Gringo

I'm not over confident that Maurice would be the right man for that role...don't know why mind...just doesn't set my pulse racing with excitement

Bag for life - I like that idea.

Back in the day they used to produce some nice leisure wear like sweat / polo shirts etc. It would be nice to see that kind of thing return. Not everyone wants to wear a football shirt including me.

There probably aren't a lot of fans with that sort of spare cash to throw at the club. Nice idea but I could never see it happening and it would only be a short term fix anyway i would think. As Kingsmills quite rightly says, money is not the answer. We need that stability at the club from top to bottom. No rookies - just experience

It is my view that Kenny Cameron did a fine job at ICT and he has the club in his blood. It's a job I wouldn't relish. Trying to keep the club afloat in the face of increasing financial stress can't be easy. We could, of course, gone the other way and spent until the cows came home which would undoubtedly have ran up debts that would have seen the club ruined beyond repair. Yes, he could have taken action regarding our current plight as early as Yogi's departure and NOT appointed a rookie manager but were there any other realistic options available given the finances If that was the case he'd have taken them wouldn't he? Anyway, that's in the past now, we move on to next chapter, but I reflect and remember what he has done for this club. I wish him a very happy and healthy retirement.

I can't take all the credit for this one Kingsmills as young Scotty sets it running and bales me out when I cock it up

CaleyD is in the boardroom right now holding all the members to ransom until they make the one big (easy) decision we all want

Congratulations to micaley68 on winning this seasons Correct Score Prediction League. I notice DoofersDad almost got a PL/NPL double this season and I just knew that caleycanary would be trouble lol. Good game, good game.

My sincere congratulations to DoofersDad on taking the 2016-2017 NPL title. DD took the top spot in Week 13 and just stayed there. He resisted a late challenge and may be thankful that we haven't got two extra play-off games to fit in now The NPL will be back next season for the challenges of the Championship and.....the diddy cup

NPL Review for Game 45 Finally the pain and suffering is over, we’re down to the Championship. Some exciting games to look forward in that league for sure. No maximums in any section for this, the last NPL game of the season. lilmissictbabe got the Crowd Section bonus – just ONE over. caleymac got the only correct FT score. So, this leaves me to announce that this seasons NPL Champion is... DoofersDad – a deserved victory having led the way from week 13. Total Entries 24 Jokers Played DoofersDad +2 bughtmaster +2 Cals Thistle +3 Tichy Black's Back +2 caleyjag +1 lilmissictbabe +7 Gavroche +2 CDN Girl +8 Scotty +2 SOS +3 Andrew Fraser +3 JodieC95 +5 Renegade +8 caleycalum +2 ictross +3 Mrs Gringo +7 Predicted Match results H: 21 D: 1 A: 2 The Results HT: 0-0 FT: 3-2 1st ICT: Tansey 1st Opp: MacFadden Crowd: 5351 Correct Predictions HT: 3 FT: 1 1st ICT: 5 1st Opp: 0 Crowd 5 pts: 5 Crowd 10 pts: 0 Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1 Bragging Rights 16 – CDN Girl, lilmissictbabe and Renegade Your Points CDN Girl 16 lilmissictbabe 16 Renegade 16 Mrs Gringo 14 MrCaleyjag 11 JodieC95 10 RedCard 10 caleymac 8 Andrew Fraser 6 Cal's Thistle 6 Gringo 6 ictross 6 SOS 6 bughtmaster 4 Caley Mad in Berks 4 caleycalum 4 DoofersDad 4 Gavroche 4 Scotty 4 Tichy Black's Back 4 Caley Braveheart 2 caleyjag 2 Kingsmills 2 Joonya 1 TABLE - 45 01 - 231 - DoofersDad 02 - 225 - Gringo 03 - 210 - Renegade 04 - 202 - MrCaleyjag 05 - 197 - Andrew Fraser 06 - 189 - caleycalum 07 - 180 - Scotty 08 - 179 - CaleyCanary 09 - 174 - RedCard 10 - 172 - caleyjag 11 - 171 - Mrs Gringo 12 - 167 - Tichy Black's Back 13 - 166 - CDN Girl 14 - 161 - JodieC95 15 - 160 - SOS 16 - 155 - Gavroche 17 - 149 - ictross 17 - 149 - Kingsmills 19 - 147 - Caley Mad in Berks 19 - 147 - Cal's Thistle 21 - 142 - lilmissictbabe 22 - 137 - Joonya 23 - 135 - Caley Braveheart 24 - 130 - crownjaggie 24 - 130 - old caley girl 26 - 123 - bughtmaster 27 - 102 - ICTRoughi 28 - 86 - caleymac 29 - 85 - Nanoq 30 - 80 - jagster 31 - 79 - Gabby 32 - 75 - bauhaus 33 - 74 - Teeshie 34 - 73 - Mrs Bauhaus 35 - 65 - JockWatt 36 - 50 - Potandbrush 37 - 47 - WYNESS101 38 - 26 - Sir C the 3rd 39 - 17 - Agent N 40 - 12 - chedan1 41 - 9 - IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER 42 - 5 - Tug 43 - 2 Eye Settee 44 - 1 - DALNEIGHCALEY

