STFU

Hopefully s/he's reduced their salary demands.

Looking forward to getting the focus back solely on the football. Some have hesitations and that's me too but we have a lifeline and need to embrace it to ensure best chance of success.

I was at the point of accepting the club was all but gone almost a year ago when all the Kelty stuff was going on and I'm starting to get to that point again. Talks from Savage doing this to give back to the city have turned into demands for total control and being answerable to nobody. It was people who believed they should be answerable to nobody that got us into this mess.

I've said before that it's not the criticism that rankles me it's the snide and unmerited manner of some of the comments. Just because someone might be thick skinned doesn't mean it should be acceptable. I understand that as the clubs all time top goal scorer the expectation for many people is that he should still be seen as the main goal threat but the fact that he's seldom been deployed in that position this season shows that is not seen as the case either by himself or the manager. I think that had the club not been in the position it was at the start of this season then he'd have hung his boots up or gone to play at a lower level or even moved fully into coaching somewhere. I don't see this as a situation of a player not knowing when it's time to step back. This is a guy who's hung around to do what he can to help a club he clearly holds dearly in their time of need. I'm not saying he should be immune from criticism but I do think he deserves a little more respect than some of the dickish throw away comments show. That's on here and elsewhere.

That's not at all what was said or how they said it but great effort at spinning it.

We stopped in Stonehaven for a drink with friends after the game. Got into the company of a couple of Cove fans and it turned into a bit of a session and we ended up kipping at their house. They treated us to an amazing fry up before we got on our way today. In an age where football rivalry can be painted as all bad this was a refreshing experience.

The disrespect for Billy Mckay from some is disgusting or is this what is suppose to pass as football banter these days?

Anyone know the big fella that got thrown out for being mouthy?

I'm surprised the referee didn't check Bray's boots after the first goal given how high he jumped. Go go gadget legs.

We need all the experience we have on the pitch right now. Mckay may not be scoring but he's been a mainstay in the team that has dug us out of a 15pt hole. I honestly think some of the fans forget and don't appreciate where we've had to come back from since October.

I thought Musa made the best choice he could given his positioning when the cross was made for the equaliser. The issue is that Nolan loses his man out wide and allows that to happen. From the highlights it seems that we were weak across the entire team when it came to preventing balls into our box and that's what cost us. We're not normally as stand offish. What I did like was that we seemed more willing to take chances from slightly further out and some of them came very close Hard to see from the camera angle but the offside for our disallowed goal looked very tight. I don't expect referees to be perfect so accept it's one of them that can go either way. Kell has to now make best use of the squad available and play to it's strengths for the remainder of the season. I couldn't hazard a guess as to what that is but he's lead us to this point and I trust he and the players will get us over the line. Role on Saturday.

10 months of conditioning under the previous manager doesn't easily disappear.

We don't even know yet if the offer is doable with the timescales and conditions. Need to wait and see if BDO have anything to say on it first.

Bad day. We can't influence injuries and suspensions. Need to keep our heads regroup and get ready to go again next week.

P.S. brilliant preview as always.

I predict a makeshift squad with lots of doom and gloom from social media fans before kick off. We'll then bag 2 goals in the first 15 minutes and go on to skin them by 4 goals with 4 different goal scorers. Billy Mckay to break Barry Wilson's record by scoring one from Kingussie.

Sitting quietly hoping it's not another false dawn.

Trump is more into golf than football sadly.

The statement reads: “The joint-administrators of Inverness Caledonian Thistle can confirm that a positive meeting with loan creditors, major shareholders and a former director of the club has taken place, resulting in heads of terms being agreed to facilitate the writing off of loans and the return of shares to the club. “This is conditional upon achieving a successful exit from administration and the club continuing to operate. “The BDO administrators have spent time re-engaging with a number of interested parties and are pleased to advise that discussions are ongoing with four to five parties regarding an offer for the club. This process will continue throughout April. “The administrators are delighted with these developments and are appreciative of the position taken by the loan creditors and major shareholders.”

I think the manager and team have done an incredible job in getting us into a position where we even have a fighting chance of avoiding relegation. 8th place felt like an impossibility after the points deduction and with Ferguson in charge. It doesn't feel right lumping any further expectations on top of that achievement and we're at the point where injuries and suspensions make it tough to predict based on previous form for any team. I'll predict 7th but will be delighted with 8th.

Alan Savage came straight out after the meeting and spoke to the press asking for anyone interested in joining his consortium to come forward. That doesn't suggest anyone else around the table was enthusiastic about doing so. I definitely don't have any inside track. I try and look at the information available and see how it fits together. That normally involves ignoring everything other than direct citations in the press etc. as it can often muddy the waters. I get why everyone is praising Alan Savage as the saviour but there's still, in my mind, a big question as to whether his pushing for administration was the cause of talks breaking down last August or the result of it. It concerns me that may have been his first act of brinkmanship in all of this. We were promised transparency but things are still very far from clear.

Where is the idea coming from that the consortium will be made up from those at the meeting last week? In theory it might sound good but in reality these guys haven't been able to get along and work together the last 30 years so can't see them managing that now. If it gets us out of admin and allows a sale to a new person or group afterwards then maybe but they had the chance to do that last August and avoid the whole **** show but didn't do it.

I was comparing his conversion rate with a player who plays/ed a similar role, albeit it a far superior level. There are players with percentages in the 80s and 90s, so neither Billy or Messi would be considered world class penalty takers. I get that he's not the player he was and I have no doubt he knows that better than any of us. I wish we had the squad to better utilise more of his smarts and relied less on his legs. As just mentioned above the ball he supplied for our goal was top drawer. I'm not going to say anything like maybe if we got behind him more he'd maybe be better. Crowds at games are very supportive of the team when they are on the park. It is what it is but I don't like the singling out of players and blaming them for a defeat or relegation or whatever. Yesterday he set up the goal without which we'd have lost. Bit more credit/recognition for that from some to balance the criticism would feel better.

Take a look for yourself. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/billy-mckay/elfmetertore/spieler/123294/saison_id//wettbewerb_id//plus/1#verschossen