BallisticSheriff

7 hours ago, bdu98196 said:

I hope we miss the play offs as it'll be a real wake up call to the players, management, board and fans. . . The fact we can even be considered in contention still is damning of the lack of quality in the league. We are ***** and our record and number of points show it - 7 wins in 24 isn't a level which should be deemed acceptable.

I hope we keep our play off spot but I can't see it happening, Queen of the South are right behind us and one win puts them into the mix and given the fact we have been so poor recently its likely we will drop down a couple places and miss out. 

The fallout is a lot of fans will be fuming given that we narrowly missed out last season and will call for Robbo to go (but Im sure he has a 4 year contract and hell stay) and those fans will then not renew their season ticket meaning even less money. 

8 minutes ago, jed5697 said:

On the bright side we are still in fourth spot and playing for a quarter final in the cup. Now a win on Tuesday followed by a win Saturday versus Morton and we are fair set. Now you wouldn't bet on that however it is easily achievable. I will attend both games and observe our transformation into challengers for cup and league.

I wish I shared your optimism Jed, I have looked into my crystal ball and foresee a defeat on Tuesday and Saturday.

End of season we will finish outside the play off place trailing behind Queen of the South. 

If we beat County on Tuesday and turn things around and put a good gap between us and Queen of the South, I will buy a hat, roast it with peas and onions and eat it.

6 hours ago, tm4tj said:

Val Doonican.

Got me there. 

Suggestion, the young lad with the drum. Let him in for free so long as he stirs up the north stand to sing throughout the game, or if we are really watching the pennys give him a half time pie and a cuppa for his efforts. 

And maybe tell the north stand Stewards to let them stand up and sing. Sure they're meant to sit but do you ever see anyone sit down and sing? 

1 hour ago, Gringo said:

 I think one of the biggest problems the club has is the location of the ground? Stuck out on a limb with nothing there for pre-match attraction or entertainment. Yes there is now sports bar at the ground but the last time I was in there it offered very little (nothing) to entice me back.  

 

Agreed, its a bit naff that The 'Jewel in the crown' is sat a stones throw from a caravan site and a dump with not much else. 

I know its easy to say this is bad this is bad without offering a solution but short of a die hard fan winning the euro-millions and throwing cash at the club nothing will change. Would love a new stadium being built even if the council own it like a community campus but its not likely at all.  

Highly doubt it would happen since Robbo has signed a contract to 2021 I think it is.

1 hour ago, caleyboy said:

With respect Mattie you should have asked Rae that as he is the man calling all the shots and making he financial decisions.

If I asked such a question I can guarantee I would have got a political answer like "We have things in place, we are exploring avenues'' or a "Thanks for coming" and he'd go to the next table. He also said he actually joined the board just as Kenny Cameron was leaving, so I suppose the better person to ask would be Mr Cameron.

My uncle got most of his time asking where he was from and what attracted him to being Chairman of the club, I chose to ask about what was planned for our 25th and then got stuck in about the hog roast before it got cold.

19 minutes ago, Kingsmills said:

The cost of paying two managers six figure salaries for matters horticultural didn't help but fundamentally the 'money went' on the cost of relegation. Every year out of the Premiership costs us about one and a half million pounds and it will be worse next season when the parachute payments come to an end. 

Mr Rae said something about that, saying we are in the red before we even kick a ball at the start of the season, whats the chances of steadying the ship and attracting a solid following in the Championship?

Graeme Rae came to chat to us at Hospitality at the QoS game, he was a really nice guy and did say they were looking at a couple of players, I wouldnt get our hopes up though he later said it is really hard getting players here with what little money we have.

I honestly worry about the club, where did all of our money go? was it on the players Butcher and Yogi had? Was it putting Richie in the captains chair and then paying him off and getting Robbo? Mixture of both?

I personally thought we started the first half reasonably well, I saw atleast two chances which should have been put away with the header a few feet out going traight at Alan Martin and a scramble off the line. I noticed we wanted to pass to a player with 3 defenders around them rather than to draw them out wide, which everyone sitting around me could see wasnt working, yet we kept doing it. Queens looked to be trying the long ball to their strikers in each counter attack which we got away with, each time they came up they looked dangerous.

Second half looked almost like Robbo told the lads that the passing to feet infront of goal wasnt working so we should cut down the left wing. On atleast 3 occasions however, I could see players bunched on the left with Brad MacKay standing on the right wing at the halfway line with acres of space to carry it up but no one making that pass.

Everytime we gave away possession, Queens would came up the park and it looked like we would panic and if we did clear we seemed to run halfway up the park and stop. Queen players had plenty of time to come back and organise themselves and we would just seem to pass back and try up the left wing again.

We really need to work on counter attacks, the lads appear to not have have any confidenece to carry it up the park and appear to get halfway and stop and passing back.

Barry Wilson said we got our goal and sat in which was bad, but I feel like the reaction of the players when they equalised was worse, everyones heads went down and then they literally just tot down the side and slot the ball in the bottom left, it looked like everyone was static and just watched.

