HawkeyeTheGnu

Pity our game plan went to pot.

That helped cushion the blow.

What a load of balls

Mogadon personified (Shuggie, not Mantis).

Not a fair comparison. Not all the 7,800 came by bus from Inverness. The logistics of getting to and from Inverness to Motherwell on a School night also have to be considered, and pose more of a problem than a trip to Glasgow on a weekend afternoon. As said above, I am sure there will be central belt representation at the game.

We were painted into a corner, especially after we drew with Stranraer, I don't think there were enough midweeks to let us skip either side of the Final. The big mystery is why it took so long to re-arrange the County game at the Gloabal 50p for the Meter Stadium. Even those cave-dwellers can organise a game in less than four months surely. Maybe they were too busy praying for the sun to come back. Mind you, after Gollum's 'unique' application of the laws of football, the midweek game against Hibs was more useful than not.

Yes, that hit me during the final too. On the occasions that we got to the bye line and put in a cross, we never looked likely to score,

Not necessarily! In one example, Aberdeen & Dundee United finish 2nd and 3rd, with us 4th and Motherwell 5th. Then, St.Johnstone win the Scottish Cup. We would miss out. I'd forgotten about the Saintees, and discounted the Wee Rovers, but I still think that if we finish above Motherwell, that will be sufficient.

To be fair, a little less venom and a little more accuracy from Tansey would have been preferable! However, those guys had the guts to take the penalties, so fair play. Can't have been easy with all that baa-ing going on.

I'm astonished you think that. I thought draper did well defensively , winning the ball in some good defensive positions. His distribution, however, was murder. To the point that I was wondering about a red/blue colour-blindness test.

Fixed that for you

Finish above Motherwell, and we will be in Europe.

So he doesn't like that we have no chants. Well, Hugh, we can fix that for you. May I suggest a chorus of 'Hugh Keevins, you're a w@nker, you're a w@nker" at our next home game? Unfortunately for Hugh, our songs and chants make no reference to our father's choice of apparel, building projects in Londonderry or agriculture in Athenry, so I guess he would struggle to comprehend.

Two words. Bell and End.

Scenario 2 cannot be considered an ICT fan

As soon as I saw your name at the top of the post, I knew exactly what would be said, and that it was going to be pretty negative stuff.

No one in Dingwall could spell it.

Fixed that for you

Ah, so you were comparing? Glad we cleared that up. On this website, ICT are definitely a different case. Most people on here are ICT fans. I would expect that to be the case on many other sites. Can't really argue with your other observations.Yes, a final needs two clubs, and it makes fans to make up a support. Are you saying that there should be a minimum size of support for clubs reaching a final? And how are the mind reading lessons going? How do you know I have no interest in the debate. However, lest the powers are failing you let me explain. Yes, our support is small considering it is our first major final, but at this point in time it is what it is. On the eve of such a big game is is surely better to be positive rather than negative? (Note to Yogi - that doesn't mean 4-4-2 and giving it a right good go!). The reasons for our small support have been discussed both on here, and further afield, at length. I have no doubt they will be again. However, I struggle to see the value of debating them now, when we should be concentrating on such a big occasion for the club.

I get your point, but I can't see the day where I am standing outside KPMG(*) singing "We'll support you ever more". (*) Other Accountancy Practices are available

But by asking if this is the lowest support ever taken to a final you are, by definition, comparing us to other teams. In fact you are comparing us to every team that has been to a cup final. The reasons for the size of our support compared to our catchment area have been debated ad infinitum and quite possibly ad nauseaum. Do we really need to go there again on the eve of our first major final?

To quote Jessie J - "It's not about the money"

Trophy every time. Europe is what you aim for when you know you are not going to win something.

The problem is that it smacks of Tim & Hunnery.

Don't think I will be wearing the sheepskin jacket to the game...