cantankerousoldgit

Can I say a big thank you to Mr Angry and Dad/girlfriend? Of North stand section K who bangs away at the

panel and makes sure that the referee is aware of his errors of judgement. Your passionate support is an inspiration and I am not being sarcastic. Keep up the good work -we need more like you.

Winds

Does anyone know how much it costs to hire a plane?

I seem to remember he was linked with Foran's comments about Billy Big Times. Got the impression he wasn't liked and seemed like a wee show off to me. Held my head in my hand the moment he came up to take that penalty. Glad we got shot of him.

We have an average bunch of players who were punching above their weight. Normal service has resumed and our 'post Hughes table' position shows where we might realistically expect to be given our resources etc. However Hughes is clearly not the man to inspire the team to greater glory and has really given the club nothing since he arrived. Whether we can get rid of him now before the impending disaster next season I don't know but I would still rather have a young manager on the way up than a failed one on the way down.

Top 6? If this downward trend continues we will be lucky to make top 11 next season.

The hoops would be nice for a change. I was never keen on the asymmetric style of last two home strips.

Hare

So our first home game since the final and we seem to have lost 5k missing fans

Let's be honest here this just highlights that they weren't fans at all, one game a season glory hunting vermin IMO

Invernessians hate ICT we need to accept we have about 3k loyal fans albeit consisting a large amount of incomers but without them we would be in a right pickle

Our terrible home crowds are what they are let's just accept and move on as these threads are getting boring

Dougal

Making distinctions between fans based on your prejudices is the sort of attitude that will only result in potential fans staying away. Anyone who pays their money and cheers the team on is a real fan and should be made to feel more welcome than at times seems to be the case judging from previous posts. Time to ditch these chip on the shoulder insular attitudes. And yes I was born in the central belt but my kids are born and bred here have been brought up to support ICT. Is that not what we want?

Should Hughes be sacked? No. When he's had a chance to build his own team, which may well be the one he has now, and he's still failing then yes. Since he came in we've lost five out of around fourteen games. In Butchers last fourteen games we lost five. Did anyone call for his head?

When will he get that chance? We have a squad signed up for next season with little scope for for the manager to build even if he had that ambition. So far he hasn't brought much to the club but we are stuck with him for the time being so I hope he can listen to others' advice and play to the strengths of the players we have.

Pan

Newtonmore. Less travelling for team and me. Less moaning from central belt clubs.

Van Dijk will be out - that is a plus

And indeed he is!!

Is Billy off the boil or is his luck just out just now?

Mothers of Invention

Terry who?

The teams above us have shown they are capable of dropping points in any game so if we can hold our nerve then the European places are a realistic target. I have to say that I very much doubted Hughes credentials to begin with but I'm definitely warming to him and I think he handles the media surprisingly well.

Great result this- making up ground on Motherwell and Aberdeen and keeping European place still in sight if we can hold our nerve.

Fuzz

Sounds great but do you know if this train will be picking up at Aviemore or Kingussie /Newtonmore en route?

I don't mind spending money at the club but object to the rammy to get out of the stadium car park so I park in the street outside the car park in question. I would have thought it was asking for trouble to park in a private gated car park

Yourself

Great- hopefully we can bring enough support to expand into the upper section.

Hearts and County and our attendances will miraculously rise next season. So good riddance.