Starscape

I completely disagree with this. Our first team is League One standard and should be competing for promotion. The tactics are a mistake. A flat back three. Wingers playing in central midfield. Our best striker and last year's top scorer also in central midfield. Shooting from distance not allowed. Possession encouraged in our own half. There is no way this is not the fault of the tactics. And that's not to mention the stories we hear of player management ("I'm injured". Dunc: "what position do you play?"). Remember his win ratio for Forest Green was 5%. One win in 18 games! A competent manager would have us competing.

Remember that, despite having next to no money, Dunc signed his namesake, Cameron Ferguson. He must be some player given we were virtually bankrupt at the time. Why oh why won't he play this goal machine?

How much money has SG brought in? Which schemes have worked? Has he paid for his own salary? Genuine question.

With a few thousand fans, we should maybe think about the route Partick Thistle went down. I would say there's room to be hopeful that any Euromillions lottery win would be able to stabilise the club, allow us to pay off Dunc and approach Pele for a return. It seems a more reliable path, so I'm pinning my tail to that particular donkey. I'm not that bothered about whether we battle for the Championship or relegation this year. I just want sound finances instead of chasing a rainbow, and employing a manager who has shown some acumen for the job.

Duffy would be excellent at this level.

Personally, I doubt Ketan is thinking of running the club down and developing the ground. What comes across is a total delusion about how important and realistic his vision is. For very very few, football is a money-maker. For everyone else, from Real Madrid down, it's a debt pit. I think that's where he's not seeing reality.

So, Ketan, are you excited to get started? It's been your ambition to be a football club owner. Are you happy you achieved that? Do you want the fans to get behind the team? Can't wait.

The guy seems to want to be a football club owner. Many owners are doing it for the very same reason. They usually lose their money over it. This guy doesn't have money to lose, so he's thinking how he can do that and not spend money. I can see Blockchain maybe working for Wolves and the like. Relatively big clubs but not that big. Stakeholders, even if they've never been to Wolverhampton, can still see them against bigger clubs in the Premiership or Championship. Spend £50 and be in with a chance of getting into the director's box for a game against Man U. Not sure how that relates to Inverness. What about living within your means? Any extra gets invested in the team without relying upon it? Having a proven manager in the lower leagues to develop players? Having the expectation of being a Stirling Albion, with the hope of being a Motherwell? Trying our best but not expecting 3rd place, Europe and cup finals? All added bonuses. I never expected ICT to be as, or more, successful than St Mirren when I swapped Love Street for Telford when the club merged (I was living in Inverness). Great what we achieved but, had we done a Stirling, I would still be supporting them.

Wow, I could buy ICT!

I know these are responses to questions but I would have thought the interviewer would have said, 'the ones staying away would say their problem is....what is your response to that?' Of course, he would probably say 'I don't know about that. I'm sure the Board will come out and say when they can' as he did with Aaron Doran. But at least make it clear these are the issues. I'd also have liked the question asked about his tactics resulting in two relegations but I expect to hear it ain't him to blame!

I favour a 5-4-1, with a full-back, winger and striker in the midfield, plus a non-scoring forward up front. We need to get a load of loanees in though, otherwise the players will waste the ball by shooting. For goodness sake, keep that ball in your own half where it can't do any harm!

He'll have to be some player if he's aiming to get a look in when even Ferguson jr is struggling to get off the bench.

To think, when he started, I thought he was the poor man's Robert Eagle.

My thoughts too. There's no way ICT should have been relegated with that team. A load of loans, with only Cammy Kerr looking better than what we had (and that's only because we had to replace Carson, so we wouldn't have needed Kerr if he had stayed). Negative tactics against teams worse than ourselves. Good players like Roddy, Austin Samuels and Carson bombed out. Our record goalscorer being played in midfield to incorporate a non-scoring loanee. The capitulation was down to Duncan. Any decent manager would have got us beyond relegation, but ICT did exactly what they did with Foran. The business side was ultimately down to the chair. But I don't support a business. And even with that business model, it was still down to the manager that I blame for relegation. The team was good enough!

You mean local talent like Ridgers and McGregor? Duncan didn't even bother phoning them, never mind trying to persuade them to wait for this definite slew of cash that's a couple of weeks away. I had little faith in him when he arrived, given his record, and zero now he has demonstrated his lack of appraisal talent, negative tactics and people mismanagement skills.

It wasn't just Aaron Doran though. None of the players were contacted by their manager when their contracts were running down. It happened at a place I worked and, although I can't be certain, I'm pretty sure that contributed to that awful people manager leaving. It's not just a football thing, it's an ability to manage.

Does it? I can't see it.

Yeah, after all, we've been assured there isn't the talent in the Highland League. I think they've just got the scores back to front. That'll be it.

How did Meekings do?

Amazing to think how young Josh Meekings still is. Were his injuries so bad that this premier division / cup finalist / former Dundee captain is not good enough for League One? It'll be interesting to find out.

I'd like to see Austin Samuels offered a deal. He's been bombed out of a relegated Championship team, so maybe open to a substantial wage drop. But he should have played. We caught a glimpse of something in the final half of the final game. I think he'd tear up League One.

All the injuries come from work-related incidents. He was injured playing for his club. It's only correct that they cover his medical bills.

I would have thought that would be the job of a manager. Anyone heard from Dunc recently?

There's been a few of these comments but remember, it's come as a surprise that we are in the same division as Kelty. This was happening even if we were in the Championship. It's not a response to relegation

Not fair enough. He's trying to prove he's not a complete failure so he can get another job. So far, he's unemployable after two relegations. A promotion might make him saleable again. We've seen enough. Any decent manager would have got us well out of relegation by not playing 5 at the back and a midfield made up of another defender and our leading striker, whilst sidelining Samuels and Rory. Ferguson was our biggest problem.