We can't only blame the strikers now, there are 8 other players on the pitch and none of them appeared to be stepping up and getting us going, we looked clueless, leaderless and just awful.

Unbeaten run comes to a shart of an end by Falkirk.

If our boys are playing as lethargic as described then things need a bloody good shake up, Shambles. 

Very disappointed to see the lads come back from the international break and not put this one to bed. Shame to see the trend of 1 out 3 shots being on target and 12 shots with only 1 goal. ach well, hopefully when they come up the road it will be a different story.

That said, Edinburgh City are top of their table playing 12 and winning 10, losing only to Elgin and Clyde, they would have been well up for today.

Hoo Mark Ridgers hes (also) one of our own!

So relieved to get the win, Well done lads! 

Jeez that's heavy, Scotty. Really sorry to hear. Wishing you all the best for your fight and recovery we are all behind you! 

19 minutes ago, MuirtownJaggy said:

Slow, lacklustre, little energy, misplaced passes would be some of the lowlights tonight. Positives....... a great save from Ridgers in the first half, Trafford looked lively and another point !!!!!!  

Also moved up to 4th! 

On 10/23/2018 at 10:46 AM, caleyboy said:

Maybe, just maybe our destiny lies in the championship.  Nothing wrong with that considering the financial position of the club.The last thing we want is to be promoted  and struggle because of lack of funds for infrastructure and players.

I'm 50/50 with that observation. The problem with Inverness is we cannot afford to stew in the Championship and miss out on all the cash the big 5 bring. 

Besides Dundee Utd and the Highland Derby I think its safe to say no Championship team bring a good following up the A9 and we cant really keep going on Home Support alone with only about 2500 (or thereabouts)

That South Stand needs the likes of Sellic, The Rangers, Hibs, Hertz and Aberdeen Caledonian Thistle to bring in a healthy income. 

If County go up and leave us in the Championship I don't see TCS being full again for a long time unless the moons align and we pull one if the big teams out the hat in a cup contest.

4 hours ago, buckett said:

Now, nobody can beat us!

 

Now you've gone and said it!

3 hours ago, Jack Waddington said:

It's not helpful to our promotion hopes, and it stresses the fans as to whether we even have hope of winning games. Hell, we failed to beat both Alloa and Ayr, which in a majority of people's books, fairly easy opposition to dispose of and pick up an easy 3 points. Though, I enjoy the unbeaten streak which is at 20/21 games now, we definitely need wins to keep the crowd happy.

Agree absolutely, we go on about following the team no matter what, but it really does make all the difference when you're sat in the winter sitting on your hands for 90 minutes for a nil nil draw. If the fans have nothing to cheer for, dribs and drabs of people will choose not to go.

I'd hate to think we have these boys up front who call themselves strikers that struggle to get a goal and we may have someone sitting on the bench with talent that don't get a fair whack a la Alex Fisher.

On 10/7/2018 at 5:23 PM, Weekend Hacker said:

Very poor.  Surely young Daniel needs a chance to prove himself.  Brad M what a dreadful give away, hand ball or not.  Too many draws could haunt us at the back end.  Boy in front said he’s getting fed up leaving like he’s just lost a family member. Reasonable description......

Agree completelly about that give away, no idea what he was thinking going for that pass. Hopefully Robbo will have a word with him about that, totally dangerous and 100% could have been avoided and Morton punished us for it.

Looks like we had a good few chances in front of goal as well, disappointing that we continue our habit of choking infront of goal. I'll be homeward bound around the time of the Dundee UTD game, hopefully no silly mistakes there.

That's a shame, I was hoping we would have won it so we would have something to point to this season as we did last season with the Irn Bru Cup. Ach well. As is the life of a Caley fan I suppose! 

The best place to get the videos I think is the Ladbrokes Facebook page. I dont think they're posting them on Youtube in a playlist, or if they are I havent found it yet.

Apologies if this has already been mentioned but I haven't seen it. 

Some folks may have seen the Ladbrokes videos where they are visiting each Scottish Stadium. I noticed that they have visited County and Elgin City but seemed to have bypassed Caley. 

I messaged Ladbrokes asking what the craic is and they have said that filming Inverness Caley Thistle will take place in December and the video will be released sometime in January.

So something to watch out for, hopefully they can find something, ANYTHING good to talk about for our catering!

I would normally be one of the first to vent my frustrations with a draw but QoS have a nasty habit of surprising us. So ill be happy with the point.

Today just went against us, County and Ayr pumping their opposition leave us chomping at their heels.

Would love to see a special edition whisky.

Do the board have any plans to remove the harris fencing by the North stand? 

Would the board be open to the idea of  an independent clothes store in the City Centre to sell replica kit? 

8 hours ago, Scotty said:

...certainly not enough to finance a new stadium build. If the deal has not gone through then  its a moot point as we would have no ownership or control over any of the land.

Suppose we gotta polish this jewel in the crown then.

Bit of a shame that we dont have the funds or the fans for a 4th stand so we can get rid of the scaffolding which would tidy the stadium up no end. 

One day.... One day...