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39 minutes ago, The Mantis said:

PTFC 0-1 ICT. The wee no 11. …

2-0 no 9 is that Ojo?

Does the wee no 11 have curly hair? If so that will be probably be Carlos Heredia.

Ojo wore no 9 at Nairn and Clach so presumably it’s him again.

The club is crediting both goals to no 9. 

Sean Welsh has joined Spartans, Morgan Boyes has joined St Johnstone, Jack Newman has joined Peterhead, Cammy Kerr has joined Livingston, Billy King has joined Bonnyrigg and Nat Wedderburn has joined Cowdenbeath. 

4 hours ago, ICTPaisley said:

Cheers, where’s Ross Millen then? Any other notable absentees?

Adam MacKinnon hasn’t featured yet whilst Paul Allan was not in either squad today. 

7 minutes ago, Huisdean said:

Some posters getting carried away with performances and results in pre season friendlies. 

These are just about building up fitness and sharpness,  nothing else. That's why I don't bother going to watch. They have little bearing on the season ahead. That said, I would imagine a much better picture will be given in the friendly against Partick with possibly our normal first team line up being chosen.  Again though call about fitness and sharpness. 

I enjoy games at HL stadiums when you are pitch side and hear everything that’s said, which is why I go.

I’ve just tried to give feedback to those not there, particularly about the trialists.

You are right that results don’t matter at this stage, but it’s not long until we do have competitive games and we need to be ready for them.

And I’m sure we all want a win next Saturday for Aaron, and I hope he gets a really good crowd. 

2 hours ago, Moogthurso said:

Really wanted to see thomson and macloed in midfield are they connecting well. 

Thompson was playing wide right in the main with Chalmers and MacLeod the central pairing. He switched to the left in the second half as Longstaff didn’t appear after the break. 

The windy conditions made it a bit of a lottery but it was a pretty poor performance by us despite the strong line up.

We got our penalty when Clach were down to 10 as Meekings got a knock in the first minute and hadn’t been replaced by the time Longstaff (I think) was brought down. Wotherspoon took it well.

We moved the ball pretty well, largely through Chalmers and Wotherspoon but lacked a cutting edge and didn’t create much.

Clach equalised against the run of play but there was a clear offside in the build up.

Clach had the best of the second half, with Munro making one fingertip save to keep it level.

Our best chance fell to young Gardiner late on but he couldn’t keep his shot down.

I’ve now seen Nkwonta and Ojo twice and am not convinced by either. Nkwonta was subbed with MacLeod playing right back for the latter part of the game.

Next weeks games will be much bigger tests and we will need to up our game if we are to get results. 

1-1 full time. 

1-1. Offside in build up (right in front of me) but linesman not up with play. 

1-0. Wotherspoon penalty. 

Trialist A is Austin Nkwonta and Trialist B is Destiny Ojo. 

30 minutes ago, CaleyTennis85 said:

Yeah he played against Nairn. 

I see from the Inverness courier article that the Left Back Nigerian bloke was very impressive, or so Paul Chalk the reporter seems to think .

Young Kerr was left back. The trialist was at right back and really didn’t impress me.

He was caught out of position a few times and conceded a lot of fouls.

Again, I accept it is wrong to pass judgement on one performance, particularly pre-season but the Nairn wide left player knew he’d the beating of him.

I also didn’t see Keogh tracking back to help him, whereas Longstaff was tracking back to help Kerr. 

Was Destiny Ojo the no 9 at Nairn? I heard calls of what sounded like Jojo, so presumably that was him. I must say I was not overly impressed but it is always hard to tell in one game, particularly pre-season. He scored 2 goals in 17 games last season. 

4 hours ago, izzy said:

No 18 trialist certainly made his mark .Would like to see him get a chance .

What position was he playing?

Are Sam and Ali Nixon brothers or cousins? They both played against Clach, either a pre-season friendly or the Inverness Cup.

Is Leo Walker related to Jack Walker?

If the tannoy announcer at Nairn got it right, we beat Rothes 3-2 in the other game. 

Poor game with not much of note. Nairn will feel unlucky they didn’t beat us. Savage, Kerr and MacLeod were the players who caught my eye.

I don’t think the right back or striker trialists would add anything to our squad, whilst Heredia was perhaps a bit more promising but not as impressive as he seems to have been on Saturday.

Early days but work to do before the competitive games start. 

2 minutes ago, Moogthurso said:

Who is trialist B in wearing no6 in nairn nairn he looks ok. 

 

Pretty sure it’s Carlos Heredia. He’s been the only trialist who looks worth considering if the three here based on the first half. 

Half time at Nairn is 0-0.

We've had most of the ball but not created much. Nairn have hit the bar and had three attempts saved.

Poor game so far.

1-1 at Rothes. 

1 hour ago, CELTIC1CALEY3 said:

Brilliant bit of business. Cautious optimism that by Christmas we will be on positive points....

Given we start on - 5 I’m hoping we will be in positive territory by mid August

Excellent news today and we do seem to be getting a decent squad together early which gives them time together before the serious business starts. 

2 minutes ago, Kind of Blue said:

Another teaser clip from our social media chums to watch out for a signing announcement at 2pm - David Witherspoon?

Yes, just confirmed. 

Jake Davidson has signed his contract extension to January. 

Aiden Wilson has joined Brora. 

It’s been a week of clever posts and helps with the feel good factor. Well done to those involved. 

It’s great to see business being done this early and Allan and Savage sign on again.

We still need some more new faces, either signed or loan players, but it gives optimism for the season ahead.

I can’t wait!

13 hours ago, Yngwie said:

And they’ve been using Friends themed posts to trail the signings this week, for Ross and Joe(y). So who’s next? Well, there’s a Chandler who plays right back for Eintracht Frankfurt!

Close….

Right back Ross Millen has signed today.