Alex MacLeod

Dead-ball, how the **** can you compare the Highlands with Belgium. Population of highland region 460,000. population of Belgium 9.3 million. Yes, one day in the future their may be a fanbase of 10,000 but not until the OF disappears as the first choice team for the majority of people living in the highlands. One of the big problems I see, is not the club, but some of the fans. They seem to think we should have a god given right to win everything. Are the teams who have been established for over a hundred years supposed to lie down and let us win. We've gone from highland league to SPL in ten years. We've been lucky in that we had a fairly easy ride to get here. We now need to concentrate on staying in this league and build year on year.

I would think Spartans would be a good bet to replace the Shire

If he turns out half as good as his brother was he'll do for me.

Of course Stan!! there are so many class strikers without a club at the moment that they are tripping over each other to come to Inverness. Dont you honestly think that if a suitable person was available we would have ignored him. I know for a fact that the club tried to get someone but we couldn't afford their demands.

Aye, i know of a fellow in Carrbridge, Iain something I think. He'd be right up your street :003:

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Think, if you check more closely Johndo, you may find the 'wee man' might turn out to be a wee wuman.

Is it the manager thats not able to attract players or is it the club. We pay them peanuts so they dont want to stay. Mark Brown, Darren Dods, Craig Dargo. They came here because their careers were on a downward spiral and this club, getting where we had, was a place to ressurrect and showcase themselves. Now they can move on to better money. Others in the squad see they can earn more elsewhere so hold out on signing new contracts. Unrest about terms and conditions brings unrest on the field. The players who tend to perform reasonably well on a consistant basis are the few who have ICT in their vains and no intention of moving on. We will not attract good players unless we can pay them more.

Those children, such as my grandson, who come to the odd game and have to pay the full child price should maybe complain that, because yours have a cut price entry, they should be the same.

Plenty of chants and even the odd song (odd being the operative word) but in dire need of someone of your vast experience to lead. So if your up to it me dear its the Innes bar pre-match for the proverbial lubrication of the larynx.

Anyone and everyone, as paying customers, has a right to blame, critisise or whatever. I wasnt at the game so dont have that right, nor the knowledge of what went on today but I will remind everyone of just one thing. No matter who the head coach, be it Christie or anyone else, without players we wont progress. Our key players are out through injury or suspension, our replacements are either too inexperienced or just dont make the grade at this level. I just hope the shirkers are weeded out at the end of the season and a few new players of the right standard are brought in. As for Dunfermline, they brought in a few players at the window who are now playing some good football and playing as a team. I've seen them perform, albeit on tv, lately and they have been unlucky in some games recently. It was only going to be a matter of time before they achieved some success. Sadly it came against us.

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What a load of codswallop. ....not take a telling......cc or dp not hard enough. I think you'll find that Ian, as a terrier type midfielder with a reputation for chasing everything, is mostly unlucky in that his timing can be a bit off. When he gets a ref who hounds him he gets a bit angry. When someone tries to wind him up on the field, as is often the case, he gets angry. He is a young lad, learning his trade, and he makes errors of judgement. What he does NOT need is to 'take a telling' or for anyone to be hard on him. He needs, and is getting, good coaching and good support, from the people around him and from the majority of fans. Maybe a little phsycology would help, I dont know. The one thing I would not expect is for Ian to change overnight. As for those who think we should get rid of him rather than coach him. Get a life.

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As every season tkt holder will confirm, as you pass through the turnstile a numbered voucher is torn out and handed over, this plus pay at the gate numbers are added for the turnstile total. The confusion as has always been is corporate/business/freebies/hospitality numbers, but i dont think there will be a huge difference in actual and quoted crowds, except of course in cup games. Also, every gate has a counter attached to make the totting up that little bit easier

The reason the three for a win was brought in CD was to encourage teams to win and entertain. Obviously, after all those years, it hasn't worked.

At the end of the day we cant really complain about the numbers that DU, St Mirren, Gretna or whoever take to TCS. Crucial game at Killie last week and we took about 100.

Good luck Rory. UNDER 20 SQUAD HEADS FOR CANADA Tuesday, 13 Mar 2007 Scotland Under 20s will gain first hand experience of their FIFA U20 World Cup base next week, as they head to Canada to play two internationals against the hosts. The Under 20s will be playing in Victoria and Burnaby, on Canada's west coast, in the World Cup this summer. As part of their preparation for the big event, they meet Canada in Burnaby on Saturday 24 March, and again in Victoria three days later. Most of the players from last season's outstanding UEFA campaign are still going strong in the squad, but team coaches Archie Gemmill and Tommy Wilson have brought in promising defenders Kevin McCann of Hibs and Ryan O'Leary of Kilmarnock to provide additional strength to a talented group. The team fly out next Wednesday from Glasgow to Vancouver, giving them three days to acclimatise before their first match, at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. They then head for Vancouver Island for the second match at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria on Tuesday, and return to Scotland on Wednesday. Scotland Under 20 squad Goalkeepers Scott Fox (Celtic) Andrew McNeil (Hibernian) Defenders Andrew Cave-Brown (Norwich City) Andrew Considine (Aberdeen) Garry Kenneth (Dundee United) Kevin McCann (Hibernian) Ryan O’Leary (Kilmarnock) Mark Reynolds (Motherwell) Greg Ross (Dunfermline Athletic) Lee Wallace (Heart of Midlothian) Midfield Jamie Adams (Kilmarnock) Greg Cameron (Dundee United) Ryan Conroy (Celtic) Bryan Hodge (Blackburn Rovers) Michael McGlinchey (Celtic) Darren Smith (Motherwell) Forwards Graham Dorrans (Livingston) Calum Elliot (Heart of Midlothian) Steven Fletcher (Hibernian) Rory McAllister (Inverness CT)

Dont know who done the framing but there were half a dozen tops in the auction at Rossco's dinner. I was told that the cost to get those done was £100 each.

While its still mathematically possible for us to make top six the SPL will not issue fixtures. May seem a long shot but its not impossible for Killie to lose their last three games which are against Aberdeen, Motherwell and Hearts. We know we can beat Dunfermline, Rangers and Falkirk. Ever the optimist me. My guess would be that we have three home and two away this season and that HM5 will start in Paisley and finish at TCS for the game against Falkirk

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One point. Had Black walked, under the totting up procedure, he be facing a minimum three match ban now.