Caley Mad In Berks

Just want to wish our lads all the best for tonight's game at Partick. I notice that despite it being broadcast on BBC Scotland tonight, it doesn't even feature on the list of today's fixtures on the BBC Sport website, whereas the important league match between Partick Ladies (playing away v Aberdeen Ladies), is included in the list of tonight's matches!

A good way to end our league campaign. Should give us all the confidence we need for the play-offs. Well done lads.

As good a performance as I've seen this season. We could easily have capitulated when we gave away that soft goal. Carson made a huge difference when he came on, and we looked like a really good side for the last half hour. Well done lads, that should be play off position secured. We just need to carry this form on for the last few league games, and then, probably 6, play-off games, and we'll all be happy. Not too much to ask for!

What a disappointing end to a game that started with such promise. Looking extremely unlikely that we can finish 2nd now. We would need to win all our last 4 games to get to 62 points. Ayr can do that with one win out of their last three. And even then, at 62 points each Arbroath's goal difference would probably be superior. So, for us to finish ahead of Arbroath they would have to get no more than 2 points from their last three. Clutching at straws I fear. So it will probably have to be the long haul through the play-offs. Let us hope that we can raise our performance levels and give it a really good go.

What a fabulous start. Keep it up lads.

Yes, 2nd place a definite possibility now. Unfortunately, winning the league looks out of our reach. But a good run in our final 5 games should see us going into the play offs with our confidence high. So all to play for. I must admit that before this tidy run of 3 wins I thought our season was over, so it is great to be looking forward to our matches again. Come on lads, finish the season in style!

What a difference a good little run makes. Well done lads. Even 2nd place could be in reach now. A couple of weeks break now, and then go again. Can't wait.

Looking at the remaining fixtures, on paper we have the easiest run in, playing only one of the top 5 (Killie), and five of the bottom 5. Killie play four of the top 5 ( us, Partick, Arbroath and Raith), and only 2 of the bottom 5. Arbroath play three of the top 5 ( Raith, Partick and Killie) and three of the bottom 5. Partick play three of the top 5 ( Killie, Arbroath and Raith) and four of the bottom 5. Raith play three of the top 5 (Arbroath, Partick and Killie) and three of the bottom 5. I know that in this crazy league any team can beat anyone else (whether they are currently in the top 5, or bottom 5), but everything now is firmly in our own hands if we can maintain some consistency, so let's all get behind the team for the remaining games, to help them secure a good play-off position, and then, "who knows".

Well, what a finish!. Didn't see that coming, but very well done lads. A win that should give us every confidence for the run in.

Well, there is number 3. Want QOS to get equaliser v Raith now to make my day

Am I dreaming? Or have we just scored 2 goals inside the first 12 minutes of a game? At the risk of putting the mockers on it, one or two more wouldn't hurt. Keep it up lads.

Does any one know what has happened to McGregor? Long term injury? Or just fallen out of favour. Imo he was much better than any of those we took in during the transfer window.

Have to agree, but the table doesn't lie, we are just not good enough.

Agree 100%, a waste of a wage imo, get rid.

Maybe slightly fortunate to be level at H/T. But, what a shocking pitch, difficult for any side to play a passing game. I'll settle for a 1-0 win for us, probably from an 'og', as we don't look capable of creating anything ourselves! Samuels, I'm afraid doesn't look the part for me. So, what more incentive does he need to, prove me wrong by scoring a stunning winner?

Congratulations to our curlers for their achievements in Beijing. Watching every end of the two finals over the last day or so took my mind off just how depressing it is to be an ICT supporter at the moment

I also noticed that Tobi Sho-Silva scored for his new club, Carlisle.

Yes, although I didn't see the game, it sounds as if we showed some gumption by coming back 3 times from a goal down. So well done for that. It looks as if we'll do well now to cling on to the last play off spot. But, if we can manage that, who knows.... Certainly tonight's performance seemed to be an improvement on recent matches, so I have marginally more belief than I had each time PT scored tonight.

Rings no bells with me either. And the 50's I would say is my era, during which from 53 to 59 I doubt if I missed more than a handful of 'home' matches. So Ted Collett could not have been a regular for Caley, unless my memory is totally shot away. Maybe, as others have said, just a 'once off' or triallist. Again, as others have said, it could not have been Citadel, as they were long gone, even before my time.

All I can say is that it is a blessing that living in the south of England, the English FA rules that prevent me from watching ICT on any streaming service, whilst live games are taking place in England, have saved me , over the last few weeks, the misery of actually watching the dross we have served up. It is hard enough reading about it on here, and I feel sorry for those of you who have actually watched our inept performances, either at the grounds or via streaming .I fear the only 'pay offs' we have a realistic chance of competing in now are those at the bottom end of the table.

