v Airdrie away

[tm4tj]

 

Matchday Three

 

It's another tough away day for the Caley Jags as they head to the Excelsior Stadium for a Championship encounter against promoted Airdrieonians, a side that have already beaten us in the League Cup game at the Caledonian Stadium by the odd goal in five. It's scheduled for a 3:00pm kick-off on Saturday as Inverness look for their first points of the season and The Diamonds looking to consolidate their good start to life in the Championship.

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Match/ticket/Bus info £20

Inverness Cup Final Success

Max Ram

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League Cup game at the Caledonian Stadium this season is the only relevant game between these sides in 21 years:    2 - 3 The only highlights for us was a stunning strike from Charlie Gilmour after we gifted Airdrie a two goal start and Billy Mckay's record breaking 102nd goal, a penalty he won then converted. Airdrie benefitted from slack defending, something that has typified our poor start to the season, and scored twice in the first half through Ballantyne and Telfer. Having drawn level our old chum Nikolay Todorov struck the winning blow after more defensive frailties in the final minute. Meh! We also lost the services of young defender Lewis Nicolson that day after he appeared to catch his studs in the turf early in the game.

 

Pos Team Pld W D L F A Pts 1. Queens Park 3 3 0 0 5 2 9   2. Dundee Utd 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 3. Raith Rovers 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 4. Dunfermline 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 5. Morton 2 1 0 1 5 4 3   6. Airdrieonians 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 7. Ayr United 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 8. Partick Thistle 2 0 1 1 3 4 1   9. Inverness CT 2 0 0 2 1 3 0   10. Arbroath 3 0 0 3 1 7 0

Championship Fixtures Saturday 25th August 3:00pm

1. Airdrieonians v Inverness CT 
2.         Ayr United v Dundee United
3.  Dunfermline v Raith Rovers
4.    Morton v Arbroath
5. Partick Thistle v Queen's Park

Last Time Out 

Inverness went down 1-0 at Ayr. A tight game but another defeat, five in a row now. Francis Amartey made the difference with a first half goal and Nathan Shaw hit the post with just the keeper to beat. Our previous fixture was a 1-2 defeat to last seasons bogey boys Queens Park. It was a case of too little too late against the Spiders who took advantage of defensive errors to coast into a two goal lead before Jake Davidson headed in near the final whistle. Dom Thomas and Tommy Robson were the scorers for Queens Park. That opening defeats leave us bottom of the table with Arbroath. We did win something though. We lifted the Inverness Cup in a 4-1 win over Clachnacuddin on Tuesday night. A first half hat-trick from big Harry Lodovica did the damage with youngster Lewis Mackie rounding off the scoring in the second half. Former Inverness youth Calum Ferguson scored the Clach goal in what turned out to be a useful exercise for both clubs.

Airdrie ran Ross County close in the League Cup before going out 4-3 after extra time. County looked like putting Airdrie to the sword early on with two goals from Kyle Turner and Jordan White inside seven minutes. Gallagher pulled one back before the break but County restored their two goal advantage two minutes later through Simon Murray. Gallagher scored a late penalty to send the tie to an unlikely extra-time but County won it when Eamonn Brophy scored the winner. In their opening day fixture Airdrie went down 2-1 at Dunfermline (Craig Watson had put Airdrie ahead ) but bounced back to beat Partick Thistle in the next game, McGill and Gallagher the scorers.

Latest Team News

Inverness still have a few injury doubts. Roddy MacGregor and Lewis Nicolson are out longer term. Sean Welsh and Danny Devine have missed the last couple of games but Austin Samuels and Adam Brooks played for an hour in the Inverness Cup win over Clachnacuddin on Tuesday night. Harry Lodovica got a confidence boosting hat-trick against Clach and Wallace Duffy and Aaron Doran came through unscathed. Defender Max Ram has left the Caley Jags to join English National League North side Gloucester City AFC. Max joined us from Wycombe Wanderers last summer and made 14 appearances for the club, scoring once. Welsh still having problems with his groin so he will miss out again. Keith Bray has been the big success story so far, so hopefully he will get some game time.

 

Airdrieonians have lost Justin Devenny since we last played them a month ago. The 19 year old Northern Irishman has joined Crystal Palace. Player Manager Rhys McCabe left Firhill on a stretcher and is out for a couple of months at least with a knee injury. Calum Gallagher is the top scorer this season with three goals and former Caley Jag Nikolay Todorov and Josh O'Connor have two apiece. Airdrie have signed a midfielder today in former Rangers and St Mirren youth Gavin Gallagher.

