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We head to Arbroath on Saturday, the scene of Big Dunc's first game in charge of the Caley Jags, where we earned our first win of the season in our seventh Championship game and his tenure at the Caley Jags began with only one point on the board prior to this game. We now sit on twenty-five points, but still perilously close to the relegation zone, unable to put a consistent run together to climb the table like others have done (Morton the prime example). Max Anderson is suspened and something like five definite outs and another five struggling with knocks. 🚑 Nothing new there then! 

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Match/Ticket/Travel info

 Max Anderson 

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Venue

Pld

Won

Drn

Lst

For

Agst

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Home	25	17	4	4	60	21	+39
Away	24	11	6	7	35	29	+6
Neutral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	49	28	10	11	95	50	+45

We have always generally had the edge over Arbroath but have found them to be more resilient of late, losing at home last time we met.

Last 10 Competitive Meetings

1 - 2 (H)

3 - 2 (A)

2 - 4 (A)

2 - 0 (H)

4 - 1 (A)

1 - 1 (H)

0 - 0 (A)

0 - 0 (A)

0 - 0 (H)

3 - 0 (H)

Looking Down:  1 - 2  For cod's sake! Inverness slumped to an embarrassing defeat as Arbroath stunned Ferguson's flops at the Caledonian Stadium. Arbroath with big players out and only three outfield players on the bench proved too good for an overrated Inverness bunch of haddies who were easily beaten by the Smokies.
With both sides losing in midweek, this game took on more significance for Big Dunc's side and Jim McIntyre was also looking to get away from the bottom of the table after he replaced Dick Campbell. David Wotherspoon was fit enough to start and good to see Keith Bray return to the squad alongside Robbie Thompson. Arbroath came North with only four on the bench with Michael McKenna and Ricky Little still out injured and O'Brien suspended. As it turned out we are now looking down the table instead of up after back to back defeats to the two teams who were below us only four days ago as Arbroath won 2-1. That was new manager Jim McIntyre's first win and it moves Arbroath off the bottom of the table. one point behind Inverness. All the goals came in the first half from Jay Bird, Billy Mckay and two minutes later David Gold. Looks like a few will be going cheap in the January sales.

 

Pos Team Pld W D L F A Pts Partick Thistle v Dunfermline: Friday Night TV game (mon the Harry Wraggs) 1. Dundee Utd 23 14 6 3 46 13 48 2. Raith Rovers 23 14 5 4 42 32 47 3. Partick Thistle 23 10 8 5 46 37 38 4. Morton 23 9 6 8 32 27 33 5. Ayr United 24 8 5 11 33 43 29 6. Airdrieonians 22 8 4 10 22 27 28 7. Queens Park 24 7 6 11 31 41 27 8. Inverness CT 24 6 7 11 29 31 25 9. Dunfermline 23 6 7 10 25 33 25 10. Arbroath 23 5 4 14 24 46 19

SATURDAY 24TH FEBRUARY

  Arbroath v Inverness CT

Ayr United v Raith Rovers

Dundee Utd v Queen's Park 

Morton v Airdrie   

Latest Team News

We threw away a two goal lead last week against Partick Thistle and ended up hanging on by a thread as Partick pushed for a late winner. Highly entertaining stuff, but disappointing to only take a point after going two ahead through Kerr and Savage. Pegged back by Fitzpatrick and a Graham penalty, Shaw then restored our lead only for Graham to volley in the equaliser with five minutes left. Frantic ending to the game, but we kept our point. Both sides feel they should have won and defences are being questioned about giving away cheap goals. At least we scored a couple in the Home end, so that's a small crumb of comfort. However, every point is a prisoner now with only twelve games left to preserve our status and we can not afford to give away preventable goals.

Inverness failed to get Max Anderson's red card rescinded and he misses the next two games. His direct replacement Roddy MacGregor has a foot injury. We have five definite crocks and five doubtful crocks, so it's back to making your own selection for this game. Here's Dunc to explain all...

It's someting like this plus the usual mirrors, smoke screens and cloak & daggers.

OUT: (Anderson, MacGregor, Lodovica, Nicolson, Mullen, Duffy)

Maybe Out: (Alex Samuel, Austin Samuels, Boyes, Shaw)

We've got injuries, haven't we>>>

 

 

Jim McIntyre's Arbroath had a battling 1-1 draw at East End Park last week after going behind in the 18th minute through Walcott. An early second half header from Tam O'Brien levelled the game and that's how it ended.

