CableGuy

Big game today, a win could potentially cement us in the play off spots and keep us too far realistically from Dunfermline catching up. Cannot allow ourselves to switch off like we did against Alloa though as Falkirk will not be as lenient. Got to get ahead and keep pushing for more, bodies on the line no complacency. To start dropping points now after all the hard work would be disastrous. Hope Welsh being out is not hugely detrimental

I'm going no matter what 

2 hours ago, Alan Simpson said:

I'm going 2-1 ICT 2-1 Rangers hope we get them in the semis then a wee chance and some much needed dollars in the coffers! Hope wee Mac Donald's fit looks a proper player

Macdonald is definitely not fit and will not be playing today certainly. Robbo said that midweek 

Amon the caley!! 

We are sHyte.... I hate supporting caley now we are the most boring uneventful side ever, junk. Cship mid table side at best ever. Red dot me and face-palm me all u want 

Junk. As we've been all season... Boring and ultimate losers. Nothing to get excited about... Let's move on next season beckons. More of the same no doubt, can't wait 

More to do with the coaching than the striker in my opinion. Our coaching staff are ****... Kellacher needs removed. Hopeless 

Teamline

30 minutes ago, IBM said:

Could have made some good half time entertainment 

Lord knows we need some to warm/wake us up 

How predictable, either a loss or a draw in the league. Big chance missed with qos beaten, not going to make any difference now anyway to deserve a chance at promotion we need to win games and we clearly can't do it 

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/inverness-interested-in-deal-for-hearts-midfielder-anthony-mcdonald-1-4860429/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Looks like we are set to secure Darren McCauley from Coleraine after all 

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/coleraine/darren-mccauley-set-to-complete-switch-to-scottish-championship-37735381.html

EK stayed up overnight at the Drumossie so a lot of pressure on this going ahead. No mention of any pitch inspection yet which would tell me there's no concern 

St Johnstone apparently making a bid for Polworth. 

1 hour ago, jamie ictfc said:

Amazing how you are willing to write off a young player based on 7 months out with an injury (and setback) despite not knowing how good he may be or cost the club.
 

Too many of our fans appear to think we will always be able to get better players when in reality, i'm amazed we have signed some of the players we have within the wage structure in place. 

Get a grip will you 

Oh dear old caley girl, you are more deluded than I ever thought

24 minutes ago, Alan Simpson said:

Robbos got a short memory he led us to believe Beith was the nxt Pirlo makes Forans sicknote look short that's a wage could've went on a better striker! Also bin the dead wood Robbo give the young boys there chance Mcgregors been impressive !

Beith is an absolute waste of time and money, I have my doubts we'll ever see him on the pitch. Time to admit that was a mistake and offload, for a club with so little funds, removing players like him is a must 

From P&J this morning

Caley Thistle manager John Robertson says strengthening the attacking areas of his squad is his main priority during this month’s transfer window.

Robertson is determined to add further reinforcements to his squad during January, having already secured former Hearts and Kilmarnock left back Kevin McHattie on a deal until the end of the season.

The Caley Jags boss is now looking further up the field in his efforts to add more depth to his squad, with the Highlanders looking to bounce back from successive defeats against Ross County and Queen of the South when they host second-placed Ayr United on Saturday.

Robertson said: “We managed to work the budget in a way where we’ve still got a wee bit of money left to bring in a player or two if possible.

“We are looking to bring in an attacking midfielder or wide man, and a striker, but they are virtually impossible to get. It’s January – who is going to let a striker scoring a lot of goals go?

“If there is somebody out of favour, that would probably involve a transfer fee which we are not in the position to do.

“January is very difficult to get a lot of business done, unless somebody is getting released from another club or other clubs want players off the wage bill.

“You may be lucky – we got Nathan Austin and Coll Donaldson last year under the same circumstances.

“You’ve got to find people who may not fit elsewhere, and see if they fit what we want. We know what we are after.

“We are hopeful of bringing in two, possibly three if we can, and we are still going to look for our younger players to push on.

“We have made a few inquiries about players, possibly on loan, although it’s still increasingly difficult to even get loan players to come up here.”

Robertson, who returned to Caledonian Stadium for a second spell in charge following the club’s relegation from the Premiership 2017, insists he is constantly looking at ways in which he can keep his squad challenging at the top end of the table

Realistic I guess but Not exactly inspiring 

Tansey signed 18 month deal at St Mirren 

7 minutes ago, old caley girl said:

Said same to several folk yesterday. Its a vicious circle. The more mistakes on field the more negativity. However the lack of confidence on the field not helped by the negativity on it. 

The only way I can see to stop it though is for the players to rise above it and show us what they can do? One home win this season is not good enough! 

It was very quiet up until Walsh scored then I felt people were starting to waken up and actually enjoy the game, until it all went pear shaped. This is the problem though, the players give us little to get excited about, if we were charging into goal scoring positions and testing the keeper, hitting the post or having shot after shot blocked... Whatever... The crowd would get lively. Its the fact that any possession is boring and slow and any advance at goal is snuffed out without any real danger 

2 minutes ago, Alan Simpson said:

Doubt the club could afford to bin Robbo and the old boy network sure Robbo signed a new deal after the glorious cup win last season! You've got a point tbf with the build up play wow is it slow goes wide eventually and fizzles out! Tho if we had a more mobile strike force think we do create enough to win more games our forwards are the slowest most unpositional aware iv ever seen at any level that's down to Robbo for sure he signed them! Least big yogi had us a comfortable mid table prem side even if it was dull at times!

Nah you miss my point Alan, I don't think Robbo is a big part of this problem.... My interpretation is robbo allows Kellacher to run the bulk of the coaching sessions and decide the tactics and he picks the team. It's been the same way since yogi was here and we've had foran since then too.... Robbo is a good manager but I don't think he has a huge influence in the way the team are set up to play, that I believe us down to Kellacher. Everyone used to blame rice, we can't to that now and that's 3 managers in and all the same style of play only person that's been there throughout.... Kellacher. New ideas required from top to bottom. 

I think the time to change the coaches is now, we've stuck with this slow passing style attack since Yogi and the one guy that's still here is Kellacher. Time for a change, we're the ONLY team in the championship that once we get the ball and break actually STOP and reassess before slowly building up towards a laboured charge at goal. Both of QOS goals today came from an intercepted ball and a quick charge down the pitch, with some good passing and awareness but quickness was the key to both goals. I have never seen us do that in the last 4 years, we simply can't play that way... It always ends up stalling and passing sideways and out to the flanks before the attack fizzles out and its out for a goal kick. Throw all the new signings and exceptional strikers at this all you want, but it's the style of football we play and the way we choose to counter attack that is killing us and until this is addressed we will continue to be a mid table Cship side at best 

Oh god, we seem to get linked with Dow every year 

22 minutes ago, Satan said:

Not a bad move, nor is it inspiring...Not exactly a player to come on and change a game either.

It's simply backup, with tremarco having been out and now Rooney suspended which will mean pushing Brad into RB against QOS shows very quickly how exposed we could be as the season goes on. Only until end of season so no big commitment and really just replaces the void Calder left us