Eagle4Caley

Yeah... can't be helped, the perils of having to plan in advance I guess, we've got something else we can do for today. Not sure if I will be able to make the re-arranged match, depends on how much notice I get to book flights .

Bollox! Bollox! Flew in last night (interesting landing!) with eldest daughter for the weekend for her first game. Did I say Bollox!

Great news, no one panicked (well apart from some supporters!) and it's all come together, so important for the short to medium term Now if Draper re-signs soon, we will be definitely be consolidating nicely. Can we extend Storey's stay though? (or go one better?)

Job done...tickets ordered online, can relax now!

I've had exactly the same experience...ring Hearts, ring ICT, ring back Hearts, ring ICT again (who will call me back on Monday) I can organise flights, rent a flat for the weekend, book tickets to the Zoo and other visitor attractions...all nice an easy, But to buy two bleedy tickets to a football match, not so!

Thanks, I think I will.

Anyone know if the club are going to be selling away tickets for Hearts or do we go direct to Hearts, as their site is showing our match is now available for purchase (if so where do the away fans go?).... Flying up from London with my eldest daughter and like to get things sorted in good time

0-3 Inverness...I'm bloody loving this! Well done Vigurs! And on the day when I booked flights for the home match against Hamilton in March (and with my trip for the away match to Hearts just weeks away) So happy...now close this out! Who needs Yogi on the touchline!

Overall a s#it weekend for me football-wise....losing to a last minute penalty is real gutting, but from comments on here it looks like we were pretty poor.....strange how we can have three good wins on the trot and then two poor performances. Thats football I guess!

Fanastic result, without our star player (Christie) in the team and made all the more fun I suspect for many, with our friends in the 'East' getting stuffed 1-5 (who'd of seen that, especially with their new international full back in the team!). Sounds like we fully deserved the win even if we had the mandatory 'squeaking bum' time at the end. Getting Vincent back fit is (almost) as big a deal as having Storey scoring. Given his previous record I didn't expect Storey to do as well as he is, so it shows how much of a gamble some signings are and how they work out of not......We are looking quite settled now, but the second half of the season could still be interesting, if Storey's loan isn't extended, and with Christie gone.....lets hope that Mutumbo, Lopez and Roberts (remember him?) develop some form that makes those potential losses less heavy. Glad to hear Polworth having a good game Palace up to third with a great victory, so a classic double win weekend Who give's a monkey's for the Rugby World Cup anyway!

This!

What a great result! Sounds thoroughly deserved. That's five games without defeat including the cup.....Storey appears to be a real round peg in a round hole up here, and Vincent staying fit Bench really light, I understand Tremarco picked up a knock midweek, but Lopez and Foran? Hats off to Yogi, who has steadied the ship after the early season troubles....an interesting comparison to that of the late Dundee Utd manager. We are still running on a super thin squad at the moment, so fingers crossed no more injuries (or suspensions!) for a while Given County's form this season, next weeks game will be a toughie.....but if we can reproduce the same performance albeit without Christie we could extend our unbeaten run

A point away last season at Dundee Utd would seem a good point, despite Utd being off-colour this season, coming back from a goal down and what sounds like an 'iffy' first half still sounds like a good point....we seem to have stabilised a bit with Meekings/Vincent/Tremarco back (although the next two fixtures look toughies!). Love to here views on Storey's performance yesterday. And will Mutumbo walk straight back into the side? Was the 6 man sub bench purely down to a late ingury to Vigurs? I wondered who this bloke Richard Foran on the team sheet was briefly! I wonder if he can get enough match fitness back to stick the winner past County (which could be the highlight of the season)

Speroni had a testimonial at the end of last season....against Dundee, and they brought 2000 fans down with them, and they are definitely bonkers!

In fact MOTD didn't show half the stuff! we more than matched City in the first half, although they certainly came in to the game more second half...but we were going for the win right to the end so their goal was a sickener. Also annoying was MOTD spent time on Dann's tackle on Aguero because Pellegrini suggested a red card should have been shown yet totally ignored Mangela's tackle from behind on Puncheon in the 2nd half which was definitely worse (and should have been a red not a yellow, but perhaps I'm biased!)...but there you go.

Yes...that was a great result. I see West Ham as our closest London rivals in terms of squad and performances over the past few years, once they get in to the Olympic statdium that will take them up a notch in terms of support and prestige I reckon (there is a view down here that West Ham have got a rather unfair hand up by the authorities in their desperation to find a permanent use for that stadium....be nice if Palace got some of that money for redeveloping our 'atmospheric' stadium) West Ham play The 'Toon' today so hope they give them a going over!

