford Utd, plus Sam Winnall and Marley Watkins for Barnsley, should all feature. We know that Watkins should not suffer from stage fright on this big occasion, after his exploits at Hampden less than a year earlier. Good luck to all three of them.

Agreed, let us all be pleased that he will be with us at least until the next window. The professional way he has conducted himself this week, since the furore, indicates that he is at least content to be still with us. Good news. Hope he celebrates with a trade mark, thunderbolt goal (or more), against 'Well on Saturday.

3 Feb 2016 Johnny Hayes in tonight's 2-1 victory for Aberdeen against Celtic

Yes, well done to the club in not letting themselves be 'rolled over' by Aberdeen if the proposed deal was not right for us. Doubt if we will ever know for sure whether it was just the 'release clause' issue or not. There have been hints by other posters that Tansey will now be thoroughly unsettled, and even that he might not play for us again. I would be amazed if his own professional pride let the situation degenerate to that level. He is not the first footballer, nor will he be the last, to fail to get a move to a bigger club when negotiations between the clubs come to stalemate (the John Stones Everton/Chelsea saga as an example). Surely Tansey will just buckle down, play to his best ability and make himself an even better prospect for bigger clubs in the summer. Good luck to him.

So now we still have Tansey(good news), plus another midfielder, Williams, (presumably brought in because the board expected Tansey to go), and possibly even another midfielder, Hughes. But still no sign of another goal scorer. Strange goings on! But I suppose there is still more than an hour to go!

Why don't we just merge with Aberdeen and play all our home games at Elgin?

Well done Nod for spotting this. I did notice that they had won 2-0 on Saturday evening, but at that point the scorers were not showing on Soccerway.

Would this post not be more relevant to the main ICT thread, as it relates directly to the club and supporters? Re the ban, I would want to know much more about how it came about, and both sides of the argument before commenting on whether it is justified or not. I sat in the next section to the youngsters at the Stirling away game referred to, at least in the first half, before they all moved down to the other end after half time. And a truly fine job they made by singing their hearts out right through the game. As the lad says, undoubtedly it helps create a good atmosphere, and all credit to them for that. Whether I'd like to be in the limited space of a bus for three hours while they were singing with that intensity is another matter. Maybe there is a time and a place for everything?

Really great that the Highlands' 'wee team' put paid to Celtic's hopes of a treble. Didn't something similar happen to the poor lads last year too? The churlish inner me sort of hopes County don't win the final, but in another way it would be great for the Highlands if they did, especially, as another poster said, if Peterhead made it a trio of Cups coming north. So good luck to Peterhead too.

Sat 30 Jan 2016 Scot League 1 R McAllister (2) (Peterhead 5 - Albion 1) S Sutherland (2) (Peterhead 5 - Albion 1)

Great news about Draper, and indeed Esson. I'm sure Esson has a couple more years in him. He has never let us down. If we cannot afford 3 'top' keepers once Brill is fully fit again, I have no great worries which one of Brill or AFW goes. They are both good keepers, and both would want, I am sure, 1st team football.

Maybe its burned out now though. Time to let the dust (and smoke) settle!

Absolute disgrace that he should be denied a Cup Winner's medal. Let's make sure he gets one this season!

Another one to keep an eye on for 'ex ICT scorers'. Or, maybe I won't hold my breath!

Haven't yet seen confirmation on either club's website that this deal has gone through. Wonder if there has been a hitch, or change of plan?

Well done Wyness101, I'd even missed the fact that Darren had moved from Forfar to Brechin.

Sat 23 Jan 2016 Scot premier S Armstrong (Celtic 3 - St Johnstone 1) J Rankin (Dundee Utd 5 - Kilmarnock 1) Highland League G Munro (Turriff 1 - Brora R 3) EL 1 S Winnall (Hat trick) (Barnsley 6 - Rochdale 1) M Watkins (Barnsley 6 - Rochdale 1)

Last week and this week are games we should be winning. Top six, but not out of the relegation mix by any means. Two tough league games coming up with Cup game in between. Lose all 3 and our season would be in the mire. But that can't happen, Can It?

Great news. Just about our best ever signing imo.

Tonight (22Jan), Adam Rooney scored the only goal, not a penalty for a change, in Aberdeen's 1-0 win over Dundee.

1231 according to info on our own fixtures/results page on this forum

And 1502.

Well, just watched that with two Rangers fans. (OK, I don't have many friends). Much better game than the first leg at Stirling. Two cracking goals we scored, worthy of winning any match. At last Mutumbo shows what he can do for more than the odd second or two. I also like Storey's energy, and , unlike an earlier comment by a poster on this thread, I thought he showed some excellent touches, especially his contribution to the second goal. Fair play to Stirling, they gave us several dodgy defensive moments, but we managed to hold them at bay. Overall I'm satisfied with the performance, and especially the win. Onwards and upwards, a couple of good home league wins before we go to Motherwell will see us all full of hope for the rest of the season. Go on lads, you can do it.

Totally agree with this. I just wonder how much of this article is actually what Hughes said, and how much is journalistic spin. I certainly hope there will be no fall out between Hughes and the players over it. I'm sure Hughes is experienced enough to avoid the article creating a problem.