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I have 2 ICT 2022 calendars as I ordered one a week ago then discovered my grandmother bought one also (as a Christmas present) so I am now in a generous mood, anyone looking for a free calendar please pm me and I will happily send it out :ictscarf: Hopefully the mods allow this as I promise its not a scam etc, its just me not wanting a calendar lying around all year.

Well it's getting to that time of year so I thought I'd start this so we can discuss and give our own opinions on what we need in January :ictscarf: I think most on here probably read the Facebook comments on the full time scores that the club post after a match so you would have seen my comment last night about the sort of players I'd like us sign, and I put it in a very strong tone as I have been advocating it since the end of last season. For anyone that doesn't read these said posts or doesn't do social media, I basically stated that we should either give our youngsters more of a chance in the first team instead of continually sending them out on loan every year; the other point I made was that we need to target younger players instead of older players that don't produce the goods (I namechecked Duku due to his lack of goals and Gardyne because of his antics over the past month or so which is giving the club a bad name). What I didn't mention in the post was that I am not a fan of loan market but that's just my opinion, I respect anyone that disagrees with that as you are entitled to your own opinions ;). Anyway on to the positions we need to strengthen I'd say, preferably a striker to replace Gardyne, the I can't really think of any other positions that need strengthening.

One part of the club that is going very right is the youth because I see we beat County under 18s today so I thought I would praise them :ictscarf: Oh and to the article above, no way is BD giving up a manager job to go back to being a number 2

Hi peeps, I thought I'd start this thread to find out where you guys think things are going wrong because it certainly isn't due to a lack of effort or commitment nor do I think it's a manager issue. I really look forward to the contribution from you guys and I know it will go better than my one from yesterday on pie and bovril lol but that one was planned ahaha, I really want banned altogether from there lol so I tried but it didn't work, its idiots that use that forum and tbh I only use it for the Tartan Army ramblings section. I prefer this forum anyway and will try not to get warnings etc hence why I don't post as much, in fact I'm trying to cut down my time on football forums.

Northstandrising Instagram story this morning stating that BD looking to add one more signing (his source is: The Inverness Courier). I'd agree with that, we probably need another defender then I'd say we're ready for the coming season :). I do this quite often lol (especially for Tennis) but, I've got a good feeling about the coming season :ictscarf:

When are we likely to hear if we are signing Javan Anderson or Callum Morris after their trials, especially seeing as we have no more pre season friendlies left (I'm only going by the pre season thread). I'd be inclined to sign both but, there could be other competent defenders available so I'm torn lol.

Did anyone that attended the game guage how we are likely to play this coming season, I presume it was a 4-5-1 formation or was it 4-4-2? Seems like the trialist centre half had a good game. I also see from Pie and Bovril that we have ex Utd defender Callum Morris on trial but he didn't play last night so I presume he'll play on Saturday or Tuesday.

That is now 5 in so with 8 gone, thst that leaves only 3 left to be signed so, what positions would you say need strengthening? I'd say a couple of centre halves and wing back (not sure if its left back or right back we're light on).

Record also announcing that we are getting Reece McAlear on loan from Norwich so if that's true and we, as most expect, announce Gardyne tomorrow that will be us only needing to concentrate on getting in another centre half and right back because we will then have 2 GK (which should be plenty imho), 8 Midfielders and 4 strikers. Seems like Billy and the board have ambitions of getting promoted this season, especially with all the quality we're signing

Hopefully we don't go out and over spend to replace the departed players because there are youngsters capable of stepping up imho :ictscarf: I imagine we will probably see an experienced striker signed, possibly a Left Back too. I trust that Billy Dodds will be working on targets and trying to get them in quickly enough that they settle in long before our first game of the League Cup.

According to the P and J, John Robertson was in Kircaldy at the weekend on some kind of scouting mission which is a positive :ictscarf: As I have said a few times, I hope we are looking at younger players rather than the usual suspects or failed Loss County rejects that are being rumoured on Twitter etc. Tom Walsh is another but I would actually be ok with him returning :P, tthough I don't see it happening.

Its the league cup draw tomorrow (Friday) at around lunchtime so I thought I'd start a thread for discussing who you would like us to draw and also for discussing how we feel about the actual draw once its been drawn. I assume it will still be drawn in 2 sections, North and South groups and I would imagine we will be in pot 2. Aberdeen, St J, Hibs and the Old Firm won't be in the draw due to being in Europe so that limits who we could get.

