The Long Man

Good start. Nice to see Alex Fisher rooting for us. Come back, Alex!

A draw with another classic replay under the floodlights, then Hampden! 

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.

I'm going for the Pie Samaritan.

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.

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 

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.

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."

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

A County fan says, "We have the better players, but you have the better management".. Hmm, one for the chin strokers.

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.

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!

I think he will probably go over the bridge in the summer,  to the retirement home for old ICT players.

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.

That was an assault, and should be treated as such.

1 hour ago, Gregor said:

Not true we need two on the park at same time 

White has scored seven in seven starts should be starting all the time with one other and should be tried playing with Oakley as we haven’t started any game out of twenty five with this pairing.

What would be the harm in giving it a go 

What we need is a player who can put a decent cross int the box that gets past the first defender as far too often this doesn’t happen but look what happened when it did from Walsh corner White met it so well and scored an excellent goal which most on here seem to forget that it was a cracking finish.

Wish the fans would get behind the guy and give him the vocal support he deserves or are we going to moan if he moves and does it elsewhere.

Confidence is everything for Strikers and chopping and changing does nothing for confidence , it’s starting games that count and the bigman whilst did have some poor touches on Saturday but all in all led the line well and scored an excellent goal Also I honk it was him who had the diving header that was shown in County highlights and an incredible save by the keeper. Some other posters have said said that it would be good for midfielders to get on the goals too but it just seems to be that White gets blame for all the ills of lack of scoring.

Some joker even said he only gets taps ins , that’s what a good number gets as he is where the ball should be placed for the tap ins, listened to Pat Bonner on radio the other day and he said strikers rely on good balls into box . It really is time to take the White hating glasses off and give the lad support like we do Coll Donaldson as the support to Coll is fantastic but don’t we all think that if we supported White like that it may help as surely as a supporter that is what we should go to games to do rather than be critics.

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.

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.

With County down 3-1 at Ayr this could be a very useful day if results stay this way.

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.

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.

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!

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.

On 11/20/2018 at 10:15 PM, Scarlet Pimple said:

Are they in it for the glory or to boost the revenue of their possible business ventures--or what?

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.

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.

Alloa and DU winning - would be a great day if it all stays the same...