AlexJones

Everyone is no-selling the most interesting point in the thread... why is Mutombo going around Inverness in his Caley strip?

Did Hibs field an ineligible player?

Can't blame the manager for 2 unforced defensive howlers. Everyone was calling for a more direct approach and Yogi delivered. On another night one of the 50 or so balls we put into their box would've fallen for us. Just not our season. Time to focus on top 6.

I still dream of a Pele second coming, even if only on a short term interim basis. The free flowing attacking football would be the perfect antidote to our current woes, get the best out of our currently stifled, overdrilled underperformers, and bring the crowds back.

The result was daylight robbery, but the County fans probably deserve a Cup by now, so we'll let them off.

Think some of the comments are harsh to say the least. Form has been poor as of late but the lads did not deserve to lose today. When you see the way we absolutely battered Hamilton in the last half hour, it reminds everyone what we're capable of. The trouble is, it takes going behind for us to get out of second gear. We need to eschew the ineffective, self-defeating possession game for fixtures like this and adapt the direct, aggressive, assertive approach that we saw in the final 20 minutes. Horses for courses. 

When IHE is making the most sense in the post match thread you know we're in extraordinary times. 

7 minutes ago, CaleyHedgehog said:

I'm definitely going to the replay not least so that I don't have to listen to this biased rubbish from the commentary team. When Hibs got their goal they all cheered  and laughed, but when Inverness got their goal there was silence. Come no Caley Thistle, show them why you are the cup holders. 

The absolute nadir was when they started gloating over the `extraordinary` Leanne Dempster. What a load of tosh.

What a turnaround, Hibs wilting under pressure as usual. Shame it took going behind for us to get out of first gear. Great work from Horner and Mutombo when introduced. 

Shades of the Ibrox debacle last season. Giving a rank rotten Championship team far too much respect. This lot just got turned over by Dumbarton. We should be going for the jugular, not sitting back.

"He hit that like a kicking horse"

Alan Partridge lives. 

8 hours ago, Renegade said:

Draper would often go ahead of Roberts and Storey in order to pressure the Celtic back line, with Storey and Roberts folding back into the wings of the midfield.  Worked really well on the whole and I too was impressed by Vigurs and Horner.  The only change I'd like to see would be Storey and Roberts swapping sides as I think Storey works better on his natural side.  

 

Big Drapes movement off the ball is exceptional. He's like an SPL version of Thomas Muller. 

I think a polite 'this is your first and last warning' from the stewards would have been a more sensible course of action rather than hauling the guy out, wasting a fortune in police and court time, and creating an unnecessary spectacle for both the individual and the club. 

I would prefer Celtic to win the title over that lot to be honest. Sorry Dons. 

Wasn't expecting to win so easily, particularly when I heard Williams and Raven were out. Pleasantly surprised! 

Tremarco is really starting to look the part at left back, he won his battle with Logan pretty decisively tonight and showed great composure to see out most of the game on a yellow card. That's also now a goal and an assist in consecutive games. 

The midfield completely bossed the game and made Aberdeen look ordinary. Vigurs took his goal well, but also put in a great shift tracking back and closing down. Polworth had Shinnie in his back pocket. 

When it was all said and done Aberdeen simply gave up trying to play football against a technically superior team and resorted to playing for soft free kicks to hoof into our box. That was all they had in their locker. It's hard to fathom how they're so far up the table. Without Rooney's goals they'd be struggling to make the top 6. They're starting to remind of of Stuart McCall's Motherwell.  

 

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They have a hard enough life with being traded like horses by agents, dictated to by the whims of the Media and money as to when and where games should be played as well as being at the beck and call of the Management.

Probably more a case of increased reporting of anti-social activity in and around football grounds due to the growing ubiquity of social media and content sharing, rather than an actual increase in anti-social activity. In days gone by incidents would pass largely unnoticed by anyone outwith the immediate vicinity. Today phone footage and eyewitness testimony will be published online within hours and disseminated all over the internet, leading to a distorted, augmented sense of prevalence.  

I'd be extremely surprised if 'casual' culture actually returned to Scottish football in this day and age. Football, as a subculture, largely reflects culture at large. At the risk of sounding blunt, the youth of today are somewhat 'low testosterone' in comparison to their 1970s and 1980s counterparts (studies actually bare this out). In the old days hard drinking and fighting were deeply ingrained aspects of Scottish masculine culture. Violent crime has been decreasing for decades. There are multiple theories as to why (some even attribute it to banning leaded petrol!) but the end result is an anti-social generation who would rather sit at home playing X box or chatting to their pals on whatsapp rather than leaving the house. Real world social interaction is a drag for many of these kids, who struggle to be separated from their smart phone screen for any extended period, let alone deal with a situation where they could be punched in the face.   

So Doncaster's position is... 

Favoritism towards big clubs in European competition - outrageous.
Favoritism towards big clubs in domestic competition - good for the game. 

That's 'sporting integrity' folks.

 

2 hours ago, PerfICT said:

Likewise, should we need a goal in the dying minutes of a cup tie and want to go 2 up front, what do we do? 

Stick Ryan Esson up front. If it's good enough for Man City, it's good enough for us. 

Interesting comment from McGhee 'Inverness are the most tactical team in the league outside of Celtic'. 

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This appears to be the way of things for a club which used to be so good at winning friends but which now seems determined to alienate each and every one them. For no apparent reason, Inverness Caley Thistle have morphed into the hermit of Scottish football. Often, it feels as if those in charge of making decisions view the outside world through a self-made haze of hostility and suspicion all of which is absurd and unnecessary.

How exactly are Keith Jackson and his Daily Record colleagues 'friends' of our club? 

Respect is earned. If you want stories handed to you on a plate you could at the very least make the effort to build a relationship with people at our club rather than sitting at your desk in Glasgow acting like we don't even exist. Journalism 101. 

Mandatory 'but can he do it on a cold, wet night in Arbroath?' 

Football fans on transfer deadline day

£200,000 for a 27 year old is good business. Don't see how anyone can criticize the club in this instance. Ideally we'd have gotten a bigger fee, but at the same time Tansey could easily have left for nothing if we hadn't nailed him down to a contract. The release fee is fair to both parties IMO. Tansey is one of our better players this season, but he hasn't exactly been carrying us. We have a glut of central midfielders to fill the void. (Vincent, Draper, Vigurs, Polworth, Foran, Wedderburn, Roberts). If anything I think Aberdeen have missed a trick, for me Draper is our midfield lynchpin. His style might not be as easy on the eye or as flash as Tansey but it's effective. 

Hopefully the void left by Tansey creates a vacuum for others to grow into. Yogi seemed to make Tansey a focal point of most of our passing moves. Can see the likes of Vigurs now relishing the prospect of more touches of the ball and creative license in a revamped midfield.