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Maybe international players in the sense that they ply their trade in a country different from birth ... Anything more than that is stretching it a bit in the case of Prince and non-existent as far as I can see for Vucanovic ... But I take your point about our existing squad maybe not all having startling career stats. Appreciate we have a budget to operate in but given we are an established top 6 team, can we not start to dip our toe in slightly more ambitious waters? Without being overly simplistic, if we have the smallest squad but comparable attendances with 3 or 4 other SPL teams, are we being slightly over-cautious? That website I referred to is well worth a browse btw ... Astonishing source of up-to-date data even to refer to if nothing else ... Foolhardy to dismiss so readily IMHO. Your point lacks logic. Existing budget only allows for small squad...if we are to pay more, then we would need to shrink squad further to be able to afford it. If there's a bit of spare cash, then it's use needs to be viewed going forward. You can't base long term spending by way of increased wages on one off, non guaranteed, cash injections...how do you cover the wages next season without it? We're not awash with cash and being "over cautious" is better than being overdrawn with debt/costs we can't sustain...that would be foolhardy! Hmm and being 3rd in SPL and in qtr-final of cup .. With only 1 other SPL team able to reach semi .. And not replacing only recognised out-and-out striker .. having actually got £££,£££ ... Doesn't lack logic? ... Or is McKay's £ just plugging a pre-existing hole? There is also Billy's saved wage. In essence all I was saying was ...great look at free agents but, given the money in and saved wage, surely we can look at people (even at a slightly lower level) that have a proven goalscoring history to a reasonable degree ... Instead of looking at people that on the face of it look more like a complete punt. Everyone has an opinion and I still trust the club's hierarchy has best interests at heart.

Maybe international players in the sense that they ply their trade in a country different from birth ... Anything more than that is stretching it a bit in the case of Prince and non-existent as far as I can see for Vucanovic ... But I take your point about our existing squad maybe not all having startling career stats. Appreciate we have a budget to operate in but given we are an established top 6 team, can we not start to dip our toe in slightly more ambitious waters? Without being overly simplistic, if we have the smallest squad but comparable attendances with 3 or 4 other SPL teams, are we being slightly over-cautious? That website I referred to is well worth a browse btw ... Astonishing source of up-to-date data even to refer to if nothing else ... Foolhardy to dismiss so readily IMHO. Your point lacks logic. Existing budget only allows for small squad...if we are to pay more, then we would need to shrink squad further to be able to afford it. If there's a bit of spare cash, then it's use needs to be viewed going forward. You can't base long term spending by way of increased wages on one off, non guaranteed, cash injections...how do you cover the wages next season without it? We're not awash with cash and being "over cautious" is better than being overdrawn with debt/costs we can't sustain...that would be foolhardy! Hmm and being 3rd in SPL and in qtr-final of cup .. With only 1 other SPL team able to reach semi .. And not replacing only recognised out-and-out striker .. having actually got £££,£££ ... Doesn't lack logic? ... Or is McKay's £ just plugging a pre-existing hole?

Maybe international players in the sense that they ply their trade in a country different from birth ... Anything more than that is stretching it a bit in the case of Prince and non-existent as far as I can see for Vucanovic ... But I take your point about our existing squad maybe not all having startling career stats. Appreciate we have a budget to operate in but given we are an established top 6 team, can we not start to dip our toe in slightly more ambitious waters? Without being overly simplistic, if we have the smallest squad but comparable attendances with 3 or 4 other SPL teams, are we being slightly over-cautious? That website I referred to is well worth a browse btw ... Astonishing source of up-to-date data even to refer to if nothing else ... Foolhardy to dismiss so readily IMHO.