[BobbyDazzler]

I feel tomorrow's game we must avoid defeat at all costs. 3 points would be massive but I'd happily take 1 point. 

[tm4tj]

 

[bdu98196]

We won't be bottom of the table tomorrow night.  That's all I'm confident of

[tm4tj]

[big cherly]

20 hours ago, bdu98196 said:

We won't be bottom of the table tomorrow night.  That's all I'm confident of

Your assuming Arbroath loose then?

[caley1]

1mim 1-0 down !! Bye bye Dodds gtf and take that  controversial Gardiner with u 

[+snorbens_caleyman]

8 minutes ago, caley1 said:

1mim 1-0 down !! Bye bye Dodds gtf and take that  controversial Gardiner with u 

What?  Did Dodds score it? 

[Super Caley Man 94]

******* hell... not good  

[Robert]

2-0 down now. 3 points adrift at the bottom as things stand.

Any word on Doran? Has he picked up an injury? He did well at Clach on Tuesday and looked fit then.

Edited August 26, 2023 by Robert

[caley1]

2-0 down ! Scott Morrison you need to act today and sort this mess your board have created .

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

4th August 2023   Manager Billy Dodds says Inverness Caley Thistle are a scalp for other teams now. Billy Dodds believes Inverness Caledonian Thistle's cup exploits last season will have others looking at them as a scalp in the 2023/24 Championship.

2-0 with Arbroath winning...........

[Yngwie]

Just like both our previous league matches, I had this down in the ‘take a draw’ category. Expected us to lose but thought we’d be more competitive than this score suggests.

[ymip]

Quite possibly the 2 worst goals you're ever likely to see. A defensive disaster class. We are in BIG trouble this season. 

[+bughtmaster]

Coaches ?  NO.... More like couches,  this is pathetic

Where has the real Caley Thistle gone ?

Will we ever come back .......   I cannot see it under this board and  management sham.

[Jaggernaut]

Don't know what's up with Doran, he wasn't in the team photo at Clach and he was getting into his car as we left the ground right after the game, so he was out before the team had left the field with the cup.

[+bughtmaster]

13 minutes ago, danny bird said:

4th August 2023   Manager Billy Dodds says Inverness Caley Thistle are a scalp for other teams now. Billy Dodds believes Inverness Caledonian Thistle's cup exploits last season will have others looking at them as a scalp in the 2023/24 Championship.

2-0 with Arbroath winning...........

We only got there by default

T

[+Fraz]

It's OK guys, once Gardiner gets the battery farm going and the freeport cash comes flooding in we'll be laughing. Trust the process etc. 

Two more years of weekly tactical masterclasses.

Edited August 26, 2023 by Fraz

[robbo1985]

21 hours ago, bdu98196 said:

We won't be bottom of the table tomorrow night.  That's all I'm confident of

I'm not sure , this has been truly awful so far .... And on this performance we deserve to be bottom .... 

[caley1]

1 minute ago, Fraz said:

It's OK guys, once Gardiner gets the battery farm goung and the freeport cash comes flooding in we'll be laughing. Trust the process etc. 

Two more years of weekly tactical masterclasses.

Don’t worry he won’t be out of pocket that’s for sure . Folk like him look after themselves . Costing the club big time . 

[The Mantis]

We’re going down. You probably didn’t hear it here first. 

[Super Caley Man 94]

4 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said:

Don't know what's up with Doran, he wasn't in the team photo at Clach and he was getting into his car as we left the ground right after the game, so he was out before the team had left the field with the cup.

Probably pissed off that's he's not starting games and players like Lois Longstaff are getting the nod ahead of him so he's been reduced to playing in glorified friendlies to keep him fit.

[Jaggernaut]

I think I was a tad optimistic saying I thought we'd end up 7th this season!

[Robert]

12 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said:

Don't know what's up with Doran, he wasn't in the team photo at Clach and he was getting into his car as we left the ground right after the game, so he was out before the team had left the field with the cup.

So much for Dodds’ comments at the start of the season that we’d see a different Doran this season. When I’ve seen him he’s looked fitter and faster than the last few seasons with his eye for goal back in. He should be a first pick, not being treated so badly. Sadly it sounds like there’s a problem between him and the management team. I know who I’d rather keep!

[Robert]

15 minutes ago, robbo1985 said:

I'm not sure , this has been truly awful so far .... And on this performance we deserve to be bottom .... 

Thats not good. Is it the system at fault? Any signs that the players are not playing for Dodds & co?

Longstaff on for Davidson at half time so presumably Carson to right back.

Airdrie down to 10. Can we get our act together with an extra player?

Edited August 26, 2023 by Robert