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Robert

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  1. If the BBC have our formation right, it is: Ridgers Duffy Broadfoot Devine Deas Carson Welsh McAlear Chalmers Mckay Samuels with MacKay, Harper, Doran, Allardice, Hardy and Hyde on the bench.
  2. In Perth. The rain went off part way down the A9 so conditions should be good. Parked behind the Glover’s Arms as it’s car park looks pretty full and I’m not a customer. Dobbies have locked their car park up. Plenty scope to park in this area and access to the A9 should be pretty easy. Excitement is building….
  3. HT 1-1 FT 1-2 ICT Mckay St J Hendry Crowd 7950 Yellow Deas
  4. I bought mine today and am in D. The way I read it, they have only opened up D for us so far: https://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/travelling-support/?ftredirect=1
  5. Me too. Going to Perth in hope more than expectation!
  6. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow’s game. We are the underdogs but, if we play the whole game how we played the last half hour on Friday, we have a chance. How fit Allardice is may be key. If we can get an hour (or more) from him, I’d play him from the start so he can impose himself and our midfield in the game. When he tires, I’d move Carson into midfield and bring Duffy in at right back. Therefore, Devine for Harper, with Deas moving to left back, is the only change I’d make to the team that finished the game on Friday. Chalmers and Samuels providing the width and supporting Mckay, with McAlear also getting forward in support worked on Friday and it can work again. Come on Caley Thistle, make it a night to remember!
  7. Norwich paid £250,000 when they bought him from Motherwell in 2019 so sadly I doubt we would be able to afford his wages should he be a free agent in the summer.
  8. Anyone with advice on parking at Perth? Not been at their ground since the road layout changed with the new junction off the A9 so not sure what the best area to head to is. Thanks.
  9. I’d start Welsh ahead of Doran as the three in the middle worked when Allardice came on and we need to be competitive against their 5. I hadn’t realised young Mackay was Dan’s brother. Hope he turns out as influential as Dan did for us.
  10. Wow! It looked amazing in the ground but even better seeing all the angles. That tops his goal of the season against Dunfermline. I doubt we can keep him for next season but hopefully he gets a club that gives him game time and the chance to realise his potential.
  11. We showed St Johnstone too much respect by changing our formation and going 3 5 2 to match them. It just didn’t work and credit to Dodds for admitting he got it wrong. Going to 4 4 2 made us competitive and stopped St Johnstone outclassing and overrunning us and we got a foothold in the game and then, in my biased opinion, a deserved equaliser, and we came so close to sneaking a winner. I’ve not watched it back so can’t comment on the offside but I was pleased the ref let the move continue when McCart went down and what a finish by McAlear. It’s nice to get the rub of the green after recent events. As for the equaliser, what a strike by McAlear. He’d had a poor first half but that is forgiven. I felt Allardice made a big difference when he came on. He added a calmness and always found a pass. Hopefully he is fit enough to start on Monday. Samuels had a great 45 too. What a mix of emotions we have as Caley Thistle fans. Outclassed and lucky to only be 2 down, but then getting back in it. We’ve shown we don’t need to fear St Johnstone so time to kick on and overcome the odds once again on Monday. I hope we take a big, noisy crowd down the A9.
  12. Looks like there will be a big travelling support: six sections of the south stand on sale now: https://ictfc.com/matchday-info-st-johnstone-h-20-05-2022 I’m looking forward to the guys and girls in the west stand abusing them after we take the lead!
  13. HT 0-0 FT 1-0 ICT Mckay St J Hendry Crowd 3950 Yellow Deas
  14. What number are sales at? I popped into the shop just after lunchtime to get my ticket onto my season ticket card and the lady said they had been very busy with sales.
  15. And don’t block any accesses as they tannoyed for cars to be moved during the Killie game.
  16. The sending off was wrong. The appeal decision was wrong. The statement is spot on. It is designed to motivate everyone, on the park and in the stadium, to ensure justice is done by doing everything possible to secure promotion. We now need to put this behind us and focus on the final. By my reckoning, given the injuries and suspensions, we will only have 15 players available, so there are few decisions to be made about our starting line up unless we have any miraculous recoveries. The interesting bit will be who the front 4 are. I’d go with: Ridgers Carson Broadfoot Deas Harper Welsh McAlear Samuels Doran Chalmers Mckay with MacKay, Allardice, Hyde and Hardy on the bench.
  17. I’ve just been able to watch the game back tonight. What guts it took to see us through that given the adversity we faced. I was impressed by the spirit, teamwork and determination watching it at the ground on Friday, but even more so watching it back tonight. Many teams would have crumbled given the adversity faced but our guys stuck together and encouraged each other through it. True, we didn’t play a lot of football, but the ground conditions and wind had a hand in that. I hope justice is (partly) done and we have Devine for Friday’s game. We can still dream!!
  18. Any play off geeks with stats from previous seasons? So far, a lower league team has prevailed in the other three with Queens Park, Edinburgh City and Bonnyrigg going up, and Dunfermline, Dumbarton and Cowdenbeath going down (with Queens Park and Edinburgh City getting promoted after finishing fourth). Have we ever had a season where no team has avoided relegation in the play offs? Hopefully that’s what happens this season and St Johnstone complete the set.
  19. At the start of the season, we’d all have been delighted if we knew we’d make the play off final and we have, for the first time since we got relegated. This season is a missed opportunity in my opinion, as our bad run stopped us challenging for automatic promotion. Equally our good runs contained good fortune and flattered us a bit. I really think the Gardyne episode set us back, but we have come back from that and, without consistently performing well, have got into the play off final and, in my opinion, we deserve to be there. The players are playing for each other and showing commitment and desire: they could easily have folded when Collum made poor decisions on Friday but they stood strong and got us the victory. We will have squad turnover whatever happens, as our loans will be leaving and we have a number out of contract. If we get promoted, and it is possible we will, we need to strengthen the squad if we are to be competitive in the Premiership, but we have a decent nucleus in guys like Ridgers, Devine, Carson, Allardice, MacGregor and Mckay. We need to find full backs, whichever league we end up in, and definitely a creative spark. If we lose Deas, we will need a new centre half too. We need to nurture our youngsters: Hyde looks very promising and Nicolson impressed me when he came on as sub a few times earlier in the season. I don’t think the posts I’ve read imply the delusional misconception you state, but a realistic delight that we are in the final with a chance of promotion. Roll on Friday and Monday!
  20. This is looking the other way: up hill rather than down hill:
  21. We should not fear them. There’s not a lot between the bottom of the Premiership and the top of the Championship. This season we’ve done best against our challengers and struggled against teams in the bottom half. We only lost twice in 20 games against Kilmarnock, Arbroath, Partick and Raith. We are seeing determination and resilience in our squad and a desire to overcome adversity. It will be tough, particularly if we don’t get Devine’s red card overturned, given we will also be missing Duffy, MacGregor, Sutherland and Walsh, but we can do this. I’m looking forward to the double header, with cautious hope.
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