Mrs Gringo HT: 1-1 FT: 2-1 Billy Mckay Campbell 5291 **JOKER** Gringo HT: 0-0 FT: 2-1 Fisher Moult 5111

Agree 100%. So sorry I can't be there today for this massive game. Hope everyone gets behind the boys even if things aren't going our way. It's going to be a nervy afternoon for sure. Come on ICT...we have a chance, go grab it.

NPL Review for Game 44 Talk about last chance saloon, blimey. How’s yer nerves? No Maximums in any section for this game. Gringo got the Crowd Section bonus – 58 over DoofersDad remains out in front by eight points going in to what could possibly be the last game. Total Entries 18 Jokers Played Gringo +6 caleymac +2 Predicted Match results H: 4 D: 3 A: 11 The Results HT: 0-2 FT: 0-2 1st ICT: Mckay 1st Opp: -- Crowd: 5574 Correct Predictions HT: 0 FT: 0 1st ICT: 5 1st Opp: -- Crowd 5 pts: 1 Crowd 10 pts: 0 Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1 Bragging Rights 14 - Gringo Your Points Gringo 14 Caley Braveheart 6 CaleyCanary 5 Tichy Black's Back 5 bughtmaster 4 caleymac 4 RedCard 4 Cal's Thistle 3 Gavroche 3 Mrs Gringo 3 Renegade 3 caleycalum 2 Caley Mad in Berks 1 caleyjag 1 lilmissictbabe 1 MrCaleyjag 1 DoofersDad 0 old caley girl 0 TABLE - 44 01 - 227 - DoofersDad 02 - 219 - Gringo 03 - 194 - Renegade 04 - 191 - Andrew Fraser 04 - 191 - MrCaleyjag 06 - 185 - caleycalum 07 - 179 - CaleyCanary 08 - 176 - Scotty 09 - 170 - caleyjag 10 - 164 - RedCard 11 - 163 - Tichy Black's Back 12 - 157 - Mrs Gringo 13 - 154 - SOS 14 - 151 - Gavroche 14 - 151 - JodieC95 16 - 150 - CDN Girl 17 - 147 - Kingsmills 18 - 143 - Caley Mad in Berks 18 - 143 - ictross 20 - 141 - Cal's Thistle 21 - 136 - Joonya 22 - 133 - Caley Braveheart 23 - 130 - crownjaggie 23 - 130 - old caley girl 25 - 126 - lilmissictbabe 26 - 119 - bughtmaster 27 - 102 - ICTRoughi 28 - 85 - Nanoq 29 - 80 - jagster 30 - 79 - Gabby 31 - 78 - caleymac 32 - 75 - bauhaus 33 - 74 - Teeshie 34 - 73 - Mrs Bauhaus 35 - 65 - JockWatt 36 - 50 - Potandbrush 37 - 47 - WYNESS101 38 - 26 - Sir C the 3rd 39 - 17 - Agent N 40 - 12 - chedan1 41 - 9 - IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER 42 - 5 - Tug 43 - 2 - Eye Settee 44 - 1 - DALNEIGHCALEY

Mrs Gringo HT 1-1 FT 2-2 Billy McKay O'Des 5451 Gringo HT 0-0 FT 2-0 Fisher Haber 5632 JOKER

Fair comment there Charles and you are no doubt correct in your views regarding events / support at the start of the Caley Thistle journey. I'm also all for ICT living within their means which generally speaking we have managed to do. Our average home crowd doesn't support a PL wage in my view. Over the years ICT have climbed up the league ladder and culminated in a glorious SFA Cup win but this hasn't attracted more punters through the gate. We have an average home gate that could just about support the wage at Championship level...maybe.

