Leaky Blinder

10 hours ago, Jack Waddington said:

Article from the rag, but its managed to nail a bullseye in the dark whilst 14 pints deep

 

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/12751430/inverness-caley-thistle-kelty-hearts-move-bill-leckie/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=ScottishSunSportTwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1716757180-1

 Corporate brain fart

32 minutes ago, Fraz said:

 

Can anyone actually state anything good and positive he's brought to the club during his tenure? Getting Puma as kit manufacturer maybe? 

Must have been before his pet club switched to Castore

1 hour ago, Gringo said:

Maybe I'll just be selfish and get the grounds I've never been to in the book. Montrose, Annan (a home game for me ), Dumbarton, Cove Rangers and...yes....Kelty Hearts. 

I was thinking exactly the same .. is there a season ticket option for the supporters bus I wonder 

Due to rising costs, logistical challenges and an aversion to mothballs I am happy to advise I intend to relocate my match day experience to Station Park if ICT also are at home during the 24/5 season. Please be assured I remain wholly committed and will cheer on the team from just 15 miles or so along the road, courtesy of open all mikes.. This is regrettable but, in the present climate will free up funds to allow me to support the team in more away fixtures.

I am confident the board will endorse cost cutting messures that ensures the long term backing of travelling supporters and look forward to signalling my support to them in the opening away fixture

3 hours ago, Moogthurso said:

 

But the board  also have to protect their investment and minimise their losses by improving performance, player development and customer satisfaction as these are all revenue streams.

The failures in these 3 areas are a concern for everyone at the club. 

 

 

“My priorities are to build a strong support team to generate the income needed to field a side capable of progressing to the Premiership of the SPFL and – parallel to that work – develop a strategy for the club which will give confidence to the local and regional business community as we look to garner their support for what is, after all, their team"

Scot Gardiners own words 5 years ago. Using the above as a bench mark for performance he has been an abject failure in his role at the club. He may well have built a strong support team but then so did Stalin and we all know what happened during the purges. He is a barrier to the club achieving improvement in all 3 areas identified and there is tangible evidence to support that supposition

1 hour ago, STFU said:

Be careful.  Quite a few people came at me for boycotting spending my money with the club over the past season.

6 minutes ago, Scotty said:

Anything less than an announcement that the first two people to go are Gardiner and Ferguson will be utterly wrong. I am not sure we can afford to pay them off as I don't know their contracts, but for the sake of the club, its ethos, its community, or what is left of it, I am not sure we can afford NOT to do it. 

 

Daft question perhaps given ghe lack of financial transparency in recent times but do we have any insight on ST sales projection vs actuals within the clubs budget for full time status during 23/24 ? Irrespective of whether we do or don't that is one imperative, along with boycotting official club merchandise,  we as a collective can utilise to drive home the demand for change at the top highlighted in the excellent trust statement.

The fan base need to consider rallying to make the club sit up and take note how many long term supporters do not intend to renew (or if ex ST holders return) unless they agree to fall on their swords (metaphorically of course)  A list if it could somehow be collated would have more impact than individual emails. 

To those who say this is harming the club I would contest do we shock the patient in the hope of a positive response or await the inevitable. 

I purchased a ticket for the covid season to support the club because I was lucky enough to be able to & never saw a ball  kicked in anger whilst it is now apparent Gardiner bedded in his authoritarian regime back stage. Those at the top have subsequently taken the goodwill of the dwindling fan base post covid as a given whilst completely taking it for granted. They have fixated on vanity projects, disappeared repeatedly down rabbit holes, mis representing OUR club in the process and completely taking their eye of the nuts and bolts of running OUR football club. 

Now they issue this statement after 72 hours of radio silence. Talk about not reading the room. 

Renew our hope & we'll renew our commitment.. 

Rant ends 

21 minutes ago, caley100 said:

I passed the stadium 30 mins ago, Boardroom well lit up and plenty of white shirts milling about, The Admin thing is likely.

Klu Klux Klan convention ?

4 hours ago, McMurdo said:

What next after we merge with County and plateau? St Johnstone or perhaps Aberdeen? Do we just keep going until we have Rangers, Celtic and the Rest of Scotland FC?

 

More likely a regionalised set up along with Dens Park Tangerines, Aberhead Rangers, Leith of Midlothian and Butt-cheek Non Denominational. 

On 5/19/2024 at 12:43 PM, Yngwie said:

It seems to be generally accepted that fans can come on to pitches at the end of a season to celebrate an achievement, without repercussions. We’ve done it home and away (Ayr) and at least one team had previously celebrated on our pitch (Dundee Utd). I don’t recall any trouble at those, and I don’t begrudge giving Hamilton fans the opportunity to celebrate their promotion.
You can blame the club or stewards, but surely it also comes down to individuals taking responsibility for their own conduct.

