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I'm very satisfied with how we're going about our business this transfer window, it's very encouraging that we are getting as much done early . Of our next business is David Wotherspoon, Jordan Alonge or Charlie Frost and Carlos Heredia then that would mean that we won't need as many loan players to complete our squad imho. Not sure if anyone knows as it would have been mentioned here but does anyone have ideas who the defensive trialists were on Saturday?

First game tomorrow afternoon against Strathspey so I'd imagine we'll see trialists as well as the Under 19s get match time. I'd imagine Alonge and Lukiama to be 2 of the trialists if they are currently training with the first team squad .

Is this boy any good :-)? I would probably agree with @CELTIC1CALEY3 though when he said we'd need another experienced GK but would the club be able to run with 3 GK (Experienced GK, Ross and Rebilas?

Did Alan Savage mention if any of the previous interested parties from interested in investing during the bidding process had got back to him offering to help him out with investment? I seem to recall from one of the previous press conferences that interested investors were willing to contact Alan himself and offer to help him with investment etc. Or am I misunderstood, which is highly possible . Anyway, I am just ecstatic we finally have our club back and also look forward with positivity to what the future holds for us under the stewardship of Alan Savage and Charlie Christie (who I'd like to see kept on under this new regime) .

Has the fact we've not heard anything about the cva meeting being moved a good thing would you guys say ? I'm just desperate for this saga to end hence asking the question .

I would rather either of the Celtic GKs we had to Jack Newman tbh but maybe Charlie Christie, Kells and co will find us another gem or top quality GK .

Are they trying to emulate the Champions League with the 30 team league phase ? One thing I will say though is, our record in the league cup has actually been pretty poor, we haven't gotten out of group stages since the year we got hammered 5-0 by Motherwell in a midweek knockout game under Billy Dodds (I think). So I'd like to see us do well in it this coming year but I suppose success depends on the draw we get!

Pleasantly surprised but certainly ecstatic that we have had a good few players signing new deals with the club as that really helps Kel, Charlie Christie etc get on with the task of looking at players they may be keen on signing in the summer I echo what has been said above regarding the 4 that we are still awaiting news on regarding whether they will sign new deals or not; I would be very happy if all 4 signed new deals but also concede that is highly unlikely unfortunately. I know I'm always an optimist () so it's fair to say that I'm fairly optimistic we can mount a serious title/promotion push next season if we can get our recruitment right (I personally, would like to see us sign younger players and maybe a few from the loan market) because we certainly have a capable management team that get the best out of our players .

I actually enjoyed taking part this year despite entering pretty late so with that in mind, I can't really complain at ending second last . Beware next season though guys, I'm after the crown .

Any idea as to what squad size we'll have next season or will that come clear once May 22 has passed and, hopefully, the CBA has been agreed-would a squad of about 20 be a competent rough estimate ?

What seems clear from Kelly's interview published in both The Courier and Press and Journal is that we could certainly utilise the loan market again during the transfer window because he's certainly praising the coaches and ex players that helped us get the important loans this season.

I certainly am, especially with Scott Kellacher and Billy McKay the management team . Recruitment is certainly going to be very important, imho we need to target the right players (prefer some experienced players) to help the current crop of youngsters that will hopefully be signed up on new deals whenever that is possible . I'm not a fan of loans tbh but I would actually use that avenue again if we can get the right players in, both Alfie's and Brannan have proven to me that loans can be successful too . Let's hope Alan's takeover is complete very soon so that Charlie and Kell can firstly get new contracts out to the players they want to keep them look at the recruitment process once from next Monday I'd presume.

As the title suggests, ICT surviving after a 15pt deduction is unarguably the greatest of great escapes ever seen in the history of football . I'm going to argue with anyone (mostly of other clubs fans) that disputes that . I can't even think of any other great escapes that could rival this one!! In fact I can't even think of many achievements that can rival this greatest escape, perhaps winning the Scottish Cup, Greece winning 2004 Euros or Leicester winning PL. I was out yesterday and certainly enjoyed my night, I even won at pool against a pal (2 matches to 1) and afterwards he suggested going to one or 2 of the Derbies against Peterhead as he knows how big a fan I am , we are talking of going hospitality then perhaps spending a night out in the city for a few drinks . I'm really looking forward to going back because it's been ages since I was last at a game due to circumstances such as work commitments.

