Northern_jaggie

That’s quite clearly Richard Hastings looking for a verruca on his foot, hence the connection to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

dead sheep - still ewe a round like WW2 - out in 39 back in 44

I should add to the positive comments about Ridgers too- he had a great save in the first half and strongly commanded his area all day. His kicking was faultless all day too. Looking where we are with the back four and GK, id even go so far to say Coll and Carl are SPFL standard right now, Mark isn’t far off and if he keeps steady for the rest of the year he could be that standard too. Brad gets most of the key things right: marks his man, is close or wins most headers but his distribution is needing improvement. He is improving all the time too. Our right back situ is an unknown quantity but maybe Seedorf can come at. Well done Robbo.

The system we played towards the end with Doran, Oakley and Mulraney left our wide players too isolated. Good game management from Robbo overall and I agreed with the changes: a solid 3 points. Coll was absolutely superb today and fully warranted his MoM. Unfortunately Baird will miss his slot up front in the next game if sense prevails, even Doran would do a turn up there.

Great news!! Coll has been a revelation at the back and a two year deal is far beyond my expectations and great news for all concerned!

That ref was a total joke. A complete fool. On a separate note Robbo needs to have a real look a discipline - players all over the park losing the head and wasting time - Vigurs was good today (as was Polly in the first half) but you make your own luck and if you rage at someone you can expect cards, which costs games at times. Not convinced Gary is up to it. I’ll reserve my opinion on the lead up to the penalty because it was hard to make out exactly who was a fault from where I was sat. Baird had a few neat touches (and some honking ones!) but how much longer will we persevere with him up top? Well done again to Donaldson and Bell. We can’t blame Robbo for going for it at the end, id rather lose 2-0 trying than 1-0 sitting in waiting for the ref to award another pen or free kick to them.

It’s easy to look back and learn the lessons. The hard part is taking the lessons and moving forward in a sustainable way and I believe that the coherent statement from the board is a positive step indeed. We can all share opinions and feel closer to the club knowing more about the goings on, which can only help encourage fans back to their seats. I’ve think there’s strong grounds for optimism here.

When is the pitch inspection??

Like the idea of designing strips, of designed by the fans then surely they will sell more?

Is it possible to have a section for safe standing or was that ruled out due to cost? Some seats in the main stand could be replaced with the seats from the north, which could become safe standing. A paint of the stanchions would be good. Local pie suppliers would be great, Harry Gows...mmm! A roofed disabled section sounds good. Much, much better parking arrangements are required. Just look at how many people park further away and walk, if it was £2, quick and easy to get out then that’s a small profit and better match experience. The area behind the bar has enough space to be extended by quite a distance and made into a really appealing pre-skite venue. Its great to see the new club shop which is a much more professional setup!

I will happily eat humble pie for the criticism I gave him a while ago. Great to see him as the player he is at the moment.

I really liked the article. It feels like we have a good board there based on the text. Things like that letter will do great things for positivity amongst us fans.

Good good good. How did Donaldson play? Can’t help but notice our fortunes since he has been in the team.

Agreed tm4tj. Polly should be dropped, that kind of attitude will drag down the dressingroom

It was great hearing everyone willing on the young lad Mackay and for him to get a goal. Even the main stand cheered him when he went down the tunnel!

Coll Donaldson having a good game

Imagine taking a potential player to Inverness to then show him the Aquadome as our training facility, he would struggle to see past the semi-amateur joggers! This is yet another example of lack of ambition here which highlights that our facilities are woeful and don't match that of an SPL club. This is not a dig at having "posher" gyms, for flips sake. ?? Inverness does deserve a better centre of excellence for sport generally.

Can anyone confirm the players had their DW membership revoked in favour of an Aquadome membership? It's surely a mistake if true, who would ever want to train there as a "professional"?

Ridgers made a better start making two saves, one excellent, in the first half against livi. He still struggled with crosses but the goals weren't his fault, so there has been an improvement. The defence relies on a commanding and respected GK, but I think both options don't have that. I'd still play OFW at this point.

It's an interesting topic, everyone seems to say we are not getting the basics right - surely that's a coaches job? The flip side is if quality of the players were poor, the failure can hardly be blamed on a coach. Trouble is, we had quality players last year and we couldn't get the basics right, which maybe points a finger? This year we may have both a lack of quality and poor coaches.

People are blinded by Vigurs. One decent pass is cancelled by many many other mistakes. Polly runs like forest gump and runs out of ideas. Is it a coincidence these two have been integral to the team since our demise?? You are right though Caman, moaning at players whilst in the ground doesn't help confidence amongst the players. There is no need for that language on here.

I'm sorry but anyone who states on this forum that any of Vigurs, Trafford and Cooper deserve a start in this ICT team need a WORD WITH THEMSELVES!! Vigurs especially was utter mince, how on earth can anyone defend such an inept performance. I can only think they forget the 80% of the game he doesn't perform for the tiny flashes he produces. The missed passes, flaky tackles and off the ball positioning was unforgivable. I made a point of watching him after reading some criticism, but the pundits are right. Look at our run of form when he is in the team. Polworth drove forward with intent but didn't have the ability to do anything at all useful as an end product. That is a terminal failure and he is destined for the likes of Elgin City. Bell looked good in the first half because he was fit enough to run about, he died in the second half. Warren was past it two seasons ago and he didn't even look like a footballer today. Brad Mackay, if you watch it back, didn't event lift his head to look where he was putting the ball and his distribution was so bad. Positives for Ridgers and Raven today especially in the first half, Carl wasn't afforded enough time to make a difference and Oakley looked like misplaced enthusiasm. Trafford didn't make a positive pass or take a shot all day. I was shocked when viewing the warm up to see crosses being put into the box hit towards a striker only to see an empty net hardly rippled once despite several attempts, there were no defenders included as part of the exercise. Wow, what a sight. 2k crowd all disappointed today. I cant blame Robbo, he is trying to mould a pot from sharn. A team with Doran, Tremarco and an on form Mulraney will make a slight difference.

I'd rather Trafford learned his lessons early in the season as opposed to to the title challenge run-in

I think that the usual process of things has let us down and the club have to take a sweeping action, forced by the SFA to try and resolve the issue. If the flare issue was solved through legal investigation and prosecution led by the police If the D&E coaches issue was solved through private civil action and; If any offensive behaviour was dealt with by stewards throwing folk out....then the club wouldn't have to alienate the few vocal fans on the right side of the law. I feel for the club as it's a very difficult situation to be in.

If I was in charge of the team I'd leave out both Vigurs and Polworthless for a few games. Their constant involvement grates on me and I think the way they play has strong positives, it also has many outweighing negatives. The very first thing a midfielder needs to do is to protect the team and the mindset of these two leaves us short in this department. This is why we will miss big Drapes so much.