Having said that...I've not been to Brechin either

I think it's still relevant to the club in general. It is my view that the apathy still exists in the city

I really can't see us getting back up at the first attempt to be honest - at least not with the current set up anyway. The club needs investment which isn't forthcoming and even after our cup win, which showed the potential of this club, the response was negative. It's a real shame. Some have mentioned that there is still a majority of folk within the city that still haven't got over the merger and refuse to have anything to do with the new club. There may well be an element of truth in this which is really really sad. It was over twenty years ago - get over it. With this in mind I have this awful feeling we are going to fall even further behind our neighbours and could well end up going part-time and fighting it out with the likes of Elgin City. And as for Foran's after match comments....I'm gobsmacked. How can you possibly keep praising a side that can't win or defend?

NPL Review for Game 43 More misery. Soon be over. No maximums in any section for this game. old caley girl got the Crowd Section bonus – 14 under. DoofersDad remains at the top with, what is looking like, only two game to play. Total Entries 26 Jokers Played CaleyCanary +1 RedCard +5 Predicted Match results H: 3 D: 6 A: 17 The Results HT: 1-0 FT: 2-1 1st ICT: Fisher 1st Opp: Longstaff Crowd: 3137 Correct Predictions HT: 3 FT: 1 1st ICT: 7 1st Opp: 0 Crowd 5 pts: 9 Crowd 10 pts: 0 Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1 Bragging Rights 13 – CDN Girl and old caley girl Your Points CDN Girl 13 old caley girl 13 RedCard 10 bughtmaster 8 Caley Braveheart 7 caleycalum 7 Gringo 7 JodieC95 7 caleyjag 6 chedan1 6 SOS 5 ictross 4 Mrs Gringo 4 CaleyCanary 2 Joonya 2 Kingsmills 2 lilmissictbabe 2 Renegade 2 Scotty 2 Andrew Fraser 1 Caley Mad in Berks 1 Cal's Thistle 1 Gavroche 1 MrCaleyjag 1 DoofersDad 0 Tichy Black's Back 0 TABLE - 43 01 - 227 - DoofersDad 02 - 205 - Gringo 03 - 191 - Andrew Fraser 03 - 191 - Renegade 05 - 190 - MrCaleyjag 06 - 183 - caleycalum 07 - 176 - Scotty 08 - 174 - CaleyCanary 09 - 169 - caleyjag 10 - 160 - RedCard 11 - 158 - Tichy Black's Back 12 - 154 - Mrs Gringo 12 - 154 - SOS 14 - 151 - JodieC95 15 - 150 - CDN Girl 16 - 148 - Gavroche 17 - 147 - Kingsmills 18 - 143 - ictross 19 - 142 - Caley Mad in Berks 20 - 138 - Cal's Thistle 21 - 136 - Joonya 22 - 130 - crownjaggie 22 - 130 - old caley girl 24 - 127 - Caley Braveheart 25 - 125 - lilmissictbabe 26 - 115 - bughtmaster 27 - 102 - ICTRoughi 28 - 85 - Nanoq 29 - 80 - jagster 30 - 79 - Gabby 31 - 75 - bauhaus 32 - 74 - caleymac 32 - 74 - Teeshie 34 - 73 - Mrs Bauhaus 35 - 65 - JockWatt 36 - 50 - Potandbrush 37 - 47 - WYNESS101 38 - 26 - Sir C the 3rd 39 - 17 - Agent N 40 - 12 - chedan1 41 - 9 - IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER 42 - 5 - Tug 43 - 2 - Eye Settee 44 - 1 - DALNEIGHCALEY

Mrs Gringo HT: 1-1 FT: 2-2 1st ICT: Fisher 1st: Opp: Dicker Crowd: 3499 Gringo HT: 0-0 FT: 1-1 1st ICT: Billy Mckay 1st: Opp: Boyd Crowd: 3222

The Play Off's If ICT qualify for the SPFL PL Play Offs there will be an NPL for both legs. The NPL covers all ICT first team games

I enjoyed our nip and tuck throughout the season MrCj. Mrs G did very well and picked some great winners. She started week 1 at the top and didn't reach that position again until the final game. I have now given her directions to the bookies so, hopefully, by the end of next season we'll be millionaires lol.

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Well, what can I say, pipped at the post with a 90+1 min strike by Pars. Not too sure if I will recover from the pain. Having said that, its been a great contest this season. The nip and tuck with MrCaleyjag and the chasing pack made this a season a joy. Despite me throwing away the title over the past few weeks I've enjoyed the journey. I'm sure CaleyCanary wouldn't have minded another week of competition so he could overtake me too My thanks to you all for taking part again and I look forward to taking Mrs Gringo's bragging rights away.