Excellent. Come on boys, let's have another one or two to kil this game off.

He has had more clubs than I have in my golf bag! quite liked him though in his short spell with us.

Well, I was able to take advantage of RIG sharing that link, but it wasn't a comfortable watch. I think we only created one half chance, for Carson, in the whole of the second half. What happened to Doran? He just seemed to be sitting on his backside sulking. Apparently, according to the commentary he had just had a rollicking from Dodds. He has always been injury prone but this season, with him not performing at any great level, I wonder if his time is nearly up with us. Anyway, the other scores today did us no great harm fortunately, but we really must start stringing a few wins together soon.

Another year completed, still impacted by the Covid pandemic. However, I found that ex ICT players managed 357 goals in 2021, a considerable increase on the previous year. I don’t include goals scored by our ‘out on loan’ players, as strictly speaking, they are not ‘ex ICT’, being still on our books, with ICT probably still contributing to their wages. The clear ‘winner’ this year has been Henri Anier. A regular scorer in previous years for a few different clubs, this year, back home in his native Estonia, he surpassed himself, at both club (Paide) and country level. Also featuring well, as usual, were Nat Austin and Rory McAllister. Below is my full list, which will be the last one I do. After over 10 years of keeping such records, I am ‘hanging up my spreadsheets’. Wishing you all a good, and healthy 2022. 37 goals, H Anier (34, Paide : 3, Estonia) 22 goals, N Austin (21, Kelty : 1, East Fife) 20 goals, R McAllister (Cove R) 15 goals, S Boden (9, Boreham W : 6, Torquay) 13 goals, J Brown (Rothes) 12 goals, D Gillespie (Brora R) 11 goals, L Doumbouya (10, Meizhou H : 1, Shanghai S) ; A McAskill (Buckie) 10 goals, A Rooney (Solihull M) 09 goals, C Allen (Coleraine) 08 goals, B King (St.Pat’s Ath) ; M Curry (Fort Lauderdale) ; A Wilson ( Rothes) ; A Macrae (Brora R) ; J White (Ross Co) 07 goals, J Oswell (AFC Telford) 06 goals, S Rooney (St. J) ; S Winnall (Oxford U) ; G Wood (5, Brechin : 1 Formantine) ; 05 goals, D Ebbe (TNS) ; M Finnis (Rothes) ; J Wilson (Dumbarton) : B Mckay (Ross Co) ; M Watkins (2, Cardiff : 3, Aberdeen) ; N Toderov (Dunfermline) ; D Lopez (3, Portugalete : 2, Don Benito) ; R Christie (1, Bournemouth : 4, Celtic) 04 goals, M Storey (Hereford) ; I Vigurs (3, Ross Co : 1, Cove R) ; A Greig (Formantine) K Chalmers (Strathspey) ; A Sutherland (Brora R) 03 goals, N Ross (El Paso) ; A Skinner (Strathspey) ; A MacLeod (Buckie) ; J Chalmers (Ayr U) ; J Roberts (Motherwell) ; S Armstrong (Southampton) ; T Sho-Silva (Sutton U) ; Z Elbouzedi (2, AIK : 1, Lincoln) : A Shinnie (2, Charlton : 1, Livingston) 02 goals, G Shinnie (Derby) ; A MacDonald (Gillingham) ; J Hayes (Aberdeen) ; A Fisher (1, Newport : 1, Exeter) ; K Kennedy (1, Dunfermline : 1, Raith); T Walsh (Ayr U) ; J Brown (Peterhead) : S Soane (Forres) ; S Harkness (Rothes) ; A Mutombo (Neuchatel) ; D Park (Formantine) ; K Davies (1, Rothes : 1, Strathspey) ; G Oakley (1, Kilmarnock : 1, Woking) 01 goal, J Mulraney (Atlanta) ; T Agdestein (Aalesund) ; R Golobart (Doxa K) ; A Evans (Warrenpoint) ; C Dingwall (Inverurie) ; L MacKinnon (Buckie) ; J Meekings (Brora R) ; G Morrison (Cowdenbeath) ; M Cooper (Elgin) J Keatings (Montrose) ;J McCart (St. J) ; N Wedderburn (Dumbarton) ; D MacKay (Hibs) ; L Polworth (Kilmarnock) ; G Warren (Tiverton) ; F Morais (Grimsby) ; A Cooper (QoS) ;D Davis (Shrewsbury) ; R Draper (Ross Co)

Yes, great to see. One other ex ICT scorer today was David Davis for Shrewsbury, his first in 2021.