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No Hiding Place

 

It's Play-Off time:  There's no hiding place now as we enter the first leg of the Premiership Play-Offs at Firhill to take on fourth place Championship finishers Partick Thistle. After a Championship campaign that saw more ups and downs than fair fortnight on the Big Dipper at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, it's now crunch time for all the Premiership contenders. Arbroath await the winners of this two-leg tie after they fell just two points short of automatic promotion with Killie making the step up. What a season for Dick Campbell and his Smokies though. However, it's one game at a time and let's see how far that will take us.

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We come into the play-offs on the back of a resounding 4-0 win over Hamilton Accies in the final game of the regular campaign. With one or two rested, it was a great opportunity for others to stake a claim for a start in this important finale to the season. Not much was anticipated ahead of that game with Accies also a bit understrength, but Inverness blew Accies away with a four goal first half blitz. Gone were the long hopeful punts forward to be replaced by slick interplay and incisive passing and clinical finishing. A joy to behold at times as we bemused hapless Hamilton. Tremendous team goals from Walsh (2), Sutherland and a first for wee Joe Hardy enabled us to cruise through the second half without getting out of second gear. 

Partick also rested players ahead of this one but they were turned over 3-1 by Ayr United. Expect them to be at full strength though when we visit as thorns in our side Brian Graham and Scott Tiffoney missed out at Somerset Park.

Venue H2H v Partick (all) Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst + / -
Home 22 9 6 7 36 33 +3
Away 21 5 6 10 21 29 -8
Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 43 14 12 17 57 62 -5

 

One win apiece and two draws is the tale of the tape this season.

CTO Sep11th 3-1: After a difficult first half, Inverness ran out comfortable winners against Partick Thistle in a second half goal blitz. The visitors dominated the first forty-five and Scott Tiffoney drilled the opener out of nothing as the defence backed off. Manny Duku was denied by a combination of keeper and post but it was Partick that should have scored a second, however Mark Ridgers did well to deny Brian Graham. Harsh talking at the break saw Inverness come out for the second half with the bit between the teeth and Kirk Broadfoot was the unlikely hero as his twenty yard shot evaded the outstretched fingertips of the keeper to level the score. Shane Sutherland did well to drill in the second from an angle after the keeper fluffed his lines allowing Shane to slot in from twenty yards. The third was a peach as Duku stepped over the ball and Aaron Doran fired high into the net for a brilliant goal and game over. That's five wins out of five and the run goes on...

CTO Oct30th: Caley Jags pay the penalty 0-0:  Partick Thistle survived to earn a point after the woodwork saved them twice and keeper Jamie Sneddon denied Sean Welsh from the spot after guessing the right way. Inverness were well on top but it's only a point which means Killie pull further away at the top. Performance of the day was from Arbroath who came from two down to beat Dunfermline Athletic 4-2.

CTO Feb9th: Late Leveller 3-3:  Partick Thistle struck early to add to our gloom through Brian Graham but Billy Mckay squared the game after twenty minutes with a close range finish from a Carson cross. Graham scored his second with a header soon after, Scott Tiffoney once again the provider and he almost scored one for himself but for a fine save from Ridgers. Shane Sutherland equalised just on the interval with a header from a McAlear corner. With twenty minutes left Deas conceded a stone wall penalty and Graham notched his hat-trick. Substitute Cammy Harper drove into the box but Sneddon blocked his shot and moments later Pearson appeared to hit the bar with an angled drive from twelve yards and Mckay rolled one past the post. We got the draw with the last head of the ball deep into stoppage time when Broadfoot headed in a cross from McAlear.

CTO Mar4th: The slide goes on: 1-0  On a pitch resembling the aftermath of the battle of the Somme, Inverness blew any lingering hopes of promotion with another unacceptable performance at Firhill. Billy Dodds keeps telling us that training is going well. Stats will show something like nineteen shots with only one on target. What the hell do we actually practice? On the plus side, a cut and paste of his post match report will suffice as it's been the same story for almost three months now. Absolutely abysmal, the lifeblood seems to have been sucked right out of the whole team, management and long suffering support. Kevin Holt scored the only goal in the 85th minute after a low corner was driven through a ruck of bodies in the penalty box into the centre of the goal. Game over, season over and surely Dodds over and out!

