Inverness CT -V- Dunfermline - Preview

[Robert]

Ticketing and PPV information for Saturday’s game:

https://ictfc.com/next-match-dunfermline-athletic-h

https://ictfc.com/ictv-info-dunfermline-ath-h

Also details of offers in the club shop and on line:

https://ictfc.com/pre-christmas-shop-offers-15-off-replica-home-kit 

If won’t be an easy game, as Dunfermline matched us in the 0-0 draw in Dunfermline a few weeks ago, but it is time for us to get back to winning ways and start putting another good run together. 

Edited November 11, 2021 by Robert

[Kingsmills]

1 hour ago, Robert said:

Ticketing and PPV information for Saturday’s game:

https://ictfc.com/next-match-dunfermline-athletic-h

https://ictfc.com/ictv-info-dunfermline-ath-h

Also details of offers in the club shop and on line:

https://ictfc.com/pre-christmas-shop-offers-15-off-replica-home-kit 

If won’t be an easy game, as Dunfermline matched us in the 0-0 draw in Dunfermline a few weeks ago, but it is time for us to get back to winning ways and start putting another good run together. 

As Robert says, far from easy but these are the sort of games we must win, especially at home, if we are going to maintain a serious title challenge.

[RiG]

Tomorrow will be interesting...

 

[jed5697]

Let's not be side tracked by the circus at Dunfermline. Focus on the football and getting the three points. 

[Kingsmills]

54 minutes ago, RiG said:

Tomorrow will be interesting...

 

Makes sense, if you are a Fife team in danger of being relegated from the Championship, appoint a manager with a track record of getting Fife tesms relegated from the Championship.

[IBM]

As long as we get three points tomorrow I couldn’t really care what happens with them 

[tm4tj]

Yogi returns to Inverness

 

Inverness will host Dunfermline on Saturday, complete with new manager John Hughes, after Yogi was appointed as the man tasked with saving the Pars from relegation after a dismal first quarter of the season has them toiling at the foot of the table with no wins from thirteen games. The cinch Championship game kicks-off at 3:00pm with Inverness looking to get back to winning ways and the Pars hoping for the 'new manager bounce'.

The first encounter this season ended goalless, but Dunfermline were looking the most likely to take the points as Mark Ridgers stood firm.

OFFICIAL PREVIEW

MATCH & TICKET INFO

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Venue

Pld

Won

Drn

Lst

For

Agst

+ / -

Home	21	9	8	4	27	19	+8
Away	23	9	9	5	28	25	+3
Neutral	2	0	1	1	3	4	-1
Total	46	18	18	10	58	48	+10

First Competitive Meeting

Aug 7th, 1999

League

(A)

0 - 4

Most Recent Competitive Meeting

Sep 18th, 2021

League (Championship)

(A)

0 - 0

Last 10 Competitive Meetings

0 - 0 (A)

1 - 0 (A)

1 - 1 (H)

1 - 3 (A)

2 - 1 (A)

2 - 0 (H)

1 - 0 (A)

1 - 0 (H)

0 - 1 (A)

2 - 2 (H)

After the disappointing draw at Somerset Park where we let the lead slip twice, we failed to fully capitalise on Partick beating Kilmarnock although the lead is only one point now. Sean Welsh and Michael Gardyne scored our goals but Joe Chalmers and Patrick Reading replied for the Honest Men to give them a share of the points. It's a tough old league this one with every team capable of beating the others on their day. The Pars went down 1-3 to Morton last week to rubber stamp their position at the foot of the table and Yogi has some task to get them away from the bottom half of the table with the top five looking like they will contest the promotion slots. However, in his favour, there's plenty of time to change that.

Championship Fixtures this weekend

Arbroath v Queens

Ayr Utd v Partick

Accies v Raith 

ICTFC v Pars

Morton v Killie

 

		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1.	Kilmarnock	13	8	2	3	18	8	10	26
2.	Inverness CT	13	7	4	2	15	8	7	25
3.	Arbroath	13	6	5	2	24	12	12	23
4.	Raith Rovers	13	6	5	2	21	15	6	23
5.	Partick Thistle	13	6	3	4	24	14	10	21
6.	Ayr United	13	3	4	6	13	19	-6	13
7.	Hamilton Academical	13	3	4	6	13	25	-12	13
8.	Morton	13	2	6	5	11	16	-5	12
9.	Queen of the South	13	3	2	8	11	20	-9	11
10.	Dunfermline	13	0	7	6	10	23	-13	7

 

We may be next to the top of the table, but we are on a poor run at the moment with no wins from our last four games, three of those were draws. Over the same period, Dunfermline have two draws and two defeats. Touch wood, but we still have the meanest defence conceding only eight times whilst Dunfermline's defence is pretty much in line with their league position.

