Eagle4Caley

I love that new scarf....bought mine already, will get first outing at Palace V Southampton, Boxing Day before it comes up to Glasgow for the St Mirren game in Feb

Great result! Sounds like a very one side match .... a great boost having watched my other team gift 3points to Villa Would love to go to the Partick match away...but flying up to Glasgow two weeks running is probably not on.

It's a nice read....good when the wider world recognises a good job being done. Yogi and ICT seem a perfect fit at the mo

I can't wait to see the highlights...great to see Billy scoring again. Is Marley Watkins the new Andrew Shinnie (or better), Yogi seems to have him playing in a similar role, I am glad he is doing so well, when I first saw him last year he struck me as being a very useful player Also another goal from a CB...nice one Josh

Palace are looking for a left back in January...do I drop a hint on the Palace message boards???

Seen the highlights now and have to say all the goals were well taken...Billy's first an absolute beaut, really good work by Watkins. The place looks lovely in the Autumn sunshine...the camera angle gets a great view of a flat calm but deep sea with the hills behind....makes me rather wistful, not sure when I can get up next

‘Another tactical masterclass from Big Yogi and the Team. This has to be some of the most intelligent football ever played by Caley Thistle.’ Caley D ‘Great game to watch, great players, great performance against a good team’ 12th Man ‘First time we've ever been top of the league as late as November’ Yngwie ‘The first time in just over 3 years that we've won a league game after conceding the first goal. The curse is broken!’ Yngwie ‘Thats the best performance i have seen in a long long time’ Forza Caley Patience and persistence has it rewards! Well done Yogi!

By any measure that was a good result against the surprise form team of the SPL....Billy back scoring, and Vincent/Warren on the score sheet too.... Top, just need a favour tomorrow before the international break

I reckon a Billy hat-trick...or is that being greedy?

yep! another one has turned up! yee haa!

Get in there! Billy was due one and now it's come! Will it be like a London Bus? (if you know what I mean?)

A really innovative line up - I like it! Even with that team, look how strong our bench is. Cover and options in abundance! Much as I'd like to see Sekajja start....in reality it should be Christie in that line up behind Mckay and Watkins. It is a strong bench with options to hold with Vincent and Christie or attack with Sekijja and Doran depending on the way the game is going and whether we fancy improving our goal difference! With Dundee U losing last night we have a chance to go top for a day and perhaps longer if the Dons can hold Celtic

The SPL is looking very competitive this year...alright Celtic have awoken and are slowly climbing towards top spot...but I'm seeing a top seven fighting it out for sometime....unless Hamilton and Dundee run out of puff. If we stay strong we will be in the top six..... I feel the top four spots will be between Celtic, Dundee Utd, Aberdeen and ICT, I agree with CraigF92, that 4th would be a good finish.

Not time to ditch Billy quite yet Brill Raven Meekings Warren Shinnie Draper Tansey Vincent Williams Watkins Mckay Keep it tight but counter-attacking with Watkins close to Mckay......having the option of Christie, Doran and Sekajja to really have a go later in the game! I'd rather a 1-1 with Billy scoring than a 0-0 .... can see it being 2-1 to us though

The bit from 2:45 onwards rivals Al Pacino's 'Any Given Sunday' speech imo. Aye...It's a mighty fine aftermatch interview!

ICTRoughi....I can't comment on the Rangers game, but I felt we did pretty well in the Cup Final, first absorbing Aberdeen pressure, then nullifying their threat...for 20-25mins of the 2nd half we were in complete control, but couldn't get the goal, and blew ourselves out. I think we relied too much on Billy to get the goals. I think the team now would win that game...yes I know you have to take the chance when presented, maybe we weren't quite good enough, but there are several players who have come on a fair bit since that game.... helped I in my view by Yogi's stewardship

