Everything posted by Robert
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Championship 2018/19
So now we know, four new teams in next year's league, with Partick Thistle joining County, Ayr and Alloa. We are hopefully in good shape to get off to a fast start, as realistically eight teams will feel they are in contention to win the league: us, Partick, County, Dundee United, Dunfermline, Falkirk, Morton and Queen of the South. On top of that, Ayr or Alloa could surprise some of those teams too. It looks like it should be a competitive, interesting season. I can't wait!
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The Pre-Season Thread
My 6 year old grandson lives in Nairn and is already excited about this, as he was at the Brechin Betfred Cup game last pre season and loved it. He can't go to Saturday games in school terms due to sports commitments so this is ideal to keep him interested in Caley Thistle.
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Season Ticket
That's me signed up again. Moved seat and area as my brother in law has bought his first one. Last season he used mine when I could not go, mainly all the midweek games. Roll on the new season, I'm feeling cautiously optimistic!
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Confirmed
Disappointed to see Vigurs leave, as he was our best player this season. Yes, he talked or fouled himself into trouble at times, but a lot of the stick he took from fans was undeserved and he became a marked man by some opponents and referees (possibly his own fault). Despite where he is going, he goes with my best wishes. Looking forward, I hope we retain Polworth, and agree that Trafford will become a key player for us. It is good to have three new players in by mid May, so we will hopefully kick off in July with a squad who have blended and we hit the ground running when the league starts, hopefully having secured qualification in the Betfred Cup by then. I still feel positive at our potential for next season and am looking forward to it starting. I am going to renew my season ticket on Friday.
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Highland Rugby Club
Great to see them win the league and get promoted!
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Who would you like to see at ICT next season?
Sorry Caley Stan, as he had just made his debut for Cyprus I assumed he was Cypriot. If Wikipedia can be trusted, his mother is Cypriot, he holds both passports and chose to represent Cyprus. I see he was only a sub in the play off tonight.
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Who would you like to see at ICT next season?
Except he's Cypriot, but GMT (Greek maybe time) applies there too!
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Robbo must stay!
Just reading the recent comments on the Robbo thread, so felt we need a positive alternative title!!! I'm sure he will stay, hopefully on a longer deal than he is on just now.
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Morton -V- Inverness CT
So near yet so far. We never believed we could win eight on the spin, but we came so close to doing so. No play offs, but in the last two months, we have been the form team, so hopefully we push on and start the new season well. Hopefully we know who are staying and who are going soon, so any gaps can be plugged. The strategy seems rightly be to look for young, hopefully up and coming players. A few more like Donaldson and Austin will do nicely. A worry about midfield if we lose Vigurs and / or Polly, but Trafford has done well recently and I think there is more to come from Chalmers and Calder has been positive when playing wide midfield. I don't know much about Rooney or Blair, but hopefully they will be useful additions. Realistically we are not ready to go up, much as I would have loved us to, so perhaps signing off on a 12 game unbeaten run is the best outcome. Well done to Robbo for turning things round, and delivering most of what he promised, and well done to the players, particularly with the cup win and the recent run. Roll on the Betfred Cup and the first league game on 4 August. We may even have derbies to look forward to.....
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Highland Rugby Club
It has taken a twist, as St Boswells not fulfilling tomorrow's game. If I understood the BBC radio report (not by you Charles) correctly, they will be asked if they can fulfil it before the season ends. That seems unlikely as they have apparently failed to fulfil other recent games. The outcome will either be that the game is awarded to Highland, who then win the league. Or St Boswells are kicked out of the league and all their games are removed from the records. I believe that will also mean Highland win the league. The Manager was extremely cheesed off in his interview about not being able to win the game and league on the pitch tomorrow,
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James Vincent Interview
And nice to hear his account of his cup winning goal!
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Highland Rugby Club
I did say win or draw... a draw is 2 points.
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Livingston -V- Inverness CT
Well done guys coming back after Saturday's late equaliser. Just a pity Dumbarton are unlikely to do us a good turn. Two months ago who would have predicted an 11 game unbeaten run, cup win and 24 points out of 30 in the league. Just a great shame our slow start and the bad run with the sendings off have done for us, we should have been comfortably in the play offs. At least there is hope for next season. Hopefully we hit form before March next time.... I will definitely be renewing my season ticket.
- Livingston -V- Inverness CT
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Highland Rugby Club
Another win, so will either finish first or second. One point off the top with one game to play, with the current leaders having completed all their games. So a win or draw against St Boswelks next week will see Highland win the league.
- Inverness CT -V- Dunfermline
- Dumbarton -V- Inverness CT
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Dumbarton -V- Inverness CT
Well done guys! A big game on Saturday now and if we get a result, we need to beat two teams away that we have not beaten yet! A tall order, but at least we have hope for the future. When did we last win 5 league games on the spin? 20 points out of 24, shows how poorly our start cost us!!
- Dumbarton -V- Inverness CT
- Dumbarton -V- Inverness CT
- Dumbarton -V- Inverness CT
- Dumbarton -V- Inverness CT
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Inverness CT -V- Dumbarton
I've just caught up with this after a few days off line. We need to support Polly. He has great vision and energy, and can pick out great moves and passes. Of course, some don't come off, but that's not always down to him, and those that do are evidenced in his assist stats. I suspect we will lose him in the summer, but I really hope he stays and aids our promotion push next year. I think the same about Vigurs. Yes, some of his touches scare me as they could go wrong, and he needs to get a grip of his temperament, but he is a quality player who we could do with keeping.
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Dennis Wyness
My wife worked with his wife when he was at Hearts (we can forgive him for that!). We all lived in Dalgety Bay at the time. A great guy, and I really hope his future is successful.
- Dumbarton -V- Inverness CT