Partick were also on our pitch last day as well back in the early 2000s .. our fans were applauding them mind you we hadn 't just been relegated

19 minutes ago, dougiedanger said:

No one really cares what you think mate, neither then nor now. 

Must have missed that poll 

3 minutes ago, buckett said:

 

Highland FC

We are nothing if not unimaginative ... !

Take the D from Dingwall .. The I from Inverness then add S for Soccer & we could have Dis United 

48 minutes ago, Charles Bannerman said:

 

One difficulty is that there’s also this small caucus of ex-Caley fans who seem to live in some fantasy world, 

They got there in thon double decker bus .. all aboard for Nairnia away ding ding ..

18 minutes ago, big cherly said:

No police were in attendance in the north stand for sure! 

Policing costs fall back on the club so that doesn't come as a surprise. 

1 hour ago, dunco said:

It’s all been in turmoil since the battery farm proposal. I really hope this doesn’t get approval as I don’t see this benefiting the club in the long run. It all seems a get rich quick scheme for the main sponsors and Gardiner. There might be a initial cash injection to keep the club debt clear for another season but that’s it.

gardiner to go and take his chickens with him

 

Aye Gardiner should cluck off

1 hour ago, dougal said:

What is wrong with these morons?

Ok I suppose you could argue that stewarding and policing were totally inadequate for such an important game but for them all to troop onto the park at the final whistle was a disgrace. Apart from the odd skirmish and pavement dance this could have turned really nasty. I believe there was trouble after the game too but thankfully I left straight after the final whistle so never saw anything.

 

How many times over the years have this group of neds been an embarrassment to ICT there are far too many to list but nothing ever happens. 

One positive that these types will hopefully disappear next season in the seaside leagues as they go back to follow their big teams. 

Maybe it’s society as a whole but I feel Inverness is fast becoming the biggest toilet in Scotland certainly not the safest place anymore like it was when I was growing up sadly. 
 

Dougal

 

 

 

 

When I was their age I probably wouldn't have wanted away fans taking over our house either the fault lies solely with stewarding and policing initially allowing the Accies supporters on to the pitch. With regards to heading back to their big teams the younger crew have less baggage in that respect than their older counterparts who always had a big team and a small team ( Highland League) growing up in Inverness I know I did. I saw a guy in his 60s in the cold weather wearing an ICT scarf and Rangers gloves in the main stand this season so lets not start preaching and hoping that much needed revenue, and game day atmosphere disappears out the door ( leaving just the faint rustling of Werthers) I'm 58 so remember the reality of terracing which could be violent without the need for choreography.  All clubs need to attract a younger support they are the life blood of the club like it or not. 

There was mention of contacting lapsed ST holders next season of which I am one. I will consider purchasing one again next season but only if there is significant change at the top of the club and I will be telling them that if I am contacted. Lets just hope the outcome today will be a watershed moment for OUR club. 

4 minutes ago, caley100 said:

Access were a shocking watch! They were gifted goals by our feckin useless defence. 

An ICT team from 2010 would have pumped them.

To get relegated by Hamilcunts is very very sore.

I feckin hate Hamilton,  scum place, scum fans, scum stadium, just scum weegies

Shocking but effective unfortunately. 

34 minutes ago, Charles Bannerman said:

So where, having sacked the entire board for instance, would you expect to find the next set of mugs prepared to hand over their own money to prop up a business that has never been able to cover its running costs - and then people start shouting for them to be sacked as well. All that, of course, is assuming that there would be a club left after members of the present board took steps to retrieve the money that they have already bailed it out with.

Maybe Charles Green has another spare quid ..  

John Rankin has done a fantastic job with Accies they had a total game plan whilst we just looked bereft of ideas in the second half. The type of ex player we could have done with in our dugout. We now just have to regroup somehow. 

In other news Alex Chisholm, former Police Inspector of the parish and Clach stalwart joins us in the back office, apparently becoming our second Child Protection Officer alongside another Police retiree Willie Maclennan ( talk about a thin blue line) .. Unsure why  this is seen as a priority unless we have a big paper bill at Rodgers ... either that or Scot Gardiner has heard he can get him tickets for Ibrox & Stamford Bridge ..

Players at this level should really be two footed or at least willing to trust their weaker side. Macallister had two chances that needed him to stop just standing on his left foot. 

Hope we are receiving a fair ticket allocation 

Clearly Dens Park is not a designated green belt zone I wonder if Scot Gardiner ever touted a battery farm there

17 hours ago, Broonerz said:

Think it’s a bit early to get rid of Duncan, 

Possibly, but they need to start the process without undue delay as it could take months to identify who might be preparedto break the news to him