Apologies to Dodds and the team :whistle: we have managed to turn it round again and here we are, ready for the play-offs, but that 11 match run was a nightmare.

***Dates for your diary***

CINCH PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFFS

Tuesday May 3
Quarter-final, 1st leg 
Partick Thistle v Inverness CT
Live on BBC Scotland, kick-off 7.05pm

Friday May 6
Quarter-final, 2nd leg
Inverness CT v Partick Thistle
Live on BBC Scotland, kick-off 7.45pm

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Scott Allardice is the one long term casualty and Wallace Duffy took a knock in midweek against Hamilton. Some legs were spared in midweek but I would be expecting them to feature in the play-off games. 

Brian Graham and Scott Tiffoney missed the loss to Ayr United but will be important players for Partick in these games.

Fans Player of the Year David Carson :banana:

 

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8 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

Over the 2 legs we need to prove ourselves just a bit more sharp and thorny of the 2 Thistles.

I say, are you Percy Thrower in disguise now? Watch out for Shep.

PS - If you type in Kingsmills predictive text changes it to Mingskills. Fact and rather appropriate eh what? 🧐

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A win would be great, not least because I have a tenner on it, but a draw is the minimum requirement with a view to finishing the job at home on Friday.

For some reason, the bookies would not take my bet that the second round would be Arbroath verses Thistle !

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1 hour ago, Kingsmills said:

A win would be great, not least because I have a tenner on it, but a draw is the minimum requirement with a view to finishing the job at home on Friday.

For some reason, the bookies would not take my bet that the second round would be Arbroath verses Thistle !

You should have asked for Arbroath v Caley..... they would have understood you then.🤣🤣👍

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2 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

For some reason, the bookies would not take my bet that the second round would be Arbroath verses Thistle !

Was it a poetry competition?

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Just want to wish our lads all the best for tonight's game at Partick.

I notice that despite it being broadcast on BBC Scotland tonight, it doesn't even feature on the list of today's fixtures on the BBC Sport website, whereas the important league match between Partick Ladies (playing away v Aberdeen Ladies), is included in the list of tonight's matches!

 

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We faced a very dangerous Killie side recently and all our players gave everything. We need the same tonight. Brian Graham needs to be better marked than in the last home game. Will we play in pink? 

At the moment we do seem to pose quite a goal threat with our January signings now proving to be very positive.  Reason to be optimistic but cautious, better than being in 5th, better than being a Dunfermline supporter. 

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7 hours ago, Caley Mad In Berks said:

Just want to wish our lads all the best for tonight's game at Partick.

I notice that despite it being broadcast on BBC Scotland tonight, it doesn't even feature on the list of today's fixtures on the BBC Sport website, whereas the important league match between Partick Ladies (playing away v Aberdeen Ladies), is included in the list of tonight's matches!

 

It is near the top of the list, after the Champions League semi final and listed as the Premiership Play Off.

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Allardice is back in the squad and on the bench tonight.

Strong team, but we need to handle Graham and Tiffoney better than we did in the 3-3 draw.

Ridgers

Carson Broadfoot Devine Deas

Walsh Welsh McAlear Chalmers

Mckay Sutherland

with MacKay, Harper, Allardice, Samuels, Hardy and Hyde on the bench.

No sign of Doran or Duffy.

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32 minutes ago, jagster said:

Or Mcgregor

Oh no, how did I miss that!?

 

28 minutes ago, Satan said:

Some match up , tiffoney v Carson.😮

Carson needs to really be on his game as Tiffoney has had the beating of him this season at times. Whoever is wide right (Walsh or Sutherland presumably) needs to give cover too.

There is grass on the pitch but not seen all of it yet in the BBC build up. 

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