STFU

From previous reports it sounds like home performances have been slowly improving. Could do with it clicking tomorrow to give the team and fans a lift. Might stick a tenner on the win and McKay to score.

It feels like Gardiner and Morrison are getting off on the drama and fighting. Let's not forget that we've seen this kind of aggressive reaction aimed directly at fans with comments about 'clickbait proponents' and the streaming fiasco where fans were told they didn't know what they were talking about, and exaggerating the poor quality of the auto tracking camera setup. Sadly, they also duped many fans into joining them with the intimidation tactics in the mass emailing of councillors. Some may prefer the political term of lobbying, but the very definition of that is 'influence by intimidation'. If the implication of that 'lobbying' is the loss of a vote/support, it is then also a threat.

Since we're all posting images....

Being overdeveloped is even more reason to protect the green space, is it not?

This idea that everyone should support the club at all costs is the kind of knuckle dragging mentality mostly exhibited by fans of the OF.

You are talking out of your hoop.

I think the right decision was made, but it saddens me that it carries with it such dire consequences for ICTFC. We need to keep in mind that it is not the Highland Council that put ICTFC into the financial position it finds itself, and it would be a dereliction of duty for the planning to have been passed on that basis. It's time that our CEO, Chairman and Board showed some accountability instead of resorting to the victim mentality we've been subjected to from them the last few years. They chose to continue spending beyond the clubs means to chase promotion back the Premier League, have failed to achieve that, and have pinned our future on a series of failed initiatives. Enough is enough.

Udjur has aggravated his previous injury in training, Carragher is a doubt, as is Shaw. No sign of anyone returning from injury.

If any objections which have been raised after the deadline should be ignored, then does it follow that all emails to councillors in support of the project should also be ignored?

Hydro and gravity batteries are more effective, less harmful for the planet, and much safer than chemical batteries.

The paranoia continues. I've seen nothing to say Highland Council are against Battery Storage or that they are against other people building them. The main sticking point with the ILI/ICTFC one is that they want to locate it on protected green space in an area not zoned for industrial use. One other thing, it literally says 75 in the bottom right of the slide.

The lightlamp's on, but nobody's home!

I wonder how many of the several dozen (or more) drivers who don't park at the stadium to save themselves giving a fiver to the club have been writing to councillors demanding they back a project required to support the club because they're broke?

I believe it was 4 community councils, not Highland Councillors. Entirely separate organisations/people.

That second email that you think is blowing you off is the best response from any councillor I've seen yet. He takes the time to explain why the decision is being reviewed, that the original decision has not been overturned, and the process that will now take place. He also explains the dangers of following the course of action the club has encouraged. Given the fact you state the other response could be prejudicial, do you really want councillors responding in support of the clubs position and being excluded from the vote?

No mention of it in the email they're asking everyone to send councillors. Their 'manifesto' ahead of the vote, some might say.

It's worth going and watching the video from the last planning meeting as they do talk about the fire risk aspect. It's something along the lines that there is no guidance for fire assessment of battery storage in Scotland, so planning couldn't be refused on that basis, but the SFRS would need to approve it as a condition attached to the consent in the same way they would any other structure.

You're starting to look silly now. Protection of green spaces is needed as part of the Net Zero ambitions. I'm not against energy storage per se, even though lithium mining is extremely harmful to the environment, I just think there are safer, more appropriate places to site it. Take the need for ICTFC to dig itself from the financial mess it is in out the equation, and very few people would give a toss that Highland Council might reject the planning. So you're kidding yourself if you think that Net Zero is the club's primary motivator, or that the case they make for it is in any way robust. They don't even have a climate action plan. The claimed community benefit has also been shown up as a weak argument, and the club are unwilling to show how much of the £3.4 million will be swallowed by debt. So much so that they've used legislative loopholes to prevent the issuing of the accounts for y/e 2023. I'd maybe have a little more respect for the club if they just came out and told us that without the cash, we're fecked, instead of trying to present themselves as some kind Robin Hood meets Greta Thurnberg character who are going to save the people and the planet.

It's all about perspective. Personally, I find the idea of finding something other than football to do on a Friday night more appealing than doing so on a Saturday afternoon.

Did Ferguson not say recently that many of the players on the bench at the moment were not 100% fit and would only be used in an emergency?

Based on minutes played, he's probably as proficient as any of our strikers at the moment.

I guess it's very easy for someone who doesn't live in Inverness, let alone the Highlands, to lazily call Nimby on anyone who may disagree with the siting of this Battery Storage facility?

A fairly proportionate spread across all factions There are 13 from the SNP: Paul Oldham, Nairn and Cawdor Michael Cameron, Inverness Central Tamala Collier, Cromarty Firth Kate MacLean, Inverness Central Drew Millar, Skye Ken Gowans, Inverness South Ian Brown, Inverness Millburn Glynis Campbell-Sinclair, Culloden and Ardersier Marianne Hutchison, North, West and Central Sutherland Chris Birt, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Liz Kraft, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Sarah Fanet, Fort William and Ardnamurchan Emma Knox, Aird and Loch Ness There are five Lib Dems: Alasdair Christie, Inverness Ness-side Richard Gale, East Sutherland and Edderton Angus MacDonald, Fort William and Ardnamurchan Trish Robertson, Culloden and Ardersier John Grafton, Caol and Mallaig Four Independents: Thomas MacLennan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan Sarah Atkin, Black Isle Sean Kennedy, Dingwall and Seaforth Calum Munro, Skye Three Conservatives: Barbara Jarvie, Nairn and Cawdor Liz Saggers, Caol and Mallaig Andrew Sinclair, Inverness South Green councillors Chris Ballance (Aird and Loch Ness), Andrew Baldrey (Caol and Mallaig) and Kate Willis (Fort William and Ardnamurchan) have also signed. As well as two members of the Highland Alliance group: Matthew Reiss (Thurso and Northwest Caithness) and Andrew Jarvie (Wick and East Caithness). --------------------- It would be interesting to know how many of those have the relevant planning training and will be a part of the vote.

The same SNP and Greens whose policies also support the retention and improvement of Green Spaces?

No, the fingers would be webbed in that case.