Some very thoughtful responses, I'm glad I re-ignited the discussion. Renegade, I understand your comment about not being too conservative , and not 'having to take the sting out of every game' ...I think with the midfield we have, we should be able to exert control more easily this season....If Vincent stays fit and plays in the correct position this will be a more regular event....I guess the match against Celtic will be the litmus test for this. I also think that the development of Christie, Watkins and Doran have given us game changers, which will take the pressure off Billy and he will get back to form pretty soon. Hopefully Ibra will contribute something as well to provide Yogi options DD...although a very thoughtful response I think you are still being a tiny bit hard on Yogi....in the end you can only beat what is put in front of you....next year we may have a resurgent Hearts and Rangers to contend with....however as this season goes on, if we stay injury free, the likes of the guys I mention above will continue to develop, along with Williams. In terms of whether we can play at a high tempo for more of the game, a bit of me says that a 1-0 win saving energy might be a better season long plan if you see what I mean (so we don't run out of steam), although obviously preferrable to be defending a 2goal lead! Your assessment of what constitutes success is fair...I bet 15years ago the thought of ICT being the third best team in the SPL might have been considered somewhat a pipedream, and arguably, given our finances and crowd pulling potential probably the pinnacle of what we can do. Would we settle for a top six place and another Cup Final, or a top three place? More to the point do we want a chance to play in Europe next season given the likely strength of the SPL. In terms of Yogi's performance is he getting as much, more or less than the other potential contenders who were in the frame for the job last year...who can tell? Certainly I think no worse (we're 2nd for heavens sake!), and he completed the job of getting us to the League Cup final if not picking the trophy up

Thought I would bump this, considering we are second in the table, level on points with top and generally seem to be going in the right direction under Yogi with a stronger looking team that seems to have a number of players developing quite nicely And also bravely on my part just before we play Celtic away next week.... given the last couple of results there, I would take a score draw as proof of overall improvement under Yogi Steps away and waits for comments on tippy-tappy football and wayward back passes!

This sounds like a well earned win, can't wait to see the highlights! Good that Vincent is back, and playing in his best position! We seem to have a very strong midfield and with Watkins, Doran and Christie some creative spark as well. Billy is going to start scoring for fun soon, as the opposition more and more have to contain Watkins and Christie...Good to have Ibra on the bench though. Our bench yesterday looked to be the strongest we have had for a while, which bodes well for a good long run.

Well done Caley...a profit is a profit, however does £28K represent a 1st team footballers wage? In other words hard to see any additions to the squad now without someone going first, and I suspect without a run in the Scottish Cup, more than one might have to go in the summer to balance the books Also shows that even minor improvements to the ground are not affordable

5 minutes of highlights off the internet doesn't tell me much, other than it was a pretty scruffy game...although Billy did look pretty sharp St Mirrens' ground looks pretty smart, obviously only a few years old...have hopes of making the Feb match my first ICT away match (if you exclude the cup final)

Not when you include air tickets! (haha), but seriously that's good! Also puts our league performances into some sort of perspective given the size of our crowds and the cost of going....points per attendance spend must put us top of the table!

The international break really seems to kill the domestic scene, I guess we run out of stuff to discuss come the weekend off which means by the following week interest seems to be slow to build....even down here interest in the EPL etc only seems to take off Friday night before resumption....although plenty of talk about the 'price of football' although not seem to much analysis at SPL level Back to this Saturday...I suspect RiG is correct on the line up, although if we go behind be interesting to see if our new signing gets thrown on for the last 15mins.....Vincent doesn't seem close to being match fit as yet....I would like him firing on all cylinders to see him operating next to Tansey Will be keeping an eye on the Accies v Aberdeen, wonder if their momentum will be maintained.....now: do we want Ross County to take anything off Celtic?

Personally I have little to go on, so will sit on the fence! (I'd take the latter though with a few goals lobbed in)

Although technically (correct me if I'm wrong) he is the only player we currently have that has played (and scored) in the English Championship, albeit just a couple of games. Tansey I think is the next highest level performer having played in English League 1. Initially he has to impress enough to get a longer contract, at 21 he has plenty of time to develop if he can stay at ICT long enough Actually some CPFC fans said that neither Andy Johnson nor Mile Jedinak were good enough! But making snap judgements after a couple of games is not very insightful