Everything posted by Snafu
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Ian Vigurs
I believe if he does play for us and gives 100% commitment on the pitch, he will get the folks from Inverness on his side.
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New Away Strip
Our home strip looks ok, not a bad design but also nothing special. Away strip unspectacular and functional. Didn't take to last season's home strip right away but it grew on me as it became associated with a very successful season, now its a legendary strip, iconic, right up there with the strip the team wore that night at Celtic Park in February 2000.
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Replacement Striker?
That was three seasons ago. Crossed my mind as well but from what I have heard from other fans is that he is not good enough anymore for the Premiership. He struggled to break into the Dundee team in the second half of last season after being released by Hibs in January, didn't exactly set the lucky white heather on fire at Easter Road either after two seasons there.
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Ian Vigurs
Should this not be in the rumours section?. There has been nothing confirmed about any move for Vigurs other than internet gossip. Just like any other player if we are indeed interested we will have to compete for his signature with other clubs that might offer him more money including those in League 1 & 2 in England and do we know if any other club has shown interest?. He'd be a good signing for us if it became true, I don't think what has happened before will be an issue and I can see more positives than negative here.
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St Johnstone -V Inverness CT
Our recent historical record vs the Saints down in Perth is not that great only two league wins for us in eleven games since 2010, so considering our current injury problems last Saturday was a very good result and maybe as good as it would have got performance wise under the circumstances. We have a point and something to build on now. Lets now look forward to the Partick game on Wednesday night.
- St Johnstone -V Inverness CT
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Meltdown
We never do well when we increase the red in our strip.
- Inverness CT -V- Falkirk (Cup Final)
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Cup Final ticket sales
Yeah, that was me. Hoping we can get a few more in the remaining days and get into the G sections. The more the better and it would be such a lift for the players.
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Scottish League Cup draw
Date depending I'm looking forward to an evening trip to New Broomfield.
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ICT v Dundee Pre-Match Thread
We played with plenty of width on Saturday.
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ICT v Dundee Pre-Match Thread
We should start with the same 11 and bring on the same 3 subs to liven things up later on Delighted with our strength in depth
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Hughes comments
John Hughes has a sense of humour and no one notices. I enjoy the fact everyone writes us off, long may it continue.
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What position would be acceptable this season
To early to say if teams are stronger or weaker than this time last season, but I'll have a go. Celtic are obviously weaker but realistically are still streets ahead of everyone, just don't let them know that. Aberdeen grew stronger thoughout the 2nd half of last season and if they hadn't had such an indifferent start to last season they would have been clear in second, so seems logical they are stronger. Motherwell I don't know, they seem to lose players every season and rebuild and are still challenging for those Euro places and finishing best of the rest. Dundee Utd are probably the same as last season, they will be hard to beat Inverness CT I would like to think we are stronger than last season simply because our young players have more experience now. St. Johnstone despite losing Stevie May have a lot about them including some talented young players coming through, I think they are on the rise. Ross County I think will be a more solid unit than last season once the new players settle in, but then again it could go horribly wrong having that player turnover every season. St. Mirren probably weaker but they always seem to do just enough to stay up Partick Thistle unknown, starting their potentially difficult 2nd Season Kilmarnock - weaker, doesn't seem to be much about them We were lucky last season to have such a great start mainly because our players were fitter and match sharp right from the off compared to the opposition, then they simply just caught up on us and there was the disruption in changing managers and adapting to a new style of play. I think its safe to say non of this will happen again at least this season and we should enjoy a period of stability. Good to see we are not relying entirely on Billy McKay for goals which will make a difference. I still think we are good enough for a top six, maybe on for fourth or fifth. But beating last seasons points tally would be a more realistic target to aim for, places in the league look after themselves.