Line-up v Pars last week

Boruc

 

Gold   O'Brien   Teale   Hamilton (Walker 90+4)

 

Stewart

 

Dow   Norey (Murray 45)   Slater   Stowe (Mackinnon 45, Bird 90+7)

 

McIntosh (Robinson 45)

Subs Not Used:  Gaston; Lyon, Dunnwald-Turan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Todays games

Alex Samuel & Bim Pepple starting with Billy Mckay & Austin Samuels on the bench. Nathan Shaw fit enough to start and just the four outfield substitutes.

Ujdur, Boyes, Mullen, Longstaff, MacGregor, Lodovica Injured and Max Anderson suspended.

What could possibly go wrong?

Looking at it with my glass half full, if we do our job and other results go our way today we can be sixth.

Only five subs named.  Presumably no one else is fit?

I'd like to see us come out flying, run Arbroath ragged and then bring in Mckay, Doran and Samuels to exploit tired opposition.

We're almost at the nothing to lose stage, and I'd rather see us going down fighting than whimpering.

7 minutes ago, STFU said:

then bring in Mckay, Doran and Samuels to exploit tired opposition.

All 90 years of them   And Samuels is only 23....

23 minutes ago, STFU said:

I'd like to see us come out flying, run Arbroath ragged and then bring in Mckay, Doran and Samuels to exploit tired opposition.

We're almost at the nothing to lose stage, and I'd rather see us going down fighting than whimpering.

He'll take them on and put them in central defence. 

3 central defenders again.

No Plan B. 👎 

39 minutes ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

All 90 years of them   And Samuels is only 23....

...and there's more creativity and ability in Mckay and Doran than the rest of the squad combined.

1 hour ago, Satan said:

Only one defender on bench. Need to sign some defensive cover...😂

On the plus side, Ferguson can't being on 3 extra defenders to sit in after we go a goal up.

39 minutes ago, STFU said:

...and there's more creativity and ability in Mckay and Doran than the rest of the squad combined.

Now we'll see.  Hope you're right!

1 hour ago, Duke of Inverness said:

He'll take them on and put them in central defence. 

3 central defenders again.

No Plan B. 👎 

10 minutes at most left.

Take off a defender and throw Samuels on.

It's not rocket science!!

Massive questions should be getting asked of Ferguson now.

Edited February 24, 20241 yr by RiG

Just now, RiG said:

Massive questions should be getting asked of Ferguson now.

Absolutely not better than Dodds anyway. I genuinely feel we’d have been in a better position with him in charge, regardless of how poor he was at the start of the season.

2 hours ago, Robert said:

Looking at it with my glass half full, if we do our job and other results go our way today we can be sixth.

Other results are going our way.

Just one problem, we are not doing our job at all and we look like getting detached in 9th.

We’ve had 14 attempts so far but only 3 on target, which is just not good enough.

Tuesday’s match is massive now. We can’t afford any more slip ups.

1 minute ago, ICTPaisley said:

Absolutely not better than Dodds anyway. I genuinely feel we’d have been in a better position with him in charge, regardless of how poor he was at the start of the season.

For a long time I'd always said we'd be just as bad if not worse under Dodds. His recruitment in the summer was honking. However, the last couple of months and some truly bizarre recruitment in January makes it very, very hard to stick with the same opinion I had before.

I got pelters for saying bin Ferguson recently. Thoughts now?

We are in trouble apart from the initial surge. When he had Dodds players we haven’t done well. Since his own signings we have been really poor 

1 minute ago, Duke of Inverness said:

I got pelters for saying bin Ferguson recently. Thoughts now?

There will be a few more thinking you are right 

1-1 isn’t good enough.

Harper gets us a point!

2 minutes ago, ICTPaisley said:

1-1 isn’t good enough.

Yep, keeps us in the play off though. Wrong frigging play offs!! We are s##t. 

A lot of games you come away saying we didn’t deserve to lose and today would have been the same but for late equaliser. So hanging in really. Another big game Tuesday. Squeaky bum time 😂

Never mind. We've got dunfermline at home next and our home form is fantastic ! 

So not good enough if we cannot pick up a win playing a part time bottom of the league team it says it all . Where are the points going to come from unless Ferguson changes tact. 

26 minutes ago, caley1 said:

So not good enough if we cannot pick up a win playing a part time bottom of the league team it says it all . Where are the points going to come from unless Ferguson changes tact. 

He has no Plan B.

Plan A ain't much cope as it is. 

2 hours ago, STFU said:

We're almost at the nothing to lose stage, and I'd rather see us going down fighting than whimpering.

But we are not bottom nor are we currently going down. The idea its gung-ho balls to the wall approach would be heavily chastised by fans loosing games in that vain.

It's a point away from home and we've maintained the gap and amazingly even being crap we are only 3 points from 5th.

Promotion play offs are gone but everyone other than top 4in this division can still go down!!!