Northern_jaggie

92 employees? Wow.  Only 11 on the park at one time, if you get the football right then everything gets better.

I’ve moved from Inverness recently so very little chance to go to games now. I bought the replica kit for my wee one and went to a couple of games this season before moving, but the saddest thing personally for me was not feeling like I would miss ICT games as things are. 
 

I think the club should engage directly and regularly with fans on this forum. Dynamic dialogue not static statements. 
 

I dearly miss the online streaming service, a problem not just ICT related which I appreciate. 

I filled out the fans survey. If we are in peril of relegation near Christmas I’d join a protest, but I’ll likely sit tight if we are mid table or above. 

I’d made the trip down from Orkney for the game tonight. I was sat beside either friends or family of Lewis and when he was injured it really was the most gutting time I’ve watched football hearing the despair from his personal supporters. I thought his studs caught the turf causing the knee to turn. He looked great in the early stages and I can only wish him a speedy recovery. All the best Lewis.
 

I thought Shaw was really superb tonight, he lit up the wing and delivered probably 80% of crosses into a dangerous area. He had the main stand on their feet when skinning his man in a way I’ve not seen since the days of Johnny Hayes or Barry Robson and I thought he deserved to be on the winning side.  With players like him we have hope of a good season.
 

I noticed that within seconds of the first goal for us Dodds and Wilson pulled Samuels to come on for Longstaff which was clearly a pre planned move. It was the wrong move, despite him looking a bit tired.  Why change it after coming back from two down? Nuts. 
 

The root cause of the successful Airdrie attack was a severe lack of protection from the midfield to our defence, the 4-4-2 formation left us wide open I felt.  Dodds stuck with the formation for most of the game and the like-for-like changes just serve to make sure the fresh players beat the men that the subbed didn’t…it doesn’t address the strategical issue that was plain to see. 
 

I couldn’t fault the players, it was the way they were played. 

The big positive here is that a monetary figure was mentioned as to Robbos benefit and that can be weighed against his salary, for me that’s enough evidence to suggest the club are looking at the cost/benefit here and hence there shouldn’t be questions raised again until next seasons figures are known.  Anyone defaming someone who is adding genuine benefit is a poor thing to do, so how about giving the guy a break until there are real concerns?

How can C*unty and Livingston be premiership teams but we are a Championship team? Have some ambition. 

Who is a free agent at the moment and who could we sign? 
 

A long shot but I see David Wotherspoon has been released by St J. He was injury prone but if we let a few crocs go then a fully fit Wotherspoon could be a brilliant addition to the midfield with Welsh and possibly Allardice if he signs. 

Hi All,

I bought my little girl a pink strip but I couldn’t get a size large for myself. Would anyone be interested in selling me theirs? 
 

It would be really nice to wear the same top as her. 
 

Thanks in advance.

The supporters deserve and need unabbreviated accounts, too much is shady in what has been published. Smearing the actualities with club statements and an AGM simply won’t cut it. 

2 hours ago, Robert said:

For me we peaked when we finished third in the league and won the cup in 2015.

Our fortunes have certainly changed since then! Two years later we were relegated and we’ve never recovered.

We did not maintain the quality of player in the squad when that team started breaking up. Butcher, for me, attracted players who became a great team. Hughes largely inherited that but his recruitment let us down. Foran was a popular choice to replace him but, as Scotty has eloquently said, it didn’t work and we didn’t make a change quickly enough.

Unforgettable nights like 8 February 2000 were part of the great journey we were on as we climbed the leagues, but I’m with Satan and RiG, they were not when we peaked. 

Tremendously said

I miss FruitBat.
 

People like FruitBat are like mayflies on this forum though. They emerge, have a wonderful and short forum life, then they die. 
 

We will remember them. 

Ross Tokely worthy of consideration I think, as youth team coach he will know who has up and coming potential. He has been promoted twice with us so knows what it takes. He fits the Inverness mould. His comments during streamed games were hard to disagree with and I think he’d command respect in the dressing room. 
 

The challenge for Ross would be how he recruits the squad as I can’t imagine his contacts are expansive, that said Robbo has been recruited for that so if his contribution on that front is genuine and yields results then perhaps that’s the solution.

It’s very worrying that the white knight prospect of the park and ride depends on a project that does not have a commercial route to market. The original planning application for Red John was a joke and ILI don’t actually build these development sites, they sell them. If this is what the club are pinning future business plans to, things are worse than I thought.

