Robert

Welsh coming on shortly.

Hopefully Allardice is not badly injured after that challenge. Back on so hopefully he is ok.

MacGregor! 2-0. Great pass from Deas, header on from Sutherland, cross by Mckay and 20 yard finish by MacGregor

We should be out of sight in this one with some good movement and play. but we need to be more clinical. The front four have Queens on the rack and hopefully can grab more goals. I’d bring Storey wide and put Sutherland through the middle in the second half. We need to watch at the back as they have looked dangerous, particularly down the left, so this game is not won yet.

Definitely! Playing some good, quick stuff. Need to keep it tight at the back though.

GOAL! Kennedy. Brilliant. Hope they give it to him and not make it an og for the ‘keeper.

Agreed. Harper and Kennedy on the left could become a formidable partnership.

Scrappy start by both teams with a lot of misplaced passes. The ball seems very fast off the pitch which may be the issue. Keatings could have done better with that headed chance though. Some run from Deas there and so nearly a finish but blocked by the ‘keeper.

Brain and fingers out of synch! Corrected now. Although if Alan Simpson was still here he’d want 11 Storeys!!

Tonight’s team: https://mobile.twitter.com/ICTFC/status/1334937096868532227/photo/1 Ridgers Mckay Devine Deas Harper Allardice MacGregor Storey Keatings Kennedy Sutherland (perhaps not that formation!) A strong bench: MacKay, Duffy, Welsh, Vincent, Doran, Todorov and Mackay. I hope we put on a good performance and get the three points. Otherwise it will be a horrible trip back north for the guys given they are not allowed to shower: a disgraceful situation by the SPFL.

I’ve missed out so far too, so hopefully we get a good live stream!

Apologies if noted before but Tobi Sho-Silva is with National League Sutton United. He’s on the bench tonight.

And he’s got a game with the Premiership leaders to look forward to in the third round as they’ve drawn Spurs. Marine are only the second club ever from their tier (eighth tier) to get to the third round. As he’s now playing centre half, I’d love to see him keep Kane, Bale, Son etc out but somehow I think it will be a big pay day for his club and a memorable occasion, but the end of his cup run.

If there is interest, to help the club, I will happily do another two. I had a look at the player sponsorship part of the website, but it is still listing last season’s sponsors and players: https://ictfc.com/player-sponsorship

Andy MacRae scored for Brora today.

To update you, I have not heard anything more from Luca at the SPFL but was pleased to receive an e-mail from Keith Haggart, the club’s Commercial Director, on Thursday advising: Many thanks for your e-mail, and in particular your considered content. Just to keep you in the loop, we’re still having discussions with Luca, I spoke to him about a dozen times on Saturday, and every day since, and I’m hoping to catch him over the next day or so. I think you’re spot on, the perception is that it is the club who run the stream and therefore our fault. Unfortunately there are 7 separate stakeholders involved in the process, and after the false starts against Ayr and Arbroath, Saturday in particular was hugely frustrating - not just from a personal perspective, but because I knew the damage it could cause. Thank you so much for your support. I’ll keep you posted.

Shane Harkness has gone on loan to Rothes until January. Hopefully that gets him game time when the Highland League starts on Saturday. https://ictfc.com/shane-harkness-joins-rothes-on-loan

Paid 2 also.

That makes a lot of sense. England has announced up to up to 50% of capacity or 4000 outdoor, whichever is lower, for the equivalent tier there, presumably variable according to capacity and the need for social distancing.

Hard to tell if Keatings’ corner crossed the line. MacGregor and Deas were closest and both felt it had.

Report on club website: https://ictfc.com/match-report-ictfc-2-0-raith-rovers-21-11-2020

I have had a reply at 1341 from Luca Rossi, copied time Keith Haggart. As he seems to take an interest, in case anyone needs it, his e-mail is [email protected]. His reply read: Hi Robert Hope you are well. I an aware of the ‘genetic error’ message that seemed to appear for a large number of fans yesterday. I am currently working with our technology partner, StreamAMG, to get to the bottom of what happened. It is extremely frustrating as despite testing going well throughout the week the issue only became apparent slightly before kick off. This is completely unacceptable and I apologise unreservedly for the exasperation caused yesterday. I appreciate this doesn’t solve the matter, but rest assured we are working with partners to get to the bottom of the issue and improve the product going forward based on feedback received. On your point re the AI ball tracking technology failing, this was of course a big issue via another partner involved (Pixellot) and we have rectified it by having a camera operator employed for each match. Myself / the club will be back in touch within the next few days to alert fans of the steps taken to make amends for yesterday’s events following a full de-brief with the stakeholders involved. The fans you mentioned who have paid PPV on top of their season ticket will of course be reimbursed. Thanks, enjoy the rest of your weekend. Luca.

I was in the e-mail header to get the 1613 time. My reference to 1616 and yesterday was what the e-mail listing was showing In my in box yesterday and now today. So, yes, I know 1613 is the time they sent it and the SPFL cannot deny that or try a smokescreen. That said, I agree with your final sentence about not discussing further how e-mails are laid out, but will share any response I get to the e-mail I sent them last night, as we have a right to know what went wrong, how it happened and what has been done to avoid a repeat for us or any other club. I copied the club in on it and really hope they are following it up strongly with the SPFL for us all.

Good to finally see the first goal! Two nicely crafted and well finished goals.

Fair enough, transformed maybe overstated it a bit, but we did seem to have overcome the issues from the first two games, and then get landed with this. We still need all the income we can get so hopefully the club can instil confidence in the system for both home and away fans, and we don’t lose what pay per view custom there is.