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51 minutes ago, TheMantis said:

Sets up Alan Simpson nicely for a gag about pace...

Alan Simpson is a  

2 hours ago, Alan Simpson said:

Afraid I'd rather be in dufcs position bringing in a bit of quality than ours letting go of our admittedly best of a dodgy bunch striker! Footballs a squad game wev way to much passengers to suggest ours is a strong unit a lot of the fringe players are pub league! Maybe Beith will put a shift in and shock everyone!

I think you are in cloud cuckoo land  

just a troll so why don’t you do one and leave the forum 

that’s me being nice

Would love to meet you face to face cos I think you would shrink away into oblivion

But we will never meet up cos this clown probably doesn’t go to any games . 

Was interesting to read bdu98196 thoughts on stats and do appreciate that goals may or not be critical in gaining points.

So had a look at 3 strikers goals that we have gained points from, otherwise if they hadn’t scored in the game we would be these points worse off in the league.

White 8 points 

Oakley 4 points

Austin 3 points

27 minutes ago, bdu98196 said:

Yet more stats *yay*

What is more telling is the importance of goals and how many points they have won - a player may only score 5 goals but each may the solitary strike per game resulting in 3 points where as another may score 10 but 3 of those were hat-tricks. Just trying to emphaise while your stats are interesting they are like any statistic only aimed to present a certain perspective based on the desired outcome of the creator and are therefore not always the only benchmark - there are no figures for assists which are an aspect of Oakleys game given he and Austin played as a partnership.

Correct no assists stats . George obviously saw his future elsewhere , was just pointing out that the two strikers left have more goals in them than Oakley.

So it’s not all doom and gloom .

6 hours ago, DWH said:

Yes I heard that interview too : he was clearly not happy at his club's situation! Can't see him lasting long.

Agreed we need to win on Saturday to keep a bit of momentum going Our home record is poor (2 wins in 11 games) and we have taken more points on the road (20 against 13).

We currently sit top of the away league, but third botom of home league.

We sit second in form of last ten games overall, so if we can continue to improve our home form we will not be too far away at all.

I understand some feel that Oakley was arguably the best striker out of the three senior ones at the club. but stats both in appearance and start ratios to goals scored present a different picture.

I agree with ictchris and  maybe it was the correct decision to cash in on him if he wasnt in Robbos plans going forward.

Maybe not the best move for George as he could only get a few months in the premiership and then be back in the championship.

The very fact we have allowed him to go means he wasnt in the longterm plans of Robbo as I wouldnt imagine we would have got a lot of money for him.

Wish the lad well in his future career, maybe see him in the playoffs.

We have some amount of moaners in our diminishing fan base  

Is this the new bbc set up with live games from the championship on Friday nights ?

Nathan ...Where is Kells he is getting battered

Robbo... yeah have a go you will never be subbed again

16 minutes ago, Glen Mhor said:

Great result after all these draws. Well done guys and roll on Saturday.

Let's hope for a decent turnout of ICT fans at the Dump !

3 wins and only 1 draw in our last 4 games 

no defeats either , we are on a roll

Great watch but just as I thought gifts at the back two preventable goals due to mistakes.

Cant be giving free kicks away like that and losing the ball allowing the attacker to run in on goal so easily , concentration is key at the back and needs worked on.

In saying that it appeared we were gifted at least one goal too.

Fantastic goal by Polworth tho what a shot , onwards to Patrick game now , 3 wins and 1 draw in our last 4 games can’t be bad as we look forward to County away in the cup .

One thing for sure is these guys are resilient and deserve lots of praise for this,  they seem to have a good team ethic and they fight for each other.

So maybe we should stop the nit picking like I’ve done about the defence,and others have done about the attackers ,and just get behind the team every game enjoying the rollercoaster.

Wow sounds like a fantastic game well done to all the team.

intersting to note that we are top of the away league so well done to all the away fans for the support you give the team because it could be a factor rather than the critics at the home games.

Just a thought I had when looking at the tables cos we are third  bottom for home results. 

Ive been to a good few away games and our support are brilliant but rubbish at home .

Another two goals conceded tho , we really need to tighten up as we just make it so much more difficult for ourselves, was looking at Liverpool stats for season and they have scored the same number of goals as last season but conceded far less and are on verge of winning league, just goes to prove defences win leagues.

So if we could tighten up at the back in the run in we may just have a wee chance.

Game on pitch passed inspection

1 hour ago, RiG said:

Yeah some good chances passed up yesterday sadly. Would be good if someone had the info to work out conversion rates for our players when it comes to taking the chances presented to them.

