Robert

Report on club website now. No sign of the highlights yet: https://ictfc.com/match-report-ictfc-3-1-arbroath-31-10-2020

Good luck. Hopefully it all gets sorted for you.

I’m no tech expert, but is it worth asking the club to cancel the code they sent you and issue a new one, then try again, possibly with one of the tech savvy people on here talking you through it by phone?

Full time: 3-1. A decent outcome given the windy conditions. Our best result against them since they got promoted in 2019. 3 goals in 3 games for Toddy too. Just read Robbo’s comment that the game should not have been played given the 50mph winds and how it disrupted us in the first half, with Dick Campbell saying the wind affected their second half performance. As others have said, the result and the second half give us scope for optimism.

Great to see Doran back, even if only for 5 minutes today.

Not being there, quite likely the wind is having a big impact and favouring the team playing towards the home end. If so, we should make allowances for the first half performance.

Toddy! 3-1. What a different half this is.

Yes! Power back on in time to see Allardice’s great shot go in! Now we need to see this out.

Power off again. Hopefully we improve quickly and are back in it soon. If not, we are getting set up for a fight at the wrong end of the table.

Got our power back after the goal. Was going to ask if it was a bad goal to lose but then read the camera missed it too! Surely the club will not realise there is an issue with it?

Ha ha. Power cut so wi fi gone off. Doesn’t seem I’m missing much so far.

I’ve lost it. Our power has gone off so relying on you for updates!

Waiting patiently for today’s stream to start. Hopefully it will before kick off!

Welsh starting and Doran on bench. Keatings on bench: has he being carrying a knock? Back to 4 2 3 1 it looks. Ridgers Duffy Mckay Deas Harper Welsh Allardice Mackay MacGregor Kennedy Todorov

Arbroath look to have recruited well with players like Doolan and Craigen. They had the measure of us last season. Today is going to be a test for our young team. I hadn’t realised that 8 of the 11 finishing last Saturday were only 18 or 21. Puts things in context even more.

HT 1-0 FT 3-1 ICT Todorov Arbroath Doolan

An update: https://ictfc.com/ictfc-wall-of-fame-tiles-update

Or the main stand?

Surely if the Government says fans are allowed in, clubs will be allowed to do it, subject to having a Risk Assessment and all the required safety measures in place. Capacity will be reduced, so presumably only some season ticket holders will get to each game, hopefully through a rota system of some sort with us knowing our games well in advance so we can plan accordingly. It may not actually work financially for the club though, as no walk up or away fans will mean no income on the day other than limited car parking and possibly some catering or shop sales. The club is probably better off not having to pay stewards, turnstile operators etc until normal crowd levels are allowed. I wonder if they could go with volunteers for those roles, so a few more season ticket holders can get in?

Possibly because he went off sprinting and sliding towards the dug out. Fyffe seemed to congratulate him on his way past but the others headed back over the half way line. Certainly no team celebration but maybe they are told not to with Covid?

I didn’t spot it on Saturday but see Mark Ridgers was captain in the absence of Welsh and Doran.

Ryan Christie scored from the spot in Celtic’s 3-3 draw with Aberdeen. I watched it from about the 40th minute and saw all the goals in what was a pretty good game. Marley Watkins played a great pass that resulted in the penalty that Aberdeen opened the scoring with just before half time.

A draw was a fair result. Ayr started well but we had the best of a pretty even first half and had a few decent chances. On a different day, Todorov and Harper could / should have scored. Toddy also had one that came off the bar onto the goal line which may or may not have crossed the line i didn’t get a good view of the Ayr goal and would want to see it again before commenting on whether it was a soft goal to lose. Our equaliser came from a cross from the right by Fyffe that Toddy converted. We had a couple of close shaves with at least one cleared off the line, and the Ayr keeper had a couple of decent stops so all in all a fair outcome. Of the new players, I thought Allardice was the pick. He seemed to be trying to hold our reshaped midfield together. Duffy had a quiet game, whilst once they settled into the formation, I thought Devine and Deas did fine. Deas in particular could become the mainstay of our defence. I didn’t see much from Kennedy after he came on but he has scarcely met his team mates so too early to judge. Of the rest, Ridgers was fine with one double save coming to mind. I understand Mckay has been playing whilst not fully fit, so credit to him and that is probably why he was subbed. Harper got forward a bit but got a nose bleed when through on the keeper. MacGregor struggled to assert himself whilst Keatings was very quiet. With him being subbed, I’m not sure if he is fully fit either. MacKay was happy to shoot from distance whilst Todorov was busy and could / should have scored more. I think we changed formation to a back 4 when Fyffe replaced Mckay and he provided the assist for the goal. From what I could tell he was playing on the right of midfield with Duffy reverting to right back. If those we are missing, Carson is probably needed most to add steel to our midfield. We also lacked pace yesterday, which Kennedy may give us, or Storey when fit playing wide. With 8 out, whilst 1 point from 6 is disappointing, we should improve as players return, but we really do need to get a result next week or we will be playing catch up. Interesting to see how Raith Rovers have started, and they are scoring freely so this early it looks like we will be battling Dundee, Ayr, Dunfermline and Raith for a play off place. Hopefully we don’t get sucked into a fight at the wrong end of the table.

I agree entirely. I was a bit critical yesterday but it was the first meaningful use of the system and I quite enjoyed it on the whole. As you have said, hopefully the club can take constructive comments from the feedback and refine the system for next week. I also linked it to my tv and the quality improved as the sun ceased to be an issue, so using the normal camera podium could be a better option. Credit to the commentator too. As a rookie, he did ok. How many times do we ask fans around us what happened or who got the touch etc. He did not have that luxury or any replays to rely on. Looking forward to next Saturday when getting three points already seems vital given we have Hearts away the following week. Hopefully some of the “missing 8” are fit and ready to play.