There will be 4 reasons as to why an appointment isn't imminent 1) They are still conducting interviews, we don't know how many names would be on the short list. 2) The board can't agree on who they want as new head coach 3) They are still in negotiations with the persons current club regarding compensation (If it is going to be Robson for example) 4) As was mentioned above, its a player currently at a club so we would need to wait until the expiry of their contract. I also believe that if it was going to be Billy Dodds (not that I'd be against him) then it would have been a done deal at the start of the week. I'm just hoping that the board are taking their time so that they get this appointment right :ictscarf:.

I have seen a lot of Tweets from our fans saying basically the same thing but worded a bit stronger. can i I ask why its a resounding no from you, is it because he's a coach at Loss County or are there other reasons? It sounds like he is a "well respected coach" plus he's an ex player so tbh, he's a better shout than most linked bar 2 (Dodds and Robson). My preference is still Barry Robson but I would be happy with Billy or Don too.

I'm hoping a journalist leaks info on who's on the shortlist lol. I reckon Barry Robson will be interviewed and possibly Paul Telfer again. I reckon we will know by early to late Tuesday who's going to be manager, STV broke the news about Butcher and Robertson the night before both got appointed if I recall. I personally, hope its a young guy looking to take his first step into management instead of a first team coach or assistant such as Dodds or Fox etc.

I must say that it was a very good interview so well done to the club and Scot Gardiner :-). Very promising that foreign coaches have applied for the job

https://mcbookie.com/event/512477/next-permanent-inverness-ct-manager. Strangely enough, no employees of the club are on this list of odds and Mr Beale is 10/1 so he seems unlikely. Jim McIntyre odds seem pretty high for someone that I imagine will be firmly in the running. Imho, any of the top 5 (though Petrie and Young are unlikely due to compensation due) would be fine with me, I'd probably plump for Barry Robson though as he is young and probably wouldn't be much compensation wise. On Billy Dodds though, would he give up his punditry and media work? He's a regular on BBC Scotland as summariser and also appears regularly on Sportsound etc.

Completely forgot about these guys when I was mentioning the names likely to be mentioned, especially seeing as both are ex and current Hearts staff members: Jon Daly (he's not there anymore) and John Rankin (think he's reserve coach). Not saying either are ones I'd consider though.

I'm with Satan and hope its not a rushed appointment, let's take our time and carry out the necessary process. Imho, I'd like someone younger being mentored by Robbo whilst also retaining Baz Wilson, Scott Kellacher and Ryan Esson. I'm more than certain the usual suspects will be bandied about: Terry Butcher (however unlikely it is he'd return), Mo Malpas, Gary Locke, Stuart McCall, Stuart Kettlewell, not exactly an inspiring list. Paul Sheerin, Paul Hartley will likely be mentioned too but these aren't as uninspiring as the above names.

What I really liked about the interview is his selling of us to potential signings :ictscarf: Wonder if he fancies a scouting job with us :).

Does the bit in bold include myself

I didn't want to post this in the squad update thread because it is also one I want to be used for potential signings/rumours and even one where we can discuss pre season friendlies, basically just so that we have something to discuss until the Euros (I presume we'll all be watching that as patriotic Scots) or July 31st when we start the next season. I am going to start with a rumour I saw on P and B (even though I called the guy out as a liar): He says we are linked with Kane Hester and Toddy off to Dundee (Aye right!). Anyway, I think it's clear that we need to start turning draws into wins so we probably need to target strikers during the summer. I see on the Ayr matchday thread that we should look to loan young Aaron Lyall again, I actually would welcome that too. As for pre season friendlies, I hope we look at bigger opponents, I would like a friendly v Barrow perhaps.

It seems that our gut feeling may be wrong but I suppose we won't know for definite until its official. According to Neil McCann in both the Courier and Press and Journal, JR will return, but he hasn't heard that from John himself I don't think. He did say that he has saw him and he's "looking well" which is a positive :).

The bit I have bolded is interesting . I do understand your reasoning though and also believe may be right regarding Neil McCann not wanting it, though I do think that Scot Gardiner and Ross Morrison would try their damn hardest to get him to change his mind and take ovwr over the hotseat, but probably to no avail. if that were the case then I would be inclined to want us to go for a younger manager ( I am not alone, I read another poster on another thread saying exactly the same) looking to make their first foray into management, however I can't think of any specific candidate(s). I would be certain that the usual names would be bandied about: Paul Sheerin, Maurice Malpas, Martin Canning, Stuart Kettlewell etc by media/newspaper journalists. Hey its good to know I'm n ot alone lol, this prediction malarkey isn't easy though :L.