STFU

I'll be digging out the firestick and joining Bezos in the growing global screw ictfc out of millions campaign. Rumours that Musky has had a satellite strategically positioned so he can watch and save himself £20 as well.

At the last planning meeting (you can watch it online) the planners expressed concern at the lack of guidance/legislation in regards to fire and safety aspects of battery storage facilities. They recommended that a condition be placed on the granting of planning consent in relation to this, but I don't recall the details of that. There were also other conditions to be attached to the consent which may have proved problematic. It was far from a straight forward 'thumbs up and carry on' approval, where use of protected green space was the only concern.

It's only a matter of time before they start thinking you're caleyd.

Dare I suggest that turning up for a council committee meeting would look like them doing the job they were elected to do?

The cards are dealt, and we now wait to see how it plays out. I'm not confident the vote will go in favour of the battery storage, and a quick search shows that in 8 appeals to the DPEA in 2022/23 involving Highland Council, only one was upheld. The club's focus seems to be fixed on a couple of very specific lines in the various legislation, with little regard given to context. i.e. they highlight net zero and government support for renewables, but ignore that legislation and support also exists for the protection of green spaces. What will be weighed here is the value of one against the other. Even if the club can prove there was a mistake made in the process, that does not automatically mean that it would be ruled the end decision was wrong.

Speaking to someone who was at the meeting and they said Scot Gardiner was claiming that Firesticks were part of the reason the club are in such a dire financial position. That true?

ICT Community Development ARE the Trust, and not two separate entities. Scroll to the bottom of the trust website - https://www.icttrust.org.uk/ - and click on Articles of Association, for confirmation. Then you can come back again with a new story on how this is all working in your head.

I agree that the expected narrative will very much be one of how it's everyone elses fault, and zero accountability from the club. Wouldn't surprise me if they also try to ramp up the heat with talks of bankruptcy and points deductions, with strong undertones of "if you're not for us, you're against us". Any refusal to answer questions on how we have ended up in this position will only antagonise disgruntled fans even further. Like DoofersDad, I'm not really sure there's anything in the invite to suggest the meeting will provide any meaningful enlightenment, and may do more harm than good.

What's the points penalty for administration these days?

Portuguese guy is called Estamos Falhando.

You've missed the part where I said "the same power". I'm not suggesting for a moment that anyone should be breaking the law...and it's probably not wise for you to be doing so publicly either.

Shame the fans didn't have the same power to remove club directors who's decisions are leaving the club with a very bleak future.

Not my experience, I see plenty of shirt wearing young scrotes kicking about in Caley tops, and can't recall seeing many young Gypos clad in County colours.

I was questioned elsewhere on whether the club should scrap our academy programme in order to save money. Given that we don't seem to want to give them proper opportunity for first team football, even ones who have shown they can contribute at that level, then not only are we letting these lads down, but there's little/no return for the investment, so maybe best all round to get rid. Anyone know if there's any limit on the number of loan players you can have at a club? If there's none, then we could end up with a full squad of them next season.

Of course the club should be expected to live within it's means. There's also nothing to say that those willing and able to do so shouldn't be allowed to make substantial contributions (within financial fair play rules) which can be included within that. It's happened since day 1 with ICTFC, and at many other clubs. The problem here is that we have clearly gone way beyond that and are generating losses beyond that which they are willing/able to cover, and which the club cannot afford to repay. Should we have cut the wage bill? Definitely, and started with the CEOs. Youth setup? It's unclear how much the club actually pay towards this, but if we can't afford it, it should go...sadly. But congratulations on feeding into the "won't someone think of the children rhetoric" Financial loans? Should not be made if they are putting the club.in a financially precarious position, certainly not secured loans on club assets. Non-football income sources? Of course they should pursue these, but the current CEO/Chair have shown themselves to be incapable of coming up with anything that's actually doing this and have damaged the clubs reputation, and are threatening it's existence, in their many failed ventures. Recent tactics to delay the release of the y/e 2023 accounts would indicate that the club is no longer considered a going concern by the auditors, and it blows my mind that you are trying to defend the people, and their actions, which are responsible for that. Would you rather no club, than a club that operates within it's means at a lower level?

The smart move would have been not putting the club in this position to begin with, no?

Not a comfortable position to be in! Personally, I think the locating of the battery storage is wrong and I'm angry that we're in a position where my thoughts on that will be seen (by some) as my somehow wishing bad on the club. All I want is the charlatans gone and for us to get back to being a club with at least some moral fibre. It's not right that a wrong (in my view) has to be done to secure any kind of future for ICTFC. It's not right that Councillors have to make a decision knowing it could be catastrophic for ICTFC. It's not right that this whole sorry affair is driving division among fans.

It is not the council who have put the club in this situation, it is one entirely of their own making. The club should never have put itself in a position where they are relying on some grand scheme to pay the bills and spending money they don't have to feed their egos. The worst thing is that Scot Gardiner has history on this front, and we were well warned.

A true credit to your regiment

Big red flag.... https://equitablelaw.com/the-red-flag-of-companies-shortening-their-accounting-period-by-one-day/

His business in the January transfer was bizarre and I wish one if the reporters would question him on that so we can understand why. He has improved our points per game, but that bar wasn't very high and it may prove insufficient to keep us in the Championship. The club feels like it's at an all time low (on and off the park), but I see no value in punting him just now. We have been dealt our cards for the remainder of the season and we now have to hope that good fortune serves us up a few winning hands. Aside from that, if our finances are as bad as feared, then it could all be academic.

Ferguson really is awful in front of the camera. Making light of the situation while laughing and smiling away without a care in the world. His apparent disconnect from how poor we are is worse than Dodds. Are we adding something to the water at the stadium?

The old 6 at the back formation... interesting.

The land the stadium sits on belongs to the common good fund. That means the road monetised the use of the land and I'm sure they'll have received that back, and maybe more, for the rent we've paid over the last 30 years.