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The majority from last year will sign. They played for a virtually bankrupt club with a 5-point penalty in Division One, so I'm sure many will be delighted with a healthy Championship club.

I've had this feeling for some time that the play off will be a Highland derby.

Why in Earth no substitutes? Wotherspoon's race was run a long time ago. Fresh legs in Sole or Longstaff when Stenny started to dominate (which was just a series of scrambles in the box) would have made the difference.

Probably more something to do with playing a side sitting in the top half of the division above us, having spent many years there and not having just been very nearly liquidated. ICT were never favourites to win the cup! We should get promotion with our squad, but will then be favourites for the drop next season. But let's see if we can get promotion first before being critical of being runners up in a cup where most first division clubs, including St Johnstone and Patrick Thistle, dropped out!

Really?

I thought Mckay led the line well last night. Bavidge was completely missing in action and Alonge's race had run well before the end. I would have been far happier getting Allen on for Alonge, and going three across, shaking up the middle with some energy. I think it was there that we lost the game. If we go up and Stenny don't, then getting Kai in would be welcomed.

Overly pessimistic. Give the guy a chance. It's the first game of the season, yet the death penalty is being prepared. My Christmas will be ruined if all the pipes burst at the end of December. I'm not going to be concentrating on that, even though it could happen.

You must be a hoot at parties.

To be honest, it looked more like a rusty side with new players getting to know each other. The biggest miss is Gilmour tidying up in defensive midfield. But that'll improve I'm sure.

I wonder what Alonge would be like up front?

I always felt David would have been a first class defensive midfielder, rather than the right-mid, right-back, central defender he was.

I'd rather toss a caber

Through choice though. The fans at his club are disappointed he didn't sign a contract but they were wishing him all the best.

Well done getting Ross Savage and Ross Chalmers. Just need some support for Billy. Do you think Ross McCormack would be interested?

We needed a result after Greece and we got one. A terrible result, but a result nevertheless. There's a window of opportunity but early doors, I think we can see the light at the end of the carrot. After all, if you don't believe you can win, there's no point getting out of bed at the end of the day.

Calm down. No need to act like a bowl in a China shop. Noone is making you the escape goat. Anyway, I thought it was "the proof was in the pudding" from the gecko.

Not necessarily. He's played about 2/3rds of a season. He's still to prove himself long term. The idea that he'll be first choice for English or Scottish premier teams is unlikely, and I would not be surprised if a larger Championship team would view a player in his first pro season, who had injury problems, as a bit too risky to hang their hat on. If it's a promotion chasing Division One Cove Rangers or relegation threatened Championship such as Dunfermline, then staying and developing with a familiar team is probably best. He may well end up being a second choice keeper for a team, not getting games and going backward.

No red ink and all in capitals from chapter 5 onwards

They may not be in the SPFL Trust Trophy but you can never write Liverpool off.

"If we get a 15-point deduction, we are not going to be able to stay in the division unless we probably win every game and every other teams loses every game. "It would be a nearly impossible task. One we would try to overcome and win games, but if administrator comes in and cuts the squad, which I think he would do, it would really be a tough ask. "The 15-point deduction would more than certainly relegate us."

He would probably point out that the new manager is still in pretty much the same position as he was, negating to mention this is only due to a 15 point penalty.

Depends how admin works out. Let's assume it goes well. We've currently got a small squad, full-time, that's garnered (excluding penalty) enough points to be comfortably in the playoffs. I'm not sure there's many moving to the Championship and part-time probably doesn't appeal. So that leaves Cove and QoS, assuming one of them doesn't get promoted, and presumably Airdrie. Many of those will have a settled squad, so how many of ours will they need, and will they have significantly more money after we solve our financial problems? I can certainly see a turnover but with an enhanced squad and no admin, I see ICT as a desirable place for many footballers. Can't see us losing many to Montrose or Stenny. I think we might be getting players from them.

Yeah, although, we've a threadbare inexperienced squad. With a fuller squad, we were second bottom before the 15 points. Without the penalty, we would be easily in the promotion playoffs. We've been pushing for goals but not managing to score. People have been saying we should be more cautious. They tried but we just don't have enough players to just tinker. Mckay can't score and there is no other strikers. We could try centre backs and wingers. Probably will need to but that's not a real solution. Personally, I feel we should just go back to previous. Yes, we couldn't score but as long as we create chances, we still have a route to 3 points. Playing possession with barely any players is not something ICT can do. The whole squad, including management, have accumulated more points than we should have expected. Let's stick with what we have been doing. It's part of the game to criticise after a bad show. We've still got a better than evens chance of getting out of this. At the end of the season, let's see get any rightful seething out and then appreciate that finishing one above the play-offs is success after being fined the equivalent of 5 wins.

If 100% of the shares is an issue, what's the alternative? I can see why the Supporters Trust would want their vote but it didn't help with the previous owners. I also think it's great for supporters to be able to hold shares in the club, but I also hope they see the wider picture. Give Savage a chance to save the club. I'm not sure there's any other way forward. I wouldn't be surprised if he eventually gifted back to the fans eventually but that's too far away, given liquidation could be around the corner.

Why would you prefer to be run by a company with no connection to Inverness but more money to buy a club? We've seen plenty of them before and it's not always worked well. AS has put his money where his mouth is and come in . His plan is reasonable and not pie in the sky. He's not expecting a return, but just to operate at a reasonable level (i.e., a Championship club generally) under a reasonable budget. The backing of fans, staff and local businesses is central to his ideas. Do you really think a consortium from China or wherever will be thinking, let's spend a million for no return other than love for the club?