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I thought OFW should have saved the free kick it seemed to go through him, TBF he turned out to be a very good keeper. Despite the 0-1 scoreline I thought it was one of our best home performances against an experienced European team and that was without Shinnie and Watkins, thought Christie was outstanding that night, the lack of a penalty box striker was I felt the main reason for not getting through the tie.

That's the one, clearly you liked it too?

On 6/28/2020 at 10:47 PM, TheMantis said:

A happy hunting ground for ICT and for me. 3 wins, 3 draws and never defeated till the last one, xmas eve 2016. Red Card and Maryhill showed me the Glasgow pubs are nearly as good as the Edinburgh ones 

And for me always felt we would get a result and usually did we seemed to enjoy playing there.

I thought the away shirt we had which was white with blue trim was a really classy looking continental style strip. Can't remember the season, might have been the first season in the premier I remember it being worn at Ibrox.

I like the design apart from the epaulettes, they detract from the overall look, a bit naff.

A little story about strips, we used to play in the blue and black of inter milan with the club crest in the middle, crew neck, black shorts and white socks, a very strong look. We lost one of the jerseys and couldn't source a replacement, the only club that played in those colours in the same style in the UK was Middlesbrough reserves. We wrote to Jack Charlton who kindly donated two shirts. Thanks Jack.

On 6/17/2020 at 10:28 PM, Jack Waddington said:

One question I have about the whole thing is that since Hearts and Partick are going to court in an attempt to get their relegations overruled, if they're successful, would that mean there would be no promotion or relegation, or would it force through reconstruction?

Can't see how the season can start until the court case is settled, if the courts come out on the side of hearts then they will remain in the prem but will not have played any games in it. I also wouldn't put it past the government to call a second lock down if the CV flares up again.

On 6/18/2020 at 9:43 PM, Tree said:

?? Furlough is available till 31st Oct with tapering off from August

I think the payments stop as soon as training resumes.

1 hour ago, TheMantis said:

The teams in the bottom six are much of a muchness. I think Dundee United will show them up and I’m not forgetting they were well ahead of us.

Not sure about that Mantis Hearts gubbed us last few times we played them and they were bottom of the current set up. Hibs beat us comfortably too and am not convinced we would beat Hamilton. We must find a regular goal scorer which is the main difference between survival and the drop.

Quote on Sportsound by the Forfar chairman "it's been no secret for the past 4/5 months that ICT have financial problems" The money due to us from the SPFL is apparently £330,000.

I think the whole programme will be shut down players in Italy and Spain now have the virus. Letting the horse racing continue for a week with 250,000 attendees was utter madness, how can you trace infections back to source amongst that lot.

21 hours ago, Jack Waddington said:

Keep results like that coming, and we could (albeit unlikely) snatch the title from United's grasp if they keep playing the way they are...

Yes, it's a pity we couldn't perform better against the lower teams Partick/Alloa/Arbroath . Utd's form has been shaky since the turn of the year 13pts from a potential 27 with no pressure. It's possible but unlikely at this stage but you never know, would be exciting. Hibs collapse under Butcher shows it can happen.

On 3/10/2020 at 5:45 PM, CaleyCanary said:

Not something I would like.

It's hard enough for local youth players to get a chance as it is without them being shoved aside to make way for some rich club from the south out to improve their own stable.

No one's complaining about Billy Gilmour

22 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

It's clear that you have issues with a number of players but that is a thoroughly inappropriate post on a topic that, quite apart from the effect it may have on our struggling club and many other struggling businesses and individuals, is very likely to claim the lives of a number of Scots including, in all probability, some ICT fans.

I entirely agree with DD. Take the advice given by the authorities seriously and follow it as well as looking out for our more vulnerable members of society.

Get a life, black humour is part of our psyche always has been, I speak as one of those vulnerable members of society. The best thing you can do for me is stay away, self isolate which as Satan has pointed out is something the authorities have failed spectacularly to enforce .

We already are a "farm team" for Aberdeen and County amongst others. Would stave off the possibility of becoming a PT team.

On 3/8/2020 at 11:35 PM, DWH said:

We were outplayed by a part time team. They were more organised, moved the ball so much better and quicker than us and merited the win.  Why we persist in playing the ball through the air  (both short and long) beats me : it just doesn't work (especially in windy conditions as there were yesterday)

We had a couple of decent chances but they could have scored 4 or 5.