Breaking News from EEP

#DAFC are delighted to announce the appointment of John Hughes as our new First Team Manager.

https://t.co/cwL5rvBrYC pic.twitter.com/sqHI2WlQys

— Dunfermline Athletic (@officialdafc) November 12, 2021

 

Latest Team News

Inverness could have David Carson back in the squad for this game after return from injury and family bereavement. Shane Sutherland has missed the last couple of games and we are waiting on news of him. Cammy Harper returned to the squad last week.

Well, what a boost for the Pars with the announcement of big Yogi as their new manager. He kept County afloat last year and of course will always be remembered as the man that led the Caley Jags to their greatest triumph in winning the Scottish Cup. I imagine this will be an excellent bit of business by the Pars and he won't take too long to get the team playing his way. Let's hope it takes more than a couple of days. The start of his tenure will be hampered by the loss of Kai Kennedy and Vytas Gaspuitis.

Back to the days of 'guid honest laddies'....

 

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[CELTIC1CALEY3]

Disappointed that Douglas Ross not running the line today.  Amazing that he applies the rules but then does not follow them himself. Must be a cultural thing.

Edited November 13, 2021 by tm4tj

[tm4tj]

I believe he claims he has an injury at present

[IBM]

29 minutes ago, tm4tj said:

I believe he claims he has an injury at present

Yes and he has been missing out on £420 per game

[Kingsmills]

1 hour ago, CELTIC1CALEY3 said:

Disappointed that Douglas Ross not running the line today.  Amazing that he applies the rules but then does not follow them himself. Must be a cultural thing. 

13/11/2021  3:00pm  Tulloch Caledonian Stadium

Referee:Grant Irvine

AR1Steven Traynor

AR2Barry Reid

To be fair, when you have so many sources of income it's easy to forget two or three.

[Yngwie]

According to Radio Scotland, Hughes isn’t taking the team today but will be at the game.

I had to travel down through Fife this morning and saw the Dunfermline team bus heading north, must have set off at 8.30 which I thought was quite early for a 3pm kickoff.

[Jack Waddington]

Hopefully shree points today

[+snorbens_caleyman]

10 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

I had to travel down through Fife this morning and saw the Dunfermline team bus heading north, must have set off at 8.30 which I thought was quite early for a 3pm kickoff.

Probably wanted to do some Christmas shopping at House of Bruar.

[Yngwie]

I’m not sure if even their German investors have deep enough pockets for that!

[Kingsmills]

Wonderful to see Dave Carson back in the starting XI

[Robert]

Carson and McAlear in for Duffy and Welsh. Only five subs. No sign of Duffy, Welsh, Duku or Sutherland this afternoon.

[+snorbens_caleyman]

Good to see Carson back - hope he's fit.

What's happened to Sutherland?  I was warming to him - he wasn't the most subtle of players but we needed his strength up front.

3-0 for us this afternoon.

[+Moogthurso]

That looks like a covid scare  

 

5 players out only 5 subs? 

[Yngwie]

1-0 apparently but I missed the goal and various other parts of the match due to the stream repeatedly buffering.

[IBM]

1 minute ago, Yngwie said:

1-0 apparently but I missed the goal and various other parts of the match due to the stream repeatedly buffering.

Grear shot from Gardyne and Mckay puts in the rebound 

[Kingsmills]

Comfortable in the first half but vital we hold onto this lead given that Kilmarnock, Raith Rovers and Partick are all winning comfortably.

[IBM]

9 minutes ago, Kingsmills said:

Comfortable in the first half but vital we hold onto this lead given that Kilmarnock, Raith Rovers and Partick are all winning comfortably.

Yes we are needing to score more goals to kill the game off.

[+roarer]

We certainly are now 

[+Naelifts]

NOT GOOD