Weekend Hacker

Decent thread!  I wish we could recreate the old Howden End atmosphere. Sometimes feel like Juggernaut where I am perhaps berating an official or opposition player and have an uneasy feeling I’m being stared at like a lunatic or being sized up to be sectioned....but I’ll carry on

What's your source Stan?  Markarian for here you mean?  Acchh Robbo, look at what happened everyone else who left............ 

Jaysus it was all going so well and then someone went off one one.  Did we over achieve under achieve or did we achieve what was really expected?  I'm slightly confused as a North stander as I am neither a moany old man nor a 15 year old wannabe casual as I can't afford Chivas Regal or Stone Island.  But I am a fan of the club and am as p1ssedd of with how it unfolded as anyone.  But rightly or wrongly I do think we had a certain spirit about us in the run in which will hopefully kick on in the new season with a couple of good signings.  Chalmers away - fine.  Coll - maybe.  Fine.  Money talks, we need to deal with it and Robbo is doing so with the financial constraints we have until we can work out WTAF can be done to engage with the wider community and get gates back up - a different thread, I know.  Tired, jaded, long season - that's just me.  Back for more next year - already bought my season ticket (different thread I know) and working n being an old moany git instead of just a moany git.  #ICTTID

McHattie and all of the 2020 brigade for me if I'm honest.  Thanks to Wyness for that

Agreed DD.  It's like the old "was a sh1te ride anyway" back in the day.  He did a shift for us but ICT will outlive all temporary players hopefully.  Personally I think Joe came on vastly as a player with his time at ICT and made the move from left back to centre mid then blossomed.  His confidence was rock bottom - from Motherwell I think? - when he came but what a change.

Yes a very different midfield next year but might give other players the room to make a role their own.  I'm looking forward to next season, I must confess, with perhaps more enthusiasm than had we made the SPL.  I think we could do some real damage next season and go up with a consolidated squad and hopefully on a more sound financial footing off the park.  Maybe passing RCFC and Hamilton on the way... 

Agree with Fraz.  I was there as a guest, there was a FB page and a Twitter account set up for it but yes, it could have been better advertised.  That said, it was chocca, a great night and an extremely long Sunday, followed up by a beer fear Monday I think.  Ho hum....

Come on Alan, you love Big Jordan really.  You're just hiding it really, really well!!  They could be a great combo.  If Keatings is top scorer, I'll buy you a beer in the Sports Bar at the end of next season.  There, it's public.  

Oooft to Jockdoonsouth.  Tin hat on, ready for the Pro Polly brigade!!  I agree, though it's good to see Robbo being proactive and all joking aside, wishing Polly the best at Murderwell.  Unless we are playing them and then he can get tae

3 hours ago, WYNESS101 said:

Shame we couldn't use the clubs minibus for the people on the waiting list. Sure it's about a 16 seater. Least people wouldn't miss out on the game.

Could generate an insurance problem as it may be considered as Hire & Reward which they won't be covered for I'd imagine.  I know, exciting stuff......  I'm still thinking of jumping in the car if I can clear my desk and if I do, I'll see if anyone needs a lift - possibly two seat going spare.  Wonder if you can pay at the gate....nver thought of that.  Doh!

Indicative of the apathy which exists in the town.  But in terms of PR, a bizarre statement for them to make no matter if the boy supports that lot or otherwise.  The Arab fans were all over it though, didn't like allegations about McMullan and Connolly and referred to us as hammet throwers so it was a good bit of sport.  But if places like that engaged with the club instead of either ignoring us or worse, would it help?  Is it an opportunity to engage with them now to see if we can boost gates?  Realise I'm setting myself up for an "all been done before" response but happy to give somebody something to aim at before the biggest night of the season.  So far.......

Do feel for Kevin McHattie who had ben having a fairly torrid time with rat boy Tom Daley McMullan but to be fair was containing him with no decent balls coming from the wee sh1te.  Unfortunate that the header lacked any power or direction but he seemed to react late as if he wasn't expecting it to reach him.  That said, we were very slow to react to the ball off the post, as if we thought it had gone in which we have been guilty of before.  I give you rat boy's clear hand ball in the last game where we all stopped but the whistle didn't go.  Wals is a terrible ref and wrecked the game against the gadgies too.  Arabs are greeting about how we are hammer throwers and Charlie should have been off for various challenges?  Perhaps I'm looking through ICT tinted glasses but I don't see it that way.  They, on the other hand, spend more time going down that a two dollar hooker.  Swithering whether to get down Friday with work etc, juggling now.  Genuinely think we can turn them over in scumdee though.  Great shift from all the boys, Doran well deserving of MOTM

On 5/13/2019 at 10:08 AM, RiG said:

I see the club offer print at home match tickets now. Great for those fans who have been put off by a 50 yard walk to the main stand to buy a ticket before going to the turnstiles. Buy online, print at home and head on in. Easy!

 

I just download them to my phone and do the same for the wee man.  A tad inconvenient as I need to do two separate transactions whereas before I think I could "gift" a ticket to him but no biggie.  System works well and if you buy online it also goes on to the season ticket/ credit card which I have also renewed.  An expensive week, now expecting my player sponsor renewal to come in and I'll be greeting!  Mon ICT, be happy to pay for a couple of extra tickets for the final....