HT: 0-1 FT: 1-3 1st ICT Scorer: Alfie Stewart 1st Montrose Scorer: Michael Gardyne () Crowd: 1161.

This is our biggest achievement since winning the cup, especially when you consider how it was achieved so I hope Mr Moodie and the supporters trust enjoy the staying up party now!! I've never been emotional about certain results, even the first relegation under Tel way back but tonight is the exception because I'm just so proud of the effort put in to get to this point!!

How did Marcus Gill play because I see in the courier that Scott Kellacher seems to suggest he played well especially with his handling and distribution etc ? I think it's really important that Longstaff is back because he could be crucial in the next few weeks, especially seeing as we are in desperate need for goals so that we can get the required 4 or 6 points needed to avoid that ninth place finish!! In terms of the Arbroath squad for the game, I'm torn because on one hand it would be good if they play their "weak team" as it's only fair they do in terms of the relegation picture but, on the other hand I'd also like to see us pick up 1 or 3pts against their "first team". Oh and another quote that may help next week just like it did against QotS a few weeks ago "these players are ANGRY but not disappointed we didn't win". Weren't they "angry" after the aforementioned game then won 0-3 the week after .

HT: 0-1 FT: 1-3 () 1st ICT Scorer: Luis Longstaff 1st Arbroath Scorer: Sam Stanton Crowd: 1394.

I wasn't going to start this until the end of the season but I thought I would after I saw the article in the courier stating that Billy McKay may have a decision to make regarding his playing days come the end of the season. We need to wait until the end of the season before we get any news on who's staying etc, especially when we don't even know what league we'll be playing in (hopefully it's still L1). I also don't know who is still under contract as I don't really pay much attention to that, maybe I should . Anyway, we do already know that work is already starting on who to recruit as we have had trialists in plus the under 18s have been training with the first team squad this past fortnight. It will also be interesting to see how big a rebuild we have ahead of next season, hopefully not too big as that would mean that the vast majority will have signed new deals. Finally, this thread can be used to mention any rumours on who we could after but, again, we probably won't hear any until the end of the season.

That is actually a good question but I would suspect he will .

HT: 0-0 FT: 2-2 1st Scorer ICT: Alfie Stewart 1st Scorer Stenhousemuir: Gregor Buchanan Crowd: 1073.

It will be interesting to discover who that could be . I'm wondering if it could indeed be the Cullen businessman David Anderson ?

HT: 1-0 FT: 3-1 1st Scorer ICT: Keith Bray 1st Scorer Kelty: Ross Cunningham Crowd: 1981

Now that we know Alan Savage is the preferred bidder to buy the club we can now put the past few years of mismanagement etc to one side and start looking at new beginnings with someone competent that has the club at heart and I am certainly certain will run it very well. As was already pointed out in the Administration thread, work already seems to be getting done regarding recruitment next season with trialists coming up plus in this period, the under 18s are also training with the first team so Scott Kellacher can look at them and see who is capable of stepping up to the first team for next season. Hopefully most of the current first team squad can sign up on new deals so that the rebuild isn't as tough a job as it would have been! One thing that should certainly not be in question is the management team because Kells and Billy have done a REMARKABLE job so Alan doesn't need to be looking at managers because we have one that I 100% believe in to mount a title/promotion push for next season. I am fairly confident that nearly ALL fans of this club will be as delighted with this news as I am because, at one point during this tough few months, I was seriously concerned we were not going to have a club going forward :caleyscarf: : caleyscarf:

I saw that last night but didn't want to say anything until we knew for certain that Alan's bid was accepted etc but it's excellent news that Charlie Christie is already showing he's a better and more competent CEO than he who shall not be named!! Hopefully a vast majority of players now sign new deals and we can get a good number of the under 18s squad signed up meaning that our summer recruitment isn't going to be as drastic as it would have been.

HT: 1-0 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Alfie Stewart 1st Scorer Cove: Declan Glass Crowd: 852.