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  1. The Long Man
    A draw with another classic replay under the floodlights, then Hampden!
  2. The Long Man
    That's standard accountancy speak in annual reports. They have to weigh up all the potential contingencies, however remote or unlikely and report it in dispassionate terms. Nearly every company trading at a loss will have something like it in their annual accounts.
  3. The Long Man
    I'm going for the Pie Samaritan.
  4. The Long Man
    If we had to choose, I'd take the hit tomorrow with a second string team, and then win with style on Sunday. Worth it in every way, especially as we can still make up ground in the league.
  5. The Long Man
    Tricky one. The thoughts will be on Sunday, whatever you tell the players. Will take a point and no injuries. And then full throttle for Hampden. Mind you, they will be thinking the same ?
  6. The Long Man
    After stroking my chin for a while, I agree with you ocg. I don't think there is anything much between the teams, as we have seen, but as he admits we are better managed (take note, doubters), and have most often played the better football in these classic derbies. The first half of the proposition is their comfort blanket. I prefer our route of finding the rough diamonds and polishing them, rather than splashing out on already known players at greater expense and not always for any greater benefit. JW just keeps getting better. The shift he puts in, not just in attack, is inspiring. The pressure on those penalty takers must have been nerve jangling. Hats off.
  7. The Long Man
    Robbo: "We have been horrendous at penalties this season. We practised them yesterday. We actually had the players taking penalties from 15 yards out because if they can score from 15 yards, they can certainly score from 12 and all five of them scored." ? ?
  8. The Long Man
    BTW, the Beeb have a piece on 25 years of Highland derbies, with some choice footage from the first in the Scottish League, Div 3 1994 at a very retro Victoria Park.. Where on earth did they get those strips though? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47273558
  9. The Long Man
    A County fan says, "We have the better players, but you have the better management".. Hmm, one for the chin strokers. ?
  10. The Long Man
    You feckin beauty! I knew we had it in us, given the amount of times we have been the better team with nothing to show for it. Great chance for a semi final day out now. Bring it on.
  11. The Long Man
    Cracking start, and the better team once again. But we need another goal. You just know what’s coming if we keep the score like this!
  12. The Long Man
    I think he will probably go over the bridge in the summer, to the retirement home for old ICT players.
  13. The Long Man
    Fantastic result on what was no doubt a difficult night weather wise. Top four, and we can only get better. DU and Ayr are both catchable, and we know County aren't any great shakes. Lot to look forward to for the rest of the season.
  14. The Long Man
    That was an assault, and should be treated as such.
  15. The Long Man
    Agreed - that was a cracking goal from White. What I also noticed was just after that County had their only sustained spell of pressure, for about 10 minutes. We needed all hands on deck, and White was back on the edge of our box, harrying and tackling, helping out the defence with no little success (and not conceding free kicks). Hopefully that is the kind of work ethic Robbo is instilling, that kind of commitment, work rate and together attitude will be invaluable.
  16. The Long Man
    Well, despite the stab-in-the-back ending (and it did feel like a mugging, as opposed to being outplayed - not least thanks to their unprovoked aggressive attitude, like sulky teenagers aware that they are being outclassed), that was a terrific game to be at, great support, atmosphere; the kind of game you couldn’t really take your eyes off for a second. Robbo was right - that was daylight robbery. Weirdly, in spite of the disbelief we felt walking away, there was also a certain amount of pride in the way we played. We played them off the park for long periods, with the kind of passing and moving we have had in the best periods of our history. If you remember where we were this time last year, and how we were at the beginning of this season, when I saw them last, there is a huge improvement. The most pleasing thing for me is how we played as a team - instead of that disjointed scattergun approach we seemed to have, this felt like a coherent unit who knew their positions and had a plan, getting the ball down the channels and behind their defence generated a lot of chances. Walsh in particular looks like an essential part of this team now. Of course it is a massive letdown to come away with nothing, but there was ample evidence that Robbo is moulding the team into a good football side who have nothing to fear from the distinctly unimpressive league leaders. We all know about the scoring problem, but with at least one more fresh face in this week, and Oakley to come back, if we can build on that performance we will come good. A strong second half to the season and we can challenge those above us. The next two games will be very interesting. I hope we can carry through the positives from that performance. The players deserve a bit of credit for it.
  17. The Long Man
    With County down 3-1 at Ayr this could be a very useful day if results stay this way.
  18. The Long Man
    Goal! Inverness CT 1, Dundee United 0. Tom Walsh (Inverness CT) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Liam Polworth. Lovely stuff.
  19. The Long Man
    Great stuff, took them to extra time and pens. Must have been great to watch, it was pretty good on twitter. Well done the lads. ?
  20. The Long Man
    Can I just say, following the U18's on Twitter is fun, and beats reading any more tiresome bickering about the board: https://twitter.com/ICTFC Go, lads!
  21. The Long Man
    I don't have any more answers than you do, or anybody else. Of course I am in favour of open communication and transparency. But it is also easy to sit in your armchair and blame the board, whilst at the same time expecting them to come up with large amounts of money, much as i would like them to. You have a load of questions/implications there of which I haven't the slightest idea of their veracity or accuracy. Contrary to your suggestions i don't have any qualms about hurting anybody's feelings, or think they are gods, or anything other than people not that different from the rest of us. If change is needed let's hear about it, and let's have it. But I would prefer it is based on some actual facts and not the reams of wild speculation that tends to fly about here. If you want answers to those questions, then you won't get them here, perhaps open up some communication with the board yourself. Hopefully the resurrected Supporters Trust will be doing exactly that, and i will be very glad to support them doing so, where we can hopefully have a collaborative dialogue. But if anybody thinks running a Scottish football club in the Championship is easy, on low crowds such as ours, you are welcome to contribute your ideas.
  22. The Long Man
    I am not aware of any our board members who think there is any financial gain to be had from being on the board, or have active business ventures which could possibly benefit. How would that even work? Some of them have dipped their hand into their own pocket, but there is obviously a limit to that.
  23. The Long Man
    Ridgers has become so good, he will surely attract attention from other clubs. I hope we tie him down with a generous contract. Great day, we were due a bit of fortune.
  24. The Long Man
    Alloa and DU winning - would be a great day if it all stays the same...
  25. The Long Man
    That's twice we have outplayed them, deserved a win but got the draw. Those 4 points would have made a nice difference. But keep going like that and we will do alright. We're going the right way. And remember the disparity in budgets between the two teams.
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