Alex MacLeod

1-0 Hearts. Ally Roy

0-0 at half time. Hearts Twitter.......Scrappy stuff here at Riccarton, neither side getting a strong foothold in the game. No team news

True champions dont care who the opposition is.

Bit further between East and West Kilbride than between Grant St and Kingsmills

BBC credit Storey. Nothing on SFA site

CJT is the Supporters Trust. Since inception there seems to have been quite a turnover of board members. I know some on current board and they are good hard working people, as are the people I know who have been on it in the past. It does, however, seem that there is a lack of 'togetherness' at the top of the trust. CJT's own website is very infrequently updated so I'm not sure that anyone would take responsibility for a forum on this one.

Not done predictions in some time so here goes for this weekend. Rangers v Kilmarnock............Kilmarnock Annan Athletic v Greenock Morton.........Annan Dumbarton v Dundee.............Dundee Dundee United v Partick Thistle..........Partick Motherwell v Inverness Caledonian Thistle............Inverness Ross County v Linlithgow Rose...........County Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian..........Hearts East Kilbride v Celtic ............Celtic Would love tosee Lithgy and EK go on but cant see it. On form there's only going to be one non prem team in QF's though its not inconcievable that Dumbarton and Hibs could progress.

Sneckboy, your scenario can never come about. Both Tesco and Asda deal in zero hours contracts so your man would never know if he was going to make more with a move. Why do people have to find worst case scenarios out of stories. As I said before, and no matter what McInnes says, it is more likely the agent who said Tansey was keen on a move. Also there is more to life than money. Tansey has always stated he made a mistake moving before. He and his family are very happy in Inverness and there is probably a lot more for him to think about in making any move to another town or city.

Pre-Sat 30th Post-Mon 1st Onwards and upwards

If you are one of those who were on bus 3 then you'll also be one of those meeting with CJT tomorrow night. You will also know the reason for the meeting and the banning order on saturday. The meeting will allow you to air your own views and make suggestions.

From the club statement, and the suggestion that Greg has parted company with his agent, it seems to me that things were happening without the players knowledge. McInnes is probably right in that he and Hughes were of the opinion that negotiations were progressing as they should. It also looks like someone at Aberdeen was given a heads up as to the trigger clause. To me it seems that Tansey was called in by chairman to discuss transfer and that he was shocked by dealings going on behind his back.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/inverness-claim-midfielder-greg-tansey-7303948#LyF7qWUbABcM0V7I.97 http://www.ictfc.com/news/team-news/1717-fans-update-on-greg-tansey Caley Thistle are pleased to announce that midfield player Greg Tansey will be available for Saturday’s William Hill Scottish Cup tie at Motherwell and beyond. Aberdeen FC made their official approach to us on Saturday evening in relation to an offer for Greg Tansey. This was followed by a period of activity, culminating in their final offer on Monday afternoon. This was an unwelcome and late approach for a very popular and influential player within the club. However, after meeting with Greg following the final offer we were delighted to be assured by him that he is happy in Inverness and that he had elected to remain at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium and we thank Greg for his integrity, honesty and loyalty to the club. The club then informed Aberdeen FC that their final offer had not been successful. In the period after Aberdeen FC making official contact with us, we were of course determined to act in the best interest of Greg Tansey and our Club and we are confident that the outcome will be warmly received by our fans. John Hughes is happy the transfer window has now closed, that he still has the services of Greg Tansey and has added a further two players to his squad.

Comments on another thread got me thinking. If we could take certain qualities from all our past managers and mix them all together to mould a master what qualities would you take from each of Pele, Robertson, Brewster, Christie, Butcher, Hughes. Have left out Baltacha because some folk may confuse his attributes with ICT and with Caledonian.

Without meaning to defend the ICT board I'm of the opinion that it would not be wise at this time to make any public statement. This situation could still become the subject of an SPFL enquiry.

http://www.north-star-news.co.uk/Sport/Football/Inverness-Caley-Thistle/Greg-is-enjoying-his-football-and-nothing-will-change-Caley-Thistle-midfielder-Ross-Draper-02022016.htm

I said in a previous post that I thought the joint statement was a hint of what may happen. This guy has been dealt with very harshly. Not only has he been jailed and banned from matches but I'd be very surprised if he's not booted out of the army. Then he has the problem of convincing any other employer to give him a chance. As has been suggested I think he's been used as an example and the court has come down hard. This case will now set a precedent for how sherrifs treat any future cases and, unless an appeal can change the sentence, the next person will get equal or worse.

What I see from the various quotes is not that it was a 'representative of ICT' but an 'agent the club have dealt with'. Possibly an agent that represents a number of ICT players. What it all suggests to me is that there is a play on words here and that an agent, and I've no idea who this one is, has seen a few bob in front of his eyes and tipped Aberdeen to the release clause. I further think Aberdeen held of till the last minute and made the £200k offer which all seemed above board and, possibly ICT tried for a bit more whereby someone at Aberdeen reminded us of the release clause so our people pulled the deal. If clause was confidential then it should not have been known. I think now that we should ask SFA to carry out an enquiry into what went on. I further think Aberdeen were at an unfair advantage in any negotiations by knowing the trigger figure. It is not good for clubs to fall out, no matter who they are, as its important that each will help the other out in times of need. Times like trying to push through some league changes or needing backing for some such or the other so I hope this situation is resolved amicably.

At the end of the day its the top leagues mickey mouse cup. No other highland team can ever lay claim to being the first to bring the big cup to the highlands

At the end of the day there are only two daily's that are not based in Glasgow or Edinburgh. Dundee Courier did have some favourable comments for County. Never saw the Depressing Journal. It stands to reason that the writers are generally from either city and have leanings towards the big clubs so I expect nothing less than bias

Is this something the players are asked to do to help the youth players?

No and Aye

I'd like to ask one of those affected, i.e. one of those who were on the bus a couple of questions. The answer may have a bearing on the seriousness of situation. I've travelled on trains with a lot of the young brigade,mainly between Inverness and Dingwall, and as well as singing they love to get bouncing and rock the carraiges. Was this what was happening on the bus? If it was were you all asked to stop? Was this the reason for the driver not being happy? If answer to the first question was yes then this was a very stupid thing to be doing. If answer to all questions is yes then people have put themselves and others at serious risk of accident. A train moving quick pretty much sticks to the rails due to g-forces when cornering and downforces when in a straight line so it would take some very serious rocking and shaking to change its course of direction. A bus, on the other hand, will become extremely unstable if subjected to the same forces and could suddenly veer of course resulting in road carnage. I'm in no way saying this was the scenario but its one I wonder at.

Trains are expensive but there are simple ways to make them a little cheaper. Example. Inverness to Perth day return £26.20 Perth to Edinburgh £16.90.....Total £43.10 whereas Inverness to Edinburgh day return £52.10. Always best to look at splitting fares or even look at price of single journeys.

There's never been a boiler in it. The undersoil system was heated by the body heat from the horses used to pull the team coach around the country.

To be fair to CJT Kingsmill the bad handling was done by those posting on here without any facts. Its just 24 hours since opening post and I presume the thread triggered a meeting of CJT board members before issuing above statement. I do think some folk have overreacted without knowing all the facts.