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New Home Shirt 2014-15
Good to see the sponsor's logo doesn't spoil the design. Reminds me of a couple of Carlisle Utd strips from years back
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New Home Shirt 2014-15
Nice socks?? Tis' a good strip though
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New Home Shirt 2014-15
The template is called Bremen, I customised it to those colours and its impressive. It does seem though each season the red is being reduced
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New Home Shirt 2014-15
I never realised there was an identity crisis regarding the club and how it is perceived by our own fans on what other football fans think about the club. Never realised we were a joke club either considering what the club has achieved in its short history. We have earned respect from a lot of people involved in football and from supporters from other clubs. I been away from the site for a few months and what's changed?. Have the Dingle County supporters and the 'flat earthers' got folks this rattled over the club's identity? I wear the ICT colours with pride, f**k 'em.
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Fixtures 2014-15
Going down for this fixture finally, first time seeing Caley Jags at NDP. I must be one of the few that actually like this ground, though I've never sat in the stand behind the goal if this is where we will be seated.
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New Home Shirt 2014-15
The last home kit was a good one but despite being a former Caley fan I would go down the identity route with more red and go for the blue/red stripes which is unique currently in Scottish football. This is the new Ado Den Haag home kit, it would be a cracking kit for us if using in that template the green was swapped for blue and the yellow swapped for red with both white and black used in the fine detail.
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Danny Williams
This continuation of playing more than two players out of their usual position is something we have done for years due to our small squad and tends also to coincide with a downturn in form. Do we not have competition for each position in the starting eleven, surely this was what our previous management team had dealt with during the summer? Danny Williams has been a decent signing, but looks more effective and comfortable out wide.
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Next Month - We could be well ahead
Match 1 Celtic - Average side - but still a different level by far in this league. Great result yesterday. Match 2 Hearts - They are absolutely keech - dangerous to underestimate them, probably will give us our hardest game other than Celtic mainly because they will be right up for it. Match 3 Killie - Verge of bankruptcy with a Sumo wrestler as their only scoring threat - Killie's debts are coming down and they have one of the largest squads in the league, however their form has been patchy but again like Hearts we might not know which Kilmarnock team we will face. Match 4 Aberdire - The most over-rated team practically every season since Fergie left. Full of injury prone lightweights AKA Johnny the Tink - They seem to flatter to decive at the moment, improvements there though, we should still beat them and finish above them in the league for the 3rd time in 4 seasons. Match 5 Hibees - Your having a fecking laugh guv - They are still our ****** and have got even worse this season, should be good for our goal difference. Our target must be to take at least 13 points from these 5 games. Well we are on target for that at the moment.
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Celtic - Bring it on
I don't think there was anything else we could have done, Celtic had a sense of purpose and urgency about them that was missing from that midweek game and dominated the midfield simply because they had better players, they just lacked a bit of flare and imagination to open us up. Had we pushed forward more often especially in the 2nd half we would have been cut open repeatedly, did you miss what happened a couple of times when we did?. So the warnings were there. I don't think whether we were playing the OF or not made any difference I think you are taking away the effort our lads put in just not to lose that game. You need to keep in mind this Celtic team were playing in the CL last season and beat Barcelona also finishing 25 points ahead of us last season, where as we only managed 4th in the SPL with players mainly from the English lower leagues and reserves. Our players were out on their feet near the end with all that chasing and closing down, it was starting to look desperate for us in the last 10 minutes, mistakes and punts back up the park straight back to them were becoming more frequent. I kept hearing someone behind me shouting "push up, push up" but I thought Terry had his tactics spot on and our players did exactly what was expected of them. That's a point very few are going to come away with from Celtic Park this season and we are now 3 points clear at the top.
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Defensively solid.
Meekings and Warren were stand outs yesterday, both reading the game very well and getting across to cut out any danger, both outstanding in dominating second balls and clearing crosses. Meekings has improved so much in just a short time. Shinnie barely put a foot wrong yesterday and played a big part in lessening any threat from that left side. Raven was up against it against Matthews and did what he could but he looks a better right back getting forward but there was little chance in that for him, I don't think anyone else in the team could have coped any better yeterday in that position. Brill looks a good addition and going by this performance could be hard for Esson to shift. So we are solid and also still improving.
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New Away Strip
I wonder if there's going to be a 20th anniversary kit for next season?