Just watched Rangers game on tv and it’s interesting to see the chances Morelos misses and he is top scorer in Premiership.

Goalscorers always miss more than they score but to win games teams have to keep it tight at the back, so I will say again we need to be better at the back to see out games.

if we score two goals we should be winning games.

1 hour ago, RiG said:

The defence, for the most part, was perfectly fine yesterday. For all of their pressure in the second half Falkirk struggled to create a clear cut chance apart from the Rudden effort at the end. Indeed our defence has been one of the toughest to beat this year and is something like 3rd in terms of average goals conceded. Our attack however is yet again failing to take the chances that come our way. 17 shots yesterday, 9 on target and only 2 goals to show for it. We're 5th in terms of average goals scored. We simply aren't clinical enough.

Don't get me wrong bad errors like the one we had yesterday won't help us and we definitely need to sort that out and continue to keep things tight at the back but we also need to look to improve things up front as well. Our defence has often helped out our attack by shutting other teams out whilst our forwards don't take their chances. It's time the attack stepped up as well to help out our defenders who also need to keep on top of their game as we head into some crucial fixtures.

I really must take pen and paper to count the chances you are talking about because there certainly didn’t seem like 17 clear cut chances to score.

Maybe it’s the wild shots from outside the box that’s adding to the count so maybe we should be trying to get the balls to the strikers inside the box as that’s where most goals come from.

But that doesn’t discount my point of not conceding goals , to go into a match  and score two goals,  it’s disappointing to come away with only one point.

13 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

I agree with that but, at the same time, it also shows what an important player Ridgers has become for us. Let's hope that he is fit for Tuesday.

Nah it doesn’t matter who is in goals once again we concede more than one and it makes it so much harder to win games

thats about 9/10 times we have conceded 2 or more goals and it needs addressed 

What really bugs me about the goal from the corner it seemed to me we didn’t have players covering the post which we should have , but let’s face it we shouldn’t concede direct from a corner kick.

Started the game with 3 regulars out and should have won so decent performance overall.

Not blaming the young keeper but as a team we need to tighten up the defence to not concede two goals.

Watched the game on tv and we certainly look a far better team than Ayr or The Arabs 

2 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

We have been shafted before with the likes of having to play Hearts in semi finals in their home city and ridiculously early semi final kick off times in Glasgow.

Compared to that, although not ideal, this one is not too bad. For those living in and around Inverness there should be plenty if time to finish work and make the short journey ORB.

In my opinion, there should be no talk of a boycott and those who can should get there in large numbers to act as twelfth man to help the team to victory. Three times this season we have matched our much wealthier neighbours and were very unfortunate to lose the last derby. This is one we can definitely win and a large and vocal away crowd will certainly help.

Totally agree with your comments about any boycott.

35 minutes ago, MorayJaggie said:

It's not just a journey over the bridge for us all. For me to go on a Monday night will involve a 350 mile round trip. Doo able on a weekend but a midweek night with kids of school age is impossible. Not all ictfc fans live in inverness.

Fair comment but if there was going to be a game on monday evening then this game is probably more local for both sets of fans than any other game.The bonus is you can watch on tv and save on travel costs.

Just think its sad, that rather than look forward to a great game which is  on live tv to endorse the fact  that there is actually life in scottish football outside the central belt and  the premiership we have fans advocating a boycott.

Probably the same fans that would have complained had the broadcasters ignored the tie.

Have to say Ive been amazed at the reaction because lets face it if we are on live tv the ko time and dates will most likely be changed , but this is one game that is surely easiest to adapt to this situation. Certainly lots better than the Ayr Utd game which was supposed to be  live on friday night last month.

1 hour ago, dougal said:

I hardly think comparing a national cup final in Glasgow to a cold dark night in Dingwall is really the same though is it

I’d be surprised if the attendance is in excess of 4000 now that it’s been switched to a school night

Shame on the SPFL

Dougal

Behave yourself are you a schoolchild?

2 hours ago, Satan said:

Carry on being compliant with the spfl and they will continue to take the ****.

It’s called supporting your club , moaning about the game being on a Monday night is just ridiculous 

Its on tv we as a club get money and it’s a journey just over the bridge to Dingwall , very small minded to think otherwise

3 minutes ago, Satan said:

If it's cold or wet or cold & wet the stands will be half empty...ticket holders will stay at home.

But we shouldnt bother what they do, fans can be the 12th man and last two games fans have been brilliant at their place.

Turnout in force sing loud and proud and then watch the recording when you arrive home to savour the victory.

I prefer to look at life Glass half full.

2 minutes ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Ok - but what songs is he likely to sing on the bus ?

I predict a riot