Gardiner’s focus is purely on profit which is ok, provided the money makes its way into quality playing staff and a better fan experience. The podcast clearly highlights that the fan experience will be sacrificed in favour of profit (supporters bar etc), the fans are not solely there to provide profit to the club - this attitude will further detriment the support base. 

I listened to the podcast twice, well done for pulling it together. I’d have pushed Gardiner harder on the Ridgers question, he should have the capacity to answer that.

The stand roof - ICT are not actually doing anything about the roof, only sourcing a quote.  That’s a yellow pages effort and frankly a waste of time. Give the lads a section in the North Stand and get the Stewards to wind their neck in. 

There had to be a question about non-playing staff wages as a proportion to playing staff wages, asked in the context of other club setups. Maybe next time. 

I can’t understand why local producers wouldn’t engage more, even on a trial basis. The club must be framing it wrong. 

Knee jerk reaction…

Someone had to say it!! Let’s hope his appointment helps solve the monumental injury crisis at our club.

Was this a team of Invernessians? When was the last time we managed that anyone?

Fantastic professionalism from Mark in the interview and I’m beaming with pride with the result from the young team even though we lost.

It felt like the management team and club officials left the lads to hang out out to dry today. Imagine advising fans not to travel and support??! Given we are losing regularly with an expensive management team and a squad of crocks I’d rather turn up and support Mark and the young lads than those that  played last week at Dundee. 
 

Billy Dodds contract ends in June next year I believe, so I can’t see us paying him off now. Adding another wage whilst he and the back room staff are still there is just sticky all round. The reality is we will see out this season as is and caulk it up as a loss because we simply won’t win promotion.  When we are safe from relegation and close to the end of the season, the fans should be given the dignity of news that his contract will not be renewed. 
 

For the first time in years I’m not nervous about losing players through contract lapse or signing, bar a few maybe. The young lads, Harper and MacGregor would be the first priority to keep for me. I’d be for chopping the crock list as we can’t have passengers any more. 

I really didn’t enjoy the Dundee game. Someone needs to man manage Carson to stop him trying long passes, that’s what led up to the goal. The team generally felt like they were trying to play beyond their limited capability. 
 

It was our kitman Jack’s last home game before he departs for pastures new. I’d have thought at least a mention on the tannoy would have been in order for the over seven years of service he has given. 

I saw this story about Haaland;

https://www.sportbible.com/football/erling-haaland-man-city-loan-transfer-20221114?source=facebook

If you could choose to loan a player for a month, who would you loan that would realistically come to ICT?

Christie? 

I wonder if there is a bounce factor amongst the players not injured? They might have thought their chance wasn’t due for a while and here they are manning the ship near the top of the table. In a weird way it feels like the adversity we faced against Arbroath in the playoffs or the season we went up when miles behind Dundee.  Or when Graham Spears said he would eat his hat if we stayed in the SPL. I’d not be surprised if we won tonight, or if we lost. It’s not boring at the moment!!

Great stuff lads, well done. It takes grit to get a result like that in the circumstances. A win against Raith with our severely depleted squad makes for great reading when we get players back later in the season. We all needed the lift!! 
 

Onto the next…another 3 points up the road boys!! 

On 9/2/2022 at 7:12 AM, bdu98196 said:

Bet way to re-start or kick start a season is usually to shut up shop and build form the back with solid defending throughout and clean sheets, then focus on doing the basics well and build from there.

This is right IMO

There are so many injured, next there will be a conspiracy about wage insurance 

Loved that 2004 video, such great memories. The rapid counter attack was so exciting to watch and very effective, Barry Wilson was unplayable. How I wish we could counter like that again! 

We really need a win to pick us all up after all the on and off field shenanigans. Let’s hope it happens tomorrow for us

(Edit…)

Chalmers is a big miss for us and we have not recruited a replacement. I thought Shaw was showing promise when he came on.  I thought Danny Devine could have done better than Carson in that game there.

So we have a few big players out - Welsh, Walsh, Sutherland & Doran. Can the club look to our new physio for an injury resilience programme? I’m far from an expert but there must be a strength, cardio and flexibility plan to prevent such reoccurring issues and perhaps this is already a thing. As one other poster said, injuries are costing us big time.

It was a bit baffling having Barry, Kel and Dodds all trying to mastermind the game and that’s the best three heads came up with. Ryan Esson must be doing a superb job as GK coach though as Mark Ridgers made some superb stops and commanded well. 

Can someone talk sense on this thread please, what is this all about?