'Poor' would flatter us.

 

The big diagonal switch ball was the way Robbo played back in the day and he introduced it in his first season at ICT, the promotion year but things have moved on since then.

5 hours ago, Moogthurso said:

 

Midfield were outclassed by a great hibs side coached by jack ross who made the most of their forwards amazing movement. 

That's why we should have played 5 in the middle 2 sitting and 3 in front. Playing 3 up front left far too much space for their quick midfield plus our players didn't have it in their legs to get back when Hibs broke. Not sure about a great Hibs side either given their league position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Totally wrong tactics, against a team with pace you don't play 3 up front and leave space in behind, you sit deep, deny space and force them to play in front of you, it might not be exciting but you at least stand a chance of staying in the game.

On 2/22/2020 at 5:38 PM, Tree said:

Rumour is circulating that this time the appeal will not be heard by the Three Blind Mice!

Wonder how much they paid the one blind mouse to say she failed to correctly review the evidence. If you read this in a book you wouldn't believe it. The backlash has been so great they had to find a scapegoat at any cost to protect their own non credibility. They created this "cab-rank" of reviewers so that they had something to hide behind in the first place. It's what councils and politicians do, create a body like "the national park authority" to keep the heat off themselves from the riff raff and blame someone else when it all goes pear shaped.

The Thistle 2-2 match was a classic with a great atmosphere was gutted when Patterson equalised in virtually the final minute. The 1-0 against the Celtic Europa league finalists was amazing and I doubt will ever be beaten, have never seen the ground so packed plus people standing on the bridge and on top of caravans, I never thought we got the credit which that result deserved in fact it was almost ignored by the football press as they were so in love with the Tic and their exploits that year.

The Scottish league cup is bad enough on it's own The competition down south has been used by the top clubs to give their reserves a run out as it should be used here. When it fails to find a sponsor it will thankfully die a death in both countries but the problem of blooding young players against 1st team players will remain. 

Livi don't like grass, we don't score enough goals, could see a replay in this one.

44 minutes ago, Robert said:

That’s harsh!

Everyone is slagging the club off for not trying things. If they are going to do bilingual announcements, given the level of tourism in the area and the criticism of not having a shop in the City Centre, why not link the two things. 

It will only cost some commission and if it gets a few extra into the ground, visitors or locals, why not?

It's not harsh, we as a country are being made into a parody of what our country was and is, we are being portrayed as kilt wearing, bagpipe playing, gaelic speaking, whisky drinking Johnnie Soutars living in Brigadoon. Whilst our football might suggest we are living 200 years ago our country has a fine history in every field of human endeavour as regards modern nations which our so called government wants to convert into a shortbread tin caricature. For more ranting on this subject see the above post.

1 hour ago, Alan said:

Inept performance and once again thanks to Mark Rodgers for two excellent saves which kept us in the game. The Alloa keeper didn't have one decent shot on target to worry about apart from our solitary goal and a last minute header off the bar. We desperately need someone who can shoot straight and on sight.

 

 

 

 

According to Sportsound Shane Sutherland is coming back to us in the summer, they said the deal is already agreed.

One would think from reading the highland council's website that there are people in this country who cannot understand English and who need a Gaelic translation. A great deal of money is wasted in providing documents in Gaelic, employing Gaelic speakers, painting Poileas on all our country's police cars as though no one would recognise a police can when they saw one and putting all place names in Gaelic even in areas where traditionally it was never spoken. By the way Poileas is a made up Gaelic name for police, there were no police when Gaelic was the original spoken language in the west coast and islands of Scotland, a bit like helicopter.

As a MacDonald whose parents learned Gaelic at home before being taught English at school I feel perfectly free to say, stop this nonsense and give the money saved to a Highland football club based in the capital. After all, if the Spanish government could bail out Real Madrid as they did to the tune of I think, Eu300M what's to stop the Scottish government doing likewise?

Just a thought.

On 1/9/2020 at 11:44 AM, dougiedanger said:

Why are people so convinced he wants to leave?

No one is saying he does but when lots of filthy lucre is dangled in the face of Celtic and Christie, it tends to have the desired effect.