Mmmm.  Yeah, fairly reasonable authority that the house is correct so I wonder.  Robbo had suggested that all players out of contract had been offered so I’d have thought we’d have heard about Joe by now. Be disappointed as feel we have built him back up over the last couple of seasons buuuuut I suppose he needs to follow the money.  

On 5/6/2019 at 9:16 AM, RiG said:

He's away OTB.

Shirley Knott RiG.  I like Joe, the prospect of booing him next season doesn't fill me with joy......

Soft Pen?  Maybe.  Offside? Maybe.  Do we deserve a break after some of the sh1t decisions we have had against us.  Of course.  No bus parking Saturday, let's go out and play our game and kill the tie off - sensibly!  Was there another game on last night.......?

Why do we even debate this?  With Global demerging, is it a sign that Uncle Roy may tighten the purse strings.?  Have his sons said enough?  Time will tell but meantime forget what they are doing and get behind our own club.  AS, I thought you were now a White fan and as for Trafford, watch this space my man.....

On 5/4/2019 at 12:09 AM, Scotty said:

Paying for cup games or playoffs is standard practice the world over. 

Think of it another way - as we debate our club being skint --- the club can budget or at least be aware of the fact that they will host 16 home league games. These have costs that need to be budgeted for when we set ticket prices. Costs such as heat, light, stewarding, policing, etc etc etc. We cannot know before the season how many cup games we may be involved in, or if we will be in the playoffs. If we did - and having these in the package was actually allowed - then we would have to factor in that cost into the overall season ticket price. You would not "pay" for these games when they came along as you already did so ......

I was the same over here in 2016 and 2017 when Toronto got to the MLS Cup Final .... cost me about $300 for my season ticket, then as the playoffs came along it cost me the same again over about 4 or 5 games in our run to the final each year. Same applied when the club were in the Champions League over here. We actually got the first game 'included' in the ticket price but had to pay for all others in our run to the final of that competition too !  My $300 season suddenly became  about $900 ! 

 

Personally, I think crowds are down because people have so many other things to spend their ever decreasing discretionary cash on, and the football authorities have, over the years, made the sport less enjoyable and killed the atmosphere to a point where going to a game is not high priority for those outside of the diehards.

There are probably things the club can do better, but its not their fault that a typical football game nowadays involves 'customers' turning up to a stadium to be treated like potential criminals for a disproportionate sum of money that has to sustain ever spiralling costs, to be fed on over-priced crap, while watching a game that is inevitably of a lower standard than we have been used to because the Scottish game just cant compete even with the lowest tiers in England because of TV money. 

I dont know the answer, no clue at all, but as much as the club can do, the SFA and SPFL need to try and figure something out for everyone's sakes !       

Chapeau sir !

It’s true......his left hand COULD stop Brexit!  Great extension.  Chalmers next please.

Have to go positively on this.  Price freeze, possibly gaining promotion, early cash to help the club?  All good.  Handle it better? Maybe but result the same. I hear what people are saying about pay dates and agree that the solution is credit card and pay in full on the next statement.  And if you can, stick a tenner a week a way or even a fiver for next season and Robert is, in fact, your mothers brother.  I try to do that to lessen the pain....  #icttid

DD, I must confess to giving Fash stick today as he was completely out of order with his shouting at Anthony.  A great run by the youngster, and had Fash been sharper he could have slipped in at the back post.  He needs to know that that type of nonsense won’t be tolerated against a young man who was trying to infect pace and vigour which we sadly lacked today.  It won’t continue from me of course but he was bang out of order and he at least knows that the fans were not happy with his attitude.  Line drawn, we move on with a clean slate for the play offs

Time for him to go.  A change of scene will probably be the making of him I reckon. I don’t hold him in the god like status some do but when on his game, he certainly made the team tick.  However no one player is bigger than the team, so we move on and wish him all the best for his move.

WTAF was Austin shouting at Anthony for?  He’s not exactly ingratiated himself with the North Stand today - think the body language showed he knew he’d fecked up.  But echo all on here, poor today, poorest for a while. Fatigue maybe.  

Ref Carl, I think a victim of it seizing up at half time but let’s hope nothing serious.  Disappointed? Yes, but another day at Hampden for ICT and my boy was one of the kids on the pitch with our team flag so great memories.  For me Hearts weren’t that great but we were off the pace.  But with Dunfermline losing we are in the pound seats for play offs.  Watched some back this morning, Liam Macleod and Dodds should be chemically castrated for the faeces they talk about ICT.  And Jamie’s goal surely should have been allowed as it was Mulraney who played it in?  Ach well, see you Saturday for normal service....  ICTTID

On 4/10/2019 at 8:43 AM, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

I wonder what user name will he use ?

IC Titchmarsh?

God, what have you done...........

3 hours ago, MorayJaggie said:

Cove in the highland league for a normal league match charge £75 +VAT (£100) for the same product. 

I'd say that is too pricey - £90, particularly if a business is not VAT registered is a big spend IMHO.  Brass tacks - the seats are empty, so let's forget deducting the ticket price and looking at the net cost of food, beers etc.  Whole package should be about getting it full, getting bums on seats (which as I say are empty anyway) and generating at atmosphere which A) people want to book again as a hospitality event either under their own steam with clients or as a day out with mates and B) get's them interested in the football element?