The career stats for the Prince and the Serb are thoroughly underwhelming on www.transfermarkt.co.uk Even the Prince's Dutch League experience in his "pomp" ... "Has been"? ... More like never really was... Lol. Apologies to anyone who has maybe answered this but ... Why on earth didn't we go for Alan Gow (previously trained with, worked with Yogi but now snapped up by St Mirren)? That same site shows we have comfortably the smallest squad in the Premiership. In this particularly exciting season with a real prospect of a final, a Euro place and a 6 figure sum from Wigan, I still struggle to see why we can't try aiming a little higher when it comes to getting an experienced, free agent out-and-out striker so we can kick on just that bit more. 5 / 10 years from now will we look back on this season and think wow what an opportunity missed? Really hope not.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it Chick Young ... Btw, isn't football commentary/analysis meant to be impartial. BBC Radio Scotland are s?&# at it ... Between Gordon/Miller pro-Aberdeen and Chick Young pro-St Mirren etc Its funny you say that as it wasnt just Chick who was having a dig about time wasting but miller was asked at half time about us so far this season and he came out with the dribble that our possession based game in his 'personal view' is boring and has to much passing back 'for his liking'. I know we have had some games where we have struggled and maybe not got the ball forward enough especially last season when we were learning it but again the bbc in stead of praising us for what we have achieved they always have someone on hand just to find one thing to pick at, pathetic really. The funnier thing is that I didn't even hear their commentary/analysis today ... But sadly I know that's what they are like every week ... Pathetic!

Put that in your pipe and smoke it Chick Young ... Btw, isn't football commentary/analysis meant to be impartial. BBC Radio Scotland are s?&# at it ... Between Gordon/Miller pro-Aberdeen and Chick Young pro-St Mirren etc

Huh? ... I'm figuring you've been asleep for a month ... or you're hoping he does a Richie Britain? ;) Try googling 'irony'... Lol yeh alright ... I did have a winky smile at the end so my post was just for a giggle too :)

Huh? ... I'm figuring you've been asleep for a month ... or you're hoping he does a Richie Britain? ;)

Couldn't have put it better myself! This is what I put on Facebook an hour before the draw ... "Countdown to Scottish (FA) Cup quarter-final draw at 2pm ... Fingers crossed for an ICT home draw against a smaller club (just for a change :)) ... and a Dundee Utd-Celtic clash at Tannadice ... please ;) " Raith are no mugs ... but happy with that!

Loving this thread. Watched the youtube Celtic-Thistle highlights a couple of times in recent weeks. Was at that Killie game myself, a little kid excited at the prospect of Thistle taking on a big Scottish team. Archie MacPherson's somewhat patronising analysis should come with a health warning though. Was going to say changed days. Yes, Inverness football has changed but central belt ignorance hasn't! lol

Monday 2pm live on Sky Sports News per SFA website

Ya beauty ... We're through! Let's get a non-SPL team for a change in the last 8 ...come on ICT!

any coincidence ? http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Its-time-to-get-down-to-business-Yogi-05022015.htm At the end of the day, Doran is a great player for us. His goals/minutes ratio is very good in 2015. He has a point with what he says in the Courier. He's a young lad who just wants to play and I don't think he's had anything like a fair crack of the whip ever since the League Cup Final.

Hope this doesn't smack of desperation (cos it's not ;)) ... but the website below is actually quite an interesting resource. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ Then go to Transfers and Rumours / Transfers / Without Contract You can do a search for strikers without a contract, search by nationality and order the results by date became available or value etc Apart from Jordan Slew there are some interesting recent releases now available include: Andy Johnson (ex-England international), Rob Earnshaw, Scott McDonald (ex-Celtic, Middlesbrough), Mikkel Beckmann (Denmark), Adama Diomande (Norway), Edson Buddle (US) ... Appreciate wage demands, lack of ICT resources, player's desire (or otherwise!) to live in Highlands ... but one can dream! We are not Aberdeen but they've picked up some useful players who are ex-big clubs or maybe a bit down on their luck. Apologies if teaching anyone's granny to suck eggs ... must have too much time on my hands :)

Wouldn't blame Yogi for this one. He can only deal in his allowable budget. Cameron started all this contingency blarney so let's hear from him as to why his plan failed desperately. Yes, fair one. Yogi can only play the cards he is dealt. Cameron is the one to explain what a contingency plan is.

Completely underwhelmed by ICT ... this had the potential to be a historic season for ICT (Europe, Scottish Cup) ... and still can be tbf but we haven't helped ourselves one bit. I cannot believe we are the only SPL team to have not taken in a player ... and that after selling our talisman (and only) out-and-out striker. We were excited about Scottish Cup prospects especially with the expected cull of SPL teams in the last round and the forthcoming "round of 16". I wonder what the odds are on Dundee knocking out Celtic and us failing to get past Partick because we miss a sitter or two. The question is ... was Yogi's talk of active looking at a couple of prospects/contingency planning just flannel to placate/deceive the loyal supporters. Fedup.com #lackofambitionareus