Robert

Are you sure he played for County?

Checking the weekend’s results, Charlie Trafford came off the bench and got 20 minutes as Hamilton were thrashed by Celtic. Didn’t see George Oakley in their squad so checked and he is now with a Bulgarian team, Pirin Blagoevgrad. Shaun Rooney was an unused sub yesterday in St Johnstone’s draw with Dundee United, with Jamie McCart starting.

£1.94m is a huge fee but not quite £7m you madman lol!!

This Jackson Irvine? https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jackson-irvine/profil/spieler/192557 Not sure where you get £7m from.

I agree fully with both posts above. Some clubs need to take a long hard look at themselves and realise that a different formula will be better for the game in this country. Some countries have larger leagues that split mid way through, so keep the interest going for fans. Something like that could be successful here if clubs can look at things with an enlightened, longer term view.

Thanks, I’ve read the full link and the last answer is enlightening too. A full review of youth development in this country is long overdue as it needs to look after the youngsters but also be sustainable and affordable for clubs. At present it seems to do neither.

What is the source of the numbers you quote? They are quite different from the understanding of most posters on this topic.

Fingers crossed for you! A lot could happen but hopefully the infection rates stay low and a crowd is allowed in.

Full list is here: https://ictfc.com/2020-21-fixture-list Quite a tough start: away to Dunfermline, home to Ayr and Arbroath then away to Hearts. Those four games could go some way to defining our season. Tough ending too if we are still in the hunt for the league or play offs: home to Dundee, away to Hearts and home to Ayr are our last three games.

Agreed but I just hope the league does start as planned and we are able to safely attend matches.

Nice one! Final score was 2-0.

It turns out 6 of the 7 results were false positives when checked by the NHS so there was only 1 positive test. An inquiry is taking place as to how so many wrong results were returned by the testing firm, which apparently does the tests for half the Premiership clubs. Some controversy also about Rangers playing a match while some test results were awaited. Sounds like the testing and results process needs to be tightened up before the season is threatened.

6 of the 7 tests have been false positives when checked by the NHS so there is only 1 case and an inquiry is to take place as to how the wrong results were given. Also some controversy about Rangers playing a match when awaiting some test results. It seems the whole testing and results process needs sorted for football quickly before the season is threatened.

Just seen that Jordan White scored the only goal of the game for Motherwell last week against Dundee United.

Ha ha. We should welcome all fans, regardless of political views or anything else. To do anything else would put us on a par with thinking amongst fans of the two big Glasgow clubs where football is at times secondary. That is not for me nor, I’m sure, for the vast majority of our fans.

I agree, early September should be time enough for getting players signed up. Some of those released by us when their contacts expired in June may sign back on (someone mentioned Jack Brown and Lewis Hyde in this regard recently). We also have a risk we could lose one or two more to Premiership sides in the near future (someone linked Ridgers with County, but I hope that does not happen). For me, priority positions are right back and centre half. Currently we only have 4 defenders signed up, plus Toddy who can play there. A central midfielder would be useful also given Welsh and Vincent can be injury prone. In addition, if we do lose anyone else we will need a direct replacement.

An early goal for Graeme Shinnie for Derby at Birmingham on a rare start as he has generally been a sub since the season restarted.

Sure I read somewhere that County’s plan this season was to have a big squad and hope that would see them through the season. Quantity over quality?

As the first three games will presumably be behind closed doors, I wonder if they will be streamed for season ticket holders?

I read it as a new pair of boots signed by Sean Welsh rather than an old pair of his boots. I see why it has split opinion, but not one I will be purchasing I’m afraid.

Nice to see the donations to the Highland Hospice for every away top sold. The club is definitely trying to improve its image in the community and hopefully the local media pick up on it and it encourages more support.

But remember, the role of captain is as important off the pitch as it is on it. He is spokesman for the players and needs to have the trust and respect of both players and the back room team.

As he managed to do with two bookings in about three minutes once for us when he lost the plot.

I’m not sure Doran is a leader on the park. We need someone vocal who can gee up the players and someone in a central defensive or midfield role is a better option in my opinion. I’d go with Welsh with Doran remaining as vice captain.

Thanks for highlighting. That was the only time I have seen home fans in the away end due to the support we had. None of us knew who the goalie wearing 25 was as we all expected Esson to be in goal Oh for support like that again. Sadly j suspect we can only dream!