Potential future manager

[Renegade]

Gary McSwegan

[Pele_Is_God]

Well he did apply for the Arbroath job.

[Guest]

David Bagan with the legendary Spider as his Assistant.

Failing that, how about Rory McAllister?

[BA]

I know He"s not a former ICT player But Darren Fergusen would make a good choice. Won back 2 back promotions for a start. just got let go as peterbourgh boss so be cheap. Sir Alexs son soo know"s people not been racist but he is scotish and dont think he"d mind going back to scotland.

No offence pal but if you think Darren Ferguson would come to ICT then you seriousy need a reality check. There is no hope in hell of him coming here as he will soon be in charge of another Championship or Premiership team.

I would be pretty certain our next manager would be an ex-player/coach or a veteran player to come in a possible player-manager role.

[Donview]

Why on earth would we take Christie back. He couldnt take the pressure last time when we had him so what chance do you think there would be this time round.

My understanding is that if running the team had been the only "pressure" on Charlie, he would have done fine (he had some pretty good results as boss) ..... but before you condemn him, just remember there was a ****load of internal politics going on at the same time and the pressures on him were not all related to running the team. Tough though it was to walk away from the post he wanted, he made the right decision at the time, and if he were to express an interest in the future (when there was less internal strife), I personally would have no qualms about giving him another shot.

Having said that, all this talk of replacing Butcher is a waste of time anyway. We cannot afford to get rid of him even if we wanted to, and as I have said before (and I said about Charlie and Brewster when others began to call for their heads after 5 minutes), you need to give them time. Am i happy we have lost two league derbies so far this season, or that we have dropped points in games we might think we should have won, no of course I am not and TB may well prove to be the wrong man for the job but in my eyes, the jury is still out on that one.

seems like we have two levels of discussion on here these days ......

"we did great, won a game and everything is great ...... BUT <insert problem/complaint here>"

or

"we lost, sack the manager, terminate contracts, blame Mike Smith (deprecated), sack the board"

I know times are tough, we have lost games, we are all hurting, and we want ICT to be top of the league, but man oh man oh man, lets get back to being "supporters" because all we are looking like at the minute is gurning brats who turn on each other and our managers at the drop of a hat.

Being a supporter doesnt mean we have to agree with everything, or that we cant be pissed off or raise concerns at how things are being run .... we can still moan or highlight deficiencies where they exist (and there are plenty to choose from), but every so often it would be great to see us support the team ..... some people do not seem capable of that.

ICT's greatest era was in the 1st division where club, team and fans combined to form an awesome unit that made us impressive, hard to beat, and something we could all be proud of. The club have lost a lot of that ethos, but so have we and just reading the boards over the last few days (and responding very little - for me) I have wondered if we will ever get that back. Whether it is missiles being thrown at the game, or abuse of fellow ICT fans on here, this is turning into a very different club and set of fans than the ones I was once proud to be a part of.

It's not often i've found anything to respond to on the forum in recent times, but you have hit it on the nail Scotty.

Charlie, the ethos and primarily the gurning Barstewards. How I long for the days when our fans were united and most threads were interspersed with genuine humour. I can recall the days and weeks leading up to that first division title, presenting our case for promotion to all SPL members and the unity which held us in such high esteem.

Whoever is at the helm at the end of the season one thing is for sure, a major reality check is needed..........second only to the club doing it's bit to get the youth of Inverness embodied into the club and not the teachings of the old infirm.

[Kingsmills]

Why on earth would we take Christie back. He couldnt take the pressure last time when we had him so what chance do you think there would be this time round.

My understanding is that if running the team had been the only "pressure" on Charlie, he would have done fine (he had some pretty good results as boss) ..... but before you condemn him, just remember there was a ****load of internal politics going on at the same time and the pressures on him were not all related to running the team. Tough though it was to walk away from the post he wanted, he made the right decision at the time, and if he were to express an interest in the future (when there was less internal strife), I personally would have no qualms about giving him another shot.

Having said that, all this talk of replacing Butcher is a waste of time anyway. We cannot afford to get rid of him even if we wanted to, and as I have said before (and I said about Charlie and Brewster when others began to call for their heads after 5 minutes), you need to give them time. Am i happy we have lost two league derbies so far this season, or that we have dropped points in games we might think we should have won, no of course I am not and TB may well prove to be the wrong man for the job but in my eyes, the jury is still out on that one.

seems like we have two levels of discussion on here these days ......

"we did great, won a game and everything is great ...... BUT <insert problem/complaint here>"

or

"we lost, sack the manager, terminate contracts, blame Mike Smith (deprecated), sack the board"

I know times are tough, we have lost games, we are all hurting, and we want ICT to be top of the league, but man oh man oh man, lets get back to being "supporters" because all we are looking like at the minute is gurning brats who turn on each other and our managers at the drop of a hat.

Being a supporter doesnt mean we have to agree with everything, or that we cant be pissed off or raise concerns at how things are being run .... we can still moan or highlight deficiencies where they exist (and there are plenty to choose from), but every so often it would be great to see us support the team ..... some people do not seem capable of that.

ICT's greatest era was in the 1st division where club, team and fans combined to form an awesome unit that made us impressive, hard to beat, and something we could all be proud of. The club have lost a lot of that ethos, but so have we and just reading the boards over the last few days (and responding very little - for me) I have wondered if we will ever get that back. Whether it is missiles being thrown at the game, or abuse of fellow ICT fans on here, this is turning into a very different club and set of fans than the ones I was once proud to be a part of.

It's not often i've found anything to respond to on the forum in recent times, but you have hit it on the nail Scotty.

Charlie, the ethos and primarily the gurning Barstewards. How I long for the days when our fans were united and most threads were interspersed with genuine humour. I can recall the days and weeks leading up to that first division title, presenting our case for promotion to all SPL members and the unity which held us in such high esteem.

Whoever is at the helm at the end of the season one thing is for sure, a major reality check is needed..........second only to the club doing it's bit to get the youth of Inverness embodied into the club and not the teachings of the old infirm.

Couldn't agree more with both Scotty and Donview. I still think that of all former ICT players Charlie has the best credentials as a potential manager. Charlie aside, I wouldn't be surprised to see Bobby Mann being a successful manager.