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HT 0-1 FT 1-3 ICT - Shaw Abroath - Evans

Fully agree here, Doddsie must be swearing under his breath why the team don’t stick to his game plan and tactics. What more can the manager and coaches do to get these players to carry out his instructions and get the results he deserves? Bc

Was listening to robbo’s excellent radio commentary today at Dingwall. He was rightly extolling County’s prowess of the team and management and just how unlucky they were not to take something from the match. He was rightly disappointed at the final result! I look forward to future radio commentary from our ICT director of football at the County matches this season! bc

What a bunch of moaners! A close match by all accounts and just loosing by the odd goal away from home to a newly promoted team isn’t the end of our promotion bid! Hitting the bar twice and a one man advantage was an opportunity missed to take a point back up the road. BD and SG are going nowhere, we should back them fully! I don’t think we are to far off turning the corner. With a turn of luck we will get the result the team and BD rightly deserves and the fans will forget this early blip! bc

Your assuming Arbroath loose then?

Is it just me, or has there been a distinct absence of BD in the media over the past week? I see for the second time B Wilson is the coaching face to talk to the press regarding the team. Just wondered if BD has an illness or been told to lay low just know!! Don’t think he has it in him to think the 5 losses are something to do with him, but strange things happen! Just find it interesting!! bc

I know Zip about the new bloke, however let’s hope he has an independent mind and is more open to the fans (trust and unaffiliated). That would be a step forward. Anyway - I wish him well and will watch with interest. Maybe the start of some manoeuvring or setting a mark for future shuffling at the top? (Can’t be any worse ‘I hope’). bc

I still believe BD will see out (or bulk of) his contract. However your question is ‘Who could replace’ him. A couple of thoughts in my mind. The question of ‘could’ needs a dose of reality on what the club would be able to offer in way of opportunity and package. I think this eliminates any serious existing manager in the central belt. They all want a way back south within 18 months for me. The existing hierarchy would need to change, for me, to enable the fans to get fully behind any new manager. - I don’t see that happening any time soon. bc

HT 1-1 FT 1-2 1st scorer ICT Shaw 1st scorer Airdrie Gallagher crowd 2135

Is that Roy MacGregor?

Fair point yngwie, however experience tells me that once there is a void or gap, someone always looks to the opportunities in that void. Could that be worse than the current lot? Hard to say; they have been anything other than a retrograde step during their reign! I wish it would be the other way, believe me!!! At the end of the day I simply want my club to be a place I like and want to go to see my team play. I hadn’t done that for a handful of years now. bc

Somewhat agree OCG; once over the line it’s the only the team that can deliver. Yes Dodds can’t escape he picks the team, style of play and subs, but it’s down then to them. I hope things improve soon or we are back in a poor campaign start to the season. bc

I am in the ‘he’s got a two year contract, so let’s just get on with the season’ camp, however even my stubborn position looks fragile. Fans are like the wind though and can change on a single result. A good performance and result against Airdrie or Arbroath will swing most sensible fans round to sticking with our lead coach and manager. bc

I was going to ask (to me a legitimate question), what was the Supporters Trust view on Robbo, but I get shot down when I raise such questions, so I retract it! bc

Define a mass! A pile of supporters ‘walked’ during a pile of matches last season in disgust of what was on show. It was noticeable to me in the North Shed.

We shouldn’t though, criticism is unwelcome on the forum!

Pity most of recent comments are on Robbo (me included ) and not on todays game. I wasn’t at the match and would like to hear from those that were. BBC reports that we came close on more than 3 good chances but failed to get the equaliser. Doesn’t sound as though we were too far away from getting something from the game? Just wish we could get through a game without loosing a goal. Not meaning to discard any attacking play, just right now it’s always a claw back position which piles the pressure on the team as the clock ticks down.

Wonder if robbo is covering the shinty ?