Fantastic result....second half sounded better than first, first match back for Vincent and he gets a goal....thats 2 in 2 now! And welcome to Miles Storey...always good to score on your debut Meekings back, and apparently Hearts had not one shot on target? Vigurs influential? Certainly a good way to start the weekend!

During the summer he joined Boluspor in the Turkish 2nd flight. Played 3 games so far, no goals yet. Ok Right....the player profile website I was looking at obviously not updated...funny how footballers seem so keen on Turkey whereas Syrians can't wait to get out.....

Blimey...the last first team game (if that's what you can call it) this lad played in was a YEAR ago for Welling Utd. He could be the next Ryan Christie....but I don't see him playing many games for us. It's staggering that Edward Ofere doesn't have a team, and yet what ICT were offering him wasn't enough to stay...what were we offering...Scotch Pies? Be interesting to see the teams' accounts for the previous season...we must have made a serious loss.

We had much the same scenario down here when Man Utd bought Wilfred Zaha and loaned him back to Palace for half a season.....most of us thought the transfer was inevitable, but actually were happy to see him back for a while and indeed he helped Palace get promoted......in the same way Ryan could be instrumental in getting us enough points in this half of the season to help us stay up. I appreciate the sentiment against Celtic in Scotland seems stronger than the equivalent view of Man U (by other EPL fans) these days, and I'm sure for many there's also a slightly irritating feeling that after last seasons 'punching above our weight' we've been somewhat slapped down by forces we don't fully understand.

Lets be fair to the lad, he is a young man who has just joined what is without doubt the biggest team in Scotland, earned a tidy increase in salary and a good chance of playing in the Champions League next season, he is going to sound excited, he may well have said 'obviously grateful to ICT for the break' etc etc, but this may not have be reported that's all. He played a major part in our best ever season, one that we may not repeat for some time, and now another side has offered him a massive break. In the end it's the way football is.

I take my ICT scarf to Palace anyway....whereas I wore a vintage red n blue stripe Palace shirt to Hampden for the final!

ICT being faced with the brutal realtities of football, especially a small club with little income in a financially poor league. I don't understand the vagaries of football contracts but we seem to be unable to offer the sort of long term contracts that would have allowed us to get some return of the development of Shinnie and Watkins. I suspect the fee will be driven more by what we need now, i.e. funds and a proper striker. If we get £500k for Christie plus a loanback and even a decent player on loan that will be a half decent deal. Yes would be great to get more for him, but seriously doubt Celtic have much competition for his transfer, as I believe, Ryan has some draw to Celtic. I can't imagine him going to an English club where he would disappear into obscurity.

Thanks NoHo.... Palace are of course my English team (and the shared colours are just one reason for my affinity to ICT), it could certainly turn out to be a special season. Palace are often considered to be 'punching above our weight' and in London terms are certainly second fiddle to Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs....I would save level with West Ham, but they have been 'given' the old Olympic Stadium on favourable terms. Certainly have been a bit of a 'yo-yo' club as well....but the difference for Palace over Caley is the amount of money swirling around the EPL...we have got (over?) rewarded for coming 11th and 10th in the past two seasons, about £145M, whereas ICT have got rewarded bugger all for decent league finishes in the past two years and winning a cup....which is why Caley are losing all of their best players. The side issue with Palace is watching the Newcastle fans go bonkers at Pardew's decent run with us having driven him out last season. Certainly the best away record in the EPL this calendar year is something to be proud of

My impressions from down based on snippets in the press, BBC and bits of highlights was that Mutombo was a half decent player, who probably should have gotten on the scoresheet....My impressions from this forum on Lopez is that he is useless (or has some qualities but either unfit or unsuited to Scottish Football)..... is Mutombo worse than Lopez? In any event Yogi will have to come up with a Plan C in Mutombo's enforced absence.... however I now see BBC reporting on Celtic's bid for Ryan Christie, if he were to disappear by Tuesday night for the £500K then there can be no greater example of the financial predicament the club is in that a potential relegation (as a consequence of being able to bring decent replacements) is not a significant threat to the clubs existance compared to not being able to balance the books. Some talk of a loan back though, so perhaps the best deal we can hope for?? Definitely a season where Yogi will need our backing to get through a sticky time