Robert

Marley Watkins for Kilmarnock, Jake Davidson for Hamilton, Nathan Austin for East Fife and Ethan Cairns for Banks O’Dee noted today. 

Carragher and McAllister starting in place of Devine and Samuel. 

1 hour ago, bdu98196 said:

I expect hibs to come at us more than visiting teams in the league so hopefully more space to get in behind which we seem better at.

Yes, the way Hibs will play will make it more like an away game so we should treat it as such. Our away record is decent so let’s adopt our away tactics this afternoon. 

George Oakley for Morton in the cup tonight. 

It’s had TV coverage today. 

We need to follow Morton’s example. They’ve beaten Motherwell tonight. 

6 minutes ago, IBM said:

Come on Robert, your glass is half empty you better fill it up   I think we will cause another wee upset tomorrow with Hibs being the much bigger team, a 1 - 0 win.  

I went with 2-1 on Gringo’s NPL….

Luis Longstaff is out and Alex Samuel is a doubt for tomorrow.

We are inconsistent and Hibs are on a bad run but seemed to play well against Celtic in midweek.

My head says an away win, my heart says we will have another cup upset.

HT 1-0

FT 2-1

ICT Billy Mckay

Hibs Youan

Crowd 3975

Yellow Chilokoa-Mullen

Sorry to hear that MrCaleyJag.

Stranraer @ 2.10 please. 

Don Cowie in interim charge. Poor guy!

Sam Nixon scored for Forres last night. I didn’t realise he’d gone there on loan. 

Marley Watkins for Kilmarnock and Sam Nixon for Forres tonight. I didn’t know Nixon was there on loan. 

Adams has resigned. 

1 hour ago, bdu98196 said:

Not ensuring a percentage of any long term profits at the expense of reducing the initial lump sum may prove an unwise move.

We don’t know the detail of the transaction. The land was gifted to the club so it may be that the cash coming to the club is due to it being sold on to those developing the scheme (that is my guess though) so there has never been any scope to maintain an ongoing income stream.

The Chairman did say on Saturday that the delay in planning did result in the club receiving less than it would have, as it took the deal beyond a critical milestone.

We don’t know what the scale of the seven figure sum is as I don’t believe that has ever been made public.

Now the challenge for the Board and CEO is to use the money wisely to secure the long term future of the club, securing the ongoing income streams (no indication to my knowledge as to what they are other than the Red John Park and Ride), making the match day experience more appealing to fans, and allowing the club to be in promotion contention next season (in the Championship, not League 1).

The Chairman said at the Supporters Trust Meeting on Saturday that the club will get a one off seven figure cash injection very quickly (I think he said in 10 days). There is no ongoing income stream from this.

The cash injection will pay off debts and allow investment which will secure future income streams (such as the use of the North Car Park as a Park and Ride for the Red John construction workers.

I agree that we need transparency as to what it means, what the plans are, what it means in the long term etc.

It has to be good news though, as the consequences of rejection would have been significant and far reaching. 

Richard Hastings has been appointed as Manager of Rothes. 

9 hours ago, CaleyTennis said:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/6293244/caley-thistle-to-score-from-loch-ness-hydro-deal/

 

Is this the to do with the battery storage thing or is this a different money spinner because I'm confused, especially as it's gone quiet ever since this article a few weeks ago ?

No, this is a different scheme. The North Car Park will be used for a Park and Ride for construction staff when work starts on the Red John facility.

Its referred to in the “Scot Gardiner” thread as starting in 2026. 

3 minutes ago, IBM said:

On reading that they have secured funding for the drainage but there is a lot more to do.  The whole plan sound great but they will still require a lot more money and there are very little public funds.

Which I assume is where the statement in the Battery Park Planning Application comes in, as referred to in HighlandExile’s post above. 

The Community Trust has issued an update on the Hub project. Within the article is this:

“We are busy identifying other sources of funding to ensure we can realise our goal of providing our city with a first class community asset.”

A link to the update:

https://www.icttrust.org.uk/community-hub/

A reporter was at the meeting and has reported this in the Courier:

https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/sport/chairman-fears-caley-thistle-cant-carry-on-as-normal-withou-341334/

9 minutes ago, DoofersDad said:

Was the park and ride concept not one which specifically related to the construction of the Red John Hydro scheme?  The idea being that the significant construction workforce would get bused to the site from the stadium.  The club would therefore get a steady revenue for the parking of workers cars and, possibly, various construction related equipment.

That’s correct. I’m not sure what the timescale is for work starting on the Red John scheme.

Rory McAllister for Peterhead and Harry Hennem for Nairn today. 

Ironically we moved up to 7th despite losing. Dunfermline look to be in free fall at the moment.