A 0-0 result will be a step in the right direction for me. I’ll take the defence begining to settle down and eliminate goal against errors (for taking forward), that go kamikaze for a win then loose the next two games. bc

0-0 A valuable away point and start! 2250 bc

I’ll leave the last word with you! Too much reasoning for me!! bc

Yes thank you, Thats my problem with it. My problem, but until someone provides me with achievable targets then I remain out with the trust the trust route. bc

Ok Scotty Sound case and reasoning behind all groups back the Trust route. It’s open however on a few fronts for me. So respectfully my questions to you are: 1) what is the acceptable criteria to measure against for implementing change with the club powers 2) how long is the period to wait to measure any change / improvement. 3) what’s plan b bc

I understand DD you’ve invested a mountain of time and effort for the ST, no less the match day experience survey, and act a link man between the ST and the forum. It’s a love of labour I would think and all credit to you, you do it tirelessly and exceptionally well! So down to you note. The issue or ‘charge’ is by a good number of disgruntled fans is the club has been in a steady decline both on and off the park since we won the Scottish Cup in 2015. This rate of decline has been more pronounced under the current CEO, Chairman and Board (the power holders to use my term). The concerts fiasco alienated and cost long stand local small businesses and the outcome by the powers was to close the concert Co and do a Pontius Pilate. They control the money so ignore any approach and hide the facts on how vulnerable the club are doing. They have lost the connection with a lot of life long fans with their apparent couldn’t care less approach. Bottom line they can do a lot of damage to what is left of the club before (and they will in my view) ultimately departing on to somewhere else. Their are three options as I see it to influence the ICT power holders 1) Keep things as they are and continue to support and fully back and finance the status quo and hope things improve. 2) Hope that an Alan Savage like saviour with a big bag of money takes over and invests heavily in the club and ground. 3) Enough fans rally behind a change campaign and make moves to implement change. I’m in the last camp, although as I explained earlier, it’s the slow train route for me as I think it’s the more sound route! You’re clearly in the ST route. I respect that but I don’t agree with it as it’s a retread of an already limited structure that the powers have shown to ignore. The ME survey was nice but in my opinion says a lot of stuff that any clubs fans would say! Respectively, it would not influence the power players except on the periphery. Maybe it’s a combination of both, I don’t know. But I fear this hierarchy getting lucky and staying in power too long. bc

Continue to do what I am doing! Which is focus on the long term (ie 3years plus in the future), and flag where I believe a lack of accountability or representation is abused by those controlling and owning the power. I personally did not renew my season ticket as I was unhappy with the basically the style (wrong term here) of play and the continued decline of the club and couldn’t see where or when it would improve soon. That registers my lost few quid over the season where the powers only notice (the pocket). My choice!! Now that said I have no issue with the fans that have bought season tickets as it is ingrained in fans to support the club as they normally would! I back every fans stance to support the team as they wish. I will pick and choose the matches I want to attend!! Back to the main point. Billy Dodds has a two year contract. I personally don’t agree with those that have the power voted in support of this new contract extension (be good to know who exactly did), however the deed is done, so they say, so I accept ( and respect) that decision. I see improvement will only come incrementally, taking 5 to 8 years to get us back to a level that I believe the club (and dare I say the city) could compete at a level equivalent to say a Killie, Livvy or the Well. - That requires a thorough thought out strategy and plan. Much that I wish Coonty did not have Sir Roy funding them, they have pulled away and left ICT in their tracks on stadium, management and fan engagement, (Decade in my view). I do not foresee a sugar daddy coming over the horizon to save us. We’re in such a precarious position, it’s just a bad financial business judgment to make. Alan Savage, like him or not, is no mug. So it’s back to the slow grinding incremental plan for me. Now the current people in charge and Mister Dodds might just succeed this season and the team gets promoted! Would this be good (I don’t know), but I’d go along for the ride for sure. If not then the fans will begin to back the case for change, certainly if next seasons campaign comes of the rails early. So finally, it’s too early in my mind to call for the manager’s head or the CEO or Chairman when the season had just started. In fact I believe it may rile a core of fans that may have some views like you express, but makes them defend the status quo more. I understand your angst is the visual steady decline of the team and club and loss of anything to arrest and change that. You’re not alone and for me it’s great supporters like you are out there fighting and promoting for positive and tangible change. For me long term Bc